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@jfsullivan4th.bsky.social
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https://jamesfsullivan.wixsite.com/jfsauthor
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Will Musgrove
2 months ago
Have a new story in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute. This one is about a guy who calls beer brewskis and an old house turned apartment. Be sure to read the other amazing writers in the issue as well. 🍻
ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...
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Brewski — Ghost Parachute
All I wanted to do was sleep off a nasty hangover, but my next-door neighbor had his television blaring. I banged on our shared wall and politely asked him to “turn that shit down” but got zero respon...
http://ghostparachute.com/issue/november-2025-issue/brewski/
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Laney Lenox, PhD
4 months ago
"I gave myself a jolt (picture: hair dryer, sink of water, pre-coffee brain fog) and when I came to, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself had roosted on my sofa." Get into this really funny one by
@jfsullivan4th.bsky.social
in
@reedmagazine.bsky.social
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
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Ficiton:Sacred Hearts
James Sullivan is the author of Harboring (ELJ Editions). His stories and essays have appeared in Cimarron Review, New Ohio Review, Third Coast Magazine, Fourth Genre, The Normal School, and Fourteen ...
https://www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacredhearts
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Blood+Honey
6 months ago
Short story "Seating Assignment" by James Sullivan “So that there will be no further bloodshed,” said Mary King’s press secretary Sarah, a girl savvy enough to throw her fuzzy pink hairband in with the strongest matriarchal figure.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/seat...
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Bulb Culture Collective
6 months ago
Ready for an ANNOUNCEMENT? 💡☀️ We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme? BLAZING If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme. We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.
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Will Musgrove
6 months ago
Oh hey! I have a book coming out. 😊 💙
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Necessary Fiction
6 months ago
Up next in our summer flash fiction series, "Pair-A-Dice" by
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
necessaryfiction.com/stories/pair...
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Will Musgrove
7 months ago
I have a new story about the northern lights and Rocky up at Monkeybicycle, one of my all-time favorite journals.Check it out! Link to story:
monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…
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Will Musgrove
7 months ago
Honored to be back in
@moonparkreview.bsky.social
with a story about a giant ice cream sandwich in the sky. Check it out. And thanks to Mary Lynn and Lesley for giving this one such an awesome home! 🍦 🍨
moonparkreview.com/issue-32-sum...
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The Ice Cream Sandwich in the Sky
By Will Musgrove It took a few days to figure out what was floating in the sky. It wasn’t until I looked up at the miles-long object, my mind slack like someone staring at a Magic Eye poster, and s…
https://moonparkreview.com/issue-32-summer-2025/the-ice-cream-sandwich-in-the-sky/
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My story “Sacred Hearts” is out in the new issue of
@reedmagazine.bsky.social
⚾️ It’s blasphemous, it’s short, and I appear as a character alongside a couple other notables “Reed” here!
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
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Ficiton:Sacred Hearts
James Sullivan is the author of Harboring (ELJ Editions). His stories and essays have appeared in Cimarron Review, New Ohio Review, Third Coast Magazine, Fourth Genre, The Normal School, and Fourteen ...
https://www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacredhearts
7 months ago
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My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
7 months ago
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Reed Magazine
7 months ago
Buy Reed 158!! Submissions for 159 are now OPEN!! Come sample the literature of the times and submit your own!!
reed.org/submit
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My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
7 months ago
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Will Musgrove
8 months ago
I have a fun new flash about a telemarketer stuck in a mad lib in
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
today. Check it out if you wanna. And thanks to
@mallorysmart.bsky.social
for giving it an awesome home ☎️
maudlinhouse.net/the-adjectiv...
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The (Adjective) Telemarketer Stuck in a Mad Lib
Selling (plural noun) over the phone, the telemarketer reads from an assigned (adjective) script, so whether it’s you, the (noun) filling in this mad lib, or his bosses at (company name) LLC, he’s use...
https://maudlinhouse.net/the-adjective-telemarketer-stuck-in-a-mad-lib/
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The Daily Drunk Mag
8 months ago
We are back and open for pitches! Send us a pitch right on our site! We can’t wait to read them all 🍻
dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
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Submit to Daily Drunk
The Daily Drunk seeks film, TV, music, video games, and all pop culture-related submissions of previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, lists, reviews, quizzes, and comics. More Deets: W…
https://dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
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Will Musgrove
8 months ago
This is still one of my favorite things I've written. It definitely has my Musgrovian vibe. 💙
malarkeybooks.com/fiction/woul...
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Bull City Press
8 months ago
Hey BCP fam! We're excited to share that our summer chapbook open reading period is underway. Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, we want to read it ALL! The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (
buff.ly/qnH1l7I
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Happy to have an essay in the fantastic new issue of
@swampapereview.bsky.social
They’re going above and beyond with the production of this journal! Many thanks to the editors 🏍️ 🔊
9 months ago
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11 months ago
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Got there for a while today. Hope your writing goes well too
12 months ago
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Best Microfiction
12 months ago
Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
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Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
https://www.bestmicrofiction.com/
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I am once again asking the world to anoint "A Perfect Day for Christmas" in
@phoebejournal.bsky.social
a canonical "gap between Christmas and New Year's Day" short story 🙏 (or at least give it a read if you haven't!) Happy Gap! ❄️📺🎄🚬
phoebejournal.com/a-perfect-da...
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A Perfect Day for Christmas - phoebe
James Sullivan The tree still had most of his needles, and although Carly had been at first against our adopting him, something forlorn and shaggy in his expression convinced her, as it had me, and we...
https://phoebejournal.com/a-perfect-day-for-christmas/
about 1 year ago
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I am honored that The Headlight Review selected “A Green Year” as a runner-up for the Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize. It’s one of my most stylistically adventurous stories, so I’d love if you gave it a read 🐸 🦷
www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volum...
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A Green Year — The Headlight Review
https://www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volume-3/number-1/sullivan
about 1 year ago
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“Since I didn’t die, I realized I’d better hurry up and become a writer.” Learn a little about me as a person and a writer in this Q&A with the lovely folks at
@bulbculture.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Bulb Culture Collective
about 1 year ago
The light is on for James Sullivan! 💡 "The Summer of Owls" is a brilliant and beautiful story set during a scorching Japanese summer. Take flight over at the site!
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The Summer of Owls - James Sullivan — Bulb Culture Collective
I woke with the 5-something a.m. sunrise to find another owl waiting for me.
https://www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/the-summer-of-owls-james-sullivan
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Melissa Fitzpatrick
about 1 year ago
Loved this story! 🦉
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Hey that’s me 🦉
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about 1 year ago
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