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Apex Magazine Issue 93

Apex Magazine Issue 93

By Nisi Shawl Fantasy Short Stories 09/10/2025

EDITORIAL

Words from the Editor-in-Chief by Jason Sizemore

FICTION

"Queen of Dirt" by Nisi Shawl
"The Bells" by Lyndsie Manusos
"You Too Shall Be Psyche" by Rich Larson
"Servant of the Aswang" by Samuel Marzioli
"As Long As You Can Stand It" by Joanna Truman (Valentine's Flash Fiction Winer)
"Butterfly Man" by Tonya Walter (Valentine's Flash Fiction Winner)
"St. Theophilus the Penitent" by Rich Larson (Valentine's Flash Fiction Winner)

PODCAST FICTION

"You Too Shall Be Psyche" by Rich Larson, narrated by Mahvesh Murad

POETRY 

"Fury" by Simona Sušec

NONFICTION

Interview with Author Nisi Shawl by Andrea Johnson
Feature with LifeAfter Podcast Playwright Mac Rogers by Jason Sizemore
Interview with Artist Adrian Borda by Russell Dickerson
"Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review" by A.C. Wise

Cover art by Adrian Borda.

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