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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A new micro has hit MB! Check out “Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever” by @chriscottom.bsky.social - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/cottom/an...

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Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“The Human Animal dreams in third person. In these dreams, she can be anyone, anything…” New work by @susanllin.bsky.social out now on MB! Go check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lin/this-...

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This One Goes Out to All the Insomniacs | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Our editor Brian Mihok aka @brainhawk.bsky.social answers some lit mag related questions at The Village, @smokelong.bsky.social's online community site! Link to interview: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/100224... To join The Village (free!): smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/share/htqjt4...

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SmokeLong Quarterly

This is the home of our communities: The SmokeLong Fitness year-round workshop The Village with All of the Flash Writers

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Weird question. Anyone know any indie presses that will publish previously published novels? Like one that had a tiny run and is now out of print?

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

**Submissions open for matchbook June 23!**

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I have four new micro stories at @MISTERBULLBULL this morning! Upstate Face of the Clock Day of the Bird Senior Year mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Four Micros | MrBullBull

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

"My teacher Ms. Brower told me they were sending my mother upstate. I thought that meant someplace in the clouds. As if what must happen to those in such mental trouble cannot be rendered here on the ground. Their state must be taken up." @brainhawk.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

"I relearn the art of sewing. I thread the needle with my daughter's gold hair and stitch it into the seam I am repairing." New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...

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Inside the Nest | matchbook

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

I have a new very short story in the first issue of Microzine called "Antonia in the Night" Some other fun pieces in here as well! microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

"We signed We shook We paid We owned We sowed We sought We booked We thought We knew We learned We packed We moved We patched We nailed We roofed We aimed We shot We fought" New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

"The black trees slashed through the sunlight, more bared fangs than a forest, and just deep enough within them to be lost..." New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

I have a very short story called "The Saddest Donkey" in the latest issue of Tiny Molecules (Issue 19): tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet... It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

"They have a little party second day she's home: Nova Scotia salmon, chocolates, a risotto he made, brie cheese, champagne." From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 22/04/2024

April has been & continues to be a glass half full. You've seen @dannyderock.bsky.social @brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from @swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more. Only on Afterimages.

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

**Mark your calendars** We'll be open for submissions May 1!! (And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

If you are interested in hearing one of the songs I discussed in my essay "Look, It's Baseball" then check out "It is Divine" by Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices (performed here by him in a side project with Mac McCaughan of Superchunk). www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...

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Go Back Snowball - It Is Divine

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 10/04/2024

@brainhawk.bsky.social closes out a lovely tribute in part 2 of “Look, It’s Baseball, continued.” Up on Afterimages now. Batter up! ⚾️ thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

And here is Part 2/2 of my CNF essay about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father: thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

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Look, It's Baseball, continued

I crossed baseball off the list of things we talked about. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok.

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 28/03/2024

As baseball returns to Philadelphia in a few days, @brainhawk.bsky.social reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America. "Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages. You know where to go ⚾️ thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

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Look, It's Baseball

A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

I have a creative essay up at @thirtywestph.bsky.social's Afterimages journal! It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.

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Look, It's Baseball

A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

Her favorite place these days.

A black cat lays in a round cardboard bed.

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

"The beat was low and repeating and wanted to be rapped over. " From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

FYI I found the foremost shopping center:

A section of a strip mall showing two storefronts. A large red sign reading Foremost Shopping Center is above them.

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Driving alone but wanted to shake someone and ask if they saw this.

The pale blue morning sky is lit up with vibrant orange clouds. Below it is an interstate.

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

They’re hiring, if you’re interested.

A stand alone storefront with a blue building top that says Ernie’s Ice Cream.

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brainhawk @brainhawk.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Figured I'd start with the first post here of something I wrote that was recently published in Cagibi. A story from the POV of a planet. Sure. Very good work in Issue #20, so worth checking out all the other pieces in here. cagibilit.com/the-next-nea...

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The Next Nearest Star - Cagibi

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