Coming this weekend, Pockets heads to Indie Lit Fest! @FrostburgState #marylandorbust #ohbaltimore More info here: www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Congrats to our amazing Best of the Net '26 candidates. We send your ballots off with all our digits crossed! #pocketyasheck

Join @anchalastudio.bsky.social and @camillethegriep.bsky.social discussing the ins and outs of creating a literary journal. Check out more of the Frostburg State Indie Lit Fest in MD here: www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l... #ontheroadagain

"“Well then, what do you kids these days call their best buds?” “Gruzz,” Grandson nods." Magical realism winding its way through the finest prose in this new #fiction from Beth Hendrickson | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/beth... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Into the whorl of my ear she pronounced her burden." Two stunning reprints from the fabulous pen of James Kangas #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/james... #welcomebackjames Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"The questions are too heavy for this early, that being eleven in the morning." Sept's #fiction #longread is as surreal/ beautiful& witty/abyssal. Eleventy-seven billion stars to this new one from @ccarrel.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/chri... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"But before that we will count down to the new year, drink from glasses of champagne at a colorful bar." Using all the perfect tenses, a poignant new #cnf from @jackiegoyette.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/jacqueli... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"... a parfait of emotions/all bottled up, squeezed like toothpaste from the bottom of the/tube ..." Delighted for the DIHP return of @ashevillebiowriter.bsky.social | His transcendent verse always a welcome gulp of fresh air | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Deep dimples, puka shell choker, and hair as feathery as ostrich wings. I was as wild for him as anyone who didn’t know what sex was or could be." Swirling w/music & lyricism, fantastic new #creativenonfiction from Tess Kelly | doesithavepockets.com/cnf/tess-kelly Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"A phone number, an errand, a name, Scrawled into clammy flesh, smeared, lost forever" A cinematic, intricate story poem from Anthony DeGregorio, new in our September #poetry collection | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/antho...

"They taunted my mother, these small pockets of sweetness that were never meant for us." Immersive and powerful, new short #fiction from Scott Madison | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/scot... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I’m back on my bullshit again: watching murder television as a form of salvation." Two tiny, dense supernovas from DIHP alum @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/beth-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"In the center, on a harsh white background, an unfinished sentence mid-way through a metaphor, the pulsing cursor like a beating heart." Writing about writing in the best way; new from @eladhaber.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elad... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"We always seemed to separate in the courtyard; I'd go one way, he'd go the other. Like an elderly couple at the mall." For a dose of sunshine, meet Starsky in our new Art & Hybrid gallery, essay & photos by @laurasartdumpster.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids/laura-rebecca

"Don’t try to stick things to other things in the first place." New in September #fiction, two terrific, tiny "How-Tos" from the wonderful @mattleibel.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/matt... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

*Phenomenal cosmic prose ... itty bitty living space.* In our latest issue, a brand new micro #fiction from the incredible @sfreligh.bsky.social |https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarah-freligh Artwork @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"My only strategy was retreat. I’d make myself long/ and flat as a line so I could be mistaken for a horizon." Two brilliant, dynamically immersive poems from @tarnwilson.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/tarn-... #poetry #September Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I kind of hate Tammy now she’s ruined brunching, weekend breaks, getting pissed together." Authentic, poignant, vivid new #fiction from Rebecca Klassen | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rebe... new for September. Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Will see you at Indie Lit Fest @ Frostberg State in September? DIHP will be #ontheroadagain for their bookfair & a panel discussing the ins and outs of starting your own litmag! More info here: www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

#SelfPortraitSunday #Music&Me I didn't choose my piano; it chose me. The magic didn’t end there. My award-winning story The Piano’s Choice is a unique tale of love with a pitch-perfect, surprise hero. #lovestory #piano #pianolove #creativenonfiction #writingcommunity @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

For those of you attending the 2025 Write on the Sound in Edmonds, WA, DIHP is helping to celebrate WoTS's 40th anniversary by publishing the winners of this year's writing contest! More info available at the WoTS site: www.edmondswa.gov/government/d...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Short Stories feat. @literarymama.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Our semiannual (Fee) Free For All is back! Each and every August/February we roll up the paywall during the back half of the month to celebrate. Join us by sending your pockety-est #cnf, #fiction, #poetry, & #artwork <3 | www.doesithavepockets.com/subs Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Thanks to Lit Mag News for reviewing my poems that recently came out in Does It Have Pockets!

I just found out that my story from the wonderful @doesithavepockets.bsky.social was mentioned by Lit Mag News Substack. Please go check them both out! www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory... litmagnews.substack.com/p/who-reads-...

Congrats @sundresspub.bsky.social on Best of the Net 2025! <3 DIHP finalists Kristie L. Williams &@suzibanksbaum.bsky.social, & BoTN contribs incl DIHP Alum @jekwriter.bsky.social BotN art: Jennifer S. Lange / Peatsmoke "Story Cloth: Nesting": Suzi Banks Baum DIHP Art: @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I wonder if we can, in this contemporary world, find a way to make sense of the senseless, through folklore and storytelling." Take some time with our stunning August Gallery "Nature on the Edge of Darkness," works by Holly Chilton | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...

"And since I’m not a great storyteller I will just offer exactly what happened: I died." Dense, surreal, immersive, and lyric beauty in this singular prose poem from Dan Weaver | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dan-... #poetry Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I don’t tell him that some things in life cost the sacrifice of their opposite." Sometimes a piece of #fiction will unexpectedly whisk all the breath from your body, like this brilliance from Rory Perkins | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"....Poetry already had me in its arms; already bent its intoxicating lips to mine..." With these two subtle yet spectacular new #poems we welcome the return of the incredible Lisa Low | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/lisa-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I placed my hand gingerly on the potato. I wrapped my fingers around it, trying to hide it." Two powerfully tactile, narrative poems from Sheila Wellehan, new for August #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sheil... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I know about the learning curve with a new machine. One of you is the learner. The other is being used." This month's #fiction #longread is urgent, witty, dystopian, and essential. New for August from Anna Josephson | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/anna... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"night planets & stars same northern lights sleep curled up in grasses like a dog." Three #poems full of loss, grief, & solace, lyrically penned by Alison Hicks | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/aliso... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"“You just purchased the mixed nuts. How fun!” sang the voice from the ceiling speaker." Take a delightful trip to the Fun-Do Desk with this wryly clever new #fiction from @ellenneuborne.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elle... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I could draw my finger along the ridge of his nose and mine at the same time. Like sister cities, they share the same map." Softly vulnerable and gracefully crafted, gorgeous new #cnf from Kira Salter-Gurau | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/kira-sal... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Five exquisite, pocket-sized cinquains from the powerhouse pen of @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/kathl... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social #poetry

"...the scar doesn’t hurt, per se, but it asserts its presence occasionally with the subtlety of a spiderweb or a tiny combed foot." A quietly beautiful TKO from Marin Smith in this brand new micro CNF | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/marin-sm... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"My brush handles are adorned in dried-up colors: startling navy, temperate teal, muddy ochre." Prismatic and cinematic, a layered coming of age story from @sudhab.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sudh... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"...we remained protected by the grout of our grounding, the caulking of our past." New for August, two gorgeous, textured #poems from Barbara Krasner | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/barba... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Invocation is just another word for prayer." The many doings of the Small Town Witch in these three clever, perfect flashes from @deborahzadams.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/debo... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"But if I die because of government violence, I want a fucking grave." Two unflinching, deft, & timely poems from @renwilding.bsky.social | #poetry #augustissue www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ren-w... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying General Flash Fiction feat. @therumpus.net @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

“The door wore its patched-over reinforced repair with a shiny sort of broken pride. I don’t know what impression it would have made a few days earlier.” Read Arria Deepwater’s “Negative Space” (@doesithavepockets.bsky.social) this #DisabilityPrideMonth: www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/arri...

Does It Have Pockets "He laughs. Says, “That’s stupid.” But I see he is stealing glances, as if testing my theory with his plucky, suburban heart." Two brightly stellar knockouts from Daniel James #Poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/danie... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Nobody tells you this, but most of the time, you really can judge a book by its cover." July's #longread #fiction by Erin Butler @florzinha1897.bsky.social is wittily deft, terrifyingly timely, and beautiful to boot | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/erin... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Does It Have Pockets "...in the distance, a melody pierces the darkness like an invisible light." The myriad facets at the intersection of light and dark, in this epic micro from the fantastic @brettpribble.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/bret... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I forgive you before you think to ask." Two cleverly layered, lyrical, lovesong-tinged #poems, new from @chrishoerter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rc-ho... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"Ten pretty pleases. As much praying as she was willing to do, this ritual that requires precise strokes to create red enamel rosary beads." The forms prayers take & much more in new #fiction from @sherriwithab.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sher... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"..."Did you know that's what it's called?" An answer tumbles like a pancake out of my mouth, and he cuts me off." Two deftly magical, breathtakers from @fzjl.bsky.social, new for July | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/franc... #poetry Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"under a naked bulb's margarine light" Lush, immersive, transporting, here are two elegant poems from multi-hyphenate Charles Leggett | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/charl... #poetry Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social