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All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and indie book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, and beautiful scifi & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
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🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
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What does the ECO series have in common with pears and plums? They all grow back stronger every spring 🍐✨

THANK YOU SO MUCH for supporting ECO24! Don't forget to grab your copy of the first in the ECO series, and watch your bookshelf grow year after year 🌱📚💚

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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What does the ECO series have in common with pears and plums? They all grow back stronger every spring 🍐✨

THANK YOU SO MUCH for supporting ECO24! Don't forget to grab your copy of the first in the ECO series, and watch your bookshelf grow year after year 🌱📚💚

www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There's just 9 DAYS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! November's contest theme is CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE. You have until the 30th to submit! 🐱🧶

also, PSA 📢 Our flash fiction contest will be on a holiday hiatus in December, but we'll be returning in January! ❄️

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November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Here's my interview with the amazing @leahning.bsky.social! We discuss her incredible new piece of ecofiction, "We Used to Wake to Song," & many other things. LOVED this story 🪸
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"I think we’ll become a better sanctuary in the future. I hope we become a better sanctuary in the future." -Leah Ning
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬

New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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There's so MUSH room for more patrons at the Apex Magazine Patreon! 🍄🍄‍🟫

Become a fungus among us and connect to our secret mycelium network of exclusive stories and interviews, patron-only Discord server, and more! Don't let the decision stump you — join today! 🪵

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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Also got interviewed by the delightful @marissavu.bsky.social ❤️ I always appreciate the research and thoughtfulness she puts into her interview questions!
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬

New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(This month's mushroom-themed Patreon reminder is brought to you by my hyperfixation on Nika Murphy's story “The Ghost Tenders of Chornobyl” found in our new anthology ECO24 which you should be reading RIGHT NOW at the link below kthanksbye 💕)

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There's so MUSH room for more patrons at the Apex Magazine Patreon! 🍄🍄‍🟫

Become a fungus among us and connect to our secret mycelium network of exclusive stories and interviews, patron-only Discord server, and more! Don't let the decision stump you — join today! 🪵

www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There's so MUSH room for more patrons at the Apex Magazine Patreon! 🍄🍄‍🟫

Become a fungus among us and connect to our secret mycelium network of exclusive stories and interviews, patron-only Discord server, and more! Don't let the decision stump you — join today! 🪵

www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬

New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A few 📸 from the ECO24 book launch at Lofty Pigeon! Word is it was a full house & all the books sold out 🙌🎉🔥✨🎉💚
Pictured: @kayv.bsky.social reading from "Pig House," & @louisevans.bsky.social reading from "A Seder in Siberia."
Featuring native-seed packets designed by Apex's very own ⭐Ori Whipple!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Really lovely story from Anita Moskát in @apexmag.bsky.social , a creative magical take as well as having emotional depths: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Liecraft
For a long time now I’d been practicing liecraft five or six times before breakfast. I’d roll over to Khao’s side of the bed and...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Best ecofiction day! Snag a copy!
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Us releasing ECO24 into the wild yesterday like:

Enjoy 23 stellar tales from the best voices in ecofiction and grab your copy of ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌿🌏

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November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Had an amazing time launching @apexmag.bsky.social Violet Lichen’s ECO24 with @louisevans.bsky.social yesterday evening at Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn! Great turn out and we sold out 🍀 Also found a Maryland mention in my first visit to Brooklyn
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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YAY!!! I'm so delighted that my story "The Colonists" appears in this gorgeous book along with stories by @renanbernardo.com @osahon4545.bsky.social @emlinden.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and many others!
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Happy publication day to this amazing anthology! So many great stories in here! 🌿🌊🍄
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Proud to have a story in this amazing collection!
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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If you missed our E.M. Faulds' excellent ecofiction tale 'Love, Scotland' in 2024's Gallus, here's your chance. 'Love, Scotland' features in ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction (Apex Book Company / Violet Lichen), out now in all good bookshops.

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ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction
"A triumph. 23 stellar tales offering creative and varied takes on the book's themes. Every entry is equal parts thought-provoking, insightful, and impactful." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review A must...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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LAUNCH DAY! COME TO LOFTY PIGEON TO SEE ME AND @kayv.bsky.social TALK ABOUT IT!
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Happy pub day to Violet Lichen's first release! So proud of this book and in mad love with all of these beautiful stories. Congrats to all the authors and contributors! And happy reading to everyone who supported by pre-ordering. I hope you all fall in love with it too! 🌿🦋✨❤️🌿
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I had a chance to read an advanced copy of this one and can confirm it's full of great stories. Absolutely worth picking up a copy
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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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 ❤️
"Here, the fish make homes among our bones. The crabs weather the tides nestled between layers of muscle, folds of fat." 🐠💀🦀

New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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HAPPY PUB DAY!!! 🎉
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Here, the fish make homes among our bones. The crabs weather the tides nestled between layers of muscle, folds of fat." 🐠💀🦀

New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM