“I dream about other places…”

This beauty by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social!💙

"you think of the drift of days, the detachment of epidermis and fur, the bloat, the active and advanced decomposition, the eventual skeleton" such exquisite tenderness in this piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social

Storm Warnings & Shapeshifting by Charlotte Hamrick I’m sitting in the carport of my childhood home sometime in the 1970s. I’m barefoot because it’s summer and I’m often barefoot in summer, the soles of my feet toughened from wa…

“… they were a display of action and release where my dreams waited for a bolt of lightning to strike …”

@charhamrick.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social emergeliteraryjournal.com/storm-warnin...

Oats and Tasha by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…

“… the girl reads her poem about Oats. You think of how tenderly the girl must have laid Oats into the little flannel lined box and you think of the drift of days …”

@claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social emergeliteraryjournal.com/oats-and-tas...

"I started hiding in my room. Not because I was scared—he seemed harmless. I just wanted the chores done"

Great use of the speculative in this tiny gem from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social to explore raw human emotion

"She tells you she has a pet rat. You laugh and say you did too until your beloved Tasha died, and there is an instant ionic bond between you and the girl,...."

I really love this piece of writing by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙

No fractured ulna bone in the forearm, no nasal fracture, no cracked ribs. Just perfect tiny bones sleeping .....

This is fabulous, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social !
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"Although physically I’m tied to this place and time, I’m mentally unbound in a place where my imagination soars. Storms are often a conduit."

I love this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙

My Ghost by Rachel M. Hollis I’d never believed in ghosts, at least not the translucent, floating kind. But there he was on a Tuesday morning, folding my shirts in the laundry room. The instant he saw me, h…

"When he set a piece on my plate, my throat tightened. No one had cooked for me in a long time. Not since the house went quiet for good."

This extraordinary piece of writing by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
emergeliteraryjournal.com/my-ghost/

Oats and Tasha by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…

‘…there is an instant ionic bond between you and the girl… as you trade stories about rodent salt stones and Himalayan salt licks.’

Such a beautifully-rendered relationship in this new one from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 🐀

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Oats and Tasha by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…

Delighted to have my flash fiction in the lovely @emergejournal.bsky.social. Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social
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Current Issue | Issue 36 Emerge Literary Journal: 2026 Editor’s Note Welcome to Emerge Literary Journal’s Issue 36! What a joy and honor it has been to put together this gorgeous collection of fiction and creative no…

Issue 36 of Emerge Literary Journal, an all prose issue, is LIVE and it is phenomenal! Check it out! Shout out to @DianeGotAuthor for her tremendous work in curating and editing! emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issu...

Poppy Sashays Back by Mikki Aronoff and Kathryn Silver-Hajo And she’s whole again. Sassy. Play with me! Play! Poppy’s lying at my feet, splaying her front paws out on the rug, mouth stretched wide, tongue lolling. Is…

Mikki Aronoff and I are chuffed to share a bit of dark humor by way of our newest collaboration! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social! Poppy started getting frisky in @megpokrass.bsky.social's "Cozy Winter Retreat." 🐾💜🐾 emergeliteraryjournal.com/poppy-sashay...

I realize everything is terrible. Still, I'd love for you to read a #CNF of mine in @emergejournal.bsky.social. This one's got Cher, Stephen Sondheim, sad moms, high school drama, giants, witches, etc. The whole issue is great! emergeliteraryjournal.com/everything-i...

Primal House | ELJ Editions When our narrator’s house is reclaimed by the wilderness, she embarks with her Pooch on a rambling and rollicking journey. She meets undead deer and living skeletons, travels through dream worlds and ...

HAPPY PUB DAY to Emily Koss and PRIMAL HOUSE! elj-editions.com/primal-house/ Grab a copy today!

Scrap: Salvaging a Family | ELJ Editions Scrap: Salvaging a Family is a hybrid flash memoir tracing the long shadow of childhood fear and the complexities of forgiving a dying parent. As a daughter uncovers her father’s painful origins, she ...

HAPPY PUB DAY to Luanne Castle and SCRAP! elj-editions.com/scrap-salvag... Grab a copy today!

ELJ Editions - Manuscripts: Novels Not to exceed 120,000 words. "A story is a complete dramatic action..." ~ Flannery O'Connor   We want quality fiction that grabs us and  doesn't let go. Stories we wish we had written. We're looking  ...

After numerous queries, we’ve decided to open up #submissions for 2027 publication for #novels only. We will only take two manuscripts on and there is a $25 reading fee. Responses within four months. eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/28766...

Book cover for Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri (Akashic Books): Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic. https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/prayer-for-the-living/

Book cover for Delphinium Gospel by Denzel Scott (ELJ Editions): A triptych-structured poetry collection that explores the blessing of creation as a manifesting interplay between horrific grief and desperate longing in the aftermath of murder. https://elj-editions.com/delphinium-gospel/

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Delphinium Gospel (by @denzelscott.bsky.social, ELJ Editions) & Prayer for the Living (by Ben Okri, @akashicbooks.bsky.social). See alt-text.

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Excited to announce Heather Mackay Young will be joining @dianegotauthor and Emerge Literary Journal’s Masthead as Poetry Editor! Heather will also be editing a themed poetry anthology for ELJ Editions in late 2026. Welcome Heather!

The image is the cover of a science fiction novelette. A barren dune-colored planet is at the forefront of the image to the left and is set against a pitch black sky with a blinding sun off in the right hand corner. The Title "A Way Back" sits above it and the author name "Salena Casha" is below.

My. Novelette. Is. Live. Which means I'm freaking out because people might read it and I might die of embarrassment but also, I'm freaking out because a person might actually read it. Huge thank you to @emergejournal.bsky.social for making my dreams come true. Order your copy here: a.co/d/0b5BfkX4.

While our poetry editor grieves the recent loss of a parent, we’ve decided to suspend poetry and Esperanza submissions to Emerge Literary Journal this issue. We will read and decide on what’s already in the queue for the next issue. Our hearts go out to Alisha at this time.

Be Well Series: Loss of a Lifetime YouTube video by ELJ Editions

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That Time I Was Almost Hypnotized by the School of Bait Fish Under the Dock as I Told You About the Abortion I Got When I Was Forty-Nine by Elizabeth Rosen The only sounds as we sat on the dock, mother and daughter, our backs to the rising sun and bare legs dangling over the weathered boards of the pier, were the occasional splashes…

My long-titled, very short story that appeared in @emergejournal.bsky.social has been nominated! Read it here: emergeliteraryjournal.com/that-time-i-...

Do You Want to Become a Wolf by Elena Zhang Yes, enough to follow the boy my age down to the church basement, enough to forget our parents singing to God with their arms up as we go below, enough to ignore the desks stacked ag…

"enough to ignore the desks stacked against the walls and the picture books of Noah’s ark spilling from the shelves"

Love the way this builds through anaphora; from the always brilliant @ezhang77.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social

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Novelette cover (black) with a picture of a red planet in the foreground and a sun in the background. A Way Back (the title) is typed in an olive green against a black backdrop. On an orange canvas around the cover are the following descriptions: an inhopsitable planet, a morally ambiguous FMC, memory as a cure, spicy team dynamics, and space & time travel

Something long form is brewing with @emergejournal.bsky.social ! New slipstream novelette (a bit fo sci-fi, a bit of fantasy) coming out in February. Some early details here elj-editions.com/a-way-back/

The Be Well series returns w/host @DianeGotAuthor! Tune in as she discusses the art and meaning behind curating and publishing a beautiful anthology. Ask all the questions you’ve had about craft and theme and what moves editors and writers. Reserve today.

Emerge Literary Journal a journal of growth, change & experimentation

#subs are now open for Emerge Literary Journal’s 36th issue! Start the New Year submitting! emergeliteraryjournal.com

ELJ Editions - Your Daily Micro, 2027 ELJ  Editions is creating a beautiful tear-away desk calendar for 2027, featuring one powerful piece of micro fiction or nonfiction daily. We’d love you to be part of it!  Guidelines:  Send u...

Looking to jumpstart your publication acceptances? #submit your micros to Your Daily Micro 2027! Edited by @DianeGotAuthor! eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34116...