This month, we interviewed the fantastic Lisa Low about her new chapbook, Late in the Day. Read our conversation & some sample poems | www.doesithavepockets.com/features/lis...

Sending our hopes & adorations & happy dances alongside our five nominees for Best Microfiction's 2026 anthology!

"I’ll never forget her first words: “I need twenty bucks.”" Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...I ducked my head, waited for my father’s rage to spill from your lips." A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The whoosh of you leaving the table still so fresh in my ears." An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...or forget you will die and feel the buzz reverberating bones as you touch the power grid." Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...Hannah needs someone to explain communion before she asks if brisket wouldn’t be too sacrilegious." In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...she asks, “Do you want a bag?” like it’s a trick question, like there’s a right answer and I’ve already failed it..." Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Raise your hood, and everybody’s a mechanic." Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The humming wasn’t so bad, a kind of airy trill like a towhee on the wing." Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Every picture-a-reminder of kids like Martin who spat in your Jello." @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I don’t want him to be reasonable; I want him to say something I can fight with." @fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"'I know women have a lot to do,' says the woman in the next seat" Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Powdered lemonade was to fresh lemonade as Sophia Grey was to Marianne Dashwood—a sad and sorry substitute..." Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...reliving ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers, roar of all Septembers..." Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Carolyn is the hero-scientist. The one who says things like, 'Keep that net handy, George. I might need it.'" A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie." This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

This month's Art & Hybrid collection is a tenderly illustrated exploration of grief through photos from @lmbayley.bsky.social CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3 www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids

The DIHP Team hopes you'll help celebrate our wide community of hardworking lit mags & their teams by checking into the annual @chillsubs.bsky.social 2025 best litmags poll! It's fun, informative, & helps your writing peers. <3 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

It’s back 😏 Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️ www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!

So proud my story The Hate Baby is shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. There’s a slim chance of a prize but better yet it’ll appear in one of their gorgeous anthologies. Thank you @aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home

@haleydirenzo.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social — “I do not know what it is to be a mother but I think it must be something like a wild thing, capable of carnage but offering mercy” As a mother — wow. Yes! #EpistemicLitFamily www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...

@doesithavepockets.bsky.social is an online literary magazine with an emphasis on the uncategorizable. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not sure where this piece belongs,” try them! Stop by table 518 at the #AWP26 Bookfair to say hi!

Kudos and congratulations to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Find their work and the other great literature of 2025 at doesithavepockets.com <3 #literarycommunity Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The picture within the frame changes every week, ranging from the news clip of the President pardoning a turkey to a bird’s eye view of our town." Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"There are no other cars on the road. Haven’t been since the rumours infected the headlines, since they told us to travel only when necessary." Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Rain on his face, mingled with dirt, and a week of stubble. Wild man. Storm man. We had to let him in but hesitated because of what he carried." Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"“No, I’m not trying to hide it. It’s the law, if you carry a bottle, it’s got to be in a paper bag.”" One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The letters were a little shaky, but the “you” was underlined with a firm hand." Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"A whorling of all of the wishes I have ever made/ The lullaby beneath my body" The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Equally puzzling was the sound. Sometimes loud. Sometimes soft, like spring breeze." Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Beauty keeps balking at my balking at beauty –" Part prose poem, part breath, part song, part moment, one exquisite new #mustread #creativenonfiction from Acie Clark | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/acie-clark Art @sethpartnow.bsky.social

"If she approaches you, don’t run. Hold very still and try your best to answer her riddles." A cautionary, fantastic tale told through social posts in this witty new #fiction from @rheatellstales.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rhea... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Years ago she moved inland, promising/ it was only for a few years./ You know this story." DIHP alumna @allcheesedinner.bsky.social returns with two quietly fierce, graceful new #poems for our November issue | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/merie... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week." A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The Dog was raised by man. Beautiful, imperfect,/ flatulent, man. Stealing leftovers like a bindle-carrying/ vagabond." A pair of breathtaking, fresh-voiced #poems from Ben Starr | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ben-s... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"But things took a tailspin when I forwarded him my “Ezekiel, Mississippi Letters,” my account of this shitbag town and what all goes on here." We celebrate the return of the singular @dirtbagwriting.bsky.social #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mike... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"looking for that crimson stain of belonging/ only for it to show up dingy and brown" Womanhood, motherhood, life and breath, powerful new #poetry from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social, new for November | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I started to make mixed media collages using the same themes I work with in my writing: gender, history, language, and the human body." Spend some time with our latest Art & Hybrids collection from artist/writer/DIHP Alum @luannecastle.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...

So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here: www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...

We are proud to announce the stunners who comprise our 2026 @monarch.gay nomination slate. Read them all once again (or for the 1st time!) at doesithavepockets.com | #literarycommunity Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social

We're featuring the winning entries in this year's Write on the Sound contest! Congrats to @terahs.bsky.social (#fiction), @joyarcher.bsky.social (#cnf), & Nancy Knowles (#poetry) on their beautiful works| www.doesithavepockets.com/features/202... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Our October month's Art & Hybrids gallery features the winsome and deep-hearted photography of the marvelous Dale Scherfling | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...

"You didn't tell your husband. There were spaces in which to do it. But they all felt like Sunday nights: unhappy and existential." Don't miss this immersive, urgent flash #fiction from @ronburch.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ron-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Old pain. We recycle. Me. Me! my voice, soundless. I want to participate—" Two cinematic stories in two fresh-voiced, effervescent #poems from Gail Goepfert | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/gail-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"You put me away that night, into a dusty corner where I could humiliate you no more." A superlative paean to a tool & the story of a life, exquisitely rendered by Nicole M. Babb | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/nico... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"He’s supposed to be writing a novel but only ever reads Chapter One." Part time travel, part song, a truly special piece of #fiction from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Three minutes can seem like an eternity when you’re shaking a cocktail, so pretend like you’re Tom Cruise in that stupid movie" A #creativenonfiction recipe for drinks &/or ghosts, immersively curated by Eileen Toomey | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/eileen-t... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"what a throat, so wide with song" Each a perfect melding of form and prose, two incredible new #poems from @druwalker.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/andre... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social