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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 16h

Very cool! Congrats, Kathryn! 🎉

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 17h

Yay, Ani! Congrats! 🎉

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 18h

Yay, Myna! Congrats! 🎉

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 04/10/2026

Dear OKD Reader- We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your lack of work submitted to us. Our free submissions run out fast, so please send us your writing at your earliest convenience using this link: buff.ly/chQ4jpz. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Corporate Sad Jack 💼🫏

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are so fortunate to have @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social on the SmokeLong staff. Gillian reads passionately with so much respect for, and understanding of, the form. Read about what Gillian looks for when she reads the SmokeLong queue... www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...

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Meet Our Submissions Editors - Gillian O'Shaughnessy - SmokeLong Quarterly

Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing our submissions editors so that you, dear writers and readers, might have a clearer idea of who we are, who reads your work first at SmokeLong, and what ...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"I asked what scared you. Plate tectonics, you said. Flood basalt eruptions. Anoxia. Human beings, I said. That made you smile. Those too, you said." Big love for this brilliant story by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

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You Were Scared — Ghost Parachute

Scared of bats (rabies). Scared of mice (hantavirus). Scared of mosquitoes (encephalitis). Things that fly. Things that bite. I was scared too. Afraid of everything. I was never afraid of you. I was s...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"In conversation, she’d turn her entire body in the direction of the speaker. She said, a shovel is not a postcard or a telephone. A shovel is for excavation." I love the unique storytelling in this gem by @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"You wake up and stretch your arms in the direction of the clouds, you have gotten into the habit of sleeping on the roof, so there are actually clouds above you...." I love how @dawnsteffler.bsky.social put this amazing story together! 💙💙💙

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"A dog running through an empty lot, from that time they went shopping in Keene. One memory in a list of 54 years of memories that he was experiencing all over again." I love this extraordinary piece of writing by @thorntonforreal.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The 10 Year Anniversary Issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

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October 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"They walk on cooling sand by the sea at the end of another hot day, where they call out to each other, over the sound of the waves,...." Big love for this brilliance by @fionamckay.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Free a novella-in-flash download. 'Among These Animals' by Gaynor Jones traces the lives of farmer Derfel and his daughter Carys from the 1950s to the 1980s in North Wales. Shortlisted in the Saboteur Awards 2021 – Best Novella Download here: www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Oh, I just wanted more time. A violet sadness consumed me as I willed the hippies to re-appear and ford the river of blacktop." I really love the extraordinary storytelling in this piece by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

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The Hippies — Ghost Parachute

I sliced my hand with a steak knife the day after Christmas, sneaking leftover pie. The wound stung and pulsed. I made my way to the sink, rinsed my hand over the piled dishes. It hurt. The water ran ...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"There was a breeze visible only in the trees. They had finished circling the labyrinth but Vern felt himself no closer to understanding the inner workings of the place he’d come to spend his final days." I love this gem by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"what if you weren’t motionless at the top of the stairs, keeping the wood from creaking beneath you,...." I really love how @damicandrea.bsky.social put this story together! Brilliant writing! In @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We love our community of flash journals. If you want to learn more about flash journals and the flash community, follow @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and then click on the invitation link pinned to the account.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PSA! Our free-submissions window closes today.

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Sam Rasnake @samrasnake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#174: REM, “Radio Free Europe” A track from Murmur, one of the strongest recording debuts ever. youtu.be/njoIPDlA7gs

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Radio Free Europe (Remastered 2006)

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"But there ain’t no law in boomtown." Wow, this extraordinary micro by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

new new: FIRST OF SEASON! Cameron MacKenzie's brilliant "The Tilted World": wigleaf.com

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w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are beside ourselves with glee to bring you Issue 93 of SmokeLong Quarterly. 12 amazing flash narratives by 12 amazing writers and cover art by Victoria Ojo. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good news, everyone! (yes, it's a Futurama reference). We're celebrating our Issue 3 authors with a LAUNCH PARTY!! Do come, hear them read their work, chat with Lit Nam Eds, and have a generally good literary time! Friday, Oct 2, 9:00 PM EST. Registration link : us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's not a quote about my book. It's Jim Harrison using a Whitman line to talk about Larry McMurtry's All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers. But good writers did say good things about my book. See for yourself? Happy Friday, y'all. a.co/d/0ccRKCTg

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICYMI We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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https://fictivedream.com/submission-guidelines/

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