Running low on copies of Gardener, my big weird space western, so I’m doing a bit of a sale for it. Use code BIGGARDENERSALE on the site for 30% off, but only until next week! If you like slow-burn, character driven sci-fi, this one’s for you. And it just so happens to be a big fancy hardcover too

Obviously you should buy Necropolis from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social but while you're there have you considered getting Duel edited by @thisisguan.bsky.social with stories from @faithallington.bsky.social @carlc75.bsky.social Huijia Li, @livstrom.bsky.social and also me.

Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon! @alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria! cover art by @warls.bsky.social

My story, “Patchwork Boy,” is now available to read at Crow & Cross Keys. I am so happy that this piece found such a loving home. Thank you again to @keychild.bsky.social for being an editor extraordinaire! 🪡

Please enjoy my “Roll the Bones” from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social, issue 5… hexagonmagazine.ca/wp-content/u...

Absolutely delighted to announce that my story “Patchwork Boy” will be appearing in an upcoming issue of @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛🗝️ Extra special thanks to editor-in-chief @keychild.bsky.social for the kind words in my acceptance letter. 🧡

Did we mention “The Old Woman and the Spider” by @akatherineblack.bsky.social from our Other Anthology was selected for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction! (We did, but worth mentioning again!)

In February, my SF short story "Seeds of Hope," featuring the real Svalbard Global Seed Vault, came out in Hexagon Magazine's celebratory final issue. The story deals with darkness and hope. 🌱 @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Download the issue for free here: hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-20-spr...

In January, I had a melancholy flash about a garden witch, "Wolf Roses," published in MYRIAD's Nocturnal issue. The issue was guest edited by A.D. Sui 🌹@thesuiway.bsky.social @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social You can buy the issue on Hexagon Magazine's Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119711...

Celebrate #insectweek with these wonderful tales that centre insects and other arthropods! 🦀🦗🐝🐞🦂

Yay! Year's Best Arthropod Short Fiction is here, with a quickly-skittering tale from yours truly nestled among other great authors (and their things-with-many-legs). Thanks for having me aboard, @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social!

“To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka from @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social, “The Lexicon of Lethe” by @translunarytree.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo - locusmag.com/2025/06...

Hello, new people! I don't know what I did to receive new followers, but I'm not complaining. When I'm not nerding out, I write! Below is one my favorite stories I've written, published by @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social. #fiction #fantasy #cozyfantasy #bvm hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-13-sum...

The arthropods are here!! buzzin' for these stories - you can read them below 🦋 🐜🕷️

IT'S BAAAAACK

Oooo! Bug book love! Get your copy today! 🕷️

Thrilled to see Legs, Scopulae, Pedipalps, Fangs by @jennifleck.bsky.social from Issue 6 included in this anthro antho Check for creepy crawlies and then read these stories 🪳🕷️🐞

I'll be doing a live reading this week, reading my story "Reap What You Sow" from issue 12 of Hexagon Magazine (@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social ). 😆 Y'all should totally read it. hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-12-spr...

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

The Sea Mither is a deity from Orkney with dominion over the seas, responsible for calming and warming summer waters. She's connected to the Nuckelavee, and can keep the creature at bay during Summer, though her power wanes in winter. #FolkloreThursday (As seen in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social!) 🧵

FFer Read of the Day: "To m’Pa, Between Two Planets" by Uchechukwu Nwaka in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-20-spr...

My velvet worm Aurelio was a war-steed once; retired now, he still snorts and spits for battle. I keep a strong hand on the reins as we take the longest road to the sea. I have never seen it before (neither has he, I think) but we both need a holiday. Peace is new. We are strangers to her.

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is nearly ready for release! If anyone wants to get their claws on an early copy, I’m looking for a few quotes for the interior! Email me if you are interested! 🧡🐞

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night It is too devastating to see how few there are” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is nearly ready for release! If anyone wants to get their claws on an early copy, I’m looking for a few quotes for the interior! Email me if you are interested! 🧡🐞

Hexagon Issue 19 / Winter 2024 is now available to all for free on our website! 📎 Check out original short fiction from Colin O’ Mahoney, Raina Joines, J Wallace, Aurelien Gayet, and L.M. Guay, with stunning cover art from Nickolej Villiger.

@almosthomefree.bsky.social doesn’t miss!

Hexagon has put out some absolutely awesome magazines, and EIC JW was so supportive of our magazine when we were barely just a concept, including graciously agreeing to be our first guest interview! It's entirely possible we wouldn't be a magazine without JW/Hexagon. It's sad to hear there won't be

An art a day keeps the sadness away.

Hexagon Magazine Issue 20 / Spring 2025 is now available to all for free on our website. 🐸🧡 Our final issue has original short fiction from Kit Calvert, Silvia Heike, Jordan Hirsch, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and Carol Scheina, with amazing cover art from Elaine Will. Edited by JW Stebner.

We are delighted to see “The Old Woman and the Spider” by @akatherineblack.bsky.social will be reprinted for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction! 🖤🕷️🕸️

Super stoked to join this Year's Best anthology full of great authors. I may have been teased for "playing with bugs" as a kid. Well, well...wouldja look at me now! 🕷️🕸️🛸

Fahi is abiku, destined to grieve his parents by being reborn over & over. But he is born to a sweet & caring woman, Toke, & finds he is unwilling to give up the love of a mother. "My Mother’s Love" by @naomieselojor.bsky.social in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-10-fal...

"Orowa, one of the 1st colonies in the system, was in the path of a large asteroid. Impact was imminent. As a neighbour-planet, the displaced Orowans are to be relocated to Igea." "To m’Pa, Between Two Planets" by Uchechukwu Nwaka in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-20-spr...

Don’t worry, sometimes your going to make typos.

Featuring stories from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @asimovssfmag.bsky.social, @flashpointsf.bsky.social, @morningtransport.bsky.social, @undertow.bsky.social, @3lobedmag.bsky.social, @lunastation.bsky.social, @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com.

So excited for this one 🦋 including my language & arthropods story "Logoptera"!

Many nights have I faced this very calculus of dignity

I'm definitely buying this! #InverteFest

It's going to be a creepy-crawly one, folks! Excited for "Black Widow" to join the lineup! 🕷️ #amwriting

I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀 @akatherineblack.bsky.social @dianadima.com Joshua Green Pauline Jérémie @eclosionk2.bsky.social @jennifleck.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social #invertefest

New event coming up! I'll be running a session on putting together a short story collection with @elegantliterature.bsky.social on Saturday 24th May, sharing some top tips from my own process and experience! Find out more about Elegant Lit/their Author HQ here: www.elegantliterature.com/authorhq/ ✍️📖

Includes @carolscheina.bsky.social’s fantastic story, “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” and @elainemwill.bsky.social’s brilliant cover art from Hexagon Issue 20. 🧡 Thank you for reading, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!

Includes @carolscheina.bsky.social’s fantastic story, “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” and @elainemwill.bsky.social’s brilliant cover art from Hexagon Issue 20. 🧡 Thank you for reading, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!

Decisions for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 coming soon! 🐝🪲🦗🐜🪰

Decisions for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 coming soon! 🐝🪲🦗🐜🪰

AHHH last minute nominations for the Aurora Awards please consider Hexagon and the amazing stories, art, and comic that we published in 2024 we swear there is more punctuation in the work and it isn’t just one long insane sentence written by a very tired editor! 🍁🧡

#Canadians just hours left to nominate for the Aurora Awards. Coincidentally, that’s more than enough time to read a short or two. I’d be thrilled if you’d take a moment to consider my work. Thanks.

sooo happy to see the amazing story by @jexewizabee.bsky.social on the @tenebrouspress.bsky.social BNW shortlist! i got to publish this story in the zine i edited for @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social and it was truly a weird and wonderful delight tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/3/...

This ensures you always have a WIP. WIP overlap!