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. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief—Jason Sizemore FICTION Queen of Dirt—Nisi Shawl You Too Shall Be Psyche—Rich Larson The Bells—Lyndsie Manusos Servant of the Aswang—Samuel Marzioli FLASH FICTION WINNERS As Long As You Can Stand It—Joanna Truman Butterfly Man—Tonya Walter St. Theophilus the Penitent—Rich Larson NONFICTION Interview with Author Nisi Shawl—Andrea Johnson Feature with LifeAfter Podcast Playwright Mac Rogers—Jason Sizemore Interview with Cover Artist Adrian Borda—Russell Dickerson POETRY Fury—Simona Sušec