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Cliff Aliperti

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Writing stories from cliffaliperti.com Classic movie blogger at immortalephemera.com - loves pre-Code! Author of "Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue," first full length biography of the Golden Age Hollywood star.

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Launching in 2027: Foofaraw Editions—an imprint of Foofaraw Press focused on out-of-print classics, single-author short story collections, and other forgotten stories. We have three books we'll be launching with (in print, of course) and I'm beyond excited. More details to come later this year.
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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Haven't taken a pic yet, but my contributor's copy of Stanchion #24 has arrived (thanks, Jeff!) - You can pick it up in the Stanchion shop here: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... (Buy 2 Get 1). Here's the cover, contents page, and opening of my story "Pretending to Youth" @stanchion.bsky.social
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Smash Burgers #StoryTime #Fiction #SomethingHasGoneTerriblyWrong foofaraw.press/smash-burgers 〄
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Smash Burgers
Alexander V. Koval
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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
I'm not surprised :)
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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
YouTube video by Cliff Aliperti
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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It sure is: I hadn't realized the nighttime version started so early, I thought it was more 79ish. That was a lot, pretty quick too! Forgot to mention along w/the others, Gene Rayburn, of course, probably my favorite game show host ever! Read a decent biography about him awhile back, interesting guy
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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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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Always so much fun, loved the interplay between Dawson, CN Reilly & Brett Somers. I suspect PM might have been a case of "jumping the shark," or at least a little too much of a good thing at the time.
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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 | serious-lit
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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Youth, nostalgia, the Elks Club, and a little murder talk in my story "Darin's Annual Appreciation Breakfast (1977-79)" over at Topiary Stories - topiary.code.blog/2026/08/23/d...
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Darin’s Annual Appreciation Breakfast (1977-79), by Cliff Aliperti
Darin’s grandfather was steward at the Elks Club, and Darin’s dad and uncle worked under him as waiters most Friday nights back then. Every year Darin’s family was among those invited to the Club’s…
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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank you!
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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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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.099 #WeekendEdition #Newsletters foofaraw.press/weekend-edition-vol-… 〄
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🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.099
the sun will come out... tomorrow...
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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thanks so much!
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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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Cliff Aliperti @iephemera.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I think simple works on back. Looks good!
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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
That'd be awesome! Total first-class experience working with @foofarawpress.bsky.social , start to finish ... and it sounds like maybe even beyond! Thanks!
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📮 August Zine #PARCEL #Zines #Newsletters foofaraw.press/august-zine 〄
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📮 August Zine
Periodic Aggregation: Routed Carefully & Electronically Logged
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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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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.098 #WeekendEdition #Newsletters foofaraw.press/weekend-edition-vol-… 〄
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🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.098
Ahoy there!
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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com) @pre-code.com · 31/07/2026
New on the site! It's SUMMER UNDER THE STARS on TCM and there's some pre-Code pleasures to be found. -- pre-code.com/pre-code-mov...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM, August 2026
Hello again everybody! I apologize for the missing months there– my move from Germany to Colorado has been tumultuous, from having to re-purchase every appliance in my house to helping my kid…
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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 · 27/07/2026
Here's a preview of my new story "In Translation" posted by @newpoplit.bsky.social - the entire story should be up on their main site by the end of the week. fastpoplit.com/2026/07/27/a...
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An Excerpt from “In Translation” by Cliff Aliperti
NEW FICTION “Look, I understand,” I said, trying to sound reasonable. “You had problems over there. That’s why you’re here now. But the man said he doesn’t want any trouble.” “No,” the IT guy repea…
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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
Haven't read it yet, but picked up a few weeks ago when Kindle had it on sale. I think you just bumped it up my digital TBR pile!
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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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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The brief Stanchion Magazine farewell tour begins with issue 24 this September. Inside you'll find new @writesloud.bsky.social @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @iephemera.bsky.social & 20 more of the best writers in indie lit. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Stanchion Magazine Issue 24 | Stanchion
Issue 24 of Stanchion features photographs by Stanchion editor-in-chief Jeff Bogle interspersed between original prose and poetry from some of the finest indie writers of our day, including Hannah Gri...
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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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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.096 #WeekendEdition #Newsletters foofaraw.press/weekend-edition-vol-… 〄
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🎉 Weekend Edition Vol.096
Nine in the Afternoon
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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
An ordinary contest (year ii) #Ordinary foofaraw.press/an-ordinary-contest-… 〄
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An ordinary contest (year ii)
truly extra-ordinary
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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 · 19/05/2026
Wow, that worked. Another acceptance tonight!
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