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“Oh, frisson. … And now, by way of the wonderful Kathy Fish, the Universe had immediately delivered a name for my joy.” Al: ❤️ from T is for Train by @alkratz.bsky.social

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“dear dearest, what did you have for breakfast and / did you feel / very much alone?” dear dearest by Blossom Hibbert in suddenly, it’s now, from @leafepress.bsky.social

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“The real Anna was the smallest Russian doll clustered inside its larger clones, rattling inside all of those hard shells. So small as to be unidentifiable, sunken down to near-nothingness in the central black.” All Our Tomorrows by @amykdebellis.bsky.social, from @clashbooks.bsky.social

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“I want you to make sense of it for me. Or a part of me does. Another part of me knows that you can’t do that. That you will respond in some beautiful big-hearted way, and ...” from Are You Willing? by @amymarques.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social (from Bottlecap Press)

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"They followed the construction closely, imagined in the developing shell their babies, like pearls, and thought, our children will be happy." "Hidden and safe" and How Hauntings Happen by @melostrom.bsky.social in @stonecoastreview.bsky.social

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My Man Godfrey and my man minimalism and my man meaningfulness and my man little c and my man son of a gun of a son and my man who is sometimes many times most of the time me

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“... as if she knows he's the one who will always tell her the truth, as if she knows I'll always be the liar in the family.” "... I know he hates me. Not all of me, but ..." @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202502piece....

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“In the distance, Scamp heard wailing sirens that sounded like the calves bleating in the pasture behind their house.” @jhhwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“This is the Department of America, a woman on the bus beside you says, drawing a big circle in the air. This is where all these shrimps go.” Donna Obeid in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“When I ask if we will try again, you say yes, but I can see the moon drop out of your eyes. The actual moon, the one the astronauts landed on once, is saying anything’s possible. Don’t give up.” @francinewitte.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“I nod and look for my missing fingers, see them shimmer along the tasteful track lighting, and my client shakes her head again and I snip off my hand and it kerplunks into the rising Barbicide and flounders after my fingers” @lumchanmfa.bsky.social/Ghost Paracute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“Chad teaches me how to take man-bites, drive with my knees, and headbang to Metallica all at the same time. I’m pushing 80 mph. Maybe it’s the extra jalapeños but we’re on fire, melting white lines and green signs.” @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“Aphrodite felt Friday’s heartbeat in one ear, and in the other, a melancholy love song.” @erinvachon.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“when it’s finally Rita’s turn to go under and hold her breath, she stays there long after the whistle is blown. Like a giant jar of mint jelly, she says to the swim teacher when he asks her what in hell was she thinking.” @sfreligh.bsky.social @ Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

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“I ran into a friend who was crying and I wondered why she was crying and of course she was crying. Why wasn’t I crying? Her kids were asking her questions that she couldn’t answer.” @clairehopple.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/thats-all-an...

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“... and she wouldn’t stop apologizing for it, which led to her saying sorry, sorry, sorry for all the things I loved about her, so I kissed her for the first time, and the girl I love was all teeth and nerves.” @aniking.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/nervous-thing/

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“… The Bad Girl takes a stroll to the lake with a girl following, a girl being led, a girl chosen, The Final Girl, because she needs this. They both do.” @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/02/27/s...

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“We are fifteen and glorious, light-filled and honey-limbed. Boys seep through our gel-tipped fingers like the inches of gin, whiskey, and vodka we steal from our parents’ liquor cabinets …” @dawnwriter.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/dawn...

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“… the time they sprinted clean past the parking lot and on down Rutger Road in their Miami Vice jackets and Sunday ties and darted into the woods, pines gianting around them …” @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/sara...

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“Willy wonders if wanting counts in the multiverse.” @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/27/q...

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“Even now, with more wealth than she could ever need, Mary hears the scratch of the wolf at her door and feels the stir and fret of Baby Gladys deep within her.” @fionajanemack.bsky.social and Mary Pickford in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...

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“How can we bear that the building, the room, the arms that cradle him are shaking, trembling, threatening to fall?” @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/02/20/b...

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“These will be good bones, I think.” “My daughter draws near, hugging the dinosaur, but it doesn’t hug her back. She starts to cry, and I know it’s because there is something missing.” @ezhang77.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/02/06/g...

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“… a reflection shimmers in the terrace glass backlit by city lights glittering like thousands of gushing cuts …” @charhamrick.bsky.social in Punk Noir Magazine punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/02/15/u...

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“Mostly we give each other a look that hurts, an empty glance, a tense smile—as if we shouldn’t smile, not after this—or a slight touch and a recoil from it.” @noranadj.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nadjarian...

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“A teacher with her arms wrapped around one of the girls reached out in response to your wailing. You let her pull you close and felt your sobbing synchronize with the others as she gently asked if you …” @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/at-your-new-...

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“I secretly admired the outliers, the ones who took risks with their writing ... My pets were the ones who couldn’t care less about being pets.” @jacqdoyle.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/jacqueli...

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“Mom’s doctor said remission can be temporary, but hope is eternal. I laughed. He didn’t.” “I stare at the milk-soaked rings as if they will spell out an answer, offer a sign, my eyes blurring.” @lisaferranti.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/23/i...

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“How I always wanted more: more time, more effort, more attention than he was capable of giving. More than he was willing to offer.” @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/20/e...

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“‘There’s no better time than now,’ he said. She stopped, and gave him a long stare. ‘You know what?’ she said. Her heart was beating faster, her cheeks flushed. She took a breath. ‘I agree. …” @jacqdoyle.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/16/n...

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“A brilliant yellow bird sits on your shoulder and gently picks at the threads of your sweater. The sun lights your face like a thousand rooms.” @lmariharris.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/13/a...

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“He wore combat boots, stomping his way to the perfect spot, his black t-shirt, his long sandy blonde hair, enticements I couldn’t resist.” @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...

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“Not the adults, but their furtive sons.” “… a divine plan that will lead him to …” “And so he goes there weekly …” @sfreligh.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/03/t...

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“…only there’s no window to slip out of like the man did the woman did they held hands they did I saw them …” @sfreligh.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

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“According to Tracy, little boys go missing all the time. He’ll be found. Or perhaps he won’t.” Chain of Culpability by @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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