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Ann Graham

@ann-graham.bsky.social
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Reader, writer of short stories and poems. I comment on short stories at www.ann-graham.com

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“To Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar: We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University's concealment.” These are the names of the Cornell rapists. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
here is a link to some writing craft articles I have commented on over the years www.ann-graham.com/search/label...
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Short Stories All the Time
A blog about short stories, short fiction and short story authors along with literary journals and anthologies,
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Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rest in power, Gloria Steinem - trailblazer who carved space for women to rise. Her words pushed me toward sisterhood, toward building what she imagined. Her future lives in every woman who refuses smallness. Gratitude 🙏🏻 #SheShed #VivaHoodAlliance #MySisterhood
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I just went through Matt Kendrick's online workshop I Hear Voices. Oh my. So helpful. A couple of weeks ago I listened to Story Shapes. Highly, highly, recommend. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
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Workshop-recordings (List) | MattKendrick.co.uk
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 23/08/2026
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Announcing the WelkinPress Best of the Net nominations for 2026: @anibanerjee.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @cake-girl.bsky.social Yara Zgheib Links to their brilliant pieces below 👇
The Welkin Press. Best of the Net Nominations 2026. Ani Banerjee. Emily Rinkema. Karen Baumgart. Yara Zgheib.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JUST TO CLARIFY…👇 You’re welcome.😎✨
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Denise Bayes @deniseb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I have always loved the song Changing Lights by Stacey Kent, words by Kazuo Ishiguro. This 100 word flash evokes those same emotions of paths crossing. Congratulations.
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001 | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🧝🧚🧙‍♂️ WINNER of the Firefly Prize, "And Also, In the Woods a Spaceship Landed" by Jo Withers: A piece that marries together a speculative event with a deeply personal tragedy. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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And Also, In the Woods a Spaceship Landed | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🌎🌎🌎 WINNER of the Earth Prize, "Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social A piece that's wonderfully vivid and wonderfully alive: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "the day after you bury him in the garden" by @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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the day after you bury him in the garden | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield" by @kawalker.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Taking It Home" by Rana Bitar: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Taking It Home | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Shortlisted in the History Prize, "The things we did not see on Christmas Eve in Calumet, Michigan, 1913" by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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The things we did not see on Christmas Eve in Calumet, Michigan, 1913 | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You" by @karenc.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "The Oracle of All Wisdom" by @thisisguan.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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The Oracle of All Wisdom | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Issue" by Jeffrey-Michael Kane www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Issue | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "The Night of the Fireflies" by Vaishnavi Pusapati: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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The Night of the Fireflies | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Shortlisted in the History Prize, "First Photograph of the Moon — John William Draper, 1840" by @jmgatford.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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First Photograph of the Moon — John William Draper, 1840 | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Read more here cause.link/abolishice?r...
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Detailed instructions on how to attract a fairy visitor to your home" by @cake-girl.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Detailed instructions on how to attract a fairy visitor to your home | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Sundowning" by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Sundowning | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Earth Prize, "A Minute Before The Windows Rattle, I’m Singing 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' With My Kid" by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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A Minute Before The Windows Rattle, I’m Singing 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' With My Kid | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "After the End Was the Beginning" by @sfreligh.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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After the End Was the Beginning | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Shortlisted in the History Prize, "Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema" by @alisonwassell.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema | MattKendrick.co.uk
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 14/07/2026
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My book haul from Recluse Bookstores in Fort Worth
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yay! I’m so excited to have made the Longlist of The Welkin Genre Prize. Holding breath until July 22 for Shortlist!
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.
Chuck Schumer: "The founding fathers called America God's noble experiment. I believe in all three words to this day: we are one nation under God, we have clung to noble ideals for longer than any other nation, and we are an experiment always changing, trying to make ourselves better.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Potentially up to 15 legal observers in Minneapolis have been arrested so far today. 06.16.2026 PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR COMRADES DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
On his 36th birthday, jailed poet Galal El-Behairy wants to share his words with the world. The Egyptian government has kept Galal — the 2025 #FreedomToWrite Award Honoree — in jail since 2018. Read and share his poem: pen.org/galal-el-beh... #FreeGalal
Photo of Galal El-Behairy above text from a poem: "The space between my fingers burns Within my ribcage—a bitter fire. Tonight was my birthday I wish I could have been there If only I could have been there Free... released." Below, it is credited to Galal El-Behairy, excerpt from "My Birthday," translated by Chip Rossetti. The Pen America logo is at the bottom right.
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InfinitelyLoopy @infinitelyloopy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The judge who issued these sentences said he took the maximum allowed because the state wanted to send a message to others who share the defendants’ ideology. That seems really ominous.
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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Collapsing oceans = deadly oceans First rule on a water planet: do not fuck around with the oceans Especially, if you are a backward species of retards The trick: science had to prove that collapsing oceans lead to our extinction while it had to be the opposite... #Earth #climate #oceans
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Flesh-eating bacteria threat looms over Europe's coasts
Summer starts with millions heading to the sea, but climate‑driven Vibrio, a flesh‑eating bacterium, has already shut beaches in Spain and alarmed the Mediterranean.
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Super power suicide/murder
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s one thing to have a person in a position of power who is corrupt and ignorant and ill-suited for the job of governing, but it’s quite another when a large contingent prop up him or her. Everyone should watch and read Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Timothy Snyder’s essays and interviews!
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
You know if you know. When someone, some people, do the wrong thing, it will bite them in the ass, eventually. There are many folks that have quite a lot of poetic justice coming their way.
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skymom.bsky.social @skymom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"The Tulsa Massacre murdered as many as 300 Black people, destroyed 35 Black owned city blocks, hospitalized 800 Black people, interned 8,000 Black people in homeless shelters, and displaced more than 10,000 Black people. " There was no accountability.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM
A vibrant color historical photograph capturing the brilliant ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic Dr. Patricia Era Bath (1942–2019) in an office or laboratory setting, radiating an aura of confident intelligence and warm approachability. Occupying the center and right of the shot, Dr. Bath sits facing forward, smiling brightly with a direct, engaging gaze at the camera. She is dressed in a professional white medical lab coat—subtly embroidered with "Dr. Bath" in red cursive on the left lapel—worn over a light blue button-down denim shirt and accented by a polished gold chain necklace. Pens are visible tucked into her left coat pocket. Positioned prominently to her right on the left side of the frame is a large, white medical laboratory microscope or ophthalmic imaging equipment with black eye-pieces. The background shows a white wooden bookshelf packed with colorful medical texts, binders, and stacked papers. This portrait carries immense historical significance, honoring a legendary trailblazer in STEM who became the first Black female doctor to patent a medical device—the revolutionary Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment—fundamentally restoring sight to millions worldwide.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“We’re not here for trouble… we’re just here to see our family members.” Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark on Day 4 of the hunger strike, a 10-year-old whose father is detained inside confronts masked guards, asking why they won’t show their faces. WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/05/2026
This is Adam Hoffman, a 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney. He faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy. Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail & no sex offender status. A judge increased his sentence to 60 days. Not an immigrant. Not a trans person. Not a Black or brown person
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
SAY HIS NAME Monday marks exactly six years since now-former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in South Minneapolis. www.kaaltv.com/news/monday-...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Ann Graham @ann-graham.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What? And why? As if there’s any logic to it.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Do the laws not apply to the rich and wealthy? Kleptocracy? Quid pro quo. Bribery. You name it. All of this is wrong and illegal. Shameful.
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