ICYMI-FBOMB Flash reading. youtu.be/eYoS7ypcybg?...

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.

I'll be reading at this tonight!

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

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

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.

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/

This 100 word story is perfection. @100wordstory.bsky.social @tracyroyce.bsky.social 100wordstory.org/what-she-wore/

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

Preorder your Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival merch! This year's tee is bringing medieval vibes so you know it will sell out

Female serial killers in real life: 16% So why are so many of the serial killers in books and movies female?

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

The stuff about him has been known for years of course but it's heartening that people are finding out

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)

Embarrassing search of the day: how to cook bacon stovetop

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.

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...

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

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!

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

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. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/punk-noir-ma...

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.

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/

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...

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.

looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles

I hope I can get to Brooklyn sometime before this exhibit closes www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

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

Today on Glass! "today, i’ve started to roam" by Emma Johnson-Rivard (@blackcattales.bsky.social)! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

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

Oh, this is so sad and feels so true. Thank you for sharing it!

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...

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!

Never have a pimple while in the proximity of a nine-year-old girl

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)!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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

Iranian artist Shadi Ghadirian, Untitled (from the Qajar series), 2002 #womensart

A new post in anticipation of my workshop Saturday.

“Tarzhay” is French for letting ICE stage in your parking lots, letting ICE brutalize your teenage employees and kidnap your customers.

If you're in Baltimore for AWP (or any other reason), go to the American Visionary Art Museum. My favorite museum in the world.

I am commuting to AWP this year! I shall be the woman on the Marc train carrying too many books back home

Snow? No!

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

‘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/

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!

Relatable www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...