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March 4th in Baltimore!

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Speculative Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology A Writer's Guide and Anthology

If you take a look in here, you'll find my story "Glass Piano" and an interview about it...."Glass Piano" first appeared in @hexliterary.bsky.social and was then part of the collection Glass Stories with @grimscribepress.bsky.social

oh yeah! holographic stickers!!!

...and make a night of it! Stick around after hex for what's sure to be incredible events from Broken River Books and b l u s h! Grab a drink, hear some good writing, and get hexed in Charm City!!!! <3

@ruthjoffre.bsky.social @mcarphil.bsky.social @rpmirabella.bsky.social @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @martinezfjulian.bsky.social @wendyoleson.bsky.social @skyskkyy.bsky.social

Illustration of a trippy wizard with a raven on his shoulder. He has a star-like beard and is casting "hex"s across the top of the page. Text: hex offsite Friday 3/6 6:30pm Ruth Joffre Meghan Phillips Richard Mirabella Exodus Oktavia Brownlow Ryan Habermeyer Julian Martinez Wendy Oleson Skyler Melnick Current Space * 421 N. Howard Incredible flyer by Joe Aguilar and Kate McIntyre

hex literary is excited to announce our 3rd official AWP offsite reading! If you'll be in Baltimore in a few weeks, we invite you to an evening of flash-fire readings from some of our incredible contributors. We'll be @ Current Space on Friday (3/6). Doors @ 6. We hope to see you there!! 🧙

If you enter this Storygraph giveaway, you could win a free copy of The Cellar Below the Cellar!

new new: THREE MICROS, by Elena Zhang: wigleaf.com @ezhang77.bsky.social

a cartoon character is holding a purple umbrella with a skull on top ALT: a cartoon character is holding a purple umbrella with a skull on top

Unfortunately small presses close all the time, and their baby bird books need to find a new nest. My fledgling sun-vampire queer cannibal novella, SUNBATHERS, now needs a new home, as does my sapphic pirate novella QUEEN O'NINE TAILS.

If you know a toothy little home for either, please hit me up!

Now Now

This is @amadolaila.bsky.social first release of 2026 thanks to @hexliterary.bsky.social.

And you too could too transform your day, in a fairy take by reading it.

So, You think this might be a fairy tale by Laila Amado: hexliterary.com

Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 published by the lovely @hexliterary.bsky.social ☺️

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This is an extremely short fairytale 👇

Graphic from Locus Magazine showing book covers and text: VOTE NOW 56th Annual Locus Awards

@locusmag.bsky.social awards voting is open. Pretty cool seeing @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS in the graphic.

poll.voting.locusmag.com

A beautiful delight, this one

So, You Think This Might Be a Fairy Tale: A Checklist by Laila Amado Your journey begins with… ☐ a stranger ☐ a damsel in distress ☐ a sticky situation demanding you skip town until it resolves itself ☐ all of the above Your transport of choice is… ☐ a tin on wheels ☐ ...

Such a thrill that we get to share this one on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week!!! I love fairy tales and I love this new fairy tale checklist by @amadolaila.bsky.social! I love how this piece offers choice but also narrative momentum. So wonderful! Read and spread the good word!!!

Bathtub

A little nervy to share my FIRST EVER published verse poem! I feel so honored and lucky that @burialmagazine.bsky.social thought it decent enough to feature it!

This one was inspired by a @toddedillard.bsky.social post! Todd is a phenom poet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THX 4 LOOKING! <3

"On the road towards the ocean…"

Ooh, I love this choose-your-adventure fairy tale by @amadolaila.bsky.social!

Exactly what I needed this morning.

So, You Think This Might Be a Fairy Tale: A Checklist by Laila Amado Your journey begins with… ☐ a stranger ☐ a damsel in distress ☐ a sticky situation demanding you skip town until it resolves itself ☐ all of the above Your transport of choice is… ☐ a tin on wheels ☐ ...

"Your journey begins with…

☐ a stranger

☐ a damsel in distress

☐ a sticky situation demanding you skip town until it resolves itself

☐ all of the above..."

New hex! @amadolaila.bsky.social leads us far from the land of Scantron. Please select choices carefully and let us know your results! 📝💯

DISCO AND THE INFERNAL CITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CALEB BETHEA by Rebecca Gransden The city lights up after nightfall, and Caleb Bethea knows the way. With Disco Murder City (Maudlin House, 2025) Bethea takes the lead, chasing fear along emptied alleys, into pulsating nightclubs fil...

Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social talks with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social b_bethea_ about their novel 'Disco Murder City' ! read this conversation !

xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...

Time Traveler by Chris Scott Thomas Jefferson was suddenly transported Into the passenger seat of my little blue Corolla Speeding through present day Virginia At 75 miles per hour Past the exit to Monticello He just screamed And screamed And screamed And screamed

A Presidents’ Day poem from me, at Michigan City Review of Books. Enjoy. mcrb.neocities.org/timetraveler

-ette issue 7 cover with writers names and snow graphics

Issue 7 is now live! With new work by:

Lauren Camp
Theodore Heil
Marc Kaufman
@yukondawn.bsky.social
@nataliemarino.bsky.social
Adam McOmber

www.ettereview.com/winter2026/

Airable Consumption by Z. K. Abraham Can you tell us about your journey to start Airable Consumption? I like to share my journey to inspire others. In this age of unnatural living, we are farther removed from the earth than we have ev...

"What can you say to critics who argue that airable consumption is ineffective, delusional, or even harmful?

- I would argue it is not a method. It’s an embodied truth. Don’t you want to embody the truth?"

* AIRABLE CONSUMPTION *
My flash on @hexliterary.bsky.social !!!

A flyer for an upcoming AWP off site reading featuring John Waddy Bullion

A flyer for the same event with a full list of incredible authors. It should be fun and you should attend (March 5th, 7pm, Golden West Cafe, Baltimore)

who is this. I do not know this guy

The Strangler's Hotel by K.C. Mead-Brewer Zoe’s been running this place for years now, and she knows for a fact: there’s nothing sexier than a haunted house. It speaks to your every sense, even your quietest sixth one. She feels the icy littl...

Happy (Haunted) Valentine's Day from me & @hexliterary.bsky.social!

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now

we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!

www.thedollhouse.studio

Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!

So many amazing people involved in getting this book to this point, cannot wait for it to be out in the world. And my word, that cover...

We've got more wins to celebrate: contributor @skyskkyy.bsky.social won @prairie-schooner.bsky.social’s Lawrence Foundation Award! 🎉

God I love that we got these for @hexliterary.bsky.social