25 Award-winning Authors and IllustratorsBrilliant new worldsCaptivating new ideasPowerful new stories of action, adventure, and fantasyJust imagine…It’s game on, the fate of the universe is on the line—and you’re about to go all in.Saving the mammoths is in your hands—can you conjure the magic to make it happen?You’ve got a monster BFF...

When the mask comes off, can you handle what's underneath?When your secret identity is revealed …When the monster is unleashed …When the superhero's child has no power …When Death himself is caught unawares …Pull back the mask to reveal 21 tales from seasoned and award-winning authors, of magical masks, gas masks, death masks, superheroes, secret identities, disguised robots, alien symbionts, a Napoleonic thief, a swindling demon—eve...

Read these stories for enjoyment, then explore their Inner Workings to discover what makes them tick.A young girl who can communicate with the creatures of the forest faces hunting season in her hometown; a stranded explorer in a high-tech skinsuit fights for survival on a treacherous world; two soul-devouring possessor spirits find themselves locked in a mystic battle between bodies; and a trouble erupts on a world where everyone will live forever—except ...

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 fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.We publish every other month.Issue 129 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.EDITORIALEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONIt Happened in 'Loonto...

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.We are pleased to present a special issue focusing on Indigenous Futurists and guest-edited by Allison Mills.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 126 contains the following:EDITORIAL...

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.International futurists edition! Guest-edited by Francesco Verso.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 128 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.EDITORIALFrom th...

Meet Izzy and her sister Margot: one a verified book nerd, the other not so much. When they find an unfinished manuscript in the attic of their late mother’s mango farm in Queensland, Australia and discover that their mother had a year abroad in the UK when she was a young student – and, while there, embarked on an attempt to solve the famous Great British Bookshop Treasure Hunt of 1984 – so begins an odyssey that will change everything.With Margot pregnant with her first child, Iz...

This book features the SAME PLOT and characters as Prize of the Warlord, but it's told from the Warlord's perspective instead of Ixiana's. Which means it's even hotter, and you get pieces of the story you didn't get in Prize of the Warlord. This was a much-requested POV flip, so I hope you enjoy it! If you haven't read Prize of the Warlord yet, you can still enjoy this book on its own.When Cronan captures the daughter of his greatest enem...

Meet Izzy and her sister Margot: one a verified book nerd, the other not so much. When they find an unfinished manuscript in the attic of their late mother’s mango farm in Queensland, Australia and discover that their mother had a year abroad in the UK when she was a young student – and, while there, embarked on an attempt to solve the famous Great British Bookshop Treasure Hunt of 1984 – so begins an odyssey that will change everything.With Margot pregnant with her first child, Iz...

Amalie should be celebrating the coming wedding of her sister, Nadia. Her family's home is full of family and friends and rumors of the king's arrival have circulated among the guests for weeks. Attention from an unwanted suitor steals the happiness that the occasion calls for. While Nadia's wedding day draws closer, the walls of the castle begin to feel suffocating.Sir Douglas Talton journeyed to Duncan Hall to attend the wedding of his cousin Caelum. Little did he know that his c...

Turbulent turtles! It's Book 3 in the sea-sational MerTales series, packed with mer-magical adventure.It's the day of the Great Treasure Hunt and everyone is joining in!Coral is excited to lead her team of best friends to the treasure first. But soon they discover that there is a bigger mystery to solve...Who is the mer-sterious Count Frumplesquid, and what does he really want in Cockleshell Cove?Can Coral and her crew work together to uncov...

Can a gentleman looking for a governess find the greatest treasure of all?When James Craig is awakened by the sound of a woman’s weeping, he fears he’s once again being haunted by a ghost from his past. The powerful railroad tycoon has given up all hope of escaping his nightmares. But when he opens his hotel room door, he finds not a memory, but a flesh-and-blood woman. A woman who makes him ache to take her into his arms and dry her tears…Elizabeth Sadler ...