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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 11h

The link is a welcome. Click it. It's only polite. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/30/u...

An excerpt from short story, Upstairs Neighbours by D.S. Burton published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a mass of clay hands reaching upwards. The excerpt reads: The day we move in, the upstairs neighbours don’t come out to greet us. Our Corolla rattles into the driveway, grits of salt crunching like teeth. A barren brick staircase winds up to their railing-trimmed porch and drawn velvet curtains. A pair of rosy-nosed gnomes stand sentry on either side, their grinning our only welcome.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 11h

If you're very quiet & if you stay very still, the tower might talk to you. We can't repeat what it whispers, that's reserved for the listener, but we invite you to try for yourselves. Maybe, it'll whisper this story: "Upstairs Neighbours" by D.S. Burton crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/30/u...

A muted greyscale banner for short story, Upstairs Neighbours by D.S. Burton published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a mass of clay hands reaching upwards.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm delighted that Crow & Cross Keys has reprinted my poem, The Fourth Sister Of Eskrigg, in their webzine. It was inspired by the oak trees at #eskriggnaturereserve and how nature ultimately takes the old, to make new. Thanks to #LockerbieWriters for supporting me in the development of this poem.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sink into the link. You know you want to. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/23/t...

An excerpt from poem, The Fourth Sister of Eskrigg by Paula Gilfillan reprinted on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring bark covered in lichen. The excerpt reads:
And as she sinks into the earth,
her toes root – grasping mulch then rock;
an anchor against storms.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The tower is circled by trees. The circle is impenetrable. We're unsure when the trees will let us leave, but luckily, we have excellent poetry to read in the meantime. "The Fourth Sister of Eskrigg" by @paulagilfillan.bsky.social crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/23/t...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, The Fourth Sister of Eskrigg by Paula Gilfillan reprinted on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring bark covered in lichen.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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An excerpt from flash fiction, Empty Nest Syndrome by Mugdhaa Ranade published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a cup of tea amongst foliage. The excerpt reads: Mother salts her khari with tears and stoppers her mouth with it, keeping a please-don’t-leave-me wail from leaking out. Dip-dip-dipping her khari in the tea, Koyal comments on how ‘smother’ has Mother in it.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All of the taps in the tower are running with tea today. We're not complaining though. The kettle is having a well-earned day off. While we drink tea-on-tap, we're reading flash fiction: "Empty Nest Syndrome" by Mugdhaa Ranade crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/19/e...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, Empty Nest Syndrome by Mugdhaa Ranade published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a cup of tea amongst foliage.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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An excerpt from poem, The Iron Queen by Amanda Reck published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a macro shot of pomegranate seeds. The excerpt reads:
A red moon, it’s said, spells
trouble. Avoid the streets
at night, flooded in such bloody light.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

An entity handed us an orange earlier. It was the most perfect orange we have ever seen. We are dedicating a room in the tower to what remains of its peel. While we memorialise, why don't you read today's poem? "The Iron Queen" by Amanda Reck crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/16/t...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, The Iron Queen by Amanda Reck published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a macro shot of pomegranate seeds.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You don't try to forget the link. You click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/12/h...

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We're overwhelmed by the scent of baking here at the tower. Curiously, there is no one in the kitchen and nothing in the ovens. We're going to read today's flash and pretend not to think about it. "He Will Sustain You" by Xavier George crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/12/h...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, He Will Sustain You by Xavier George published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a box filled with food items including Cheerios.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You are staring at the link. You click. That is choice enough. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/09/n...

An excerpt from prose poem, narrative by Kate Choi published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a black hole. The excerpt reads: You are staring down the barrel of a black hole. Water and earth have not yet been separated. The person over the event horizon has your father’s eyes. Tell me a story, she says. You nod. That is choice enough.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you look closely, you will see galaxies running through the mortar of the tower. The galaxies, and thus the tower, keep expanding. We've no idea how big the tower is now. It's hard to fathom. So we're concentrating on poetry: "narrative" by Kate Choi crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/09/n...

A muted greyscale banner for prose poem, narrative by Kate Choi published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a black hole.

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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m so delighted that my haunted little flash “A Portrait of the Missing Miss Lovejoy as Daphne” is now published with Crow & Cross Keys!

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Emma Kent-Abate 🌱 @emabate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this story builds off the tale of the Witch of North Pepperell, a local legend that may or may not be true but persists in the archive nevertheless. I’m so grateful for @crowkeys.bsky.social giving it a lovely home in such great company. I hope you enjoy it 🩶✨🪾

About the Legend
The village of North Pepperell was founded by colonial settlers in the eighteenth century. It was located in Massachusetts, between the Nissitissit River and the New Hampshire border.

According to local legend, an eccentric woman was banished from the village on allegations of witchcraft. During her flight, she cursed the village, leading to its demise and abandonment.

The tale of "The Witch's Prophecy" survives today through a story recorded by Florence Sibley in 1910.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If one knew anything about links, they would know that this link is good. So you should click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/05/t...

An excerpt from short story, The Only Way Out by Liam Kiyashka published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a close-up of a white horse with an eerie bright eye. The excerpt reads: The trotting grew louder until the horse turned the corner of one of the ruined houses. The beast was perfectly white, its mane meticulously kept, not a speck of dirt on its perfect body. Most notably, though, was the silver horn in its head, which spiraled into a point. It was a unicorn, and, if one knew anything about unicorns, they would know that unicorns are good.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Every time we open a door in the tower, we find another door. We have been opening doors for hours. So many, many doors. Luckily, we have today's short story to keep us company. "The Only Way Out" by Liam Kiyashka crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/05/t...

A muted greyscale banner for short story, The Only Way Out by Liam Kiyashka published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a close-up of a white horse with an eerie bright eye.

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Bob DeRosa @bobderosa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

After an inspiring first visit to @laworldcon.bsky.social where I met so many amazing writers and readers, it was exhilarating to wake up this morning to an acceptance from @crowkeys.bsky.social - a lovely publication that I've long wanted to be a part of. Can't wait to share my new sad ghost story!

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Once, in this post, there was a link. There still is a link, actually, and you should click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/02/a...

An excerpt from flash fiction, A Portrait of the Missing Miss Lovejoy as Daphne by Emma Kent-Abate published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a delta viewed from above. The excerpt reads: Once, in the wooded delta between the state line and the rivers’ confluence, there was a village. Now there is not. It has been forgotten over time, the foundations of the houses sunken into the soft earth, the mosaicked walls between properties mistaken for boulders. In this village, there was once a girl, and now she is not.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The tower is and then it isn't. We can't foretell when it won't be; it's inconvenient, but it's part of the charm. When the tower isn't, we aren't either. This flash, however, is: "A Portrait of the Missing Miss Lovejoy as Daphne" by Emma Kent-Abate crowcrosskeys.com/2026/09/02/a...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, A Portrait of the Missing Miss Lovejoy as Daphne by Emma Kent-Abate published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a delta viewed from above.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You push the link. All you can see is poetry. Excellent. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/29/f...

An excerpt from poem, Forecast by Amanda Adrienne Smith published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a sparsely clouded sky. The excerpt reads:
The wind pushes the clouds.
All I can see is blue.
My blue eyes.
Your blue scratch
from the bottom of the ocean.
The way it bleeds.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Portents are pointing towards a storm. It wouldn't be strange. The tower has been drowning in thunder for days now. We do like a bit of atmosphere. And poetry. We really like poetry too. Like this: "Forecast" by Amanda Adrienne Smith crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/29/f...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, Forecast by Amanda Adrienne Smith published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a sparsely clouded sky.

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Shona Ray @shonaraywrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have a little piece in @crowkeys.bsky.social today. Quite proud of this one 😊 Come take a tour of space and time 👇

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You seldom click links, but you'll click this one. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/23/g...

An excerpt from short story, Glassheart by Collette Night published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a barn owl overlayed on shards of glass. The excerpt reads: Holly seldom cried; her tears were crushed glass.

The tiny shards would skitter down her cheeks, tinkling to the ground. She imagined they relished slicing at the heels of passersby, collecting their howls of pain. She was a girl who left scars if not careful—Holly wasn’t very careful.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you've noticed that we're posting on Sunday rather than Saturday... No, you haven't. Here, have an excellent short story. It's worth the wait. "Glassheart" by Collette Night crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/23/g...

A muted greyscale banner for short story, Glassheart by Collette Night published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a barn owl overlayed on shards of glass.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

First, you click the link. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/19/s...

An excerpt from flash fiction, She Comes to Me as a Telescope by Shona Ray Ferguson published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on muted greyscale banner featuring the eye of a telescope overlayed with an image of a galaxy. The excerpt reads: First, she shows me the heavens. Why not? she says. They are yours, if you choose them. We befriend the moon, coax her out of her despair. The North Star next, so bold in the twilight, before the other stars put her in her place.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We had an unexpected visitor here at the tower this evening. They didn't say who they were. They didn't say a word. They just sat and read this flash fiction. "She Comes to Me as a Telescope" by @shonaraywrites.bsky.social crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/19/s...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, She Comes to Me as a Telescope by Shona Ray Ferguson published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring the eye of a telescope overlayed with an image of a galaxy.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Tip one: click the link. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/15/h...

An excerpt from poem, How does one walk the labyrinth? Remember these four things by Hachi Chuku published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring an ominous photograph of a hedge maze. The excerpt reads:
Tip one: abandon all hope of ever leaving.
Once you twist your way around beginning
there is no going back to the start
unchanged. Rearrange that
Dorothy Gale-like mindset.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We've had a bit of a day here at the tower. Therefore, we have decided to get lost in the wilderness. We will leave you this poem to keep you company. "How does one walk the labyrinth? Remember these four things" by Hachi Chuku crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/15/h...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, How does one walk the labyrinth? Remember these four things by Hachi Chuku published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring an ominous photograph of a hedge maze.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story in our 🌟 January 2026 issue🌟 by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked havenspec.com/fiction/and-...

An excerpt of the short story "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" by Elou Carroll, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads:

You are looking right at her when it happens. When your hands clench around his throat—his skin bright and warm beneath your fingers.

It should be her with her nails sharp and her knuckles paling. She is behind him with her mouth hanging open. She cannot hold your stare—she looks away and bites her lip. For the first time, you are reversed, as if you were born in the mirror all along. She hunches her shoulders and squeezes her eyes shut.

Then, she looks up. She watches. She must.

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You sit at the link. Your heart wants you to click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/08/g...

An excerpt from poem, Grief by Jessica Tsang published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a glowing white globe in the palms of someone's hands against a textured background. The excerpt reads:
I sit at the desk,
where my heart vomits a white globe,
perfectly round with a flat bottom for display.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We are a little tardy with our social media posts this evening. We have been eating our feelings. 'Morose' was particularly flavourful. Join us now as we consume grief in the form of today's poem. "Grief" by Jessica Tsang crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/08/g...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, Grief by Jessica Tsang published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a glowing white globe in the palms of someone's hands against a textured background.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Each link is clicked. (By you, obviously.) crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/12/b...

An excerpt from flash fiction, Black Satin; Cotton Gown by Savannah Hunsaker published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring the cropped figures of girls in white dresses moving through a meadow. The excerpt reads: When the sky lingers between night and day, the girls will come together in white nightgowns, black ribbons tied into their hair. Most will come with dresses adored with lacey bows, small fingers disappearing under fluffy wrist sleeves. Others will arrive with limp teddy bears hanging from arms, lips sticky from red candy—but each dress is white. Each bow is black.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We're feeling a little ritualistic here in the tower. We think it's the heat. Nothing like a nice little ritual to cool you down. Or an excellent piece of flash fiction, like this one. "Black Satin; Cotton Gown" by Savannah Hunsaker crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/12/b...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, Black Satin; Cotton Gown by Savannah Hunsaker published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring the cropped figures of girls in white dresses moving through a meadow.

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ClodaghO @iamagnat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Chilling and lyrical. As usual, @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social does not disappoint. Find it in the lovely @crowkeys.bsky.social

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is not the link, we say of the link at the end of the post. You're not fooled. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/05/a...

An excerpt from flash fiction, At Dinner with Teeth by Sophie Daly-Atkinson published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a barely formed clay face with human teeth. The excerpt reads:
‘You are not my mother,’ I said to the thing at the dining table.

Anyone else would have been fooled, but I knew. It was the skin, the way it moved over its face like clay, its expressions slow, unnatural, not returning to its usual form. And the way her eyes shifted in her head, lizard-like, never fully landing on their object.

I cut my steak, blood oozing where my knife sliced through muscle and fat.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We have returned from our brief slumber. We had unusual dreams. The kind of dreams that follow you around and scritch at your scalp when you're not paying attention. Today's flash is our chosen distraction. "At Dinner with Teeth" by Sophie Daly-Atkinson crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/05/a...

A muted greyscale banner for flash fiction, At Dinner with Teeth by Sophie Daly-Atkinson published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a barely formed clay face with human teeth.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are taking a small posting break this week, and will be back with more excellent writing on 5th August!

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Inside the issue, you can find links to Allison's work in @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social, @crowkeys.bsky.social, and @exposedbonemag.bsky.social (among others). You can also find out why she thinks you should read work by Mervyn Peake and Susanna Clarke!

Allison Wall is a queer, neurodivergent writer whose work explores deconstruction, self-discovery, and belonging. She has published short fiction, poetry, and book and film reviews, and works as a dissertation editor. Follow @awritingwall on Bluesky or Instagram, or visit allison-wall. com.

Allison recommends:
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The link is there, beneath this text. You should click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/25/t...

An excerpt from poem, The town below the surface by Devanshee Soni published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a textured surface with a dripping line of rust. The excerpt reads: My house is there, beneath the boulder of hell,
where the stars hum like dingy lanterns,
and I must return before dusk—to the rust
on the flowers, to the knives in the door locks,
to the bed woven like a carapace.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We're not certain how it happened; one moment we could see sky outside the tower's windows, and now? We see dirt, and squirmy, wormy things. It's a shock to the system. We're calming ourselves with poetry. "The town below the surface" by Devanshee Soni crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/25/t...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, The town below the surface by Devanshee Soni published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a textured surface with a dripping line of rust.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The link: at the bottom of the post. You: clicking it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/22/t...

$An excerpt from reprinted flash fiction, The Lake House by Keith Hoerner published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring refractions in water. The excerpt reads: Deep below the lake’s murky surface, there sits—intact—a house. A two-story structure of Carpenter Gothic details like elaborate wooden trim bloated to bursting. Its front yard: purple loosestrife. Its inhabitants: alligator gar, bull trout, and pupfish.$

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The tower is susceptible to flooding. We're not near any water sources. It just happens sometimes. We've learnt not to ask why. For other underwater happenings, today's reprinted flash fiction: "The Lake House" by Keith Hoerner crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/22/t...

$A muted greyscale banner for reprinted flash fiction, The Lake House by Keith Hoerner published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring refractions in water.$

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Over the moon to have my poem "Quintessence" published in the fabulous @crowkeys.bsky.social 🖤 #poetry #poetrysky

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The link is already here. Waiting for you. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/18/q...

An excerpt from poem, Quintessence by Özge Lena published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring a photograph of a plume of smoke. The excerpt reads:
The air is collapsing, the water
is always filtered, the earth

is left fallow forever, and the fire
is already here, hunting for us.

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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

All is quiet in the tower. Too quiet. It makes us nervous. Today's poem makes us nervous too, but only in the very best way. "Quintessence" by Özge Lena crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/18/q...

A muted greyscale banner for poem, Quintessence by Özge Lena published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring a photograph of a plume of smoke.

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