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 2013 Hugo Award nominee for Best Semiprozine! FICTION "The Binding of Ming-tian" by Emily Jiang "Ilse, Who Saw Clearly" by E. Lily Yu "Come to My Arms, My Beamish Boy" by Douglas F. Warrick "Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back" by Joe R. Lansdale POETRY "The Busker, Broke and Busted" by Shira Lipkin NONFICTION "Editorial: Blood on Vellum" by Lynne M. Thomas "Kick Ass, Taking Names, Bubblegum Optionall" by Sigrid Ellis "Interview with Joe R. Lansdale" by Maggie Slater "Editorial: Words from the Publisher" by Jason Sizemore Cover art by Carrie Anne Baade. Edited by multi-Hugo Award-winning editor Lynne M. Thomas.