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Nicholas Claro

@nicholas-claro.bsky.social
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Author of THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE (Roadside Press, 2025) • WSU MFA • Fiction Reader for Write or Die • Editor • Teacher • Wichita, KS

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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Anna asks the best questions. And huge a huge thank-you to @xraylitmag.bsky.social for putting this out!
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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Beckett does this thing with his lips when he wants to say something. Pushes them to one side, holds them there. His mother does this too. Usually when she is about to say something I don’t want to hear." "You Deserve This" by @nicholas-claro.bsky.social in issue 22 variantlit.com/you-deserve-...
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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Have you read "You Deserve This" by @nicholas-claro.bsky.social from the latest issue of Variant? Read this story about a powerful moment between a father and son variantlit.com/you-deserve-...
Excerpt from the story "You Deserve This" by Nicholas Claro:

"Beckett’s eyes are deep green. Like his mother’s, a deep jade. It doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but in the initial months after his mother and I separated, there were times I’d notice a physical feature they share—primarily their eyes—and find myself resenting him, resenting the resemblance."
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Loved your story so much, Dawn. Thanks so much for trusting me with your work!
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“The redhead had laughed because everyone else was laughing, but he also scanned the cafeteria, hoping David wasn’t in earshot.” Dawn’s story really jumped out at me. I love her writing and this story so much. Give this a read!
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 21/01/2026
This week's fiction is "Just Another Saturday Night" by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, selected by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/just...
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 14/01/2026
This week's featured fiction is an excerpt from THE MORGUE KEEPER by Ruyan Meng, selected by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I love Lauren’s work and I am so thrilled to share this everyone!
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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
He looked at the dead dog, Cherry. She was off the road, on a pile of leaves that were composting against the fence. She was stretched out, mouth open. There was nothing wrong with her, except she was dead. Every story @glennorgias.bsky.social writes is a stunner... @necessaryfiction.com
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“The responsibility of the dog had fallen to the man even though he’d never asked for, nor wanted, a dog. Because the last thing he wanted was more responsibility when he felt daunted by responsibility.” I loved Glenn’s story from the first amazing sentence to the last. Give this one a read!
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“But Denis felt he knew even less about Liz than when they’d first met. He couldn’t recall where they’d met, either. What the circumstances were or if there was ever any talk about an elusive destiny?” Loved this story by Patrick Dacey!
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 10/12/2025
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Hunter's Depressed" by Patrick Dacey. necessaryfiction.com/stories/hunt...
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Loved this story and was so pumped to publish @brettbbl.bsky.social !!!
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 26/11/2025
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "I Can Show You Baby" by Sophie Hoss. necessaryfiction.com/stories/i-ca...
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This piece by @madelineanthes.bsky.social is so, so good.
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Man, this piece jumped right out to me while reading submissions for @necessaryfiction.com Give this short, devastating piece a read!
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Kim Weldin @kimhartweldin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thanks @turnandwork.com for including my short story “Acts of Service” on their short list! ☺️@necessaryfiction.com @nicholas-claro.bsky.social
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 06/11/2025
If you're in our area, NF fiction editor @bookbent.bsky.social will be coming to town next week for an event.
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Love this story and it was amazing to work with you, Kim!
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 05/11/2025
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by @kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 26/06/2025
Submissions are open until July 20 for guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social to select some stories for fall.
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 18/06/2025
From June 21 until July 20, @nicholas-claro.bsky.social‬ will be selecting some stories for us to publish in fall. We look forward to reading what he discovers! Guidelines will be visible here when submissions open on Saturday:
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals and help readers find awesome books. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Me? I have a creepy tale about friendship, vengeance, old gods, and monsters from the deep. “Stunningly visceral.” — NYT www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This was my first ever flash CNF piece (!), and I was really, really hoping you all would pick it up at Hobart. I remember trying to nail the voice here. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, my dude!
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Southern Review of Books @southrevbooks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hey hi hello, we’re happy to be here with y’all! We’re ready to keep highlighting the diversity of our region and fighting for a better South.
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Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Exciting news over here today!!!
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
You know what would make great lunch-break reading? Split Lip's brand new NOVEMBER ISSUE! buff.ly/2Z36noR
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Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist. We publish online monthly and in print. Poetry, fiction, memoir, flash, reviews, interviews, art.
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Whiskey Tit Press @whiskeytit.com · 16/11/2024
"This is the netherworld of the uncanny, and I think it’s definitive of the moment we’re living in now, where the past both promises and threatens to return, while the future always seems just out of reach, or else it seems like it’s already arrived and somehow we’ve missed it."
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HAD @havehashad.com · 23/02/2024
a perfect little gut punch of beauty and ache today from Troy James Weaver "She tossed her coat over the lamp, staining the room black, and fell to the floor. She patted her small dog, who found her there, while her voicemails played." www.havehashad.com/kgmx0
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Be Nice, You Never Know What Other People Are Going Through by Troy James Weaver
She tossed her coat over the lamp, staining the room black, and fell to the floor. She patted her small dog, who found her there, while her voicemails played. “Hey girl, it’s Courtney. Can’t wait to…
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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Read the latest short story published in Write or Die Magazine! This piece by Cerissa DiValentino is an absolute stunner. writeordiemag.com/fiction/safe...
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Safe Distance — Write or Die Magazine
It’s the end of July and this place is something like the beach. A glacial lake owned by the state with enough sand to convince Marina that this is salt water and there are fish waiting at the bottom....
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