"He was drunk on Natty Lite all summer cheering on the zebras like they were his illegitimate kids he suddenly took an interest in the second they became famous." Brilliant work by @chelseastickle.bsky.social today in @havehashad.com!

Mask up, punks!

"frozen on the couch watching zebra updates and the world was out there in the suburban streets of fucking Bowie. Pronounced not like the pop star but like the knife in Dean’s dashboard because guns are too much of a commitment." Love! @chelseastickle.bsky.social www.havehashad.com/hadposts/it-...

It’s a shame no one has ever figured out how to vet a candidate ahead of time

@littlefruitsmag.bsky.social seeks submissions on the theme of the summer solstice! Send in flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction “about your longest days or your wildest nights” by June 7. www.clmp.org/members/open...

God-tier NYT correction: Correction (left), original (right) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/n...

so excited to get to welcome Chelsea Stickle back under the skulls, with this total banger "Christmas was coming and we were worried about the zebras out in the cold. The news updated us: one died in a snare trap and two were returned home." https://www.havehashad.com/hes5d

I keep wanting to write satirical pieces, come up with an idea and then realize that it already exists in the world in a non-satirical way. 🤦‍♀️

For those of you who aren't Marylanders or didn't see this happen online, we really did have zebras on the loose here for awhile. So, of course, I had to put them into a story. Huge thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social for selecting this story!

You are free

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

it is in absolutely everybody’s best interests to develop some hobbies aside from Phone

Happy Pride! Reminder: LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be disabled & to lack access to healthcare. Especially trans people. Queer liberation is disabled liberation. You can support both by rejecting eugenics in your daily life: wear an n95 in public spaces. Give/get mask mutual aid:

We are OPEN for Manuscript-length submissions ...until June 30th! Poetry, Fiction, and Literary Nonfiction. $28.00 Submittable fee. Financial waivers available. All the details/updated guidelines are on our website. washingtonwriters.org/submissions/... Eager to read your work! #writingcommunity

Still open for subs for fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Fiction will probably hit its cap within the next 48-72 hours, so get it in soon. barrelhouse.submittable.com

There is a saying that the vast majority of Americans are one emergency away from poverty. This is true. What's also true, I believe, is that most millennials are one crashout away from never coming back.

Pretty much the entire GCP catalog is on sale for $5.00 right now… please help me clear out some inventory 🙏🏼

looks like America's private prison industry was always an incipient concentration camp industry

A week or so ago, I was looking for a couple books by an author from 10 and 15 years ago and my library didn't have them. I requested them via a library form. Today I got a notification in Libby that they purchased both titles. Asking your library for writers' books is an amazing way to support us.

if you like what ALOCASIA is doing, you might be interested in our current call for ecofuture writing, our $500 microgrant for queer nature writers, or one of our upcoming FREE online creative writing workshops! and we're open for standard submissions, too. learn more: ALOCASIA.org

Stumbled across a rather interesting ad for Paramount’s ad service

Happy Pride from your friendly neighborhood genderqueer arospec ace, and a friendly reminder that you do not have to be actively in or seeking a romantic or sexual relationship in order to be queer.

A reminder that the victims of Unbound's theft are still suffering while the people on charge, who spent their money, have got away scot free.

He is literally stealing BILLIONS of our tax $$ that was meant to fund our national parks. SAY THAT.

Get vaccinated and MASK UP! 💜💜

Write something that sets you free.

Artists don't make art because they are looking to dominate the culture or make anyone famous. They're participating in a culture, being in the world together You people don't know how to do that and that's why your jokes will never be funny and your movies, art, and music will always be awful

ICYMI we are open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're look forward to reading your words...

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, it stands to reason that the opposite is also true. Take a doctor to an orchard and all the apples will fall off the trees and roll away. This phenomenon could be exploited to design some kind of doctor-oriented apple harvesting methodology

So much in these 100 words by @bsherm36.bsky.social--the listing is so powerful and the bird, just perfect.

eastwood's movie arc since "unforgiven" is a fairly frank skepticism about the redeeming power of violence and imperfect attempts to understand experiences different than his own

Our priority call closes TOMORROW! 👀 Got a story to share? We'd love to read it! Visit augursociety.org/submissions/ for more info on submission guidelines! P.S. Don't self-reject!

Your body is a very convenient place to keep your bones

@lit-namjooning.bsky.social opens in a matter of days!! Here’s a prompt from editor extraordinaire @m-ixedbag.bsky.social based on a playlist I made, featuring one of my favourite love songs 🧡🧡🧡

the bus. you've once again invented the bus.

Hi all! We've had some requests for prompts, so here you go! First one's my favorite Namjoon songs - "Seoul". Link to the translated lyrics: genius.com/Genius-engli... Your Prompt: Think of a city/place that's close to your heart--if you were to go #namjooning there now, what would you say to it?

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

It's only a few days until we open for submissions to our Short Story Award! We hope you've been preparing your stories and reading our blog posts on www.frazzledlit.com on the run up to this. If not, never fear, there is still time! We can't wait to see what you've got!

We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding.

réka nyitrai THE BOX

friendly reminder that it's always a good time to tell someone you enjoyed their book! (this message brought to you today by chatting with a cyclist while I was birding and realizing I'd listened to the audio version of his book on octopuses, which led to some delightful conversation)

Have spoken with 2 people in the last 24 hours who only recently read my memoir that turns 5 in August & it reminded me that the marketing life of a book has little to do with the life life of the book.

A professional development class for immortals to help them stay on top of changes in the modern world. Taught by an undying instructor named Edward, or as his students call him: Continuing Ed.

Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.