Had an amazing time listening to the readings tonight. So much talent.

Summer reading, aka finally going through my TBR pile Book 2 - 'La Faille' Antonis Samarakis Greek Title: Το Λάθος - English title: The Flaw Jean-Paul Sartre meets George Orwell. A masterpiece ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Summer reading Book 1 - Kitty's War by Eimear Lawlor I loved Kitty's voice & how the story surprised me at every turn. A tale about loyalty, duty, resilience. An incredibly touching story that grabs the reader from the beginning and doesn't let go until the last page.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Congratulations to our lionesses for making the @Wigleaf top 50 longlist! @fionaemckayryan "The Good People" @TrashCatLit @NinaMD1 "Alone in an Endless Blue" @rawlitmag @DelGeo14 "The Woman You Knew Nothing About" @TrashCatLit 🧵1/2

This is a very interesting podcast, with lots of insights into the editing process of a literary magazine & important tips to get you published. Give it a listen! #writingcommunity

Congratulations @swethaamit.bsky.social @ninamiller.bsky.social

Congrats to this Queen of raw words!

WOWSA!!!!!!

Since we only publish 24 pieces a year (including poetry), having 4 stories listed in @wigleaf.bsky.social this year is incredible. Massive congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social, Coleman Bigelow, Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social & Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social🥰

Crikey, that's a lovely surprise.

Loved listening to this podcast in which Raw Lit Mag’s EIC @delgeo14.bsky.social explains the process of editing & what ‘fit’ means for this mag. Her values really shine thru & I feel yet more humbled to have had a poem selected. She celebrates the work of her amazing poetry ed. Katrina Moinet. 💜

As Raw Lit's EIC, I was invited by the lovely Rachel Thompson, author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, to a live Q&A. You can listen to the podcast on her site: rachelthompson.co/podcast/ (also available on Spotify & Apple)

Absolutely chuffed to find my name on the @Wigleaf top 50 2026 longlist this morning. Thank you so much @sudhab.bsky.social and @andrewporter01.bsky.social. What an honour to make the list. "The Woman You Knew Nothing About" in @trashcatlit.bsky.social / Spring 2025. trashcatlit.com/the-woman-yo...

Glad to have made the wigleaf top 50 list 2026! Thank you @sudhab.bsky.social @andrewporter01.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social for publishing my story dressed as a donut 🙏🙏🙏

Congratulations to the Top 50 and Longlisters!!!! Honored to be on the Longlist with my Raw Lit piece!! Thank you @delgeo14.bsky.social for giving it a home!! #wigleaf #WritingCommunity

We're delighted to see so many Raw Lit stories & contributors in this year's @wigleaf.bsky.social short & long lists. Congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social - top 50 winner with "Dressed as a Donut" rawlit.weebly.com/7_7.html

As of tomorrow, I will be editing /rewriting/ killing the remaining 65.000 darling words of my novel. The plan is to stay away from social media for at least a week. I like making plans😁 TTFN

New micro up in @theprideroars.bsky.social "I lost my patience and vomited words so bitter they cut through you like knives" theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-s...

Up at The Pride Roars, a new breathless micro by @delgeo14.bsky.social 'this society that has no respect for a girl needing a night out because she’s an angry apple pissed off with her tree' Read "I'm sorry" theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-s...

After a busy month with zero writing, I'm letting my brain go wild, typing whatever comes, and submitting the work too soon. I'm back. I'm writing and expecting a few rejections shortly. In my happy place.

I somehow have five stories on this list! Sending HUGE thanks to @templeinacity.bsky.social @stanchion.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and @delgeo14.bsky.social for publishing my work, and doing it so beautifully. xoxoxo

Raw Lit _issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_12.html Lighted Eyes - Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Those Two Fucks - Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social ‘People say they don’t know what to say. Though actually they do.’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_11.html The Keys to Imagination - Katharine Weinmann & You Haunt My House - Holly Taylor ‘The door is unlocked, the shoes aren’t put away; the microwave always has three seconds left, perpetually waiting, blinking. ’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_10.html Last Root - Siobhan Maher & Knotweed - Dawn Rhodes-Shaw ‘sometimes you can’t breathe when you feel the sadness rumbling down decades groaning on roadsides ’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_9.html The Bell and the Abandoned Church - George Priniotakis & Ophelia - Karina Longo ‘So there I was: in the stone church that isn't a church, listening to declarations that aren't love,’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_8.html Lifeline Sunsetting - Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Dying to See Oliver - Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social ‘Did Oliver feel the same skull gush from heroin that I get from this morphine, not that it’ s worth much? ’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_7.html Hidden blooms - Oormila V. Prahlad @oormila_paintings & Mothered - El Johnson @the_mama_wave ‘At the moment I’m scared And sad Scared and SAD, so very sad.’

Gave my first live Q&A today. It turned out less daunting than expected, more of a conversation with a fellow writer/editor. I had a lovely time. The podcast will be available next week. Raw pieces mentioned during the talk 👇

"8. Don't cry. Be brave. 9. Don't forget you were brave." Such a vivid, sad memory.

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_6.html Windmolenkeuken - Michael Anthony & How to Cook Lamb When All You Can Think Of Is Death - Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social ‘Don’t think of all the pastures, green and lush, that stand empty because you ’re having guests.’

So thrilled to have my poem 'Those Two Fucks' in this wonderful magazine - alongside some truly powerful poems and piece of artwork.

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_5.html Wing - Katie Hughbanks & Instructions to a Young Child When Grandmom Burns Your Arm - LM Fontanes @lorifontanes.bsky.social ‘1. Don't cry, don't cry. What were you doing getting underfoot like that, my God?’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_4.html The Making of a Daddy - Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social & Ice cream - Cath Schikkerling ‘We are going to stop for ice cream. This is how we bond.’

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_3.html The Geometry of Becoming - Rashan Speller & Dendrochronology of Scars - Anne Walters ‘The doctors made scars to keep me alive (I started making them to do the same).’

in Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_2.html Don’t Let Go - Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Yard Sale: Furniture and Appliances, May 27-28, 2026 - Bradley David Waters

My little Francis Bacon-inspired flash is live at the wonderful Raw Lit mag! Check it out: rawlit.weebly.com/issue9.html

In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_1.html Revolutionary Trio - Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Monument to a Failed Relationship -Terry Holland @terryholland.bsky.social

Thank you, Delphine. It all looks great!

this one found the perfect home 🥹 ngl, skeeps, it’s intense but i hope on this, the brightest day of the year, we will all get to feel that healing glow 🙏 milles mercis to @delgeo14.bsky.social & team Raw Lit for hosting my story 👇 rawlit.weebly.com/9_5.html

We are live! rawlit.weebly.com/issue9.html Contributors 1/3 Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social Linda M Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social LM Fontanes @lorifontanes.bsky.social Terry Holland @terryholland.bsky.social

How mesmerizing is the new cover of Raw Lit? Reminds me of the type of work I saw in Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.

Issue 9 - Cover Reveal! 🥁🥁🥁 The Geometry of Becoming - Art by Rashan Speller Rashan Speller is a Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist exploring metaphysics, identity, and urban life through graphic design, photography, painting, and writing. Insta: @ artistphilly

Last but not least... coming tomorrow 🥳 - Issue 9 Lighted Eyes - Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Those Two Fucks - Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social

Coming tomorrow - Issue 9 The Keys to Imagination - Katharine Weinmann & You Haunt My House - Holly Taylor

Coming tomorrow - Issue 9 Last Root - Siobhan Maher & Knotweed - Dawn Rhodes-Shaw

Coming tomorrow - Issue 9 The Bell and the Abandoned Church - George Priniotakis & Ophelia - Karina Longo

Coming soon - Issue 9 Lifeline Sunsetting - Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Dying to See Oliver - Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social

Coming soon - Issue 9 Hidden blooms - Oormila V. Prahlad & Mothered - El Johnson

Coming soon! A story born in the @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Marathon 2026, paired with the perfect photograph by @mj-anthony.bsky.social !

Coming soon - Issue 9 Windmolenkeuken - Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & How to Cook Lamb When All You Can Think Of Is Death - Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social