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I am beyond excited to have my story “Truth or Consequences” published with @hexliterary.bsky.social!

So honored to be featured on this amazing list!

uh oh, koontzin on main

My story Thirst Trap is out in @hexliterary.bsky.social (link in the comments). Read it to get your thirst quenched!

Thanks to the hex team for being amazing!

The front covers of The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam held up side by side in front of a tree whose leaves are beginning to turn from green to brown.

This picture shows the spines for The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam stacked on top of each other and held up in front of a small tree on a sunny day.

It's pub day! We couldn't be happier about helping to put these two beauties into the world. Please help us spread the word!

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi

a brief snippet from Marguerite Duras’s novel The Lover describing a very specific & small lovelorn feeling surging in her

have been rereading Duras’s The Lover

hex co-editor @katemcintyre.bsky.social with a little 🔥 Kansas scenery in @havehashad.com today

Little Lazarus Check out Little Lazarus - <p><b><i>Little Lazarus</i> is the story of two clairvoyant tortoises who bear witness to centuries of human suffering.</b></p><p>Teenagers Francois and Eleanor are lonely a...

i adored Little Lazarus by Michael Bible

ooh if you like chilling/uneasy, check out Black Earth by Bohren & der Club of Gore. i also really like Nils Frahm lately

"The way out of AI hell is not to regroup around our treasured flaws and beautiful frailties, but to launch a frontal assault. AI, not the human mind, is the weak, narrow, crude machine."

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not to brag but we published Mizuki Yamagen first (thru a HAD call)--thrilled to have her incredible new one up on hex today!

With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning.

Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker.

astrolabe.ooo

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big fan of "The Fan" re: Big Fandom

Dorothy, a publishing project Dorothy, a publishing project is a St. Louis–based feminist publisher of innovative fiction, near-fiction, and literary criticism. They publish two books per year, together in the fall, in beautiful p...

PREORDERS for our two Fall books--THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin & THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi--are now available at the @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social website!

www.nyrb.com/collections/...

got a new story out about a gigantic hexagon—hope you’ll check it out
minorliteratures.com/2025/09/09/w...

Today’s the day! FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN, my first novel, is officially out! Pre-orders are signed and getting shipped, you can request this at your local shop or library, you can get it off @bookshop.org, you can buy copies at Evening House (sites down atm for maintenance, but soon!)

The Thing in the Jar by Michael Pershan At a certain point the bullying became impossible to ignore. Which was how Danny and I ended up in Dr. Epstein’s office. She was so disarming and the office so comfortably arranged, I felt my edge imm...

“Imagine, she said. One night this little guy crawled out of me. He crawled right up to my chin. Then he tried to harm me”

a charming horror-comedy from Michael Pershan on hex @hexliterary.bsky.social today!

write a book about building the tower, call it Danscipline and Punish

Two by Anuel Rodriguez Tooth Book During my first trip to the dentist in years, radiographs revealed that there was something buried in my gums. Since I was too old for it to be an impacted tooth growing out sideways lik...

"I found an ad on Craigslist one evening for a rare invisible Camaro IROC-Z. After contacting the seller, we arranged to meet..." Two new micros by @anuelrx.bsky.social dream up wild pockets of possibility in the world we think we know. Read "Tooth Book" and "Ghost Theft Auto" now! 🦷📕🚨🐍

New piece in hex ! Amongst other things, this is the result of the cumulative frick-ton of Scooby-Doo I watched on DVD growing up in my dad’s basement <3 thanks Dad

Two by Ruby Rorty After the metal band, the rubber band I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss. He is subject to hubris and get smart quick schemes. I absolve myself, but only just...

"I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss."

Incredibly stoked we get to feature two new @rorty.bsky.social surrealist bangers this week! Dreamworld imagery, playful language and a wonderfully bizarre sense of humor abound in these two beauties! Go peep! 🧶😶‍🌫️

Best American Short Stories? Hi, it's Richard. You don't know me, but I have something for you:

i adore this little oddity from @aaronburch.bsky.social that loops around itself by the end, check it out ! 👇 ♾️

daniel miller and kate mcintyre standing outside in the city of Seattle at AWP 2023

daniel miller sweeping the floor at the hex reading in a seattle coffee shop at AWP in 2023

happy bday to hex co-editor extraordinaire @danielmiller.bsky.social !! you make the world a brighter place 🎉🎂✨

Boxcutters (Signed Copies) One Amazon delivery stolen from a neighbor’s porch leads to plenty more. To keep the show going, a balding sitcom actress tries out a new wig and discovers a hunger for life. Jesus Christ claims th…

Alright, I'm pissed at the system, I'm gonna promote my books. They deserve to exist.

Boxcutters is a short story collection that's difficult to sell because it's all over the place stylistically but people have read it and said that it all fits together nicely
eveninghousebooks.com/product/boxc...

Look that’s me! Come check out my new story!

The Babies Who Have No Eyes by Lillie Franks At some point everyone makes the same joke: it must be nice caring for babies who never cry. But the babies who have no eyes do cry; they’re born crying just like everyone else. You can see their tear...

"I guess that’s what this is. A horror story."

Oooooh, boy, does @lilliekoi.bsky.social have an absolute CREEPER for us this week on @hexliterary.bsky.social. Haunting and wonderful, "The Babies Who Have No Eyes" explores perhaps the most terrifying daycare center of all time? 👀 Go get it!

oh, yeah...totally axolotl-y