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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 17/02/2026

There it is. The last 50 years of American history distilled into a single paragraph.

This is the Epstein class in all its glory. It’s an elite that schemes to remain as unaccountable for sexual crimes as it does for corporate crimes. It has its own hierarchy of friends and foes, and it will defend those friends no matter what they do, while the spoils of privilege flow. Its instinct is to protect and preserve money and power, with the concerns of anybody without a corporate jet tangential at best. And once you set those ground rules, once you build a wall around a certain class so they don’t have to pay any price for their actions, it’s inevitable that the actions will get darker and darker.

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 18/04/2025

I’ve got new #flashfiction out today in the latest McNeese Review. Hope you check it out!

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 04/03/2025

Made it this far and gave up.

For those whose idea it is to study history in real time instead of the real-time history of ideas (or, to be precise, propagandistic words), the Russian troop deployment underscored Russia’s war aims. Painting over domestic dissatisfactions was part of the story, but only part of it and, ironically, everyone who hates Putin and wants Russia’s regime to change would have had to embrace a politics of détente a long time ago in order to allow the internal contradictions to unfold. But beyond that: Putin sought to (1) enlarge and formally annex the mineral-rich Donbas as well as the future Russian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia (for which new maps had already been printed), thus (2) establishing a land connection to Crimea, annexed in 2014, and, most notably, (3) effecting “regime change” in Kyiv, which would guarantee that Ukraine, torn apart between East and West, remains neutral and is not turned into an outpost of NATO and US empire.

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 08/10/2024

This tells you everything you need to know about Mitt Romney. He won't endorse her not because he takes issue with her policies but because of what it would mean for him personally.

NYTimes election update: "Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, speaking at a forum at the University of Utah, said that he did not want Donald Trump to win the election, but that he would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, citing his desire “to continue to have a voice in the Republican Party.” Romney, who was his party’s nominee for president in 2012, added that he thought Harris “will likely lose.”

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 19/09/2024

If you're interested in a review copy of my new chapbook of #flashfiction hit me up! Virtuoso scream queens. Cuckholding cockroaches. Scorned mermaids. Orphaned trapeze artists. Young love. Secret love. True love. Sex, strippers, Stoli, and a severed human hand. #literarycommunity #writingcommunity

Promo for Sweet Nothings Are A Diary if You KNow How To Read Them by Keith J. Powell. Available 9.15.24 from ELJ Editions. Virtuoso scream queens. Cuckholding cockroaches. Scorned mermaids. Orphaned trapeze artists. Young love. True love. Secret love. Consuming love. Sex, strippers, Stoli, and a severed human hand. Pre order at bit.ly/4eu6TnG

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 11/09/2024

Nice to see at least one headline cut to the chase.

Screenshot from Democracy Now. JD Vance next to the headline “Vance, Trump fling racist attacks at Ohio’s Haitian migrants.”

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 03/09/2024

A very special book mail arrived over the weekend from @emergejournal.bsky.social. Now to sit back and wait for the movie offers to come pouring in. #flashfiction

Copies of "Sweet Nothings Are a Diary if You Know How to Read Them" fanned out.

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 13/08/2024

My chapbook "Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How To Read Them" is due out from @emergejournal.bsky.social next month. It would mean the world to me if you'd consider pre-ordering a copy or sharing this post to help me spread the word! bit.ly/4eu6TnG #flashfiction #author #writingcommunity

Promotional material for "Sweet Nothings Are a Diary if You Know How to Read Them" by Keith J. Powell available on 9.15.24. Image includes the cover and the quote "Haunting, Strange, and Addictive" from Meg Pokrass, author of The First Law of Holes: new and Selected Stories. Image also contains a QR code to https://bit.ly/4eu6TnG

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 26/07/2024

Received the final proofs for my chapbook today from @emergejournal.bsky.social. It's really happening people! bit.ly/4eu6TnG #flashfiction #author

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 20/07/2024

With my first chapbook of #flashfiction due out from @emergejournal.bsky.social in just a few weeks, I'd love to hear from other authors about strategies to help get the word out. Self-promotion is not my strong suit! #author #literarycommunity #writingcommunity #publishing bit.ly/4eu6TnG

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 17/07/2024

New headshots just dropped... Anyway, please consider pre-ordering a copy of "Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How To Read Them" in the extremely unlikely event my modeling career doesn't take off. bit.ly/4eu6TnG #author

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 08/07/2024

I can't thank Meg Tuite from @bendinggenres.bsky.social enough for helping make this collection possible. She's an advocate whose workshops and insights (and work!) are not to be missed. Beyond grateful for her kind words. bit.ly/4eu6TnG #flashfiction #literarycommunity #writingcommunity #author

"“Powell’s collection unleashes potent and limber stories that “float loose up from the depths”, a buoyant and spirited journey through the language of love. Lucid light douses each piece. Only a truly remarkable writer can conjur up playful weavings of the human heart through new avenues of spectral optimism. Masterfully told. Get a copy!" By Meg Tuite, author of Planed by the Abyss. Image includes a QR code link: https://bit.ly/4eu6TnG

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 24/06/2024

This chapbook wouldn't exist without @megpokrass.bsky.social and her workshops. Damn Sure Right turned me on to flash and Meg's workshops are where many of these stories got their start. That's why this particular endorsement means a lot. Preorders your copy at bit.ly/4eu6TnG

Cover of Sweet Nothings are a Diary if You Know How To Read them alongside a quote. “Keith J. Powell writes with startling originality and authority and his debut story collection is troublingly lovable and winning. I will be lured back to these wonderful fictions again and again. Haunting, strange and addictive, this is the work of a gifted new author with a sharp eye and a tender heart.” Quote by —Meg Pokrass, author of The First Law of Holes: New and Selected Stories

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 19/06/2024

Pre-orders for my debut chapbook Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them are now open bit.ly/4eu6TnG! It's a libidinous flash collection to light your fire and break your heart. If you're interested in a review copy, let me know! #flashfiction #writingcommunity #literarycommunity

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 14/06/2024

I am thrilled to have a new story in one of my favorite journals, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, alongside so many authors I admire. Get yourself a copy today! a.co/d/71gK2ub

Cover of BULL. A woman smoking a cigarette and holding a Molotov cocktail

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 13/06/2024

I received my contributor copy of Best Microfiction 2024 yesterday, and it's another amazing collection of #flashfiction. Grateful to be included and to have been nominated by @emergejournal.bsky.social. Pre-orders are open! bestmicrofiction.com

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 11/05/2024

Even if I wasn't included in this year's collection, I'd tell you to order a copy. @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social continues to be one of the best annual anthologies out there. Very grateful to have been selected and to @emergejournal.bsky.social for the nomination. #flashfiction #publishing #author

Best Microfiction 2024 Winner
"Contortionists" (EMerge Literary Journal)

"Don't avoid the truth, she said. Avoid bumping into the lie. She collected dodges the way others plucked coins from sidewalks, pocketing them to buy her way out of trouble later."

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 01/05/2024

It's really happenings.

Screenshot from Twitter. ELJ Editions says "Yes, we don't publish chaps but it's beautiful & gritty & strange & it's forthcoming November 2024. Welcome @KeithJ_Powell to the ELJ Family. Above the tweet is a picture of a book cover for Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them. The cover is a collection of polaroid photos.

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 16/03/2024

Excited to receive my contributor copy of the new Moon City Review! I feel lucky to be part of such an incredible lineup. #author #flashfiction

Copy of Moon City Review 2024 on a countertop

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Keith @keithjpowell.com · 26/10/2023

Now with a 100% more lemon photos. Give it a read #flashfiction friends.

Screenshot of Lemon Tree by Keith at BULL.

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