About

hex publishes very short speculative texts on a weekly-ish basis. We like it weird. Submit here. 

hex started in 2022 and is based at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA.  

We are on Bluesky and Instagram @hexliterary.

Awards and Honors

Work first published in hex has been included in Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Brave New Weird, Poetry Daily, Speculative Fiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury), and Wigleaf Top 50. See the full list of awards and honors here.

Our Staff

Editors:

Kate McIntyre is a past managing editor of the Missouri Review and past editor of the Worcester Review. She is the author of Mad Prairie (UGA Press 2021), a linked story collection that won the Flannery O’Connor Award. She is an associate professor at WPI. Website: katemcintyrewriting.com Bluesky: @katemcintyre.bsky.social

Joe Aguilar has writing in Conjunctions, Strange Horizons and HAD. He’s an associate professor of teaching at WPI. Website: joe-aguilar.com Bluesky: @joeaguilar.bsky.social

Daniel Miller teaches English at Central Methodist University. He previously served as Audio Editor for the Missouri Review and read submissions for PANK. His fiction has appeared on Conjunctions, Heavy Feather Review, and Puerto del Sol. Bluesky: @danielmiller.bsky.social

Contributing editor:

Michelle Ephraim is the author of Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage (Routledge 2008), Shakespeare, Not Stirred (Penguin/Scribe 2015), and Green World (2023 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction). A professor at WPI, she teaches courses in literature, creative nonfiction, and speculative fiction writing. Website: michelleephraim.com Bluesky: @michelleephraim.bsky.social

Associate editors:

Theron Boozer

Deepak Dinesh

Anastasia Kelnik

Fedor Lemdyasov

Audrey Molyneux

Iman Naqvi

Mikel Nourse

Hannah Parisella

Kristine Roy

Cameron Scott

Angus Simpson

Arjun Vyavaharkar

Brent Weiffenbach

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