So, 12 months ago, I was guest editor of @publishedbyjake.bsky.social and was given this story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social jakethemag.com/mixie/amp/. I was not unfamiliar with mustard seeds & fenugreek or the taste of the cook in the food… But I was unfamiliar with this “mixie” 1/-

Micro-fiction "In the Menstrual Hut" by Sumitra Singam “Seema and I sit with our backs to opposite walls...She gets the benefit of the breeze from the open doorway – they fan her ankles that have become thick with her swollen sense of status.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/in-t...

Oh my goodness this piece by @orli-bee.bsky.social in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social “Shaky breathing. Craving to feel real and then choking on it.” So exquisitely done, Orli. Stunning writing 🧡🧡🧡 turningleafjournal.com/2025/12/15/o...

Stoner-doom music but make it a poem

The poet & the flash writer in the early stages of battle

Roadtrip time! Off to see someone special 💛

You may question my bias but I agree this is a gorgeous gorgeous story you should definitely read. And also come hang with us at the launch

SUBS ARE OPEN! Remix our catalog! Rules: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP #collage #indielit #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artistcommunity

Hello. Please meet our latest issue, Imprint. It’s unruly but good at heart. It has geese and god and Brian Wilson, yin-yang rats, crazy blue, absentia, a screaming need to yell ‘RUN!’, cyanide rum, praying mantis, plural, a swallowed mirror, island breeze… templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

“… and I let him steal me from his friend, the nice one, because I wasn’t nice and neither was he. The sex was at-the-beach-and-in-the-McDonald’s-bathroom-and-behind-the-bleachers fun.” @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-guy-i-du...

Come join the party! 🎈 Bring your own cake…we’d bake, but haven’t figured out how to teleport six layers of pastry, cream and cinnamon sugar without it melting & rendering our prototype transporter inoperable….

Love this…and of course he does!

It's a party 🥳 Join @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social & me at the launch of the amazing MOTHER KARMA. All welcome- Sat 13 Dec 8pm GMT / 3pm EST Sun 14 Dec 7am AEST Register below to attend or for the recording: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The paywall for this poem has been taken down so read & share widely. Not because it’s my poem, but because these are my beaches.

Writing award season is bonkers because the odds of being published at all is so small, with rejection rates often between 90-99.8%. True madness. Writers are amazing, willingly signing up to be told no, a lot. Doing great things against the odds. And the writing community is so great. 2/3

FIRST PICTURE OF MY BOOK IN THE WILD!!!! So apt that it’s from my writing mum @amymarques.bsky.social! Link to buy: jakethemag.com/books/ Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 3pm EST, all welcome! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Perfect for a weekend breakfast, too…💛

This story captures a place I’ve been so much…waiting…

This is a very cool call from a very very cool lit mag. You should definitely go make a thing!

Did you miss it? Look! The cold moon is in your sky! Featuring new works by 20 brilliant souls, and artwork by Andrea Damic, read and read! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Fun, wild Dada poem. Roof. @kawalker.bsky.social templeinacity.com/poetry-karen...

I am working night shift and the staff room is prepared with NO COFFEE AT ALL. Yes I have my own supply. But… How… How do they expect us to keep going like this???

I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

Read The Urge! engineidling.net/current

I’ve been having so much fun at these ekphrastic workshops!

…can’t wait!

I love this so much! Perpetual Joy!

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social’s playlists are 🔥. I have driven many hours to them. But her writing is 🔥🔥🔥 so get that book!

Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵‍💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...

Flash sale on our hard copy anthology of Issues 1-4 — it’s a gorgeous (fat!) volume! Don’t miss it! www.amazon.com/Epistemic-Li...

Delighted to have my sightly ranty poem about being a difficult woman over at Atrium today!

Suuuper excited for this! Both the 🔥🔥🔥 book and the launch!

Hey hi what might you be doing on Saturday Dec 13 3pm EST/8pm BST? Want to launch a NiF with me? Hosted by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and featuring @kathrynreese.bsky.social (and yes also me). It’ll be fun! Preorder phx (US only) and ebook: jakethemag.com/books/ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Looks pretty sensational in print! 💛

Book mail! Thanks @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 💚

Here it is, the newly expanded Joy edition, down the hall and to the left from the Joy division, don’t confuse them though we do listen to them sometimes. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

This is Melissa - wondering if there are any fellow dog and/or pet lovers in the #epistemicfamily and #poetry community who'd be interested in collaborating with me on a volume of poems about pets with the proceeds being donated to the rescue I volunteer with? Inspired by @1dgrn.bsky.social

🔥 haiku!

Not long now…I just pruned one micro down to -exactly- 100 words…

@8cakey.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social ! www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...

Congratulations 🎉

I love the art and the story!

I made some artwork to go with my story. This was a lot of fun to envisage. Hope it connects with the writing in interesting ways.

Give our Best Microfiction 2026 Noms a read, why don't ya? www.bloodhoneylit.com/blood-honey-...

BEST MICROFICTION 2026 NOMINEES!!!

Thank you so much, @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for this nom. This piece was written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop and is forthcoming on 14 Dec 🧡🧡🥰

This piece is objectively the best crazy queer (from the best)

Her middle name is “oof” and she’s gonna make you feel all the things. Congratulations, wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social - ordered and can’t wait to read!!! ❤️🪷🫂

I just re-read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social ‘s piece in @templeinacity.bsky.social …and wow. It just so accurately captures what it was like for me…

Psst. Preorder link for @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's Mother Karma is live. Dropping 12/1: jakethemag.square.site/product/moth...