@rjbell.bsky.social
aka bex. she/her. Reader, writer, poet, editor-ish. Socially awkward. My sense of humor is broken and I tend to hermit. Disabled (chronic pain). US native living abroad. Submissions Editor at Apex Mag.
We Who Hunt Alexanders is on the longlist of nominees for the BSFA Awards in the Best Shorter Fiction category!
Many thanks to everyone who loved the novella and all the members of the British Science Fiction Association who nominated it! @apexmag.bsky.social www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
So I have been primarily offline from social media for ages it feels like. Second half of 2025 went insane and January 2026 hasn't been easy. But hopefully no one minds I drop a little seasonal feels... We have a ton of snow and it makes me think of this poem.
www.sylviamagazine.com/the-travesty...
Nor should you be expected to.
One year of print @thedeadlands.com. It's your final day to join us for $5 a month on Patreon to get this goodie. Treat yourself. Support small press. patreon.com/the_deadlands
I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.
Great, insightful review of We Who Hunt Alexanders by @princejvstin.com on @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social. "I look forward to more voices in Sanford’s fugue of resistance and response to violent patriarchy and the forces that nurture it." @apexmag.bsky.social www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/book...
So today is Thanksgiving. Would be if I celebrated in this far away country. That brings up a lot of memories. And always makes me think of this excellent story by @kojiadae.bsky.social published by @apexmag.bsky.social
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
So today is Thanksgiving. Would be if I celebrated in this far away country. That brings up a lot of memories. And always makes me think of this excellent story by @kojiadae.bsky.social published by @apexmag.bsky.social
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Hope you find lots of small joys in your life in the year ahead. Sympathy virtual hoagie and tastyklair!
Less than 24 hours left in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter. If they get a few thousand dollars more the world gets to read a special issue of Apex focused on unpublished authors!
Spider looks sad. I want to snuggle it.
Hellllooooo from the static! It is fundraising season for many spec mags out there. We are doing things a little differently with a small gofundme to help us into 2026.
We are already at $2 and just need a little boost to help us to our goal of $2400 👻
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
"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-...
want to buy my ENTIRE DIGITAL CATALOG?
well you can do that AND benefit Apex! It's an add-on!
Are you remembering to stretch? With 53 hours to go as of this post, @apexmag.bsky.social has lots of stretch goals yet to unlock. Like a 5th issue dedicated to previously unpublished authors, since Apex loves to support those debuts.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Knowing that Apex Magazine will still exist next year brightens my day. As an extra bonus, I get to go to the library today.
If you're a procrastinator like me time is running out :) just pledged!!
Intriguingly, the Danish name for this is NOT witch's butter. That's a slime mold instead.
French toast is not frivolous. You deserve more frivolity.
Friends, I am currently under the weather, very behind on work, fighting SAD--my heart, it cannot take this. Please, give and get @apexmag.bsky.social to their goal so I can save my dwindling supply of tissues for my nose and not my tears.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
We're officially at 48 hours remaining in our Kickstarter campaign?! This has gone by so fast!! There are still some rewards left:
🎲 play a TTRPG with the co-founders!
📝 short story and query letter critiques—AND we dropped the poetry critique price!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
Apex is at $19,669 (nice) out of their base goal of $20,000 🎉🎉🎉
LET'S DO THIS
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
The Kickstarter for @apexmag.bsky.social is only a few hundred dollars from hitting their funding goal. Help push them over the top!
As a reminder, among the add-ons are signed copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Okay, I left my hermit cave and went out yo meet new people today. And actually had fun. But then it was a gathering of a specfic book club, so....
There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!!
The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩
🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
@retreasure.bsky.social and I are watching Night of the Demons over on the Apex Discord. If you're part of our Discord community, jump into the Apex Voice channel and join in the fun!
Okay, listen: @apexmag.bsky.social is SO CLOSE to their funding goal, but there are only 5 DAYS left. And I know we're all barely able to put food on the table, but whatever you have to give, please consider giving to Apex TODAY so there can be just one more light shining in the darkness in 2026.
THEY HIT $17,000!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉
@lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social!
Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
If you donate to the Apex Magazine kickstarter, you could get personal critique from top authors, or a character named after you by me!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...