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Fiction Editor:
@okaydonkeymag.com
Co-person:
@litmatchcollective.com
https://stevehasawebsite.com/
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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...
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So many people invited to Dick Cheney's housewarming party🤞Gonna be packed soon
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Dave Jamieson
6 days ago
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."
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Love this haunting piece so much. For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.
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Laurie Anderson
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Lit Match Collective
12 days ago
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...
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How to Complete a Professional Self-Edit
Revise like an editor & up your submissions game with our November workshop
https://www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/how-to-complete-a-professional-self
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Stoked to be headed to
@massmoca.bsky.social
🔥Grateful for the generosity and looking forward to creative community
www.massmocastudios.news/studios-news...
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Welcome October Artists-in-Residence! — Studios at MASS MoCA
This month we welcome a new cohort to the Studios at MASS MoCA.
https://www.massmocastudios.news/studios-news/welcome-2025-october-artists
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Lit Match Collective
13 days ago
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...
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November Plans!
Q&As w/Residency Directors & Meredith Talusan, $15 membership, monthlong Write-More challenge, and more!
https://litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-plans
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Lit Match Collective
17 days ago
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...
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You Are Still Allowed Your Dreams by Abigail Oswald
"I was fourteen when I found my doppelganger on the internet... Here was a picture I did not remember taking, in a posture I had never assumed, wearing clothes I had never owned..."
https://ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/you-are-still-allowed-your-dreams
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Lit Match Collective
17 days ago
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...
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You Can’t Come Back If Your Memories Are Missing - Electric Literature
"Accidental Girls" from PATTERNS OF ORBIT by Chloe N Clark, recommended by Juan Martinez
https://electricliterature.com/accidental-girls-by-chloe-n-clark/
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Lit Match Collective
20 days ago
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
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Bjørn Larssen (he/him)
22 days ago
“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.”
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Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
https://www.stereogum.com/2326398/garbages-shirley-manson-speaks-out-against-music-industry-economics-this-is-an-alarm-call/news/
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Melissa Rudick
24 days ago
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 🐋💙
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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
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24 days ago
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Lit Match Collective
25 days ago
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
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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
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slate
12 months ago
pulled pork = meat mulch
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slate
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a baby magician that gets really confused when things disappear
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Keith W. Dickinson
about 1 month ago
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.
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 1 month ago
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...
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I Found a Stone Under My Skin by Amanda Parrack
May 10th 9:58 pm I was brushing my hair when I noticed the top part of my head was tender. When I put my fingers through my hair searching for the tender spot, I stopped and felt the bump the size …
https://okaydonkeymag.com/2025/01/10/i-found-a-stone-under-my-skin-by-amanda-parrack/
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Lit Match Collective
about 1 month ago
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...
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Anton Hur
about 1 month ago
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
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Jacob Geller
about 1 month ago
"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI
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Jeffrey Hermann
about 1 month ago
This flash is so good. Man.
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Lit Match Collective
about 1 month ago
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...
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Chris Scott
about 1 month ago
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.
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Lit Match Collective
about 1 month ago
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!
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Lit Match Collective
about 1 month ago
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
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@jeffchon.bsky.social
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Lit Match Collective
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“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.
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Stoked for October! Let's do this💪
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 2 months ago
ICYMI: "13.1 Septillion Pounds," flash fiction by
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
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13.1 Septillion Pounds by Emily Rinkema
To help her sleep, we give the baby a basketball, a full-size regulation ball that my husband, CT, puts in her crib one night. He writes her name on it with a black Sharpie, bold letters like they …
https://okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/13-1-septillion-pounds-by-emily-rinkema/
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Damnably
about 2 months ago
Released worldwide today! New single from @lighters_jp - "Lost in Her Flowers"
youtu.be/SBdBpmuE9DI?...
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LIGHTERS - "Lost in Her Flowers"
YouTube video by Damnably
https://youtu.be/SBdBpmuE9DI?si=48pcv7hdEDsm1-mW
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The cat is the best part of this cuz notice how it is NOT HELPING But brilliant editor Autumn Watts will.
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about 2 months ago
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 2 months ago
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-...
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Aaron Burch
about 2 months ago
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Chloe N. Clark
about 2 months ago
Would you, yes you, like to review this pretty book at your favorite venue? Or, perhaps, interview its very pleasant* author? *Ymmv
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Lit Match Collective
about 2 months ago
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🤜🤛
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more mr. nice guy
about 2 months ago
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
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Aaron Burch
about 2 months ago
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!
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Jeff Chon
2 months ago
Hey everyone. Tomorrow, I'll be having a little chat with the kind folks at
@litmatchcollective.com
about...well....
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Kathy Fish
2 months ago
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
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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!
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Thomas Ha
2 months ago
will allow one intentional new experience every 2.5-3 yrs
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Mackenzie McGee
2 months ago
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!
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Brett Biebel
2 months ago
Fuck this is good
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“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
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Telling agents this is the latest publishing craze: what, u never heard of stacky stories?
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IlanaMiraL
3 months ago
This is devastating with not a single wasted word.
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Kathy Fish
2 months ago
This is going to be so cool! Check out Lit Match Collective! 🌟
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Ruth Joffre
2 months ago
stg I saw a dog pee like this at the dog park
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