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 FICTION: Brute—Rich Larson Candy Girl—Chikodili Emelumadu The New Girl—Marissa Lingen The Stagman's Song—Ginger Weil Tiger! Tiger! — Elizabeth Bear (eBook/Subscriber exclusive) STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT MICRO-FICTION WINNERS: Stone Woman—Robin Wyatt Dunn When a Crossroads is a Corner—M.J. Starling Whispering Waters—Jessica Walsh The Fitzpatrick Solution—Loreen Heneghan Guided Breathing Exercise: Being Mindful of the Succubus in Your Bedroom—Christine Purcell NONFICTION: Interview with Ginger Weil—Andrea Johnson Interview with Mark Greyland—Loraine Sammy Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction—Charlotte Ashley Statistics vs. Story—Ozgur K. Sahin POETRY: Brains, Brains, Brains—Puneet Dutt Sonnet 29 — Ama Codjoe NOVEL EXCERPT: A Man Lies Dreaming—Lavie Tidhar (eBook/Subscriber exclusive) Cover art by Mark Greyland.