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. We are a 2012 Hugo Award nominee for Best Semiprozine! Issue 42 features the following content. Table of Contents Fiction "Splinter" by Shira Lipkin "Sprig" by Alex Bledsoe "Erzulie Dantor" by Tim Susman "The Glutton: A Goxhat Accounting Chant" by Eleanor Arnason Nonfiction "Editorial: Blood on Vellum" by Lynne M. Thomas "The 21st Century SF/F Professional at Conventions" by Lynne M. Thomas "Behind the Convention Curtain: Programming" by Steven H Silver "An Interview with Alex Bledsoe" by Maggie Slater Cover art by Nicoletta Ceccolli Apex Magazine is edited by multi-Hugo Award-winning editor Lynne M. Thomas.