Where I live. Often fraught with ill weather, be it political or the elements, but there is always beauty.

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Read "Crushed or, Lust" written by @jennystalter.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "I call in to work with a case of limerence, it’s debilitating, you can look it up, and the boss tells me that isn’t a good excuse..." tinyurl.com/38knf7uj

FIVE MORE DAYS!! Happy Halloween ❤️❤️❤️

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"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Delighted to be featuring The Almost today, Kelli. Thank you for sending it our way @kdiannerule.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Read this nostalgic little gut punch of a CNF by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social !!

So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂

New flash by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in the brand-new Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

"You punched a hole in the wall near my head, breath full and chewy as wine, dangerous words through drunk teeth" Love this beautiful micro @jennystalter.bsky.social Wonderful artwork from @amymarques.bsky.social as well: ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

“Wow,” says the shorter man. “Amazing, really,” he says, taking a deep breath. He points at the wall under the crib. “She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says. “She’s a baby,” says CT. Absolutely brilliant story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com

@jennystalter.bsky.social “and I don’t tell her I know why all I got for my birthday was pants from the church drive so small they pinched tight around the middle because her bottles and cigarettes cost us her whole paycheck.” gooseberry-pie.com/superpower/

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Read this ridiculously cool and totally hilarious story by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!

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Some new @kimmagowan.bsky.social in the new ‪@literaryruby.bsky.social‬! Great issue, with ‪@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ‬, ‪@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social‬, ‪@tcboudreau.bsky.social‬, @sudhab.bsky.social, and others, too. Congrats to the whole Ruby crew! rubyliterarypress.com/issue-six-is...

Read "Lark Song" written by @jennystalter.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "I emerge from us as a lark from depression-nest. You punched a hole in the wall near my head, breath full and chewy as wine, dangerous words through drunk teeth." tinyurl.com/45maxd3c

So happy to receive an acceptance from @flaremagazine.bsky.social!! I love the space this magazine is creating for disabled and chronically ill people to tell their stories. I look forward to sharing their new issue with y'all on August 28th. 🔥❤️🙏

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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Jamie Lee Curtis on The Late Show cancellation. “They’re trying to silence us. That won’t work…we’ll just get louder”

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The people who lost children and other loved ones in the Texas floods are owed honest answers from officials. They should be told why flash flood warnings issued hours earlier were not conveyed to people in the path of the water. They don’t need more prayers from politicians. They need answers.

Read "The House of Black Doors" written by John King and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "The geists couldn’t be seen directly. Their influence quaint as a faucet turning itself on, a cleansing of antiquarian sins, perhaps. A book whose pages turn by itself." tinyurl.com/2sa8jzvs

Read "Listen to Your Body" written by @chelseastickle.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "The doctors couldn’t determine what was causing the thumping fluttering agony in my chest, the dread that haunted me and kept me awake nights." tinyurl.com/tyuyj2pn

Read "Put a Hat on or You’ll Catch Your Death" written by @jekwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social. "You wonder where time has gone, if it’s all just an illusion." tinyurl.com/2s38zt6s

This absolutely brilliant and unflinching piece by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social. Holy Shi*t.

Just wrote a story inspired by both a Cure song and a Georgia O'Keeffe collection. My life has come full circle.

@jennystalter.bsky.social in ghost parachute with this amazingly evocative piece “Empty wine bottles littering the house, thrown against the wall, exploding into fantastic constellations, catching the light, glittering stars on the floor.”https://ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2025-issue/cathedral/

Adding to my bookshelf!! ❤ 🙏 😍

When life gives you a cold, cloudy April day, you make carne guisada. ❤️

Lion's mane tacos with radish slaw and clementine salsa. Vegan and gluten-free. 💟

The editors of @mooncityreview.bsky.social wish these authors congratulations and good luck in their nomination for Best Small Fictions! @jennystalter.bsky.social @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2024 IS HERE!! I still can't believe I get to be a part of this fantastic collection!! Major gratitude to everyone who made this happen. 😍 altcurrentpress.com/2025/01/22/b...

We can't leave Issue 85 behind without making sure nobody missed "If Stevie Nicks Was Your Klonopin Withdrawal Counselor" by Lauren Karcz, which we've just nominated for the Pushcart Prize. www.smokelong.com/stories/if-s...

Moms know best, right? But which mom? Read this tender story by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social. Love those pigeons at the end:-) emergeliteraryjournal.com/nothing-is-w...

Years ago, in my twenties, I got this vintage Santa and tons of Christmas stuff from two older women at an estate sale. They had tears in their eyes at how excited I was. They said, "Mother would be so happy. She loved Christmas." I also bought a dual cassette deck that didn't work.

Next up in our recap of Issue Eighty-Five's stories: "Wolf Hollow in February" by Sophia Carroll www.smokelong.com/stories/wolf...

Really hope that folks realize that when we say leave the rightwing nonsense on Twitter, we also mean COVID minimizing and disinformation. We’re still in a pandemic, babes ✌🏻

Spent the night watching Christmas movies and walking my kid through making a nice vegan soup 🥰 🥘🎅🎄

Hi everyone. Here's a chicken I painted. Glad to be here.