R. Jean Bell (bex)

Update 3: Apex will be able to publish three issues in 2025! If we want more issues, we'll need to unlock a couple stretch goals kickstarter.com/projects/apexp…

Good morning! The @apexmag 2025 Kickstarter is currently at $15,890. That means we have secured funding for the first 3 issues of Apex next year! We fund issue 4 when we hit $20K. Can you help us get there? kickstarter.com/projects/apexp…

Yes! My dragon made it! Read them all. So many perspectives, such different views. Akis's poem is excellent.

Basically I put 0 of my social energy into this app. Just keeping my username mine...

I heard this rumor about a weird abandoned building but no one could tell me the way. I tried following the raven but it wouldn't let me get close.... I really think I need this map ... Please help make it sure it gets made. kickstarter.com/projects/apexp…

Ever wanted to learn how The Submission Grinder works or ask questions about how to get the most out of the tool? Now's your chance! Decoding the Submission Grinder is coming up later this month and will be taught by co-founder David Steffen reachyourapex.com/product/decodi…

@Danaiwrites These days I mostly think in Danish but English is my native and I read and write English. If I ever tried to write in Danish, I'd drown in commas. So I have all the respect for all the amazing ESL authors.

Being an ESL writer is weird because, while I mostly think in English, some days English doesn't cut it. Some days my feelings are messy Greek folk songs, and memories of my grandma swearing in Arabic, and my grandpa mumbling greetings in Romanian, and it all swirls together and—

Introducing CREPUSCULAR: Stories from the in-between. A new microfiction magazine, paying ten cents a word! Edited by @R_E_Treasure Opening to subs October 13. Details: patreon.com/posts/85137677

@JoyceReynoldsW1 You'll know when it's time. Give her all the carrots and love and let her be a bum as long as she thrives that way. Those are hard times...

My feed has been pretty traumatic this morning, but I want to take a moment to talk about the deal we make with our animal companions.

Did y'all have a great time at @premeesaurus' workshop this past weekend? Well, she's got another one coming up! Outlining Your Novel is perfect for any pantsers or plotters out there looking to enhance or experiment with outlining reachyourapex.com/product/outlin…

OPTOPHOBIA is August's flash fiction theme. There are a few days left to submit so make sure you get yours in before midnight EST on August 31st patreon.com/posts/flash-fi…

@LinardosAkis That sounds disturbing. Sorry you had to deal with that.

@KojiADae Yes. Just make the terms clear even if it's no pay. And don't be creepy "I won't pay you but you'll pay to sub"

Like... do I at least get a free copy of the antho? Probably not... but tell me.

As someone who has moved solidly into spec fiction I will never understand how literary fiction not only has no compensation but... doesn't bother to write clearly on their websites that the current call is uncompensated.

Hey twitter! I am looking for a short story I listened to in the past year. About a guy in a virtual reality train station that is hyper realistic, but where nothing happens and he comes to appreciate it. I believe the story may be named after the train station or platform?

✨ICYMI✨ "A Young Zombie in Crisis" by @walidahimarisha "Ralph tore the man’s scalp off with his fingernails, bit into the cranium, cracking it with his molars like a walnut." apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/…

@diabolicalplots If my left arm just dangles too much, that would definitely make me tense as the joint is prone to separating. So yeah, no, leave my crossed arms or hands in pockets or whatever alone.

Join @apexmag's managing and flash fiction editor @R_E_Treasure for a workshop all about writing flash and micro fiction. We've still got seats available! apexbookcompany.com/collections/on…

Once again I woke up with words in my head but lost them during essential morning routine. Currently too dopey and achy to attempt resurrection. Haven't even eaten yet...

HUGE workshop series coming! Darian Bianco will be leading us through Jeff Vandermeer's Wonderbook chapter by chapter. If you wanted to explore craft but in a guided environment where you can ask questions, then this is the series for you! apexbookcompany.com/collections/on…