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
“Oatmeal” by Patrick J. Zhou is in the Wigleaf Top 50 2025.
“Voulez-Vous” by Sudha Balagopal is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025.
“The Future Is Not What Was Promised But Is Almost Here Regardless” by Aaron Burch is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025.
“Apocalyptic Date Idea #126” by Julián Martinez is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025.
“Stitched Together” by Elena Zhang is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2025.
“In Country” by Daniel David Froid is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
“Animals” by Pat Jameson is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
“Unimagined Delicacy” by Lyndsie Manusos is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
“Pillow Talk” by DW McKinney is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
“The Strangler’s Hotel” by K.C. Mead-Brewer is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
“You Too Can Have a Pass Rate Like Mine” by Swati Sudarsan is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2024.
Two Joy Odes by william erickson are featured on Poetry Daily.
“Spin Cycle” by Judith Ohikuare is in Best Microfiction 2024.
“Yarnidermis” by Ruby Rorty is in Best Microfiction 2024.
“My Uncle Lived in the Future” by Parth Shah is in Best Microfiction 2023.
“Does the Pig?” by Nick Story is in Best Small Fictions 2023.
“The Shack” by DW McKinney is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2023.
“The Woman We Called Vulture” by Jen Julian is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2023.
“The Lake of My Youth” by Aaron Burch is longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 2023.
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 assistant professor at WPI. Website: katemcintyrewriting.com Bluesky: @katemcintyre.bsky.social
Joe Aguilar is the author of Half Out Where (Caketrain). His writing is in Conjunctions, Strange Horizons and Pleiades. He’s an assistant 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:
Ashley Amaro
Luisa Bloch Garcia
Katelynn Bonhoff
Riann Divine
Pranav Jain
Katherine Jesse
Vanya Malik
Sydney Sheehan
Marina Tarsi
Henry Wagg
Jonathan Wessler
Caraline White
Website design by Jim Monaco