"So sudden you didn’t have time to put your hair on. So loud your eardrums hurt" What a piece from @drobnik.co - so much intensity in this @fracturedlit.bsky.social micro

Update: I’ve started revision 8, and I think we’re getting somewhere.

Mashina on sale in the Steam sale! Meee-ow! Play it and review it if you fancy and if you're fancy! Are you fancy? store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/...

Dujanah on sale in the Steam sale! WOOF! Play it and review it if you fancy and if you're fancy! Are you fancy? Fancy pantsy take a trip to Francey? store.steampowered.com/app/681240/D...

I’m shit at marketing, and you can tell because I published a book nearly a month ago, and you probably haven’t heard about it. Anyway, NOCTURINE is a surreal novella in breathless paragraphs. You might enjoy it if you’re into dark, voicey stuff.

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

No, Copilot, I don’t want your help with this paragraph. And no, I don’t need your assistance pasting this one word. And it would be great if Word didn’t work so slow like we’re back in 1999, thank you.

At long last, NOCTURINE is here! The novella had a wild publishing journey. It was supposed to be my first book published in English, but ended up being my third. Huge thanks to @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving it a new home! You can get your copy here: amazon.com/NOCTURINE-%C...

FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by @writesloud.bsky.social has made it to Poland! 🔥🔥 Can’t wait to dig in!

Remember NOCTURINE? My surreal novella/linked story collection that was forthcoming for eight years but didn’t come out in the end? —It’s forthcoming again! Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for giving the book a lovely home. Release date: September 2, 2025.

I’ve been working on this novel for more than two years and didn’t have much time to write anything else. So as a reminder (mostly to myself) I’m also a short ficion writer, let me pin some of my flash fiction pieces:

A story by @anniejowrites.bsky.social is always a treat. Love this weird, surreal piece up at Monkeybicycle 🔥

“There is so much blood in this, so many women. But the only blood I can speak to is my own.“ Oh, this brave, heartbreaking, powerful essay by the incredible @megpillow.bsky.social, up at @literaryhub.bsky.social.

a haunted house where the ghosts are all the manuscripts you once treasured but have since abandoned

Hey friends. I’m going to send a newsletter tomorrow with a bunch of reading recs & a lot of feels. If you want to receive it, you can sign up on my website contact page. I only send a few a year so it’s not a big commitment for your inbox. Thank you! 📥 www.maureenlangloss.com/contact/

Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? In this class, we’ll consider the power of the sex scene, and what it can accomplish in fiction and nonfiction to explore theme, character, context, and beyond. Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/summ...

So excited to be part of @stanchion.bsky.social's 🔥 2026 lineup!

NOCTURINE, my book that was forthcoming for seven years, won’t be coming out after all. The publisher and I have decided to part ways. I’ve asked them to refund any outstanding pre-orders, but let me know if there’s any delay. 1/2

!!! I’m a debut novelist! This is the coolest, most welcome thing this week (and month), thank you @debutiful.bsky.social

Hi Bluesky! 🦋👋 We're Foglifter Press & Journal, a San Francisco based small press and literary journal by and for queer writers. We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈

Look at this child in his first publication from 20 (!) years ago. I might not have had a stellar writing career, and the world is an even scarier place than back then, but I’m here and keep writing. Thank you all for reading and supporting me throughout literal decades! 💙

Here's what I want to see in my query inbox! I want stories with unique characters taking on unique and specific stakes, conflicts that they have created from their past, problems they can't escape, with no easy solutions, and no choice but to involve the ones they love.

Oh, you were so sad to miss my kegger launch because you're not from DC? Or maybe you just love me so much you want to attend all the events?? Here you go! Zoom launch for "First Kicking, Then Not" is on August 19th at 8PM! Register at tinyurl.com/firstkicking...

More cruelty. More lost lives. More anxiety and threats and risk and hypocrisy and fear and instability. Why do people have to live like this? Oh yeah: a tiny subset of greedy, power-hungry men.

“For some reason, our brother laughed at that line, and made it into a song. They’re all still in the volcano in their minds, he sang, with his eyes shut tight.” Love this surreal, beautiful story by @rpmirabella.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social.

Writing/Lit profs: My short story collection comes out in August (!!) and I'd love to Zoom (or come in person in the DMV) and read and/or teach a lesson. Let me know if you'd be interested!

This micro by Joe Kapitan in @havehashad.com broke me in the best possible way.

Your Polish education for today: Piżama or Pidżama? Both are correct. Both translate to Pajamas. asterismbooks.com/publisher/pi...

“She doesn’t know a polite way of asking the ghost, why me?” Another stellar piece by @anniejowrites.bsky.social in @havehashad.com 🔥🔥

pre-orders have been ramping up more & more these past few days it's quite possible we sell out of our first print run before release day 😍 www.neonpajamas.com/pizama-press...

MAGIC CAN'T SAVE US is out today and you can read this really fun interview I did with Chuck Augello up at @necessaryfiction.com today! I talk a bit about where the stories in the collection came from and a bit about my process!

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So excited to be sharing the news that @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social will be publishing my debut novel next spring! If you like non-linear narratives that unravel across time and space, you'll love In the Desert

🚨 It's new @amystuber.com on Short Story, Long day!! 🚨 ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/swans-by-a...

I love every sentence of this sad and hopeful and weird and twisty story by @anniejowrites.bsky.social in @havehashad.com.

It's Mother's Day today (in UK/Ireland). Did you forget? Why not buy your mam a great book? Half price on Kindle:

If I were at AWP, I'd be buying my book, HAIR SHIRT, from the Malarkey Books table.

I'm finally on Query Tracker! If you've been waiting for this, send me your pitches! #MSWL Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Upmarket novels. querytracker.net/query/TDRL

Who are the five writers that made you? Bruno Schulz Witold Gombrowicz Edward Stachura Olga Tokarczuk Dorota Masłowska

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I think @un-manuscripts.bsky.social might become my go-to guilty pleasure. At the same time, I dread the day my manuscript makes the list.

Hey, everyone! My name is Ben Niespodziany & I'm the founder & editor of Piżama Press. I wanted to quickly introduce myself to anyone wanting to know more (1/3)

HAIR SHIRT Release Party! April 16. The Whistler. Perfect if you're in Chicago or if you need an excuse to blow up your life and start a new one in Chicago.

🌸 We're welcoming Spring with the blossom of our new MARCH ISSUE 🌸 buff.ly/F8mYCJ4 Love and gratitude to our AMAZING contributors! WORDS: Sophie Hoss, Dante Fuoco, Laetitia Keok, @eleanorfuller.bsky.social ART: Kevin Bodniza PLUS: Asa Drake reviews Megan Pinto

Vraeyda Literary e-books are on sale, and my novel VOSTOK is in the bunch too: www.vraeydamedia.ca/bookstore/p/... It’s a literary sci-fi with a touch of mystery, and you might dig it if you’re into genre-bending shenanigans and voicey prose.

we're so proud of Jennifer Greidus & her new novel 'American Lit' -- which is out today !! american-lit.com listen to this awesome conversation with Tyler Dempsey about the new book, x-r-a-y, & many other things -- thank u so much,Tyler !! open.spotify.com/episode/2Auw...

Happy release day to our EIC @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross! DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY is available now! eastoverpress.com/book/dont-ta...

the amount of care and beauty in this cover!! what else could a debut author ask for??

This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥

It's Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the season where we practice mortification to get closer to God. Traditionally, that meant wearing a hair shirt. What's that? You don't have a hair shirt? Okay, I got you: malarkeybooks.com/store/hairsh...