Congratulations to Apex Magazine, which enters its 10th year of publication with the January 2015 issue — having started life as Apex Digest in 2005.

Apex Magazine #68 contains original fiction by Ursula Vernon, Samuel Marzioli, Andy Dudak, and Allison M. Dickson. Also, poetry by Alina Rios, Armel Dagorn, and Wendy Rathbone. DeAnna Knippling contributes a nonfiction piece, and there are interviews with Ursula Vernon and Emma SanCartier.

This month’s podcast is Ursula Vernon’s story, “Pocosin.” Cover art is by Emma SanCartier.

Exclusive to eBook buyers and subscriber, is a reprint of “The Sea Half-Held by Night” by E. Catherine Tobler and an excerpt from Straggletaggle by J.M. McDermott.

The eBook edition is $2.99 – it can be purchased direct from Apex, or through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Weightless Books. Subscriptions are also available

Fiction
“Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon
“Multo” by Samuel Marzioli
“Anarchic Hand” by Andy Dudak
“John Dillinger and the Blind Magician” by Allison M. Dickson
“The Sea Half-Held by Night” by E. Catherine Tobler (eBook/subscriber exclusive)
“Straggletaggle — Novel Excerpt” by J.M. McDermott (eBook/subscriber exclusive)

Poetry
“Doors” by Alina Rios
“The Poe Twist” by Armel Dagorn
“Before My Father Vanished” by Wendy Rathbone

Nonfiction
“Words from the Editor-in-Chief” by Jason Sizemore
“The Other: HP Lovecraft, Alien, and Ghost Stories: Monstrifications of Dunbar’s Number” by DeAnna Knippling
“Apex Author Interview with Ursula Vernon” by Andrea Johnson
“Apex Cover Artist Interview with Emma SanCartier” by Russell Dickerson
“Clavis Aurea: A Review of Short Fiction” by Charlotte Ashley

Podcast Fiction
Download Podcast #19 (“Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon) or listen using the player below. (28:03 in length)