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Apex Magazine February 2018

Name: Apex Magazine February 2018
Rating: 4.49 (1027 reviews)
Author: Jason Sizemore

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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
A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies — Alix Harrow
Work, and Ye Shall Eat — Walker McKnight
Ghost Marriage — P. Djeli Clark
Excerpt: Return to the Lost Level — Brian Keene

NONFICTION
Interview with Alix Harrow — Andrea Johnson
Interview with Cover Artist Justin Adams — Russell Dickerson
A Discussion with Tal M. Klein, Author of The Punch Escrow — Lesley Conner

COLUMNS
Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane
Page Advice with Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant

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Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed. But as the daughter of this bewitching homemaker comes of age and her mother’s claims become more and more outlandish, she begins to question everything she once took for granted.

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After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself.

Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning.

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It’s one thing to read about witches, it’s another thing to discover you are one.

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Florence and Evie Caldwell have long disagreed on how to break their family’s curse, and tension has been high since their mother’s death thirteen years ago. Honeysuckle House, the family estate where every Caldwell has lived, now only houses one of the sisters. Evie has crafted it into an enchanted bed and breakfast, while Florence runs a magical bookstore in town, refusing to even set foot inside Honeysuckle House.

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Apex Magazine Issue 80

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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.

Extra large Customer Appreciation issue!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FICTION
The Tomato Thief—Ursula Vernon
The Open-Hearted—Lettie Prell
Soursop—Chikodili Emelumadu
Bones of the World—Jennifer Hykes
That Lucky Old Sun—Carrie Cuinn
Razorback—Ursula Vernon
Kutraya’s Skies—Dave Creek
Riding Atlas—Ferrett Steinmetz
Paper Tigers (Novel Excerpt)—Damien Angelica Walters

NONFICTION
Interview with Ursula Vernon—Andrea Johnson
Interview with Chikodili Emelumadu—Andrea Johnson
Interview with Lettie Prell—Andrea Johnson
Interview with Matt Davis, Cover Artist—Russell Dickerson
An Exploration of Racism in Heart of Darkness—Lucy A. Snyder

POETRY
RX-200 Series: It’s Everything You Need—Samson Stormcrow Hayes
Upside of the Cataclysmic Meteor—Zebulon Huset
The Doctor’s Assistant—Anton Rose
In the Far Future, Billy Experiences the Most Powerful Drug Known to Man—Greg Leunig
Automaton—Bianca Spriggs
Maxwell’s Demon—Annie Neugebauer
Various Kinds of Wolves—J.J. Hunter

Editorial
Words from the Editor-in-Chief — Jason Sizemore

Wedding Hells

★ 4.23

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After her victory over Master Grey, Emily wants nothing more than to relax and give herself time to recover from the duel. Her magic, pushed to the limits, is no longer reliable, forcing her to learn to control it from scratch. Every time she delays using her magic, she risks headaches ... or worse. But she must return to Whitehall to complete her fourth-year exams and bid farewell to those of her friends who are not returning for fifth year. And then, she must return to Zangaria to play her role in Princess Alassa's wedding to Jade. It seems, if nothing else, a brief diversion before she goes off on a tour of the Allied Lands.

But all is not well in Zangaria and the kingdom is fast approaching a major crisis. Junior aristocrats are demanding their rights and titles from the king, while King Randor himself is dangerously unstable and hiding a secret that could spark off a civil war ... and the peasants are threatening to revolt. Emily herself is isolated, unsure how to balance her obligations to her closest friends with her belief in freedom, justice and democracy.

And, as Emily finds herself used as a political pawn by the different sides in the growing dispute and no longer sure who she can trust, she may find herself confronting a choice between doing the right thing, regardless of the cost...

...And losing everything she's built over the past four years.

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But Damon has not arrived alone. Two men have tracked him to Sea Haven, and into the shadows of Drake House, where Sarah hides her own secrets. And danger- as well as a desire more urgent than either has ever known- is just a whisper away...

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