Apex Magazine is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction.EDITORIALWords from the Editor-in-Chief—Jason SizemoreFICTIONIrregularity — Rachel HarrisonWe Are New(s) — Bentley A. ReeseA Priest of Vast and Distant Places — Cassandra KhawThree Petitions to the Queen of Hell — T.A. PrattNONFICTIONInterview with Rachel Harrison — Andrea JohnsonInterview with Cover Artist Benedick Bana — Russell DickersonA Wave on the Sea: Ursula K. Le Guin — Paul JessupPersistence of Vision: Black Panther — ZZ ClaybourneCOLUMNSBetween the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik HanePage Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant