Happy Fall Equinox...

Humans, Claudine needs you to send her something to REEEEAD!! Last ten days to submit to our December issue. . .jump in there! Micro prose. Free subs. Paying market.

“Perhaps we only wanted her as long as she didn’t mean grief.” This stunner by @happilander.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social! 🔥💔

“We aren’t happy, but we aren’t sad either, we’re halfway sad when you hold me and you tell me, *I’m here*, but we could have been sadder if we knew that soon you wouldn’t be.” @happilander.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

I’ve read a billion books and watched a million films and documentaries about the rise of fascism in Europe in the 30s and I really never thought being one of the fascism noticers would feel like this but here we are

Well, scratch Dark Owl Publishing off the list

ICYMI, Our 2nd issue is out now. Take a short break, dig in, and breathe with these pieces. #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

This is a great story.

“… We inhale, exhale, we breathe and we smile and we glow, like we’re safe and we have all the time in the world and everything isn’t dark and ruined and pointless, but …” @happilander.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/everything-r...

“He fixes what’s broken, then he vanishes into the past without even saying goodbye, and we’re grateful for the work, but we feel lonely without him.” @happilander.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

"You claim we loved the cat too much to let her go, the cat stays longer if we don’t know she’s gone, you say,...." Big love for this brilliant story by @happilander.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"There’s a cat in the box. The box is closed and sealed and the air is running out. You look at the box and hear the cat moving inside" Brilliant exploration of emotional juxtaposition in this flash, such a depth of feeling here

It’s beautiful

I have a story today on the wonderful @lit-namjooning.bsky.social about how we can be sad and not sad at the same time. Many thanks to the editors for having it ❤️❤️❤️ literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

📢📢 Issue 2 is LIVE! Chock-full of literary deliciousness. We hope you will enjoy (and share!) literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue-2 #namjooning #happyrmday

Tomorrow! Who’s excited?

The new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social issue is live and I have a story in it about how we keep each other whole. Thank you so much Jeff Harvey ❤️ gooseberry-pie.com/everything-r...

And this Friday, my little piece in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is coming out! I can't wait to see this whole issue 🌿

Let's hear it for our fantastic fiction authors! 😍😍 #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

I wrote this a while ago but it seems appropriate. News is darned awful but we can't give in to this new growing fascism.

My latest WiR story on my favorite lit journal @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social came out last night and it's about brotherhood/sisterhood against hardship/grief. Thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home ❤️ www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

Micro-fiction "My Pendulum Brother" by Writer-in-Residence Mileva Anastasiadou @happilander.bsky.social! “He never stays for long and, even when he’s around, he can’t sit and talk, as if he’s forgotten that people can speak without words.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

It just goes to show you that you can be a drug addict and a sex weirdo and a crazy person and try to murder someone and have all sorts of other distractions in your life, but if you set aside even a little time each day to write, you can finish a draft of your book.

"Three Stories" by Mileva Anastasiadou @happilander.bsky.social! “…he’s water and I’m air, and the fire will devour us at the end, but in a plot twist we will someday devour the world, only we play innocent now…” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/thre...

I love the sound of you walking away

"I ask help from my brother but he’s busy with life, roaming the world, the world that I carry." I'll be thinking about Mileva's story for days. The nuance, the conversational style. Our burdens to be borne. Take a look and see for yourself!

I'm not here often, perhaps I should, but I have a new story on the wonderful Airgonaut and I'd be honored if you gave it a read, friends 💖 theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/s...

Feels great to be back after a 3-day sub-orbital test flight (details are classified but I can tell you they'd run out of monkeys) and learn my essay-flash-doodle "The Lesser Feats of Atlas" is up at The Airgonaut. I'm home again but still weightless! theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

3rd in my trilogy of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social stories. Big thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social. Maybe you check it out? Maybe you read other awesome stuff over there? Maybe you spread the word about how B+H is? Maybe? #slimshady www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/chic...

#morning 06:55 am

20:47 pm

Alta Acqua bookshop in Venice. Boats filled with books. There is no frigate like a book - Emily Dickinson

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Javier Mayoral.

weekly talk story about having my motorcycle license for a year and the awesomeness of all of you... www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

New installment of Judy 4 Justice by Writer-in-Residence Jordan Trethewey @jordan-trethewey.bsky.social and Laura Kenney @lkenney.bsky.social: "Staying Hydrated" “Sure, Judy gets depressed. Tips / an occasional gulp of Sherry / while preparing a meal.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/jordan-treth...

Our last 2 pull-quotes: 1). "You’re either supposed to be a star or a star-fucker. Your mother will settle for a star-fucker." 2). "Before we headed to the viewing room, we spent the night jerking off into a jar—taking turns, no eye contact, focused, like a drill exercise."

4:20 national smokers time is my favorite time of day. Everyone put your lighters in the air its 4:17 lets go!

It was such an honour to read for this issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. This lineup is 🔥🔥🔥! Congratulations all contributors 🧡🧡🧡

***Drumroll, please! Presenting the dazzling contributor list of Issue 2. So much literary beauty is coming your way! We're beyond excited to share it with you all. #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

Poetry in nature

I like how almost none of this makes any sense (complimentary). More writing rules should sound nonsensical.

'I hole up in the living-room where Bob Ross tells me humans don't make mistakes and for a while I can feel that each stain on the lino is one of Bob’s happy little trees' Kate Horsley @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social 🌳🌳🌳

Super happy I'll have a story on the wonderful @doricliterary.bsky.social This is a big change (not huge, but big, since the story isn't very long) considering I've only been writing micros lately. Thank you so much Dave Gregory for having it ❤️

“Something must happen because that’s how stories work.” Oh, this wonderful flash by @happilander.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social! 🔥

“… it’s but a story about making something out of nothing, about how you dive into the blue for only ten seconds, with only sugar and honey and a big empty hole in your heart …” @happilander.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

“*Once we overcome this*, I tell him, but he places his finger on my mouth. He comes close, close, closer, a quick kiss on the forehead, *we’ll never overcome this.*” @happilander.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-38-aug...

Circle is a breakthrough for me. One it plays back for me in perfect emotional unison my father’s illness - and two - having also read your interview, my direction now, in this new experience of writing, that has taken me by surprise! Thank you!

Second pub for the day and my WiR story for @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social is a recipe, a countdown, a craft essay, and also a story within a story about heartache and how to survive it. Thank you so much EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social for having me in the team 💖💖💖

I wrote this tiny thing and @soflopojo.bsky.social published it. Thank you so much @francinewitte.bsky.social 💖💖💖 I'd be honored if you gave it a read, friends 🌺 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-38-aug...