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Writer of weird things sitting with a cat in Washington, DC she/her www.joannatheiss.com
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Francinewitte
2 days ago
ICYMI-FBOMB Flash reading.
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FBOMB Global Flash Reading April 10, 2026
YouTube video by Francine Witte
https://youtu.be/eYoS7ypcybg?si=1VAdTOz5ajLv2dC0
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Frosted Poptart
3 days ago
Montana has figured out a way to put the screws to Citizens United. Good. All states need to do what the gutless SCOTUS won't.
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I'll be reading at this tonight!
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Somewhere along the line, I decided I wrote either novels or micros, but then I wrote a 2,000 word story that was just accepted. So I guess, don't put yourself in a writing box
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Nina Willburger
5 days ago
A Roman gladiator frozen in his final fight: this funerary relief shows Peneleos, a heavily armed murmillo, who won eleven fights in the arena - and seems to have died in his twelfth. Dating 3rd century AD and found in Türkiye. From the collection of Antikensammlung Basel. 📷 me 🏺
#reliefwednesday
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Got excited when I found the first instance of a woman appearing in the Congressional Record, in 1916. Until I realized that she was a white supremacist and the speech was about the value of slavery.
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The Adroit Journal
12 days ago
Calling all high school and college writers! The 206 Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose are open for submissions through May 1, judged by the brilliant Leila Chatti and Karissa Chen.
theadroitjournal.org/adroit-prizes/
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This 100 word story is perfection.
@100wordstory.bsky.social
@tracyroyce.bsky.social
100wordstory.org/what-she-wore/
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What She Wore - 100Words
Tracy Royce Diapers. A bunny onesie and a smile displaying two front teeth. Rain boots. Mud. A vampire cape and fangs. Braces. Itchy gym shorts, a sports bra. Band-Aids, then scabs. Sunscreen and a on...
https://100wordstory.org/what-she-wore/
11 days ago
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New-Cleckit Dominie
13 days ago
They: Hi! Through our unhallowed ransacking of the world's knowledge, your computer can now talk to the dead. Me: Can it talk to my printer yet? They: haha no
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Preorder your Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival merch! This year's tee is bringing medieval vibes so you know it will sell out
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Female serial killers in real life: 16% So why are so many of the serial killers in books and movies female?
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Nerve to Write
13 days ago
Issue One is live and full of nerve! Featuring work by
@emmabolden.bsky.social
,
@jacqdoyle.bsky.social
,
@williamfargason.bsky.social
,
@sonyahuber.bsky.social
@mattkendrick.bsky.social
,
@gabemontesanti.bsky.social
,
@zachpowers.bsky.social
and more!
www.nervetowrite.com/issue-1
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Issue 1 | Nerve to Write
https://www.nervetowrite.com/issue-1
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Dave Bulmer
14 days ago
The stuff about him has been known for years of course but it's heartening that people are finding out
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I thought of such a good idea for a sign but I don't feel like making it (90% chance this will be on someone's sign at the protest tomorrow)
16 days ago
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Embarrassing search of the day: how to cook bacon stovetop
21 days ago
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Deidre Lynch
24 days ago
It is lovely that the Art Gallery of Ontario can now name the Black woman in the gorgeous
#18thc
portrait they acquired 6 yrs ago & also date the painting. It's from 1775. She is Eleonora Susette, enslaved by the Dutch governor of Guyana, accompanying his widow on her return to the Netherlands.
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Just finished "A Question of Family" by
@fbereaud.bsky.social
published by
@stanchion.bsky.social
If you're into flash, family troubles, and vibes, this book is for you
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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A Question of Family | Stanchion
From François Bereaud, the acclaimed writer of San Diego Stories, comes a novel told in stories that span eras. Meet Walter, Claire, Grace, and Michael, a family in some state of dissolution. This is ...
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/a-question-of-family
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Project Gutenberg
28 days ago
Unbounded. In the early 20th century, Emmy Noether’s mathematics transcended the physical world. She longed to do the same herself by Julia Ravanis
aeon.co/essays/she-f...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books...
#books
#mathematics
#womeninstem
#womenhistoryMonth
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Delicate Emissions Poetry Zine
29 days ago
a sneak peak of our cover. This is the first time in our five-year history we have deviated from the very first design, but we held onto the handwriting. They’ll be for sale on Saturday, 3/21 in our ko-fi shop. Link is where it always has been!
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Postcard
29 days ago
It's been a year since Issue 3 (which is still available!), things have been slow on my end and I'm sorry, but Postcard is still reading for Issue 4! Get some short-ish poems together and submit!
www.postcardlit.com/submit
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Meghan Leigh Paulk
30 days ago
PUNK NOIR serves Round 2 of its "Find what you love and let it kill you" series. 8 new tales of bikers, shopaholics, and music fans dying while doing what they love, told by terrific authors including:
@drewgum.bsky.social
@jdclappwrites.bsky.social
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punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/punk-noir-ma...
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Punk Noir Press
The Only Crime Is Getting Caught
https://punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/punk-noir-magazine-3/
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Jake_Vig
about 1 month ago
It is easy now to forget that George W. Bush had a white-knuckled stranglehold on the title of worst United States president in history. It was like Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game at the time. No one ever thought it would be possible to even come close, let alone beat it.
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
about 1 month ago
Read latest issue
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
With work by Cheryl Snell Michael Degnan Elena Rotzokou Sandra Anfang
@charhamrick.bsky.social
@swethaamit.bsky.social
@emhall47.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-41/
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Issue 41 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Gooseberry Pie’s annual writing competition begins April 1, 2026. Please be sure to read this post for all the details including our guest judge Dan Crawley’s writing prompt. Total cash prizes of $110...
https://gooseberry-pie.com/issue-41/
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Sean Thomas Dougherty
about 1 month ago
I am very honored to have a new flash essay and craft note up at Craft. Big gratitude to Jacqueline Doyle and staff for their fantastic edits. The essay is about my days as a young man at the Plow & the Stars bar in Cambridge, MA.
www.craftliterary.com/2026/03/11/p...
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The Plough and the Stars by Sean Thomas Dougherty - CRAFT
What did I know of being a man, back in another century, as I sat in that bar off Massachusetts Avenue, with the older men talking about the Red Sox, and so-and-so’s wife passed on, the saint she was,...
https://www.craftliterary.com/2026/03/11/plough-stars-sean-thomas-dougherty/#
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Simeon Berry
about 1 month ago
Boo. Hiss. I did not suffer through writing interminable metrical analyses of sixteenth century poetry just to have the New York Times deny the existence of prosody.
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Andrew Lawrence
about 1 month ago
looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles
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I hope I can get to Brooklyn sometime before this exhibit closes
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https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/seydou-keita
about 1 month ago
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Raccoons Hourly
about 1 month ago
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My neighbor laid on her horn for a solid minute because a garbage truck was blocking her in Rage, rage against the delaying of the truck
about 1 month ago
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Glass Poetry Press
about 1 month ago
Today on Glass! "today, i’ve started to roam" by Emma Johnson-Rivard (
@blackcattales.bsky.social
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www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
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GoalieLax
about 1 month ago
WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings
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Amy Gann
about 2 months ago
A red-winged blackbird in a show of display. Its red patches are front and center as the bird fluffs up to appear bigger. This can be done to impress females or to intimidate other birds. For the
#birdoftheday
theme of
#powerpose
.
#birds
#redwing
#blackbird
#nature
#wildlife
#EastCoastKin
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Oh, this is so sad and feels so true. Thank you for sharing it!
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about 1 month ago
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Fictive Dream
about 1 month ago
Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary
#shortstories
#flashfiction
#microfiction
and
#translations
#callforsubmissions
. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look fwd to reading your words...
fictivedream.com/submission-g..
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Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
https://fictivedream.com/submission-g
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 1 month ago
Hey, Sad Jack 🫏 again. Since we open for free subs on the first of every month… we run out pretty quickly. Submit now at
okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
while there are still some left!
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Never have a pimple while in the proximity of a nine-year-old girl
about 1 month ago
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Kevin Maloney
about 1 month ago
Happy first day of
#AWP26
!!! Need something to read on your flight? How about THE GREATEST INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME featuring
@aaronburch.bsky.social
,
@dtrobbins.bsky.social
, & me (and special guest)!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Story Hour
about 1 month ago
This Story Hour, two favorites return! Randee Dawn and Jennifer Hudak help us bid goodbye to this sanest time of the year (Standard Time). Join us for Story Hour Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST!
@randeedawn.com
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social
www.storyhour2020.com
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about 1 month ago
Iranian artist Shadi Ghadirian, Untitled (from the Qajar series), 2002
#womensart
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Steve Edwards
about 1 month ago
A new post in anticipation of my workshop Saturday.
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Writing as belonging
We aren't alone in this endeavor
https://open.substack.com/pub/edwardsstevenc/p/writing-as-belonging?r=1a6rl&utm_medium=ios
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Norm Charlatan
about 1 month ago
“Tarzhay” is French for letting ICE stage in your parking lots, letting ICE brutalize your teenage employees and kidnap your customers.
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Seth Kahn (he/him)
about 1 month ago
If you're in Baltimore for AWP (or any other reason), go to the American Visionary Art Museum. My favorite museum in the world.
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I am commuting to AWP this year! I shall be the woman on the Marc train carrying too many books back home
about 1 month ago
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Snow? No!
about 1 month ago
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Isa نجمع جذورنا
about 1 month ago
It’s Friday, which means it’s ’use up as many scraps as I can find’ day! 😊
#collage
#art
#blueskyart
#collageart
#artoftheday
#pasteup
#cutout
#abstract
#abstractart
#streetart
#streetcollage
#mixedmedia
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The Onion
about 1 month ago
‘I’d Like The Crispy Chicken Sandwich’ First Truthful Thing Man Has Said In Weeks
https://theonion.com/i-d-like-the-crispy-chicken-sandwich-first-truthful-t-1819579685/
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Chloe N. Clark
about 2 months ago
Looking for a guest for your literary/sff/horror/ or pop culture related podcast? Want that guest to have a recent book and be able to discuss monsters or space or baking in-depth alongside writing? Wow, that's a pretty specific need, but I can do all of that!
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Relatable
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Falling antlers caused ‘severe’ injuries to diners at LongHorn Steakhouse: lawsuit
First in The Independent: Dennis and Patricia Swartz say the decorative antlers caused not only physical harm, but lasting ‘mental anguish,’ as well
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/longhorn-steakhouse-taxidermy-antlers-severe-injuries-b2926070.html
about 2 months ago
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