@anne49bsky.bsky.social here's a good opening line!

New essay on the site! "I was the child who feared vomiting in Mass but I am not that child anymore. He retched every time he ate the communion wafer. He was a good eater everywhere else on Earth. No adult knew what to say." www.outlooksprings.com/essays/josh-...

my sexuality and i are going through a lot

my sexuality and i are going through a lot

“And God said, this time I will finish it, medammit. And God did.” Amazing.

New essay on the site! "I was the child who feared vomiting in Mass but I am not that child anymore. He retched every time he ate the communion wafer. He was a good eater everywhere else on Earth. No adult knew what to say." www.outlooksprings.com/essays/josh-...

Give it a read!: www.outlooksprings.com/stories/stup...

Check out this amazing story from Maya Beck to celebrate Issue 9 hitting the site! "Amy was newly a medusa when she first met God." www.outlooksprings.com/stories/agen...

Check out this amazing story from Maya Beck to celebrate Issue 9 hitting the site! "Amy was newly a medusa when she first met God." www.outlooksprings.com/stories/agen...

If you're absolutely stumped for what to get for those you love and think of as weird little book people, allow me to make a persuasive argument for weird little books:

How I found out that my next-door neighbor Larry had gotten hit by a bus is that my mom sat down at the kitchen table with me before school, while I was eating a bowl of cereal, and said, “Our next-door neighbor Larry got hit by a bus.” www.outlooksprings.com/essays/larry...

You can make canoes from a variety of materials but my favorite are volcanoes.

You can make canoes from a variety of materials but my favorite are volcanoes.

If you're absolutely stumped for what to get for those you love and think of as weird little book people, allow me to make a persuasive argument for weird little books:

A black sperm whale cow... www.outlooksprings.com/poems/sperma...

I'm so glad people continue to read this story! As a reminder, you can now watch the short film adaptation on vimeo!

A black sperm whale cow... www.outlooksprings.com/poems/sperma...

8th place goes to "Other Lives: A Party Trick" by Cali Kopczick from Issue No. 7! www.outlooksprings.com/essays/other...

Everyone's favorite number, 7, is "A Toaster" by Samuel Zagula From Issue No. 8! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/a-to...

"I make her a social comparison blocker: custom-crafted cognitech packed into a hair clip, an alligator-style barrette as an unobtrusive accessory to constantly, preemptively inhibit her mind’s habit of benchmarking herself against others." www.outlooksprings.com/stories/mode...

"I make her a social comparison blocker: custom-crafted cognitech packed into a hair clip, an alligator-style barrette as an unobtrusive accessory to constantly, preemptively inhibit her mind’s habit of benchmarking herself against others." www.outlooksprings.com/stories/mode...

Numero 6 is "2PM Telepsychiatry Appointment/F. Abelsen/Visual Hallucinations Triggered by Anxiety/Possible Synesthete" by Michael P. Moran from Issue No. 8! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/2pm-...

Our 4th most-read piece was "Brad Benske and the Hand of Light" by Keith Rosson from Issue No. 6! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/brad...

Coming in at everyone's second-favorite number, 3, is "In the Walls" by R.C. Van Horn from Issue No. 1! www.outlooksprings.com/essays/in-th...

Hey, that's really cool!! Thanks!

Well, you took your own sweet time... www.outlooksprings.com/poems/forgot...

You can read them here: www.outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...

We've nominated "Tah-Da, Presenting Carla Rose!" by Tucker Leighty-Phillips and "Stupid Wolves" by Michael Pershan for Best Small Fictions!

all i'm saying is that there were better options

We've nominated "Tah-Da, Presenting Carla Rose!" by Tucker Leighty-Phillips and "Stupid Wolves" by Michael Pershan for Best Small Fictions!

Coming in at #2 is "Car and Driver: Early Days With the Late Singer-Songwriter Bill Morrissey" by Ann Joslin Williams from Issue No. 2! www.outlooksprings.com/essays/car-a...

OMG Y'ALL it's time for the top pieces read on the website in 2025! First up is "Wildman" by Nic Anstett from Issue No. 7! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/wild...

OMG Y'ALL it's time for the top pieces read on the website in 2025! First up is "Wildman" by Nic Anstett from Issue No. 7! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/wild...

Hey @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I have a pitch for you: northern reach!

Pushcart nominations are here y'all! Congrats to Margaret Davenport, Maya Beck, Josh Orr, and Rolli!

Pushcart nominations are here y'all! Congrats to Margaret Davenport, Maya Beck, Josh Orr, and Rolli!

Get 25% off issues of Outlook Springs today with code CM2025! www.outlooksprings.com/issues/

Get OS1 contributor Chloe N. Clark’s new book!

Get 25% off issues of Outlook Springs today with code CM2025! www.outlooksprings.com/issues/

Love this comment for @outlooksprings.bsky.social! And people, you know the drill... Get out there and vote (for your favorite lit mag)! www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

ChillSubs is running their Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for us! www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

ChillSubs is running their Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for us! www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

A remake of Streetcar Named Desire set in outerspace would be called Interstella.

A remake of Streetcar Named Desire set in outerspace would be called Interstella.

If a job would like to know why to hire me well we had chickens when I was a kid and the two I named were Attila the Hen and Gillihen Anderson. So yes I am skilled.

Here is a pallet of bricks and the hindquarters of a dog. Pick up the new issue of Outlook Springs today. www.outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...

Speaking of whales, dolphins. And if you head over to @outlooksprings.bsky.social and check out issue #9 there's this hot new section of genesis that just dropped.

In Issue 9, Tucker Leighty-Phillips presents a tale of trying to be a better person at a dog's debutante ball. www.outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...

In Issue 9, Tucker Leighty-Phillips presents a tale of trying to be a better person at a dog's debutante ball. www.outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...