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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This was so much fun. Thanks to the readers and everyone who attended including my deceased patient who I am 100% sure visited us thru the smoke alarm

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks for including me in a wonderful evening, Lisa! And thanks to all the other readers too. Congratulations on a truly gorgeous new collection!

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Honored to be part of this reading celebrating the release of Lisa Thornton’s new chapbook! Join us over Zoom!

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SUBS CLOSE TONIGHT @ MIDNGHT (EST) 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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-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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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Submissions are now 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/

Woman in early 20th century clothing holding sign “votes for Women”

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John Turner @jauntyinnyc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If all goes well, later on today (4:30PM ET) I’ll be streaming live from a propane tank in Vermont. m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru... I was just setting up my soundboard a few minutes ago.

A propane tank next to a yellow house in Vermont. Bright sun & green grass are prominent, with an old truck topper & canoe visible in the background.

A white, painted board leaning against the corner of a yellow house in Vermont.

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A new episode, “Kittenette,” of our companion podcast, pod-ette, just dropped! Host @melaniehoopes.bsky.social chats with Meg Pokrass @megpokrass.bsky.social Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social Cat lovers, this one’s for you! open.spotify.com/episode/6gAx...

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New issue, new podcast, new call for submissions! -ette’s 2026 summer issue features fresh, new work by @aabalaskovits.bsky.social @christophercitro.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/

-ette issue 8 cover page with all 6 writers listed above

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I love that story! Thank you for mentioning him (he’s my late grandfather). He also wrote detective novels under the pen name Leonard Holton, and some YA novels as Christopher Webb

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bsky friends: what are your favorite recs for 24 hrs in London?

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 01/07/2026

as someone who's been away from them internets for a bit... anyone want to post some of their recent publications here? I want to catch up!

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I published a strange love story about an ant variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

variantlit.com

The Peony Ant

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm spending this summer drafting my next nonfiction book: TYPO, coming soon from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series! As part of my research, I'm collecting stories and anecdotes about memorable typos and similar errors from other writers/readers, if you'd like to contribute. More at the link!

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Have a Good Story about Typos? Want to Appear in My Next Book?

Typo, coming from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series in 2027

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Jane French @janefrench.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Holy cow, what a wonderful read!

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"It wasn’t until the ant had settled on one of the veiny spikes of the peony’s leaves that it finally spoke: I know your troubles. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl." Read "The Peony Ant" by @noramaynard.bsky.social from issue 23 variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

variantlit.com

The Peony Ant

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Thanks, Jill! My sofa’s nearly 20 years old but still v comfy!

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Painting on right by Januz Jaworski Photo on left by Haik Kocharian

Photo of living room with art in background

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Issue #66 of Gone Lawn is nearly filled, and we'll be closing submissions on Monday morning, so if you have something we should read then send it to us this weekend! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This is my v. best one from 3rd grade… Knock, knock Who’s there? Dwayne Dwayne who? Dwain the bathtub I’m dwowning!

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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Best Microfiction 2026 is here! We’re so proud to see work by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social and @mattleibel.bsky.social that originally appeared in -ette! Congratulations also to -ette contributors Kathleen McGookey and Devan Murphy!

Front cover of Best Microfiction 2026. Book is sitting on wooden table. Cover illustration shows a line drawing of people sitting in a cafe. Text says Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, series editors, Diane Seuss, guest editor.

Table of contents for collection showing -ette contributors Jose Hernandez Diaz and Matt Leibel

Partial glimpse of opening lines of Matt Leibel’s How to Buy A Snow Globe

Partial glimpse of opening lines of Jose Hernandez Diaz’s The Search

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fiddlehead greens! I grew up in Ontario and my mom used to buy them frozen

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

i must update that i am at a resale bookstore picked up a copy of Dante's Inferno and opened it to this EXACT SAME TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“*You’re funny*, said Beatrice. Her ex-boyfriend was dull and didn’t like to joke. *You’re beautiful*, said the ant. *Like a flower.*” @noramaynard.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

variantlit.com

The Peony Ant

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thank you for reading and for posting, Pat! 🐜❤️

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you for your thoughtful edits, Suzy, and to all the other folks at @variantlit.bsky.social

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I have a new story out, a strange love story, about…an ant. Thank you to @variantlit.bsky.social and to editor @suzyeynon.bsky.social for including me in their gorgeous summer issue! variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

The Peony Ant by Nora Maynard

Beatrice was celebrating her 24th birthday alone, so she bought herself a bunch of peonies at the bodega. Back at her apartment, she arranged them in a glass pitcher she used for lemonade. As she bent to smell the flowered’ fragrance, she noticed an ant. Its glossy body stood sharp against the pink petals, like three dark beads strung on a wire.

Many happy returns of the day, said the ant, tilting its wedge-shaped face towards her.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

your moment of calm: a beautiful spotted ground squirrel eating a cute flower adorably

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Concert for a lovely, warm, rainy May night

Concert program for the Morgan Library presents the junction trio with stage and piano in background

Concert program page showing Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D Major, Hohn Zoen’s Ghosts, and Dvorak’s Piano Trio in F Major

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thanks for this! Just sent some CNF about my Wisconsin family

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Union Square greenmarket in bloom

A weathered wooden crate with plastic buckets containing purple and pink lilacs in the foreground. Crowds of people and red flowers for sale in the middle ground. Nineteenth century New York buildings and blue sky with fluffy white cloud in background

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Went to an amazing performance of Stravinsky’s The Firebird last night at the NYC Ballet. Costumes and sets by Marc Chagall. Here are some of his monster heads 👺👹👿

Glass display case with an assortment of costume monster heads plus black and white photographs of people in costumes

Costume green bird head with red and yellow accents with partial views of a black and white photo of Dan ears in costume and also a Chagall costume sketch. Small placard says “Firebird Monsters, headpieces, 1970, created by Barbara Karinska based on Marc Chagall’s original
designs, New York City Ballet archives

Closeup of monster costume headpiece. Round white face with strands of curly black hair. Stylized eyes, nose and mouth drawn on in red with black accents. Crooked row of teeth created with shell-like pearly pointed beads

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Nora Maynard @noramaynard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“And he loves staying up until dawn, swinging in a hammock made of spiderwebs, listening to the whiskey fairy unwind tales of lost love and forgotten empires” from “The Martini Fairy” I love this story within a story that tells so much

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John Turner @jauntyinnyc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎧 Hello! Spring cleaning, anyone? I’ll be presenting a low-residue Livestream tomorrow - Wednesday, April 15 at 4:30PM NYC time. Be there & clean those gutters out too! m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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johnT in NYC on Mixcloud Live

Broadcast live to your community of fans and tune in direct to creators from every genre

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Will Canoe-Sick @willcanoesick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Cats engaging with astronaut content is an a+ genre

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Here’s my first April 30/30 prompt: “Deconstructed Fable” Write a poem in which every day you receive some fragment of a fable. A red cloak, the huntsman’s ax, a grandmother’s spectacles, etc. Write the poem in such a way that “solving” this fable directs you to return to your childhood home.

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Lillie E. Franks @lilliekoi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

These 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

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Thad DeVassie @thaddevassie.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

sweet fancy moses these fairy tales ... what a delight!

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