Absolutely devastating, and such a brilliant use of the form, too.

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Gentle reminder that submissions for our July issue are currently open. We're seeking poems, stories, essays, and artwork/photography that deal with every aspect of the human experience, the heartache and the joys of our lives. We look forward to spending time with your work. heroinchic.weebly.com

Unmissable!

Lots of love for this book by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social !

Read it aloud! I love it!

Same, but don't go back. I didnt.

In case you are interested: Submission open May 25 to June 2. Just sayin. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

We have a great new piece today by Edward Thomas-Herrera! Check out “Dream about Liza Minnelli Exclamation Point.” lost-balloon.com/2026/05/06/d...

The kiss! Don't miss your chance at bejesus-level deconstruction for fun and inspo!!

This is so fun and useful!

"She feels the sky drawing her up. At the same time, the inverted bowl of sky pushes down. It is like that optical illusion where you can’t tell if the black horse is headed toward you or walking away." Big love for this brilliance by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Enjoyed a re-watch of Inside Llewyn Davis. Every shot is beautiful. And the use of color! Also, I hadn't remembered John Goodman stealing the movie.

Shoutin' from the tower at the De Young Museum: jump over to @stanchion.bsky.social and get @tcboudreau.bsky.social 's collection!

Witch Hazel, Rosewater & Glycerine, Vicks. Oil of Cloves. Did others grow up with these things in the bathroom cabinet?

Enjoyed a re-watch of Inside Llewyn Davis. Every shot is beautiful. And the use of color! Also, I hadn't remembered John Goodman stealing the movie.

Thank you for sharing this deep green narrative!

My lord! Not a word out of place. Just superb.

A DREAM to have my Joy Williams-inspired story up at venerable Painted Bride Quarterly!

What a great interview! Picking up my copy of the book this weekend.

"I tell them there was an assembly just for the boys. That a Major General came, dripping in gold braid, his hat so sharp it cut the air into pieces. That he stood behind the lectern and said We are facing the possibility of War." READ @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ! 1/2

Yu hu!

We’re deeply grateful to all of the Tennessee Indivisibles and everyone else across the state who showed up in defense of democracy. We the People — especially Black and Brown Americans — have opposed tyranny in the past. The road may be longer than we hoped, but we will win. Again.

A deal!

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Absolutely fantastic story by Dawn and Emily! Raced through it. The pivot is *chef's kiss! Congrats!!

Some are calling the new miracle meds a ‘drug cocktail.’ “Long Island Iced T-Cells,” Jason joked when the first reports of the breakthrough emerged. But by the time the drugs were available, it was too late for him. For thirteen million, or so I’ve read. That adds up to fifteen San Franciscos. 1/2

SHAME!

Nights, when we’re supposed to be doing homework at the library, we hide in the bushes outside her house. Watch Miss Feathers vacuum a rug, eat soup from a pot, change into a short nightie and brush her hair... Later, alone in our beds, we undress her again and again, touch ourselves furtively.

So distilled, so bittersweet.

Read it aloud! I love it!

"I sometimes think of myself as a child. I try to get back there. It’s so odd to be my age and still have visceral memories of being small..." "The gains are solitude, inner fortification, stability. The ability to see the long game, and to bear witness to the pain of others." --Darcy Steinke 1/2

Cannot wait to read!

Sheldon lee Compton's new novel, THE OLD INVISIBLE, comes out a week from today. It's been with a heavy heart that this one goes to the final stages, but it is our honor to publish it in his memory.

“She feels the sky drawing her up. At the same time, the inverted bowl of sky pushes down. It is like that optical illusion where you can’t tell if the black horse is headed toward you or walking away.” @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in Painted Bride Quarterly pbqmag.org/patricia-q-b...

Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

Bugs! Hugs! Drugs! Don't miss it!

HOLY CRAP, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? VIVA, MARY FROM NC!

This is eerie and wonderful.

"Years ago, when Cristina was growing up here, this was a drive-in theatre, with a massive image of a vaquero on a rearing steed. Sweltering nights, Cristina would watch movies with her lonely mother, car windows open wide, clasped in the smell of tomatoes, melons, and insecticide." 1/2

Keep a weather eye out for the return of Trampset!

Sigh. I doomscrolled.

Sadly re-posting the interview, as notice of this iconic magazine's hiatus is released. Two more issues will be published this year. It's truly been an honor serving on the staff since last fall. Especially grateful to @kristintenor.bsky.social for the experience.

Mainstream media is starting to cover the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. Thank you for speaking out and helping keep this story alive. #SaveUSFS

He looks at my legs. “You bike a lot!” “I do.” “Wanna drink?” “Hmm. . . no thanks.” I almost tell him about the time I got as drunk as a Catahoula hound and punched Mama in the nose, but I don’t. "I mean, soda." No one--well, maybe Capote?--writes like @lucindakempe.bsky.social !!

It's Sunday! Check out this prompt from the great @mynachang.bsky.social !

God doesn’t need words, Mother says, glancing at our sister, who likes dancing with the broom stick and is now not-pregnant, signaling her to strike a match and light the oven. Mother says, God needs oxygen. READ @itssonoemi.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute!! ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

that he’s the popular kid at a school for middle-aged men who’ve mislaid the roadmap to their former life he’s a contortionist he’s more than the sum of his problematic parts Brilliant @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

BRB, I'm boning up on monster smut, courtesy of Samantha Irby (and @bradlisti.bsky.social) ! Love this muy literary podcast. ://otherpeoplepod.libsyn.com/