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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 30/04/2026
We're looking for another editor (or two) to help with reading and making selections, but *most importantly*, giving our socials some life. We need to shine more light on the work we publish, but the three of us floating around here so far are not suited for it. Email us at editors@astrolabe.ooo!
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 30/04/2026
There's no formal application or anything. Tell us a bit about yourself and why you'd like to help. And while we do pay contributors, we don't pay ourselves, so keep that in mind.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 30/04/2026
We're looking for another editor (or two) to help with reading and making selections, but *most importantly*, giving our socials some life. We need to shine more light on the work we publish, but the three of us floating around here so far are not suited for it. Email us at editors@astrolabe.ooo!
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Michael Staniforth @staniforthmick.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Day 104! I read The Waiting Room at the End of the Universe by Veronica Tucker published in @astrolabe.ooo. Who knows what comes to those who wait? Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/s...
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S/D/Y Apr 14 – The Waiting Room at the End of the Universe by Veronica Tucker – Astrolabe
With a title like that, I was expecting a Hitch-Hiker’s Guide pastiche, something quirky and funny and irreverent. That is not what I got. What I got instead was an all too familiar experienc…
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Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It's surreal seeing my poem "Light of My Life" (originally published in @astrolabe.ooo) featured on the Toronto subway, truly a dream come true! Thank you to Poems in Passage for bringing poetry to the TTC, and thank you to Astrolabe for believing in my work.
A poster of the poem "Light of My Life" by Ian Li inside a Toronto subway trainIan Li posing with an overhead banner of his poem "Light of My Life" on a Toronto subway train
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Check out Astrolabe! This is a great concept for a magazine & they've published so many award-winning stories! Scroll around the landing page & check out all the gorgeous work! EIC @joelhans.com & @astrolabe.ooo
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Astrolabe is a literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.
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Joel Hans @joelhans.com · 15/01/2026
I recently gave @astrolabe.ooo a visual overhaul I'm pretty proud of. I wanted to take nothing away from the universe viz but make it more grounded and better match the aesthetics of everything we've published over the last 3(!) years. And hopefully show we're in it for the long haul.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 07/01/2026
apologies for the re-re-reposts; our fingers are cold and we cannot type
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 07/01/2026
So thrilled to see Veronica Tucker's “The Waiting Room At The End of the Universe” selected for the 2026 edition of Best Microfiction! You can read the story, part of the Whale asterism we published this fall, here: www.astrolabe.ooo/tucker-the-w...
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The Waiting Room At The End of the Universe • fiction from Veronica Tucker
Children here sometimes age in reverse. I once saw a toddler fold into an old man between triage and discharge.
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Best Microfiction @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
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Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
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binh do @binhdaur.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
i wrote and submitted this in the bathroom of a party. 2025, what a year: moving out, playing tennis for the first time in years, witnessing djokovic still play legendary tennis, watching my parents separate, seeing a viet kid named learner tien winning left and right ... phew for @havehashad.com
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Starting the year with a complicated one - featured today on Poetry Pause @canadianpoets.bsky.social : poets.ca/a-bell-is-a-...
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"A bell is a bell" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "A bell is a bell" by Shana Ross.
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I'm excited to have a new story with @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
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Sunday Stories: “We Buy Houses”
We Buy Housesby Chloe N. Clark My parents had been planning to move for as long as I could remember. They were always talking about picking everything up and speeding across the state, across the c…
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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A brilliant new eco-cosmic poem from our Ice Floe guest editor and author Vikki. C. in @astrolabe.ooo (a new cool journal). "butterflies loiter in a cold spell, confused between fall and the next life" @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
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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
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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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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 21/12/2025
Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo (Fiction Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to submissions duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Re-opening: Astrolabe
Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo (Fiction Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/astrolabe-35081 #amwriting
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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Honoured to have a new poem out with the cosmic and beautiful @astrolabe.ooo! Huge thank you to editors Joel, Jae and Astrid for including my poem 'Elegy for a Grown World' in the Winter 2025 materialisation 'The Clepsydra' alongside so many luminous works 🌌 www.astrolabe.ooo/c-elegy-for-...
Elegy for a Grown World
Materialized by Vikki C. 21/12/2025.

Of course there were others. Juvenile planets we fantasised, laid on our bare backs, dust streaming from our eyes—long before the train ride to meet each other again. To witness that trick of light along the river. The game we played of loving straightforwardly, past the silos, where smog equaled nostalgia and red skies triggered a girlhood alarm.

Past fishless reservoirs and heronless fog, years later—the keening of icecaps against our knees. A fugue that blues the ear, straining to hear the whale’s song—fainter now from starvation. Still, we follow the river, seeking what we had to leave—the dark lake with two lilies at its navel, the summer of grapefruit the size of volleyballs, we halved—worms crawling out like drunken guests.

Now, the knife just opens up two thick silences—white at the rind of its creased mouth. Who is holding out our halves to us these days? Is this why the river runs away? How I love you in reverse—before taxes and tallness, before towers, and bricks like loose teeth, raining on a parade. There’s a district now where the sky powders against the nape. A postmemory—the dear friend held in exile. The voice dredged of nectar, as butterflies loiter in a cold spell, confused between fall and the next life.

Are these instructions for an emergency?

Where to gather and crouch so the hawk-drone won’t mistake our pleasure for the animal kind—windwhipped on soft, bent limbs? It’s a game—you unname me, and we coax each other into the flow, which is sometimes a trick of old light that arrives because you are here, heaping sugar into your anxious brew, reading the news about another great flood. The waterline rising along the river that hasn’t yet vanished in your eyes. It is there, just harder now. A field of snow or lace in a fragile Pacific bowl, tilted towards my lap—and you, saying how it was always true and crystalline.

Never just a game of languid bodies, sinking into too-soft depths.
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binh do @binhdaur.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
a piece i wrote this summer. a final act of forgiveness. one step in a lifetime journey of healing. for @astrolabe.ooo
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The Angel of History • non-fiction from Binh Do
This time, we have lunch in Menlo Park, we chase after the morning Caltrain and make it by the last second, and we end up all the way in San Francisco where the sunshine’s the same but the wind feels ...
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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 ClepsydraAstrolabe
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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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
this perfect piece of spec fic in @astrolabe.ooo by @thisisguan.bsky.social in honour of his birthday. One of my favourite pieces this year. And by an Aussie too 🇦🇺🧡🧡🧡 ”It’s hard to see her in the dark but you can still hear her song like a hook in your spine.” www.astrolabe.ooo/un-sorrow-fo...
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Sorrow for Youth • fiction from Guan Un
There’s no one else in the beach parking lot. You turn off the engine and the silence rushes in but for the hum in her throat, the tick of the engine cooling.
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Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A gorgeous anthology of Canadian works from last year, and I'm very lucky to have my bittersweet prose poem "Light of My Life" (originally published by @astrolabe.ooo) included alongside this incredible lineup of Canadian writers
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 02/10/2025
We just hit our submission cap, so we’ll keep things open until the end of the day if you have something you’d like to sneak our way. Friendly reminder that we’re friendly and always pay for the work we publish! astrolabe.ooo/submissions
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A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.
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Stefanie Kirby @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Thrilled to have a new little prose poem floating around over at @astrolabe.ooo (and they *happen* to be open for submissions)!
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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 · 22/09/2025
Explore at the link in bio. And YES, the changing of the seasons means we're open to 150 submissions. astrolabe.ooo/submissions
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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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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I’m still pinching myself that my small story is in this year’s Best of the Net alongside so many amazing pieces. Many thanks to the good folks at COMP for nominating it. bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...
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In the Waiting Room – Best of the Net
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Great list of stories I need to search out - and litmags! @grist.org @orionmagazine.bsky.social @diabolicalplots.com @clarkesworldmagazine.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @seizethepress.bsky.social @apparitionlit.com @apexmag.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
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Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
One week from today! Free / zoom / mid-day break
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New micros up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social!! Thank you for giving these micros a home! 🥰❤️
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Joel Hans @joelhans.com · 22/07/2025
Each day this week, I’m sharing why I loved one of the pieces we published last week on @astrolabe.ooo as part of the Retrograde.
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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
ICYMI, I have a new flash story out at @astrolabe.ooo. It's about leaving a party with someone you just met, driving on highways at 1 am, the music up so loud you could sink into it forever.
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Sorrow for Youth • fiction from Guan Un
There’s no one else in the beach parking lot. You turn off the engine and the silence rushes in but for the hum in her throat, the tick of the engine cooling.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Honoured to have materialized in the Astrolabe universe today: www.astrolabe.ooo/ross-annual-...
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Annual Review • fiction from Shana Ross
You could have put in an escalator. Or better yet, you could have invented an elevator. That would have been Exceptional.
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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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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
New story day! It's not everyday I get to join a Universe, but I'm so thrilled to join the Astrolabe Universe. A flash story about leaving the party at 1am, driving down the streets with the music up loud, and that girl beside you, whose song you want to hear the end of ...
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Sorrow for Youth • fiction from Guan Un
There’s no one else in the beach parking lot. You turn off the engine and the silence rushes in but for the hum in her throat, the tick of the engine cooling.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 17/07/2025
Featuring work from Amanda Yskamp, @shanaross.bsky.social, @thisisguan.bsky.social‬, Eli Dowd, and Carter Lappin.
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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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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I’m so excited to be a part of this anthology with so many amazing writers. Many thanks to @astrolabe.ooo for originally publishing my story.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 29/06/2025
"The Destination" by Heather Kamins: www.astrolabe.ooo/kamins-the-d... "Oh Me Oh My Oh" by Amelia K.: www.astrolabe.ooo/amelia-k-oh-...
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 29/06/2025
We're shimmering at the sight of two Astrolabe stories on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2025 Longlist—congrats to @shakieranthem.bsky.social and Amelia K., whose work both live within the Errants asterism!
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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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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
"I hear an ice cream truck ringing around the corner. Children are shouting. The seasons bleed into one another." Mr. Bear! And this issue of @astrolabe.ooo is transporting, as always!
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/03/2025
Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds by @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Robin Steve, Jessica Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Angela Mihm. www.astrolabe.ooo
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A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/03/2025
Featuring new writing from @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Jessica Lee Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Robin Steve, plus two pieces of springlike artwork from Angela Mihm.
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 21/03/2025
Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds—the wounds and the healing, the birds and the walnut shells, the tusks and the possibility of berries. www.astrolabe.ooo
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Mary Lou Buschi @maryloubuchi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
New Flash CNF piece in @astrolabe.ooo. Joel Jae, and Astrid were amazing to work with and thank you to @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social for the class that brought this piece to life.
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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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Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
5. "Light of My Life" in @astrolabe.ooo is a prose poem that tells the entire arc of a love story with a physicist through wistful metaphors of light www.astrolabe.ooo/li-light-of-...
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Light of My Life • fiction from Ian Li
We grab coffee. She’s a physicist. Light is a particle, etching our each encounter on speckled film.
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