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Kim Murdock

@kimmurdock.bsky.social
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writer, a bit at sea stories: Fractured Lit, New Flash Fiction Review, Tiny Molecules, Bending Genres, Crow & Cross Keys, 100 Word Story, and more. kimmurdock.wordpress.com

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"And she’s whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face" So much emotion packed in scuh a small space. Love this from @kimmurdock.bsky.social
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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Web submissions are open for historical fiction. 14th-20th September, 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We're open for applications! Become a SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellow in 2027! www.smokelong.com?page_id=4310...
The text: The SmokeLong emerging writer fellowship, Jan 1-June 30 2027, Deadline for applications Dec 15. 
The text is set against a soft red background crisscrossed with dots in the same color. At the bottom of the square image is a typewriter and the SmokeLong logo.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20/08/2026
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.” Robert Louis Stevenson, “An apology for idlers” (1877) www.wired.com/beyond-the-b...
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Robert Louis Stevenson "An Apology for Idlers"
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badaude @badaude.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
the @bostonreview.bsky.social asked me, What Was the Internet? One thing it was (is!) is a space for literary experimentation that bypassed offline gatekeepers, now under threat. featuring 3am Magazine @minorlits.bsky.social @tobiasvryan.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
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What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
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Slow Moving Pictures @lewisbeerblog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If you like Antonioni and have a million hours to spare, why not read all 52 parts of my 284,000-word analysis of Red Desert? There are references to 115 other films and 190 non-film sources, so it's only about half as monotonous as it sounds...
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Everything That Happens in Red Desert
Contents and bibliography
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A new micro up at @100wordstory.bsky.social! Thank you to editor Michelle Ross. 100wordstory.org/wellness-che...
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Wellness Check - 100Words
Kim MurdockAnd she's whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face.
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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 04/08/2026
"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury's melancholy obituary for a dead world, is set today.
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A new micro up at @100wordstory.bsky.social! Thank you to editor Michelle Ross. 100wordstory.org/wellness-che...
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Wellness Check - 100Words
Kim MurdockAnd she's whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Fuck off, Adobe. I need to know this shit, not pretend to know it.
This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant.
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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Who's hungry? We are! Submissions are open for Gone Lawn 67. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 21/07/2026
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
some notes
Some notes:

[1] Submit your poetry manuscript to the opening in the oldest tree you pass on your walks.

[2] Protest AI by going on walks and writing surreal poems on fallen leaves.

[3] Create more weird novellas, more experimental films, more tiny poems, more nature trails, more loud albums, more fables.

[4] Subscribe to the weekly newsletter written by the witch who lives in a cloud above your home.

[5] Write a poem on the bottom of your shoes then walk for hours until every word is a ghost.

[6] Reach a point in your life where you go to the library twice a week.

[7] Write tiny surrealist poems to combat The Dread.

[8] Understand the creative process: we never know what we’re doing until we do.
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
and lo, the sky turned the colour of French Canadian pea soup.
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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Haunt us! flash-frog.com/submit/
Flyer for Flash Frog’s call for ghost stories. Typing Flash Frog logo with a ghost coming out of the typewriter. Info: July 1-31st, pays $25, free to sub
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Submissions are open at trampset! Read our guidelines and send us your best work. We pay $30 via PayPal. Anybody can use our free submission category. Tips and quick response revenues pay our writers, editors and site costs ✍️ We've missed you all! www.trampset.org/submissions
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submit to trampset | literary journal submissions
Submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations to trampset. Read guidelines and share your best work with our literary journal.
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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Excellent essay on language , trauma, memoir & more by the brilliant @lilydunn.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/not-e...
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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
While I work on resurrecting the Ellipsis archive, let’s get the ball rolling… Web submissions are open, 6th-16th June. 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit
Submissions are open for Ellipsis Zine6th June - 16th June ellipsis-zine.com/submit
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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I've recently added Bulb's stance on AI to our guidelines. Basically, if you've used AI to write your story, we don't want it. Now, we are a journal for previously published work, so we may not be fielding AI-subs for a while (or ever, we hope), but here it is! --Jared
SUBMISSIONS  Open! 
NO AI-generated or AI-aided submissions. Ever. We stand by human creativity in all artistic endeavors.
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Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Just finished the final proofread of my new collection, which includes this essay originally published in @literaryhub.bsky.social. If you haven't read it, consider this is your invitation into my work and what it's all about.
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Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life
“How does it feel—emotionally—to be wrong?” Kathryn Schulz asks the audience at her 2011 TED Talk entitled “On Being Wrong.” I show the video to my first-year writing students every semester on the…
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Wonderful wonderful news!!! 👇🎉🎉🎉👇
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 04/06/2026
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.” —“An Apology for Idlers” Robert Louis Stevenson (1877) www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
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An apology for idlers, and other essays by Robert Louis Stevenson
Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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Kelly Pedro @kellypedro.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
🌟 Mark your calendars! 🌟 JMWW is reopening flash submissions June 1! We cap at 40 submissions/reading period so don't delay. I'd love to see (or not "see" since we read anonymously 😅) your work in the queue.
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
ICYMI: Michelle Ross on 100 word story's editorial process, including what sets a story apart— smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/959650...
image of a web-page. in red square brackets, "100 word story". Below that: "Stories" "Essays" "Interviews" "Book Reviews" "Photo Stories"
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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
'The real question is perhaps not how an AI story could slip past judges but how a story this poorly written could win an award for its “lyrical precision.”' Yup.
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SJ Bradley @bradleybooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
PUFFIN CAM www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Puffin Colony – LIVE from National Trust Farne Islands 2026
YouTube video by National Trust
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
If it’s not ethical to use the plagiarism machine for writing, why would you think it’s ethical to use for visual creative work? It’s not different. There is no ethical way to use the thievery machine for creative work period. It’s stealing from ALL of us.
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Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
DM me your email if you’re interested in doing a flash nonfiction workshop series with me! The time has come and I’m starting my own damn business! Shares and support welcome 💕
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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We're still working hard behind the scenes at trampset. I can't give you a timeframe of when we'll reopen to subs b/c the archive is taking much longer than we anticipated, but that day will come, I'd guess early summer.
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thrilled to have a new story 'Matryoshka' up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social! Thank you @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social for giving this one a home. 🪆⚡ fracturedlit.com/matryoshka/
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Matryoshka | Fractured
The truck hits a rut, and her mind slips. Shoved in the back of a cold closet, a dry, dusty attic where she’s susceptible to cracks, a damp cellar where mold and rot creep in. The kind of things you can’t repair.
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Vic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If you were into @identitytheory.bsky.social’s March Equinox micro issue, send us something to read! We are always open for micro subs and are reading for the June Solstice issue now. And if you haven’t read our latest yet, what are you waiting for??
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Micro - Identity Theory
Prose up to 500 words. Poetry up to 9 lines.
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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hello. I have a new story up at Ghost Parachute. Thanks, @brettpribble.bsky.social, for giving my work space in this terrific issue!
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Icymi, I have a new story at @doricliterary.bsky.social about space and loss and seeking
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Apogee
Finally, another manned mission to Mars. How he’d glowed with excitement.
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
if you’re trying to “save time” as a writer by using AI, i suggest you find another profession. it takes time to write well, time to write exciting books. it takes time to write one good poem. i’ve spent years on a single poem. the time spent learning one’s craft is everything
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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I'm looking for readers for both @fracturedlit.bsky.social & @unchartedmag.bsky.social It's a laidback way to get involved with a literary magazine, and it will help level up your writing! We ask for 2-4 hours of volunteer reading each week, but I'm flexible with vacations and other commitments.
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
[I am gonna use as many em dashes as I bloody want because nobody can take any tool of writing away from me.] 2/2
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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Tania’s workshops are brilliantly inspiring. Scared or not, she'll help you conjure up some wonderful stuff.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Free Granta Therapy - I'll bite! @grantamag.bsky.social A few days left...well it would be rude not to jump onto the couch / chair / cushions / sacred circle etc
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Submissions Open We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!
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Submissions Open
We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!
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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Come have fun with me on Zoom this Sun 7-9pm UK for my Fairy Tales-and-Crime-Mashup writing workshop! Open to writers of all word-shapes, free and pay-what-you-can places available, & if you can’t join live, all ticketholders get link to the recording after: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
Image has the text "Come have fun with me on Zoom this Sundaywhen we'll be colliding Fairy Tales and crime to see what happens! An excellent way to create a new piece for Sidekick Books Spies and Sprites submission calls too." Then a link to tickettailor.com. Below that a black red and white image of little red riding hood walking through the forest, and next to it the text: Unbox Your Words Writing Workshop - A Fairy Tales & Crime Mashup! Sun 8 Feb 2026 7-9pm GMT. Online. Zoom.
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We're reopening submissions at Gone Lawn. Same old thing, you know what we like & you've got it. & as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times. And come the next full moon, dance under it! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.

I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle. It's pinks and greens surrounding planet like objects
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Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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