Megan Barickman
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Writer living in Colorado.
Wow, and in such amazing company! Thank you
@hexliterary.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
"Eli says I can come over on Saturday, but I have to be quiet when we go inside, because his mom will be home all day." We are so stoked to feature a new one by
@lilliekoi.bsky.social
today that is absolutely oozing with a phenomenal sense of childhood dread and weirdness. Don't miss "Out," up now!
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Out by Lillie E. Franks
Eli says I can come over on Saturday, but I have to be quiet when we go inside, because his mom will be home all day. One time on the playground behind the swings, Eli told me that he hates his mom, a...
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Elena Zhang
3 months ago
Thrilled to have three tiny poems up on
@havehashad.com
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www.havehashad.com/hadposts/amp...
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Completely shocked and honored to find myself on this list with so many incredible writers. Thank you to the amazing folks at hex!! And good luck to all the nominees here and elsewhere!
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hex
3 months ago
"The lectern of the conference room is emanating darkness. Profits are down. I know this because we all know this." Surprise after surprise at this hilarious and horrifying marketing conference, we're so fired up to feature
@johnchrostek.com
's latest, Inclement Weather this week! Bring a jacket!! 🧥
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Inclement Weather by John Chrostek
The lectern of the conference room is emanating darkness. Profits are down. I know this because we all know this. There is no escaping the revelation. I yearn to feel anything other than concern, but ...
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X-R-A-Y Literary Press
4 months ago
today we have a story by Cortez ! 'Would You Tremble in the Presence of the Virgin Should She Come To Your Town?' is about the narrator's mother, who keeps getting pregnant. brilliant themes of creation, scandal, & power in here <3 great sentences
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WOULD YOU TREMBLE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE VIRGIN SHOULD SHE COME TO YOUR TOWN? by Cortez
When Mother’s belly bloomed again, she pointed a french-tipped finger at the richest man in town. The accusation, though baseless, haunted him– it polluted his polished lawn, noosed his silk ties. Thi...
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5 months ago
"The cat stretched in the sunlight and talked to us, eyes narrowed, while Marco demonstrated the library machines." Incredible restraint, a sense of mystery that lingers, a lazing library cat!
@addisonzeller.bsky.social
is back in hex with an absolute wonder that we can't stop thinking about! Go! 🐈⬛
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hex
5 months ago
"I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss." Incredibly stoked we get to feature two new
@rorty.bsky.social
surrealist bangers this week! Dreamworld imagery, playful language and a wonderfully bizarre sense of humor abound in these two beauties! Go peep! 🧶😶🌫️
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Two by Ruby Rorty
After the metal band, the rubber band I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss. He is subject to hubris and get smart quick schemes. I absolve myself, but only just...
https://hexliterary.com/?p=2785
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Amorak Huey
6 months ago
“… or / I must change my understanding of what it means to be satisfied.” —from the new issue of
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HAD
6 months ago
this Julián Martinez poem is a little different, yet just as amazing, than I've come to expect from him "See, our lips bend: we are always moving warmthward through and beyond what we forgot we would say: I’m so about being buried together."
https://www.havehashad.com/rx442
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Anti-Elegy by Julián Martinez
after John Ashbery See, our lips bend: we are always moving warmthward (if I may) through and beyond what we forgot we would say: I’m so about being buried together. Your nightmares are of us being…
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Moist Poetry Journal
6 months ago
“I don’t know why I always imagined the fields in dusk—the little flame- tailed foxes dragging their torches behind.” Reyzl Grace, with a gorgeous, new
#SummerRiot
poem 🦊🔥
@reyzlgrace.bsky.social
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“Midrash on Judges 15:4” by Reyzl Grace
I don’t know why I always imaginedthe fields in dusk—the little flame-tailed foxes dragging their torchesbehind. Do you think, as they rushed from their doors,the Philistines saw how beautiful it w…
https://moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/30/midrash-on-judges-154-by-reyzl-grace/
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Amie Souza Reilly
7 months ago
"Most humans are selfish clumps of afflictions and grievances." Love this!
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‘Her body south-facing always, a spirit searching for union, for extension, for vegetable tranquillity; unpractised in green ways, in rootedness, but sapful, exalted and germinal.’
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Aaron Burch
9 months ago
speaking of
@joshuahebburn.bsky.social
, here's another semi-recent banger...
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
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life story by joshua hebburn — scaffold literary magazine
micro fiction
https://www.scaffoldlit.com/microwritings/life-story-by-joshua-hebburn
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hex
9 months ago
"The scientists were holding a press conference. They often did this and were often ignored. The public was sick of novel findings." Feeling crabby? Anneke Schwob (and several scientists) have the cure! This week on hex, "Carcinisation" is hilarious, strange, wonderful and very timely! Go read! 🦀
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Carcinisation by Anneke Schwob
The scientists were holding a press conference. They often did this and were often ignored. The public was sick of novel findings. They couldn’t figure out why anything the scientists told them mat...
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hex
10 months ago
We are feeling lucky today... Open now! Submissions capped at 200. Send us something cool! 😈💜
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hex
10 months ago
"So today Mena’s got a bucket, and a bright, sharp trowel, and a scary-sharp gleam in her eye." Oh, friends, this week we offer a quiet creeper, rivulets of unease tracing through impeccably crafted prose. "Mena, Until," by Patricia Russo is one you won't want to miss. 🪣
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Mena, Until by Patricia Russo
So today Mena's got a bucket, and a bright, sharp trowel, and a scary-sharp gleam in her eye. Rain's streaming down, and the air's thick and gray. Her nails are dirty, and it looks like she hasn't bru...
https://hexliterary.com/?p=2553
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p.e. garcia
11 months ago
Tupelo Press’ response to new NEA restrictions is inspiring and should serve as an industry standard.
@tupelopress.bsky.social
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Please check out my latest piece
@hexliterary.bsky.social
It’s got a bovine specter.
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Daniel Miller
11 months ago
Who up reading ghost-cow fiction??? If not, you are missing out... New
@barickme.bsky.social
, for the afternoon crowd! Go get it!
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I’m so excited to be back in one of my very favorite lit mags
@hexliterary.bsky.social
today with a little tale about capitalists and cow-ghosts.
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11 months ago
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X-R-A-Y Literary Press
11 months ago
today we have a teriffic story by Rylie Farr !! in this story, the narrator's girlfriend is slowly turning into an insect. i loved how caring & supportive the narrator is as this happens -- turning a horror story into a love story.
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she transmogrified in my bed by Rylie Farr
My girlfriend has started a new regiment this week. She told me after coming home yesterday from work. Supposedly, this is supposed to help her achieve her “ideal form.” Every night now she is suppose...
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hex
11 months ago
"I want to look (inside) and see that the (centre) leads to a different world." Dreamy, wondrous, a linguistic treat, a mysterious
[email protected]
's "at the (centre) of it all" hits all the bases! We love this delightfully strange story, up now! Go read it! 👇
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at the (centre) of it all by Isana Skeete
I want to look (inside) and see that the (centre) leads to a different world. A kaleidoscope of a world. And in that world is a brand spanking new. A diamond chrysalis. (inside) the chrysalis is anoth...
https://hexliterary.com/?p=2509
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“The only hope is in knowing there’s no cure.”
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪
12 months ago
I started my own press!! Piżama (Polish for 'pajamas') is dedicated to showcasing the strange & the surreal. The weirder, the better. Our first book is DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY, the debut poetry collection by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi.
neonpajamas.com/pizamapress
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hex
about 1 year ago
"Sailor Moon doesn’t need a magical wand or an idiot with roses." We are BEYOND thrilled to share a new
@angelaliu.bsky.social
story with you this week, featuring a familiar 90s icon searching for change in her life! The prose in this one is so sharp! Hit it!👇🌙
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Sailor Moon Is Tired of Fighting Evil by Angela Liu
Sailor Moon doesn’t need a magical wand or an idiot with roses. The ghouls that chase her are already a dying species—outdated, second class to the real monsters shouting on the TV. She rides the trai...
https://hexliterary.com/?p=2448
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hex
about 1 year ago
"It isn’t like what I see online." We are so stoked to have
@calebbethea.bsky.social
back this week with a new horror! Glorious and disturbing in equal measure, you won't want to miss this sharp little sleep paralysis demon! "Glitter in Your Eyes" is up now!😈✨👇
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Glitter in Your Eyes by Caleb Bethea
It isn’t like what I see online. It could have been a witch. Dark cloak and a creeping way of moving around the room. Grabbing my wrist until I wake up and can’t move. No, my visitor has a knife...
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