Reposted by Kim MurdockStephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Writers, 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. 7613230
Reposted by Kim MurdockLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 4384199
Reposted by Kim MurdockMatt 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 131
Reposted by Kim Murdockellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Web 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 13432
Reposted by Kim MurdockSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We're open for applications! Become a SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellow in 2027! www.smokelong.com?page_id=4310... 03120
Reposted by Kim MurdockAssociation 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...wired.comRobert Louis Stevenson "An Apology for Idlers" 53419
Reposted by Kim Murdockbadaude @badaude.bsky.social · 07/08/2026the @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...bostonreview.netWhat Was the Internet?As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next. 23916
Reposted by Kim MurdockSlow Moving Pictures @lewisbeerblog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026If 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...slowmovingpictures.orgEverything That Happens in Red DesertContents and bibliography 24814
Reposted by Kim MurdockKim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A new micro up at @100wordstory.bsky.social! Thank you to editor Michelle Ross. 100wordstory.org/wellness-che...100wordstory.orgWellness Check - 100WordsKim MurdockAnd she's whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face. 1106
Reposted by Kim MurdockSimon 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. 15519
Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A new micro up at @100wordstory.bsky.social! Thank you to editor Michelle Ross. 100wordstory.org/wellness-che...100wordstory.orgWellness Check - 100WordsKim MurdockAnd she's whirling again, our mother, hair plastered like so much seaweed against her face. 1106
Reposted by Kim MurdockTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Fuck off, Adobe. I need to know this shit, not pretend to know it. 1351080
Reposted by Kim MurdockGone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Who's hungry? We are! Submissions are open for Gone Lawn 67. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...gonelawn.netGone Lawn : Submission Guidelines 13424
Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 15/07/2026and lo, the sky turned the colour of French Canadian pea soup. 000
Reposted by Kim MurdockFlash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Haunt us! flash-frog.com/submit/ 12015
Reposted by Kim Murdocktrampset @trampset.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Submissions 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/submissionstrampset.orgsubmit to trampset | literary journal submissionsSubmit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations to trampset. Read guidelines and share your best work with our literary journal. 04929
Reposted by Kim MurdockSusanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Excellent essay on language , trauma, memoir & more by the brilliant @lilydunn.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/not-e...aeon.co 183
Reposted by Kim Murdockellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 06/06/2026While 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 35137
Reposted by Kim MurdockBulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I'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 0144
Reposted by Kim MurdockSteve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Just 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.lithub.comMisunderstanding 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… 0388
Reposted by Kim MurdockAssociation 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/69825gutenberg.orgAn apology for idlers, and other essays by Robert Louis StevensonFree eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers. 0215
Reposted by Kim MurdockKelly 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. 0107
Reposted by Kim MurdockThe Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026ICYMI: Michelle Ross on 100 word story's editorial process, including what sets a story apart— smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/959650... 084
Reposted by Kim MurdockRichard 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. 0183
Reposted by Kim MurdockSJ Bradley @bradleybooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026PUFFIN CAM www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...youtube.comPuffin Colony – LIVE from National Trust Farne Islands 2026YouTube video by National Trust 075
Reposted by Kim MurdockAni King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 22/04/2026If 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. 062
Reposted by Kim MurdockAllison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026DM 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 💕 21115
Reposted by Kim MurdockL Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026We'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. 092
Kim Murdock @kimmurdock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Thrilled 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/fracturedlit.comMatryoshka | FracturedThe 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. 294
Reposted by Kim MurdockVic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026If 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??identitytheory.comMicro - Identity TheoryProse up to 500 words. Poetry up to 9 lines. 01411
Reposted by Kim MurdockSarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hello. I have a new story up at Ghost Parachute. Thanks, @brettpribble.bsky.social, for giving my work space in this terrific issue! 2144
Reposted by Kim MurdockChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Icymi, I have a new story at @doricliterary.bsky.social about space and loss and seekingdoric-literary.comApogeeFinally, another manned mission to Mars. How he’d glowed with excitement. 02711
Reposted by Kim MurdockChen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 28/03/2026if 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 230181
Reposted by Kim MurdockTommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I'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. 55440
Reposted by Kim MurdockChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I'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/ac93c03d5gofund.meDonate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe ClarkOn 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. 2102137
Reposted by Kim MurdockTade 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 0702
Reposted by Kim MurdockAnika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Tania’s workshops are brilliantly inspiring. Scared or not, she'll help you conjure up some wonderful stuff. 242
Reposted by Kim MurdockHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I 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. 222223716032
Reposted by Kim MurdockJulian Day @julianday.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Free 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 094
Reposted by Kim MurdockJMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Submissions Open We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!jmwwblog.wordpress.comSubmissions OpenWe are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best! 02215
Reposted by Kim MurdockTania Hershman 🏳️🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Come 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... 163
Reposted by Kim MurdockChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026On 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!gofund.meDonate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe ClarkOn 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. 28196236
Reposted by Kim MurdockGone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We'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_...gonelawn.netGone Lawn : Submission Guidelines 03318
Reposted by Kim MurdockRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n... 5749821959
Reposted by Kim MurdockChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026My 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. 518044