i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

For health reasons, I've been gluten and dairy free since Thanksgiving. It's been ... okay. Not great, but I'm fine. Except tonight. Tonight I would kill for a slice of pizza from our local place. I need that pizza!

Me, whispering: Taking time off for the holidays was worth it. My inbox:

My next book, Multitude, is open for pre-orders from Apex Books. Paperback pre-orders will receive a cephalopod keychain! Direct order link: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul... More information on the book: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Completed my 16th platelet donation for the year. Rewarding myself with Thai food for dinner.

What's that sound on the roof? Oh, it's just Father Krampus leaving gifts for our Patrons! 👹🎄 Give yourself the gift of Apex and join our Patreon! Participate in flash fiction theme polls, get access to our secret discord, read exclusive short stories, and more! 🎁🐐 www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

I'm still so proud of this story—it's sad and glorious and queer. One of my best, I reckon!

We're reopening to submissions on January 1st. Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.

My love for chunky, 8K+ word stories that absolutely wreck the @apexmag.bsky.social issue word counts has become sort of an inside joke among the Apex team. Each time I fall in love with another, I despair about how I'll make it fit, but I always do! Here are a few of my favs:

Hungarian #SFinTranslation

I'm not sure who needs to see this, but I just found out that Monster High makes an Alien collector doll and she is gorgeous! She's also $240, but she's so pretty!

My first professionally published story is available to read now at Apex Magazine! It's less than 1000 words--what do you have to lose? Thank you to everyone who reads and comments. Your support means so much to me.

According to my Red Cross app, I've successfully donated platelets 15 times this year. I'm going to try for one more at the end of next week. My last donation was a little rough, with nausea and feeling overheated, so I'm hoping this one goes more smoothly.

Read @Gabino_Iglesias’s review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social & @lesleyconner.bsky.social: “a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways... a very worthy journey.”

"@shereereneethomas.bsky.social and @lesleyconner.bsky.social have put together a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways, and the level of talent they brought together makes this a very worthy journey." 🗺️🔍✨ Thank you @locusmag.bsky.social and @gabino.bsky.social!

I've been a reading slump lately (I really haven't read anything but audiobooks since early October) and I can slowly feel myself coming out of it. Which is good, except ...

Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction! Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️ Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/... Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

No, this isn't the exact same graphic I used last year, and yes, I absolutely 100% understand how Astounding eligibility works 🥲 thank you for reading, it's been a good year ❤️

contract is signed!!! in a post-apocalyptic future where people live on megafauna, Beau put his roots down on the back of a jackalope. but bodies start showing up, and he's the primary suspect. forthcoming in @apexmag.bsky.social !!!!

You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you. ... I'm sure Moss and Roy would figure something out ...

I'm so glad I have a few days off this week. I'm currently trying to do about 6 different tasks, and I have the Richard Cheese version of "Down with the Sickness" running in a constantly loop in my head. Nothing is actually getting done, but I'm trying really hard.

Since opening submissions on Oct 1st, @apexmag.bsky.social has received 2,187 stories. We're working our way through them, but it's taking us some time. We're closing to submissions in December and will reopen again on January 1st.

Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

I've been playing a Sims legacy challenge for the past month or so and it is ABSOLUTE chaos. For each generation, I'm choosing a book or series to name the kids after. First gen I started with an alien and human. They had four kids all named after characters in Romeo and Juliet.

It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics. And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF. adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

New story day!!! If you need some weird sad eco body horror in your life, this one is for you! 🌊🦀🐠 Thank you for believing in this one @lesleyconner.bsky.social ❤️

please buy and rate my books so scammers stop putting the descriptions into an LLM and emailing me about it! LEARN TO HOWL is a complete trilogy about family, identity, and kicking ass as a fucking werewolf books2read.com/learntohowl/ books2read.com/BayingtheMoon books2read.com/CompanyofWol...

Pax may be napping but he also makes sure I'm not alone while I read story submissions.

I keep looking up layouts for the house in the Golden Girls, because I want to build the house in Sims and play as Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia. I've been thinking about which traits and aspirations I should give them and everything.

One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong. How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Watching Puppet Master while I clean. "This is a movie star bed." Haha!

And the Apex Kickstarter is over. A huge thank you to everyone who helped us reach our goal for 2026. I'm very excited to bring you another year of weird dark stories.

Actually, we're only $3,086 away unlocking another issue of Apex Magazine. The fifth issue would be edited by the amazing @retreasure.bsky.social and feature previously unpublished authors. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We're only $586 away from unlocking our first stretch goal - a Drabble submission period edited by Kai Delmas. With 47 minutes to go. Can we get there? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Drinking coffee and watching the minutes tick down on the Apex Kickstarter like a complete weirdo. 96 minutes to go.

13 hours left in the Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Less than 24 hours left in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter. If they get a few thousand dollars more the world gets to read a special issue of Apex focused on unpublished authors!

WE WANT DRABBLES Come on, everyone, we can do it 🔥

Support them if you can. Unless you don’t like great stories. Then maybe support them anyways, you weirdo. The world needs great stories written by humans now more than ever. ☠️

want to buy my ENTIRE DIGITAL CATALOG? well you can do that AND benefit Apex! It's an add-on!

Last night's creature feature was Frogs (1972). This movie was WILD! The amount of times I yelled "That isn't how that works!" was nuts. It features a wealthy family celebrating the 4th of July and a few family birthday parties on their island estate.

There are officially only 24 hours left in the Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter and we're only $1,300 away from unlocking our first stretch goal. Any support you can give us is greatly appreciated. I'm just so grateful we have funded and will be back next year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

As an editor who's also a writer, it's especially painful to read a beautifully crafted submission from a writer with obvious talent and have to reject it—for any number of reasons. Writers, we want every one of you to be our next yes!!

Just under 2 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter. While the magazine's four issues for 2026 are funded, if they get $4,000 more we get to read an additional unpublished authors issue of Apex Magazine! I've donated and hope others will do the same. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Book Company is opening submissions for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre-blend novel and novellas MONDAY, November 3rd at 10 AM EST! 👽📚 Bookmark our submissions page and check back Nov. 3rd for further details and access to our submission portal: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...

There are only 45 hours left in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter. Don't miss out on exclusive hoodies and fun add-ons! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

I love creature feature movies. The more ridiculous the better. Piranha, Slugs, The Nest. Currently watching Squirm on Tubi. What's your favorite creature feature?

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Just a reminder, your favorite incredibly thorough researcher and expository writer (we'll assume for the sake of argument that that's me) is looking for full-time work, but open to freelance work too. Also a published writer of horror and fantasy fiction, with experience in tabletop RPG design.