How to draw high drama and emotion from stasis—an impasse. Much owes to Ian MacClayn's gorgeous style, altho not all of it. This story which we're honored to publish is consistent with the extraordinary work I first encountered by him in @minorliteratures.bsky.social and @thedodgemag.bsky.social.

Do we need to exist within delusion in order to live? Find out in "An Impasse" by @ianmacclayn.bsky.social (bit.ly/3ZH0EHc) #shortstories #literarycommunity #literaryjournal #fiction

A clothesline is all that connects Gaza to Texas but it is everything. Wrenching, real-time work from @kabusharekh.bsky.social. As this issue came together we found out his previous @yourimpossiblevoice.com contribution, "Zeppole (aka Awama), will appear in the forthcoming Best American Essays 2025.

"Even in winter, when the freezing interior plains are relieved by warm chinook winds, an unbroken wall of clouds still obscures and darkens the region. " An otherworldly story by @ianmacclayn.bsky.social but I recognize this world. 😉 yourimpossiblevoice.com/an-impasse/

Tapadh leibh (thank you) to everyone at @yourimpossiblevoice.com for publishing my work, especially to @alvinlu.bsky.social for his editorial uplift. Looks like a great issue all around; time to burrow in.

Today we're featuring a lovely piece of fiction: "Auguries of Innocence" by @ianmacclayn To read Ian's work in full visit: www.thedodgemag.com/ianmacclayn1

Thanks to @addisonzeller.bsky.social and @thedodgemag.bsky.social team for publishing my short fiction, “Auguries of Innocence”, today. Peace to the huts, war on the palaces.