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shome dasgupta

@shomedasgupta.bsky.social
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Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Frog and Toad sat and watched their kite. It seemed to be flying way up at the top of the sky.
Frog and Toad sit on a bluff at the edge of the meadow, watching their kite soar high above.

From "The Kite"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Morning. 🖼️ Okuhara Seiko
Bluebird on a branch, autumn, painting.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flowering Plants in Autumn, Ogata Kōrin, C18th.
Painting of panel of flowers - white, yellow, pink, grasses.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🖼️ Elsa Beskow
Little squirrel family carrying provisions to a tree hollow nest, watched by fairies, oak tree in autumn leaf, illustration.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Morning. Waxwings in Juniper, Kent Ambler.
Five waxwings in juniper bush, pale green background, woodcut.
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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Had such a blast at the Six Bridges Book Festival, and it was so surreal to have the actor Judge Reinhold show up out of the blue to surprise me with a Fast Times at Ridgemont High t-shirt! Still can’t believe that happened!
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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We want to spend our chilly autumn mornings sipping a warm beverage and reading your words. Make it so! 🍁👩‍💻 jmww.submittable.com/submit
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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · 16h
I had so much fun talking with @ljabouttown.bsky.social! LJ is an amazing interviewer and was patient with my nervous speech habits/knew how to draw the story out and made me so comfy. We laughed, maybe we cried too? but you can't see our faces.
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"If I were reviewing last summer, I would say it was about becoming." A beautiful, meditative essay on summers past and growing older and up by Devika Bahadur. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Sunscreen, Sorrows, Summer by Devika Bahadur
“And then one fairy night, May became June.”I have always liked that line by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is the sort of thing you notice only when you pay attention. It is like one day the air changes and...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is something so soothing in the rhythm of this piece. Do read!
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They sat there, feeling happy together.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So the toad went to bed and the frog got up and told him a story. The end.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Frog and Toad in a rowboat on a pond. Toad reads his book while Frog fishes.

From "Down the Hill"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*
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Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Beautiful and enigmatic poem by Rilke ..
Before Summer Rain

Suddenly, from all the green around you,
something-you don't know what-has disappeared;
you feel it creeping closer to the window,
in total silence. From the nearby wood

you hear the urgent whistling of a plover,
reminding you of someone's Saint Jerome:
so much solitude and passion come
from that one voice, whose fierce request the downpour

will grant. The walls, with their ancient portraits, glide
away from us, cautiously, as though
they weren't supposed to hear what we are saying.

And reflected on the faded tapestries now;
the chill, uncertain sunlight of those long
childhood hours when you were so afraid.
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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New big bowl in tornado sky and Mediterranean blue. Happy October, friends.💙🩵🍁💚 #pottery
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My flower painting 🌹
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My flower painting 🌻
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My flower art 🌺 Original flower painting
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My flower painting 🎨 original flower art
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it seemed to him that he himself was a word spoken by the sunlight.
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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re open for general submissions as of today. This opportunity will close when we reach 400 submissions, & I expect we’ll meet that number within the first week. So submit early! ✅ 500-1,000 words ✅ anonymous subs ❌ No AI / LLM #writingcommunity #flashfiction ffo.submittable.com/submit
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Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager
Update 10/1/2026: We are OPEN for general submissionsOur Oct '26 General Submission period will be open until we receive 400 submissions. We expect that submission cap to be met within the first week,...
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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Podcast! I interview the amazing @ambersparks.bsky.social about her debut novel, childhood and adulthood, magic, and Halloween. Donna Arrendell interviews the participants of the short horror films workshop. Best podcast ever! dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/com...
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Coming Into Spooky Season | DC Public Library Podcast
In this episode, we’re coming into spooky season. In Get Lit Chris Stevenson interviews Amber Sparks about her debut novel “Happy People Don’t Live Here” which is now in paperback. After that we’ll br...
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Matthew Murrey ♥️ from LITTLE JOY (Cornerstone Press) Happy #smallpoemsunday! @mytwords.bsky.social @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Before the Dancers, 

their shadows.
Before the fire, the hanging 
breath. Before the kiss, the toss 
and turn. Before the poem, 
the page. Before death, sleep—
or was it death, then sleep?
Maybe I've had it wrong all along: 
maybe the dancers, then their shadows.
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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are FORTY-TWO gorgeous flashes in Ghost Parachute's 10th anniversary issue and you should read them all. I'm about 3/4th of the way through. Very grateful to be included with my piece, "Archaeology," which I'd love for you to read while you're at it. 💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Artwork for my piece by Kaylan Stedman Friedman, showing two young girls in black and white, facing each other as if dancing on air, one holds a shovel. They are framed by two lilac bushes and these are colored in purple and green.
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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Enjoy the poems and micros in this Heartbeats Anthology by @micromancemagazine.bsky.social and La Rotonde Review. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
well, here’s what’s gonna happen. you’re gonna open the document, stare at it, write nothing for a while. you might get distracted by your phone. start with a few words. soon you’ll realize you’ve got a whole page. then another and another. once you know that’s possible, it all gets easier
Mike Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul sitting in a car saying “well, here’s what’s gonna happen.”
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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a small preview
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Now, I won’t use an abstraction to describe a girl.” @snehaskanta.bsky.social in Sundog Lit sundoglit.com/Sneha-Subram...
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Sneha Subramanian Kanta
Obituary Sneha Subramanian Kanta To say exasperation out loud is equal to one breath out, two breaths in. I’m telling you; a country can take out your teeth. It is possible to keep a body fr…
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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gone Lawn is open to submissions for #68! Send us your gems and your garden animals now or whenever you feel like it, so long as it's not so long that it gets lost in the shaw. That happens sometimes, you know! The shaw is risky! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We're excited to announce a Special Interest publication, releasing in December. 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 is the theme. Still on the lookout for 𝐀𝐑𝐓! Fill our inbox! All 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are open for our regular spring/summer March issue as well. inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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Submissions - Ink In Thirds
We have two reading periods for submissions: April 1st – July 31st (for fall/winter issues) October 1st – Jan 31st (for spring/summer issues)
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October Submissions Open JMWW is open for submissions through October 15th. Check out our submission guidelines on the site and submit new work in Submittable.
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October Submissions Open
JMWW is open for submissions through October 15th. Check out our submission guidelines on the site and submit new work in Submittable.
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We were all queens and princesses and princes and kings back then ..." "Every now and then I hear about a resurgence, but I refrain from witnessing it on my own ..." @shomedasgupta.bsky.social in Scrawl Place scrawlplace.com/2026/09/29/t...
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The Acadiana Mall Fairy Tales - Scrawl Place
LAFAYETTE, La.—An essay by Shome Dasgupta, inspired by the Acadiana Mall. Read it on Scrawl Place.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“All right,” said Toad. “Let me think of a story to tell you.”
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My flower painting 🏵️
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My flower painting
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My flower painting
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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My painting of a flower
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Morning. 🖼️ Tunnicliffe, What To Look For In Autumn, 1960.
Autumnal forest floor scene of leaves, red squirrel, fungi, nuts, jay in flight in distance and thrush, falling leaves, illustration.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Living Forest: The World of Animals, Rien Poortvliet.
Illustration of head of fox.
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lakefront II 18x24 acrylic on canvas Available at Koyman Galleries in Ottawa, Ontario
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Subs open @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Send us something☀️ gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/
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Submissions - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Submissions Submission Guidelines PLEASE READ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES THOROUGHLY AS THEY’VE BEEN UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2026. Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes fiction with exactly six-sentences...
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Lamp Lit @lamplitmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🛋️ Lamp Lit 2.1 Summer 2026 is Live at LampLit.net! 🛋️ Thank you all! We are so grateful and proud we get to make this with you! Contributors in 🧵 1/3 #poetry #prose #art #fiction #nonfiction #litmags #lamplitmag
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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new story up on hex today! a marvelous labyrinth of alternate realities in miniature: honored to feature "Sixty-One Seconds" by Martin Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social!! 👇✨
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Sixty-One Seconds by Martin Cahill
Remember the recharge time. A minute and one. A lot can happen in that time. Microjumps, they say. Alternate realities at the speed of what-if. The velocity of wondering. All I must do is make...
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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“You say: One day.” Get lost in this beauty by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The peach pit in my stomach cracks open." This is a piece only @willmusgrove.bsky.social could've written! Loneliness and the need to be seen in "Bus Windows." Gorgeous, moving work. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Bus Windows by Will Musgrove
I watch as Sammy breathes on the glass, fogs it up. With a finger, he writes BEHIND YOU in the condensation. The bus parks at its next stop, and Sammy, his hoodie hood up so he resembles a ghost, slap...
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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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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for publishing my experiment. My siblings (who are not readers) said they loved it and this is exactly the type of poem people want (which is how they think) and I should make a t-shirt out of it.
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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So excited about my first PM Deal report! Also proud and grateful to have two poetry books forthcoming: Field of Want, Etruscan Press, Spring 2028 Definition of Elegy: New & Collected Prose Poems, Cornerstone Press, fall 2027
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FIELD OF WANT
By Amorak Huey
Imprint: Etruscan Press
Cofounder of River River Books and professor at Bowling Green State University Amorak Huey's FIELD OF WANT, which explores distance, desire, and geography-in particular the fields of Ohio and the American Midwest-featuring the syntax of place, the light of the moon, the isolation of being alive, to Etruscan Press, for publication in April 2028.
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September 28, 2026Screenshot of the first page of a book contract between Cornerstone Press and Amorak Huey for Definition of Elegy: New and Collected Prose Poems
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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be. Ursula K. Le Guin
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chris Abani 💙 An “ordinary” Wednesday poem for #weirdpoemwednesday! @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Poet of an Ordinary Heartbreak

Who hasn't been tempted by the sharp edge of a knife?
An ordinary knife cutting ordinary tomatoes on an ordinary slab of wood on an ordinary Wednesday.
The knife nicks, like a bite to the soul. A reminder that what is contemplated is as real as the blood sprouting from a finger. As real as a bruised eye.
Instead turn back to the meat stewing on the stove.
Scrape pulpy red flesh into the heat and turn.
Say: even this is a prayer. Even this.
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