Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful. 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 146 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL Musings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Kizimbani by Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden And Someone Has to Do It by Koji A Dae A Tapestry of Dreams by Victor Forna What Good Daughters Do by Tia Tashiro The Price of Moss by Akis Linardos FLASH FICTION The Eight Things You'll Never Be Now That You're Slowly Turning Into a Giant Spider Creature by Alex Sobel A Very Short History of the Discovery and Origin of Homo Sapiens Microplasticus in Three Parts by Joshua Ginsberg CLASSIC FICTION Remembered Salt by E. Catherine Tobler Halogen Sky by Wendy N. Wagner NONFICTION Ancient Aliens, Clones, and Growing Up as a SFF Reader in Brazil by Renan Bernardo Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Writing in Solitude by Jordan Kurella Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise Book Review: John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In by Leah Ning INTERVIEWS Interview with Authors Eugen Bacon and Clare E. Rhoden by Marissa van Uden Interview with Author Tia Tashiro by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Marco Mazzoni by Bradley Powers