Featuring three short stories, an interview, and two essays.

Fiction:
"Fungal Gardens" by Ekaterina Sedia
"Advertising at the End of the World" by Keffy R.M. Kehrli
"The Girl in the Basement" by Matthew Kressel

Interview with Elizabeth Engstrom

Essay "World-building" by Monica Valentinelli

Jeff VanderMeer searches for Grey Matter.

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.