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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks so much! I've read a couple of your stories in HAD, and thought they were great. I probably should read more of your stuff!

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Kate McIntyre @katemcintyre.bsky.social · 8d

Today on hex, @seandowie.bsky.social offers an all-time great first line. Then there's this killer moment: "I strutted. My plump buttocks in denim shorts no doubt caught their attention." And you won't believe the ending. Read it! 👇

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 8d

"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."

This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"

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Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 8d

I saw lots of talk here this morning about grooming habits and masculinity and I'm nearly SURE that folks are talking about Chance (of Chance's Modeling Venue), the protagonist of @seandowie.bsky.social's latest in @hexliterary.bsky.social !!!! Go peep it!

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 8d

"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."

This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"

💪💀👇

Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!!!

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

And much thanks to you, too, Daniel!!!

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

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Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

My story Thirst Trap is out in @hexliterary.bsky.social (link in the comments). Read it to get your thirst quenched!

Thanks to the hex team for being amazing!

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 8d

"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."

We are lucky as hell to have @seandowie.bsky.social back in hex with one of the funniest, strangest tales we have ever read. I'm absolutely obsessed with "Thirst Trap," up now!
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Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 8d

"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."

This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"

💪💀👇

Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · 8d

@hexliterary.bsky.social is the best, and I'm thrilled my latest story found a home with them.

This story made my friend laugh so hard he pissed himself! (My friend had been hospitalized because he hadn't urinated in a month. Doctors are now using my story for more medical breakthroughs).

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 8d

"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."

This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"

💪💀👇

Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie

No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

hexliterary.com

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 15d

"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌

The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen

There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...

hexliterary.com

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 5

we're live baby! send em if you got em 🙏

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · Sep 5

I submitted a little something something!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · Aug 28

short.
fiction.

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Aug 26

psst: if you’d like email notice about our next submission period (very soon), please join our NEW mailing list! sign-up link is under the “Future” tab on our website!

Future

Guidelines hex publishes flash literary fiction and prose poetry with speculative elements. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how ...

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · Aug 12

Aftergooners! If you haven't already read "A Silent Song," what are you waiting for??? and if you have? Read it again ya dingus! This story rocks so hard!!!

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Allowed only those senses which enabled its labor, the malus drone’s world was one of touch and smell."

A tale of wildness, of freedom, impeccably written, @katharinetyndall.bsky.social's "A Silent Song" is the body/eco/labor horror you need this week! We are so stoked to share this one with you!

A Silent Song by Katharine Tyndall

Allowed only those senses which enabled its labor, the malus drone’s world was one of touch and smell. The scent of spring-warm tree bark, the movement of air through branches, spoke of obstacles. The...

hexliterary.com

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Allowed only those senses which enabled its labor, the malus drone’s world was one of touch and smell."

A tale of wildness, of freedom, impeccably written, @katharinetyndall.bsky.social's "A Silent Song" is the body/eco/labor horror you need this week! We are so stoked to share this one with you!

A Silent Song by Katharine Tyndall

Allowed only those senses which enabled its labor, the malus drone’s world was one of touch and smell. The scent of spring-warm tree bark, the movement of air through branches, spoke of obstacles. The...

hexliterary.com

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · Jul 31

Many congrats! 🎉

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · Jul 28

I'm a serious, introspective person now!

I have a new story out in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social called Queerbait. It's about a fisherman who catches gay mermen with queerbait.

It's more somber and intellectual than my last few pieces.

maudlinhouse.net/queerbait/

Queerbait

Fisherman Peter caught the gay merman with queerbait. Explicit gay content was illegal on land, even in pursuit of mermen flesh. Luckily, fishermen learned how to produce eye-catching bait without get...

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Some kind of a noise. Or a nudge, a push."

We are BEYOND thrilled to have @aaronburch.bsky.social back in hex this week with "The Attic!" This story is the best kind of surprise, linguistically wonderful, a foray into the unsettling, all without losing Aaron's great sense of heart. Don't miss it!

The Attic by Aaron Burch

Some kind of a noise. Or a nudge, a push. Probably both. A “Babe, babe,” together with or followed by, enough of a jostle to wake me up while trying not to startle me. “Sorry,” Michelle said. “I...

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Sean Dowie @seandowie.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very happy birthday
@danielmiller.bsky.social!

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Jul 1

"Our eyes are plugs that keep truth out, that bend it when it tries to force its way in. The babies sat in their corner and stared back."

new on hex today ! "The Babies Who Have No Eyes" by Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social , a story that perfectly balances comedy and horror !! 👇 👶 ✨