Welcome to the editing workshop by Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social! On identifying common problems and solving them. Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...

So many people invited to Dick Cheney's housewarming party🤞Gonna be packed soon

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Love this haunting piece so much. For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.

Laurie Anderson

And in November, Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social will be teaching a course at The Forever Workshop on different story types and revising for common challenges they present. w/ pre- and post-revision versions of 4 pieces from @okaydonkeymag.com www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/how-to-com...

Stoked to be headed to @massmoca.bsky.social 🔥Grateful for the generosity and looking forward to creative community www.massmocastudios.news/studios-news...

Our plans for November are here! 🔥$15 Basic memberships! 🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social! 🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social! And more👇 litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...

Want more chills? Here's another haunted fave by @abigailoswald.bsky.social You'll love what it does with doppelgangers & disappearing (Even if you don't believe, like I do, that the screen is a mirror from beyond which The Nether beckons) #commonsense ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/you-are-st...

While the vibe is still spooky here's one of our favorite ghost stories by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com Is there actually a ghost in this story? Well, that depends... Is this thing haunted though? Oh 100% electricliterature.com/accidental-g...

Got work to share? Want to beat stage fright? We host live community readings in Discord last Sundays of the month & the vibe is super warm & supportive❤️ And on Oct 26 @benloory.bsky.social will read too! So pop in. Subscribe to our newsletter for a trial membership litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

I’m so excited to have this little story up today at Okay Donkey. It was a fun story to write and then later it was even more fun to work with the @okaydonkeymag.com team to polish it and make it even better 🐋💙

We've been trying to figure out how Ben writes pieces that feel fun and sometimes even silly but also ultimately moving and profound. Many hypotheses! But maybe the answer is just: magic. Really looking forward to diving in deeper this Sunday

This Sunday, Oct 19 at 8PM ET! We'll be chatting with our favorite fabulist @benloory.bsky.social about clarity, craft, and caring in our members-only Discord server. Not a member? Not a problem. Just subscribe to our newsletter for a 1-month trial 🔥 litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com

kind of wanna watch PARANORMAL ACTIVITY on TV with commercial breaks. sunny pharmaceuticals. breezy Botox. class action lawsuits: SA by guards in juvenile detention centers, SA by faculty at Rosemead High School. "Vote NO on PROP 50" etc. something might happen to my brain but not sure what

pulled pork = meat mulch

a baby magician that gets really confused when things disappear

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

We're excited to announce Amanda Parrack as our nominee for the 2026 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers! We published Amanda's story "I Found a Stone Under My Skin" in January: okaydonkeymag.com/2025/01/10/i...

our editors @stevexisxok.bsky.social and @autumnwatts.bsky.social are obsessed with developing your pieces🧐 ...and the waitlist to workshop with them is LIVE! www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-work...

i was born in sweden, so they should induct me into the swedish academy. i will make sure an Asian lady wins for three years in a row

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

This flash is so good. Man.

Of course we love helping you live your best (literary) lives but did you know we're not too shabby as editors? Come talk about your work with Autumn and Steve🔥 Free membership trials this month, details here: litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/preview-ou...

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

What do we think about the approach they shared? If you like the highlights from our talk, join our Discord for more. On Oct 19, 8PM ET we’ll chat with our fave writer of fables and tales @benloory.bsky.social✨ (I hear we might discuss the power of fable vs parable👀) Link in bio!

It's a luxury to think politics aren't personal. The 'issues' affect us personally! So how do we write about them in more personal ways? Beyond anger or detached 'irony.' Beyond 'Good vs Evil.' We asked @aaronburch.bsky.social + @jeffchon.bsky.social and they shared some great thoughts...

“How to Write Topical Without Getting Preachy” ICYMI: in September we chatted with editor @aaronburch.bsky.social and writer @jeffchon.bsky.social about “Nothing Personal,” Chon’s heartbreaking piece that takes on the murder of a healthcare CEO — from an angle that might surprise you.

Stoked for October! Let's do this💪

ICYMI: "13.1 Septillion Pounds," flash fiction by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social:

Released worldwide today! New single from @lighters_jp - "Lost in Her Flowers" youtu.be/SBdBpmuE9DI?...

The cat is the best part of this cuz notice how it is NOT HELPING But brilliant editor Autumn Watts will.

Our Best of the Net picks are in! 💻 Congratulations to Julia Rose Greider, Nicola Koh, @casswhit.bsky.social, Gabe Montesanti, @karanchambers.bsky.social, @poetalukah.bsky.social, @danijanae.bsky.social, and Shagufta Mulla. Read the nominated works: okaydonkeymag.com/nominations-...

Would you, yes you, like to review this pretty book at your favorite venue? Or, perhaps, interview its very pleasant* author? *Ymmv

More blessed news?! We got a 5-step guide to writing a @jeffchon.bsky.social story!🫠 (Wouldn't it be fun to use as a writing prompt?) If you missed our convo it'll live on in our Story Chat archives with addenda from editor on the piece @aaronburch.bsky.social. Pop in anytime to join in🤜🤛

dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints

Was supposed to be a part of this (/kinda still am officially?) but, like a doofus, forgot I had tickets for Russian Circles tonight. But this chat should be amazing, y'all should look into checking it out!, and I'm going to swoop in tomorrow and catch-up with some thoughts, after the fact!

Hey everyone. Tomorrow, I'll be having a little chat with the kind folks at @litmatchcollective.com about...well....

There's a cool new writers' site in town! Founded by Autumn Watts (fiction editor, Guernica) & Steve Chang (fiction editor, Okay Donkey), @litmatchcollective.com I have a code for a FREE Basic Annual Membership. First one to respond gets it! Check it out here: www.litmatchcollective.com

stoked to be hosting a Very Literary Chat with @aaronburch.bsky.social and @jeffchon.bsky.social this Thursday, 9/11 at 6pm Pacific over at litmatchcollective.com come chat with us!

will allow one intentional new experience every 2.5-3 yrs

I have a new story out! And I'm so proud of it! I hope you like it as much as I do ✨🎺🥤 Thanks to @stevexisxok.bsky.social for one of the most encouraging, enlightening editorial processes I've experienced. I can't recommend submitting to OKD enough!

Fuck this is good

“Your uterus,” she announces, “is not happy.” “I know,” I admit. “I have been sensing its unhappiness.” Speaking of body parts...👀 Check out Kathy's prompt about speaking TO body parts in our Discord at litmatchcollective.com

Telling agents this is the latest publishing craze: what, u never heard of stacky stories?

This is devastating with not a single wasted word.

This is going to be so cool! Check out Lit Match Collective! 🌟

stg I saw a dog pee like this at the dog park