"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

Ouroborobaby by Seán Padraic Birnie

The baby is chewing her fingers. She’ll put anything (a phone, a tube of barrier cream, your house keys, an empty blister pack of Methlyphenidate XR, 40mg) into her mouth if you let her. She’s at that...

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Can I just say, early postpartum actually does feel this unhinged!! Can't wait to do it again in Sept -sob laugh-

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · yesterday

"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

"Today is August 4, 2026". Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day!

"The baby is chewing her fingers." Folks... I don't want to spoil too much about this week's @hexliterary.bsky.social. I will say it's a delightful creeper. Nightmarish and absurd. We are so very stoked to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back on the site with "Ouroborobaby"!!!!!

Ouroborobaby by Seán Padraic Birnie

The baby is chewing her fingers. She’ll put anything (a phone, a tube of barrier cream, your house keys, an empty blister pack of Methlyphenidate XR, 40mg) into her mouth if you let her. She’s at that...

hexliterary.com

This is based on truth (my baby gnawing his feet) and I consider it Creative Nonfiction.

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · yesterday

"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

Ouroborobaby by Seán Padraic Birnie

The baby is chewing her fingers. She’ll put anything (a phone, a tube of barrier cream, your house keys, an empty blister pack of Methlyphenidate XR, 40mg) into her mouth if you let her. She’s at that...

hexliterary.com

As part of the launch of our novella crowdfund, hype to share the cover for THESE HOLLOW BODIES by Z.K. Abraham (@pegasusunder.bsky.social)! The cover was illustrated by Anan Sonn Kaaren @acloudboiii.bsky.social 🖌️

I have a story up in the latest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social sharing space with some very talented writers. Thank you, editor @francinewitte.bsky.social 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...

Flash #42 Aug '26

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Meet me in the marketplace of ideas in next 20 minutes if u want an ass kicking

Check out my epistolary caveman flash story! It's delightful and tender! I'm so happy it's out to share 😀

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · last wk.

"Ook tired of roots and sprouts! Ook want meat!" hex love Ook! You love Ook too? Read @spencerorey.bsky.social's delightful & tender “Caveman Days of Exile and Meat,” new on hex today!

I love this so much. Read it out loud. Trust me.

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · last wk.

"Ook tired of roots and sprouts! Ook want meat!" hex love Ook! You love Ook too? Read @spencerorey.bsky.social's delightful & tender “Caveman Days of Exile and Meat,” new on hex today!

"Ook tired of roots and sprouts! Ook want meat!" hex love Ook! You love Ook too? Read @spencerorey.bsky.social's delightful & tender “Caveman Days of Exile and Meat,” new on hex today!

Caveman Days of Exile and Meat by Spencer Orey

“The mammoth hunters spectacularly occupy the cave wall and the mind, but what we actually did to stay alive and fat was gather seeds, roots, sprouts, shoots, leaves, nuts, berries, fruits, and grains...

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"I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately." The hex crew is very excited to have @seandowie.bsky.social back with another strange and hilarious tale! Sean's latest is a surprising and wonderful take on youth in which everything goes... right? Don't miss Oldgirl, up now on the site!

Oldgirl by Sean Dowie

I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately. Adolescence is such a bore. My friends obsess over boys, gossip, and grades. I’m shorter than my peers (which would be a perfect height fo...

hexliterary.com

"I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately." Everything @seandowie.bsky.social writes is surprising and funny and wonderful, and I'm feeling SO stoked that we get to feature his third with @hexliterary.bsky.social! Don't miss this witchy wonder!!! "Oldgirl" is up now!

Oldgirl by Sean Dowie

I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately. Adolescence is such a bore. My friends obsess over boys, gossip, and grades. I’m shorter than my peers (which would be a perfect height fo...

hexliterary.com

“Imbecilic leeches in buxom figures!” I shout at them. “You really think I’m buxom?” asks my insecure friend, smiling and looking reassured for the first time since I’ve known her. This is so delightful! A great @seandowie.bsky.social fairy tale in @hexliterary.bsky.social today!

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately." The hex crew is very excited to have @seandowie.bsky.social back with another strange and hilarious tale! Sean's latest is a surprising and wonderful take on youth in which everything goes... right? Don't miss Oldgirl, up now on the site!

Needed something weird to read first thing. ❤️

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately." The hex crew is very excited to have @seandowie.bsky.social back with another strange and hilarious tale! Sean's latest is a surprising and wonderful take on youth in which everything goes... right? Don't miss Oldgirl, up now on the site!

My favorite critic loved my story Oldgirl in @hexliterary.bsky.social! I've read Huck's short fiction roundups for years. It's where I discovered my favorite authors. I dreamed of being included, but believed I wasn’t “good enough”. Well, Oldgirl didn’t get in his roundup…it got a damn video!

"I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately." The hex crew is very excited to have @seandowie.bsky.social back with another strange and hilarious tale! Sean's latest is a surprising and wonderful take on youth in which everything goes... right? Don't miss Oldgirl, up now on the site!

Oldgirl by Sean Dowie

I need to become a wrinkly, bitter old person immediately. Adolescence is such a bore. My friends obsess over boys, gossip, and grades. I’m shorter than my peers (which would be a perfect height fo...

hexliterary.com

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hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

"Muh goes baby. Muh. Mah. Muh muh ma. Mama. This is our beautiful name and we will cry about it thank you."

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

I read the Office Siren by Katherine Tyndall in @hexliterary.bsky.social a story about missing the sea and dealing with a creepy boss. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-re...

I Read Stories: The Office Siren by Katherine Tyndall

The Office Siren by Katherine Tyndall in Hex Literary The office siren needs the water, misses the sea. She spends a lot of time in t...

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“Baby grows in the paths of old mistakes.” Love this language from @louisevans.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social!

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

Excited to have a new micro in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social!

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3w ago

'My Mother, the Robot' micro fiction from Elena Zhang The robot reads me a bedtime story. I put worms into my ears and hear innocence. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/my-m...

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FEEL SO LUCKY

Doric Literary@doricliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congratulations to our BOTN nominees: @danielmiller.bsky.social & @lpandell.bsky.social We publish short fiction inspired by classic writers. If alive, you know Carver & O'Connor would be writing about glory holes & armpit hair. doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/b... doric-literary.com/2026/06/30/i...

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

Mama Is Another Word for Phone by Louis Evans

Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life. No claws no bark no kelly green solar panels. Baby is nothing but soft underbelly and a round wet mouth that begs. ...

hexliterary.com

MAMA IS ANOTHER WORD FOR PHONE

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

fyi Bluesky, today's the last day of the @milkweededitions.bsky.social 50% off sale for books published before 2026. milkweed.org

Hooray this is good.

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." This week in hex, a spectacular offering by @louisevans.bsky.social! This one is so strange and unsettling and funny, the prose so carefully pruned. Don't miss "Mama is Another Word for Phone," an absolute banger!

"Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life." New @hexliterary.bsky.social is an absolute ripper. I love the voice in this, the unsettling and mysterious baby. Don't miss this strange wonder by @louisevans.bsky.social, up this week on da site!

Mama Is Another Word for Phone by Louis Evans

Baby comes into the world fat bloody and useless. It stays this way all its life. No claws no bark no kelly green solar panels. Baby is nothing but soft underbelly and a round wet mouth that begs. ...

hexliterary.com