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 are released on the first Tuesday of every month. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief—Jason Sizemore FICTION The Chariots, the Horsemen—Stephanie Malia Morris When You're Ready—M. Ian Bell Kerouac's Renascence—Tal M. Klein All Clear—Hao He The Whipping Girls—Damien Angelica Walters NONFICTION Interview with Stephanie Malia Morris—Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Kim Myatt—Russell Dickerson Undead: The Making of a Poetry Anthology—Katerina Stoykova Nexhuman: From Origin to Transaltion: The Long Path from Italy to the US—Francesco Verso Five Things to Remember When Running a Writer's Convention—Kelly Swails and Melanie R. Meadors COLUMNS Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane Page Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant POETRY the undead—Allison Thorpe Ghost Ships—Amy MacLennan