Apex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month.We are a 2012 Hugo Award nominee for Best Semiprozine!Issue 42 features the following content.Table of ContentsFiction"Splinter" by Shira Lipkin"Sprig" by Alex Bledsoe"Erzulie Dantor" by Tim Susman"The Glutton: A Goxhat Accounting Chant" by Eleanor ArnasonNonfiction"Editorial: Blood on Vellum" by Lynne M. Thomas"The 21st Century SF/F Professional at Conventions" by Lynne M. Thomas"Behind the Convention Curtain: Programming" by Steven H Silver"An Interview with Alex Bledsoe" by Maggie SlaterCover art by Nicoletta CeccolliApex Magazine is edited by multi-Hugo Award-winning editor Lynne M. Thomas.