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Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· 4d

Hexagon’s Year Five Anthology is now available to all subscribers! 🧡 For as low as $1, you could be enjoying everything Hexagon published in its fifth year, marvelling at fantastic cover art, and gasping for air as you drown in never before seen concept art.

Hexagon’s Year Five Anthology cover features a human with long hair rising from a mangrove river with an enormous red snake watching ominously behind them. The human’s bottom half is sort of pixelated into small hexagon shapes as it emerges from the water.

Includes stories by Calvert, Cato, Del Valle Berríos, Dorgan, Gayet, Geleynse, Guay, Haab, Heike, Hirsch, Joines, Jones, Muscato, Novak, Nwaka, O’ Mahoney, Scheina, Stamp, Vona, and Wallace. Edited by JW Stebner.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Mar 18

Only a few days remaining to submit your 2025 short fiction for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 3! Does your story feature chitinous creatures? Send it our way! 🦞🦀🕷️🐞 Hexagonmagazine.ca/ybasf

A promotional graphic for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 3 features pinned moths on a black background.
Edited by JW Stebner.
Submit your previously published arthropod stories until March 20, 2026.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jun 17

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

Cover of Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 includes vintage art of beetles, dragonflies, and a grasshopper.
Edited by JW Stebner
Featuring stories by Black, Dima, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Apr 30

I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀 @akatherineblack.bsky.social @dianadima.com Joshua Green Pauline Jérémie @eclosionk2.bsky.social @jennifleck.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social #invertefest

The cover for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 features several beetles, dragonflies, and other arthropods in a specimen drawing style. The names of the contributors are included on the cover.
Edited by JW Stebner
Black, Dima, Green, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Mar 7

@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social called the cover art for Hexagon Issue 19 by @almosthomefree.bsky.social “stunning” and “fantastic” in their December 2024 Short Fiction Spotlight at Reactor, and I agree! 🧡 If you are nominating for the Auroras, don’t miss this amazing eligible piece of cover art! 🍁

Seven hexagonal vignettes show a collection of scenes at a futuristic workplace. Employees have pearl-like nodules on their necks in some vignettes, while others show a pond of koi fish, a surgery room, a gift card on a desk, and several fancy offices.
The text on the cover says Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 19.
Features work by Aurelien Gayet, L.M. Guay, Raina Joines, Colin O’ Mahoney, and J Wallace. Cover art by Nickolej Villiger. Edited by JW Stebner.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Mar 1

Hexagon Magazine Issue 20 / Spring 2025 is now available to all for free on our website. 🐸🧡 Our final issue has original short fiction from Kit Calvert, Silvia Heike, Jordan Hirsch, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and Carol Scheina, with amazing cover art from Elaine Will. Edited by JW Stebner.

Two space-suit-wearing figures are reflected in a pool of water surrounded by bright fungus and pink dander. A frog watches them walk away on the cover of Hexagon’s 20th issue.
Featuring work by Kit Calvert, Sylvia Heike, Jordan Hirsch, Uchechukwu Nwaka, and Carol Scheina. Edited by JW Stebner.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Feb 22

Cover art and TOC for Hexagon’s 20th issue! 🧡 🐸 “Ant Soup” by Jordan Hirsch “To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka “Seeds of Hope” by Sylvia Heike “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” by Carol Scheina “When We Go, the Frogs Persist” by Kit Calvert Cover art by @elainemwill.bsky.social

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Feb 10

Here is the amazing cover for Lawless, which arrives Wednesday for Hexagon’s Drone Bee subscribers and up! 🗡️🗡️ Featuring work from @srich-writer.bsky.social @antoinettev.bsky.social @criverawrites.bsky.social @tfg.bsky.social and M. Halstead Cover art from and edited by @rhinobeetl.bsky.social

A scarred outlaw wields a knife on the cover of Lawless, a MYRIAD Digital Zine.
Features work from Antoinette Van Sluytman, Chey Rivera, M. Halstead, Samantha Rich, and TF Grognon. Cover art from and guest-edited by RBee.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Feb 8

Lawless, a MYRIAD Zine from @rhinobeetl.bsky.social is coming February 12! 🗡️ Here’s a look at the TOC: “The Blue Market” by Samantha Rich “The Saint in the Stone” by Chey Rivera “Interruption” by M. Halstead “Nostalgia is the Candy Coating” by TF Grognon “We the Deep” by Antoinette Van Sluytman

A promo card for RBee’s MYRIAD Zine, Lawless.
Lawless
Antoinette Van Sluytman
Chey Rivera
M. Halstead
Samantha Rich
T.F. Grognon
Edited by RBee
February 2025

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jan 10

Nocturnal, guest-edited by A.D. Sui (@thesuiway.bsky.social), has been released to subscribers and is available as a single purchase! You can get access now via our Patreon. 🌙 Patreon.com/hexagonmagazine

Cover of the MYRIAD Zine, Nocturnal. The title is spelled out in transparent letters while smoke drifts in the background.
Featuring work from Lixin Foo, Sylvia Heike, Marisca Pichette, Lynne Sargent, José Raposo Santos. Edited by A.D. Sui.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jan 1

Kinship is coming January 13th! Guest-edited by Christian M. Ivey (@ageedubb.bsky.social), the zine features five flash fiction pieces and cover art from Ava Glori Tuitt. ☁️🚗

Five people sit in a ship flying through the sky on the cover of Kinship, a MYRIAD zine.
Edited by Christian M. Ivey, with cover art by Ava Glori Tuitt.
Featuring the work of Ugochi M. Agoawike, Thomas J. Griffin, Shingai Kagunda, R.J.K. Lee, and Audrey T. Williams.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Dec 1

Hexagon Issue 19 / Winter 2024 is now available to all for free on our website! 📎 Check out original short fiction from Colin O’ Mahoney, Raina Joines, J Wallace, Aurelien Gayet, and L.M. Guay, with stunning cover art from Nickolej Villiger.

Hexagon speculative fiction magazine, issue 19 cover featuring seven small vignettes of scenes from L.M. Guay’s “Paid Time Off,” illustrated by Nickolej Villiger.

The seven vignettes feature moments from the story including feeding small red globules to koi in a pond, admiring a neck covered in fleshy pearls, a gift card on a desk, a woman holding scissors, a woman with bandages on her neck, and a few shots of well-appointed futuristic offices.

The issue features stories by Aurelien Gayet, L.M. Guay, Raina Joines, Colin O’ Mahoney, and J Wallace. Edited by JW Stebner.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 30

Nocturnal, guest-edited by A.D. Sui (@thesuiway.bsky.social), will have open submissions November 1st to 30th. 🌙 Check out the graphics below for more information on exactly what A.D. will be looking for!

Nocturnal
Submissions open November 1-30
Original spec fix up to 1000 words
$20 CAD payment
Edited by A.D. Sui

Stolen kisses under streetlights, melancholy, heartbreaking, eerie, secrets whispered in hushed tones, comfort found in the warm glow of a candle, midnight visitors, solitude, smoke rising into a starless sky.
Nocturnal.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 29

More information here and on our website! 👇🏼 Hexagonmagazine.ca/myriad

Kinship is at the heart of all humanity. We are looking for stories that examine how and why people form communities in a micro or macro sense. It's about finding your place and your people, whether it's through chosen family, solidarity, co-working, or grassroots activities.
We want stories that utilize the speculative to explore beyond the traditional notions of kinship, be it familial (nuclear family) or romantic (monogamous relationships).
Subs: October 14 to November 1 (November 8 BIPOC deadline)
Speculative fiction, 1000 words or less
Payment $18 CAD
Edited by Christian M. Ivey

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 29

Submissions for @ageedubb.bsky.social’s guest-edited MYRIAD Zine, Kinship, are open until November 1st (Nov 8 for BIPOC authors). 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Don’t miss out on submitting to this sure to be wonderful zine!

Kinship submission call.
10/14 to 11/01 (11/08 for BIPOC)
Original speculative fiction.
Max 1000 words

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 27

What exactly is @rhinobeetl.bsky.social looking for? Check the list below for more details!

Payment: $20 CAD
WANTED: desperate measures, jobs gone wrong, slippery slopes, on the run, reward for capture, quests for infamy, dead or alive…
Black market potion-brewers, blood oath-breakers, psychic extortionists, cybernetic outlaws, memory thieves…

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 27

Today is the last day to submit for @rhinobeetl.bsky.social’s guest-edited MYRIAD Zine, Lawless! 🗡️ Don’t miss out! Link below to submit! ⛓️‍💥 Hexagonmagazine.ca/myriad

A rogue breaks the chains that bind them on the submission graphic for Lawless, a MYRIAD Digital Zine.
1000 word maximum, submissions open October 13 to October 27.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 21

✨EMBALM COVER REVEAL + TOC ✨ 🎨gorgeous cover art by @pansybeast.bsky.social 📑stunning stories by @mjj-writes.bsky.social, @kitcalvert.bsky.social, @jexewizabee.bsky.social, @shelleylavigne.bsky.social, and @sophiamweaves.bsky.social 👩‍💻edited by Elena Sichrovsky ⌛️live date: october 25

The cover for Embalm, a MYRIAD Digital Zine. Featuring work by:
Kit Calvert
M.J. Jones
Shelley Lavigne
Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos
Jess Elizabeth Reed
Edited by Elena Sichrovsky
The cover features a ceramic creature whose insides are visible. Flowers grow from the creature.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 9

Upcoming 2024 MYRIAD Zine submission calls! Lawless - Guest-edited by @rhinobeetl.bsky.social, subs open Oct 13-Oct 27 ⛓️‍💥 Kinship - Guest-edited by @ageedubb.bsky.social, subs open Oct 14-Nov 1 (Nov 8 for BIPOC) 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Nocturnal - Guest-edited by @thesuiway.bsky.social, subs open Nov 1-Nov 30 🌙

Kinship submission call.
October 14 to November 1 (November 8 for BIPOC)
Original spec fic up to 1,000 words
The graphic is designed like an iPhone incoming call, with “slide to submit” replacing “slide to answer.”

Nocturnal
Submissions open November 1 to 30
Original spec fic up to 1000 words
$20 CAD payment
Edited by A.D. Sui

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 3

MYRIAD submission call #4! 🌙 Our final MYRIAD zine this year will be Nocturnal, guest-edited by A.D. Sui (@thesuiway.bsky.social). Submissions will be open November 1st to 30th. We are looking for stolen kisses under streetlights, melancholy, solitude, and more! 👇🏼

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Oct 2

MYRIAD submission call! ⛓️‍💥 Lawless, guest-edited by @rhinobeetl.bsky.social, will be open for submissions October 13-27. WANTED: desperate measures, jobs gone wrong, slippery slopes, reward for capture, blood oath-breakers, psychic extortionists, and more! 🗡️

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Sep 30

Submission call announcement! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 The next MYRIAD Zine submission call is for Kinship, guest-edited by Christian M. Ivey (@ageedubb.bsky.social) and opening for submissions October 14! More information at the link below 👇🏼

An announcement graphic for Kinship, a MYRIAD Digital Zine. Edited by Christian M. Ivey, open for submissions October 14 to November 1 (November 8 for BIPOC). 1000 words or less, $18 CAD payment.
Looking for genre-blend, weird and speculative, BFFs til the end of the world, technology or magic effects on humans, lover & friends? And kinships that aren’t human only.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Sep 1

Hexagon Issue 18 is now available on our website! 🎡 The issue features short stories from Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Michael M. Jones, Aggie Novak, and EC Dorgan. It also includes a comic from @jimmystamp.bsky.social and Xavier Saxon. Cover art by @artyomtopilin.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner.

A malevolent figure watches over a vehicle full of tourists which makes its way past a dilapidated theme park called DREAMWORLD on the cover of Hexagon issue 18. Includes strories from Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, EC Dorgan, Michael M. Jones, Aggie Novak, and Jimmy Stamp. Edited by JW Stebner.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Aug 21

Introducing the first of FOUR upcoming MYRIAD zines coming this winter: EMBALM, guest-edited by Elena Sichrovsky. Flash submissions will be anonymous and will pay $20 CAD/piece. Submissions open August 31, 2024. ⚰️

Embalm
Word count: 1000 max
Payment: $20
Open August 31-September 15
In the background, a chunk of amber and a dead insect are visible.

Methods of preservation. Burial rituals. Funeral culture. Forgotten histories. Undisturbed places. Disenfranchised grief. Mourning. Rigidity and resistance to the new. Adoration. False gods. Afterlife journey. Accidental fossilization. Prehistoric. Ancient. Immortality. Death on display. Loneliness. The suffocation of memory. Literal suffocation. Autopsy. Unearthed secrets. Lost kingdoms.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jul 15

Hexagon’s Year Four Anthology has just been released to all subscribers! It features everything we published in our fourth year and brand new cover art courtesy of the wonderful @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social! 🧡 Get it here: Patreon.com/hexagonmagazine

The cover of Hexagon’s Year Four Anthology. Featuring cover art from Simon Underwood of a giant hexagon-shaped worm attacking three soldiers in a barren orange desert.
Features the work of Butler, Croal, Dean, Ridley Elmes, Goldfuss, Gribouski, Heike, Hughes, Kriger, Loscocco, Luiz, Marcroft, Margariti, Olfert, Pinto, Prentice, Scheina, Stewart, Strom, and Sui.

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jul 10

June was Hexagon’s lowest earning month since May of 2023. Funding a free magazine requires support from the community! 🧡 In the next few months we have our Year Four anthology, a new issue in September, and FOUR new MYRIAD Zines (with calls coming soon)!

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jun 29

A fantastic quote from Joshua Green about the recently released Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 1! 🪳🦋🐝🐜🐞🦀🦂

“A wondrous, imaginative, and beautifully unconventional volume of short stories that uses the smallest of creatures to showcase, often with poignancy, what it means to be human”
-Joshua Green, author of “The Butterfly Field”

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jun 25

Wonderful words about our anthology from an actual large bug, @premeemohamed.com! 🦋🪰🦀🦂🪳🕷️🐞🐜

“Scuttling, skittering, scintillating – a thoughtfully-curated selection of insect stories, each perched along axes of horror, revulsion, beauty, love, tenderness, and wonder. Exploring themes of humanity no less than arthropodity, I was captivated by the anthology as a whole.”
-Premee Mohamed, author of And What Can We Offer You Tonight

Hexagon SF Magazine@hexagonmagazine· Jun 24

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 1 is now available to all Hexagon subscribers! 🦋 The subscriber-exclusive anthology collects 10 fantastic fictions about your favourite Phylum from authors Chamberlin, Croal, Croke, Katz, Kozma, Madden, Moore, Olfert, Pearce, and Searcey. 🦀🐝🪰🐞🦂🕷️