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I’ll be there! You should join me

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Put the word out that we're back. Think of us. We open 4/20 for a short window for a print issue in the fall. We want poems, prose, art, comics & beyond. Free to submit, free to read online always, we now pay $150 + comp copies + eternal literary infamy. More prestigious than the Paris Review.

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

I was recently in a workshop facilitated by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and her work is stunning. This story is no exception

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Oh this is beautiful prose!

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This is stunning work

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Oh god. Very VERY much this

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Last chance to join us for this wild, story-generating ride. One participant in last year's March Micro Marathon published 19 stories from it. What could you write in the buzz of 24 prompts, 150+ supportive fellow writers, small groups that have your back, live webinars, and a friendly squirrel? 🐿️

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Two lovely acceptances to make up for starting the year with a rejection! Look for me soon at the Raine Square Story Dispenser (one cnf/memoir and one fiction)

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Cripes www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/25/i...

submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

I’m so looking forward to this workshop!

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"Young Australian women are moving sharply to the left. But unlike in many other countries, young Australian men are also shifting left, just at a slower pace" theconversation.com/i-looked-at-...

submitted 17 days ago • 24 comments

Do not fly in the US.

submitted 21 days ago • 57 comments

General subs will close at midnight ET today, reopening May 11. From Feb 15 to May 10 we'll be reading for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Grand prize: $2500. Second place: $1000. Third place $500. Finalists $150. All published in our June issue! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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<continues singing from the hymn sheet of The ABC Has Stopped Being Worth My 4¢ A Day>

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Every day in every way Dutton’s loathsomeness grows bigger and bigger

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Rubbish health day, so occupying myself by creating a free resource for my website (www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources). This one is all about "unusual habits" & I'm looking for suggestions. First, "unusual habits around clothes" (wearing odd socks, wearing clothes back-to-front etc.) Suggestions?

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

The interesting thing here is that staff at DGE aren't just sweaty, glistening little gen z Hitler youth - some very senior Musk company execs are taking part in slicing up the US government You can't seperate Tesla, spacex etc from this projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

submitted 30 days ago • 15 comments

“She cursed that baby—” “Her thirteenth, I heard, and who can blame her—” “You can’t blame her for thinking it, but doing—” A stunner of a dialogue-only flash from @catherinebuck.bsky.social. Such clever writing.

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The deadline to submit to @retreatwest.bsky.social‘s 2025 Hermit Crab Prize is almost here! £6 submission (~ $7 USD) £23 with feedback (~ $29 USD) Story Max: 650 words (excluding titles) Deadline: February 23, 2025 And I’m the guest judge! westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...

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Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire

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Donald Trump has broken ‘what was left of international law’ – @emmashortis.bsky.social live.australiainstitute.org.au

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Reminders! Reminders! General submissions (also multiple submissions) closing on Feb 15, reopening May 11. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction is open for entries now until May 10. Grand Prize: $2500! Paid Feedback submissions open, reading for the Sept issue. We're rooting for you.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

We really do seem to have elected a growing list of utterly spineless PMs. I’m sure this election will be as lacklustre and uninspiring as I’m expecting

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Have had this game less than two hours and am already obsessed

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

From this evening’s dog walk:

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I fully missed the news that Bluesky is taking on insta next. So here for this! techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b...

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

I really do NOT understand the people who continue to vote for these amoral sandworms. Dutton and his ilk utterly lack empathy and compassion

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Just bought this gem from my favourite indie bookshop today (Rabble books and games, if you’re wondering)

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Groups helping Americans find abortion pills report Instagram ‘shadow-banning’

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Extremely important new rapid study just out, by @wwattribution.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social It confirms our burning of fossil fuels injects a mad acceleration into the factors that blend to create disastrous fires -->> www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... Short thread.......

submitted 40 days ago • 8 comments

This is the exact level of energy I can muster for this news. In other news I was talking to my younger kid (23) about Paul Keating and he googled him. Guess which party the results showed he was leader of… hint: not Labor 🤦🏾‍♀️ I was so annoyed that I had to convince him the internet was wrong … again

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At least three Palestinians have been injured by Israeli bullets on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

submitted 44 days ago • 5 comments

Look, I’m not saying they’re magnificent just after they’ve been to the groomer, but they’re magnificent just after they’ve been to the groomer 😍✨

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This month's #Mondettes picked by @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social ⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Finnian made these brilliant picks 💡Three great prompts mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2025

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Microsoft have finally added a clear option to disable copilot - I take this as a good sign that enough people cancelled or threatened to cancel their 365 subscriptions

submitted 48 days ago • 60 comments

Uhhh I would also like to be a contestant on this show pls

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"...take off the top of your skull like a hat and take a bow in front of an exorcist who could cast out whatever’s eating away at the insulation in your brain..." Sometimes, a piece just speaks to you on a really personal level. This from @suzannehicks.bsky.social hit me somewhere deep down.

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

submitted 49 days ago • 250 comments

lol, a clip of a Tesla's vision system trying to understand a train labyrinth.zone/notice/Aq5V7...

submitted 54 days ago • 984 comments

Want a beautifully nuanced quick read? Try this terrific short story about sisters and emotions and memories and food, ‘A Menu of First Favorite Meals’ by Jo Miles in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social mastodon.social/@UncannyMaga...

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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

submitted 54 days ago • 1423 comments

Those poor women. I’m so glad they have each other for community but I’m devastated at what they endured. Also I urge all the caution if you’re reading this. I had to take a break and it certainly raised some long buried issues for me

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember: You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/

submitted 56 days ago • 64 comments

Livin’ the meme!

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