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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The penultimate issue of my literary magazine is almost here. I gave Stanchion over 6 years of my life, but it's just about time to say goodbye to the beautiful thing I started so I could be the proverbial utilitarian structure that allows the light of others to shine.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Trying something new, hoping to breathe new life into older stories (especially ones that have disappeared online, like this one, from Sledgehammer Lit in 2021: "Numbers" - youtu.be/uI42dduASqs?... Just over 2 minutes; thanks for watching & please give it a Like on YouTube if you do click over!

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Numbers - Flash Fiction by Cliff Aliperti

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Proof is in and god damn, she's a fucking beauty. I just ordered too many copies of Issue 24. Please order one (or three) from me and help send this lit magazine - that probably has cared too much, tried too much & been too earnest - out with a bang. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our two releases for the month of September—and both in print! Not to toot my own horn, but the production on each book continues to get better and better and better. Snag a copy of one or both at store.foofaraw.press #indiepublishing

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of my stories went up today at @seriouslitmag.bsky.social Here is "The Point of Possible Return" www.serious-lit.com/cliff-aliperti Time is a little strange inside a grocery store.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My story "Wrestling Ambitions" is out today at @charliefish.bsky.social - My third appearance at Fiction on the Web, though it's been awhile! Thanks for reading it: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/08/wres...

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Wrestling Ambitions by Cliff Aliperti

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I’m beginning my search for six folks to join me in judging for The Foofs 2026. If anyone is interested in judging a specific category, let me know!

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My latest story "Deer Xing" is out today at @foofarawpress.bsky.social - What a gorgeous job they made of it, I love this page! foofaraw.press/deer-xing/ (PS: There's an audio version up top if that's your preference).

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just a draft for one story, but should we go all in on this style for our covers moving forward too?

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Anyone have a good resource for seeing cool, beautiful, high-quality images of Pokemon and Magic cards? I want to find some more inspo for how to develop my cards a bit more.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Well, obviously, I'd love that one to start my collection!

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Little Engines @littleengines.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: a novel by Adam Voith is out now ($0.00) “Absolutely excruciating. I loved it.” -Josh Tillman, Father John Misty What happens when your taste is real but your world is fake? 📖 littleengines.shop 📖

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

New UK-based science fiction magazine Corollary SF is OPEN to submissions for its first issue. 1,500-4,000 words. Founded by a former Fiction on the Web Associate Editor! corollarysf.com

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Home - Corollary SF

Corollary SF is an online science fiction magazine publishing stories that explore the consequences of speculative ideas, technologies, societies and perspectives.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My new story "In Translation" is out today at New Pop Lit. Thanks so much @newpoplit.bsky.social for giving this one a home!

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's @newpoplit.bsky.social 's introduction to my new story "In Translation"

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

More about my story "Eat Your Catch" appearing at The Genre Society (direct link to story in the post). Plus, if you make it to the bottom, a pic of some of my own fish (& no monster is eating them!). cliffaliperti.com/eat-your-cat...

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“Eat Your Catch” at The Genre Society

My horror story “Eat Your Catch” has been published in the Summer 2026 issue of The Genre Society. You can access my story directly beginning on page 36 of Issue #9 through this link. &…

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My horror story "Eat Your Catch" is out in the Summer 2026 issue of The Genre Society. Just click the colorful cover top of this page, and you'll find me on page 36 - www.thegenresociety.com/readhere Something's stuck in the basement, it's hungry, and Kurt's aquarium fish just won't do!

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Collections — The Genre Society

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Doric Literary site stats show the Submissions page has been viewed 10X more than our most read story. Do more people want to be published than want to read? Honestly, reading improves your odds of acceptance. So here's our editor's favorite story in the journal: doric-literary.com/2025/04/24/t...

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The Snake Stomper

Her head felt light but she resolved not to pass out in a garden with the biggest rattlesnake on earth right in the middle of it.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Excited to have received an acceptance from @charliefish.bsky.social this morning! It will be my third appearance in Fiction on the Web & 1st since they became a paying market. Lots of stories pending the next few months, all listed here: cliffaliperti.com/publications/

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not a bad time to subscribe to foofaraw.press or pick up one of our books at store.foofaraw.merch …

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foofaraw

a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Posts with photos can be throttled down and those with links the same because everything is rigged in favor of the house so let me just say devoid of image and url that today is the final day to use code INDIE and get any Stanchion book or magazine issue free when you buy any two.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

HEY! Been too long since I've done this: *** Go get a free PDF of anything Stanchion has ever published. Use code FREEPDF *** [scroll way down in the shop to find all the books & magazine issues as PDFs] Then please come back here to tell me which book or issue you've chosen!

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Just paid out $420 to Issue 24 contributors soooooo today's a fantastic day to shop the Stanchion store.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I wanted to rehome my story "Playing Games" after its original disappeared (RIP Fleas on the Dog, and thank you again!). So I recorded an audio version to put with the text & posted it to my (new) Substack - cliffaliperti.substack.com/p/playing-ga... Thanks for reading (listening!).

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Playing Games

A short story by Cliff Aliperti (text and audio)

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We're 2 months away from the 1st birthday of my book Street Cats & Where to Find Them. An offer: if you order a copy (from Amazon, where it's cheapest, or buy it anywhere) & send me proof of purchase, I'll send you an issue of Stanchion Magazine for FREE. Deal? Please & thank you! amzn.to/4b5i2eu

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Followed by our 2nd story: A summer night, cheap beer, neighborhood gossip & a missing family. Funny, nostalgic, unsettling & packed with the kind of neighborhood folklore that never quite leaves you. Check out @iephemera.bsky.social 's cool story at the Garage: literarygarage.com/eddie-the-si...

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Eddie the Simp Holds Court | Literary Garage

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I have a new story out today @literarygarage.bsky.social - take a trip back to my teen years in the late-1980s working class suburbs with "Eddie the Simp Holds Court." Hope you enjoy it: literarygarage.com/eddie-the-si...

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Eddie the Simp Holds Court | Literary Garage

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

THE PRISONER debuted on CBS #OTD in 1968 Patrick McGoohan created + starred as a secret agent held in a mysterious village. "Subtle wit serves as counterpoint to the atmosphere of mystery, uneasiness and tension" TV Guide wrote of this avant-garde action series, originally broadcast on ITV. #TVSky

Patrick McGoohan on the set of THE PRISONER.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

So hard to ever feel like you have forward momentum when submitting stories to lit mags, but I received an acceptance from @stanchion.bsky.social earlier, which makes 3 over the past 10 days now! "Pretending to Youth" is out later this year in Stanchion #24. And now, back to work on the next one!

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Had another story accepted over the weekend for July publication. Have one other pending for 2027. Having a pretty good year so far! Got to keep up the writing & submitting, I want more. Those subs can be a real time suck though. Tracking my publications here: cliffaliperti.com/publications/

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Rundelania published a new story from me over the weekend, "1954 Topps Ted Williams #1." It's a look at the early 1990s baseball card show scene from the vendor's view, which I had quite a bit of experience with, so, um, lightly fictionalized - rundelania.com/1954-topps-t...

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1954 Topps Ted Williams #1

by Cliff Aliperti 1954 Topps Ted Williams #1 – AlipertiDownload Cliff Aliperti wrote about classic film for many years at his site Immortal Ephemera, a project culminating with his book, &#82…

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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com) @pre-code.com · 01/04/2026

A few pre-Codes on TCM for April, plus a famed commentary track comes to the Criterion Channel. #TCMParty #TCMFF pre-code.com/pre-code-mov...

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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2026

Not a lot of pre-Codes on this month, but TCMFF is coming!

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 26/03/2026

Read the original, legendary 162 page word document, knowing literally no one involved thinks this is a real magazine but everyone is just making it up and doing it anyway and also doing it surprisingly well tacobellquarterly.org/wp-content/u...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Did you know that every month I pick a couple of stories published at Fiction on the Web that particularly stood out to me? You can see a list of all the "pick of the month" stories here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/search/label...

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You might have seen this one before, but its original home disappeared pretty quick. Should have just sent it to Rye Whiskey Review in the first place, but they had just taken another of my stories. Anyway, here is my raunchy booze-fest "Spin Cycle" - ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/03/spin...

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Spin Cycle By Cliff Aliperti

For three weeks running, ever since she’d left, I’d just flop my ass in front of the TV after work every night. All night. Reruns of Star Tr...

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My cold & wintry domestic story "Localized Corrosion" was published in Nude Bruce Review #16 yesterday. PG-story about a mess in the house (everyone keeps their clothes on despite the journal's name). You can read it for free from this page: nudebrucereview.com/2026/03/01/i...

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ISSUE 16 JUST DROPPED OMGGGGGGGG

BRUCIANS! THE TIME HAS COME FOR ISSUE 16 OF NUDE BRUCE REVIEW TO ISSUE FORTH INTO THE WORLD OF LITERATURE. WE LOVE OUR AUTHORS. WE LOVE OUR READERS. WE LOVE BEE BAXTER, OUR RETURNING COVER ARTIST. …

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 02/01/2026

2025 Year-End-Summary for After Dinner Conversation Magazine from the Editor-in-Chief. Long story short, growth! www.afterdinnerconversation.com/news/2025-en...

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 01/01/2026

Trust me, there's no such thing as a rough draft or a final draft. It's just you writing forever.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I'm doing the annual update of the FISH List of lively independent literary magazines. Manually visiting 1,000+ websites to collect data points. The list ranks thousands of lit mags against 14 criteria to help you find your new favourite indie lit mag. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....

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FISH List

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Finally snapped a publication slump and had a story accepted earlier today. At least I know I've got something coming for 2026 now!

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