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Elizabeth Crowder

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Writer, editor, librarian

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 10 Year Anniversary Issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
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October 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New @smokelong.bsky.social! Flash by a ton of super-talented writers. Awesome art and interviews, too!
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Issue Ninety-Three - SmokeLong Quarterly
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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
[ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷᵃˡᵏᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷᶦᵏᶦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ] Press X to enter the Unmarked Castle Press [ʳᵉᵈᵃᶜᵗᵉᵈ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ] to make it out alive
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
so thrilled my story, “Unsent Love Letters (& Other Regrets)” has been nominated for the Best Small Fictions anthology with these other wonderful stories from @bulbregion.bsky.social. thank you @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social 📬 💌
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Flash by: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, Pamela Painter, @megpokrass.bsky.social, Rebecca Tiger, Liz Crowder, @kiptain.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, and a bunch of people I don't know but am excited to read! Some fantastic artwork, too, especially by my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social!
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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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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"My dream self pockets cheap red pharmacy lipstick and leaves without paying. Dream me savors room-temperature pizza alone in bed" Incredible fractured flash by @thelizcrowder.bsky.social; the way this shifts through time - brilliant
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“When marriage-counselor-number-three asks real me 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, I gape like a wound, weeping, speechless. Dream me knows exactly what she wants.” “I want to offer the soft belly of my wrists to the sky.” @thelizcrowder.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
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Good Girl — Ghost Parachute
I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged. Every night, she studies me, reverent as church quiet, then fucks me feral. Every morning, I wake undisturbed, to a husband ...
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
writing tip: when in doubt, read
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Mileva Anastasiadou 🍉 @happilander.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So happy and honored to be back on Ghost Parachute among friends and stellar writers! Thank you always, @brettpribble.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️ ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is the first thing I’ve submitted/had published since my son was born almost four years ago and it’s making me borderline emotional. Happy to be back at it again and grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social for giving this piece a good home ❤️
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Kira Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraleigh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
writing makes me feel normal. as an author, i still can't accurately describe the feeling or why. it's like all my mental illnesses agree to calm down when im hammering away at a story. my brain behaves, focused on the task at hand. i wonder if the same is true for other authors?
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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Friends—one of my new favorite literary journals, Strange Pilgrims, just opened up for submissions: www.strangepilgrims.com/about
word count requirements and payment for accepted pieces by literary journal Strange Pilgrims (linked)image of a bird holding a letter while perched on a mailbox, alongside a lamp and a briefcase
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.
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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Friends—here are about 55 literary journals opening for submissions in July—some are open now or will close soon in June or July. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative & all these should be no-fee submissions. There are more resources out there, including on here. Wish y’all well.
Ubwali Literary Magazine
A Public Space
Salt Hill
Kitchen Table
Blueline
Acorn
Seaside Gothic
Dogwood
I-70
Diamond Gazette
Potomac Review
Arcturus
The Shore
Encyclopedia Prismatica
Beloit Poetry
Santa Fe Literary
Confluence
Mulberry Literary
Black Fox Literary
Kudu
Naugatuck River
Bluestem
The Branches 
Harpur Palate
San Pedro River
Weird Lit
Thieving Magpie
Amsterdam Review
Reading Into Culture
New World Writing
InterrobangLit
Saw Palm
Rockford Review
Superpresent
Oh Reader
Fictive Dream
Turn & Work
Ghost Parachute
The Forge
X-R-A-Y
Necessary Fiction
Streetcake
Shine Poetry
Extra Teeth
Reckon Review
Barcelona Review
Literary Namjooning
The Baffler
Doric Literary
Lamp Lit
Stone of Madness
The Hoolet’s Nook
MoonPark Review
FIYAH
The Bulb Region
Stone Circle
Passionfruit
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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Fire up the VCR, we're celebrating the wild world of ultra-low budget shot on video horror with some of our underseen favorites.
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Determination and Guts: 10 Underseen Shot-On-Video Horror Movies You Should Add To Your Watchlist
Fire up the VCR, we're celebrating the wild world of ultra-low budget shot on video horror with some of our underseen favorites.
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I know we have escape rooms and rage rooms but what about scream rooms? Because I would pay good money to be able to primal fucking scream in a soundproof room right about now
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Check out the latest Mondettes ( @mattkendrick.bsky.social) by @aniking.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 16/05/2026
Lately I’ve been despairing about librarianship, then last night I got a lovely message from a former library teen (that I haven’t seen in 18 years) who thanked me for welcoming/ inspiring her and now she’s in the library tech program. And now I’m like OK FINE I’M NOT DONE YET.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 11/05/2026
two things can be true... 1. yes 2. And also there is a scrutiny and surveillance of Black women (because that's what we are talking about in the WNBA Black women) that is not given to any other group of people www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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WNBA Players Should Have Picketed, Not Attended, the Met Gala
At the Bezos ball, WNBA stars chose celebrity over solidarity.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
*laughs in archivist* It always amuses me at how little historical material is actually not only digitized but also made available online compared to what lay people think.
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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
You're either alive or you're dead. There's no such thing as too old or too late or not enough experience. Go do what you want. Get it.
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Know this feeling a little too well 😭
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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 05/05/2026
I am hardly the first person to say this but one of the things I love about making art of various kinds is putting in work on something to have a finished "thing." I worked in IT for over twenty years; for all the pixel pushing I did there were very few tangible things I could point to at the end.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
These five librarians are running for state political offices across the country. Here's why they're running, and why librarians make good candidates. bookriot.com/librarians-r...
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Why These Librarians Are Running for State Political Office–And You Should, Too: Book Censorship News, May 1, 2026
These librarians are running for state political offices across the country. Here's why they're running, and why librarians make good candidates.
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Watching this presently and can confirm, very funny, very atmospheric, so far, so good!
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Just 8 days to send your entry to the annual SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. 1000 words/$2,500 top award. Ends May 10, midnight NYC. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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ALT: a drawing of an otter with the number eight behind it
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Big divorce perk is that I can do this every night and it’s magical
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
It's Friday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you about my fantasy subway maps. The Middle Earth Public Transit Authority needs your support! #Tolkien #Subway #Maps #LoTR You can purchase prints and such (w/o the water mark) here: www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Sméagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgûl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

A note at the bottom reads: 
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 30/04/2026
I'm going to be shouting out Black southern fiction you need to read. Because not in this house are we going to be hating on the south neglecting it as a home of Black folks & our culture. I will start with my own debut novel. This posting project continues as I have time & until I run out of steam.
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None But the Righteous: A Novel
A Novel
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Just saw it/enjoyed it and there’s a ton I thought was super well done (lighting, framing, clever use of negative space, sound design) but it wasn’t *that* scary to me aside from a few delightfully well-earned jump scares. Like if Disney did a House of Leaves adaptation
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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Holy crap
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This kid, I can’t 😭
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
nice messy draft you got there. would be a shame if you revised too much & robbed it of its joie de vivre
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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I just had my best writing week in years, due to an invitation from my friend to write him an email last weekend sketching out what I was thinking about. Such a good and sweet reminder that writing is not just thinking, but also talking to your friends.
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
While I've missed Independent Bookstore Day proper, every day could be independent bookstore day if we work at it! Shipping from bookshop.org is still free today. So if you've been thinking about picking up my haunted architecture SF noir novella, now is a great time (at your local or online!)
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Rose/House
Check out Rose/House - <p><b><i>Rose/House</i> is a breathtaking and taut </b><b>sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, </b><b>Hugo Award-winning author of <i>A Memory Called Empire</i><i>.</i></...
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When I’m too drunk to remember the word “ravioli.”
Sign advertising “Long Island Dumplings”
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
*stares at ACRL*
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
as a child I wanted Jerry the mouse to die
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy weekend, fam! We hope you have a chance to browse our APRIL ISSUE. 🌺 ❤️ t.co/sHYoVj5goo
Lightly-wrinkled textile portrait: color-blocked fabrics pieced together with zigzag-stitch line work. A dark green figure with red nails carefully threads the thick brows of a redhead with voluminous hair. A quilt-like pattern fills the background.
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Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Proof of life, proof of barnacle boy 💕
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Amy Hempel is joining us this summer for A SmokeLong Summer. And you (two) can too! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...
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A SmokeLong Summer 26 — Events Calendar - SmokeLong Quarterly
While we are still in the planning stages of A SmokeLong Summer 26 (our fifth year!), we do have quite a few of our ducks in relatively nice rows. There might be a few changes to this schedule, and we...
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪
Table showing cost of items in the 14th C., and the equivalent value in eels. The table has 3 columns: "You want to buy", "It Costs", and "But in eels?" The table shows you that:

2 doz. eggs costs 1d, or 6 eels
A gallon of the best ale costs 1.25d or 8 eels
1 sheep costs 1s 5d, or 106 eels
1 cow costs 9s 5d, or 706 eels
A 2-story cottage costs £2, or 3,000 eels

The d. here means penny, from the latin "denarius." There were 12 d. to a shilling (s), and 20 shillings to a pound (£).

As far as I know, no one was buying cottages with eels. This is more to give you a sense of relative costs. But wouldn't it be interesting if you could buy a house with eels?

This chart leaves unanswered the question: "What about the next-best ale?" and suggests and entire spectrum of ale gradations. Which makes good sense, of course. But also, you certainly wouldn't want to spend your eels on inferior ale!
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Say it with me: fascism is beatable. Right now it feels like wishful thinking but it is actually fully historical fact. It has BEEN beaten. In different forms, in different times different places, through various combinations of...
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 30/03/2026
Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans
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Addison Zeller @addisonzeller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🥲 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.
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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
starting in three weeks! a semester-length online class for emerging speculative fiction writers in search of structure, support, and accountability. I've taught this class before and it was a blast, so I'm excited to offer it again. register here: hugohouse.org/product/spec...
A flyer for Speculative Fiction Intensive with Ruth Joffre. Online, all levels, 16 sessions, Tue. January 27 - May 26, 5 - 7 PM (Pacific) or 7 - 9 PM (Central). Under the details, there's an image of a floating island with a waterfall spilling over the edge.
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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I hear there are a lot of new people here this week. Here are some flash fiction writers for you to follow, if that's your kind of thing! go.bsky.app/GHFjv7
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