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"Then there was a whir of great wings and the owl mother alighted above us." And: "...the world’s puzzle solved and hung on iron wires, a kind of art enough to shift the bedrock of history,...." Big love for these gems by @esmepromise.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"I think of words like 'Primitivism' and how he (Gauguin) wanted to live it,...." My lord, this powerhouse piece of writing by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @epistemiclit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Correction: Our May issue is live :) Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/05/01/volume-14-issue-5/ Words @lumchanmfa.bsky.social LAUREN WOODS @sagetyrtle.bsky.social ANNABELLE TAGHINIA SARA SCHIFF TOPAZ WINTERS BRIDGET HAYES Cover Art COURTNEY BURTON

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"Blank out the last few years, the months that felt like decades of caring and cleaning and feeding and… Remember her before; her laughter, her smile,...." Wow, I love this brilliant piece of writing by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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✨FIRST GRASSROOTS SALON✨ We’re delighted to announce our very first Grassroots Salon—that is, a salon hosted by a community member or members who approached us about hosting in their city So pack your favourite bathing gown or budgie smuggler, because we’re heading to Brighton!

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Okay, it's come out in the @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter, so it's official: We're opening for print submissions (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) on May 30 Peruse general submission info here and get ya s#*+ ready, y'all: www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...

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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections

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Very cool! Big congrats @ericscottryon.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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"...she covered the canvases in grids of diminutive blocks, individual containers for vitality, squiggles, signs, swirls, like hieroglyphs,...." Big love for this extraordinary piece of writing by @melostrom.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social 💙💙💙 lost-balloon.com/2025/04/30/k...

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"My mother didn’t seem very concerned about the china. 'Oh we never use it,' she said. 'And if it makes him DO something, I’m glad.'" I really love this Pushcart Prize winning story by the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social 💙💙💙💙💙

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"Try a hint of vanilla extract,...." An amazing tiny piece by @bsherm36.bsky.social in @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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🎤 📣🎤📣 Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social 🎙 Excellent readings ❓️ Highly serious quiz 🤝 Friendly community Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited. Theme = Road Signs. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...

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"For our tenth anniversary you buy us an omelet pan. We make omelets for months." I really love this impressive micro by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @identitytheory.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.identitytheory.com/egg-five-ways/

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MICRO MONDAY week 2 pieces went up late last night, so in case you missed them, please read them on this lovely Tuesday! @identitytheory.bsky.social

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"If I told you I had changed my mind, that would undoubtedly have been evidence of Me Shutting You Out." I dig this stellar story by @olangela.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 💙💙💙 mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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"In an alternate universe, everyone would have grown up with a mom like yours, who constantly spouted stuff so obvious it felt silly to say. Like: Do unto others. Or: You can’t control others, only yourself." Wow. This extraordinary piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"This physical phone isn’t hers." And: "I often dream that I am a crow cawing over corn-thick fields before lighting in a fruit-laden cherry tree." I love these gems by @ruthabrandt.bsky.social and @kiptain.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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We're better with words than numbers, but we've counted on our fingers and scribbled on napkins and can confirm there are exactly two weeks/14 days left to enter The Smokey! Closing midnight NYC, May 10. Don't miss it...https://www.smokelong.com/the-smokelong-quarterly-award-for-flash-fiction-2025/

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"She uses rewilded nature to soothe and repair and in her gentle embrace, something crumbles inside you, and your heart rewilds too." This phenomenal piece of writing by @therelphian.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"I want to say it’s not heavy enough. That two lives should weigh more than this." Big love for this gem by @eleanor-luke.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/handle-...

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Gooooooooooooood morning! Guess what time it is? Four Score & 84 is live right now. Tell the first person you see in a powdered wig or somethin'. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog

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For Independent Bookstore Day I’d like to boost Small World Books in Venice, CA because it’s right by the beach and it’s featured in my novel, Verushka. A win-win. 🌊🌊🌊

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Big congrats @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉

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"By now, all the swimmers know that the lane belongs to her. They don’t know why she needs to float. They just know that she does." My lord, brilliant writing. I love this piece by @melissafitz.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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"My body pulses in rhythm with the stars, but no one told me that stars glow only when they die." Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @nikigjoni.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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"It was the humans who had turned everything to ash. But he knew he’d never convince God of it." I love this piece of writing by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social so much! In @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Our Spring Issue is here! Thank you to all our contributors and our amazing team. Now read and enjoy! www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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Ilya Kaminsky ♥️ from DEAF REPUBLIC (Graywolf Press) Day 25 - National Poetry Month @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social

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April spec flash roundup, featuring: @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @bulletpoints.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @apexmag.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social @hexliterary.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social +

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Are you a human writer looking to be inspired by the life and work a human artist? See you Monday! www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

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"stone wall formed by calloused hands over two centuries ago, that lift / and ache." And: "deer always with wonder, / your once city self." My lord, I love these extraordinary poems by @jillkitchen.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"Daddy says rigged-up explosions probably won’t end the drought. I say yeah, but still, we’ve gotta keep going, right? I say, rain or drought, I’m gonna make the best of it." Big love for this story by @mynachang.bsky.social in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Call for subs y'all...

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