Looks like only one day left now? Apex's previous micro contest produced some outstanding stories. I'm looking forward to the new batch of winners. Also, I had a peek at the ECO24 ARC and it's fucking awesome! @apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social

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 👀🫶

"[ECO24] is a triumph. Every entry is equal parts thought-provoking, insightful, and impactful." ⭐ Thank you so much to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for the starred review of ECO24! 💜🍄 Read the full review here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781955765404 Preorder your copy of ECO24 FOR 30% OFF below!⬇️

FFer Read of the Day: "Shadows Below Seaway Trains" by @aijiang.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

I've currently got one story eligible for the Stokers. My horror flash "Someone to Feed You" published in @apexmag.bsky.social in January 2025! Check it out. 🖤🖤🖤🦷🦷🦷🖤🖤🖤 www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

I love an FF reprint day! Go check out "Mother Sun" from FF#19 in Apex Magazine!

So happy to have my love in the time of supernova story reprinted at @apexmag.bsky.social

only TWO DAYS LEFT to submit to our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest to celebrate the release of ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction!🌺🐛🍄 Don't forget to email your microfiction (max. 300 words) to [email protected] before midnight on Sep. 25th! 📧

Anyone else been burning their candle at both ends this week? 🕯️😴 There's just ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for September is CANDLELIGHT. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

"Before the collapse, the Holy Children had been just one of the major religions. Solstice dinner with the family, days off for Equinox. But a supernova: that changed everything." ☀️⛪ New fiction today by @amynagopaleen.bsky.social: "Mother Sun" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Recently enjoyed "Black Gold" by @emkerkman.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

FARM TO TABLE!!!!!

Discover what your body is capable of in THE FLESH GARDENS 🩸🪷🩸 We're so excited to host @hironennes.bsky.social's "Our Best Selves" in ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION! Don't miss this natural wonder of a book and preorder for 30% OFF at www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco... 🌿🍄💸

I recently discovered that a library in Wisconsin used a short story of mine that @apexmag.bsky.social published years ago for their short story book club. And they paired me up with Nathaniel Hawthorne. Probably the best compliment I've ever recieved. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Exciting book news!! WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS will soon be available at Chicago public libraries! 🏛️📚 Want to see Apex at your local library? Send proof of your request to [email protected], and we'll send you a FREE ebook copy! 💸📖👽 More details here: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/reques...

I've thoughts on the things we're not supposed to talk about along with the stories we tell. How we must push back on the justifications people use to ignore or embrace the wrongs around them. I also wonder why we let Alexanders and incendiaries hurt so many people. www.patreon.com/posts/139194...

My story "Intersecting Datafields" is on Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast today! Wouldn't you like a little cyborg romance? Thanks to @cbdroege.bsky.social for the great narration. I loved it!

Think you're brave enough to join the Apex Patreon?? Sure, you get exclusive content, access to the secret discord, the best short horror stories emailed right to you... But in return, you must swear to take our secrets...TO YOUR GRAVE!! 🪦⚡ Join us, if you dare 💀 www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

New ECO24 blurb from the fantastic @sueburke.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Want to snag this natural wonder of a book? Preorder ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction and get 30% OFF HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco... 🌿🍄💸

I'm gonna go 'head and plug some mags people can give their cancelled streaming subscriptions money to: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @apexmag.bsky.social

New nonfiction today by @retreasure.bsky.social and Veronica J. Gilchrist: "Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure" 📚💬 Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

I think the biggest misconception about writing is the subconscious emphasis on ✨talent✨ versus hard work and persistence. It's a factor, but only one part of the path.

Good practices - I'll just echo King here. Read a lot, and write a lot. And read the submission guidelines! I don't think you have to write every day or what have you, but breathing in and breathing out regularly is important.

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!

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

Good morning! Time to wake up and smell the...candles? 🕯️🌅☕ There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for September is CANDLELIGHT. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

New nonfiction today by @retreasure.bsky.social and Veronica J. Gilchrist: "Interning with Apex: A Chat Between Apex Intern Veronica J. Gilchrist and Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure" 📚💬 Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

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

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

"[...] a collection of specific, place-based fiction that nonetheless challenges our notions of spatial and temporal fixity. It's both fun and thought-provoking, and if you like short, weird fiction then I highly recommend this one." 🌿 Thank you for your review @benlockwood.bsky.social! 🖤👽

In the latest Eco-Update from Brief Ecology I reviewed @apexmag.bsky.social’s The Map of Lost Places. It’s a very cool collection of eco/geo-fiction that you should definitely read

🌿🌿🌿🖤🖤🖤🌿🌿🌿 "These stories are personal and lyrical, and the breadth of imagination and styles make this anthology dazzling." -- Sue Burke, author of the Semiosis Trilogy 🌿🌿🌿🖤🖤🖤🌿🌿🌿

Write a piece of microfiction for the chance to win a copy of the upcoming ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION! 🌿🦋🌿 Deadline is Sept 25!

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!

Tomorrow! Six Powerful Exercises To Polish Your Prose, with Apex Magazine Managing Editor, and creator of micromagazine, Crepuscular, Rebecca E Treasure. September 12 at 3PM EST | 8PM UTC. Leave with a toolkit to help you slay the slush pile reachyourapex.com/PYP0912 #authors #writingworkshop

OUR MICROFICTION CONTEST IS BACK!! ✍️🌺🐛🍄 We had such a great turnout for our first contest that we're back for a second round to celebrate ECO24! Check the pictures/alt text below for full details. The deadline to email your submission to [email protected] is SEPTEMBER 25TH @ midnight!

It me! Come listen to me prattle on about words that start with p!

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

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! 👽🖤🍄

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...

New ECO24 blurb from the fantastic @sueburke.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Want to snag this natural wonder of a book? Preorder ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction and get 30% OFF HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco... 🌿🍄💸

Time to blow out some birthday candles! 🌬️🕯️🎂 This social media guy's birthday is tomorrow, and I demand gifts in the form of FLASH FICTION!! The theme for September is CANDLELIGHT. You have THREE WEEKS left to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

"Kate was there when the shards burst through her nephew’s skin." 🪨💥 New fiction today by Frey Lylark: "Changeling" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Calling for aid from my fellow Internet horror fans! 💀🖥️ If one of our Kickstarter funding milestones involved a live creepypasta reading with @retreasure.bsky.social and @lesleyconner.bsky.social, which ones would you be most excited for? Both classics and underrated gems are welcome! 📹🕴️🌲

HELLO???

LOL. I've never before been a.k.a.'d as a "Biographer of Vengeance" for my new fiction, in this case for my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders along with my novel Plague Birds, both published by @apexmag.bsky.social. Thanks to @skiffyandfanty.com for having me on their podcast! Check it out.

Calling for aid from my fellow Internet horror fans! 💀🖥️ If one of our Kickstarter funding milestones involved a live creepypasta reading with @retreasure.bsky.social and @lesleyconner.bsky.social, which ones would you be most excited for? Both classics and underrated gems are welcome! 📹🕴️🌲

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...

Hey, who turned out the lights?? 🕯️🕯️🕯️ The theme for September's flash fiction contest is CANDLELIGHT! You have until the end of this month to submit. Full submission details linked below ⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

OUR MICROFICTION CONTEST IS BACK!! ✍️🌺🐛🍄 We had such a great turnout for our first contest that we're back for a second round to celebrate ECO24! Check the pictures/alt text below for full details. The deadline to email your submission to [email protected] is SEPTEMBER 25TH @ midnight!