iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today we kick off publishing l*sts over at @essaydaily.bsky.social. L*STS are lists, lasts, losts, and lusts. First up is @erinkeane.bsky.social's State Fair Vanitas! www.essaydaily.org/2026/08/erin.... Want to contribute one? Pitch us!

1115

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

an object (and her story) available to bid on (and read). honored to be featured in the prestigious literary pages of ebay.

042

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Just up for read/share/bid: a very short Significant Object 2026 by @andrew-maynard.bsky.social: www.ebay.com/itm/26764806... @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social #significantobjects #significantobjects2026

022

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

an object (and her story) available to bid on (and read). honored to be featured in the prestigious literary pages of ebay.

042

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

DIAGRAM @eldiagram.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

DIAGRAM 26.1 thediagram.com/26_1/index.h...

0156

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

“how every shape in my life was pressed at least a little to the side by your theories and delusions, the force of being around you, a gravity.” @angermonsoon.bsky.social, steward of Significant Objects, with a gem of a story/object for sale on eBay

131

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's Significant Objects 2026 is mine: Sand Clown (Carletta) You've got a week to read, share, and bid on this weirdo: www.ebay.com/itm/26763437... #significantobjects2026 #significantobjects @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social

063

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New Significant Objects 2026 up: Bud Vase by Jae Towle Vieira: www.ebay.com/itm/26762871...

031

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Today's Significant Object 2026 is SIDEWAYS DVD by @lydiapaar.bsky.social: www.ebay.com/itm/26762869... #significantobjects #significantobjects2026 @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social

063

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

ninaschuyler.bsky.social @ninaschuyler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social at Ghost Parachute, for publishing my little/big story.

094

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

First object/story up in the Significant Objects 2026 Project is Sparkly Shoe Statue by L. C. J. Owen www.ebay.com/itm/26761769... #significantobjects2026 #significantobjects

092

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thoughts on what we're doing here in March Sadness by @angermonsoon.bsky.social on the substack (which you wanna get on if you're not already): open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...

open.substack.com

Once Again On the Sadnesses of March

Listening to Sadness Songs en route to Baltimore

1135

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Excited to have another essay on @havehashad.com today. Thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social for the prompt and selection!

010

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 14/02/2026

another piece of magic & wonder, today from Andrew Maynard! "...and there was something so romantic about a wingless jet, about succumbing to loneliness, surrendering to isolation, and if I were braver and more original I would’ve broken into the jet..." www.havehashad.com/4jzvg

havehashad.com

Wingless by Andrew Maynard

Picture me—nineteen, kicked out of college—living in a waterless log cabin in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the far corner of my big sister’s property next door to a wingless commercial airplane that belonged…

1102

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 20/01/2026

beautiful new Natalie Warther today! "Perhaps each household is allotted a finite amount of joy, as if the wizard’s hands are tied, this is simply the rule of beginnings: Should you acquire giggle and coo, you must forfeit fetch and wag." www.havehashad.com/8e7il

havehashad.com

The Old Dog Begins To Leave Us Now That The Baby Is Here by Natalie Warther

“There you are,” I say to her sweetly, the wriggling boy in my arms. She keeps her head lowered, lifts her foggy eyes, rolls to show me the belly that I have no hands to pet. In our case, the…

2143

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 18/12/2025

crow & aaron doing a last call of the year. open right NOW, for 150 submissions... and then again this evening for another 150. (please only submit to one.) especially looking for stuff about the holidays and/or "endings" all genre 500 word max havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34430...

End of 2025
Something of a vague, catch-all theme here to wrap up our year!

Send us something related to the holidays and/or "endings."

Similar to a recent call, we are going to have two windows, a morning and an evening:

10 am ET, Thursday, 12/18
7 pm ET, Thursday, 12/18
please only submit once

Submissions will capped at 150 for each call, meaning a total of 300. A few basic guidelines:

ALL genre ok
500 words
With micros and poems, up to 3 pieces (totaling no more than 500 all combined) allowed

Surprise us, wow us, all'a that.

All submissions should receive a response within 24 hours.

— Crow & Aaron

02512

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Complete Sentence @completesentence.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

"...Kyle and Annie both understand that the heart is a spider web capable of trapping and feasting on small, beautiful joys..." It's tricky shifting close 3rd Person POV mid-story, damn near impossible mid-sentence. Yet, @andrew-maynard.bsky.social nails it. www.completesentencelit.com/post/carbs

completesentencelit.com

Carbs

By Andrew Maynard

041

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Set out to create the most literary one-sentence story ever written about the intersection of hand jobs and the Olive Garden. Thank you @completesentence.bsky.social for giving this piece a home. And my nephew for making the art. www.completesentencelit.com/post/carbs

completesentencelit.com

Carbs

By Andrew Maynard

041

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

"The castle sways more and more, and the father says they must remain diligent. No cutting corners. Each floor must be stronger than the last."

222

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Very excited to have a story in @flashfrog.bsky.social, a journal I’ve long admired. Thank you @ericscottryon.bsky.social for the edits and commissioning such perfect artwork! I hope you give it a read

142

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Essay Daily @essaydaily.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"When the internet told me what Justice Alito had said, my first response was What’s a Gore Vidal?" @andrew-maynard.bsky.social on Pornhub, Gore Vidal, and other Epsteins www.essaydaily.org/2025/10/reth...

essaydaily.org

Rethinking Pornhub’s Role in the Literary Zeitgeist by Andrew Maynard

Rethinking Pornhub’s Role in the Literary Zeitgeist * Andrew Maynard * “Is it like the old Playboy magazine; you have essays there by the m...

021

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Will Slattery @wjaslattery.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

over at @essaydaily.bsky.social we’re gearing up for our annual Advent Calendar (the only time of year we actually post daily); send us yer stuff if you want to join in the advent adventures!

143

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

NEW ESSAY DAILY NEW MAYNARD LET'S GO

031

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Really enjoyed writing this.Thanks to @essaydaily.bsky.social and @angermonsoon.bsky.social for making a space for essays on essays!

122

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦 @yelenacrane.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A fascinating way to think of numbers (and people by extension). In particular, what it says about the those who like 1 because it means they mirror what they encounter.

222

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

XNESS ESSAYS IN A BOOK???????

1114

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 29/09/2025

oh, wow, everything about today's Andrew Maynard short is wonderful, and then that ending!! "She continues: I like five because you never lose it when it multiplies with something odd. And I think about saying, What if I’m even?" www.havehashad.com/envc8

havehashad.com

Number Games by Andrew Maynard

Five is my favorite number, she says, because no matter how many times you multiply it by an odd number, you can always find it at the end of the product. 25. 35. 1975. Always in plain sight. I add…

081

Andrew Maynard @andrew-maynard.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thanks to @havehashad.com for publishing my new short! Give it a read!

021

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 19/08/2025

5 year anniversary sub call on Thursday! Five (5!!) hour submission window, 8/21, 7am - noon ET Theme: "5" (What does that mean? Up to you!) Thx. We (heart) (and (skull)) you. -Aaron & Crow

Happy 5th Birthday/Anniversary to us!

To celebrate, we're doing a submissions call and leaving it open for... five (5!) hours.

Which is all to say...

Submissions will be open Thursday, August 24, 7am – 12pm (aka noon) ET.

A few specifics:

Theme: "5" (What does that mean exactly? Surprise me!)
500 words max
Any/all genre ok
For poems and reeeeal short stuff, you can send two, but make 'em short!

NOTE: This is a timed call rather than limiting the quantity so I have no idea how many I'll get. A TON, I bet! Also, I really should be doing class prep. Which is all to say, even though our "thing" is generally to get back to everyone ASAP, and I'm still going to read as fast as possible (when I have time!), making kneejerk decisions, these are probably going to take me a while. A week or two wouldn't surprise me. We'll see!

Thanks!

💀💀💀

Aaron & Crow

44115

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This "thought experiment" from George Saunders has been on my mind often of late: "Is it possible that we have come to feel responsible for too much, for everything, even things outside of our control, and that this makes us feel like gods who have been unfairly disempowered?"

2493

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Nicole Walker @nikwalk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I wrote about the myriad number of people who worked hard with me for the election and who kept me from the pit of despair after for Essay Daily's Advent Calendar, which already has some amazing essays for your December countdown to solstice. www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

essaydaily.org

Dec 3, 2024: Nicole Walker, No Authority, Just Thanks

* This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent. Find the rest of this year's and prev...

1165

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

Essay Daily @essaydaily.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

So we are here and we want you to know that we are returning in 2025 starting with the 2024 Advent Calendar. We know you need it: www.essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-...

essaydaily.org

The Essay Daily Advent Calendar

The 2024 Essay Daily Advent Calendar is back after a year away from the keyboard! Each year, we publish an Advent Calendar, a new essay each...

0178

Reposted by Andrew Maynard

HAD @havehashad.com · 05/03/2024

An amazing, beautiful, moving, perfect shortie today from Andrew Maynard Not everyone understands the ceremonial value in high-fiving bare bellies while chanting, “Belly bump, belly bump, Clyde and Dada belly bump.” www.havehashad.com/i8rxt

havehashad.com

Belly Bumps by Andrew Maynard

Between shower and bedtime, my toddler, Clyde, and I take off our shirts and bump bellies to help us wind down. I never told him — didn’t think I had to — that belly bumping is steeped in a sacred…

011