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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Beginner's Luck" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "amateur." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First a drip, and then a flood...of flash fiction! 🌊✍️ Today is the FINAL DAY to submit your flash fiction to our collaborative theme with @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! The theme for September is DRIP/DRIPPING. You have until midnight Central Time to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Spirited Away: No-Face in the Ocean Wave

Alt: Noh Face from the film Spirited Away is knocked down by a large wave.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you want a cool jacket like mine, with art by Hugo finalist Dante Luiz, rendered in thread by Myth and Stitch Embroidery? There's one way to do it: I'm having a contest! Post Galactic Hellcats fanart with #JoinTheHellcats to enter - more info on my blog: www.marievibbert.com/?p=6228

super cool embroidered patches like one sees on Hells Angels jackets but reading Galactic Hellcats with an orange cat hugging a rocket and SC in a square for spaceship club

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This Sunday! A VERY witchy reading! With also some aliens and weird tree people and goat men? Possibly a few gods? So much. All that and more. This Sunday. 3-4:30 PM Eastern. twitch.tv/csecooney. Here's the link for more info! csecooney.com/2026/09/23/o...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Never Trust a Ouija Board" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "amateur." Find Dawn Vogel on BlueSky: @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Worthwhile Pursuits" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "profit." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Ambergris" by Jane Stecyk. The theme was "profit." Find Jane Stecyk at bsky.app/profile/jane... Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Apex Book Company is thriled to announce the acquisition of Soul Rebel and Other Stories by @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social! Explore revolution, the web of politics, and what it means to be free in this collection of Steampunk and Afro-SF short fiction ⚙️🚂🎩🕰️ Scheduled for release March 2027!

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Press Release: Apex Book Company Acquires SOUL REBEL AND OTHER STORIES

For Immediate Release September 23rdLexington, KY: Apex Book Company is excited to announce the acquisition of Soul Rebel and Other Stories by Maurice Broaddus. A collection of steampunk, Afro-SF with...

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week's blog post: Following my weird with Multitude and how that worked out! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mu…

Cover of Multitude - with squid tentacles over stars and Marie Vibbert
white text on blue: I would write something so intentionally obscure and literary that no one would ever dream of buying it

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Vampires Love Eclipses" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "profit." Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Imposter" by Veronica Stephens. The theme was "interloper." Find Veronica Stephens on Bluesky @veronicastephens.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit to our collaborative flash fiction contest with @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! 💧🚰 The Apex theme for September is DRIP/DRIPPING. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Dripping Water Faucet

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The witching hour is nearly upon us! 🎃🍄🌙 our 2027 Apex Magazine Kickstarter goes LIVE October 1st with new tier rewards and exclusive merch. Be sure to sign up for launch notifications below, and help us publish even more strange, surreal short fiction in 2027! ⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine
2027 Kickstarter
Live Oct. 1st

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apexpublications/apex-magazine-2027

Tier Rewards -

Signed Editions from Alix E. Harrow and Erin K Wagner
Short Fiction and Query Letter Critiques
Backer-exclusive Essays and Short Stories
Books and eBooks including work by Eugen Bacon, Ivy Grimes, Cristina Jurado, Rich Larson, and Jamie Lackey
Limited Edition Stickers, Apparel, Tote Bags, and exclusive Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen Merch
AND MORE!

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tonight the Mac's Backs Sci-Fi Bookclub is discussing MY hive mind first contact novella, Multitude, and I'll be there. Ears already burning. :D www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul...

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Multitude

We float to the surface, and we see that there is more to the world than the ocean. We see stars. Then one day, we hear a song from far away. It could be nothing, a new dance of energies made by stars...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join award-winning author, Premee Mohamed, as she shares a science-backed technique for beating ADHD-driven procrastination. The always-quotable Premee: “Brains are ridiculous… I don’t know who designed these things.” #writingtips #adhd reachyourapex.com/how-to-outwi...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Digital Death" by Bollimuntha Venkata Ramana Rao. The theme was "interloper." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We're celebrating autumn with a surprise flash collab! 🎉🍂🎃 Apex's September flash theme is DRIP/DRIPPING 💧— and starting October 20th, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social's theme is DRIP/DRIPPING too! Check out the email returning stories later this September for a special submission portal link 🗳️🌟

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September Flash Fiction Theme | Apex Books & Apex Magazine

Themes are chosen by Patrons at the end of the month and announced to Patrons on the 1st of each month. Submissions open to Patrons on the 1

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The fifth tale of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 🌎🌱🌕 Read "Kindling" by @somtoihezue.bsky.social 🔥 alongside 23 stellar tales of climate fiction, solarpunk, New Weird, and ecohorror 🌟 🌳🍎 Preorders for ECO25 are open now! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

“KINDLING”
Somto Ihezue

"Forest knew not this stranger whose skin was fleeting embered diamonds. Her mother had said, Be wary of strangers. Where was her mother now?
So, Forest took the stranger’s hand, and the stranger walked through fire."

PREORDER ECO25: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION TODAY AT www.apexbookcompany.com

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/09/2026

HELLO. You need to support THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE because first of all they have the best NAME for a venue in all of spec fic. Secondly did you know that they send you WEIRDO STICKERS when you get an author copy? THEY DO. Mine are all jumbled somewhere but I put one on New Flat Rectangle!

my author copy of three-lobed burning eye, edited by andrew s. fuller, volume xi

my absolutely featureless and unbranded new laptop with several stickers on it, including one large square one of a... a little demon guy? with a key? standing on top of one of several colourful mushrooms.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "A Momentary Pause" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "respite." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Apex Magazine is OPEN to short fiction submissions for the month of September! 🎉 Please review our submission guidelines and submit your work by 12 AM CST on October 1. We can't wait to read your strange, shocking, surreal, beautiful speculative fiction! 🖤👽 apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

Apex Magazine Submissions OPEN!
We are Seeking:
Strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fiction up to 9k words
Submissions Close October 1st
https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/
www.apexbookcompany.com

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The community drabble for today is, "I Haunt The Nordic Spa" by Jane Stecyk. The theme was "respite." Find Jane Stecyk at bsky.app/profile/janestecyk.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Creation" by Madason McCombs. The theme was "respite." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New free Patreon newsletter: "Apex in September 2026" 🍂☕🍎🍁 We've got giveaways, preorders, fiction submissions and discord happenings galore coming up next month! Get in the spirit for the spookiest time of the year and check it all out below ⬇️ 🛸 www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Happy Dog Jumps into a Pile of Autumn Leaves

Alt: Slow motion video of a golden retriever leaping into a large pile of leaves.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "A Watchful Eye" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "sentinel." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The fourth tale of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 🌎🌱🌕 Read "A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World" by Rebecca Campbell 🌅 alongside 23 stellar tales of climate fiction, solarpunk, New Weird, and ecohorror 🌟 🌳🍎 Preorders for ECO25 are open now! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

“A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World”
Rebecca Campbell
“When you look up to the Cuernos and the sun is sinking behind you into the Olympic Peninsula, you might see a tall figure in silhouette on the ridge.”
PREORDER ECO25: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION TODAY AT www.apexbookcompany.com

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Join award-winning author, Premee Mohamed, as she shares a science-backed technique for beating ADHD-driven procrastination. From Premee's webinar, "Writing With ADHD." #writingtips #adhd reachyourapex.com/how-to-outwi...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "This Tattered, Marooned Sentinel" by Marc A. Criley The theme was "sentinel." Find Marc A. Criley at @MarcC.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The third tale of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 🌎💡🌱 Read "Lolo's Last Run" by @emkerkman.bsky.social ⛰️ alongside 23 stellar tales of climate fiction, solarpunk, New Weird, and ecohorror 🌟 🌳🍎 Preorders for ECO25 are open now! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

"Lolo's Last Run"
E.M. Kerkman
"I know Jome Hill-Moses is in the crevasse before I look in it -- and as soon as I do, I don't need to reach the bottom to know he's dead."
Preorder ECO25: the Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction today at www.apexbookcompany.com

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 26/08/2026

No matter whether you're intending to publish the piece or not, you gotta stop writing for your Very Worst And Most Horriblest Readers. Are they out there? Yes! Will they read your book? Probably! Do you have to give a shit? You do NOT.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Love animation? Love indie artists? Then you just might love this indie animation fest happening today at 3pm eastern. It's part of a larger indie music festival happening the rest of this week. #animation #independentartists

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The second tale of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 🌎💡🌱 Read "When the Fox-Bells Ring" by @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social 🦊 alongside 23 stellar tales of climate fiction, solarpunk, New Weird, and ecohorror 🌟 🌳🍎 Preorder your copy of ECO25 today! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

“WHEN THE FOX-BELLS RING”
Ally Wilkes
“She can remember when she arrived in the city, startled by the flash of orange fur, their lack of fear, yellow eyes in the dark.
As humans descended, foxes ascended.“
PREORDER ECO25: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION
TODAY AT www.apexbookcompany.com

The cover of ECO25: A blue extraterrestrial pitcher plant filled with water. Strange glowing petals and tendrils bloom across the page.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Brains are ridiculous… I don’t know who designed these things.” Join award-winning author, Premee Mohamed, as she shares a science-backed technique for beating ADHD-driven procrastination. #writingtips #adhd reachyourapex.com/how-to-outwi...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Lower" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "limbo." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 21/08/2026

OKAY I JOKED ABOUT DOIN IT AND NOW I'M DOIN IT (Doing a couple of these also seems like a fun way to procrastinate this weekend) Help a big bugge pay off her crappy new laptop AND get a little something for yourself! :D ko-fi.com/premee/commi...

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Commissions Open! Click to see premeesaurus's commission menu.

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How lovely to be included in the Writers Who Are Nice starter pack! Here's the link to it, in case you'd like to follow some nice writers. go.bsky.app/3FEfhMd

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This week's blog post is on how I make writing fun. www.marievibbert.com/re-capturing-t…

Marie frolics away from camera in an abandoned factory
chalk style text reads writing is better when it's fun!

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Complex Strategies" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "gambit." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Award-winning author, Premee Mohamed, shares a science-backed technique for beating ADHD-driven procrastination. “Brains are ridiculous… I don’t know who designed these things.” #writingtips #adhd reachyourapex.com/how-to-outwi...

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Food Trap" by F. Zunino. The theme was "gambit." Find F. Zunino at @bugsawlos.bsky.social Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Damian's Gambit" by Karin J Robinson. The theme was "gambit." Find Karin J Robinson at faerypolitic.substack.com Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Heads up, Chicago! I will be in you next weekend. See me at FanExpo Chicago August 14-17th.

Marie stands on a Chicago beach, blue skies and teal waters, deciduous trees in background.

See me at FanExpo Chicago August 14-17 booth A129

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SING, O Muse, about what the hell I should write this month... 🧠𖡎✏️ There's just 3 WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for August is ELEGY. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

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Greek Statue Head Floating in Water

Alt: The disembodied head of a white marble Greco-Roman statue lying in a stream of clear rushing water.

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "Aimless" by M. Nitchi. The theme was "castaway." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As summer winds down and the weather cools, Apex cordially invites you to indulge in your moodiest, melancholiest, emo-est self 🙏🕯️🍂 The theme for this month's flash fiction contest is ELEGY. You have until the end of the month to submit! apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

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Aesthetic Anime: Moody Water Reflections

Alt: an animated illustration of a calm flowing river. The sun is setting and casting glowing pink reflections on the water's surface.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tonight! Tomorrow! And the next day!

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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The community drabble for today is, "polynia" by nix. The theme was "castaway." Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/DRBL #writingprompt #drabble

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