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.Issue 124 contains the following:EDITORIALEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONWithout Wishes to Bind You by E. Catherine ToblerHow to Be Good by R GatwoodOsu by Kingsley OkpiiSurvival, After by Nicole J. LeBoeufWhat Sisters Take by Kelly SandovalEilam Is Forever by Beth DawkinsREPRINTED FICTIONThe Fine Print by Chinelo OnwualuThe Shadow We Cast Through Time by Indrapramit DasINTERVIEWSInterview with Author R Gatwood by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Author Kelly Sandoval by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Cover Artist Martina Boscolo by Russell DickersonNONFICTIONA Special Kind of Gaze: Meta-Representation in Science Fiction by Alvaro Zinos-AmaroDialog, Patois: If It's Good Enough for Anthony Burgess, It's Good Enough for You by Tonya LiburdREVIEWSReview of The Best of World SF edited by Lavie TidharReview of Apocalypse Cancelled edited by Luke MeliaWords for Thought: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise