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A review by afreen7
Apex Magazine Issue 105 by Jason Sizemore
4.0
3.6/5
FICTION
A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix Harrow - 4.5/5
Just amazingly written. I love when stories combine paranormal with reality to the point where you can't tell if the fantasy is really happening or it's just in the character's heads. Also, I'm a sucker for stories about books and libraries being a form of escape
"And you really can’t do anything for the people who only read Award-Winning Literature, who wear elbow patches and equate the popularity of Twilight with the death of the American intellect; their hearts are too closed-up for the new or secret or undiscovered."
Work, and Ye Shall Eat by Walker McKnight - 3/5
great build-up, not a satisfactory payoff
Ghost Marriage by P. Djeli Clark - 4/5
Just a classic immersive, rich and well written Clarke work
Excerpt: Return to the Lost Level by Brian Keene - 3/5
Even though this is just one chapter out of a whole novel it needs proofreading. Telekinesis is not the ability to communicate through thoughts.
NONFICTION
Page Advice with Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant - 3.5/5
This is about reading what you like and not wasting too much time on what you don't enjoy reading
Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane - really liked this one. - 4/5
"It’s worth repeating once more, so say it with us: all writing is political. All the way from realist domestic dramas to high fantasies set far away from the here and now, storytelling is innately political because, quite simply, it engages with truths about our lived experiences as people. You can’t exist outside the political circumstances of your world, and the same is true of your characters in theirs, no matter how much or how little overt attention is paid to those circumstances."
Words for Thought by A.C. Wise - 3.5/5
My first time reading Apex Mag and I found this section really exciting. Its a collection of summaries of interesting shorts centering around a specific topic. In this issue it was based on human bodies, autonomy, and how they are treated, both ours and others. I liked the picks. There was one about children's bodies, about black women's bodies, women's bodies but I wish there was a little more diversity, especially besides cis-centered women's bodies.
FICTION
A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix Harrow - 4.5/5
Just amazingly written. I love when stories combine paranormal with reality to the point where you can't tell if the fantasy is really happening or it's just in the character's heads. Also, I'm a sucker for stories about books and libraries being a form of escape
"And you really can’t do anything for the people who only read Award-Winning Literature, who wear elbow patches and equate the popularity of Twilight with the death of the American intellect; their hearts are too closed-up for the new or secret or undiscovered."
Work, and Ye Shall Eat by Walker McKnight - 3/5
great build-up, not a satisfactory payoff
Ghost Marriage by P. Djeli Clark - 4/5
Just a classic immersive, rich and well written Clarke work
Excerpt: Return to the Lost Level by Brian Keene - 3/5
Even though this is just one chapter out of a whole novel it needs proofreading. Telekinesis is not the ability to communicate through thoughts.
NONFICTION
Page Advice with Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant - 3.5/5
This is about reading what you like and not wasting too much time on what you don't enjoy reading
Between the Lines with Laura Zats and Erik Hane - really liked this one. - 4/5
"It’s worth repeating once more, so say it with us: all writing is political. All the way from realist domestic dramas to high fantasies set far away from the here and now, storytelling is innately political because, quite simply, it engages with truths about our lived experiences as people. You can’t exist outside the political circumstances of your world, and the same is true of your characters in theirs, no matter how much or how little overt attention is paid to those circumstances."
Words for Thought by A.C. Wise - 3.5/5
My first time reading Apex Mag and I found this section really exciting. Its a collection of summaries of interesting shorts centering around a specific topic. In this issue it was based on human bodies, autonomy, and how they are treated, both ours and others. I liked the picks. There was one about children's bodies, about black women's bodies, women's bodies but I wish there was a little more diversity, especially besides cis-centered women's bodies.