Reposted by Lillie E. FranksJune Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oooh, beautiful, moving, gorgeous prose. 💙 163
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New one up at Hex Literary! Is this story me working through my childhood reaction to reading The Sneetches? …Maybe! 192
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Marmaduke cartoons with Thomas Ligotti captions 182
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today I had a nightmare where I couldn't juggle so when I woke up, I decided to take up juggling again. #mypersonality 170
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I don't want to tell you much more about this story other than that it's called Paul Bunyan, Superspy 141
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Enjoy a short silly one based on my observations of how children draw rainbows! 041
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026New York Times columnists seeing the right wing enact right wing policies: What are they? A bunch of progressives? 020
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Seán Padraic Birnie always does cool stuff, but this might be my favorite from him yet 121
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This collection has a story from me that started out as a version of the shapeshifter's chase and pretty quickly became it's own extremely different thing! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBRCLSHPamazon.comOgerog Annual: Dawson, Korey, Bartlett, Matthew M., Hall, Coy, Hampton, Viggy Parr, Beauchamp, Richard, Kaplan, Jo, Warra, Brooke, Ellis, Stephanie, Fleming, Liam, Trifan, Matthew: 9798188774981: Amaz...Ogerog Annual [Dawson, Korey, Bartlett, Matthew M., Hall, Coy, Hampton, Viggy Parr, Beauchamp, Richard, Kaplan, Jo, Warra, Brooke, Ellis, Stephanie, Fleming, Liam, Trifan, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FRE... 021
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksSasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026this is so good! oh man, voice! It's so clever, I love this piece. @nightshadesmag.bsky.social continues to have extremely good taste in weird shit. 3154
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksAnneke @ernerker.bsky.social · 06/06/2026My very weird story about cottaging, Brighton in the 1960s, numbers stations, Polari, the deep scattering layer, Punch and Judy, and the experience of being profoundly alienated from your own desires, even as you find yourself the object of others’, is up now on @ergot.bsky.social. 33012
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Welcome to the femboy mafia. You stick with us, you’ll be a maid man 0132
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksThe Vampire Bridget 👩🎤 @bridgetgordon.gay · 01/06/2026advance praise from fellow poets @deerea.rs @neilhilborn.bsky.social @lilliekoi.bsky.social for my debut chapbook THE REST IS UP TO YOU, LOVE find the notes tomorrow 2103
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksThe Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 13/05/2026"I’m a head with a buzz cut, rolling past, trying not to stall in the road on the way to my university astronomy class, when I’m compelled to stop and check on my body." In today's miCRo by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social, the mental and the physical are at odds. Link in thread. 174
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksCorey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026You want to read the most unique take on a Kaiju story I’ve read in a while??? Well, if so, check out @sashabrown.bsky.social’s new one, Trevor is Hungry, over in @smallwondersmag.com!!! smallwondersmag.com/piece/trevor...smallwondersmag.comTrevor is Hungry - Small WondersHe isn’t even the worst boyfriend I’ve had. Worst boyfriend is easy. Have I not told you this story? 1207
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksNic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good! 214237414018
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksAni King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Delighted to have two poems in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social! Please check out repetitive stress injuries and (i am begging you to) let my people go. CW for rep stress inj: references to losing a queer loved one to addiction 6157
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Socrates, feeling slightly bored: Smells like virtuedawg in here 081
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksEmily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Thanks to @jhhwriter.bsky.social and @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for giving Eunice a home...and sorry to all the chickens of the world. 072
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksElena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Excited to have a prose poem in the latest issue of Menace! www.menace-mag.com/the-myth-ele...menace-mag.comThe Myth — M E N A C E 13113
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksRat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Today's story is "After Horse" by Mari Harrison. @javajnkie.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #microsopen.substack.comAfter HorseBy Mari Harrison 033
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I wonder which of these characters is the villain in this ninja movie 140
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026These stories are strong on their own but I really like the way they fit together. Both magic, but opposite magics; a magic of holding on and a magic of letting go 242
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksLuke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 06/04/2026In last week's letter @jamesfolta.com & I rounded up great writing by Jesse Eisenberg in @newyorker.com, @lilliekoi.bsky.social and @seanmcgowan.bsky.social in @pointsincase.com, & Shea Socrates in @havehashad.com Plus a few words on the passing of the great Glen Baxter Check it out & subscribe ⬇️ 062
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksThe Vampire Bridget 👩🎤 @bridgetgordon.gay · 06/04/2026got permission to talk about this soooo my debut full-length poetry collection, IF YOU KNOW THE COLOR OF THEIR EYES IT ALREADY TOO LATE, will be published in Fall 2026 by Raging Opossum Press!!!!!! 165211
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksRedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176826052
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This story is such a joy. Just deeply fun to read. 121
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Maybe if instead of offering extra time on tests, we offered children with ADHD extra hits from the Hitting Stick, we'd see less of them 000
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This anthology has a flash from me in it, an adaptation of the Grimm’s fairy tale “Sweetheart Roland”, or ATU 1119 ”The Ogre Kills Their Own Child”, if you’re a pervert. Don’t worry too much if you haven’t read it! 031
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The story of trans athletic sport bans in a clause 160
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Suddenly and inexplicably recovered the will to do comedy articles again, so here’s my first in a while! “No, son. Trogai’ele’uvalill isn’t the magic word. That’s a simple invocation of flame, and as you can see, I dispel it easily by calling the North wind.” www.pointsincase.com/articles/no-...pointsincase.comNo, Son, Rash’kar’lagratar Isn’t the Magic WordNo, son. That is magic as speaking it will hurl back any unclean shades which try to approach you. 062
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026“If you want to understand the Trinity, look no further than the humble clover!” said St Patrick. “Because it’s 3 and 1?” “Yes, and also because sometimes, you can find a rare, better clover with a fourth part. God is just like that, but don’t write down that I said so.” 230
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This is one of the best combinations of tagline and title I’ve ever seen. Phew! Problem solved! 140
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026My friend does very sweet, very tender gay poems! 032
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Rich people claiming the right to not be perceived accurately has been the engine of so much of modern politics 040
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I like a piece that doesn’t care what you make of it 130
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/03/2026I can't raise a red enough flag for the way states are attacking trans people in this moment. It is extremely bad, and escalating quickly (and relatively quietly) 3172100
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 08/03/2026We're sharing @jaimegill.bsky.social's flash today and celebrating his birthday! 🦝 We love the imaginative structure used, and how tension builds like a movie until that smashing last line. Read and listen to a stunning reading here: trashcatlit.com/this-is-not-... Happy Birthday Jaime 🎂 1/2 1133
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.motherjones.comAt Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP ReportsCamp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. 59792636006
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksNew Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026"the claw machine now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home." Read The Claw Machine by @nadiaborn.com in Issue 40 of #NFFR. Wonderfully weird, beautifully written. newflashfiction.com/the-claw-mac...newflashfiction.comThe claw machine by Nadia Born | Issue #40now offers babies for prizes. limited-edition grow-in-water ones that you can take home. no special instructions. 094
Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Real unforgettable sentence from our president here 211
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksAddison Zeller @addisonzeller.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Up today at Michigan City Review, three stories, courtesy of a true and perennial mensch: Bobby Vanecko mcrb.neocities.org/ThreeStories... 0155
Reposted by Lillie E. FranksNonbinary Themperor @nonbinarythemperor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026As of this morning, it’s literally illegal in Kansas to be be trans and HAVE A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE This is fucking unreal. I’ve been to Kansas & known Kansans. Our trans siblings deserve better and for us to not look away. If this stands, it will one day happen to YOU. 014444