Apex Magazine Issue 148

Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.We publish every other month.Issue 148 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley ConnerORIGINAL SHORT FICTIONOne by One by Lindz McLeodJackie and Xīng Forever by Wil MagnessA Ten Thousand Year Survey Into Seven Stomachs of an Ishta by Allison ThaiI found an old god in the woods by Monte LinFLASH FICTIONHalfway Alive, Halfway Living by Colton Kekoa NevesSomeone to Feed You by Abigail KemskeCLASSIC FICTIONRage Against the Venting Machine by Russell NicholsNotes From a Pyre by Amal SinghNONFICTIONA Keening for Churile by Zin E. RocklynThe City is Breathing: Solarpunk Noir. Please Don't Call it Cyberpunk by Rob CameronWords for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC WiseBook Review: Roanne Lau's The Serpent Called Mercy by Leah NingBook Review: Sam Asher's Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories by Leah NingINTERVIEWSInterview with Author Lindz McLeod by Marissa van UdenInterview with Author Allison Thai by Marissa van UdenInterview with Cover Artist Vibhav Singh by Bradley Powers