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Brett Pribble

@brettpribble.bsky.social
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Writer. Teacher. Founder and Editor-in-chief of Ghost Parachute literary journal. Inflatable flamingo supervisor. I knew a girl once.

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 17h
Congratulations to Ghost Parachute's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees: @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, @chelseahannac.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, and @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social.
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read "Not All Parties Are Fun, Actually" written by John King and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "The air smelled of Watermelon Smash Buzz Balls, sleazy confectionary perfume, and B.O." tinyurl.com/5ejzz6pd
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Not All Parties Are Fun, Actually — Ghost Parachute
Emly held her breath. She gazed at the backyard through the locked sliding glass doors. The air smelled of Watermelon Smash Buzz Balls, sleazy confectionary perfume, and B.O. Edgar’s parents were away...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read "Even to Himself" written by @zaryfekete.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "The train car smells faintly of damp fabric. Ian keeps his knees pressed together, his canvas bag pulled flush against his stomach so it doesn’t brush the suit coat..." tinyurl.com/3k2ncyen
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Even to Himself — Ghost Parachute
The train car smells faintly of damp fabric. Ian keeps his knees pressed together, his canvas bag pulled flush against his stomach so it doesn’t brush the suit coat of the salaryman standing above him...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Molotov Cocktail" written by @elisabeth-66.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. . "Earl Morgan built a life-sized toy army tank for his boys, Tommy and Scott, in the summer of seventy-onen..." tinyurl.com/z3neau7w
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Molotov Cocktail — Ghost Parachute
Earl Morgan built a life-sized toy army tank for his boys, Tommy and Scott, in the summer of seventy-one. A rope ladder on the side led up to the top hatch door, and another led down into the hull whi...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Measuring Melancholy" written by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "At any point during the past month have you felt pleasure in your body? Pleasure, that rambunctious barking dog weaving round your feet, leaping..." tinyurl.com/ynmpwj2j
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Measuring Melancholy — Ghost Parachute
At any point during the past month have you felt pleasure in your body? Pleasure, that rambunctious barking dog weaving round your feet, leaping and toppling you, paws on your shoulders, while you sta...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Dad Never Grew Old" written by @happilander.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "He was old and gray and tired, and we caressed his wrinkled hands before they took him away, and we stared at his lifeless body, because we knew it was the last..." tinyurl.com/3bh2au2j
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Dad Never Grew Old — Ghost Parachute
He only died old. He was old and gray and tired, and we caressed his wrinkled hands before they took him away, and we stared at his lifeless body, because we knew it was the last time we’d see him, an...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Chicken" written by Madison Ellingsworth and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "My sister’s ex-boyfriend drives past our house day and night. His beat-up, ugly-as-sin Subaru Tribeca screams as he guns it up our hill." tinyurl.com/4vdhpdv7
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Chicken — Ghost Parachute
My sister’s ex-boyfriend drives past our house day and night. His beat-up, ugly-as-sin Subaru Tribeca screams as he guns it up our hill. My sister decided they were over last week because of the thing...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled." tinyurl.com/yfrhveym
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After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost — Ghost Parachute
As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled. “I don’t have any paints with me,” he says as he rolls up his sleeves, “but...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "The end of words" written by Sandra Arnold and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "That memory had been the deciding factor in her choosing not to have children. And that choice was the deciding factor in Joseph choosing to divorce her, unconvinced by her argument..." tinyurl.com/ywxz4h99
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The end of words — Ghost Parachute
Natalie sat in a corner of the café, sipping her coffee and looking out the window at the people passing by. The door opened and a man entered holding the hand of a little girl. Natalie watched him as...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Wildfire" written by Jan English Leary and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "The sky is yellow, the air thick with the smoke of wildfires blown in from Canada." tinyurl.com/uf3k9783
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Wildfire — Ghost Parachute
The sky is yellow, the air thick with the smoke of wildfires blown in from Canada. My ten-month-old Jessa stands at the window, desperate to swim after her nap. Her pool sits on the deck, the glisteni...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Good Girl" written by @thelizcrowder.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged." tinyurl.com/3rjn8xuf
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Good Girl — Ghost Parachute
I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged. Every night, she studies me, reverent as church quiet, then fucks me feral. Every morning, I wake undisturbed, to a husband ...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Dance Hall Girls" written by @bettyjoyce.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social "She’s on a bench, unbuckling low-heeled pumps, taps on heels and toes, clinging to tap-love, a childhood comfort after her Ex moved her to Milwaukee and did her so wrong." tinyurl.com/mry79y3t
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Dance Hall Girls — Ghost Parachute
After tap-dance class one night, Jewell’s instructor, Lyle, leans in, whispering. “Got a minute?” She’s on a bench, unbuckling low-heeled pumps, taps on heels and toes, clinging to tap-love, a childho...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "I’m Not Anyone, Actually" written by @megpokrass.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "AI actress Tilly Norwood has AI dogs all over her AI mansion which has just been listed on AI Zillow." tinyurl.com/4ymjbm42
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I’m Not Anyone, Actually — Ghost Parachute
Hauntings AI actress Tilly Norwood has AI dogs all over her AI mansion which has just been listed on AI Zillow. Every room is a dog park. Every pillow is a play toy. Every column is a tree. If you buy...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "Smalltown Girl" written by Rebecca Tiger and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Anthony walks into Camille’s apartment with a bottle of Smirnoff, wearing a black tux. She has hers on too. They’re dressing as twins though they’re actually cousins." tinyurl.com/2h4hu78a
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Smalltown Girl — Ghost Parachute
Anthony walks into Camille’s apartment with a bottle of Smirnoff, wearing a black tux. She has hers on too. They’re dressing as twins though they’re actually cousins. Sonny Berkowitz finally gave Cami...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "The Lover" written by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "Low scrim of sky. Small puddles, reflecting grey buildings, sky. An old woman walks down the street carrying her groceries. She thinks of herself in the past." tinyurl.com/9jk9j5rb
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The Lover — Ghost Parachute
Low scrim of sky. Small puddles, reflecting grey buildings, sky. An old woman walks down the street carrying her groceries. She thinks of herself in the past. Years quicken. Years pass. Years dissolve...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Read "In Line" written by @pamelapainter.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "He leaves the dorm, a beer in each hand, heads down the hill, and now his hands are empty." tinyurl.com/8jfdhjd2
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In Line — Ghost Parachute
He leaves the dorm, a beer in each hand, heads down the hill, and now his hands are empty. He’s in line at Moogie’s, a grungy bar where mostly college guys in frayed jeans, and untied shoes hang out. ...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The September 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by Brett J Barr. tinyurl.com/jehdn9jj
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September 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Read "Between Sessions" written by @moomoocamus.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’m coming down the pike. It’s a different kind of vibe. Now I’m a 3-D monosyllabic image of myself. I’m almost holographic." tinyurl.com/2bjdk4u8
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Between Sessions — Ghost Parachute
I’m coming down the pike. It’s a different kind of vibe. Now I’m a 3-D monosyllabic image of myself.  I’m almost holographic. I mean, do animals really believe in God? Anyway, my guess is it’s probabl...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Read Read "Star Shine" written by Jordyn Damato and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "It wasn’t a bad baby, she just liked to make it cry. They called the baby Star Shine because that was its name and Lesly thought that was a joke..." tinyurl.com/2n8zbaf9
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Star Shine — Ghost Parachute
It wasn’t a bad baby, she just liked to make it cry. They called the baby Star Shine because that was its name and Lesly thought that was a joke—her older brother not known for his humor but for his s...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Read "Stronger Than a Tornado" written by @pegahouji.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Rumy and Kai say the house is abandoned—a word that slides out of their mouths like sweet oil..." tinyurl.com/5bm6cjcx
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Stronger Than a Tornado — Ghost Parachute
“I bet you’re a scaredy cat and wouldn’t dare go inside the house,” Rumy says, her noodle arms crossed. Kai whizzes on his new bike around us. Never set foot in the corner lot house, my Maman said eve...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Indignation" written by J.D. Strunk and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "He certainly didn’t have the deed—that was up in my bedroom, behind a wall safe. But the man had something I did not: a weapon." tinyurl.com/37j46vzp
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Indignation — Ghost Parachute
When he showed up at my front door, it was hard to take him seriously. He was an older man, on the far side of sixty. He told me he had a claim on my house, despite possessing no paperwork, no proof. ...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder" written by @ezhang77.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder..." tinyurl.com/44f633b9
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What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder — Ghost Parachute
I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder that danced circles in the breeze like a soul set free, so I swallowed my...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "The Middle Distance" written by @claudiaputnam.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "He spoke an ancient language out of Siberia. Full of wide low skies and rolling grasslands, shawled men with staffs, and ponies grazing over distances." tinyurl.com/42fct94v
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The Middle Distance — Ghost Parachute
He spoke an ancient language out of Siberia. Full of wide low skies and rolling grasslands, shawled men with staffs, and ponies grazing over distances. This is one of those stories where people magica...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Moon, Mount, Mountain" written by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "Nearing the border, Celal peeks out of the hole. He’s sitting fetus-like in the back of the truck." tinyurl.com/5f9updkd
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Moon, Mount, Mountain — Ghost Parachute
Nearing the border, Celal peeks out of the hole. He’s sitting fetus-like in the back of the truck. A swirl of cool air seeps in and dissipates the steam creeping on his glasses like ivy. He can hear a...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Larry Barely" written by @rgvaughan.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "He wasn’t really our Dad, I called him Larry because his van smelled like Limberger cheese." tinyurl.com/a9xn6yny
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Larry Barely — Ghost Parachute
He wasn’t really our Dad, I called him Larry because his van smelled like Limberger cheese. And he wore brown slacks to match his wheels, the fabric sagged, and his velour shirts always reeked of reef...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Ship in a Bottle" written by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "Dahlia peers out to the horizon where a tiny sailboat hovers." tinyurl.com/372jbdrn
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Ship in a Bottle — Ghost Parachute
Dahlia peers out to the horizon where a tiny sailboat hovers. Her throat tightens when she imagines it speeding away and disappearing from sight, wishes she could pluck it from the sea, cradle it in h...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "How Do I Clear a Search History" written by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "How do I assess if someone is lying What are somatic “cues” Most unobtrusive GPS tracking devices How do I install a GPS tracking device" tinyurl.com/5n99nrhx
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How Do I Clear a Search History — Ghost Parachute
How do I assess if someone is lying What are somatic “cues” Most unobtrusive GPS tracking devices How do I install a GPS tracking device Can a phone detect a hidden tracker How much does average divor...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Meteor" written by @gary79.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "While I took down the strings of green and red lights I’d looped around our young maple tree before Christmas, my wife Christine followed the boy who lived next door..." tinyurl.com/3khucrhj
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Meteor — Ghost Parachute
While I took down the strings of green and red lights I’d looped around our young maple tree before Christmas, my wife Christine followed the boy who lived next door up and down the sidewalk as he rod...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "While We’re Blue Crabs" written by @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "We float the Gulf of Mexico for years, hunt tiny mussels, detritus, and oysters until one day a Great Blue Heron lifts you away." tinyurl.com/4em28n53
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While We’re Blue Crabs — Ghost Parachute
your carapace is an inky blue, mine an olive green.  We float the Gulf of Mexico for years, hunt tiny mussels, detritus, and oysters until one day a Great Blue Heron lifts you away. We’re carnival wor...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Jumpers" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning." tinyurl.com/yrx38wuy
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Jumpers — Ghost Parachute
I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning. I used to dream I was one of them, on a window le...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "The Guys in the Parked Cars" written by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "One guy from summer school only wanted head. Told me I was pretty but he wasn’t really into me. Had plans to date this other girl." tinyurl.com/5yy9y9wd
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The Guys in the Parked Cars — Ghost Parachute
One guy from summer school only wanted head. Told me I was pretty but he wasn’t really into me. Had plans to date this other girl. Smaller. Petite. Not me. In that moment, I had to choose between doin...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "Kate Webster and the Gorgon’s Head" written by @lapharr.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "Gran’s stories were full of local creatures, the banshee, the kelpie, the pooka. But my brothers said I was the real creature." tinyurl.com/2uy7fjwn
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Kate Webster and the Gorgon’s Head — Ghost Parachute
Gran’s stories were full of local creatures, the banshee, the kelpie, the pooka. But my brothers said I was the real creature. They had me convinced I was a changeling. Told me the good people had tak...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The August 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/2tvd9bay
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August 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Congratulations to Ghost Parachute's writers who made the Wigleaf Top 50 and Longlist: @aimee-bender.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, Julia Breitkreutz, and Alex Gurtis.
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Zihuatanejo" written by @crustpunked.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "when memory leaves my body i will be free to live on a planet where everything is white: the sun, the sky, the ocean." tinyurl.com/yjmywnpb
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Zihuatanejo — Ghost Parachute
when memory leaves my body i will be free to live on a planet where everything is white: the sun, the sky, the ocean. i will lie to rest in a field with moist green grass, soft brown soil, and gentle,...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "The Day of the Doomed Appliances" written by @karenregentuero.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "All the appliances stopped at once that Thursday afternoon. It was a mass rebellion." tinyurl.com/2ydrfn2w
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The Day of the Doomed Appliances — Ghost Parachute
All the appliances stopped at once that Thursday afternoon. It was a mass rebellion. Peggy was unprepared, despite a similar experience with her underwear. Her Hanes cotton briefs in Easter-egg pastel...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Moulding Her Life" written by @damicandrea.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Frances obeyed even when handed over to the first suitor who asked for her hand, barely thirteen, to a widower nearly as old as Father." tinyurl.com/yhhr37e8
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Moulding Her Life — Ghost Parachute
It’ll get easier, Mother would say. Just keep your head down. Frances obeyed even when handed over to the first suitor who asked for her hand, barely thirteen, to a widower nearly as old as Father. Fr...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Janie at the Bar" written by @chelseahannac.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "Janie saunters into the bar that night, minidress, wild hair, and we all stare, because absolutely none of us expected her to show her face around here ever again..." tinyurl.com/5xdtc59y
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Janie at the Bar — Ghost Parachute
Janie saunters into the bar that night, minidress, wild hair, and we all stare, because absolutely none of us expected her to show her face around here ever again, not after what she did to Brad. We f...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "My Name Is Colleen Honche" written by @greytraynor.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "I wore the white dress I sewed myself—I hemmed it neat and everything—on the day the marionberry sky cracked open like a cadaver’s chest." tinyurl.com/4kkju8xc
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My Name Is Colleen Honche — Ghost Parachute
I wore the white dress I sewed myself—I hemmed it neat and everything—on the day the marionberry sky cracked open like a cadaver’s chest. At recess. In the middle of me twirling and turning. Shimmying...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Baby’s First Accidental Shooting" written by @k-a-polzin.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "When our toddler shot the mailman, that was my bad." tinyurl.com/354y6bwy
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Baby’s First Accidental Shooting — Ghost Parachute
When our toddler shot the mailman, that was my bad. I’d forgotten to put my Glock in the gun safe, due to having been drinking, and I left it out on the coffee table despite the fact that I know Baby ...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "In Loving Memory" written by @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Grandma had always been the family historian. She held onto all our memories. If somebody couldn’t remember a name, an occasion, an anecdote, she’d have the answer." tinyurl.com/2s3bbmkn
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In Loving Memory — Ghost Parachute
Grandma had always been the family historian. She held onto all our memories. If somebody couldn’t remember a name, an occasion, an anecdote, she’d have the answer. She even held a web of histories th...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Skunk Ape’s Girlfriend Said No" written by Anna Schachner and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "He thought it to be a romantic gesture—emerging from the Florida Everglades to plod to Bucky Banks’ Swamp Shop to buy the ring..." tinyurl.com/y6r8xdp5
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Skunk Ape’s Girlfriend Said No — Ghost Parachute
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.″ —Carl Sagan He thought it to be a romantic gesture—emerging from the Florida Everglades to plod to Bucky Banks’ Swamp Shop to buy the ring, a sma...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read "Fair Night Redux" written by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Mothers at the fair feel their muscles tense, feel steel form in their bellies, pull their children close, fight or flight, when the Scrap BoyMen walk by." tinyurl.com/nafjt87w
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Fair Night Redux — Ghost Parachute
Mothers at the fair feel their muscles tense, feel steel form in their bellies, pull their children close, fight or flight, when the Scrap BoyMen walk by. The mothers’ eyes follow the erratic steps of...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Phrynosoma Platyrhinos" written by Jeanne Lyet Gassman and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "You reside in the high desert sixty-five miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada, far from the casinos and show girls. You are legend." tinyurl.com/253n494y
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Phrynosoma Platyrhinos — Ghost Parachute
January 11, 1951 You. You reside in the high desert sixty-five miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada, far from the casinos and show girls. You are legend. Indigenous peoples adorn rocks with your image. Fo...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Dead butterflies don’t know what closure is because they’re dead" written by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "... while her dad signed the check, the waiter slipped her a note with his number on it." tinyurl.com/3vtr46dm
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Dead butterflies don't know what closure is because they're dead — Ghost Parachute
Her family was trying out the new Italian restaurant in town, and while her dad signed the check, the waiter slipped her a note with his number on it. She had been watching him. Like she watched the h...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Lovegrove" written by @shelagh430.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "We all smelled like sulfur that summer. Brunswick was a pulp mill town on the coast of Georgia, beachless but shouldered by the murk of blackwater swamps that teemed with alligators..." tinyurl.com/475nd4w8
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Lovegrove — Ghost Parachute
We all smelled like sulfur that summer. Brunswick was a pulp mill town on the coast of Georgia, beachless but shouldered by the murk of blackwater swamps that teemed with alligators and the occasional...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Crooked Wood" written by @taracampbell.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "Memories stack like a cord of crooked wood, shifty and full of spiders." tinyurl.com/y6azbj4a
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Crooked Wood — Ghost Parachute
Memories stack like a cord of crooked wood, shifty and full of spiders. There was shouting and slamming of doors, which your older brother Jay turned into games of hide and seek, tucking you into smal...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Aunt Joy Dies and Not Even Her Living Children Show Up" written by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "The best thing about Joy was her grief." tinyurl.com/ynrejz72
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Aunt Joy Dies and Not Even Her Living Children Show Up — Ghost Parachute
The best thing about Joy was her grief. Two children dead in the same car accident. A corvette, a tree. Bobby and Jules. Bobby at 22, Jules at 18. I wasn’t alive then. I didn’t know Joy in the peak of...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Read "Secondhand (Jessie, 1913)" written by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "Ralph slept like a log, if logs sleep. Mostly they just lay there, blank and dumb, waiting to be chopped." tinyurl.com/46spt6kz
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Secondhand (Jessie, 1913) — Ghost Parachute
Ralph slept like a log, if logs sleep. Mostly they just lay there, blank and dumb, waiting to be chopped. Not so far from Ralph, Jessie thought, only logs didn’t snore. Ralph buzz-sawed on, lips flop-...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The July 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
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July 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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