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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Extra credit for anyone who has been an adjunct professor, or who has read Finnegan's Wake all the way through. Respect.

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The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

“Loud, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with paychecks low! Here Comes Everybody.” From “Finnegans Wake Forest,” a Wit Tea humor piece by Mark Abdon. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/finn...

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Finnegans Wake Forest - The Offing

Wit Tea - The Offing Magazine

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This one goes out to all the teachers-turned-sleuths using six different AI Detection sites while comparing writing samples from earlier in the semester... Loads of gratitude to @porcupinelit.bsky.social for giving this one a home! www.porcupineliterary.com/post/under-t...

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“Under the Gun”

Mark Abdon hails from Indianapolis, Indiana where he teaches Creative Writing at Indiana Wesleyan University. His stories are popping up in places like The Pinch Journal, Catamaran, X-R-A-Y, Chautauqu...

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

About to hit my 3-year anniversary of when I started submitting stories out into the world. I secretly love the process. My "Dream Publication" list sure has changed! I think I started with the typical 'whatever is most prestigious.' What's your Top 5? Mine's below, with a one-word (explanation)

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New Source of Joy: When a lit mag that previously published YOU now publishes one of your STUDENTS! Now doubly grateful to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social, @socalwritergirl.bsky.social, and Juliet Way-Henthorne!

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Late gratitude post to @porcupinelit.bsky.social, @theoffingmag.bsky.social, @thirdcoastmagazine.com, and Red Rock Review for some good news in December! RIP: my 10-month rejection streak I had going. My wife could have made a person in that window. I, by contrast, made a stack of 100 rejections.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Alright #writers, #writing, #litmags – I'm about to set up the Submittable account for our university lit mag. Advice for a total newbie as we get this thing up and running?

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

New teaching gig comes with free cookies at every department meeting 💪 But also comes with an 80 minute commute. Each way. So who has a great podcast about writing they'd like to recommend? Could cover any aspect of writing!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New bio to share: Bethany Jarmul. We'd love to have you with us in January. Registration is free via the link in the next post (so as to avoid suppression of this one!) @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social @nancyhuggett.bsky.social Shares welcome

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A graphic that reads: About the Poets, Bethany Jarmul. Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer, poet, writing coach, and workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection, Lightning Is a Mother and a memoir, Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines including Rattle, Brevity, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net. Connect with her at bethanyjarmul.com or on social media: @BethanyJarmul. Further text reads: Hear Bethany share selected poems on Motherhood, faith, and caregiving over zoom January 11, 7pm EST - Free.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Heartened to find this thoughtful piece by the editor of Christianity Today on the danger of deportation without due process.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"In the bathroom you blushed at the backsides of bawdy dames. Who were those people, black-and-white and glamorous? Maybe they’re bent on revenge, like ghosts (all that remains of young lives, now parody, glued to the stalls)." RIP, Buca.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"There was the unpredictable ember of anger he set alight in me that heated everything I did in the weeks and months and, yes, even the years after I had to learn to be without him." Whew! This one takes quite a turn before the end! New @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

"But she’s the one who doesn’t understand. Lila smells like vanilla and limes. She has one blue eye and one brown eye... She sings when it’s raining out and makes me want to sing too." Great prose moment from "Stupid Girl", @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social. Read the rest!

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

"When we tore the strawberry pink ribbons off our white teddy bears’ necks, it was not about the ribbons. It was our response to the terror of gentleness and elegance..." Clever new @noraraywrites.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social. (Side note - glad you're a writer, not an icthyologist)

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I hear you're supposed to pay taxes in March. But this month, I'm already indebted to @catamaranlit.bsky.social, @moonparkreview.bsky.social, and now Fourth River: www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...

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I Was Asleep When the Golden Opportunity Arose — The Fourth River

By Mark Abdon

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"The garden seemed a lovely little oasis, a calm and quiet respite from the hubbub, from the onslaught of human activity that is the city." New @k-a-polzin.bsky.social in the stunning Garden Issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social. Fun to overlap here AND in @moonparkreview.bsky.social this month 🤷‍♂️

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

In our Special Garden Issue, explore lush literary works with settings that span public gardens, imaginary gardens, themes of flowers, plants, and the organic world, alongside visual artwork from landscape & still life paintings to abstraction and realism. catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"Until I slip, and they scowl, and my tongue stumbles, and my brain struggles to recalibrate, and my heart sighs. I give them space." Wonderfully tender piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in the new @moonparkreview.bsky.social.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"I quote her to whoever is with me. I plant myself more deeply when others slip away. I keep hoping it’s still possible to win." Love this piece ("My Grandma Taught Me Never To Leave Until It’s Over") by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social in this new @moonparkreview.bsky.social issue!

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Bethany Jarmul @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Missing out on AWP? Want to meet some new writer friends? Join me (and other awesome writers & poets) for some chill hangouts! Register (for free) for one or both: March 26th HANGOUT: shorturl.at/UISIF March 28th HANGOUT: shorturl.at/zXRBP

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Whale Road Review @whaleroadreview.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“Tomorrow will bring a different mess,” writes Maria Koors in “The Optimist’s Almanac.” As I’ve prepared this Spring 2025 issue, I’ve been thinking about the messes that continue to pile up, both personal and shared. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-38-spr...

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

"Thy will be done on this earth where we've exploded the mountain tops..." After much debate, I've landed on my favorite from @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social's elj-editions.com/lighting-is-... from @emergejournal.bsky.social. Your bookshelf is begging for these snapshots of Appalachia and motherhood.

Cover of poet Bethany Jarmul's new collection, Lightning is a Mother from Emerge Literary Journal.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Anyone else in need of a small dose of hope? My gratitude to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving this flash piece a home!

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"Was my mother as tired before I arrived? Was my father still brave then—did he trust his own voice? Was my sister filled with insecurity, or was it me that did that to them?" Great nostalgia-with-a-twist miCRo up today from @thorntonforreal.bsky.social over at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Doesn't everyone need something to get them through the grayscale of February? Then Pre-ordering is really just proactively practicing good mental health. Do it and thank yourself later.

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Mark Abdon @markabdonwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hello! Testing the waters to see if the skies are truly bluest here. Say hey, befriend me, etc. I'm nice! “Farm Hands” in X-R-A-Y xraylitmag.com/farm-hands-b... “Airport Barn Swallows” in Gone Lawn gonelawn.net/journal/issu... “Two-Party System” in Maudlin House maudlinhouse.net/two-party-sy...

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