In the 1920s, Zhang Zuolin, the warlord of Northeast China, secretly established a tomb-raiding expedition force known as the Dragon Seekers. Their mission was to infiltrate the Changbai Mountains in search of the forbidden dragon site where the Qing Dynasty's dragon vein was buried. A mysterious coffin triggered a series of deadly incidents. Could the legendary dragon's eye treasure hidden within the Changbai Mountains be real? Other treasure-hungry tomb raiders spare no effort to seize t...

Conspiracy Theories and Extremism in New Times outlines a cadre of alt-right groups, conspiracy theories, and other forms of stigmatized knowledge threatening our society. In an era dominated by the pervasive influence of social media, the scholarly gaze has often overlooked the ways far-right factions leverage these platforms to propagate anti-democratic ideologies. From the denial of the moon landing to the enigmatic labyrinth of QAnon, and a myriad of other alt-right groups in ...

Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures analyzes folk horror by looking at its recent popularity in novels and films such as The Ritual (2011), The Witch (2015), and Candyman (2021). Countering traditional views of the genre as depictions of the monstrous, rural, and pagan past trying to consume the present, the contributors to this collection posit folk horror as being able to uniquely capture the anxieties of the twenty-first ce...

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 127 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews.EDITORIALMusings from Maryland: Editorial by Lesley ConnerORIGINAL FICTION...

This is an era of cosmic colonization where strength is measured by mecha, with various mecha clans dividing the world among themselves. Legend speaks of two most mysterious bloodlines in the universe: one is the "Mecha Alchemist Bloodline," capable of modifying super mecha through arcane algorithms; the other is the "Mecha Battle Soul Bloodline," able to command the most elite mecha from ancient ruins. In an era long after these bloodlines had faded into oblivion, a street thug named Yan ...

Intestinal neoplasia comprises a large part of a surgical pathologist’s workload. Pathologists play a key role not only in the classification of malignancies but also in assisting screening programs, identifying incidental neoplasms, and guiding treatment by providing essential prognostic features for individual entities. A large variety of neoplasms affect the intestines, and there is ongoing discovery of new entities and prognostic features for known diseases. Pathologists and trainees s...

Niemand hält diese Braut zum Narren! In ihrer Tarnidentität arbeitet Harley Quinn, die durchgeknallte Ex-Flamme des Jokers, als Psychologin in einem Altenheim für betreutes Wohnen - und wird dort von einem ihrer Patienten erkannt! Der ist ein gealterter, abgehalfterter Superspion mit mehr als den Originalteilen und hat so manche Überraschung auf Lager. Gemeinsam gehen der krasse Cyborg-Rentner und die geläuterte Clownprinzessin gegen ihre alten und neuen Feinde vor. Und wenn gar nichts meh...