M. Ian Bell
@mianbell.bsky.social
writer, educator, submissions editor @ Apex Magazine. he/him
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📺🌀 ARE YOU RECEIVING US? 🌀📺
We're sending you a SUBliminal reminder to SUBscribe to Apex Magazine! Receive a full year of spine-tingling fiction delivered right to your inbox via our website or Patreon! 📥👽
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We're sending you a SUBliminal reminder to SUBscribe to Apex Magazine! Receive a full year of spine-tingling fiction delivered right to your inbox via our website or Patreon! 📥👽
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25% THERE!! 🍾🎉 That means we're only 5% away from opening to NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS for the first time EVER! Thank you all so much for your support 💜👽
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
25% THERE!! 🍾🎉 That means we're only 5% away from opening to NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS for the first time EVER! Thank you all so much for your support 💜👽
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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HAPPY KICKSTARTER DAY!! 🎉🎉🎉
Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨
👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨
👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
two skeletons are shaking hands in a cemetery .
Alt: spooky scary skeletons silly symphony dance
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October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
HAPPY KICKSTARTER DAY!! 🎉🎉🎉
Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨
👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨
👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Gorgeous and haunting and yes, very close to home
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Gorgeous and haunting and yes, very close to home
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APEX MAGAZINE OCTOBER ISSUE COVER REVEAL!!! 🎉🎃🌳
Starring the whimsical, Autumnal comfort of "Hedge Grandmother" by @natasailincic.bsky.social! 🎨🖼️ Cover Design by Justin Stewart.
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in October 2025" on www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
Starring the whimsical, Autumnal comfort of "Hedge Grandmother" by @natasailincic.bsky.social! 🎨🖼️ Cover Design by Justin Stewart.
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in October 2025" on www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
APEX MAGAZINE OCTOBER ISSUE COVER REVEAL!!! 🎉🎃🌳
Starring the whimsical, Autumnal comfort of "Hedge Grandmother" by @natasailincic.bsky.social! 🎨🖼️ Cover Design by Justin Stewart.
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in October 2025" on www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
Starring the whimsical, Autumnal comfort of "Hedge Grandmother" by @natasailincic.bsky.social! 🎨🖼️ Cover Design by Justin Stewart.
For more information on our upcoming issue, read "Apex in October 2025" on www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
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September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨
Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!
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Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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follow us here on bsky if:
BONES
you have them
+
like / RT if
deep down, underneath it all
you are SKELETON
or a future ghost
BONES
you have them
+
like / RT if
deep down, underneath it all
you are SKELETON
or a future ghost
August 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
follow us here on bsky if:
BONES
you have them
+
like / RT if
deep down, underneath it all
you are SKELETON
or a future ghost
BONES
you have them
+
like / RT if
deep down, underneath it all
you are SKELETON
or a future ghost
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Are you the proud owner of some Apex swag, or have one (or several!) of our titles? 👕📚 Snap a photo and send it to [email protected] to be entered into a draw for some free new merch! 📸
Contest closes on Aug. 26th, so don't miss out! Details below! ⬇️
Contest closes on Aug. 26th, so don't miss out! Details below! ⬇️
World Photo Day!
Calling all Apex readers—we have a challenge for you, and the chance to win some free merch! In honor of World Photo Day, we want you to share your love for Apex with us. Here's what you need to do: ...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Are you the proud owner of some Apex swag, or have one (or several!) of our titles? 👕📚 Snap a photo and send it to [email protected] to be entered into a draw for some free new merch! 📸
Contest closes on Aug. 26th, so don't miss out! Details below! ⬇️
Contest closes on Aug. 26th, so don't miss out! Details below! ⬇️
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Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 16, 2025 by Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World…
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August 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Congratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
This was a joy to write. Spoilers for my Analog story within!
Check out this week's blog post, where Mike Bell discusses how simulation theory helped inspire his latest story from our July/August issue
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/08/07/w...
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/08/07/w...
We’re Here Together
by Mike Bell In this brilliant essay, Mike Bell explores the simulation hypothesis that factors in his latest story, “The Marks We Leave,” from our [Jul/Aug issue, on sale now!] It’s su…
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This was a joy to write. Spoilers for my Analog story within!
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It's time to announce the August flash fiction theme! Submerge yourself in some haunting jellyfish lofi because...🐙🐋🫧
August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! 🪼🦑
Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!
www.patreon.com/posts/135291...
August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! 🪼🦑
Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!
www.patreon.com/posts/135291...
12 Hours Of Bloody-Belly Comb Jellies + Ambient Music To Vibe With | Littoral Relaxocean
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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August 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's time to announce the August flash fiction theme! Submerge yourself in some haunting jellyfish lofi because...🐙🐋🫧
August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! 🪼🦑
Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!
www.patreon.com/posts/135291...
August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! 🪼🦑
Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!
www.patreon.com/posts/135291...
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
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So excited about this week's Electric Sheep guest, Sheree Renée Thomas!
The selected stories will knock the breath out of you.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
The selected stories will knock the breath out of you.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
This week’s guest is Sheree Renée Thomas! Excited to dive into Sheree’s stories!
First up is "Downwinders" in Far Futures. Read along with us!
Don't miss the author's statement!
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social
First up is "Downwinders" in Far Futures. Read along with us!
Don't miss the author's statement!
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social
Downwinders by Sheree Renée Thomas
Downwinders is set in White Sands, New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945. In the story the Earth, free from the weight of our weapons, starts healing itself.Read acclaimed sci-...
farfutures.horizon2045.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So excited about this week's Electric Sheep guest, Sheree Renée Thomas!
The selected stories will knock the breath out of you.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
The selected stories will knock the breath out of you.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
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A great-looking project with only human art. Definitely worth supporting! 🔥🙌
We're nearly 30% funded with 12 days to go! Thank you to everyone who is backing the project — please repost and help us make our goal! ☀️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam...
#solarpunk #scifi #fantasy #scififantasy #scifimagazine #fantasymagazine
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#solarpunk #scifi #fantasy #scififantasy #scifimagazine #fantasymagazine
Habitats Volume 2 (Optimistic Science Fiction & Fantasy)
The second issue of a brand-new optimistic science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Published by Habitats Press.
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August 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A great-looking project with only human art. Definitely worth supporting! 🔥🙌
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Guidelines for Saros #5 have arrived!
We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints.
The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs.
Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/
We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints.
The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs.
Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/
Happy to announce that Saros #5 will be helmed by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social. Their fiction, reviews, and interviews have appeared in FF, Interzone, PseudoPod, Strange Horizons, and Year's Best Canadian F&SF!
Guidelines for the sub call are coming soon (and maybe the graphic can help you guess!)
Guidelines for the sub call are coming soon (and maybe the graphic can help you guess!)
August 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Guidelines for Saros #5 have arrived!
We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints.
The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs.
Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/
We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints.
The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs.
Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/
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"The Marks We Leave" by @mianbell.bsky.social (6,768 words) — Rylek seeks to assuage his pain of the loss of his lover by saving some of the people in the simulation on which he works. A compassionate exploration and portrayal of deep grief. (My rating: 5/5)
August 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"The Marks We Leave" by @mianbell.bsky.social (6,768 words) — Rylek seeks to assuage his pain of the loss of his lover by saving some of the people in the simulation on which he works. A compassionate exploration and portrayal of deep grief. (My rating: 5/5)
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My every-couple-months reminder: FF is always bringing in new submissions readers. Details in the quoted thread!
Did you know that FF is always on the hunt for more volunteers to join the reading team? Here's a brief thread on what it looks like to be part of the team here.
And the application link, if you're interested! fusionfragment.aidaform.com/reader-appli...
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And the application link, if you're interested! fusionfragment.aidaform.com/reader-appli...
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fusionfragment.aidaform.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My every-couple-months reminder: FF is always bringing in new submissions readers. Details in the quoted thread!
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SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving.
Read WB's latest here:
Read WB's latest here:
Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware
In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Scienc...
writerbeware.blog
July 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Beware®, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving.
Read WB's latest here:
Read WB's latest here:
celebrate a small victory with me? Analog has been a dream since I was a wee tot 🥺 very pleased this story landed with @analogsf.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
celebrate a small victory with me? Analog has been a dream since I was a wee tot 🥺 very pleased this story landed with @analogsf.bsky.social
Rereading Didion this sweltering summer afternoon… “The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.” Oh yes… compulsion… hello 🙋🏻♂️🙈
July 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Rereading Didion this sweltering summer afternoon… “The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.” Oh yes… compulsion… hello 🙋🏻♂️🙈
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This week went by so fast, it's making our heads spin! 😵💫
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
a man in a striped suit is riding a yellow toy horse with a woman in a white dress behind him .
Alt: A clip from the Disney film Mary Poppins. Burt (played by Dick van Dyke) is riding a yellow carousel horse while wearing a pinstriped suit and straw boater hat. He hangs his bamboo cane on the horse's ear and puts his feet up on its head, reclining back lazily.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week went by so fast, it's making our heads spin! 😵💫
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
gorgeous, lyrical, the palpable complexities of intimate relationships, nature vs nurture, (aikido! 🥰🥋) and wow what an ending… pls read this lovely tale by @tiatashiro.bsky.social
New words in this month's Clarkesworld! Check out "Missing Helen," a story featuring clones, identity, and a number of poor romantic decisions :)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
gorgeous, lyrical, the palpable complexities of intimate relationships, nature vs nurture, (aikido! 🥰🥋) and wow what an ending… pls read this lovely tale by @tiatashiro.bsky.social
i mightttt have a story in this issue 👀👀
Our Jul/Aug issue is on sale now! Pick up a copy to read more great science fiction from David Gerrold, Marie Vibbert, James Dick, Sean Monaghan, and AnLab winners Jay Werkheiser and Frank Wu.
July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
i mightttt have a story in this issue 👀👀