Am I reading too much into this or is this a clear sign that humanity is pretty much done?

Writers: @epiphanylit.bsky.social is OPEN for print subs. Send your best fiction, CNF, poetry. Paying market, all subs read by 2 or more readers. We find our favorites in the slush pile epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit

Excellent new fiction in @epiphanylit.bsky.social online: Emma Heath's "Grievance Line" www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/gri...

Sometimes it’s not easy being both an editor and a reader of headlines 🤪

Issue 35 FW25 of @epiphanylit.bsky.social is out! Stories by Joanna Hershon and John Weir and 2 new poems by Edmund White. www.epiphanymagazine.org/store/p/issu...

#writers Epiphany subs open till Mon 12/15! Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation. Paying market. 💰 Send us your darlings! epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit

Epiphany Magazine (@epiphanylit.bsky.social) is open for submissions! Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation. I am your Fiction Editor and our Guest Poetry Editor is Camille Rankine. Paying market. This post contains no bad news. epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit

Get lit(erary) tonight (Thurs 10/16) at Liz's Book Bar, 315 Smith St in Brooklyn at 8:00PM to hear authors read from the latest issue of Epiphany. Cost of entry is to one drink to support Liz's Book Bar -- that's it!

Epiphany’s Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging BIPOC writer without an advanced writing degree. *$2000 stipend *Year-long editorial fellowship at a small non-profit literary magazine *Publication Applications are O P E N

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The Cultural and Political Obsession With Trans People Is Harming My Community 🏳️‍⚧️ Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And" bit.ly/4mdf6A8

Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.

Another excellent satire from SM Strand, who happens to be my very funny sister. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tra...

Another excellent satire from SM Strand 😂 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/adv...

Dog loss seems to what’s on the collective brain/heart of the #writing community here today. Here’s my contribution, an almost-ghost story from Bridge Eight: “Roscoe lives alone with 35 dogs. … He finds them easy to take care of because they are dead.” www.bridgeeight.com/sunshine/

@saralippmann.bsky.social steered me toward this short story: “Horse” by @amybonnaffons.bsky.social It’s magnificent ciervoblanco.club/horse-by-amy...

Thousands of you have been asking me, "Where can I get a print copy of that amazing literary journal in which you, Jeff, edited SEVEN of the thirteen prose pieces?" and I am here to tell you that you can purchase it at this link, for just $20: epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Submissions for the Fall/Winter Epiphany print issue close on Sun Jun 15 (tomorrow). Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Get ‘em in before midnight! All subs read by at least 2 ppl epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit

Epiphany Issue 34 is out! “Desire & Dread” available in both digital & print. So, so crazy proud of the stories in here and whatever part I had in helping bring them to life. Please check it out! epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Something I did when I had more free time was make unlikely mashups. This one is Cher X Pink Floyd, which I call “Dark Side of the Moonstruck.” Silly fun. youtu.be/v5wIR6X6vPw?...

Very saddened by the news of the death of the iconic Edmund White. A literary lion and a true gay icon who I am proud to have called a friend. 💔

Excellent new short piece by Jody Callahan on epiphanyzine.com: “Any Day Can Be Thanksgiving” epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Epiphany Summer Fete Thurs 6/12 6PM-? at the Urbane Arts Club, 1016 Beverly Rd in Brooklyn! Guests Mahogany L. Browne & Emily Kirven. OPEN BAR and our new issue will be available. Win free editorial feedback or a Catskills getaway! Music by Daphne Gale. Q train takes you right there. IT WILL BE FUN

2 free tix available for Epiphany Summer Fete with guests Mahogany L. Brown and Emily Kirven Thursday, June 12 in Brooklyn! Follow @epiphanylitjournal on Instagram, like the fete post and tag the friend you'd bring if (when) you win. Winner chosen on Friday 5/23. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING

"Can you picture this year’s Christmas dinner? The Pope shows up with his seven-layer dip and gets accosted with, “The Walmart cashier said ‘Happy Holidays’ to me to deliberately persecute Christians—what are you gonna do about it, Your Holiness?!”

Spreading the word! The Common has a Young Writers Program for h.s. students interested in fiction. Applications open till May 18. www.thecommononline.org/the-common-y...

Thrilled to be back up in @pointsincase.com with a new piece today. Please review and I'll loop back later for your takeaways www.pointsincase.com/articles/hey...

Writers and artists! Submissions are OPEN for Epiphany's 2025 Fall/Winter print issue. Send your best fiction, nonfiction, translation, poetry, and art. Spring/Summer 2025 print issue coming out in the next few weeks (it's so good). epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit

I’m a little late to the party but Nell Zink’s “The Wallcreeper” (2014) was an amazingly fun read.

ICYMI: CLMP’s “Reading List for Earth Day” www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A short story of mine from the Fall/Winter 2023 print issue of Epiphany is now online and free to read. I’ll post the audio version—in which Edmund White reads the part of Max the dog—in the comments. 🐶 epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Epiphany Poetry Editor Ashna Ali: “Writing requires sn emotional nudity that prompts a similar ethic in liberation work.” New interview in Freedom Ways Substack.

‘Sound’ (loud sound), ‘sound’ (safe and sound), and ‘sound’ (water) are not related. ‘Sound’ (loud) comes from Latin ‘sonus.’ ‘Sound’ (safe and) comes from Old English ‘gesund,’ meaning "healthy." ‘Sound’ (water) comes from Old Norse ‘sund,’ meaning “strait."

"I’d read for other magazines, but the culture at Epiphany struck me as special—the openness, the enthusiasm, the willingness to nurture developing talent." We’re thrilled to share that @jeffbondnyc.bsky.social—first published in Epiphany, then a dedicated reader—is now our Fiction Editor!

My chant at my local Hands Off rally (to the tune of “Camptown Races”) 🎼🎶 No one is above the law / Donnie, Donnie / No one is above the law / Musk suck an egg 🎵

#AWP goers: free event Thurs March 27 at Cole's French Dip, 118 E6th St in LA 8-10PM PDT sponsored by Epiphany, No Dear, and the New School Writing MFA. Christina Cha, Quincy S. Jones, Marianne Villanueva, Kristin Lueke, Bri Stokes, & more. RSVP required. www.eventbrite.com/e/epiphany-o...

For grad and undergrad student writers: The 2025 Epiphany Zine's Breakout! Writers Prize is open for submissions until April 15. This year’s prize judges are Victoria Chang for poetry, Hilary Leichter for prose. $1K & print publication for both winners. epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Democrats recruit a reanimated George Washington to run against Tя☭mp in 2028. Well-worth reading this thoughtful and very funny novella by Paul Greenberg.

Useful for writers: The Blacklist Lit, whose stated aim is to provide information about literary magazines, contests, writing retreats and any other literary outfit that have reputations for non-response to writers, poor treatment of writers, scams or suspicious behavior. blacklistlit.blogspot.com

"Most editors have second jobs, family lives, and their own creative projects. Also, many are busy preparing for the end-times by burying bags of rice in the fields, scavenging for copper, or selling their bodies for ammunition."

Capo eyeballs soldiers in MFA program to take care nobody writes what they know

Really moving piece of flash now up on Epiphany. "Standing for the Toms" by Angela Townsend. "Arlene never married Lars because some things are better left unsaid." I love this story.

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

New short fiction in Epiphany: “The last time I was in Bozeman there were mountains and I was cold and Cynthia and I ate peyote and experienced Death.” “Car Hike” by Ellen Graham. epiphanyzine.com/features/202...

Homeschooled potato excited for agricultural college away from #family

Statement from @agnimagazine.bsky.social

For about 10 seconds this morning I thot a well-known writer was hitting me up for engagement, but it was spam/A.I. Tried to have fun but the bot wasn’t into it. 😆

Trying to keep this here focused on writing and editing and litmags but thought this was worth sharing as to why we're talking about this on BlueSky and not anywhere else.... (from the Guardian)

The French Human Rights League is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X on January 20 www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...

“I’m gonna drive so much innovation you’ll think it’s Miss Daisy. I’m gonna position us so well in this evolving educational landscape, you’re gonna think I’m Charles Darwin.” bsky.app/profile/mcsw...