Story in Epiphany 🌱 epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Had a magical magical time at Yaddo ✨

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Story in Fairy Tale Review 💗🌸🔪

this piece by @skyskkyy.bsky.social is rad and it's right in that space between lit fic and spec that I like so much

“i will not be afraid. i will do what i am set to do and nothing else. i will not be afraid. ever again. i will not be afraid. i will not be afraid. i will not.”

who are five writers that made u? Shirley Jackson Leonora Carrington Muriel Spark Edward Gorey Kurt Vonnegut

@skyskkyy.bsky.social is on FIRE

Story in Wigleaf ✨ wigleaf.com/202503teeth....

"Gerta lost her mother in the fifth grade and became a horse for a year." — Skyler Melnick I wanna give you more — the whole thing is so, so good; every sentence perfect and a marvel — but if that doesn't grab you, I don't know what to say. https://www.havehashad.com/88t4b

my favorite genres: 1. Something bad is going to happen 2. This house is falling apart 3. we are sisters with secrets 4. mother do u love me 5. my trauma is following me

"The line takes forever, but finally it’s my turn." This week's story is much-needed! Grief by way of humor, dancing, friendship. This wonderful new @skyskkyy.bsky.social piece strikes at the heart of something so real. "It Smells Like Dead Girls in Here," up now! ⚰️🪩👇

DELIGHTFUL

"Mother is mildewing. She has been for a while now. Ever since I can remember, really. White-gray splotches sliding up her hands like gloves." Hunger Mountain, issue 31 hungermtn.netlify.app/issues/hunge...

shoutout to @skyskkyy.bsky.social for making the list with her amazing story, "Two Girls"! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/two...

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Read "Let Her Out" written by Skyler Melnick and illustrated by Brett J. Barr. "We don’t let the cat out anymore because she kills everything. Piles birds in the kitchen; mice in the cupboards; squirrels in the bathtub." tinyurl.com/3mpmzvur

this Skyler Melnick story was the first I accepted during my big newbie call last month. has the kind of sentences and language that just light me up and make me feel like I'm glowing. I think it will be a new fave for at least a handful of you. https://www.havehashad.com/0nmxl

*OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee* "Dadoo" by Skyler Melnick: