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, Twitter/X, and Instagram @hexliterary.
Awards and Honors
“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
Kate McIntyre, editor 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 Twitter: @_katemcintyre
Joe Aguilar, editor Joe Aguilar is the author of Half Out Where (Caketrain). His writing is in Strange Horizons, Conjunctions, and Threepenny Review. He’s a member of the Clarion Workshop ’23 class and an assistant professor of teaching at WPI. Website: joe-aguilar.com
Daniel Miller, editor 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. Twitter: @DanTheDadBodGod
Michelle Ephraim, 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 Twitter: @ProfessorMKE
Associate editors:
Ryan Bendremer
Jillian Burns
Tara Bromfield
Hannah Frieden
Cierra O’Grady
Nikola Grozdani
Shivank Gupta
Sapphire Hu
Sarah LaRusso
Sizhe Li
Leah Maciel
Trevor Ng
Dang Nguyen
Maeve Norton
William Pagliarulo
Grant Perkins
Ben Rajotte
Grace Solod
Jia Yazon
Website design by Jim Monaco