Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Thank you @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social I’m overwhelmed ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@sherrieflick.bsky.social @andreahellmanart.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @tomwellerstories.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social, too!

So pleased to be here. Big thanks to EIC @jhhwriter.bsky.social for being a real editor and suggesting amends to enable him to reconsider. Reader, I listened to him.

“Mentally, they ranked each other—the yeast of her loaves, the prime cut of his.” the “back-to-backness” in this by @sfreligh.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/Restaurant-A...

“I unwrap the candy bar my mom sent me for the holidays with its pictures of snow drifts on the wrapper, and think for a moment I’ve seen a glimpse of my family’s Christmas, but …” @amygcb.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/prisoner-no-...

“When the days tick off the calendar and the anniversary inevitably rolls around, what I really want is …’ @kimsrogers.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/august/

“… and I let him steal me from his friend, the nice one, because I wasn’t nice and neither was he. The sex was at-the-beach-and-in-the-McDonald’s-bathroom-and-behind-the-bleachers fun.” @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-guy-i-du...

“… some said Selena Apple had spoken to them in her distinctive monotone, a few, probably liars, even saying she had offered advice on how to heal their maladies, including non-issues like skin tags.” @lynnmundell.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/selena-apple/

“… yet isn’t it the ultimate dream to sit with the one who knows you best, who knows the deepest parts of you and stays?” @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/housewarming/

“… until I breathe-squint-breathe-squint into the darkness …” @sudhab.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/diwali-firew...

“I wake from these dreams with a panicky fluttering in my throat, like wings beating in a too-small space or some small rodent throwing a thin layer of dirt over itself.” @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/triple-digit...

“… and I poke Ralph ’s ribs, say, *what if they killed each other* and he whines, *or ran off and left us all alone with no extra-ricotta lasagna or almond cake for our Yuletide dinner*.” @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/god-jul/

“… I explained to her that it was simply a celebration of the day, twenty years back, when I’d gone missing, just up and left my previous life and drove my Ford straight off the edge of the world …” @jekwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-day-i-we...

“My world may be vast, my friend, but it is not deep, not close, not my own, for I have not grown large enough to learn how to make myself small.” @amymarques.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/solstice-won...

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#photography #unedited

Read "I Think I Love You" written by @jhhwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "It was East Memphis High’s fiftieth class reunion, and David Cassidy appeared at my front door in a powder-blue tux with his feathered hair..." tinyurl.com/muu7kprw

Thank you Brett Pribble and Ghost Parachute for publishing my 70s love story ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...

“My father meant “invincible,” of course, but for once I failed to correct his imprecise English because I believed he had, entirely by chance, stumbled across a hidden truth of my childhood.” @susanllin.bsky.social www.claudineliterary.net/susanllin

with @sherrieflick.bsky.social @mfcfeeley.bsky.social @andrewbertaina.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social and @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social, if you can believe it! ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...

“My ex-boyfriend Jack (Jack from Buffalo, not Jack from Encino) swiped three cases of poppers from Eddie’s Porn Emporium on Hollywood Boulevard and I started selling them out of the trunk of my Pinto” @jhhwriter.bsky.social www.claudineliterary.net/jeffharvey

One week from today! @jhhwriter.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social

“In the morning we never hold hands. We never walk by that house. We never speak of what happened at that neighborhood barbeque…” @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

Player by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social “The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”

Thanks for publishing @mrbullbull.bsky.social

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social Happy Birthday

We’re leaving for Madrid Spain tomorrow. Received a non-lucrative renewable 1-year visa and we’re going to give it a try, might become permanent. Still publishing @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social I think Gooseberry is la grosella or uchuva. If anyone knows, let me know.

This is a disgusting act of cowardice on the part of ABC. The First Amendment has no meaning to authoritarians. That the FCC is applying this kind of politically-motivated pressure to the free media is unconstitutional & should terrify us all.

@whaleroadreview.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social thank you for publishing Dad Calls her Gazelle www.whaleroadreview.com/harvey/

Issue 40 features work by @ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social @bethcastrodale.bsky.social @rita-tiwari.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social @beekaekae.bsky.social @nfako.bsky.social...

I'm delighted to have a new micro live in this fab issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social. This one got rolling in a @megpokrass.bsky.social workshop. 🚌 🚌 🚌 gooseberry-pie.com/boston-to-ne...

Thank you so much @jhhwriter.bsky.social and @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Thank you so much ‪@lit-namjooning.bsky.social‬ for nominating my CNF piece "Is That All There Is?" for a 2026 Best of the Net award. What a wonderful surprise!

Plumeria is so wonderful

Thrilled to hear @jekwriter.bsky.social story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social included in Best of the Net 2025 bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...

“…‘sometimes you’ve just got to take it on the chin.’” @stillsquirrel.bsky.social & @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...

SoFloPoJo #38 - August 2025 www southfloridapoetryjournal.com

Issue 33 is live with 15 extraordinary stories from 14 wonderful writers gooseberry-pie.com/issue-33/

Many thanks to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my new microfiction “Detritus Diary” in the new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social.

@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social and I set a flashy table together. Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for publishing The Third Best Dinner Set 🙏 gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...

'My son is a water-soaked bean in a Ziploc…’ Experiment by @angelines.bsky.social This diminutive tale’s left me feeling like I’ve seen a whole sun-drenched film. #flashfiction gooseberry-pie.com/experiment/

We’re ready to read your submissions. gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/

Quick update on @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Submission guidelines. Submit up to 3 stories in one doc and submit via online submission manager Moksha: gooseberrypielit.moksha.io

San Diego summer

I'm stunned to be on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 list. I look forward to reading this list every year! My thanks to @laughingyeti.bsky.social, @samanito.bsky.social and the Wigleaf team, as well as @atticusreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it. Can't wait to read all the stories!

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