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. Edited by Hugo Award-nominated editor Sigrid Ellis. TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL: Resolute: Notes from the Editor–in–Chief—Sigrid Ellis FICTION: Last Dance Over the Red, Red World—Gary Kloster Danceland—Emma Bull and Will Shetterly Economies of Force—Seth Dickinson Enemy State—Karin Lowachee Soft Feather Dance—Liz Argall NONFICTION: Interview with Seth Dickinson—Andrea Johnson How to Live Safely in an Online Universe—Charles Tan Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction—Charlotte Ashley Interview with Jeff Ward—Loraine Sammy POETRY: Superman Bound—Amanda Lord Ghosts of Oz—irving Synesthete—Marsheila Rockwell NOVEL EXCERPTS: Soulminder—Timothy Zahn Jack Strong—Walter Mosley Cover art by Jeff Ward