John Kuempel

Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

A photograph of Noam Chomsky sitting in front of a desk covered in stacks of books. Below is a quote: I don't know what word in the English language --I can't find one-- applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it. - Noam Chomsky

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Social media post from @ryanaboyd: It's sure weird how depression and anxiety are huge problems for young people in a society where everything costs more every year and every single human act gets monetized, on a planet that is boiling alive, must be a coincidence

An image of a large monster with tentacles and a person, looking very small by comparison. Below is the following text: Surging from the sea, Cthulhu grabs you with the smallest of his gargantuan tentacles, holds you to his hideously huge maw and whispers: Its pronounced "Choo-Choo-Loy," cause I like trains.

I know I'm a nerd, 'cause this cracked my shit up

Sprayed Edges Are Everywhere and I Hate Them The trend of spayed edges is everywhere in publishing right now, particularly in the world of fantasy. Here's why that's not a great thing.

I agree it's gotten a bit ridiculous lately
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Social media post from @gramscifancam: The human body evolved over hundreds of thousands of years so u can sit at a desk in a sterile cubicle and look at fake lights in a box and pretend u dont want to kill urself and if u can't focus on doing that for 9 hours a day 5 days a week that's a mental disorder

A poster of Pip-Boy from the Fallout game series kicking the Monopoly Man with the following text: Refugees didn't take away affordable housing Rich Landlords And greedy Politicians DID

A penguin wears a sandwich board, which reads: BILLIONS IN PROFITS WHILE YOUR WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING OR GROCERIES ISN'T SUCCESS, THAT'S CALLED EXPLORATION

A person wearing a T-shirt with a space marine holding a mini-gun that reads: TRANS PEOPLE EXISTING DOES NOTHING NEGATIVE TO YOUR LIFE YOU CRYBABY BITCH

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat WASHINGTON—Despite polls that show the American public overwhelmingly supports keeping the ancient burial chamber sealed, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday to pry open the evil tomb of Batibat, a ven...

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat

A camel in the desert being threaded through a large needle. A caption reads: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven." - Some fucking communist

Sol | Illuminate Your Mind Sol is a reading technology company making tools to illuminate the mind.

Another entry in "who the hell asked for this?"
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No kings- New York City! Phenomenal!

#nokings
#nyc
#Newyork

Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.

This is amazing!
news.mit.edu/2025/window-...

Comic of an older-looking, masc-presenting person pulling the waste band of the shorts of a younger-looking, fem-presenting person, looking down into the shorts and saying, "I'm inspecting your genitals to protect you from abuse." There is a caption at the bottom that reads, "Republican anti-trans logic"

If elected officials don't get on board with a general strike,

If celebrities don't get on board with a general strike,

If influencers don't get on board with a general strike,

If folks with wealth and power and fame don't get on board with a general strike...

WE DO IT ANYWAY.

I couldn't NOT do this.

Wandering eye boyfriend meme: The woman walking away is labeled, "Profit" The boyfriend is labeled with a US flag. The girlfriend is labeled, "People's fucking lives"

Headline from The Onion for Monday, June 9, 2025: Protestors Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

Well, there goes the Fuck ICE and ACAB… *squints* …Cybertruck?

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A sign on a window reads, "DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOW MORE THAN A CRACK (GEESE TRYING TO ENTER)". The head of a Canada goose peeps up from the bottom.

Closeup: A real crab appears to hold a lit cigarette to its mouth while resting upon a steel pier. Above is is the following text: ah, ze weekénd she is beautiful, no? and yet, she can never be yours for when you feel zat she will stay with you forever alas, she is already gone~

A meme using a scene from Futurama. There are two cells, one on top of the other. In the top cell is a man with bushy eyebrows in a brown suit with a red tie standing in what appears to be a park. He's saying, "Do you really want girls to compete against trans athletes for scholarships?" In the bottom cell, Lela wears a gray baseball uniform with a mitt on her left hand. A baseball diamond is behind her. She responds, "Of course not! Education should be free."

A map of the United States with the percentage of union membership in each state for the year 2023.

I'm noticing a pattern in voting blocs 🤔

Social post from @melatoninlau: western cultures believe we must be alive for a purpose. to work, to make money. some indigenous cultures believe we're alive just as nature is alive: to be here, to be beautiful & strange. we don't need to achieve anything to be valid in our humanness.

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Reaper in a field

Harvest Time

#Art by Molly Has a Chainsaw

Two photos of a handheld crossbow from different angles. It looks like a pistol with a small, backwards bow welded onto the barrel and a steel arrow sticking out of the barrel. At the top of the image is the following text: The "Little Joe" crossbow, was used by British Commandos during WWII for missions where even a suppressed pistol was too loud.

This is bananas 🍌

Here are some actionable suggestions if publishers want to actually help Black and Brown writers (rather than some publicity stunt that helps one or two people, gives a pat on the head to the publisher, and does nothing for anybody else).

1. Actively hire more Black and Brown people in publishing.