Apex Magazine is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. Issue 132 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL What Say You by Jason Sizemore ORIGINAL SHORT FICTION Have Mercy, My Love, While We Wait for the Thaw by Iori Kusano Creatures of the Dark Oasis by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam A Country of Eternal Light by Jennifer R. Donohue Schlafstunde by Lavie Tidhar Your Space Between by Marie Croke Notes to a Version of Myself, Hidden in Symphonie fantastique Scores Throughout the Multiverse by Aimee Picchi CLASSIC FICTION Sky Boys by Kameron Hurley Chorus of Whispers by Sarah Hans NONFICTION Optics by Kwame Mbalia Stabilized Love Triangles: Tips on Writing OT3s From a Real Polyamorist by Michelle P. Browne Book Review: And What We Can Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (Marissa van Uden) Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise INTERVIEWS Interview with Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author Aimee Picchi by Marissa van Uden Interview with Cover Artist Galactic Nikita by Bradley Powers