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Apex Magazine, Issue 140, September 2023

Penned By Lesley Conner
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Apex Magazine, Issue 140, September 2023

Penned By Lesley Conner
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Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 140 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTIONWhisper Songs by Lyndsie ManusosQuietus by ZohairLife Wager by Lucy ZhangKɛrozin Lamp Kurfi by Victor FornaJunebug by Sarah HollowellSpitting Image by Rich Larson FLASH FICTIONBrainpink Umber by Chelsea SuttonFrom This Beating Heart, From This Fractured Mind by Elisabeth Ring CLASSIC FICTIONMemories of the Old Sun by Eugen BaconThrough Dreams She Moves by Tonya Liburd NONFICTION On Not Being Creative Enough to Be Creative by Dana CameronThe Spanish Scene by Mariano Villarreal INTERVIEWSInterview with Author Lyndsie Manusos by Marissa van UdenInterview with Author Victor Forna by Marissa van UdenInterview with Artist Aaron Nakahara by Bradley Powers

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After spending years working in the corporate world, Lesley Conner finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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