Apex Magazine Issue 80

Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues arereleased on the first Tuesday of every month.

This is a special extra large Customer Appreciation issue!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
Words from the Editor-in-Chief—Jason Sizemore

Fiction
The Tomato Thief — Ursula Vernon
The Open-Hearted — Lettie Prell
Soursop — Chikodili Emelumadu
Bones of the World — Jennifer Hykes
That Lucky Old Sun — Carrie Cuinn
Razorback — Ursula Vernon
Kutraya’s Skies — Dave Creek
Riding Atlas — Ferrett Steinmetz
Paper Tigers (Novel Excerpt) — Damien Angelica Walters

Nonfiction
Interview with Ursula Vernon — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Chikodili Emelumadu — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Lettie Prell — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Matt Davis, Cover Artist — Russell Dickerson
An Exploration of Racism in Heart of Darkness—Lucy A. Snyder

Poetry
RX-200 Series: It’s Everything You Need—Samson Stormcrow Hayes
Upside of the Cataclysmic Meteor—Zebulon Huset
The Doctor’s Assistant—Anton Rose
In the Far Future, Billy Experiences the Most Powerful Drug Known to Man—Greg Leunig
Automaton—Bianca Spriggs
Maxwell’s Demon—Annie Neugebauer
Various Kinds of Wolves—J.J. Hunter