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Apex Magazine and Book Company
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All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and indie book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, and beautiful scifi & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
🛸 https://www.apexbookcompany.com/
🍄 https://violetlichen.com/
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The Apex Book Company submission window closes TONIGHT at midnight EST! 🪟📚

Submissions sent after this time will be deleted, so make sure to send us your strange, surreal, beautiful work before the deadline!

Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
"Apex Book Company Submissions CLOSE TODAY! November 14th, 12 AM EST"
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Don't get left out in the cold! ❄️🪟📚

There's just a few days left to submit your strange, surreal, beautiful novellas to the Apex Book Company open reading period before our submission window closes on the 14th!
Read our submission guidelines and submit HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
"Apex Boom Company Submissions CLOSING SOON! November 14th"
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"Gaze into it instead." 🪞🎭

New drabble fiction today by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social: "Don't Hide From the Mirror"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Don't Hide From the Mirror by Nico Martinez Nocito. Apex Magazine, Issue 151."
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The three first lines of our first three stories 🌿🌍

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION releases November 18th! Featuring 23 stellar ecofiction tales by some of today's greatest sci-fi/fantasy authors.

Preorder before the 18th for 30% off HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
"In the Field." Shelly Jones. “The professor pulls down a shoebox of cassette tapes from the bookcase.” "The Water Runner." Eugen Bacon. “Their sex gave the whale-bone unit and its thatched roof of albatross wings a sweet musty odor like a ripened durian fruit.” "Ama's Jungle." K-Ming Chang. “We had never seen the color green.” "Don't miss the world's first ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION. Preorders now open!
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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When the cover of Violet Lichen's next novella is so beautiful that even the sky tries to match it 👀🌌🔭
Thank you to Apex member @stillroom.art for the photos! Did you get to see any auroras last night? We'd love to see your pics!
Photo of green and pink Northern lights above a lake. Photo of green and pink Northern lights above a lake.
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Thank you to @davidagranoff.bsky.social for the review of ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION 💜🍄

We're just ONE WEEK away from release! Don't forget to order your copy on November 18th, or preorder today for 30% off! 💸

www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
“I did not realize that there is enough sci-fi and horror on the theme of ecology to fill a year’s best anthology, but it is better than that. ECO24 is filled to the brim with powerful and entertaining stories. A must read." -David Agranoff, author of The Last Night to Kill Nazis and cohost of The (Philip K. Dick) Dickheads Podcast
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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"She said she’d get me a pad and an Advil and it would be over in a few days.

'But what—hichichic—about— hichichic—the bones?'" 🦷🩸

New fiction today by Jarune Uwujaren: "FAQ on My Vagina Dentata"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"FAQ on My Vagina Dentata by Jarune Uwujaren. Apex Magazine, Issue 151."
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Our ECO anthology series isn't the only thing taking root this year! 🌱

We're sprinkling wildflower seed packets across select bookstores and libraries to celebrate ECO24's release in just 8 days! Don't worry, the flowers aren't carnivorous...probably! 🌼🩸

www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
A wildflower seed packet with a vintage floral design. Text reads "ECO24 Seed Store"
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!

Cover Art: Jack Hillside

Cover Design: Silent Q Design
A book cover of an isolated cottage beneath a night sky full of Northern lights and a full moon. Text reads: "A Folk Horror Novella: The Cellar Below the Cellar. Ivy Grimes"
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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As night falls and the sky begins to dance, something looms over the dark horizon... 🌕🏚️🌌

Full cover reveal of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by @ivygrimes.bsky.social coming Monday!
A dark mountain landscape silhouetted against a sky filled with Northern lights, bright stars, and an unnaturally large full moon. The text "A folk horror novella" is visible behind the Northern lights
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Want to learn more about the inspiration behind "A Seder in Siberia"? RSVP to our FREE ECO24 launch party with Louis Evans and Kay Vaindal at Lofty Pigeon Books, including live readings and a talk with the authors! Link to RSVP below! ⬇️

www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...
"Lofty Pigeon Books presents: Louis Evans and Kay Vaindal launch ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction. Tuesday November 18, 6:30-8pm. 743 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY"
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Visit SIBERIA and give your kids a holiday they'll NEVER forget! ❄️🦣

We're so excited to have @louisevans.bsky.social's “A Seder in Siberia” in ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION.

Preorder this natural wonder of a book BEFORE NOVEMBER 18TH and get 30% OFF at www.apexbookcompany.com! 🌿🍄💸
National Parks-style painted poster. "Discover REWILDED MAMMOTHS! Enjoy precious family moments and a lifetime of new memories! The World's First ECO24."
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"Through this shared heritage, the Western’s influence in literature and entertainment proves as boundless as the frontiers it first depicted." 🏜️🦂

New nonfiction today by Michael Knost: "Dust, Stars, and Shadows"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Dust, Stars, and Shadows: How Western Genre Literature Helped Shape Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror by Michael Knost. Apex Magazine, Issue 151."
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Visit THE MANGROVE DAUGHTERS — Where the trees are always waiting to welcome you home! 🌿🌊

We're thrilled to feature @emlinden.bsky.social's short ecofiction "Mangrove Daughter" in ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, out November 18th!
National Parks-style painted poster of a field of mangrove saplings under an unnatural pink sky. "Return to THE MANGROVE DAUGHTERS. You have been here before. You will always return. The World's First ECO24." "The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction. ECO24. Edited by Marissa van Uden."
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"'My brother was diagnosed with the same pulmonary fibrosis as I, posthumously, after his lungs erupted through his ribs in a forest of sprouting bamboo.'" 🫁🎋

New fiction today from Rebecca Johnson: "Code Green"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Code Green by Rebecca Johnson. Apex Magazine, Issue 151"
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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ICYMI 🌟 Lofty Pigeon Books is hosting a ✨FREE✨ ECO24 launch party with @louisevans.bsky.social and @kayv.bsky.social on Nov. 18th @ 6:30! Enjoy a night of readings, book signings, a Q&A and reception!

Seats are limited! Reserve your spot at the event link below ⬇️

www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...
Lofty Pigeon Books presents: Louis Evans and Kay Vaindal launch ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction. Tuesday, November 18, 6:30-8pm. 743 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Apex Magazine Kickstarter is officially OVER! We successfully funded four new issues of Apex Magazine! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you to all of our backers, authors, and supporters for donating your funds, time and attention to our campaign. Apex wouldn't be what it is without all of you 🖤👽

SEE YOU IN 2026! 🍾
A cow and two ghosts are standing on an extraterrestrial planet next to the crash-landed UFO. A cat pops out of the UFO's cockpit. "$21,914! Thank you to our Kickstarter backers, contributors, and supporters for helping Apex land safely! We couldn’t have done it without you! Get ready for more strange, surreal, beautiful short fiction in 2026!"
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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"It was one of the many fossil houses of dry bones and cured scales that served generations, and still stood in clusters in Old Dodoma, a land of dryness that was once an ocean." 🦴🐟

New ECO24 excerpt by @genni.bsky.social: "The Water Runner"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Excerpt from ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION — "The Water Runner" by Eugen Bacon. Apex Magazine, Issue 151." Cover of "ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction. Edited by Marissa van Uden"
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Our Kickstarter ends in just 24 HOURS! This is your LAST CHANCE to shop our catalogue of new ebooks, author critiques, and exclusive merch before it's gone for good. Check the 🧵 to see our full selection!

Thank you all for supporting another year of Apex. 🖤👽

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Cow piloting a UFO. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 24 HOURS Next Stretch Goal: $1,294 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Apex Book Company is opening submissions for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre-blend novel and novellas MONDAY, November 3rd at 10 AM EST! 👽📚

Bookmark our submissions page and check back Nov. 3rd for further details and access to our submission portal:

www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
Apex Book Company Submissions OPENING! Nov. 3rd-14th
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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There's just 69 (yes really) HOURS LEFT to donate to the Apex Magazine Kickstarter! ⏰

We're thrilled to bring you more Apex in 2026, but there's still time to unlock our stretch goals! At $22,500, we unlock drabble submissions with editor @kaidelmas.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
The cow is now piloting the UFO! "$20,526! Kickstarter Countdown: T-MINUS: 69 HOURS Next Stretch Goal: $1,974" Only 9% to go until... Editor Kai Delmas will return to Apex Magazine to hold another themed Drabble submission period in 2026! Kai will select three submissions to be published in Apex Magazine."
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Apex Book Company is thrilled to announce the acquisition of @reasie.bsky.social's novella, MULTITUDE, coming out April 2026! 🌌🦑🌊

Check out our full acquisition announcement here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
A Publisher's Marketplace announcement reading: "Author of GALACTIC HELLCATS Marie Vibbert's MULTITUDE, in which cephalopod aliens come into contact with humanity, to Darian Bianco at Apex, in a nice deal, for publication in April 2026." The announcement is surrounded by glowing deep sea squids.
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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"They found her at the start of the first spring rains." 🌧️🍃

New fiction today by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social: "Come Here, Ofelia"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Come Here, Ofelia by Cynthia Gómez. Apex Magazine, Issue 151"
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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WE DID IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉

over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽

Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Screenshot of Kickstarter page showing $20,121 of $20,000!
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal!

Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Cow getting sucked into UFO tractor beam. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 4 DAYS Needed for Liftoff: $2,182 $17,818/$20,000 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!" Story/Excerpt Critiques E. Catherine Tobler (up to 5,000 words) Spencer Nitkey (up to 7,500 words) A.C. Wise (up to 8,000 words) Aimee Ogden (up to 6,000 words) A.V. Greene (up to 10,000 words) Ivy Grimes (up to 5,000 words) Lindz McLeod (up to 5,000 words) Risa Wolf (7,500 words) Sam Fleming (7,500 words Slush Reader Critique Cool Offerings Tarot card affirmation by Los Mei-en Kwa Marie Vibbert Tuckerization Apex Appreciation Online Workshop "World-building from the Inside Out" New EBooks and trade paperbacks available now! Available only on the Apex Magazine Kickstarter! Shadows of Glass and Other Stories by Jamie Lackey Tiny Planet Filled with Liars by Stephen M.A. Chlorophilia by Cristina Jurado The FULL DIGITAL CATALOGUE from Jennifer R. Donahue! PLUS! Become immortalized in a short story by Science Fiction Author Marie Vibbert! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apexpublications/apex-magazine-2026 Stickers and hoodie now available worldwide!
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM