“I catch a breath and hold it tight, a bubble of compressed wishes I push deeper towards my belly and plant like a seed. And when my face melts into the water, I …”
@nikigjoni.bsky.social in Flash Glass @rowanglassworks.bsky.social www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-...
Pat, I always appreciate you. Thank you!
Not an April Fool’s prank! New flash fiction up today. Coming out of last year’s 804 Labor Day weekend writing retreat, this one really dug up some random teenaged feelings from the depths of somewhere. ✨
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Dorothy Rowena Rice reviews The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe, a story collection by @ladiwoods.bsky.social, in our latest issue:
Thank you!
Thanks Maureen! I took the leap and just hired someone to do it this time and I’m so glad I did. She really brought my vision to life.
New website is launched and it has me excited! It’s a little moody and a little whimsical and most importantly, it has everything on there. My publications, my upcoming workshops, my editing services, AND you can now register for my workshop newsletter. www.ngjoni.com
I keep hoping to meet you in person! Maybe next year!
It’s always a whirlwind and impossible to see everyone 😭
I’m sorry I missed you!!!
Always a rush to be included in the 804 lineup at AWP. Great space, great gathering, great readings. On to chitown in 2027!
Thank you so much again to everyone who has donated or shared the GoFundMe! It has been so heart-filling seeing the care and kindness for our family. (1/?)
In exactly two weeks! Gettin literary with friends and a slew of fantastic writers! Pinch me.
You guys have had a hell of a week omg
AWP things
804 reading on Saturday at 5!
Fox City and Night Ginkgo on Thursday at 5!
Reading for Ette Wednesday at 6!
I had a dream about spitting out teeth and now I’m scared.
"Whatever memories come to me at night before sleep, I close the door on them and I’m back to what I’ve known for the last six decades ..."
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It feels surreal and absolutely awesome to see my novel-in-progress’ prologue—my protagonist, Drita’s name—published for others to read. Eternally grateful to @gonelawn.bsky.social for accepting this for their excerpts issue!
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Christmas sweater party with the 804 squad and other friends too!
I love this little prose poem so much. It came out furiously in one sitting in my notes app after a late night walk with the pup, thinking and feeling a whole lot of things. Grateful to @mosspuppymag.bsky.social for publishing it. If you have 30 seconds for a read! ⤵️ mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
In response to Elon Musk dunking on someone as a "taker, not a maker," JCO quotes and replies "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates—scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world.'"
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
#Frankenstein is gothic, gorgeous, lush. All the hallmarks of a @realgdt.bsky.social movie. I can’t wait to rewatch and feel heartbreak again 😩😩😩
I'm starting to see multiple threads where bluesky folks are trying to raise money for their local food banks because of the shutdown of SNAP starting November 1... can we get a thread going for people to find each other? Drop your link and put your city in front, let's coordinate city by city!
I can’t exit out of a job application faster than when I see this as part of the process 😂
Batteries: recharged ✔️
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
This piece came out of a prompt from last year's 804 writing retreat. All the thanks to my friends for creating a space that is lax and fun (and funny!) and creative. It's a super short one if you have the time! "Small Fortune" out in Lover's Eye Press.
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Nearly ONE YEAR after I wrote this little piece at 804’s Labor Day weekend writing retreat…it’s finally found a home! Coming out in Lover’s Eye Press first full print issue…so excited to see “Small Fortune” in print.
I am so grateful to Blue Mountain Review for picking up this story that was inspired by a sick, late night Instacart order. If you have 5 mins!
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Excited to be on this list! If you’re in the area and want to have oysters and drinks w/ a side of literature, this is calling your name…