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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Now I tell the story to friends like one might share the tale of a lost night in youth,...." Wow, I love this brilliant piece of writing by @suzyeynon.bsky.social in @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @pdforan.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pavane for the saddest bear in the world

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One time when I was in the hospital for a week I wrote a note on my dinner order form asking if I could please have a larger brownie and each time the sent me a progressively smaller brownie while my notes became more pleading and melodramatic

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Paradise Editions @paradiseeditions.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New: Vaucanson's Canard by @geoliminal.bsky.social, a hand-bound pamphlet featuring a story about 18th-century duck automatons, printed on premium French Paper with typography and photomontage by @unpaginated.bsky.social. Get a copy here: paradiseeditions.net/products/vau...

The cover of the pamphlet Vaucanson's Canard

A duotone image of the duck automaton's skeleton

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nooo HunterXHunter is back on hiatus

Cropped screenshot from the newest chapter

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

*ONE MORE WEEK TO SUBMIT!* Subs are open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I went to a meeting today. After the meeting someone emailed a bunch of obviously AI-generated questions of the facilitator. The facilitator presented a bunch of AI-generated answers. Is this what we're doing now?

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ballet teacher shared some heavy stuff tonight, leading to a group hug where they left me a gap. I stepped into the gap belatedly and put one hand on someone's backpack & one hand on some guy's face. Just pressed my hand to his face for the duration of the hug as if that's how humans do hugs

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

For poets (and their unpublished ace poems) who might be at a loose end on a Sunday night...!

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm the Guest Poetry Editor for the October issue of The Madrid Review. Subs are now open and I look forward to reading your poems...! themadridreview.substack.com/p/submission...

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Submissions for the October edition are open!

Please spread the message far and wide and we'd love to read your work from wherever you are in the world!

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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Tracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Take a Break (one of the bigger magazines) is replacing all of its short story writers with AI. Easy to dismiss a throwaway lifestyle magazine but this is a canary in a very dangerous coalmine.

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“The Sky Is Falling” Dogs look up in wonder while everyone else looks down at their phones in this timely micro by @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/o...

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Caitlin O’Halloran | -ette-review

Caitlin O’Halloran in -ette-review Issue 8: Summer 2026

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Jellyfish and foam on the beach today

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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I have a new flash in the gorgeous @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛ Loved playing around with the imperative voice for this one. @keychild.bsky.social has been a delight to deal with, too. Send them something bejewelled and dark and bewitching. 🖤 crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...

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Hellcat, They Call You—James Montgomery

Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger; how the skin has tightened to the skull, its frame as slight as a sparrow’s. Continue reading&…

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 29/07/2026

Nautical horror and god-body horror are rich genres and this is my love letter to them all. It’s a furious rebellion against deathlessness, against the urge to sacrifice other lives to extend your own in all the ways we do that. I’m proud of the book. It’s weird, fully on its own terms & grim fun

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Did not expect this Taiwanese pineapple cake to have modernist poetry on the back (But also a poem about everything being fat)

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The Hooghly Review @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Our next regular issue is closer than it appears. Submissions for Issue 5 open August 1. Check the guidelines and get your files ready. We can't wait to see your work! thehooghlyreview.com/submission-c...

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Kool-Aid Man bursting through wall: where's the goddamn amontillado, Montresor

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Die Farbe Blau @einschwarzesmeer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hab neue kleine Freunde.

Das Bild ist in Schwarz-Weiß gehalten und zeigt eine getigerte Katze, die auf einem gepflasterten Weg sitzt. Die Katze ist in der Mitte des Bildes platziert, leicht nach links versetzt. Ihr Fell ist hell mit dunkleren Streifen und sie blickt nach links aus dem Bild heraus. Ihr Schwanz ist um ihre Pfoten geschlungen. Hinter der Katze befindet sich eine dichte Hecke aus Lavendel.

Das Bild zeigt einen langen, schmalen Stallgang, der im Freien endet. Die Perspektive ist von einem Ende des Ganges aus aufgenommen, und der Gang erstreckt sich in die Tiefe des Bildes. Die Beleuchtung ist weich und scheint hauptsächlich von der Öffnung am Ende des Ganges und von der Decke zu kommen, wo Holzbalken und einige Leuchtstoffröhren sichtbar sind. An den Wänden des Ganges sind einige Details erkennbar. Die Wände selbst bestehen aus rauem Putz, der stellenweise Risse aufweist. An der linken Wand ist ein kleiner Wasserhahn angebracht. An der rechten Wand hängen Zaumzeuge und Halfter, die zu Pferden gehören, und es gibt mehrere Fenster oder Durchbrüche. Im Gang steht ein Hahn auf dem Boden und blickt nach links. Schwarz-weiß Aufnahme.

Das Bild ist eine Nahaufnahme in Graustufen, die einen ungewöhnlichen Nistplatz für einen Vogel zeigt. Eine kleine Schwalbe sitzt in einem Nest, das aus Zweigen und Gras gebaut ist. Das Nest wurde auf einer Deckenlampe gebaut, deren Glühbirne hell leuchtet und den Bereich darunter beleuchtet. Einige dünne Ranken des Nests hängen herab. Die kleine Schwalbe sitzt in einem Innenraum eines Stalls mit Holzbalken und einer Holzdecke.

Das Bild ist eine Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahme eines kleinen Hahns, der in der Sonne auf einem hellen, sandigen oder kiesigen Untergrund steht. Der Hahn befindet sich im unteren rechten Viertel, leicht zur Mitte gedreht und mit seinem Kopf nach links gewandt. Im Hintergrund ist eine rustikale Holzwand zu sehen, die aus vertikalen Brettern besteht und durch einige horizontale Elemente unterbrochen wird. Weiter hinten im Bild, ebenfalls angrenzend an die Holzwand, befindet sich ein großer, runder Metallbehälter, aus dem üppiges, grünes Blattwerk herauswächst. Links davon ist ein Teil eines Gebäudes mit einer steinernen Ziegelwand und einem dunklen Fenster zu erkennen. Rechts im Bild verläuft ein Holzgeländer.

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Tapetenvogel @tapetenvogel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

»Manchmal sprach ich von diesem Erstaunen, da aber niemand es zu teilen, ja nicht einmal zu verstehen schien (so besteht das Leben aus kleinen Einsamkeiten), vergaß ich es wieder.« — Roland Barthes, Die helle Kammer (Ü: Dietrich Leube)

Luzernenblüten zwischen welkem Gras. Links oben fliegt ein Sechsfleckwidderchen aus dem Bild: nur die rot leuchtenden Hinterflügel und der metallischblau-schwarz gestreifte Hinterleib sind zu sehen.

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fables & Pages Bookstore A Fantasy Bookstore coming to Ottawa, Canada Women + Queer Owned is seeking funding to start a brick and mortar bookstore www.kickstarter.com/projects/fab...

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Fables & Pages Bookstore

A Home for Readers, Dreamers, & Adventurers. Where Everyday Life Finds Magic.

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Fun Book Person @alexmiller77.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hey! Colorado Review interviewed me about my story in their summer issue. Find out what I think about 90s-era Christian rock music, teenage loneliness, and "the experience of falling wildly in love" coloradoreview.colostate.edu/2026/07/a-co...

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A Conversation with Alex Miller - Center for Literary Publishing | Colorado State University

Alex Miller discusses his story “We Who Sleep in the Dust of the Earth,” featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Colorado Review, with Assistant Managing Editor Abi Nelson. Alex Miller is a novelist and ...

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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Book mail from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. Busca Eclipse loves zines.

Tuxedo cat on a pillow with a cloud pillowcase, with King Ludd's Rag and Submarines by Mike A Andrelcyzk from Malarkey Books and other zines on a blue blanket on a bed.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today (July 25) is the last day that Kaleidotrope will be open to fiction and poetry submissions until October. Don't miss out! kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🪳“The bugs are active at night the Paul Meadows fucking phone I said palmettos and they're just Florida cockroaches anyway.” 🪳 if you’re going to Nana’s, here’s what you need to know. new from @parkeriswriting.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...

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Your Mother’s Speech-to-Text Instructions for Visiting Nana

by Parker M. O'Neill Listen I'm making soup right now so I'll be quick if you’re really hellbent on visiting Nana you should know there's Mold all through her house water damage hairy black fungus on...

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We reopened to subs after a very long hiatus on June 18th. Here are our June stats for the partial month: 407 received 6 accepted 1.47% acceptance rate We're open. Free sub option always. We pay $30/piece. 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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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I usually don't crosspost but a critic described my chapbook as a promising debut & one of "the year's best" in the Times Literary Supplement, THE TLS damn it 👯‍♀️

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Stephen Tuffin @stephentuffin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hello loves! The Squat Pen Rest Short Story Championships of the World is back. Six writers will read their work to an appreciative audience this November. To be in with a chance of being one of the Magnificent Six, click on the link and send your stories. t.ly/D0B1J and please share far and wide. 😀

The Squat Pen Rests Writing Competition image

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is your SEVEN day warning!!! This is NOT a drill! And be aware of the deadline time! You need to get your entries in by 3PM on the 30th June - i.e. the deadline is NOT midnight!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"What Eynon offers here is a quiet Arizona, one that exists outside its expected performance, where place is experienced through daily life, and where meaning accumulates in small, nearly invisible ways."

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Coming hot on the heels of the news that the Commonwealth Writers Prize gave an award to an AI-written story…

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tits andronicus @tambourine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

the thing about this is partly that it’s such a massive own goal for Granta — they didn’t select the stories, all they needed to say was that they were urgently discussing the issue with the commonwealth short story prize. but saying that they put it in claude, claude said it was AI??? what???

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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Reading a Faulkner short story furiously at a person, as one does

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Mao and the Sparrows @maoandthesparrows.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The beauty that follows freezing rain.

Tree branch tips glistening with the delicate ice that followed a day of freezing rain.

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Submission Open! We would like your poetry for our official launch at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair 06/26, and beyond! Send your mini/micro chaps! See our guidelines at, sider0xylon.carrd.co#submit

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This is a great interview with a great author about a great book. Take note: Ask Suzy about her cats!!

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GreasyGoat.bsky.social @greasygoat.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

@malarkeybooks.bsky.social has some sweet deals on some amazing books. Ya Weenies just need to buy them asap

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David James Poissant @djpoissant.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning: www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/