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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The old Buick LeSabre ticks and cools around us. Everything we own is packed inside it—three black trash bags full of clothes, a blanket that smells like home, and a cardboard box Mama won't let me touch. Dig "Safe Enough" by @tracieadams.bsky.social: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/safe-enough....

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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Many thanks to the editors of @thirtywestph.com for nominating my flash fiction piece The Teeth And Cloth Festival for The Best Of The Net. So thrilled to be included alongside such contributors and congratulations to all. A bit more about it here: substack.com/@shomedasgup... 💛

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The Best Of The Net Nomination For The Teeth And Cloth Festival

Thank you, Afterimages

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If this novel isn’t finished by January 2027, here is the reason.

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am still thinking about this leaf I found at a place where fall exists.

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Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you are in the Phoenix area and are looking for something to do Friday night, come to Changing Hands for Storyline's Story Slam where eight of us will be telling a six minute story about second chances. changinghands.com/event/2026-0...

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The Storyline Slam: "Second Chances"

Changing Hands Bookstore is Arizona's leading independent bookstore, serving Phoenix and Tempe since 1974. Shop books, unique gifts, and 300+ annual events.

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"A body is just a house of passing hours." This gorgeousness by @susanlleary.bsky.social.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"I shove the earbuds in and Blaze Foley’s 'If I Could Only Fly' almost helps me forget my trash bag-cardboard-box-life...." Big love for this amazing piece (the voice!) by @tracieadams.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/safe-enough....

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Safe Enough

Safe Enough by Tracie Adams Author’s Note: This story is part of a collection I’m currently writing called Stories from the Lighthouse Motel. The narrator is a teenager on the run with her mother...

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wrote a book of poetry! It’s called DEATH DOMESTIC, coming soon from @altcurrent.bsky.social. Really looking forward to working with Leah on this.

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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Say—here are about 78 literary journals opening for submissions in October. Some are open now or will close soon in September or October. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative. These should be no-fee. There are more resources out there, too. Wish y’all well, friends.

Paris Review
Electric Literature
Quarterly West
Writers Space Africa
Reading Into Culture
Hoot Review
Petrichor
Encyclopedia Prismatica
128 Lit
Diamond Gazette
Brick
WayWords
The Gilded Weathervane
Shadowplay
Fiction
Amsterdam Review
Poet Lore
Room
Oakwood
Southern Quill
45th Paralelle
Apotheca Journal
MicroLit
Weird Lit
Gravity Of The Thing
Nimrod
Superpresent
Ink In Thirds
Beloit Poetry
Unbound Ink
New World Writing
Folio
Plume
The Shore
Banshee
Tractor Beam
SmokeLong Quarterly
Rome Review
Patrika Aranyak
Gyroscope Review
Letters
Forge
Two Hawks Quarterly
Seaside Gothic
The Rumpus
Westchester Review
Thieving Magpie
Kitchen Table Quarterly
Salamander
New Feathers Anthology
Shift
Portland Review
Barcelona Review
The Razor
Clockhouse
Tahoma Literary Review
Clackamas Literary
Gooseberry Pie
The Drift
Wigleaf
Craft
Pithead Chapel
Doric Literary
Reed Magazine
Harpur Palate
Trace Fossils Review
Ninth Letter
Black Fox
Redivider
The Meadow
Puerto Del Sol
Lolwe
Split Lip
Beaver Magazine
Lunch Ticket
Saw Palm
Bat City Review
Crab Creek Review

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🍂 Let's fall into the cozy season with our new SEPTEMBER ISSUE 🍂 buff.ly/JmXKHQ1 All the love to our Contributors⬇️ WORDS: Sarah Chin, Alice Markham-Cantor, Chen Chen, & Lisa K. Harris ART: Joe Karlovec PLUS: Jood AlThukair interviews leena aboutaleb

Cover art for Split Lip Magazine's September 2026 issue by Joe Karlovec featuring a section of his “Eviction Notice.” Jacquard textile, 5-part installation, 78″ x 104″, 2020.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“I heard songs about beginnings and endings. Songs about never and ever. About possibility. I heard my Dad singing The Four Freshmen’s ‘Their Hearts Were Full of Spring.’” I always love the dreamlike quality to @pdforan.bsky.social’s proses.

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tomorrow night y'all. Send us a message for the link and password. Don't be a 🔳. @thedrevlow.bsky.social @jdclappwrites.bsky.social @vanwinkle.bsky.social

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Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My fiction collection American Literature 101: Stories was accepted for publication at Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point). See my Substack post for more: jacquelinedoyle2.substack.com/p/my-fiction...

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My fiction collection AMERICAN LITERATURE 101: STORIES will be published by Cornerstone Press

Who could have guessed I’d have two books so late in my career?

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"The rascal got ahold of me, and for one foolish year, I was lost, far off my noggin in love." I love the voice in this awesome @melostrom.bsky.social flash!

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Writers on retreat! With @kelliborges2.bsky.social and @windylynnharris.bsky.social and found books by a lot of flash writers here!

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you so much, @bluestemmag.bsky.social!❤️

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Like a close friend, some parts of him remained unknowable, unreachable, even after spending 15 years together." Love this by @suzyeynon.bsky.social

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Jasmine decides discovery isn’t so great. One morning, she gazes in the mirror. Her hair is flattened on one side and stands in frizzy puffs on the other. A good look for getting lost. She leaves it." So many great, killer lines in Lost Girls by @melostrom.bsky.social. Love it!

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

he got him. he finally fucking got him

real-life coyote and roadrunner encounter captured in southern california

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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop what you’re doing and read this.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hey friends, there's a new journal in town, called The Menu, and I'm in their debut issue alongside some greats! Wouild love for you to read my weird micro and the whole issue. 💙 www.durtybeanz.com/kathy-fish

Distressed photographic image of a man in jeans and jacket seated on a chair holding a book up to his face. Text reads: Kathy Fish, and underneath it, "No Heft."

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Big love for this brilliant collection by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social 🎉💙🎉

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Okay this coyote has visited everyday. I wonder if he’s looking for a copy of my book?

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thedrevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Please help me spread the word:

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Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you are in or around the Phoenix area, I'm leading a workshop next month at the Piper Center at ASU and I'm *THRILLED* so please sign up and hang out -- we will have a good time! piper.asu.edu/classes

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Classes | Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Starting the week with some good vibes. 🫶 Contributor @sabrinahicks.bsky.social's book COYOTE GIRL was recommended by @luannecastle.bsky.social! 😍 buff.ly/42FpPZc

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

5 years ago this collection was published by the amazing @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. These stories took decades to write, and is my core of my heart. Always indebted (with great love) to the best editor around @vanwinkle.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.amazon.com/Wind-Swirls-...

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The Wind, It Swirls

The Wind, It Swirls [Crawley, Dan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Wind, It Swirls

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“It’s much easier and more pleasant to look forward rather than back.” Gorgeousness by @anniejowrites.bsky.social

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

☀️ We are officially BACK from break, fam! ☀️ Tip Jar Submissions are open, and we're so excited to share our SEPTEMBER ISSUE with you next month. 💕

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“I tend to view my family as like this sacred vault that I leave alone when it comes to my fiction. But past friendships or relationships or jobs or travels or strangers I shared a train ride with or chatted with at the grocery store are all fair game.” Same! ❤️ this by @anniejowrites.bsky.social

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My micro “The Space Between” is up at @switchmicromag.bsky.social. Many thanks to the editors for giving it a home! This one began in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop.

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Microfiction, 2026 & 2025 | Switch

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

For the final leg of my indie marketing tour I’ll be tracking down every free little library in Arizona to deposit the remainders of my book, so it may rest with the scorpions and the James Patterson‘s of the world.

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Do yourself a huge favorite and listen to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social speak about writing and regionalism! His eloquence translates across both writing and speaking. I’m gong to start calling him Mr. Arizona. 🌵😍

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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I am here to say that this is one of THE best collection of short stories that’s come down the pike in a long time! @sabrinahicks.bsky.social strikes words together and creates 🔥. Get yourself a copy, and send one to a friend. It’s that good!

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This one stings. Thanks to Jeff/Stanchion for putting out so much great weird beautiful writing, and supporting writers and books/magazines. This is how it goes in our weird little world. It's a bummer but also time to say thanks and celebrate all Jeff and Stanchion accomplished.

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“I want Artemis for my spirit, but she is aloof. She is all strength and stoicism where I am soft flesh and zero willpower. Artemis is like man to me. Like Hemingway.” Love these moments @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social captures here.

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

And do try & read 'Coyote Girl' if you can! No AI will ever be able to write like this.

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Northern Arizona, friends! THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, is back in stock at Bookmans Flagstaff!

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I love what @sabrinahicks.bsky.social is saying here: The very act of writing is a willingness to exam all the tender spots of being alive. It requires an amount of bravery, self-sacrifice, that is only admirable coming from, as Mary Oliver reminds us, “the soft animal of your body”.

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“…to examine all the tender spots of being alive.” This wonderful interview with @sabrinahicks.bsky.social! 💙📚

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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Auraist was kind enough to interview me about my debut collection, “Coyote Girl,” which they chose as Best Book of the Month. If you want to read about how much I hate AI or some of my stylistic choices, then read below! open.substack.com/pub/auraist/...

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'Maybe don’t become a writer if you need to rely on AI.'

Sabrina Hicks answers our questions on prose style and AI writing

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