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Apex Magazine Podcast

Apex Magazine Podcast

Apex Magazine

A monthly podcast of fiction from the Hugo award-nominated Apex Magazine

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Apex Magazine Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Apex Magazine Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Apex Magazine Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Apex Magazine Podcast - The Matriarchs

The Matriarchs

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04/04/23 • 23 min

"The Matriarchs" by Lois Mei-en Kwa - published in Apex Magazine, issue 137, April 2023.

Read it here: www.apex-magazine.com

Lois Mei-en Kwa is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, and tarot non-fiction. A Kundiman fellow from Singapore and Cincinnati, she works and lives with her family in Southwest Ohio. She can also be found at www.loekwa.com.

Bobbie Chet, 20, is currently a student and lover of all things entertainment. Past their love for bringing stories to life, they spend their days working on their screenplays and their art to fuel their incessant imagination. You can find them on Twitter @bobbiechett

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - Over Moonlit Clouds

Over Moonlit Clouds

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03/07/23 • 51 min

"Over Moonlit Clouds" by Coda Audeguy-Pegon - published in Apex Magazine, issue 136, March 2023.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/over-moonlit-clouds/

Coda Audeguy-Pegon is at eir happiest when exploring the farthest reaches of the imaginary, where the mundane waltzes with the impossible and the only limit is cohesive world-building. Born and raised at the foot of the Alps, Coda emigrated to South Africa in eir late teens. This story was written in Cape Town, where e is grateful to live and work.

Gabe Hicks is a game designer for digital and tabletop. He created the CMM (an alternative character creation tool for D&D 5e focused on class narrative) that has been featured on the D&D twitch channel. He has worked with Paizo, Critical Role, MageHandPress, and Grim & Perilous Studios. Leading a group called Mythic Grove, he focuses on highlighting smaller creators to give them a platform and opportunity through streaming, design, writing, or other creative mediums with the projects that Mythic Grove creates. Along with designing games, Gabe is a voice actor and a cosplayer. You can find him on instagram and twitter @gabeJamesGames

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - Nothing That Bleeds

Nothing That Bleeds

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10/04/22 • 15 min

"Nothing That Bleeds" by Leah Ning - published in Apex Magazine, issue 133, September 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/nothing-that-bleeds/

Content Warning: self harm, suicide

Leah Ning lives in northern Virginia with her husband and their adorable fluffy overlords. She spends her non-writing time drawing, playing video games, and playing piano. Her short fiction appears or is forthcoming in PodCastle, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Dark Matter Magazine, and Human Monsters, among others. You can find her @LeahNing on Twitter and on her website, leahning.com.

Erika Sanderson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK. She works as an actor, director, and voice actor. Her stage career spans over 3 decades in which she has created a myriad of roles in a variety of genres from children's theatre to classical plays and musicals. She is an award-winning voice actor, appearing in audio dramas, video games, narrations and educational resources.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside
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01/03/23 • 41 min

"The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside" by Isabel J. Kim - published in Apex Magazine, issue 135, January 2023.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-big-glass-box-and-the-boys-inside/

Isabel J. Kim is a Korean-American speculative fiction writer based in New York City. She is a Shirley Jackson Award winner and her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, among others. When she’s not writing, she’s either practicing law or co-hosting her internet culture podcast Wow if True —both equally noble pursuits. Find her at http://isabel.kim/ or @isabeljkim on Twitter.

Julian Maclurg is a queer, trans writer, director, and voice actor. He has a first-class degree in creative writing and grew up attending theatre and music schools. Above all, he’s a storyteller and a writer, and couldn’t be more excited to share a story he’s so passionate about. He helms The Night Shift Podcast, an urban fantasy queer led audio drama about a barista entangled trying to unearth the darkness of Echor City. He's on twitter @gunpowderstars and the show can be found at www.nightshiftpod.com

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - Observations of a Small Object in Decaying Orbit
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12/06/22 • 23 min

"Observations of a Small Object in Decaying Orbit" by Margaret Dunlap - published in Apex Magazine, issue 134, November 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/observations-of-a-small-object-in-decaying-orbit/

Margaret Dunlap is the author of more than a dozen published short stories and novelettes appearing in Uncanny, Shimmer, and The Sunday Morning Transport and as part of the Locus Award-nominated team behind Bookburners. She also writes for television where her credits include cult-favorite The Middleman, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and the Emmy-winning Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. She lives in Los Angeles, at www.margaretdunlap.com, and on Twitter as @spyscribe.

Paxton Clifford lives in a tiny apartment near Salt Lake City, Utah with his cat, Suki. Together they play a lot of games, read a lot of books, and think an acceptable number of thoughts. Some of those thoughts, along with links to his social media presence, can be found on his blog, indefinitegrowths.com.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - The Walking Mirror of the Soul

The Walking Mirror of the Soul

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11/01/22 • 41 min

"The Walking Mirror of the Soul" by Renan Bernardo - published in Apex Magazine, issue 134, November 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-walking-mirror-of-the-soul/

Renan Bernardo is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His fiction appeared in Apex Magazine, Podcastle, Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, Translunar Travelers Lounge, Solarpunk Magazine, On Spec Magazine, and others. He was one of the authors selected for the 2021 Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest with his story "When It’s Time to Harvest". In Brazil, he was a finalist for two important SFF awards and published multiple stories. His fiction has also appeared in multiple languages, including German, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese.

Brazilian, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Ramos is an English teacher, writer, and the Editor-in-Chief of Revista A Taverna (Twitter @atavernarevista), an online Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine that publishes short stories written by Brazilian authors in Portuguese. He’s been teaching for almost fifteen years and, once in a while, he dares to translate stories from English to Portuguese. Find him online at: diogolsramos.com

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - River Bargain Baby

River Bargain Baby

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02/07/23 • 18 min

"River Bargain Baby" by K.S. Walker - published in Apex Magazine, issue 135, January 2023.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/river-bargain-baby/

K.S. Walker writes speculative fiction. You can often find them spending time outside with their family or starting a craft project but probably not finishing it. K.S. Walker has previously been published at FIYAH, Uncanny, Fantasy, and elsewhere. They are online at www.kswalker.net or Twitter and Instagram @kswalkerwrites.

Tonia Ransom is the creator and executive producer of NIGHTLIGHT, an award-winning horror podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers, and Afflicted, a horror thriller best described as Lovecraft Country meets True Blood. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She’s a World Fantasy Award Winner, and This is Horror Award runner-up. She lives in Austin, Texas. You can follow Tonia @missdefying on all the socials. Risen is her debut book.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - On the Sunlit Side of Venus

On the Sunlit Side of Venus

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09/06/22 • 58 min

"On the Sunlit Side of Venus" by Benjamin Parzybok - published in Apex Magazine, issue 133, September 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/on-the-sunlit-side-of-venus/

Content Warning: suicide and grief

Benjamin Parzybok is the author of the novels Couch (two-time Indie-Next pick) and Sherwood Nation (chosen for the Silicon Valley Reads program). Among other projects, he founded Gumball Poetry, a literary journal published in gumball capsule machines, co-ran Project Hamad, an effort to free a Guantanamo inmate (Adel Hamad is now free), and co-runs Black Magic Insurance Agency, a one-night city-wide alternative reality game. He lives in Portland, Oregon and can be found at levinofearth.com and @sparkwatson.

Kira Nesbit has always had a love of storytelling and worldbuilding, and a fascination with characters, their motivations, and the way drama and conflict shapes a narrative. Their favorite avenues of storytelling are video games, TTRPGs, visual media, and audio dramas/podcasts. They run a duet actual play podcast, RPG For You and Me, and are a cast member on another actual play podcast, Sounds Like Crowes. They love voice work and finding new ways to bring stories and characters to life, and spend most of their time exploring the worlds and creations of others who share that love. Kira is not on any public-facing social media but they can be found on the RPG for You and Me show Discord server which can be accessed through their Patreon at patreon.com/rpgforyouandme.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alli Nesbit. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode is by Alli Nesbit.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - Your Space Between

Your Space Between

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08/02/22 • 31 min

"Your Space Between" by Marie Croke — published in Apex Magazine, issue 132, July 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/your-space-between/

Marie Croke is an award-winning fantasy and science-fiction writer living in Maryland with her family, all of whom like to scribble messages in her notebooks when she’s not looking. She is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, and her stories have been published or are forthcoming in over a dozen magazines, including Apex Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Dark Matter Magazine, Deep Magic, Cast of Wonders, and Diabolical Plots. You can find her book and short story recommendations at mariecroke.com or chat about writing woes or being book drunk with her @marie_croke on Twitter.

Parrish Davis-Sauls is a Chicago actor who specializes in immersive theater and musical improv. She writes in all genres of music and has composed for Shakespeare productions and modern plays as well. She began her journey with classical music and plays guitar, piano, guitalele, and intends to learn many more. She can be found online @parrishdaviss on Instagram.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alyson Grauer. Theme music by Alex White. Sounds used in this episode are licensed from Soundstripe.com. Music in this episode includes “Hidden Beneath” by Michael Briguglio and “Inside the Hidden Forest” by Outside the Sky licensed from Soundstripe.com.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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Apex Magazine Podcast - It Happened in Loontown

It Happened in Loontown

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01/04/22 • 26 min

"It Happened in Loontown" — published in Apex Magazine, issue 129, January 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/it-happened-in-loontown/

Lavie Tidhar is the author of Osama, The Violent Century, A Man Lies Dreaming, Central Station, Unholy Land, and By Force Alone. His latest novels are The Hood and The Escapement. His awards include the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the Neukom Prize and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. You can find out more at lavietidhar.wordpress.com.

This story was narrated by Drew Mierzejewski. Drew Mierzejewski is a writer, actor and overall creative based in Chicago. When he is not working on homebrew D&D campaigns and his podcast Skyjacks: Courier's Call, he is often found collaborating on projects with and cooking food for his wife, Aly. Drew loves creating stories, playing games, and spreading hope in a brighter future. He’s on Twitter @worldstoforge.

This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alyson Grauer. Theme music by Alex White. Other music in this podcast includes “Onward Home” by Ryan Saranich, “Silver Screen” by The Night Train, “Cotton Club Electric” by Dresden The Flamingo. Music and sounds were licensed through Soundstripe.com.

Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications.

Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

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How many episodes does Apex Magazine Podcast have?

Apex Magazine Podcast currently has 100 episodes available.

What topics does Apex Magazine Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Poetry, Scifi, Fiction, Podcast, Podcasts, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

What is the most popular episode on Apex Magazine Podcast?

The episode title 'The Matriarchs' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Apex Magazine Podcast?

The average episode length on Apex Magazine Podcast is 33 minutes.

How often are episodes of Apex Magazine Podcast released?

Episodes of Apex Magazine Podcast are typically released every 28 days.

When was the first episode of Apex Magazine Podcast?

The first episode of Apex Magazine Podcast was released on Oct 1, 2013.

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