New issue!!🌼

“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog.

“I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

best part of reading some excellent books is wanting to go improve what you’re writing as soon as possible

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Currently reading this as well!!

It’s here!🌼

Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?

A good reminder from Christina Lauren on VE Schwab’s writing podcast: “You can write a good book; you edit a great book.”

You do not need the robots to creatively prompt you! Just try to take the most violent bite of yourself possible. Try to swallow yourself whole

The other aspect of those weekday-evening trips he loved was the light itself, how it filled the train like something living as the cars rattled across the bridge, how it washed the weariness from his seatmates faces and revealed them as they were when they first came to the country, when they were young and America seemed conquerable. He'd watch that kind light suffuse the car like syrup, watch it smudge furrows from foreheads, slick gray hairs into gold, gentle the aggressive shine from cheap fabrics into something lustrous and fine. And then the sun would drift, the car rattling uncaringly away from it, and the world would return to its normal sad shapes and colors, the people to their normal sad state, a shift as cruel and abrupt as if it had been made by a sorcerer's wand. A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

I’ve been sharing passages I’ve enjoyed lately on my Instagram; here’s one from A Little Life.

Really special piece. Give it a read!

New issue out!!

"Volunteers are there to observe and alert, as a protective measure, so our neighbors’ kids and their parents don’t get kidnapped before they get to have their own golden post-drop-off hour."

Memoir Editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social published an essay on the Twin Cities in Vogue: buff.ly/XXH5Qju

So proud of SLM. 🙌 Such an exciting moment!!

Three abstract panels like a storm erupting against a blue sky. Panel 1: broad, swooping gestures of white and pale gray.

Panel 2: dark veins streak downward like electricity.

Panel 3: a thick, explosive tangle of dark paint with flashes of red.

Cozy up with our DECEMBER ISSUE. 🎁

WORDS by @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Dawid Mobolaji, Grzegorz Bogdał, Derek Maiolo, & Tariq Thompson.
ART by Eric Calloway.
PLUS @allisonwyss.bsky.social interviews @wiswell.bsky.social.

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So excited to dive into this issue!

Check out these amazing pieces!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

My Submittable got changed into a Spirit Halloween.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Technical-style drawing with an isometric view of industrial buildings on a square plot of land, surrounded by a crevasse on all sides, enmeshed with tree roots. A wonky forest with striped antelopes forms a desolate stronghold around the complex.

Kick back, fix yourself a warm drink, and enjoy our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🍁

WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti

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A man with brown gelled back hair sits amongst green foliage in the sunlight, wearing a black suit with a white shirt.

Happy Monday, fam! Check out our interview with poet @sfeycreates.bsky.social for a glimpse into his process, including tarot cards, Tove Ditlevsen, and divine inspiration. buff.ly/I36aILR

It's the weekend! LET'S FUCKING WRITE!

congratulations! to our best of the net finalists "Girl Locks" by Claudia Monpere Fiction Finalist "A Photo Bro Asked Me a Patronizing Question in 2016 & I Am Still Thinking About it" by Nat Raum Poetry Finalist "Resting on the Rocks, April" by Michael Young Art Finalist

We are over the moon to learn that we have 🌜3 Best of the Net finalists 🌛 this year! Huge congratulations to Claudia Monpere, Nat Raum, & Michael Young! We are so proud of you! And thank you to the Best of the Net team for all your hard work! buff.ly/AxVYvbs

My former fiction professor wrote The Imagined Life! Seconding your recommendation!❤️

We’re back over on Split Lip! And submissions are open :)

THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINA COOKE "What Happened Was"

The Wigleaf Longlist Congratulations Claudia Monpere "Girl Locks" BRANDON BROWN "Faultline"

Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved!

Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!

"His black curls were oily ram’s horns, he smelt like petrol, and his cheek was leather. Tough, soft, cold."

Jack Barrie's poignant flash piece HIS PETROL SMELL offers a glimpse into a close boyhood relationship. Read all about it in our latest issue: buff.ly/SPd7VpE