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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 Professor Strong and the Brass Boys by Amal Singh All Votes Will Be Counted (We Promise) by Paul Crenshaw Face by Veronica Brush A Fool's Baneful Gallantry by Derek Lubangakene NONFICTION Interview with Author Amal Singh by Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Marcela Bolivar by Russell Dickerson The Pros and Cons of Stage Directions by Alethea Kontis
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"A veritable badass fairy princess." —Jim Butcher "The faerie princess of the worlds of weird." —Jonathan Maberry "Alethea Kontis IS fairy tales." —Jim C. Hines, author of Libriomancer "Alethea Kontis: Awesome, racks up award nominations, wears tiaras." —SF author Ferrett Steinmetz "I want to live in [Alethea's] head because I think that might be the most interesting place in the world!!!!" —Ellen Oh, author of Prophecy "Alethea Kontis, the woman who writes like Shakespeare would if he were alive today." —Aaron Pound "The beauty of a princess, the confidence of a queen, the brilliance of a writer, and the demeanor of a cheerful fairy comedian!" —Cheyenne Z. "This was the story before all of the other stories, and it was the other tales that were changed over time." —Nerdophiles, on ENCHANTED

Writer of Science Fiction & Fantasy, with works having appeared/forthcoming in venues such as Tor.com, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Asimov's, among others. Debut novel, "The Garden of Delights" now out!