Jellyfish and Microbeads By Maureen C. Berry Mixed‑media watercolor pairing the natural with the unnatural to confront plastic pollution. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/jellyfis...

in cemento veritas By Mario Loprete Concrete sculptures born from personal history — pandemic‑era memory preserved in cement. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/in-cemen...

Summer Study By Anna Sui Acrylic on canvas inspired by Ontario’s blooms and foliage — summer’s greens in full voice. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/summer-s...

Detached From Color By Carl Scharwath Photography stripped to essential feeling — images meant to provoke an emotional response. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/detached...

Lost Heartbeats By Edward Michael Supranowicz Bold, high‑contrast colour studies that echo a heartbeat — and its absence. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/lost-hea...

Old Cock Road By Michael Noonan A quiet Halifax passage rendered with vivid realism and memory. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/old-cock...

Evening Shores By Don Hoeppner Watercolour serenity — light, reflection, and calm distilled on canvas. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/evening-...

The Empty Mirror By Jaina Cipriano Hand‑built photographic worlds that explore how spaces shape inner life. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/the-empt...

Painting 3159 By Claudio Parentela A tarot‑tinged meditation on solitude and insight — a hermit’s lantern turned inward and outward. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/painting...

Comets By Thomas Riesner Dark, spontaneous, and magnetic — a series that pulls you into a mysterious orbit of imagination. #Art #Artwork #Artist #ContemporaryArt #VisualArt #FineArt #ArtOfTheDay #CreativeProcess #ArtLovers #ArtCollector www.literaryheist.com/art/comets/

Literary Heist is looking for Art submissions for the next edition - see www.literaryheist.com/guidelines/

Flash Fiction - What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends. www.literaryheist.com/articles/fla... by Robert Boucheron

Just published the Spring edition - some great work from 19 different poets and writers. www.literaryheist.com

Peter J. Dellolio, a contributor to Literary Heist has recently published “The Vigil,” a novella about a man (Ralph Unda) who is the lighthouse keeper on Little Brewster Island in Massachusetts... www.literaryheist.com/news/the-vig...

Check out the first poem ever published on Literary Heist - www.literaryheist.com/poetry/wife-... #writingcommunity

My most recent poem, "If Humans Grew Wings," was published in @literaryheist.bsky.social www.literaryheist.com/poetry/if-hu... #poems #poetry

Dennis Rader had a family, a job, worked with a church, and helped out with Scouts, all while actively maintaining his hobby! What's your excuse for not writing today? #WritingCommunity #BTK #SerialKiller

Check out Adam Shatz is the United States editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, New York Review of Books, New Yorker, and other publications. He was a child prodigy chef, then studied history at...

The latest edition is now out!

There is a great New Zealand author whose book I reviewed back in 2019. You can hear a podcast interview with Heather McQuillan here

I just read a short story and audibly said: "f**K yeah" at the end.

Want to Lose Weight? Reading burns more calories than watching TV. Check out our short stories and start losing weight for free.

Literary Heist is still considering Banned Book reviews for the next edition. Would you like to review a book that has been banned? Send in your review, and don't forget to mention where the book has been banned, so we can verify.

After a brief hiatus, Lilies on the deathbed is now rereleased. You can see the review here with links to this amazing book!

Reflections at Age Ninety-nine is a poem by Bunny Moon, a poet who is nearly 100. In this, the twilight of my years, I recollect past hopes and fears; sorrows and exhilarations; my missteps and aspirations. Too soon widowed, how could I cope to raise...

An amazing new poem - "Diné Deliverance" “Fuck Jesus! Fuuuck Jeeesus!” Loren spews his Diné fury calling the congregation to nervous worship, spilling the anguish of too many years walking ashamed in the Anglo’s shadow. He has come today to take us to...

Check out "Reflection" - the latest poem on Literary Heist. We rise, we coffee, begin the routine, pricked with flashes, typically, of the recent past. There is a filter, that eliminates the mundane, from the priceless – which become the cornerstones.

Check out War winter via @literaryheist

The overturning of Roe Vs Wade, for an Indian woman looking to the West as a model for women’s rights, this was my honest view. The Best of Mothers via @literaryheist

A truly touching story from the latest edition. Lot Dog via @literaryheist

Take a look at this fresh short story from the latest edition. Rough Ride via @literaryheist

Up for a quick read? Take a look at this amazing story from the newest edition of Literary Heist​. The Frightful Fall via @literaryheist

From the latest edition of Literary Heist! Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth via @literaryheist

Check out this article from the latest edition of Literary Heist. The Corner Store via @literaryheist

Looking for a great read? Check out this review from the latest edition (just published)! From A Candle To A Flame To A Wildfire Of Hope via @literaryheist

The latest (Autumn 2023) issue is now available at

Check out this recent article from the latest edition.

Check out this black and white photography from the Summer 2023 edition. Detached From Color via @literaryheist

Here is some of the latest art work in Literary Heist. There are the regular heartbeats we have and the ones we do not have, the ones we do not see or feel, or the ones felt so strongly that that we miss a beat or... Lost Heartbeats via @literaryheist

Writing tip of the day. Please use character voices.

Thinking of doing a live poetry reading with the next edition which would allow contributing poets to read and discuss their contributions. I'll leave it up to the readers and poets.

Like if you support the #writersstrike. Retweet if you remember the last one! Shoutout to #WritersStrike2023 supporters @jtimberlake @thekatvond @danieltosh @MileyCyrus @KDTrey5 @KimKardashian @JLo @iansomerhalder @justinbieber @joejonas @ladygaga @ddlovato @aplusk #WGA

Last night I dreamed I closed my eyes forever. I tumbled far through glittering specks of light And bottomless tunnels deep. The endless sleep was such a magnificent pleasure, Where I was No more thieving villains creep, No more... #poetry #dream #sleep

please do not bleed, not right now. hold your blood couched in sugar pockets, and this hurts to say, ain’t a demon, your brother but do not whimper when we are this close the light is there, a prayer away, and your blood shall clot... #poetry

At this time of year the loneliness returns ten fold. My heart is like an abandoned car at the river’s edge, rusted out, and mangled by the ravenous hands of time. At this time of year the loneliness returns, like... #poetry #life #death #opportunities

disinformation is a card trick intended to confuse what you see with your own eyes by gaslight not an honest mystake for which journalists apologize and retract while they lose their jobs faster than coal miners... #poetry #Disinformation #Gaslight

Back from a do-or-die rehab, Cody sat in my class, jacket-on, sweet smell of pot floating off it, hand limp over a book. The year before he and his buddy, a roly-poly kid with a baby face, pushed each other back and forth along the... #poetry #time

I will catch a glimpse of you Down the road Walking Twenty years ago Walking Healthy Walking Younger Walking And I will not be able to stop you Walking And I will not be able to keep you from Walking Away from us, Past now... #poetry #death #cancer #family

My heavy heart pours out its cries from the awful words and mockeries thrown at me, but I’ll rise Like the break of dawn. #poetry #life #faith

Dear G You’ve asked me what makes a poet And I can only answer with what I know The truth You are either a poet Or you are not #poet #poetry