CALLING ALL BOOK REVIEWERS! 🚨 We're looking for scifi and horror fans to review BENEATH THE LOST LEVEL, the latest upcoming addition to @briankeene.bsky.social's LOST LEVEL series! ⚔️🐸🦖 Feel like crawling some dungeons and battling some toads? Email darian@apexbookcompany.com TODAY for a free e-ARC!

"This is a weird, mindfuck of an issue, exploring liminal spaces, realities far removed from our own, and characters who … change." 🌀🧠🌗 New today by @lesleyconner.bsky.social: "Musings from Maryland" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

"In the hospital, they say my brain is melting out my nose. They don’t say it like that. They say I’m dying of a prion disease." 🦠🦌🧫 New fiction today by @anjbaker.bsky.social: "Cervidae, New and Sharp" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

A new issue of @apexmag.bsky.social has been unleashed upon the world! Apex Magazine issue 154 includes original fiction by Anj Baker, Rob Cameron, AM Maris, Alia Ai-Ming Shahzad, Stefan Alcalá Slater, CM Sullivan, David R. Hoffman, RJ Aurand, and SC Pires. www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/apex-m...

Verykind review from the wonderful @tiffmorris.bsky.social about The Cellar Below the Cellar, brings a tear to my eye!

New issue of @apexmag.bsky.social has arrived and is on its way to subscribers! weightlessbooks.com/apex-magazin...

So excited to be a part of this issue!! Especially such an honor with this TOC and beautiful art.

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 2d ago

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

I have a story out tomorrow and I am metaphorically eating the drywall about it

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 2d ago

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

Psst I'm in this issue! So excited to be making my Apex debut with my flash story "In the Blue Hour" about grief and missed opportunities and cousins who refuse to stay dead.

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 2d ago

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

"In the hospital, they say my brain is melting out my nose. They don’t say it like that. They say I’m dying of a prion disease." 🦠🦌🧫 New fiction today by @anjbaker.bsky.social: "Cervidae, New and Sharp" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

"This is a weird, mindfuck of an issue, exploring liminal spaces, realities far removed from our own, and characters who … change." 🌀🧠🌗 New today by @lesleyconner.bsky.social: "Musings from Maryland" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

CALLING ALL BOOK REVIEWERS! 🚨 We're looking for scifi and horror fans to review BENEATH THE LOST LEVEL, the latest upcoming addition to @briankeene.bsky.social's LOST LEVEL series! ⚔️🐸🦖 Feel like crawling some dungeons and battling some toads? Email darian@apexbookcompany.com TODAY for a free e-ARC!

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

🌍📚 This collection of one of my absolute favorite subgenres includes my @reckoningmag.bsky.social story “The Piano Player Has Eight Arms” - and so many authors I admire, writing in so many different styles & perspectives❗️Get your preorder now❗️ #clifi #speclit #ecohorror #newbooks #bookrelease

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

Is your email inbox a nightmare? We'd feel right at home there! 🏚️ Subscribe to Apex Magazine via our Patreon or website and get nightmarish short fiction delivered right to your virtual doorstep! 🫴📨🛸 Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp... Website: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...

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ICYMI 🌱🌟 the second anthology in our ECO series is available for preorder NOW! 24 new stories exploring humanity's relationship with the natural world, told through the lens of the fantastic 🌬️🍄📚 ECO25 is available for 30% until release day, November 17th! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is now available to read online! Discussing stories of transformation by Suzan Palumbo, @angelaliu.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social and @bethgoder.bsky.social. Happy reading! www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review

Welcome to another Words for Thought! The weather is warming up here in the northeast and the days are getting longer. It’s a time of change and transformation, so fittingly, these stories are all abo...

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"These stories are all about transformation—literal, physical change, a change in perception or one’s frame of mind, and sometimes both." 🧠🪢🪽 New short fiction review by @acwise.bsky.social: "Words for Thought" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

No more three-act structure! No more hero's journey! It's time to throw away the map and GET LOST in the joy of writing! 🗺️🖊️🙌 There's just TWO DAYS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! July's theme is WITHOUT A MAP. You have until Friday at midnight CST to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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ICYMI 🌱🌟 the second anthology in our ECO series is available for preorder NOW! 24 new stories exploring humanity's relationship with the natural world, told through the lens of the fantastic 🌬️🍄📚 ECO25 is available for 30% until release day, November 17th! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

Preorders are now open for ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Please support our little imprint and this series by preordering -- it makes a huge difference to the success of the books. And you get 30% off the price ✨🦋🌿

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

Looking for inspiration for your next short story? Let us point you in the right direction! 👉🗺️🚀🪐 There's just ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for this month is WITHOUT A MAP. You have until the end of July to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Happy 1-year book birthday (ALREADY?? how time flies!) to @jasonsanford.bsky.social's novella WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS! 🎉🎂🎈📚 If a neurodiverse Gothic horror sounds like YOUR kind of summer read, check out WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS below, or snag a discounted copy as part of our new Sanford Bundle! 💸👀⬇️

We Who Hunt Alexanders - Apex Book Company

WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS by Jason Sanford is a dark, cosmic novella following a neurodivergent main character in a gothic, dangerous world.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

Apex Book Company is excited to reveal a new book bundle sure to SAVE a bundle! 🏷️💸🌟 The Sanford Bundle includes paperbacks of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: RED DAY EDITION, WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS, and digital copy of Apex Magazine 122, for 30% OFF (13 dollars in savings!) Check it out ⬇️

Still behind! Day 22.1: "One Last Light to Guide Me Home" by Avery Parks in @apexmag.bsky.social . Tragic, but suffused with a warmth that left me glowing even if I wanted to cry. #StoryADay www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

One Last Light to Guide Me Home

I’m already dead. All that’s left is the waiting.  The first thing I did—after trying to restart the engines, after doing the math, after uselessly calling for help, after all the frantic troubleshoot...

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"We who hunt Alexanders" by @jasonsanford.bsky.social I bought and read this one purely inspired by the combination of title and covrr artwork. I was not disappointed: A fun read, interesting scenario and premise. I suggest to go in blind as well and find out, why those Alexanders need to be hunted!

I'm also a finalist for the Ignyte Award's Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in the Genre. Here's a link to my eligible works including "The Mask Comes Off When I Write" and the booklet Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers. 2/

Genre Grapevine Goodness: Finalist for Hugo and Ignyte Awards, Plague Birds Rerelease on June 30 | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

There’s good and bad stuff going on in my life right now. Tomorrow I’ll release a report on some of the bad stuff I’ve been dealing with lat

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