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Indie press dedicated to challenging, status-quo-busting literature to change your lightbulb. Founder: Leah Angstman @leahangstman.bsky.social. Interns: German Shepherds. altcurrentpress.com

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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deal report! Congrats to Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social ! We can’t wait to publish DEATH DOMESTIC. ⠀ altcurrentpress.com . #booksky #poetry #fairytales
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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I wrote a book of poetry! It’s called DEATH DOMESTIC, coming soon from @altcurrent.bsky.social. Really looking forward to working with Leah on this.
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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Welcome to the club, Matt Bell! @mdbell79.bsky.social We're so excited for this! Sign up on our newsletter to stay informed of the release of DEATH DOMESTIC this winter! sendfox.com/lp/3qjr4j
A welcome message for Matt Bell's new chapbook, DEATH DOMESTIC, including a headshot of Matt in a button-up shirt with a big grin and a mustache that looks like an old-timey movie villain.
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Daniel Addercouth @ruralunease.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Delighted to receive my copy of The Gyre by @stacy-carlson.bsky.social in the mail! Thank you to the nice folks at @altcurrent.bsky.social for sending it and congratulations to Stacy for winning the Electric Book Award!
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We’re honored to submit pieces for @pushcartprize.bsky.social, @bestofthenet.bsky.social, Best Small Fictions (@altcurrent.bsky.social), @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, Nina Riggs Poetry Award, O. Henry Prize, Best American Series & @penamerica.bsky.social/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize…
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Julia Tagliere @juliatagliere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This beauty is from the Reliance Building in Chicago (now Staypineapple); I wrote a whole collection inspired by this fascinating old building. (Reliance, forthcoming from @altcurrent.bsky.social)
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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Come visit our ACP table at #WildDeadwoodReads bookfair in #Deadwood, South Dakota, on June 13, 2026! We'll be located in the Lodge at Deadwood ballroom from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Free! Come say hi! wilddeadwoodreads.com
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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Happy Pub Day to Stacy Carlson's THE GYRE! This epic historical arctic adventure swirled with magical realism & Russian folklore is available today in hardcover, paperback, & ebook anywhere books are sold! Follow @stacy-carlson.bsky.social, and find THE GYRE at altcurrentpress.com/2026/03/13/t...!
An image of the front cover of THE GYRE, a novel by Stacy Carlson, shown in paperback and ebook formats, set against a backdrop of icy darkness. The words say, "Available now! A Russian monk's epic 1860s adventure weaves together magical realism, arctic survival, and a new mythology of the far north."
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stacy-carlson.bsky.social @stacy-carlson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thank you for this honor, @altcurrent.bsky.social! May the gyre of all our stories swirl on.
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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congratulations to the winners & finalists of the Electric Book Award! Read more about the award here: thecoilmag.com/announcement...
Announcement of the winners and finalists of the Electric Book Award. Yellow writing on blue background with an image the award emblem.
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Megan Baxter @meganbaxter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I am so excited to get my hands on a copy of this book! My short piece - 'All Made-Up', originally published in Diagram, is included in the 'Best Small Fictions 2025'! A huge thank you to the editors, both at Best Small Fictions and at Diagram! @altcurrent.bsky.social @eldiagram.bsky.social
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
So wonderful to have this year’s edition of Best Small Fictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social in my hands - and to be included…! Sandwiched between my favourite flash from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social and a story from @abigailmyers.bsky.social that has blown me away…! Thankful 🙏
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction nominees: @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, Sally DeWind, Max Gregg, @aniking.bsky.social, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, and Sophie Hoss! @altcurrent.bsky.social
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Thanks to Robert Shapard for choosing my story from Cleaver Magazine for The Best Small Fictions @altcurrent.bsky.social! Thanks, too, to series editors Nathan Leslie and Michelle Elvy, as well as @karenrile.bsky.social, @writesofkathryn.bsky.social and Andrea Caswell for taking it originally!
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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Congratulations to Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, whose story from our Cassette issue, “Layered House,” is now available in print in Best Small Fictions 2025 @altcurrent.bsky.social
Cover of Best Small Fictions 2025 flash, hai in, micro and hybrid nominated by indie presses aroundd the world 110 authors guest editor Robert ShapiroLayered House by Lucy Zhang opening paragraph
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Thanks to Robert Shapard for choosing the @mooncityreview.bsky.social piece by @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social, "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space," for this year's edition of The Best Small Fictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social! Thanks, too, to series editors Nathan Leslie and Michelle Elvy.
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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Uh, well, it's gonna be hard to get any work done now. Best mail day ever. @altcurrent.bsky.social
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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Still can’t believe I’m in this, along with some of my favorite flash fiction friends, including @lumchanmfa.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 💕 Catching a plane today, & so excited to have this read on my travels 🤗 TYSM to @altcurrent.bsky.social & @southeastreview.bsky.social🙏
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We are thrilled to submit work for @pushcartprize.bsky.social, @bestofthenet.bsky.social, @altcurrent.bsky.social’s Best Small Fictions, @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, Nina Riggs Poetry Award, The O. Henry Prize (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social)…
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Be sure to purchase your copy of @altcurrent.bsky.social's #BestSmallFictions 2025, which features @susurrusmag.bsky.social contributor Faithna Geffrard's award-winning story "No Ponyboy"!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
So grateful to have "Girl Locks" appear in Best Small Fictions 2025 from @altcurrent.bsky.social. Huge thanks to editors Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, & Michelle Elvy for choosing it & to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @maureenlangloss.bsky.social for nominating it.
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K.P. Taylor @kptaylorstories.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One year since Best Small Fictions 2024 arrived in my mailbox with my flash piece "Lanternfly" in it… It's still the most exciting thing that has happened in my writing life, and I am still so grateful to Andy Brown at Scrawl Place and @altcurrent.bsky.social.
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
⚡️Fast Flash Fiction Review: the sublime Hollows by Tommy Dean. @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We love getting to nominate Flash 405—in addition to annual issue—contributors for Best Small Fictions. Congrats to nominees Sally DeWind, @aniking.bsky.social, Max Gregg, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social & @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social! Read their work: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLitNoms. @altcurrent.bsky.social
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Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Welcome, Mark Jednaszewski @ninjaneerski.bsky.social! We’re thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mark’s SCALES OF THE OUROBOROS, a linked flash-fiction chapbook that has joined our Little Pigeon series! ⠀ altcurrentpress.com ⠀ #booksky #fiction #books #authors #maritime
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Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Noms for BSF 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Congrats & good luck! * Cutie With the... by Janel Comeau * I Ran Into Your New Girlfriend... by Nora Wagner * On the bright side… by Naa Asheley Ashitey * Rotting by Jamie Vincent * The Air by Nicole Callihan The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
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Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Thrilled to learn that my story "A Loss" has been nominated for @altcurrent.bsky.social's Best Small Fictions by @newworldwriting.bsky.social. Thanks to Kim Chinquee, Elizabeth Wagner, and Evan Harrison for nominating it and for all their work at New World Writing. You can read "A Loss" here:
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James Tadd Adcox ~ Three Stories About Loss - New World Writing Quarterly
Unable to Sleep For several nights now he had believed himself unable to sleep. Each morning he would rise remembering having spent the previous eight hours
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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
...and to conclude the 2026 award season, our @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions nominations! Yes, #BSF has a 1000 word max, & Doric Literary has a 1000 word min, but ... close enough. Cheers to Diamond, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social doric-literary.com/nominations/
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2026 Best Small Fictions Nominations

The Pig Housewife by Diamond

Remembering Pearl (which contains two flash fictions: Pearl-Handled Sword & For the Obits) by Meg Pokrass

In Memoriam by Patricia Q. Bidar
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🎉Congratulations to our 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nominations & @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Nominations!🎉
2026 Best Small Fictions & Best Microfiction NominationsBest Small Fictions: “They Think in Circles” by B.C. Brock, “Faster Than Your Arms” by Laton Carter, “Vita Nuova” by Greg Freed, “Rocks” by Gabby Kiser, and “Carcass” by Richie Kurt

Best Microfiction: “The Rain Knew” by B.C. Brock, “Adage” by Kevin Grauke, “Sunshower” by William Hawkins, “My Grandmother’s Hands,” by Angela Joynes, and “Crown Shyness” by Chelsea Stickle
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nomination: "They Think in Circles" by B.C. Brock
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They Think in Circles — Susurrus
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nomination: "Faster Than Your Arms" by Laton Carter
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nomination: "Vita Nuova" @gregfreed.bsky.social
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nomination: "Rocks" by Gabby Kiser
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Rocks — Susurrus
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Best Small Fictions Nomination: "Carcass" by Richie Kurt
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Carcass — Susurrus
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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Massive congrats to our Best Small Fictions (shoutout to @altcurrent.bsky.social ) nominees for 2026 | @spencerwriting.bsky.social, @nomad-sw18.bsky.social, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @joannatheiss.com, & @kathyhoyle.bsky.social <3
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We're mighty proud to nominate these wee, powerful pieces by Nathan DeBar, James Norcliffe, @shivpreet.bsky.social & Joely Williams to #BestSmallFictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social. They can all be found in our current issue ICYMI thewoolfx.com #flashfiction #prosepoetry
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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
First foray of bookfair stuff from AWP: @acrebooks.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social @dorothyproject.bsky.social #AWP #AWP26
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Elliott Coates @elliottcoates.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Callooh callay! My book, “& Please”, a collection of epistolary persona poems about Augustus Dickens, Charles Dickens’ youngest sibling, a subject heretofore unplumbed, is coming out in 2026 from @altcurrent.bsky.social. If you have a sibling, the worse the better, it’ll tickle ya. #writingcommunity
The grave of Augustus Dickens in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, surrounded by snow.
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🎉 Congratulations to Faithna Geffrard, whose work "No Ponyboy" has been selected for @wigleaf.bsky.social's Top 50 2025 Longlist! This is also Faithna's second award for this story! "No Ponyboy" was also selected for @altcurrent.bsky.social's 2025 Best Small Fictions. 🎉
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
❤️‍🔥 I got to read two micros, which is always a thrill. For those who asked, ‘The Days the Cartoons Crept Out the TV’ was published by @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social last year, and will be in the upcoming Best Small Fictions 2025 from @altcurrent.bsky.social… nationalflash.org/2024-micro-m...
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2024 Micro Madness | National Flash Fiction Day
22 micros will be selected by the judges and published, a micro a day, starting June 1, with the top 3 published on June 20, 21 and 22.
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Laurence Klavan @laurenceklavan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
My podcast play, "What Comes Next or Meet the Dunnes," is a semifinalist for the Electric Book Award from Alternating Current Press @altcurrent.bsky.social thecoilmag.com/announcement-of-the-2024-electric-book-award-longlist/
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Announcement of the 2024 Electric Book Award Longlist
The semifinalist longlist has been announced for the 2024 Electric Book Award to celebrate fantastic books.
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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Lots of news incoming, but the biggest may be I won the Luminaire Prose award - organised by @altcurrent.bsky.social - (same crew behind Best Small Fictions). Hundreds of entries, including published… and Things To Talk To Jim About came out top. I am SO HONOURED. thecoilmag.com/announcement...
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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Got this book from @altcurrent.bsky.social at #AWP25 and ate it up like a meal. THE GIRL WAKES by Carmen Lau is beautifully written. Gorgeous prose, dark edges, haunting whimsy. Feels like reading dark fairy tales or Wonderland again but subtly woven into modern settings. 🧵🪡 Faves listed below. ⬇️
The book THE GIRL WAKES: STORIES by Carmen Lau. Cover illustration is a sketched close-up of a girl’s head but her eyes are out of frame. Her mouth is the only thing colored in, and it’s smeared with pink across as if ambiguous whether it’s stained with blood or lipstick.The same pink is used in the swooping calligraphy of the title.
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 01/11/2025
Over 110 publications re-opened today, including @burnsidereview.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @hobocampreview.bsky.social @pulpasylum.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @rhppress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social duotrope.com...
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Re-openings for November 01, 2025
Over 110 publications re-opened today, including @burnsidereview.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @hobocampreview.bsky.social @pulpasylum.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @rhppress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A real “pinch me” moment to have a story selected for Best Small Fictions. Thanks to National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand’s Micro Madness for publishing ‘The Days the Cartoons Crept Out the TV’ last year 📺 💛 Little bit awestruck by that list of writers… 🙃 altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
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The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
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Adam Trodd @atrodd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Delighted to be included in the 2025 Best Small Fictions Anthology with 'Jewel Bearing'. Thanks to the folks @bansheepress.bsky.social for putting it forward and to the @altcurrent.bsky.social team for selecting it 🙏 altcurrentpress.com/best-small-fic… #flashfiction #WritingCommunity #shortstories
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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Fantastic to see flash fiction by Banshee contributors @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social and @atrodd.bsky.social included in Best Small Fictions 2025! @altcurrent.bsky.social Congrats to Chloe and Adam and to our flash fiction editor @mariegethins.bsky.social 💫 altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
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The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I’m fainting couch levels of excited that “Family Night” will be in Best Small Fictions 2025! Huge thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for loving, publishing, nominating this story & @altcurrent.bsky.social for including it with a frankly mindblowing list of work. altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
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The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Many thanks to the amazing, super supportive folks at @weirdlitmag.bsky.social for publishing and going to bat for this story and @altcurrent.bsky.social for picking it. This was the first piece I ever got published in a lit mag, just a little under a year ago. www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/tedd...
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"Teddy Bear Pancake" by Chris Scott | Weird Lit
"Veronica picks up the sticky menu, comically large in her small hands, and considers it with a furrowed brow."
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