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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh my, thank you bringing this to the world's attention. I've never met anyone that played this. The ending broke me. I kept on playing, climbing the Balue's Tower hoping something would be positive resolved...it wasn't

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Joan Dempsey @joandempsey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm delighted to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Page One Prize, selected from 777 international entries. Please visit the website to celebrate the winners, notables, and honorable mentions and read their winning entries. Congratulations, everyone! gutsygreatnovelist.com/page-one-pri...

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I used a thesaurus to find a word other than "honoured" or "delighted" (yes, I energetically use a thesaurus). I landed upon the following. I am exultant to be published in JMWW. What a journal. Some of the best lit fic. And now I'm there. Thank you @jmwwjournal.bsky.social

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"I Watch Whales Fall", by me, Michael Diaz, now published and available to purchase via the wonderful @indianareview Gold Whale Fall. Troubled Siblings. Mummy/Daddy Issues. Deep Sea Stations. #writingcommunity #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"Billy Birch" by me. To be published 11 Feb 26 in the outstanding @jmwwjournal.bsky.social Fire. Memory. Pain. Bodies changed. In a journal that’s carried work by George Saunders, Roxane Gay, Denis Johnson & Joy Williams #writingcommunity #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #promosky #booksky

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Congrats! I would love to find out how you managed that, would you mind sharing/DMing me? I've tried to navigate the commission/submission routes but haven't quite worked out radio 4 yet!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It's a very reputable lit mag, the university has done well to make it so successful!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Read my latest short story in the Indiana Review, and find gold whales and fractured siblings: "An agent of inaction, an observer of the slow-falling rot. That is what I do; I watch whales fall." Buy it here: tinyurl.com/2c4v5n24 #writingcommunity #authors #writers #litfic #promosky #booksky

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Waiting for the physical print to arrive, here's me, and here's the apt cover of the @indianareview. My story, I Watch Whales Fall, is the first in the magazine. In it, you'll find sisters, mothers, and gold whales. #writingcommunity #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Here I am, published in Moonday Mag, the wonderfully raw LA based art & lit magazine. In this short story: heads in buckets, hangovers, and slugs (in no particular order). Hands together, because @moondaymag was just awarded an Annual Best Lit Mag Award via @chillsubs.bsky.social #writingcommunity

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Solus 🤔 Not sure it gives a strong sense of the book

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The physical manifestation of historical repression on an island community - gothic literary horror

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Done! I’m in talks with the agent about the title, hence the question

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Thanks Elle! I was quite into long sprawling literary titles, but the feedback I keep getting is preference for single word titles.

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

1st draft down of my literary speculative fiction novel - now I’m rethinking the titles. Thoughts. Single word titles, or multi-word titles?! #writingcommunity #horrorwriterschat #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky📚💙

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The door sliced her in half. He couldn’t speak, trembling deeply. Her face, the waxing half, caught every inimical shadow. Even the pores across her nose looked moon-like. And her lace front dress, yellowed frayed edges, reaching. “You look well, Mum,” he said. #WriteCBC @cbcreative.bsky.social

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Oxford Flash Fiction Prize @oxfordflashfiction.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025 is now open! One story. 1,000 words. One shot at glory. This year, we’re going big: one annual competition to celebrate the best in flash fiction. Enter now! 👉 oxfordflashfictionprize.com #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #OxfordFlashFictionPrize

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The publishing world has been kind. You can find my latest/upcoming publications, awards/accolades, and there might even be a novel on the way. Get ready, the absurd is coming: michaelediaz.com #writingcommunity #horrorwriterschat #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky📚💙

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I've been absent (sue me). I've been a busy bunny- novel course with @cbcreative.bsky.social, shortlisted by @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, confidentially a finalist at a lit mag in New York & a publication forthcoming in Indiana. Social media? Pa! #authors #writers #litfic #booksky #promosky

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Gore is one way. But I’d argue you can have gore without horror. So don’t lean on gore to provide horror- it won’t work. Horror is…horrifying. It’s often existential, its loss of control, over our bodies, life, mind, the world, the cosmos. The terrifying things that we have little control over.

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

MISSION SUBMIT UPDATE-to the Krouse/Brecht top 200 in 2025. 57 rejections, 41 currently submitted, 5 placed (shortlist/accolades), 3 published & 1 positive-pending. Publish + Place rate of 1 in 7.13, & Publish Rate of 1 in 19, predicted 9 more pubs- all in top 118 #writingcommunity #litfic 📚💙

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Going shockingly well thank you! Novel in the wings, and short stories coming. Might make a career out of this yet 🤔

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

@eliarieh.bsky.social wanted to say hi! I think you must have read my first chapter as part of the Retreat West competition a while back, my (now very different book) Splinters From Boxes. Thanks for taking the time to do that.

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Submissions update: Mission submit to the Krouse/Brecht top 200 in 2024. So far, 50 rejections, 31 currently submitted, 5 placed (shortlist/accolades), 2 published & 2 positive-pending. Publish + Place rate of 1 in 7.14, and a publish rate of 1 in 25, all in top 120 #writingcommunity #litfic 📚💙

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

ps. if you've made it through too, let's connect!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

My short story Dog Toothed is a quarterfinalist in the ghastly Killer Shorts competition. Let's all howl in celebration. Careful, it bites. #writingcommunity #horrorwriterschat #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky📚💙michaelediaz.com

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Congrats! I've just found out I've placed too. Good luck!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Would have loved to have read it, doesn’t appear to be in your feed?

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The smell of sour bodies hit Christie like a tepid slap. Their breathing hidden, moved only by the gasping door, signalled the scarce greeting. Placing her bag down, it stuck to the flytrap floor that had claimed magazines, pizza boxes and a buzzing Nokia 3310. @cbcreative.bsky.social #WriteCBC

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Thanks David. Writing is definitely persistence!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Mission submission: targeting the top 100 lit mags this year, top to bottom. So far 12 rejections, 2 from the top 20, giving praise & requesting more work. 8 standard rejections, & 2 top-tier rejections. #writingcommunity #authors #writers #litfic #queerwriters #lgbtq #promosky #booksky📚💙

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Dog Heaven, Stephanie Vaughan; Playing with Dynamite, John Updike; Roy Spivey-or-Metal Bowel, Miranda July; Barn Burning, Haruki Murakami; And Only I Remain, Michael E. Diaz (me!)

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The wonderfully indie & beautifully crafted @moondaymag will be publishing one of my short stories based on a recurring nightmare I had as a child. The image is a hint. You'll see. #writersofinstagram #writer #writerscommunity #author #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #authorscommunity #queer #lgbtq

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I agree! It’s a beautifully crafted meander through a characters motions, thoughts and emotions. A whole short story can be about drinking a cup of tea - but means so much more!

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Tell me what Orbital is like. I’m yet to read it

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Congrats. Can’t imagine what that would have been like

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Michael E. Diaz @michaeldiazauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Try Bury Your Gays, Other Terrors, & Queer life, Queer Love - I can’t remember about POV or gender, but I’m sure they will do

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