Apex Magazine is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction. EDITORIAL Words from the Editor-in-Chief-Jason Sizemore FICTION Irregularity - Rachel Harrison We Are New(s) - Bentley A. Reese A Priest of Vast and Distant Places - Cassandra Khaw Three Petitions to the Queen of Hell - T.A. Pratt NONFICTION Interview with Rachel Harrison - Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Benedick Bana - Russell Dickerson A Wave on the Sea: Ursula K. Le Guin - Paul Jessup Persistence of Vision: Black Panther - ZZ Claybourne COLUMNS Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane Page Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant