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 The Crafter at the Web's Heart — Izzy Wasserstein Cold Iron Comfort — Hayley Stone Necessary and Sufficient Conditions — Wole Talabi Hole in the World (Novel Excerpt) — Brian Keene NONFICTION Interview with Author Izzy Wasserstein — Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Julia Griffin — Russell Dickerson The Anatomy of a Transfacial Child — Woody Dismukes