John Barrett Lee takes us to Italy in his stunning new story, Masks Before the Storm. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/masks-before... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Cody Gohl debuts his poem “Soft Day,” in Muleskinner Journal. The birds are mysterious. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/soft-day #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Are you going to AWP this year? We are! Would you like to meet members of your Muleskinner Team and Community? We would! We’ll be at Poe’s Magic Theater in the Lord Baltimore Hotel next Wednesday at 5:30pm. It’s an amazing venue. We’ll do a reading for 60-90 minutes, then hang out for a while.

Carly Wheelehan Turnidge brings us deep into the well with her new poem, Thirst. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/thirst #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

MF Drummy returns to Muleskinner (from Vancouver? from Central America?). Coffee, please. This poem is a wonderful trip www.muleskinnerjournal.com/vancouver #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Stephen Myer is fabulous. The Trout and the Lonely Woman is fabulous. Treat yourself with a fabulous story. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/the-trout-an... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Highs and lows. A complex moment of memory and worry, wonder and statistics, courtesy of the amazing Leslie Hodge. guava-grapefruit-tscz.squarespace.com/in-johannesb... #writingcommunity #litmag #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Muleskinner is excited to open Journal Seventeen for submissions . Our theme: Peaks and Valleys www.muleskinnerjournal.com

Amateur night? Not hardly. Not when Muleskinner Journal closes the year with the release of Journal Sixteen: Sabotage. Happy New Year, and see you soon at AWP. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/journals #writingcommunity #litmag #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #poetry #poetryjournals

The mule might be grouchy, but we’re not. Here’s nine new outstanding pieces of work to wind down the holidays. Gift our authors with your feedback. www.muleskinnerjournal.com #writingcommunity #litmag #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Lace 'em up! Muleskinner Journal submissions are open for one more week! Our theme is Sabotage. Visit our website and see the great work published so far on this theme. www.muleskinnerjournal.com #writingcommunity #litmag #literature #writers #fiction #poetry #poetryjournals

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! from Muleskinner Journal! www.muleskinnerjournal.com

Life's a batch. Here's ten on Sabotage from Muleskinner Journal. Just in time for the holiday. www.muleskinnerjournal.com #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

On the bright side, it's one extra hour to send in your submission. Journal 16, "Sabotage," is open until December 15. Time is complicit. Do your worst! www.muleskinnerjournal.com #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #poetry #poetryjournals

Muleskinner Journal is excited to open submissions for Journal 16. Our theme is Sabotage! Do your worst. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Submissions for Journal 16 open on October 15. Our theme? Sabotage! Do your worst.

Muleskinner Journal Presents TENSION, our fifteenth journal www.muleskinnerjournal.com/journals #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Muleskinner closes out our meditations on Tension with a remarkable story from Maryah Converse. Please afford it the space and honor it deserves. We’ll see you soon. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/seeking-citrus #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter

Nick Di Carlo takes us on another wild ride. Our patience is wearing thin. Our tension is running out. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/joe-loves-mary #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Scott Ruescher’s new poem, gracing Muleskinner today, swims upstream with piranha and crocodile, and all sorts of tense and wonderful things. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/against-the-... #writingcommunity #litmag #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Writer Atma Frans brings us a tension-filled short story about gardening. And a few other matters, as well. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/returning-home #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today, a short poem from the acclaimed Paul Hostovsky. Back Door 1973. Includes a tetherball. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/back-door-1973 #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Poet David Kirby returns to Muleskinner with forgotten history, a story for the ages to make your day www.muleskinnerjournal.com/polina-gelma... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Muleskinner presents a poem with pain and wonder. Father in the Next Room is a room with and without a view. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/father-in-th... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Margot Wizansky’s remarkable poem To Love in that Insane Tortured Way will make you think twice – a good thing. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/to-love-in-t... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

A.Z. Foreman brings us a sonnet cut short, for our time. This poem brings it all home. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/omar-in-gaza... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

From poet Callie Crouch, a poem you can’t quite quit. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/american-spi... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Annie Weeks brings us an excerpt from her upcoming novel. It’s set in the Netherlands, a long time ago, today. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/der-tod #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today in MSJ: Poet Joel Bush offers insight on roads taken, not taken, and lived on. Not a beginner’s course. A collision course. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/freeway #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

From MSJ today, flash fiction that moves: “The Bus Driver’s Routine” and the road to redemption. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/the-bus-driv... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Poet Shannon Cates sings a song for what’s been lost, but not forgotten www.muleskinnerjournal.com/give-it-back #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today, on the eve of Labor Day, an amazing poem. Briana Naseer takes us on a journey of acceptance www.muleskinnerjournal.com/coin-toss #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Diane Gottlieb lines things up in just the right way. Did you hear it too? www.muleskinnerjournal.com/voice-of-god #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today in MSJ: Ken Foxe takes us on a wild ride – without ever leaving the house. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/whistling-in... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today in MSJ, a short piece of family history. Heather Pegas reminds us that there’s no tension like generational tension. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/family-lore #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

A Muleskinner request: Please read this poem from David J.S. Pickering. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/you-should-h... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

MSJ today presents a new poem from Sarah Dickenson Snyder. The Beekeeper will stay with you. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/the-beekeeper #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Buenos Aires-based writer Calla Smith presents a tense, powerful, thought-provoking flash fiction story that comes to stay. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/our-land #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Rev up your engine. Poet Marisa P. Clark was born to ride. And so is our collection on Tension. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/motorcycle-s... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Submissions for Journal 15 will open on July 17. Our theme is Tension. See our Submission Guidelines for all the dirt. We can’t wait to read your work. Enjoy the flower. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #fictionsubmissions #poetryjournals

Muleskinner Journal announces Journal Fourteen. Thanks to everyone who submitted work. What you'll find is what we selected. Memorable work, agonizingly selected over other great work. We are proud and lucky. See here. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit

Do you have some time this weekend? We have an amazing treat for you. We close our Handle & Spout meditations with a handful of new pieces of transformative work from five writers you should know. www.muleskinnerjournal.com #writingcommunity #litmag

Rough road behind. Open Road ahead. See our pages today for the newest work from writer M F Drummy, whose debut collection is upcoming from Main Street Rag Press. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/quiche #writingcommunity #litmag #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Second Hand, from poet Marisa P. Clark, remembers the light, the smoke, and the fire. Especially the smoke. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/second-hand #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Down by the river, where the water runs cold, you’ll find Town by Rachel Pearsall www.muleskinnerjournal.com/town #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

In her wonderful poem, She Feeds the Storm, poet Kathleen Kimball-Baker reminds us that everything is everything, including the weather. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/she-feeds-th... #writingcommunity #litmag #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Famously, every ending heralds a beginning, and every beginning touches an ending. In Commencement Speech, poet Amalie Kwassman offers your grad less traditional advice and reflection. It’s time to get real. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/commencement...

Today, we offer a wild short story from Allison Bradley. Tango will change the way you play board games. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/tango #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals