Had a great time at Skylight last night as @ilanaslightly.bsky.social discussed her new novel BEINGS. Always down for an alien abduction narrative

Loved attending this book launch. Great talk and very excited to read about heartbreak, one of my fav topics

Shhh my show is on 💕💕💕

Horse Girl Fever by Kevin Maloney Reviewed by Hally Rae Winters - The Los Angeles Review Horse Girl Fever by Kevin Maloney  Reviewed by Hally Rae Winters  Publisher: Clash Books Publication Date: January 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781960988362 Pages: 140 Horse Girl Fever is a tight fourteen-story col...

Absolutely loved HORSE GIRL FEVER by @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social one of the best books of the year by far. A tight read packed with emotion and sentences that will blow your mind away! @clashbooks.bsky.social losangelesreview.org/horse-girl-f...

Joe Hustle by Richard Lange - A Book Review Written by Hally Winters

An Afterimages debut! @hallywinters.bsky.social reviews @richlange.bsky.social's JOE HUSTLE, a ‘lean and gritty, thoughtful and nuanced’ neo-noir that was published last year. Please read it now and scoop up a copy for a powerful Memorial Day weekend read.

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May Afterimages

Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series.

A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social

A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart.

Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman.

@mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month

You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.

Stay tuned ✌️ @thirtywestph.com

Based On, If Any: The Great Gatsby (2013) West Egg from a Bird’s-Eye View

Another banger from Brittany Menjivar’s column at @littleengines.bsky.social : “And isn’t there something special, something revelatory, even, about the fable’s inherently participatory nature, which Luhrmann’s film so cleverly put its finger?”
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“Faith” is a fine invention For Gentlemen who see! But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency!

I was obsessed with Emily Dickinson in college, and I’ve returned to her poems this week as I struggle with my eyesight after eye surgery. I love how this little poem consistently yields more and more

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies has been launched and it was epic, packed, and so freaking beautiful.

Happy Valentine’s Day 🌹

Omg, y'all.

No way!!! This is such exciting news! Whoever has you as their lit agent will be so lucky 🍀

Stories about a small town??? I’m so down

longtime dream of mine to host my book launch party at my local brewery and folks? we’re doing it. other readers to be announced! limited space so RSVP here, if ya nasty (please):

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Thank you!

Thrilled to see my story chosen as a finalist for Flash Frog’s annual Blue Frog contest! A big thank you to the readers and editors at FF! 🐸💙

Also, here’s a copy of “Dracula” Bram Stoker sent to Mark Twain which I took while studying in the latter’s library. Always so strange to think of those two writers crossing paths

This column always gives me life. @littleengines.bsky.social

I’m thrilled to crack open HEY YOU ASSHOLES early. Big fan of @kylerseibel.bsky.social work, and I’m glad to see it beautifully bound up in this collection from @clashbooks.bsky.social

Excited to dive in! GIRL ON GIRL stories by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social 💚💚💚 @rejectionlit.bsky.social

Chewing gum

hey there fella, got a lil sumpin sumpin over at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social today. give it a readski, huh? a widdle minute for a story? pweez daddyyyyyy??

fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here.

www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...

Please enjoy Stanchion's final 2025 Pushcart Prize nominated story, Good On Paper, by @amygcb.bsky.social from Issue 15.

www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on...

2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF

Saguaro - 100Words By Sabrina Hicks An ancient rain sticks to creosote and sage the way my memory clings to childhood the way your ashes adorn these peaks circled by hawks the way...

Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵

100wordstory.org/saguaro/

Hey LA!!! I’ll be reading with this rock star lineup on Jan 10 at @storiesbooksandcafe for the launch of HORSE GIRL FEVER. Hope you can make it 🐎👧🔥

The only reason I checked my mailbox, was in hopes HORSE GIRL FEVER was in there!!!! I’m vvvv exciting to dig in 💗💗💗💗 @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

Thank you @yourimpossiblevoice.com for this BSF nom for my much-loved (and previously much-rejected) story that isn't really about cake! I am so chuffed! Congrats to my fellow nominees as well!

Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...

Hey Portland!!! Mark your calendars! I'll be doing my official book launch for HORSE GIRL FEVER at @powells.bsky.social Books Downtown in convo w/ Jay Ponteri! Jan. 7 @ 7pm. Hope you all can make it 🐎👧🔥

Thank you 💗