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Christine Beres

@seabeewrites.bsky.social

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I talk to my cats and occasionally write stuff. I write all shades of fantasy and dabble in other speculative genres. She/her

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am proud to say I got FIRST PLACE with my story about a rider in need of a horse to save a girl. This was my first time submitting anywhere since 6th grade and I am very pleased and proud that I placed.

KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the winners! 🎉🎉🎉
Over 200 submissions showed an impressive range of fantastical takes on the Old West, making the selection of the finalists extremely difficult. Check out the winners at the link and thank you to all who participated!!
#weirdwest #flashfiction

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · 5d

Oh hey, that's me! You can get the digital issue for $5 or wait until Dec 16 to see it online!

Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 5d

Squee! The first place winner of our Weird West Flash Fiction contest is in the October issue of Apex Magazine, now available. Check out "Horse and Rider" by Christine Beres. Congrats @seabeewrites.bsky.social !

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Apex Magazine Issue 151

EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used…

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Announcing the 2025 Rhysling Award Winners

The Rhysling Award honors the year's best in speculative poetry ✨

Nominees were selected by the membership of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Each member is allowed to nominate one work in each of two categories: Long and Short poem

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · 12d

Apex publishes my very first piece in this month's issue! Support a great project today.

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 12d

We've unlocked our 20% goal in just 24 HOURS!! 🎉🎉🎉

@lesleyconner.bsky.social will be doing a LIVE STORYTIME of @raebolt.bsky.social's “And She Had Been So Reasonable.” Tears guaranteed! Don't miss it! 💧📖📺

Back our Kickstarter and make Lesley cry (with joy!) at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

cow being lifted out of a graveyard by a UFO tractor beam, two little ghost friends looking on in dismay. The cow's thought bubble reads: "$4,110!"

20% UNLOCKED!

Lesley Conner will read “And She Had Been So Reasonable” by Rachel Bolton live on YouTube! “And She Had Been So Reasonable” was published in Apex Magazine issue 147, and was a finalist for the Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction in 2024. There is a 100% chance that Lesley will cry during the reading.

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · 22d

Cat post for the Monday blues

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 22d

The general submissions portal is now open for all writers. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under, and our preference is for something that is, more or less, fun.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 28d

🏆 Have you read "The Cons Of Counting Eggs," third-place winner in our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest? Congratulations to author Matthew C. Brown!

Two would-be robbers attempt to recoup their losses and then some.

Read it here:

reachyourapex.com/the-cons-of-counting-eggs

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KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Sep 5

Awesome! We had a contest for weird west fiction under 1k words. I was so impressed with the entries! We just announced the winners: reachyourapex.com/announcing-t...

The first place winner was @seabeewrites.bsky.social, whose story will be published in @apexmag.bsky.social!

#SciFiChat #weirdwest

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is Eleanor Rigby, aka Ellie, aka Ellie belly. She is 11 years young and one of the primary obstacles I blame when I want to write. Her favorite place to sit is between me and the keyboard and her favorite thing to do is to destroy feathered toys.

A small brown tabby cat with greenish eyes gives the camera a very unimpressed look. She is lounging on a person's pajama clad lap.

Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh hey that's me in first place!

Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Christine Beres @seabeewrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here to blog like it's 2010 again

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