CORRUPTION, TREASON, AND MURDERWashington, 1958: Intrepid newshound Allan Jones is chasing the scoop of his life – a political assassination plot by a sinister cabal known as JANUS. Unable to trust the...

The end of the world begins with a celebration.Led by the greatest heroes of the age, Majadan's army has driven back the hordes of the Madlands – or so the city's protectors believe. In welcoming their...

In the ruins of a destroyed city, a scientist must solve the riddle of a house that moves backwards in time. During the last days of a dying planet, a celebrity daredevil races up a shimmering river....

Majadan has fallen. The Empire of the Sea-Elves is next.Moth Blackwater is the last of her kind, a shapeshifting nomad – part human, part raven – whose tribe once wandered Majadan's skies. Now that the...

No peace for the living, no rest for the dead.As the Wight Lords' armies march across the world, former fugitive and refugee Aust returns home to where the invasion began. He arrives in the devastated...

After years of exile, Kite finds her way home, where an ancient evil secretly waits to use her as a means to escape from its prison.Kite was abandoned at an early age, sent away from her home into the...

The Wight Lords and their undead legions conquered the city of Majadan in one night. Their next target is civilization itself. Caught in the chaos is a band of refugees. They aren't heroes or generals,...

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal. 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...