GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.

If you rank civility over justice at this point you are a collaborator

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

I’m excited to have a micro-excerpt from my novel-in-progress in this issue. Thrilled to be in such great company! Finding an under 200-word, freestanding section to extract and submit was a difficult —but rewarding—challenge. Big thank you to eds. @owenwyke.bsky.social and @amygcb.bsky.social !

We are not here to debate. We are here to dismantle. ICE’s violence is not “unfortunate.” It’s intentional. It’s deadly. This weekend — we gather to demand accountability — and to build power. #ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/G9n7pPTc

Support Democrats who promise accountability and prosecutions against this lawless Trump regime, and who champion "Abolish ICE" and refuse to throw immigrants under the bus. It's the lowest bar on Earth.

🎧Listen to @melaniehoopes.bsky.social Hoopes interview @mattleibel.bsky.social and read his story aloud in our companion podcast, pod-ette! open.spotify.com/episode/60GB...

A lovely poetic piece by @suzyeynon.bsky.social: ettereview.com/fall2025/eyn...

What fun!! An actual roulette wheel to spin!! Your prize? Fantastic readings!! 😎

Congratulations to our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees! Laura Cronk @suzyeynon.bsky.social @amyholman.bsky.social @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social Emma Raimondo Nora Esme Wagner

Artwork by -ette co-editor & illustrator @bybethhahn.bsky.social. We’re getting ready to send the originals out to our 2025 writers 💌

"He explained that the fountain was about transformation. Water is motion. Life is motion. The flap of the wing, the angel, the bird. The carrying of each from one world to the next." Oh my... this gorgeous and funny story about angels and hauntings by @bybethhahn.bsky.social is a must-read. ❤️⛲⚰️〰️🤯

loved this haunting flash by @bybethhahn.bsky.social. “It wasn’t the thing she was supposed to die of, but an accident. While it was happening, it felt like a cartoon.”

@karenmcpherson.bsky.social @amyholman.bsky.social @bybethhahn.bsky.social

-ette Issue 6: Roulette is now live! www.ettereview.com/fall2025/ Spin the animated wheel and check out new work by: Laura Cronk @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social Emma Raimondo

The roulette issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is out! I'm in love with ette's design for this issue and Beth's illustration for "Landlines." Huge thanks to Nora and Beth for including my work. ettereview.com/fall2025/

Excited to share my story "How to Buy a Snowglobe" in the very cool-looking new issue of -ette. Thanks to @noramaynard.bsky.social and @bybethhahn.bsky.social for showcasing my work, and to @melaniehoopes.bsky.social for performing my story and interviewing me for her podcast!

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Two beauties by Jenn Martelli. Love forever 🩷https://ettereview.com/archive/fall2023/martelli/

“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy. rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Edward Mullany @pubgen.bsky.social

Enough is enough. We cannot continue to be a nation that meets gun violence with inaction. This is a public health crisis and we must end this cycle of trauma once and for all. www.cbsnews.com/news/shootin...

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

A big thanks to all our “roulette” submitters! We’re now closed. For future calls, pls follow us here or join our mailing list by sending us an email at [email protected]

Note: COVID hasn’t changed that much recently, so while they will be updating the vaccine in fall to match the latest variants, the current “old” vaccine should still provide good protection (and better than no vaccine if access is restricted).

Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one.

Check out this online flash fiction course with my -ette co-ed, @bybethhahn.bsky.social Beth is an amazing editor & teacher. She has an uncanny ability to see all a writer is reaching towards in an early draft. She’ll help guide your fresh, new stories into their fullest, strongest realization

Submission call! -ette review is looking for two more pieces for its upcoming “roulette” issue. We will open this Saturday, July 26th. Visit ettereview.com/submit/ to read about the theme. We look forward to reading your work! -Nora and Beth

The story is that Emily Dickinson was this odd little lady who never left her house but recently I was in Amherst and saw her house and wow so nice—big w eaves & whatnot. Even from the outside you know it’s nice to be alone in. She was busy.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Thinking of starting a litmag? Join @ettereview.bsky.social co-editor @bybethhahn.bsky.social and me for an in-depth workshop www.writerscenter.org/event-detail...

Signs up are now open for fall online sessions in flash fiction and more with the amazing @bybethhahn.bsky.social at @hvwriterscenter.bsky.social. Can't say enough good things--Beth is a remarkable teacher, writer, and friend. 😍✍️👩‍💻💜💚💙💕 www.writerscenter.org/event-detail...

A new episode of pod-ette just dropped! @melaniehoopes.bsky.social talks to S.D. Pergola, Jessica Barlevi @amyholman.bsky.social -ette ed. @bybethhahn.bsky.social talks about her new novel. Original music by @chesterjankowski.bsky.social Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

I'm fucking dying of laughter here

I’m thrilled to be the feature poet for a week

Brave Virginia Roberts, I read about you a lot while writing The City Beneath Her. I’m sorry you’re gone. 💔 www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/a...

Thanks, Eileen!!

Coming soon!

NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement. Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.

Hello! Read a paragraph from THE CITY BENEATH HER on my newly designed website! www.beth-hahn.com

The Special Election to complete the rest of George Latimer's term as County Executive is TODAY. Polls are open from 6AM - 9PM. Choose results and progress over MAGA rhetoric. Elect Ken Jenkins as County Executive! Find your polling place: citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/find-polling...

In progress. Great directions. Thanks, Reddit!

Thanks, Regal House, for including my book in this stunning round-up!

Want to support small press authors? Here's a running list of writers with current or future Regal House books. Click "Pin To Home" to make the list into a feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hi! Maybe some of you don’t know I have a novel out in the new year! You can preorder THE CITY BENEATH HER here regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-city-ben... it’s a twisty retelling of a famous unsolved crime.

This makes me smile every time — Walker Evans, Self-portrait in Automated Photobooth, 1930s.

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky