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A KISS AND A KEY by Justin Ocelot 🗝️😶🌫️
"King Peridor stepped out of the dream and closed the door behind him.
A thief he was, stealing from his own daughter’s mind. He ought to feel ashamed, but he didn’t. His parents, after all, had done the same to him..."
Read the full story at the link below!
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THE VENTRILOQUIST'S DAUGHTER
by R.E. Rule
Ola decided to fly the same year her father quit his job to become a ventriloquist. Since she was born, ten years ago, Ola’s family had lived in an enormous Victorian house with floors that creaked and groaned...
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STATIONS IN THE MULTIVERSE
a poem by Garth Upshaw
A world exists as close as your next breath,
Where a baby’s cries are met with tired laughter and
Hushed lullaby mumbles.
Where every step glitters with magic, and
The rising sun surprises a forest
With saffron pools of delight...
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exciting!
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EXPEDITION 014 begins with a visit to The Toilet Museum.
“I work in a toilet museum,” he said, bracing himself for the inevitable.
He expected puns. Puns were usually what most people went for. And he hated puns.
They would say: “I think I need a little time to let that sink in..."
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"Dark shapes moved overhead, talking at one another, shaking their heads disappointed. Lawrence couldn’t say how long he’d been on his back, staring at the afternoon sky..."
Want to know what the hell happened to Lawrence? Find out in "True Freshman", a short story by Travis Tyler. Link below.
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"THEY TRIED TO..." by Ronald Leith
They tried to drown me
But I became a fish
They tried to burn me
But I became an ember
They tried to hang me
But I became a bird...
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Read the full poem in Merganser Magazine at the link below!
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We're launching 2026 with a phenomenal story by Nathan Grimmer, "Why Horror?"
Why horror? Find out. If you dare.
mergansermagazine.com/story/why-horror/
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Going out of order for Day 3 of #12DaysOfPoetry: today @mergansermagazine.bsky.social has pubbed my last poem of 2025, the villanelle "Our Rewards"! Is it about dragons or about billionaires? You decide!
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Sorry Jetse, our email service went down unexpectedly. It should be back up now
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New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry
mergansermagazine.com/story/halluc...
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LAUNCH 7. FT.
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
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A poem for those who enjoy some existential angst...
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
#poetry #magazine #publisher
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Read this poem if you’ve ever been tempted by a powerful and dangerous urge…
Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
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A new poem out! "Lesser Zodiacs" is in the May issue of Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
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What the hell? 🎨🐦🔥
“Still a Life” by Michael Bailey… Not sure if this one was more inspiring or terrifying. Probably the latter.
#fiction
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Watch yourself in Lady M’s garden. 🗿
Read the full poem in the May issue at our site.
#poetry #poem #poet
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A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!
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May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Flash Fiction feat. @3lobedmag.com @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com
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