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. This month we welcome guest editor Maurice Broaddus. EDITORIAL Not Here to Check Boxes—Maurice Broaddus FICTION Cut, Cut, Cut—Walter Mosley Aunt Dissy's Policy Dream Book—Sheree Renee Thomas Say, She Toy—Chesya Burke The Selkie Wives—Kendra Fortmeyer NONFICTION Interview with Author Sheree Renee Thomas—Andrea Johnson Time to Get Serious About Diversity and Inclusion—Tanya C. DePass Interview with Cover Artist Angelique Shelley—Russell Dickerson POETRY VOX—LH Moore Things That Earth No Longer Bears—Linda D. Addison