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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Nicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's that time of the year again, and I'm ready to read!! 👀 Send us your stories and poems! ✨✨ ✍️

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 25/08/2026

The Lazarus Heart by Esther Lim is now FREE-TO-READ. Do not adjust your television sets, listen to the static instead. 📺 🖤 🖤

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The Lazarus Heart

The Lazarus Heart by Esther Lim

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

From I used to live here by Amy LeBlanc. Love the strangeness of language here!

$Poem "The Falls" A falling figure weeps behind the guardrail. Hydropsychic-- a pull toward the water. the fish and sand stretch like molasses. Hypnotism-- a loosening of the tendons until the jaw is unbound. The Falls lap ruins of leaking men in the churning honeymoon below. Don't linger too long, she says, or you will see the sun refracted through foaming water.$

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Wow, loved your story though!

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Honestly, I put out the trash bin 15 minutes before the garbage truck came by, so I think I can call this day a success.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11/08/2026

See also the term "activist scholar," which is applied derogatorily to academics who use their expertise to advocate for Left-leaning policy, but not to Right-leaning academics, even if they take money from Right-wing groups or advocate for Right-wing causes based on dubious evidence or none at all.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 10/08/2026

I don't trust any "creative" who isn't a little bit pensive and lustful. These are the resultant states of allowing oneself to be alone with one's thoughts for a time.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Oooh yes! Or when your loved ones ask "Why is [symptom] happening?" As though there's a simple answer and not a constellation of everything.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

That moment I start my tea drinking habit again, only to *also* start the forgetting-about-the-tea-until-it's-cold habit again

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Congratulations to all the Aurora winners, including OTHERSIDE author J. Y. Zhang! 💜 Start your day with this excellent (Aurora-winning!) poem at @smallwondersmag.com:

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From Dust - Small Wonders

the difference between piano keys and kindling / is the hands / / so from dust, we begin again:

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Fantastically scary poem by Chris Clemens in @heartlines-spec.com. Give it a read and come scream with me:

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Six Minutes Till School

Six Minutes Till School by Chris Clemens

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A great list for your reading pleasure!

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 04/08/2026

Secrets of the Sea by @aresjb.bsky.social is now FREE-TO-READ! 🌊🐚🦀 "In a shack too small at the edge of a wine-dark sea, my mother feeds her whispering shell silver coins in exchange for ocean secrets." www.heartlines-spec.com/secrets-of-t...

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Secrets of the Sea

Secrets of the Sea by Ares J. Benoit

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Heartlines Spec is an amazing publication! Thank you Heather for the mention!

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just read 'Secrets of the Sea' by @aresjb.bsky.social in this issue and it's lovely. 🤍 Consider subscribing to @heartlines-spec.com or better yet, consider donating to one of the listed charities and get a complimentary subscription (if there are any left)! www.heartlines-spec.com

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Heartlines Spec

Heartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Looking forward to reading it!!

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

So pumped to read the whole issue, it's gonna be a good one!!🙌🏻

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026

It's RELEASE DAY! Lower those shoulders, take a deep breath, and read some fantastic short fiction and poetry! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-11/

A light purple and pink illustrated cover for Issue 11 of Heartlines Spec. The scene depicts a PEI red-toned beach with two woman's straw bonnets caught in the sand, a bottle of raspberry cordial, and footprints leading to the ocean.

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

ICYMI ✨New Writer micro by @aresjb.bsky.social! “Let them laugh, she's busy gobbling up another ant, another yellow yard line; she's going places slowly.” www.claudineliterary.com/aresjbenoit

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Ares J. Benoit | She Says She's Going to 'Bunker Down'

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026

Thank you to all our contributors for making this shine 💖 Moh Afdhaal Hap Aziz @aresjb.bsky.social Chris Clemens @awritingwren.bsky.social @jaespersmyth.bsky.social R. F. Hovis Esther Lim @avramargariti.bsky.social Diem Okoye Jillian Schedneck Julia Sinclair @authortrsteele.bsky.social Lulu Vidal

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My favourite food group is carbs, followed by peanut butter--though defying social norms is a close third.

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Astrid ON HIATUS | INARORA'S EXCURSION Out Now! @seraphrdm.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are ALMOST at the goal. Can we hit the goal and then some? That would be amazing

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A girl becomes a moving building! Read it in less than a minute!

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It just seems unfair that during the summer, my freezer doesn't magically get filled with popsicles.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Never keep your dick in the shed.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

That time on a Friday I got overwhelmed by life... ...and decided to fix it by going outside to take take pictures of flowers. I can't be the only human who finds the ability to contain multitudes to feel so hard sometimes, right??

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

As someone with the type of ADHD that either a) gets demotivated at broken steaks like you, or b) hates the streak concept and breaks them out of spite, I agree!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today is a good day to celebrate and support Black creators! If you are a Black creator, especially in the nerd space, please consider posting what you do below and also how we can buy it or support it, if possible!

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Storm (Ororo Munroe) from X-Men Comic Art

Alt: Storm (Ororo Munroe) from X-Men Comic Art

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Actively try to make something better? Cringe.

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

And they grant you an honorary rock type title!

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Ares J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Plot twist: they text each other about how much they miss you when you're gone

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