"Hex Supply Customer Support Log" wins the 2026 Best Poem Hugo Award!

Elis Montgomery

Excerpt from Hex Supply Customer Support Log: "oh shit you're not a witch at all / you're just a freaking bot / a chat AI from hex? the gall / yeah that explains a lot"

"Hex Supply Customer Support Log" wins the 2026 Best Poem Hugo Award!

Also a finalist for the 2026 Rhysling Award (Long Poem)

Read here

“Elis Montgomery - Best Poem” by Worldcon Photos, CC BY-NC 4.0.

A low angle of a stone castle peeking through a forest of spindly trees with dying leaves. Hanging fog is lit by the overexposed sky, and the white glow obscures the top of the castle. Photo by David Gabrić on Unsplash.

"Unhidden: Infinite Wiki"

To proceed at the Unmarked Castle’s door, perform Blood Sacrifice by selecting yourself and casting the Wounding Hex. Wait for the cutscene.

Free read out now in If There's Anyone Left!

Read here

Black and white photo of a woman's face, obscured by her hair. Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Pexels.

"Dim Meridian"

Her darkness is more complete, curling into the hollowest parts of her: her cheekbones, her collarbones, the sloping angles between shin and ankle. Her hands are invisible.

Free read out now in Wyldblood!

Read here

Image of a watercolour illustration by Raffaele Mainella for Nos Invisibles (1907). A dark figure stands over an open, flower-strewn casket with their hands raised to a lighter sky of dancing, white-clad figures. A dead man lies inside the casket beside a tall candle, its smoke trailing into the distance. Over the sky is added text from “Hollows After Bones” by Elis Montgomery: “Neither he nor the rider had prepared for death; it had come for them suddenly, as certain as wildfire.”

"Hollows After Bones"

Free read out now in Adventitious!

Read here

Google Sites

Report abuse