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 the first Tuesday of every month. Fiction “Paperclips and Memories and Things That Won't Be Missed” by Caroline M. Yoachim “Falling Leaves” by Liz Argall “Not Smart, Not Clever” by E. Saxey “Microbe” by Joan Slonczewski (eBook/subscriber exclusive) “Afterparty—Excerpt” by Daryl Gregory (eBook/subscriber exclusive) Poetry “Likeness” by Judith Chalmer “Crashdown” by Emma Osborne “she's alive, alive” by Gwynne Garfinkle “Graveyard Rose” by Seanan McGuire Nonfiction “ Notes from the Editor-in-Chief” by Sigrid Ellis “Finding the Next What Is an 'Operational Theme' and Why Don't I Have One?” by Javier Grillo-Marxuach “Apex Cover Artist Interview with Anneliese Juergensen” by Loraine Sammy “Apex Interview with Caroline M. Yoachim” by Maggie Slater