EDITORIAL

Words from the Editor-in-Chief by Jason Sizemore

FICTION

Houdini’s Heart by Thoraiya Dyer
Charaid Dreams by Rati Mehrotra
A Beautiful Memory by Shannon Peavey
Where I’m Bound by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters
Seed by Shanna Germain (eBook/subscriber exclusive)

PODCAST FICTION

Houdini’s Heart (Thoraiya Dyer), Narrated by Lisa Shininger

POETRY

barefoot sprites beware by Steven Wittenberg Gordon
Hook by Jennifer Ironside
The Changeling Answer by Jarod K. Anderson
Mama Gonna Fight by Beth Cato

NONFICTION

A Whole New World” by Mark Allan Gunnells
Apex Author Interview with Damien Angelica Walters by Andrea Johnson
Apex Cover Artist Interview with Lucas de Alcântara by Russell Dickerson
Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction by Charlotte Ashley

Cover art by Lucas de Alcântara.