Muleskinner Journal is open for submissions! Our theme for Journal 18 is Borderlands. And yes, we're on the edge. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Today we stand at the edge of everything. Friday, we cross over. New issue and new theme opens May 1. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Muleskinner Journal proudly presents Journal Seventeen: Peaks and Valleys Take some time with the complete collection. We'll talk again in May. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/journals #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Paul Bavister closes out our Peaks and Valleys postings with a challenging journey. Stay with it. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/prison-visit #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Writer and filmmaker Martha Hipley shares a tale. Not one to miss. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/marco-father #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Please gift yourself a few minutes today for Ron Dionne’s short story, “Son O’Mine.” We did. Wow. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/son-omine #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Stephanie Hashagen sings on MSJ today. Sing along. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/songs-to-pla... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Ronna Magy leans us toward the close of our Peaks and Valleys issue. This poem recalls a conversation. And a little blue booklet. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/what-mothers... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Eric Huff shares a poem for the spring, asks when the clear rivers of snowpack will melt. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/there-is-a-b... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

In MSJ Today, Jeffrey Heath sings a lonesome song that drifts along the prairie, lands where it needs to land. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/i-keep-think... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

William Cass with a story that will wag your tail, make you stay, make you want to roll over. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/love-me-love... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Finnegan James McBride has a story for you. We think it will make your day! www.muleskinnerjournal.com/she-who-owns... #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Patrick Roland is looking for alternatives. Read it today at MSJ! and by the way - Submissions for J17 close on Sunday. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/repurposed #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Todd Turnidge, under the eaves, with his latest poem - for you. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/cow-town #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

Annette Sisson finds ants in the peonies. www.muleskinnerjournal.com/first-marriage #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #literature #writers #fiction #fictionsubmissions #fictionwriter #poets #poetry #poetryjournals

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