Just getting back on the platform, but wanted to say how much I loved your performance!

If you haven't read "Death Bloom" by @dmvickerson.bsky.social, today is a good day! 🌵🌱

Great news! We'll be opening to submissions in January for the first time in over a year!
Check out our submissions guidelines page for details:
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

Musings on motherhood and identity in this little micro. Also, there's a surprise inside!

Announcing our Micro Fiction Holiday Horrors contest! Hosted by longtime Apex slush reader and Drabble King, Kai Delmas. Send us your 100 words all about RENEWAL, and make sure it's Apexy!

apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/ho...

a soft copper necklace of a pastel tree with coordinating leaves

a handknotted strand of pearls in grape colors

earrings with ornate carved abalone flowers, gold hoops, and gold connectors with small flowers

ferris wheel earrings with laser cut ferris wheels and blue crystal dangling below

NEW STUFF.

We ship for free over $40 in the US, we're a queer owned and staffed shop of eight friends who love what we do and each other. Handmade, and small batch or one of a kind items!

Thanks for sharing/peeking!

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The Map of Lost Places: A Horror Anthology A travel guide to hauntings and the haunted, lands with their own power, and the communities that spring from these strange realms.

There are 12 days remaining in The Map of Lost Places Kickstarter and we're only $325 away from $13K. That's only $2,325 from funding! AND there are still loads of cool add-ons! If you back at the $3 Plotter reward, you get access to them all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Generative writing workshop get together sunday november 5 9:30 a.m. PT/Noon:30 ET and Tuesday, November 14th 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 ET

Editor @amyhenryrobinson.bsky.social is leading a couple generative writing workshops: Nov 5th and 14th! Whether you're doing NaNoWriMo or just want to escape (or embrace) the creeping darkness of the coming winter. Join us for some cool prompts and community uplift. All level patrons welcome!

new episode up! featuring @lesleyconner.bsky.social of @apexmag.bsky.social ! 40 minutes of squee about SFF magazines, editing, slush, kickstarters, and short fiction joy! retrorocketspodcast.podbean.com/e/retrorocke...

Crepuscular is interested in microstories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas. If you're not quite sure what that means, lean into that feeling. Or, for more clarity, read one of our seven launch stories beginning October 13.

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My debut novel FROST BITE is here!!!

When a small town in ND gets hits by a meteor that infects the prairie dogs with alien worms, Realene & her BFF must save the town while fighting off a doomsday cult. 🥶🖤🥶

Get it here😃: linktr.ee/angelasylvaine

I hope you love my lil 90s sci-fi horror comedy😘

You all! Look! 👀

The Map of Lost Places has hit 25% of it's funding goal on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Kickstarter for The Map of Lost Places is now live!! Shall include a story by me set in The Forbidden City and there’s an add-on option for a handmade planner 🫣🤍 (you can choose your own theme, dated/dateless, etc)

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! Get your copy of this landmark Black Horror antho from Jordan Peele - ed. by John Joseph Adams.

The contributors' list is not to be believed! I have a new story in here, "The Rider": also stories from N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and so many more!

bat over picture of man with "Crepuscular Welcomes Kai Delmas"

Welcome to our next launch author! Watch for
@kaidelmas.bsky.social's story on December 13th.

Future stories will be exclusive to Patrons for 30 days, but our launch stories will be free from the beginning.

Join us on Patreon: patreon.com/crepuscularm...

Virtual reality dates are fun, until they're not. This fun little horror flash is up on Wyldblood today.

wyldblood.com/entertain-em...

Our November launch authors have been announced! Welcome to @saganyee.bsky.social and @dmvickerson.bsky.social! We have two more to announce, stay tuned!

Join us on Patreon for exclusives, a pinterest board, and early access to the new stories: www.patreon.com/crep...

bat with picture of woman with glasses as through a ripped page "Crepuscular Welcomes: Dana Vickerson"

Welcome to our next launch author! Watch for @dmvickerson.bsky.social's story on November 13th!

Our launch stories will be publicly available from the start, but future stories will be exclusive to Patrons for a month!

www.patreon.com/CrepuscularM...

ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A NOVELLA ANNOUNCEMENT

Psychopomp will open to novella submissions Jan 1st 2024 - April 30th 2024.

we wanted to let you know about it now so you can start writing, if you're interested.

full guidelines + what we want below.

pls help spread the word to your favorite writers!

Omg this story is so good. Just wait!

It's Not a Sub Drive but It's a Sub Drive - Apex Magazine If we gain zero new subscribers over the next two weeks, then beginning with the January 2024 issue, each issue will have 16,000 words of original fiction, one essay, one reprint, two interviews (one ...

At 200 new subscribers, we'll be able to publish two interviews in each issue. At 250, we'll publish 22K words of original fiction. And at 300, we'll publish 24K words. You can read all the details of the drive here: apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...

Don’t Let Our Current Golden Age of Genre Magazines Fade Away - Apex Magazine There are actually more genre magazines being published today than decades ago. Along with the magazines mentioned earlier, other famed titles currently being published include Apex Magazine, Beneath ...

@jasonsanford.bsky.social talks about the importance of supporting your favorite magazines in a new essay titled "Don't Let Our Current Golden Age of Genre Magazines Fade Away": apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/do...

💜💜💜 right back at ya!

This is amazing. Let's keep pushing. I pay for a subscription, back the Kickstarters, and am a Patreon supporter. The Apex community has always been so welcoming, and the work they put out is incredible.

What will it be? You'll have to check out the magazine to find out!

For those looking for a short dystopian read 👀🤖

Purchase link: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/i-am...
Playlist: spotify.link/yIvkvEwuaDb

Long live micros! Beyond honored to be part of this fantastic launch.

Apex Magazine Subscription (One Year - Recurring) Apex Magazine is a bi-monthly digital and online publication of award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction.

Apex Magazine subscription drive update: Between subscribers and patrons, we've officially hit 100! Woohoo! This means each issue will have 18K words of original fiction and 2 reprints! At 150, we can do 20K words of original fiction each issue! Have you subscribed? apex-magazine.com/product/apex...

Just a few hours left and less than $1K to go. Help make vol. 2 happen! 🔥🔥🔥