Today's community drabble is, "Planet Fall" by Pauline Barmby. The theme was "sanctuary." Find Pauline Barmby on Bluesky @pbarmby.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Welcome to Purgatory by Kai Delmas A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror  https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/welcome-to-purgatory-by-kai-delmas

omg, ECO24 got a starred Publisher's Weekly review! "23 stellar tales" 🌿✨🥲✨🌿 High-five to all the authors who make this collection so wonderful! And an extra high-five to @jenniferhudak.bsky.social and @louisevans.bsky.social, whose stories are highlighted in this review as standouts 👀🫶

Today's community drabble is, "A Futile Plea" by Z. Hunter Scribner. The theme was "sanctuary." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Yay! Come and listen to us talk about drabbles and micros. And if you have any questions I'd love to answer them. 😁🙌💙

And then on Sunday, 9/28 Kai Delmas and V. Astor Solomon return and are joined by @historyneverwas.bsky.social and @hannahgreer.bsky.social for some fun with Drabbles and Micro Fiction during Hour 50.

Yes! I'm excited to talk flash with folks and can't wait to answer any questions people might have. 😁🙌💙

I get the awesome job of moderating not one but TWO panels on short fiction during this year’s @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! #Flights2025

Today's community drabble is, "Coping Mechanism" by Aidan MS. The theme was "sanctuary." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Today's community drabble is, "Return to Buyan" by Rachael Rosenberg. The theme was "sanctuary." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

My debut novel 'The Last Days of Good People' now available for ebook download for $0.99 for a limited time. Get yours today wherever you get your digital lit --> buff.ly/SmkOWFZ #speclit #booksky

Today's community drabble is, "Sanctuary" by K. Venzian. The theme was "sanctuary." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

What to do when everything just becomes too much? A new drabble for my loyal readers. www.patreon.com/posts/139279...

Today's community drabble is, "A memory from the botanical garden" by Aidan MS. The theme was "cocoon." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Finished POSTHASTE MANOR by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social last night, and it hit all my buttons. From the actual story content to the structure - mosaic narratives, smashing together genres, scrapbook media, wild tonal shifts. Its all there!

Too swamped for now to drabble (hopefully next week 🤞) but Kai does it much better than me anway 🤩

Today's community drabble is, "Leaving Home" by Kai Delmas. The theme was "cocoon." Find Kai Delmas at patreon.com/kaidelmas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

I'm thrilled to announce that my drabble 'Don't Hide from the Mirror' was chosen by @kaidelmas.bsky.social as one of the winners of @apexmag.bsky.social's The Masks We Wear drabble contest! If you enjoy reading trans body horror, you won't want to miss Apex Issue 151, releasing on October 1!

Ask me anything! But please not the duck horse question.

Today's the day!! Don't forget to post your questions for @retreasure.bsky.social's AMA in the comments of the post below ⬇️

Today's community drabble is, "What Lies Beneath the Shell" by Z. Hunter Scribner. The theme was "cocoon." Find Z. Hunter Scribner at bsky.app/profile/z-hunter-scribner.bsky.social . Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢 We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨ Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!

The rest of the LibraryReads Top 10 Picks for October 2025 are announced in alpha order by author's last name, starting with CRAFTING FOR SINNERS: A NOVEL by @jennykiefer.com. @quirkbooks.bsky.social

Woo, grab the beautiful hardcover edition of Limelight for 20% off now direct with Shortwave!! (Ft. Alternate under book sleeve cover)✨️ 👇

The clever people at Dream Foundry magically converted 254 total hours of programing into a virtual convention lasting the 60 hours! How do they do it? Griffins may be involved. Hope to see you at my Chill-n-Chat! flights-of-foundry.org

Strangely, this week's drabble was inspired by Dr. Seuss. I seriously don't know what my brain is doing sometimes. 😂 www.patreon.com/posts/138767...

Please welcome our new Managing Editor of Violet Lichen, @nicholeon.bsky.social! 🎉🎉 Nichole is a horror writer and editor of The Drabblecast, with work in Maudlin House, Inner Worlds, and many other publications. Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen Books are thrilled to welcome her to the team! 👽🖤🍄

Welcome to the Violet Lichen team, @nicholeon.bsky.social! We are so lucky to have you! 💜💜💜💜💜 www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Today's community drabble is, "Cocoon" by K. Venzian. The theme was "cocoon." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

More guest editor news! 📣 Emma Burnett, our guest editor for our Nov 2025 issue, has a new story out today at @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #writingcommunity #shortstory #speculativefiction

Today's community drabble is, "vigilance, grasshopper" by Rachael Rosenberg. The theme was "cocoon." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

STATS TIME! So far the Flights of Foundry program is.... - 265 sessions - 282.5 hours of programming in 51 hours of time (excluding scheduled breaks) - 69 sessions (😉) are limited seating - 174 currently scheduled participants - 47 reading sessions

My flash "The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero" is free to read @flashfictiononline.bsky.social today! What happens after a hero grows old ... and has to babysit his granddaughter? (My first reprint!)

Today's community drabble is, "Angel Of Debt" by Aidan MS. The theme was "angel." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

What a heart-wrenching story. With that slightest glimmer of hope. Beautiful!

Link here and in our bio: www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/elis...

This story is the first of our stories sought specifically from writers of Palestinian descent. Elise Stephens is smart, and articulate, and brave. She is talented, witty, and a spectacular writer. Check out "Suspension" by Elise Stephens @elisestephens.bsky.social

She is done. No more last looks. No more polish. No more what if I added this or that. She is proofread, revised, edited and all shined up. I am euphoric. This is a high I have not experienced before. I wrote a fucking Trinidadian lesbian gothic banger. Dear publishers come get her. 😃 💥💥💥💥

A lovely little drabble for you all from yours truly.

And just when you thought our great news was over 👀👀👀... We're holding an OPEN READING PERIOD for novella and novel submissions November 3RD-14TH! Bring us your best strange fantasy, beautiful horror, and surreal scifi! 🖤👽 Full details in the link below! ⬇️ www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...

Today's community drabble is "Aurora Dolofonos" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "angel." Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky: @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

HUGE NEWS!!! Living in Cemeteries earned out its advance!!! I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who picked up a copy!!! This has meant so much to me. I hope my little novel keeps making its way out into the world. And if you are one of my readers, I hope you enjoyed it :)

We’re halfway to our goal, and only 5 days left! Please support us now for 2026 so we can read new stories by Eugen Bacon, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ai Jiang, Gwendolyn Kiste, John Langan, Premee Mohamed, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Nisi Shawl, Molly Tanzer, Wendy N. Wagner, and more. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Today's community drabble is "Unworthy" by Z. Hunter Scribner. The theme was "angel." Find Z. Hunter Scribner at bsky.app/profile/z-hunter-scribner.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble

Im sick as heck and the only thing that can make me feel better is if everyone writes today. Drop your word counts here if you want to make me feel better. Drop a zero if you enjoy my misery and want me to know it.

First drabble of the month is free to read. The theme this month is Solitude. Have a read, shed a tear. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/138152...

"Straw World" launches tomorrow, and I couldn't be more excited. The next day, however, has me almost equally excited as we'll be having a book launching event hosted by the always amazing PLM! Come join us for fun and prizes! Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-echoes...

Happy book bday to Erik McHatton! Erik is a student of the Weird and frequent CHM collaborator. His debut collection STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID is out today and it's fantastic! Celebrate the release on Friday with a reading and prizes: https://bit.ly/480DUa9

Today's community drabble is "A Little Kindness" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "angel." Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social. #drabble #authors

It's true, I'm reading for another magazine this month. If you have true stories you can tell in 100 words and it's something that happened within about five minutes, send it our way! 💯😁🙌