Glenn Orgias
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Writer. TEETH KICKER (HarperCollins in 2026), MAN IN A GREY SUIT (Penguin 2012), www.glennorgias.com
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Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) đ HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
about 2 months ago
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Could not more highly recommend this book from a brilliant writer.
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25 days ago
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Creepy in the best possible way!!!!
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SmokeLong Quarterly
25 days ago
"What if time itself is a kind of wound?" Joshua Jones Lofflin is our featured author this week. Read
@jjlofflin.bsky.social
's interview that accompanies his award-winning story.
www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
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Smoke Signals with Joshua Jones Lofflin - SmokeLong Quarterly
This story won the SmokeLong Summer Standalone Flash competitionâcongratulations! I know you (like me) are a SmokeLong Fitness groupie. What prompt did you write this story for (if any)? What feedback...
https://www.smokelong.com/interviews/smoke-signals-with-joshua-jones-lofflin/
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Always love Josh's stories, this one is great! Kinda creepy, vaguely naughty, altogether unsettling and clever.
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about 1 month ago
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Daniel Miller
about 2 months ago
this is gonna rip and what a title !!!
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Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) đ HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
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SmokeLong Quarterly
2 months ago
www.smokelong.com/stories/wild...
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Wild Gazelle - SmokeLong Quarterly
The fat man could move. Given he were a fat shite youâd a not picked him for pace, but he had jets like. He leapt the back fence, a big timber job, like a pregnant gazelle. A fucken mystery of the wil...
https://www.smokelong.com/stories/wild-gazelle/
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Kirsti MacKenzie
3 months ago
Cannot recommend this story enough. Funny, dark, tender.
@glennorgias.bsky.social
is one of the absolute best doing it
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Joshua Jones Lofflin
3 months ago
âwhen I saw a job ad looking for a âbig guyâ who was willing to âbecome anonymousâ and to live in a âdungeonâ, I said: Bingo.â Fantastic new work from
@glennorgias.bsky.social
in
@xraylitmag.bsky.social
xraylitmag.com/mrs-beatrix-...
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MRS BEATRIX by Glenn Orgias
The Gimp Box I lay in my apartment worrying about death and worrying that my constant worrying would eventually manifest in my sickness and death. So, when I saw a job ad looking for a âbig guyâ who w...
https://xraylitmag.com/mrs-beatrix-by-glenn-orgias/fiction/
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Ani King (they/them)
3 months ago
Yessssss, outstanding, Glenn!
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Love X-R-A-Y, and they made the move to publish my gimp story!
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3 months ago
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M.M. Kaufman
4 months ago
EVERYONE FREAK OUT! My latest story is out
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
And itâs good! And you should read it!
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed
4 months ago
Few more hours until we close for submissions. Deadlineâs midnight EST. Donât be late.
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Stoked to have my story 'Irreconcilable Differences' on this list. Thank you
@wigleaf.bsky.social
and Lunch Ticket
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4 months ago
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed
5 months ago
Hi Hi! Just gonna...leave this here. Bye! đhttps://literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/submit
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Congratulations
@aniking.bsky.social
and
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social
!!! And everyone on the list.
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5 months ago
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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam)
5 months ago
âSurely it were a well-appointed abode once but itâs now been restyled with a minimal, heroin-chic, post pawn-shop vibe in mind.â This masterpiece of pace and voice by
@glennorgias.bsky.social
in
@smokelong.bsky.social
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Patricia Q. Bidar
5 months ago
The youngerân meets me eye and itâs like he thinks Iâm the one whoâs gonna save him from Macca, and ainât the innocent of a child a frightening an terrifying thing. âHe ainât so bad,â I says. âWile E. Coyote, he ainât got no luck but heâs a fuckin tryer.â Masterfully done. Awed.
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My story, "Wild Gazelle" is at
@smokelong.bsky.social
today. Thanks to The Smokey Award judges for selecting it as a finalist. I hope you'll take a look at it...
www.smokelong.com/stories/wild...
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Wild Gazelle - SmokeLong Quarterly
The fat man could move. Given he were a fat shite youâd a not picked him for pace, but he had jets like. He leapt the back fence, a big timber job, like a pregnant gazelle. A fucken mystery of the wil...
https://www.smokelong.com/stories/wild-gazelle/
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@smokelong.bsky.social
asked us to record our stories for this issue, so I asked the wonderful
@dilking2002.bsky.social
to help, because what a voice...
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5 months ago
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Love this cover.
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5 months ago
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All these years later I still really like the surfing video that Penguin made for my memoir (even though the music is slightly ott). All shot at Bondi beach.
youtu.be/-sxwbIBPADw?...
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Glenn Orgias - Man in a Grey Suit
YouTube video by Penguin Books Australia
https://youtu.be/-sxwbIBPADw?si=lDaYFeN8jPAqCJcP
5 months ago
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Wild Gazelle is a finalist! Cool, cool, very thrilling. The story was originally a scene in my novel (currently on sub) so it feels good that it will have a public life at this beautiful place. Thanks to all the editors at
@smokelong.bsky.social
, and congrats to all the finalists and winners.
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5 months ago
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Been sending my crime novel, Teeth Kicker, around. Really pleased to announce I'm now represented by Jeanne Rcykmans at Key People.
www.keypeoplelm.com/glenn-orgias
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Glenn Orgias â Key People Literary Management
https://www.keypeoplelm.com/glenn-orgias
6 months ago
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I have a story in this issue #37, somewhere around the middle. It's about religion and regret.
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6 months ago
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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam)
6 months ago
Friends, i have a ragy cnf micro featuring Gauguin in
@epistemiclit.bsky.social
. Hope youâll read. Thanks
@kristinwrites.bsky.social
@melruthwrites.bsky.social
@gcbwrites.bsky.social
for being the most awesome, supportive editorial team đ§Ąđ§Ąđ§Ą
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
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MY BROTHER LECTURES ME ABOUT GAUGUIN -
He says, âArt is in the eye of the beholder.âI say, âSo you want to behold a naked fourteen-year-old Javanese girl whom he bought as asex slave?âAnd he says,
https://epistemiclit.com/current-issue/issue-five/my-brother-lectures-me/
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Love this meditation on fear and fearlessness.
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6 months ago
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Where are the flash lit people? Post some of your recent pieces, I'd love to read 'em.
6 months ago
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trampset
7 months ago
Our April issue is now live. Featuring Amrita Noor, JR Kangas,
@glennorgias.bsky.social
@amorak.bsky.social
@squeakypig.bsky.social
Eric Pankey,
@robinwilder.bsky.social
&
@apotee.bsky.social
trampset.org
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trampset
We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a rolling basis. Explore the site sections and our Medium archive for more.
https://trampset.org/
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Excited to have a story out in the magical Trampset today! Please take a look.
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7 months ago
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trampset
7 months ago
Next issue drops this Friday, including new work from Paula Gil-Ordonez Gomez, Noor Bedi, JR Kangas,
@glennorgias.bsky.social
@amorak.bsky.social
@squeakypig.bsky.social
Eric Pankey,
@robinwilder.bsky.social
&
@apotee.bsky.social
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@aniking.bsky.social
has been releasing such great stories. I'm also stoked to see this in
@wigleaf.bsky.social
.
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7 months ago
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SmokeLong Quarterly
8 months ago
Glenn Orgias' brilliant story "Axolotl" (Pithead Chapel) was long-listed for the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. Glenn has lots to say about workshop feedback and community.
www.smokelong.com/an-interview...
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An Interview with Glenn Orgias - SmokeLong Quarterly
In 2024 SmokeLong hosted our second SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition. Our workshop participants reported almost 300 publications to us before November 1, 2024. In 2025, weâll be featuring one writ...
https://www.smokelong.com/an-interview-with-glenn-orgias/
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Sometimes I wonder if dogs love you so much because they know they only have a short time here.
11 months ago
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Really pleased to have a story on the longlist. I've really loved the SmokeLong Workshops, they have helped my flash writing tremendously.
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11 months ago
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Maureen Langloss
11 months ago
Making sure the literary community over here sees this news on Twitter from Pidgeonholes, a lit mag I have always admired & enjoyed. đ§Ą
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What is the minimum number of words you'd expect to see in a short story collection?
12 months ago
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SmokeLong Quarterly
12 months ago
Our first starter pack of SmokeLong contributors: Issue 63-85. If we've missed you, please tag us so we can add you!
go.bsky.app/2BsZebW
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Thank you
@pitheadchapel.bsky.social
and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social
! Thrilled to be nominated.
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12 months ago
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Where was your fist submission? I was brave (naive) and subbed a just completed first draft to the Paris Review by post back in 2012, lol.
12 months ago
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Joshua Jones Lofflin
12 months ago
A new story for your weekend. I hope youâll give it a read. Many thanks to the good folks at Four Way Review for giving my little oddball a home.
fourwayreview.com/south-oats-b...
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SOUTH OATS by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Before she divorced me, Layla ran the South Oats Sea Camp. Technically, I ran it with her though I only oversaw the ropes courses, checking the equipment for cracked helmets and fraying lines. The âŠ
https://fourwayreview.com/south-oats-by-joshua-jones-lofflin/
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Pithead Chapel
over 1 year ago
Our August issue is live! Read here:
pitheadchapel.com/2024/08/01/v...
Words: MICHAEL DON DIDI WOOD GLENN ORGIAS JESS GOLDEN KASEY BUTCHER SANTANA JACKIE CRAVEN CARLA PANCIERA SARAH FAWN MONTGOMERY Cover art: MIA BROECKE
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Volume 13, Issue 8
COVER ART BY MIA BROECKE  FICTION Homecoming by Michael Don When Iâm a Ghost by Didi Wood Axolotl soup by Glenn Orgias A Breach by Jess Golden  NONFICTION On a Swanâs Wing by Kasey ButcâŠ
https://pitheadchapel.com/2024/08/01/volume-13-issue-8/
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MrBullBull
over 1 year ago
It was embarrassing, sprinting in his shiny funeral suit, trailing the kite over the hillocks. & from this he sensed the ridiculous & the infantile fathers persevered through for ones too young to recognise it as anything other than wondrous.
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HAD
over 1 year ago
"Your rating in the post-apocalypse is very much determined by your changing fortunes in the pre-apocalypse, just ask Sue Ellen. She made the mistake of being a little too kind in this world, and now sheâs fucked in the apocalypse." âGlenn Orgias đđ!!!
https://www.havehashad.com/2nbpc
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Who got what? by Glenn Orgias
Sue Ellen and me got 1.8. Everyone thought Sue Ellen would be pissed about that, but she says she doesnât give a shit. Yeah, come the apocalypse weâre not gonna make it, her or me, weâre least likely…
https://www.havehashad.com/2nbpc
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Dhyanna Raffi-David
almost 2 years ago
Doing the Happy Dance! â My story "Passing" is up
@Smokelong.bsky.social
Special thanks to the wonderful Smokelong editors for seeing something sparkle in this story, & extra shout out to
@MCzyzniejewski.bsky.social
for the deep-dive interview. So excited!
www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
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Passing - SmokeLong Quarterly
If your dad died in Switzerland blowing an alpine horn, if his anterior cerebral artery burst, and your mom said his last breath rang through the hills, past deer, past goats, beyond trees, if you kne...
https://www.smokelong.com/stories/passing/
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Great new issue of
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. Read the interviews too, they have some great writing advice/insights.
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almost 2 years ago
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Oh yes, this! I am under construction too. Beautiful story from
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https://www.smokelong.com/stories/unfinished-houses/
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Unfinished Houses - SmokeLong Quarterly
I always fall in love with women who have never lived in unfinished houses. Whoâve never had blankets make a maze of walls that breathe. My architecture is unsteady and haphazard: these women expect...
https://www.smokelong.com/stories/unfinished-houses/
almost 2 years ago
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee
almost 2 years ago
weekly talk story about
@astrolabe.ooo
, Best Small Fictions 2023, and
@altcurrent.bsky.social
www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...
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Joshua Jones Lofflin
almost 2 years ago
"Most clones are returned because of a glaring genetic fuck up by the cloneistsâa six fingered hand or a moustache gone wrong. But some returned clones have no perceivable flaw. Like, for example, Jeff." fantastic new work from
@glennorgias.bsky.social
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Really pleased and excited to have a flash up with Lunch Ticket today. Its about our willingness to do bad things. #flash #flashfiction
https://lunchticket.org/irreconcilable-differences/
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Irreconcilable Differences - Lunch Ticket
Glenn Orgias writes a compelling flash prose piece regarding the unhappy results of projecting potential and regret.
https://lunchticket.org/irreconcilable-differences/
almost 2 years ago
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