Announcing @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards Kyle Weik and @nomad-sw18.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/monarch-quee...

Daily reminder that telling writers something they did was important to you results in more writing and joy, with possible domestic side effects of unbearable smugness.

“My blood has opened a conduit to an elsewhere, importing emissaries of shell, feather, fur, and hoof to remind me that boundaries leak, that absence is merely another geometry of presence.” Strange and beautiful story—so unexpectedly emotional. I love everything @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social writes!

Teach I swear, the rock ate my homework.

In an autumn of personal sorrow, this poem is burrowing deeper into my heart than usual, which is saying something

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox. By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands. Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid. “My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

Do you feel a pin inside your body too? Two sharp, gorgeous, searching stories by Huina Zheng templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

Submissions open. From the good folks at @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social submissions.strangepilgrims.com

Check out my poem "Water/Skin" in the new issue of *Ink in Thirds* (Fall 2025, 6.2) @inkinthirds.bsky.social, a journal full of wonderful writing and art. The print version costs a couple of well-spent dimes, but you can also purchase an online version for $3.33. inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-2/

Even if the third time in this top-notch #literaryjournal is the charm, I hope it doesn't stop here! Two of my photographs are included in #FallWinter2025 issue @inkinthirds.bsky.social. A #MustRead, a #MustSee. #Poetry #Prose #Art #Photographs inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-2/

This mushroom has an aura

Today I am focusing on doing small, good things.

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Fall equimoss

A tiny story or poem a day is good for the skin,we are sure of it templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

some spirits dancing in the autumn wind their melancholic eyes #Art #abstract #spirits #dance #autumn #poetry

My problem with everything is that I know For A Fact that the purpose of life is frivolity. It is to fool around & pursue joy.

“C Pam Zhang: Books started out as escapism for me, and I want my writing to maintain some of that.” From a Q&A with C Pam Zhang, author of “Are They Vampires, or Are They Just Chinese?" Originally published May 1st, 2017. theoffingmag.com/interviews/a...

Kidlit is important lit.

Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th! Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together! #litmag #callforsubmission www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

A tiny story or poem a day has anti-bacterial properties we are sure of it templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

A tiny story or poem a day is the best revenge against insufferable exes, bosses, colleagues, neighbours, demons, goblins, animated dolls and clown nightmares,we are sure of it templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

"The Now of All Things" by Francine Witte is a beautiful, aching moment between a recently separated couple. The details the narrator now notices are brilliant. This is a must-read. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/th…#namjooningn#namjooningbutliteraryry

'How can I be seen' Tino wondered, patting his smeared heart back together…He should be used to it but hope was a weed that grew no matter how much he hacked it. @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/t-is...

I have a speculative one about the moon watching the earth die. inkfishmag.com/what-moon-wo...

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.

Had a few minutes to myself, so read this. It’s fresh, unique and wonderful. Loved every word. ❤️ @emilyrinkema.bsky.social

Tomorrow, Monday 22 September the general submissions story portal for Translunar Travelers Lounge will be open. Speculative fiction of 5000 words or less. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

“why some people be mad at me sometimes” they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep remembering mine - Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]

Tino would really like you to see him. Can you see Tino? New bitty story in the amazing @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/t-is...

Blending with these colored pencils is nice

Everyone this is Tino. Tino would very much like you to see him. Please see Tino. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/t-is...

"Japanese Botanical Gardens", oil on canvas board , 2002, 18 x 24", available #FishyFriday #acrylics #art #painting #traditionalmediums

It tried to hide but I found a really big mushroom.

It’s wild how some people act like being kind and inclusive is radical when really it’s the baseline of just being human.

My first face study when I was learning color and digital painting in early 2023! It's one of those lightning in a bottle moments, didn't quite know how I got to the end. #portrait #africanamerican #art #painting

Me, the queen of obsolescence, finding her latest jewel.

Karter Mycroft knocks it out of the park with "Mookie", our latest Dream Story in Afterimages. Please read it now and with haste. Bases are loaded... thirtywest.substack.com/p/mookie

Can you be smug as a bug in a rug? Not saying it’s good, just is it possible?

A sample piece from Necrosmologies, available here: thebraag.co/product/necr...

www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/eire... www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue4-baton... leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-eir... mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas... maudlinhouse.net/author/irene... sites.google.com/view/thehoog... www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/...

write the weird thing

Who wants to see a mushroom that looks like a cooked egg?

2025 Haunted Haiku Contest www.everywritersresource.com/2025-haunted... We're back from the dead! After skipping a year or two (honestly, time gets blurry when you're haunting the internet), we've decided

Take a chance on what might be in @epapasoulioti.bsky.social’s new poem “permutations.” kaleidotrope.net/summer-2025/...

"When this hurricane comes, I am all candles, all reverence, All wafts waving lavender up the walls of each room in the house." A spiritual poem on climate change and faith, by SLM poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social ✨ In the @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/K6oKuL8

‘Could they trust her lightness?’ A tiny ray of trust and belief in each other from @deniseb.bsky.social A counter to helplessness. A reminder of what we can be. Takes minutes to read but will fill you up templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

More than 30 great poems, flash, micro and art by 24 creators. Each one takes 1 to 10 mins to read. You have 1 to 10 minutes right? How else are you going to spend it? Read it out loud to a loved one. Rediscover joy. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

If she had eyes she’d look joyful. Just trust us.