Adrian Ward
@adrianwardwrites.bsky.social
Speculative fiction short storyist. Codexian.
Words in the Apex blog and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, forthcoming in other venues.
https://adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/
Words in the Apex blog and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, forthcoming in other venues.
https://adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/
Pinned
Since the year's winding down, my 2025 award eligibility and the stories I had published:
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
Reposted by Adrian Ward
For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
If you're doing some year-end reading, please consider my cute little warlock letter exchange!
BCS of 2025! "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social BCS #443 & Podcast 353 "Regarding the banishing of Erimodius, you shall, I expect, be most pleased to hear that he has been returned to the Realm of Flame." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/my-s... #BCSof2025
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - My Sincere Apologies For the Demon by Adrian Ward
Regarding the banishing of Erimodius, you shall, I expect, be most pleased to hear that he has been returned to the Realm of Flame. With the aid of the Parthiet Warlock Gentlemen’s Circle, additional ...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If you're doing some year-end reading, please consider my cute little warlock letter exchange!
Excited to announce that I'll have a story out early next year!
This one is... very different from my work thus far. It was a bit of a difficult write for me, structurally and emotionally, but I'm hopeful that what I wanted to do with it comes through.
This one is... very different from my work thus far. It was a bit of a difficult write for me, structurally and emotionally, but I'm hopeful that what I wanted to do with it comes through.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excited to announce that I'll have a story out early next year!
This one is... very different from my work thus far. It was a bit of a difficult write for me, structurally and emotionally, but I'm hopeful that what I wanted to do with it comes through.
This one is... very different from my work thus far. It was a bit of a difficult write for me, structurally and emotionally, but I'm hopeful that what I wanted to do with it comes through.
Reposted by Adrian Ward
Reading for 2025? Here's all BCS stories from 2025, what length category they're in (Short Story, Novelette, etc), links, and links to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, so you can read our authors' work in other zines. Thank you for reading! #BCSof2025 www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 2026 Awards-Eligible Stories from <i>BCS</i> by Scott H. Andrews
For readers interested in nominating for awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, in 2026, here are the eligible stories from BCS in 2025 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interes...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reading for 2025? Here's all BCS stories from 2025, what length category they're in (Short Story, Novelette, etc), links, and links to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, so you can read our authors' work in other zines. Thank you for reading! #BCSof2025 www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...
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FFO’s submission schedule for the first half of 2026 is posted to our Patreon page. I just want to get this out there so you can work us into your new year’s writing schedule. More details to come on all of these. Happy writing! ✍️
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
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#writingcommunity #flashfiction
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2026 Submission Schedule | Flash Fiction Online
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
FFO’s submission schedule for the first half of 2026 is posted to our Patreon page. I just want to get this out there so you can work us into your new year’s writing schedule. More details to come on all of these. Happy writing! ✍️
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-s...
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-s...
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Had an idea for flash. It's absolutely, utterly insane and I am scared of it.
I will write it anyway.
I will write it anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Had an idea for flash. It's absolutely, utterly insane and I am scared of it.
I will write it anyway.
I will write it anyway.
Going through decades of harsh training to develop a third eye that can see the fourth dimension only to find "Euler was here" written on the wall
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Going through decades of harsh training to develop a third eye that can see the fourth dimension only to find "Euler was here" written on the wall
Obligatory award eligibility post:
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
Awards Eligibility 2025
It’s my first awards season as a published author. Feels a bit odd, but I did have a pretty neat year, with three stories published! “All That I Am, A Failed Dream” and “My …
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Obligatory award eligibility post:
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
Since the year's winding down, my 2025 award eligibility and the stories I had published:
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Since the year's winding down, my 2025 award eligibility and the stories I had published:
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/
Thank you for your consideration!
If you're looking for a way to wind down from the week, I hear my warlock letter exchange story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a fun one!
In BCS #443 "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social "Regarding the banishing of Erimodius, you shall, I expect, be most pleased to hear that he has been returned to the Realm of Flame and additional seals placed on the gate." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/my-s...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - My Sincere Apologies For the Demon by Adrian Ward
Regarding the banishing of Erimodius, you shall, I expect, be most pleased to hear that he has been returned to the Realm of Flame. With the aid of the Parthiet Warlock Gentlemen’s Circle, additional ...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you're looking for a way to wind down from the week, I hear my warlock letter exchange story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a fun one!
Reposted by Adrian Ward
One of the things I enjoyed most about studying Victorian lit in college was how these people would read each other for filth in the most roundabout ways. And "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social puts me exactly in that mindset. I LAUGHED so many times here. Read it!
New Issue: BCS #443 out today, featuring stories by Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social (a new Eldshore story) and @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social, a podcast of the Ward, cover art by Bruce Brenneise @brucedraws.bsky.social: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #443 by Scott Andrews
A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich. My Sincere Apologies For the Demon by Adrian Ward. BCS 353: My Sincere Apologies For the Demon by Adrian Ward.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the things I enjoyed most about studying Victorian lit in college was how these people would read each other for filth in the most roundabout ways. And "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social puts me exactly in that mindset. I LAUGHED so many times here. Read it!
"My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" is out today in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #443!
It's got liquor, malevolent entities from other planes of existence, and a warlock getting bounced from the club.
Also art, I suppose.
It's got liquor, malevolent entities from other planes of existence, and a warlock getting bounced from the club.
Also art, I suppose.
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" is out today in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #443!
It's got liquor, malevolent entities from other planes of existence, and a warlock getting bounced from the club.
Also art, I suppose.
It's got liquor, malevolent entities from other planes of existence, and a warlock getting bounced from the club.
Also art, I suppose.
Excited to announce that "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" is available in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 443!
This was my first pro sale, and in one of my favorite mags to boot. Still doesn't feel entirely real.
This was my first pro sale, and in one of my favorite mags to boot. Still doesn't feel entirely real.
BCS #443 ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social and @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #443
Issue #443 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Chris Willrich and Adrian Ward nd cover art by Bruce Brenneise.
weightlessbooks.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Excited to announce that "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" is available in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 443!
This was my first pro sale, and in one of my favorite mags to boot. Still doesn't feel entirely real.
This was my first pro sale, and in one of my favorite mags to boot. Still doesn't feel entirely real.
Reposted by Adrian Ward
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here! Featuring stories by @librariangoblin.bsky.social and Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social and cover art by @brucedraws.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #443
Issue #443 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Chris Willrich and Adrian Ward nd cover art by Bruce Brenneise.
weightlessbooks.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here! Featuring stories by @librariangoblin.bsky.social and Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social and cover art by @brucedraws.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
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Early Career Hugo Nominations -- Yes, They Definitely Happen
a quantitative analysis [link in thread]
Almost half of Hugo nominations go to early-career authors: 51/112 (46%)
a quantitative analysis [link in thread]
Almost half of Hugo nominations go to early-career authors: 51/112 (46%)
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Early Career Hugo Nominations -- Yes, They Definitely Happen
a quantitative analysis [link in thread]
Almost half of Hugo nominations go to early-career authors: 51/112 (46%)
a quantitative analysis [link in thread]
Almost half of Hugo nominations go to early-career authors: 51/112 (46%)
@thomasha.bsky.social's short story collection has arrived! Absolutely terrific stories, in both senses of the word.
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@thomasha.bsky.social's short story collection has arrived! Absolutely terrific stories, in both senses of the word.
Every once in a while the Muses smile upon me, but mostly they just look vaguely disappointed
September 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Every once in a while the Muses smile upon me, but mostly they just look vaguely disappointed
Writing something absolutely batshit insane (in terms of content, not quality)
Weirdness give me strength
Weirdness give me strength
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Writing something absolutely batshit insane (in terms of content, not quality)
Weirdness give me strength
Weirdness give me strength
Doing edits on an old, old piece tonight
Plus side: I'm matching the prose fairly easily
Downside: Said prose is over a year behind my current capabilities
Plus side: I'm matching the prose fairly easily
Downside: Said prose is over a year behind my current capabilities
August 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Doing edits on an old, old piece tonight
Plus side: I'm matching the prose fairly easily
Downside: Said prose is over a year behind my current capabilities
Plus side: I'm matching the prose fairly easily
Downside: Said prose is over a year behind my current capabilities
Broke a thousand words on a new story tonight.
Not sure if I'll be doing first or second person. Starting off with second, but the prose is going in weird directions I'm not trying to evolve into.
Not sure if I'll be doing first or second person. Starting off with second, but the prose is going in weird directions I'm not trying to evolve into.
July 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Broke a thousand words on a new story tonight.
Not sure if I'll be doing first or second person. Starting off with second, but the prose is going in weird directions I'm not trying to evolve into.
Not sure if I'll be doing first or second person. Starting off with second, but the prose is going in weird directions I'm not trying to evolve into.
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Submission Grinder Delists Analog locusmag.com/2025/07...
Submission Grinder Delists Analog
Analog Science Fiction & Fact has been disqualified from a full listing on The Submission Grinder due to new terms in the magazine’s recent contracts. Steven Salpeter of parent company Mu…
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July 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Submission Grinder Delists Analog locusmag.com/2025/07...
Excited to announce that my speculative debut, "All That I Am, A Failed Dream", is now available to read on the Apex blog!
Fun little drabble about Courbet and art and also hell.
Fun little drabble about Courbet and art and also hell.
"In the museum closet, I am again compelled to create." 🏛️🎨
Introducing the second winner of our Pocket Hell microfiction contest: "All That I Am, A Failed Dream" by Adrian Ward!!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Introducing the second winner of our Pocket Hell microfiction contest: "All That I Am, A Failed Dream" by Adrian Ward!!
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Pocket Hell Microfiction Contest - Second Place! - "All That I Am, A F
In honor of Jason Sanford's upcoming novella, We Who Hunt Alexanders, out on July 22nd, we at Apex hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to describe your own blood-maw pocket hell. We got some am...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to announce that my speculative debut, "All That I Am, A Failed Dream", is now available to read on the Apex blog!
Fun little drabble about Courbet and art and also hell.
Fun little drabble about Courbet and art and also hell.
The humble comma screams in terror as I repeatedly undo and redo while toying with a sentence.
The comma exists and ceases to exist at my whim. I am a cruel god.
The comma exists and ceases to exist at my whim. I am a cruel god.
June 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The humble comma screams in terror as I repeatedly undo and redo while toying with a sentence.
The comma exists and ceases to exist at my whim. I am a cruel god.
The comma exists and ceases to exist at my whim. I am a cruel god.
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2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex.
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
Looking into the Future
This year has not gone as planned. On January 14th, 2025, Diamond Comics filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Years of bad business practices had caught up with Diamond Comics as they owed milli...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex.
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽