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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/12/2025

The Clepsydra is live! As the year runs out, we hope you'll thieve away some time to spend with this wonderful group of prose, poetry, and artwork. astrolabe.ooo featuring... @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @binhdaur.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social Nnadi Samuel Lisa Dailey Didem Arslanoglu

A group of blue-green dots on a dark blue background with lines between them to denote the shape of a "constellation" of Clepsydra

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Winter 2025
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Nnadi Samuel - "Honeysuckle; From Lugard's white, scented Hands" & "The Field of my Person, A Thing to be Conquered"
Vikki C. - "Elegy for a Grown World"
Susan L. Lin - "She Had Her Head in the Attic"
Lisa Dailey - "Under the Sea"
Binh Do - "The Angel of History"
Didem Arslanoglu - "Nine"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 20/12/2025

Taking a moment to treasure our Best Microfiction nominees! Congratulations to: Devan Murphy @shanaross.bsky.social Carter Lappin Veronica Tucker @susanllin.bsky.social

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Best Microfiction Nominees
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Devan Murphy
"Goatboy"

Shana Ross
"Annual Review"

Carter Lappin
"Sometimes You Can’t Help but Feel Like He Does These Things on Purpose"

Veronica Tucker
"The Waiting Room At The End of the Universe"

Susan L Lin
"She Had Her Head in the Attic"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 22/09/2025

With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning. Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker. astrolabe.ooo

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 17/07/2025

A touch late, but never forgotten, the Retrograde has arrived! With it comes signs of yellowing and desiccation, omens from the sun, but also some things Exceptional and worth gathering around. As always, we encourage you to explore and delight in these works among the Universe: astrolabe.ooo

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Summer 2025
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Amanda Yskamp - "Gathering"
Shana Ross - "Annual Review"
Guan Un - "Sorrow for Youth"
Eli Dowd - "They Buried Their Dead in Sitting Posture"
Carter Lappin - "Sometimes You Can't Help but Feel Like He Does These Things on Purpose"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 18/06/2025

For all sorts of reasons, we're pushing back our summer issue to July 17th, and our next open reading window to the autumnal equinox. We got a quite a few submissions this spring, and we want to make sure we're giving each of them attention before we open for more. Thanks for bearing with us.

our next issue will materialize on July 17th for Mercury Retrograde

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 02/02/2025

Profoundly proud of this year's nominations for Best Small Fictions—long journeys wished and real; a house or a home or a meteor; an agenda of ribbons and balls and fairies.

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Best Small Fiction nominees
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Heather Kamins
"The Destination"

Khalid Mitchell
"This Is What Always Happens"

Erika Walsh
"On Your Twenty-Sixth Birthday, You Receive Twenty-Six Instructions"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/12/2024

On this winter solstice, two years after the Universe began to form, we have another materialization in an entirely new form: new prose from @lgeccles.bsky.social, @ianli.bsky.social, @forestfarmer.bsky.social, ~in orbit~ around artwork from Jacelyn Yap. www.astrolabe.ooo

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 18/12/2024

Taking a moment to celebrate our 2025 Best Microfiction nominations from @ianli.bsky.social (coming to the Universe in just a few days!), Amelia K., Satya Dash, and Joe Gallagher.

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Best Microfiction nominees

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Amelia K.
“Oh Me Oh My Oh”

Satya Dash
“Reconciliation”

Joe Gallagher
“The Basics of Owl Keeping”

Ian Li
“Light of My Life”

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 08/12/2024

Wishing these Pushcart Prize nominations good luck! We so appreciate these stories, their writers, and everyone who's made this year of Astrolabe a brilliant one. @aabalaskovits.bsky.social, @jjlofflin.bsky.social, @lgeccles.bsky.social, Lucy Zhang & Laura K. Wallace ✨

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2025 Pushcart Prize nominations
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Laura K. Wallace
"Pancakes"

Lucy Zhang
"Proximity to Life"

A.A. Balaskovits
"Nothing Buried Won't Reveal"

Lindsey Godfrey Eccles
"A Little Dirt Between Our Toes"

Joshua Jones Lofflin
"The Last Library"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 07/12/2024

Some exciting news from those behind the Universe—we've expanded our editorial team! Astrid has already done incredible work reading and helping select pieces for both our Winter and Spring materializations, and we're so lucky to have them onboard!

Astrid Liu is a MFA Creative Writing candidate at the University of Arizona who writes multimedia poetry and nonfiction, and translates from Cantonese to English. Their work has won the University of Arizona Minnie Torrance Award, a Carsons Scholar Fellowship, and appeared in the Academy of American Poets. She currently lives in Tucson with their black cat Jackie and the desert stars.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/12/2023

The Universe expands once again with the Range, featuring @taracampbell.bsky.social, @willerickson.bsky.social, @addisonzeller.bsky.social, Mandira Pattnaik, Marina Ramil, Shannan Mann, and Lesh Karan. Thank you to everyone who's explored with us over the last year. astrolabe.ooo

A constellation-esque visualization of seven "stars," of various colors, around the word "Range."

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 20/12/2023

Our nominations for Best Microfiction might be brief, but they glow brightly in the Universe. Best of luck to these writers! New work coming... tomorrow!

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Best Microfiction nominees
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Ash Howell
“Annelida”

Benjamin Niespodziany
“Woodland Wisdom Tooth”

Thomas Hobohm
“[He keeps handing me cacti]”

Ashish Kumar Singh
“I Asked Pain Its Address,”

lae astra
“Wingspread (Letter to Yanyi)”

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 05/12/2023

Our Pushcart Prize nominees for this year—and a big thank-you to all the writers who let us publish their work.

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Pushcart Prize nominees

Christine Kwon
“The Chinese Man and the Desert”

Jaye Nasir
“The Sound of a Door Opening in the Forest”

lae astra
“Wingspread (Letter to Yanyi)”

Ash Howell
“Annelida”

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 01/10/2023

Our first-ever Best of the Net nominations! With gratitude for everyone who has allowed us to publish their work, and a new burst of hope for these pieces. We'll link them all below.

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2023 Best of the Net nominees
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Summer 2023
James Diaz - "Where the light, think of it, covers everything"
Arihant Jain - "Melanin No. 6"

Spring 2023
Emrys Donaldson - "The Iridescents"
Alex Toy - "I Love Everyone"
Ashish Kumar Singh - "I Asked Pain Its Address,"
Thomas Hobohm - "[He keeps handing me cacti]"

Winter 2022
Shannan Mann - "Wedding ring is to take off as crash is to land"
Teresa Pham-Carsillo - "The Weatherman Again Predicts a Once-in-a-Lifetime Storm"
Sneha Subramanian Kanta - "For Sentimentality"
Joshua Effiong - "Body as a home for the sun"

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 23/09/2023

✨Free✨ submissions for fiction, CNF, artwork, and photography are open until October 22nd! The Universe is looking more starful than ever, but there are still many wide and indistinct voids to fill with your work. www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions

A visualization of space and "stars," in various colors and sizes, each representing a piece of writing or artwork published on Astrolabe

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 20/09/2023

Our autumn materialization—coming this Friday, September 22—featuring writing from: Marguerite Sheffer @amygcb.bsky.social @laeastra.com Max Wheeler @cavar.bsky.social Jaye Nasir

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Autumn 2023

Marguerite Sheffer ⋅ “The Unicorn in Captivity”
Amy Barnes ⋅ “The Gentrification of Rocket Falls”
lae astra ⋅ “Wingspread (Letter to Yanyi)”
Max Wheeler ⋅ “Life Cycle”
[sarah] Cavar ⋅ “Skim”
Jaye Nasir ⋅ “The Sound of a Door Opening in the Forest”

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 20/09/2023

Artwork holds a special place in our Universe, and Arihant Jain's "Melanin No. 6" is such a vivid example of why—the blocking of color like both a background and a crown, the closed and contemplative eyes. Click the link for the fullsize version! 🖱️ www.astrolabe.ooo/jain-melanin...

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