Wasn't able to apply for a couple of jobs I wanted because I didn't meet the eligibility requirements, but I did get yelled at while feeding birds with a friend in the park this morning, so I guess that's something. For context, I live in Germany.

This is a great one from @unbiasthenews.bsky.social As a white person from the American South who now lives in Germany, I've been very surprised by how much pushback (even in what people would call progressive circles) there is to talking about racism here. unbiasthenews.org/if-you-point...

New one out in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social ! "Having endometriosis and adenomyosis and taking daily hormone replacement therapy for these diseases, which gives you the fun experience of replicating early pregnancy, except it never ends"

Once a month, I publish of list of short story recommendations from literary magazines. I always only include what is free to read and I try to have a bit of a seasonal bent to the list! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Lovely read that is about so much more than just writing a novel! From @jaclyndesforges.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

Trying to book a doctor's appointment in Berlin, where I live. Can't do it online, but I can do it by fax. Wilkommen to Germany.

Please help us welcome our amazing new ⚡ FLASH FICTION READERS ✨

"Of course you will miss your belongings, but what is need vs. want? There isn’t room for your old sneakers, tenth grade French book, postcards from Swansea, not even for your first child’s last baby tooth." Beautiful story in Washington Square Review www.washingtonsquarereview.com/becky-hagens...

"James sat with me for coffee at The Amsterdam Cafe until, unbeknownst to me, his Hinge date showed up." New nonfiction in @thirteenbridges.bsky.social www.thirteenbridgesreview.com/october-2025...

". . .Anette pulls a hat over her frizzy hair, grabs her binoculars, and shimmies up into the crow’s nest above the adjoining room of the polar observation station." A really atmospheric story in @kenyonreview.bsky.social by Madison Bakalar. Great autumn/winter read! kenyonreview.org/piece/calving/

"Lara eats chocolate cake again when the man she loves brings it to her after his wife has gone into town to run errands." @kellypedro.bsky.social in @tahomareview.bsky.social tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/p...

"I’d been working at W__ Corp for about two years when I first learned that time flickered in and out in the back corner of the office basement." A great one by Emily Zasada in The Jabberwock Review www.jabberwockreview.org/issue-45-2-w...

"I gave myself a jolt (picture: hair dryer, sink of water, pre-coffee brain fog) and when I came to, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself had roosted on my sofa." Get into this really funny one by @jfsullivan4th.bsky.social in @reedmagazine.bsky.social www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...

"We dressed slowly—to rush would be to not take time, to not take care, and that would open us up for long looks." Fantastic piece by Lydia Mathis in @southeastreview.bsky.social www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...

"Just imagine: a hairy little guy who looks embarrassed to be spotted in the world has caused so much historic fuss." A truly delightful piece by @janstinchcomb.bsky.social in Monkeybicycle monkeybicycle.net/little-devil/

". . .but if I say, “Yes, we’re going down in the dose permanently, I hope,” if I say, “So far we’re doing pretty well,” if I say anything at all, we’ll be at the hospital in twenty-four hours." Swallow by @writesloud.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...

This is such a fun seasonal listen from @feministbookclub.bsky.social about horror books featuring @sadiehartmann.bsky.social !

Cheeky, wonderful prose piece up today. Enjoy "Unexplained Phenomena of Invisible Women" by @thehagsoup.bsky.social Read it on our site: dishsoap-quarterly.com/2-25-25/unex...

I did to not know that Heathcliff is supposed to be a racialized other in Wuthering Heights! I would've read it a lot sooner if I knew we were delving into all this race and class stuff. So . . . why do we have Jacob Elordi playing him in the Emerald Fennell adaptation?

I'm finally getting around to reading Wuthering Heights because I want to weigh in on the new adaptation. Emerald Fennell's other films bothered me, particularly given her (very) wealthy background. Am I just now reading Wuthering Heights because I'm being a bit of a hater? Maybe! And what of it?

Have a listen of this podcast about using your library as an act of resistance from @feministbookclub.bsky.social Loved hearing about one disabled person's experience of having book delivered to her house from her local library! Libraries are amazing, y'all! www.feministbookclub.com/accessible-r...

And . .. the last submission of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 just went out to @skyislandjournal.bsky.social !!

Submission 29 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #Submit30 sent to Zone 3!

Submission 28 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Baltimore Review!

Submission 27 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Normal School!

A great read in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social ! "Although Delores could not claim Jackson as her boyfriend, owing to the fact that they had not yet had the conversation, she nonetheless felt a sense of impending exclusivity." splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0625...

Submission 26 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social !

Thanks so much to @genrepunkmag.bsky.social for publishing this little weirdo! The idea for this piece came from when I had a boyfriend that I found to be condescending and a know-it-all. So, I started making up historical "facts" to tell him. Apologies for my contribution to the misinformation age

Submission 25 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to Copper Nickel!

Submission 24 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to Subtropics!

Submission 23 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to @michiganquarterly.bsky.social !

Submission 22 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Florida Review!

Indeed, a banger. Nothing like a list poem to make you laugh out loud and then punch you in the gut (emotionally, in the best way) unexpectedly!

This @havehashad.com call is live now!!! Just sent submission 21 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social !

Only 10 subs left! #Submit30 ⬇️

Submission 20 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to @yourimpossiblevoice.com !

Saw a job application at a research center called "The Center for Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse" studies- really normal and cool time to be alive

Submission 19 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to this call from @foglifterpress.bsky.social !

Submission 18 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 challenge sent to The Southern Humanities Review!

"Light gives me migraines, I said, which was a lie, but the next time I went outside, I felt the sun pierce me through my black turtleneck. Anything can come true if you say it with enough sincerity." Laughed out loud reading this one from @theiowareview.bsky.social ! iowareview.org/from-the-iss...

Submission 17 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 challenge just sent to @theiowareview.bsky.social !

Submission 16 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Master's Review!

Submission 15 for @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Georgia Review!

Really enjoyed reading and reviewing You, From Below by @emjparsley.bsky.social , published by @splitlippress.com

Day 14 of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to @okaydonkeymag.com !

Submission 13 of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to The Arkansas International!

Submission 12 of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 challenge sent to Room!

Submission 11 of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #Submit30 sent to Pinch!

Submission 10 of @bereketwriters.bsky.social #submit30 sent to @pshares.bsky.social !

A really great one about connections with strangers and the secrets we keep from one another www.craftliterary.com/2025/08/08/c...