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Stan J Wild

@stanjwild.bsky.social
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Short fiction, CNF, lit mags. Sharing writing I like — and some of my own. Stories in Vestal Review, Hinterland, Wallstrait, Neon&Smoke and others

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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A pleasure to read this by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social John Penoyar will be proud
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I keep reading great stories about horses 🐎 this week. I’ll be reading Jilly Cooper by Friday at this rate Cameron MacKenzie in @wigleaf.bsky.social below
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An epic in flash! Great read: moonparkreview.com/issue-37-fal... By @cbigs.bsky.social Something of Gatsby in this one - Fitzgeraldian... in @moonparkreview.bsky.social A privilege to see you read last week too
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The Time Will Come
By Coleman Bigelow The time will come when I’ll find a partner and make partner and partner up, and you’ll be satisfied. “Put her there, partner,” you’ll say, extending your hand to me like I was s…
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘In my mind my father is f*cking the horse again’ I couldn’t sleep last night, put this on, and then was bolt upright from the opening line In @newyorker.com by Sarah Anderson
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Sarah Anderson Reads "Dark Horse"
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker · Episode
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well worth your time!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brilliant to see this stellar field in action Thanks @cbigs.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @elissafield.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and @bsherm36.bsky.social and @travisflatt.bsky.social - looking forward to reading!
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Such Late Night Radio, by Travis Flatt
Prose, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Such Late Night Radio is a collection of flash fiction stories that delve into the odd. The weirdness that drifts somewhere beyond your bedtime. Tha...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Things We Take by @ericscottryon.bsky.social - fish, and the legacy of philandering dads Captured so well www.passagesnorth.com/the-things-w...
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The Things We Take by Eric Scot Tryon — Passages North
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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This Saturday 9/19, we got Dawn Tasaka Steffler , Coleman Bigelow, Elissa Field , Beth Sherman , Mario Aliberto III, James Smith, Linda M Bayley, Liz Rosen , & me reading at 6pm EST for my chapbook release ! DM for the Zoom link ! Such Late Night Radio (Bottlecap Press)
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Terrific readers on show for Lisa Thornton's (@thorntonforreal.bsky.social) book launch next week with @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, @willmusgrove.bsky.social, @amygcb.bsky.social and more Congratulations Lisa. Looking forward to seeing it in print
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On one hand I’m really proud of this calligraphy, on the other… my kid’s first letter is a poison pen He stole my notebook too
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looking forward to hearing each and everyone of these!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Brilliantly moving micro by @eileentomarchio.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social. So many great lines... “Come on board,” you said, patting the space beside you, but with an odd rebound, like the hospital bed was an ocean and you didn’t want to splash me too hard.
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just discovered @carsonthepoet.bsky.social in The Common. Stunning lines From Manchester too www.thecommononline.org/tag/carson-w...
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Carson Wolfe | The Common
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just came across this prize winner again Rebecca Hanauer in Penn Review. Brilliant www.pennreview.org/grief-as-usual There's a few other calls out there right now for health/carer related stories in @kenyonreview.bsky.social and @independencelit.bsky.social
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Grief, As Usual — The Penn Review
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Vivid and poetic flash by @evanfleischer.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social today. Very much worth two-minutes of your time
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great interview by Jen Michalski (@socalwritergirl.bsky.social) up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social with Curtis Smith today jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/a...
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America’s Crossroads: An Interview with Curtis Smith by Jen Michalski
I think the one thing that unites the stories—at least in my mind—is the idea of grace.
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just found this micro again - definitely well worth the two minutes; so much said in so few words milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/01/16/m... by @kiklodge.bsky.social I will look up the collection, 'Scream If You Want To'
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MONOSYLLABIC ~ by Kik Lodge
This man is fine, not like the man on the moor. The man in his van on the moor. This man you can give him your pound coin and get your cone with the flake, and he’ll hand you one pence change; no f…
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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We apologize about all the calls for donation, I don't like it but I'm disabled & I cannot earn a living through art or through editing, can cannot pay Submittable for the thing that makes us able to accept calls for the senior editor's comments on their work. So we can only survive on donations. ❤️
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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Proof is in and god damn, she's a fucking beauty. I just ordered too many copies of Issue 24. Please order one (or three) from me and help send this lit magazine - that probably has cared too much, tried too much & been too earnest - out with a bang. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
DM/message me for zoom link.
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Brilliant by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social! Perfect photo too Looking forward to reading Liz Rosen's other publications this month too My partner has been trying to make me cry for years - I knew she didn't mean it...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Couldn't agree more @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social!
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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Issue 27 Contributors Spotlight. Issue 27 will be out this Thursday (10th)! 🧡
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Great tribute and photo too
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For anyone who had a dog… 🐶 Mayor of Backyard by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social In fact, for anyone
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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
$10. That's all it costs for a magazine that paid all 23 contributors $20 each + a copy of the magazine. I've just posted a ton of teasers of the poetry + prose inside. Please take a look + consider this something worth buying. Please + thank you. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Finally got to @jonronson.bsky.social's The Castle, which was typically excellent, fascinating to the end. Wanting more of that, I found a podcast, which led me to this, which I'd long forgotten... ...Abominable Snowman
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Please help us celebrate these writers, all previous or current SmokeLong workshop participants, who reported publications in August! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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The SmokeLong Workshop Celebration - August 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Great opportunity to work with Danny Judge and the team @wallstrait.bsky.social
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Neon & Smoke @neonandsmoke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Talking to new authors is like making a new friend @stanjwild.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very honoured to be included with @genesis-pearl.bsky.social in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social's first writer spotlights on their brand new website. T&J pay writers, provide copies, nominate, give helpful feedback to submitters. Thanks to them both for all they are doing
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Finally got to this one by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social - a writer at the top of his game! Read more here: marioaliberto3.com/publications/
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Publications
Published in Lost Balloon: July 15, 2026 Counting to Ten In Japanese READ HERE Published in The Masters Review: July 6, 2026 Searching for God in a Mosh Pit READ HERE Published in The Bulb Region, …
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just re-read this one in @tahomareview.bsky.social by Kyra Kondis Swim team party, heartbreak, and a warning against snickers in the woods Brilliantly observed tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/w...
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What to Do in a Bear Attack - Tahoma Literary Review
Wyatt Stephen has been reading a book about bear attacks in the United States. I learn about this in great detail in Stacy Miller’s backyard. Stacy’s
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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
'It’s tied to a steel barrel with rope and whimpering, chastised by Chef for something, and waiting to die: she will not die, says Boy.' Read this fabulous voice-driven tale by @stanjwild.bsky.social in @wallstrait.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Haiti is full of magic, but that gets disincentivised sometimes… please read my latest story in @wallstrait.bsky.social There’s a goat, voodoo and a cow 🐄 www.wallstrait.com/post/heifer-...
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"Heifer, Milk & Mango" by Stan J Wild
In hot Haiti sun, on the NGO compound at rue Pelican, Boy scrambles up the bark. Through mango tree leaves, illuminated lime green, in his fluorescent cocoon for one, he lays pressed to timber slats o...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Looking forward to reading @andrewkenrick.bsky.social new book on Rex Juba - a fascinating life Great interview here hinterlandnonfiction.substack.com/p/authoredit...
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Author/Editor Interview: Andrew Kenrick
Q&A with the contributors from Hinterland.
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@becstetley.bsky.social is well worth a read. Brilliant piece in @tahomareview.bsky.social on relationship with her dad tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/_...
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Paper Grenades - Tahoma Literary Review
The envelope always arrived with the same yellow sticker, a warning that it had come from a correctional facility. My father wrote in pencil, his words
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Excellent one by Pravin Vemuri in @trampset.bsky.social Author Bio www.trampset.org/post/author-...
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Author Bio | trampset
by Pravin Vemuri...Unsurprisingly, also unwittingly, he turned to atheism by seven. To existentialism by sixteen. To hard drugs soon after.
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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Your mom let me know there’d be televisions looping your favorite sitcoms, so I skipped the memorial. 'A series finale,' she called it." A moving and utterly original micro by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@travisflatt.bsky.social on fire! 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥 It's got an almost Foster Wallace quality to it Another terrific one in @bulbregion.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Unbelievable that this writer in just 20! Excellent tale in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social by Audrey Jiggetts splitlipthemag.com/flash/0626/a...
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Mère Supérieure — Split Lip Magazine
My rewards for murdering Mère Supérieure were her wristwatch and a trip to Villefranche-sur-Mer. I find beauty in the watch with every little detail: its thin slices of steel for hands; its cool, clea...
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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Hey #flashlit and #flashfiction people! @lostballoon.bsky.social is open through August 7! Submit here: lost-balloon.com/submit/ (cc @chillsubs.bsky.social)
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Great to see this across @neonandsmoke.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social. Congratulations on the debut Venilla
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Congratulations to the @smokelong.bsky.social gang. Loads to get excited for in here
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Our 1st issue back after break is 🔥. Featuring @mitchkates.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social Ben Starr @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Jason Davidson, Claire Lee, Pravin Vemuri, Lorrie Ness @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social! www.trampset.org
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trampset literary journal | fiction, poetry, nonfiction, columns, nominations, about
trampset is an online literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and diverse voices. Read new work and explore featured writers.
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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Share your creative work with an international literary journal dedicated to fostering artistic dialogue and inclusion. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit%E2%81...
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is a special one in @okaydonkeymag.com First story published by Nelson Taylor in 25 years! Father-son hunting trip and a duck that doesn’t die Brilliant
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Panda the Chinese cobra at the padel court doing one of her favourite things… IG: @liamzde Phuket, Thailand
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is our extraordinary 🌎 Why are we destroying #Climate stability ? Triggering gigantic #Wildfires ....and so many disasters #ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis #WarOnNature
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