Featuring two short stories, one novelette, an interview, and and two essays.

Fiction:
"Pimp My Airship" by Maurice Broaddus
"Kenny 149" by Brad Becraft
"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster

Interview with Gene O'Neill

Essay "Game Fiction: Why It Works (and Why It Doesn't)" by Monica Valentinelli

Apex Magazine is a publisher of ‘dark SF' short fiction.

What type of dark SF? Think of Aliens, The Thing, and 28 Days Later. Remember reading Russel's The Sparrow? McCarthy's The Road? Gibson's Neuromancer? These are a sample of the modern masterpieces that we strive to reach in terms of quality, social commentary, and thrills.