recommend having a good sobbing meltdown over everything you cannot change at least once a month to really even the keel a bit
Lesley Conner
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Editor in Chief at Apex Magazine. Coffee drinker. Book reader. She/Her
Regarding the Horror Writers Association (HWA) newsletter promoting AI usage, why why why do people keep using the term "gatekeepers" to describe those opposed to the use of LLMs in writing and art? The true gatekeepers are the billionaire tech bros whose companies push to normalize AI usage. 1/
Rick Moranis: Are You The Gatekeeper?
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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!
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...
"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...
On Sept. 15, we're launching a Kickstarter to fund Year 17 of LIGHTSPEED & Year 15 of NIGHTMARE. Visit the pre-launch page now to check out what we have in store and then click the NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button so you can be one of the first to back in Sept. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...
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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This isn't something that I'd think would need to be said, but based on an email I just received, apparently it does: Insulting a magazine and/or their EiC in a response to a rejection isn't a good way to get published by that magazine.
🚨Short story acceptance alert 🚨 Town Full of Broken Tin Men, originally published in @apexmag.bsky.social's Robotic Ambitions anthology, shall be getting reprinted in MetaStellar. It deals with the themes of PTSD and what it means to return back to civilization after war!
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 3y agoMy story, "The Town Full of Broken Tin Men" will be in @apexmag.bsky.social's Robotic Ambitions anthology, which is available for preorder right now! It's about a young father-to-be in a nineteen-fifties style suburb, who starts to have some very unsettling visions of robotic men🤖
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...
said it before and i'll say it again: the number one writing hack is just to make friends. you can either spend an hour in an obscure & contentious reddit forum trying to figure out what a 2012 camaro sounds like or you can ask your buddy, the Car Guy
"The best exercise is one you'll want to do." -- this is advice for physical fitness, but I think it applies to art, too. The best writing is the writing you'll be drawn to complete. Chase your fun.
I was finally able to find dairy free plain yogurt so I'm making chicken tikka masala for the first time in nearly a year. I'm also going to try to make gluten free, dairy free naan. This could end up a complete mess, but I am so excited!
Still on my Godzilla kick. Going all the way back to Godzilla Raids Again (1955). Since I'm home now, rather than visiting my parents, I'll probably try to watch them in order.
If you're a new writer and wanting to level up your skills, please don't turn to AI as a beta reader. Join a writers group - either locally or online. Swap stories with other new writers. Get into those deep conversations about craft. You'll learn so much more that way.
"I felt a strong need . . . to make two very different textures and shapes intertwine and resemble each other—find common ground between opposites." 🌀🎨🪢 New today by Bradley Powers: "Interview with Artist @valentinapaz.com" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...
I be a bundling! Check it out for a discount of two of my books and an issue of Apex Magazine with one of my stories.
Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 2w agoApex 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 ⬇️
Don't LOSE your head after we tell you this... 😵💫🗺️🧭 ...But there's just TWO WEEKS 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...
I've Lost It - Headless Man
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If anyone out there thinks requesting books from your library not in their system, I beg to differ. The past several months, I'd guess half or more of my borrowed books have been newly purchased by the local library or the Danish Royal Library.
Y'all don't want teens to go to the beach, ride the bus, or go to the mall. But y'all also don't want them staying home and playing video games or being on their phones or social media. So what do y'all expect teens to do? Sit silently and stare at the wall? Come the fuck on.
Today is my mom's birthday. We're spending the day together. She wants to go to a little coffee shop/used bookstore, an antique store, and a psychic. We'll probably also get lunch.
Superstore Jonah Simms: It'll Be Like A Little Adventure
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Everyone grab your popcorn and go watch the trailer for the animated series adaptation of @ecatherine.com's novella THE KRAKEN SEA 🦑🍿!! Thrilled to see this fantastic story so beautifully reimagined 💜 Immune to spoilers? Snag a copy of the novella here 👀 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
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We have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽
I'm living dangerously. I'm visiting my parents and left my planner at home. I just bought concert tickets. Without checking my planner. I think I'm going to do it again.
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As someone who reads slush on a regular basis, I have many many thoughts on the AI-subs stories being shared right now, but one thing is for sure: I hate what AI generated stories are doing to zines and publishers and writers. It makes things harder for everyone who is doing legit work.
Guess what we found in the bowels of Apex! 👀🚨🚨🚨 If you missed our last giveaway of 30 signed, hand-numbered copies of PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION, we still have a few copies left to give away! Get yourself a one-of-a-kind copy of our newest release and check out the giveaway details below 🧵
