Publisher Jason Sizemore of Apex Magazine announces publication of the October 2013 issue, #53. Contents of this issue include:

Fiction:
“Becca at the End of the World” by Shira Lipkin
“Grey in the Gauge of His Storm” by Damien Angelica Walters
“An Assault of Color” by Mari Ness
“Shatter” by Kelly McCullough

Nonfiction:
Editorial: “Blood on Vellum” by Lynne M. Thomas
A Hammer with an Edge: “Swords in Fantasy Literature” by Kelly McCullough
An Interview with Kelly McCullough by Lynne M. Thomas
First Intermission: “The Day the Movies Came Knocking at My Door or ‘I’m Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille!'” by Gary A. Braunbeck

The cover art is by Bruce Holwerda.