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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1h

📢 Exciting book news alert!!

"Apex Book Company is thrilled to announce the reissue of Jason Sanford’s Plague Birds with an additional short story coming out June 2026. Additionally, Apex has acquired Jason Sanford’s sequel novel to Plague Birds, coming out October 2026." 🍾🎉📚

Apex Book Company 2026 Acquisitions

Apex Book Company is thrilled to announce the reissue of Jason Sanford’s Plague Birds with an additional short story, “Little Fathers of Darkness,” coming out June 2026. Additionally, Apex Book Compan...

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1h

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1h

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 19h

Donate if you can, share either way. Keep Apex putting out great stories!

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Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 19h

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 20h

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
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Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 19h

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

www.kickstarter.com/.../apexpu.....

30% UNLOCKED!

For the first time, Apex will open to nonfiction pitches. We are expanding our nonfiction editorial team! ZZ Claybourne has been our nonfiction editor for the past couple of years, and is doing a fantastic job. His editorial eye has elevated Apex’s nonfiction and has helped us discover many new voices. Rodney Carlstrom will be joining the Apex team as an associate nonfiction editor to help ZZ manage submitted nonfiction pitches.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 20h

You all voted for spooky vibes this month, and we heard you loud and clear! 🎃🌒

Gather round the campfire, because October's flash fiction theme is FOLKLORE! You have until October 31st to submit!

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 21h

I'm absolutely thrilled that @apexmag.bsky.social Issue 151 is out - containing my drabble 'Don't Hide From the Mirror', the first piece I've published with Apex!

🏳️‍⚧️ trans euphoria
🩸body horror
✒️only 100 words!

Check out the full issue now!

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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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 22h

It's here! @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 is out now and contains my story "Ghosts of Summer"!!! The end of summer and the beginning of spooky season collide as two witches try to beat the summer heat. But high temperatures and magic are a dangerous combination. 👻☀️

Check out the full issue below:

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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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 22h

"We want to entertain you, make you think, give you a break from reality, and broaden your reading horizons." 📚🌅

New editorial today by @lesleyconner.bsky.social: "Musings from Maryland"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"Musings from Maryland By Lesley Conner. Apex Magazine Issue 151."

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 23h

"'And I love you very much.'
She’d signed it so many times before. I never suspected she was lying." 🌬️🤟

New fiction today by Anita Moskát and Austin Wagner: "Liecraft"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"Liecraft by by Anita Moskát, Translated by Austin Wagner. Apex Magazine Issie 151."

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 1d

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is starting the week at $5,797, only $203 away from 30% of our initial goal and opening to nonfiction submissions! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social · 1d

It's a project I love, too! (And not just because I'm a special fiction editor there)

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 6d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 1d

I have a piece in Apex this month and I am thrilled to see this development! May its Kickstarter swell with riches :)

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! We're only ONE PERCENT(1%!!) away from Apex Magazine opening to nonfiction submissions for the FIRST TIME! our nonfiction is full of new voices, fresh perspectives, and is scientifically*-proven to regrow brain cells ⚡🧠🌱

*probably. just trust us 👽👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

You heard it here first! Unlock our tiers, unlock your MIND 🧠🔓💡💥🧬🔢⚡📈🤯

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

....wait, did someone promise* - PROMISE - that I could regrow a couple of brain cells if this Kickstarter funds?

* not legally! or scientifically!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! We're only ONE PERCENT(1%!!) away from Apex Magazine opening to nonfiction submissions for the FIRST TIME! our nonfiction is full of new voices, fresh perspectives, and is scientifically*-proven to regrow brain cells ⚡🧠🌱

*probably. just trust us 👽👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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The Black Librarian @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Folks mentioned this week also include:

Rob "The Chirurgeon" Jones, @lenoongh.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @denny-flowers.bsky.social @thefluffenhammer.bsky.social @wh40kbookclub.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Goonhammer @goonhammer.com · 2d

The Black Library weekly is here! In addition to looking at the upcoming schedule and ICYMI, he has a six-pack interview with Jonathan D Beer!

Black Library Weekly: Entering the Mile High Club

The Black Library weekly is here! In addition to looking at the upcoming schedule and ICYMI, he has a six-pack interview with Jonathan D Beer!

www.goonhammer.com

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Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscriptions @sffmagazines.bsky.social · 1d

I love seeing more speculative fiction journals including non-fiction articles! Let's get Apex that 1% (and beyond)!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! We're only ONE PERCENT(1%!!) away from Apex Magazine opening to nonfiction submissions for the FIRST TIME! our nonfiction is full of new voices, fresh perspectives, and is scientifically*-proven to regrow brain cells ⚡🧠🌱

*probably. just trust us 👽👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 1d

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! We're only ONE PERCENT(1%!!) away from Apex Magazine opening to nonfiction submissions for the FIRST TIME! our nonfiction is full of new voices, fresh perspectives, and is scientifically*-proven to regrow brain cells ⚡🧠🌱

*probably. just trust us 👽👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! We're only ONE PERCENT(1%!!) away from Apex Magazine opening to nonfiction submissions for the FIRST TIME! our nonfiction is full of new voices, fresh perspectives, and is scientifically*-proven to regrow brain cells ⚡🧠🌱

*probably. just trust us 👽👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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AbiGHOUL Kemske 👻🎃🧟‍♀️ @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 3d

Hey! Check out this excellent list of horror stories, all nicely packaged for your reading pleasure this Halloween season. Thanks so much @antonyfrost.bsky.social for including my story "Someone to Feed You" published in @apexmag.bsky.social earlier this year. Happy reading! 🎃🦇👻🍂👹☠️🦷🖤

Antony F. @antonyfrost.bsky.social · 3d

New entry on my personal blog!

Buncha links to some cool seasonally-appropriate stories.

antonyfb.com/blog/nefario...

#personalblog #horrorlit

Nefarious Narratives on the Net

In which the author provides links for some (mostly horror) stories he's found on the web recently.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2d

Explore as @paulaguran reviews short fiction from @thedeadlands.com, @apexmag.bsky.social, @3lobedmag.com, @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -

The Deadlands, Apex, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and Trollbreath: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran

The Deadlands Summer ’25 Apex 6/25 Three-Lobed Burning Eye #45 Trollbreath Spring ’25 Of the seven stories in The Deadlands #39, I’d like to mention four. Interestingly, the aforementioned Yoruba f…

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 2d

Help fund Apex! I loved them even before they published me! 🥳

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 6d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 3d

@apexmag.bsky.social is an award-winning magazine that publishes darker spec fic. They're a fabulous magazine and were a huge help with our initial fundraiser. Help them fund 2026!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 6d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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