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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 · 07/10/2026
Brilliant by @karenc.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💔 heartbreaking and real
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Away for a week, and back online to this... www.adventitious.net/stories/the-... And: 'The Gorilla Fighters Under Texas' is just about 15% of the title @chrisbaker1337.bsky.social in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social is terrific. Excellent artwork too - not sure who to credit for that though?
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The Gorilla Fighters Under Texas by Chris Baker
or: Derek King, Age 8, Shares His Take on the Salvadoran Civil War With Classmates at Sam Houston Elementary Based on a Viewing of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings on January 19, 1988 (Confe...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adorable 🥰 Gorilla 🦍 Family
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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 · 24/09/2026
Another beauty @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations @chriscottom.bsky.social - great profile photo too. Look forward to reading it
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Terrific set of nominations here!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations - great magazine and editors @neonandsmoke.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
fiftywordstories.com
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50-Word Stories
Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@100wordstory.bsky.social. There’s a 50 word version too, I’m sure
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So crisp and vivid, time well spent!
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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
Terrific, well done 🤩
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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
Happy birthday @helenrye.bsky.social Thanks for all you do!
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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
Great news. I'll look forward to this
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Fonz!
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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
Excellent readings - thanks for having us listen @lmbayley.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Who was also terrific
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks again for having us all listen. Great event!
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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
Congratulations Beth!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Brevity (@dintywmoore.bsky.social), @hinterlandnf.bsky.social (@andrewkenrick.bsky.social), @hippocampusmag.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congratulations @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I like that! Checked floor - black and white - makes me think of The Specials, which is always a good thing
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My kind of mayor!
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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 · 17/09/2026
Sorry to miss it - I'm on British time, unfortunately. Congratulations on the big launch!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Impressive perseverance to get it out there. Look forward to reading it, plus more about Lebanon
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Really useful read, thanks @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Lots to think about
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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
Plus, need to read Slaughter House Five again!
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Always enjoy these posts on my lunch break @dintywmoore.bsky.social
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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 · 16/09/2026
Incredible piece.
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One hell of a book cover!
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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
Congratulations @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social ! Some great stuff coming out
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looking forward to it!
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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
Was just realising the error of my ways (!), and see the other is an earlier collection now. Thanks Kik - great story, and great publisher too
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