I'm so honored to be part of this stellar group of writers at one of my favorite journals. Thank you to @tylermalone.bsky.social for my fitting artwork too!
I've written very little in the last 18 months. This story bears more weight than usual.
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Mother Needs by Elena Zhang The children were coming, and she needed to be ready. Needed to build skin, layer by layer. Cushions of dermis so thick she could see the strata over time, like a canyon wall clock. She softened wrinkled leather into supple bruised peach peels. Salted her abscission. When they came, they came hungry. Stripped it all away. One bite at a time. Revealed orange sunsets, pink blushes. There was so little of her left, dripping sweetly and alone amongst many. In the end, she was glad. Now they would all see how raw she was underneath.
Happy to have two new prose poems in the latest issue of @theprosepoem.bsky.social! Here’s one:
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It's #NationalPoetryMonth! And every Monday I'll post a #poetryvideo I made of a #poet reading a #poem. Here's #InPursuit by #Donna Faulkner #StayCreative #Celebrate #PoetsofBlueSky #Poetry #Writers
Tightly-paced cyber noir #flash from the masterful @mynachang.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
"The cipher-infused ink shimmers as it penetrates the kid’s bicep. A single open circle. His first job.
Jesus. Was I ever that young?"
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Whoo hoo! Congrats, Sumitra!! 🎉✨🎉✨
Pink and yellow magnolia blossoms on the ends of slender branches under a blue and white sky.
This is the last magnolia of the season and my favorite. The tree was so slender and had a heavily damaged trunk but it was also very alive and tossing beautiful big blossoms into the sky.
🔥2nd edition of In the Blueprint of Her Iris is available for preorder 🔥
Poetry by Vikki C. with beautiful artwork by @rfredekenter.bsky.social
Read about our process and journey in creating this timeless collection. And order your copy at Ice Floe today ✨️
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Yay!! Congrats,Koss!! ✨🎉✨🎉
I'm so proud to be in @petrichorlit.bsky.social's 10th Anniversary Issue. I hope you'll check it out. It's fabulous!
Wow!! That is a pink explosion!! A beautiful one! Sooo dense! The smell must be amazing too! 🌸🌸🌸
My debut poetry collection, ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’, will be published in May by @thegallerypress.bsky.social
To have this beautiful Paul Henry painting, ‘Incoming Tide, Achill’, as the cover is beyond my wildest dreams! 🌕 🌊
Available to pre-order
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Thank you so much for keeping me in mind, Rod!! ✨✨✨
Keep an eye out for new books coming out by these authors.
Hey #WritingCommunity
Keep an eye out for new books being published by these authors. Check ‘em out!
@rexburke.bsky.social
@kentpriore.bsky.social
@lindaksienkiewicz.com
@specificityarchives.com
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@martinadalton.bsky.social
#ReadingCommunity
#BookLaunch
In addition to Amazon, it’s finally available on Bookshop or B&N.
Thanks to all who have ordered!
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weekly talk story about @fracturedlit.bsky.social's contest...
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Cherry blossoms!!!🌸🌸🌸
Up like Icarus We walk our kite where others walk dogs; watch as its long tail races on ahead, wagging over awestruck buttercups. Then up – up like Icarus. Our eyes follow it like fools. Climb, until they burn and fall.
For #poemsabout #gravity, a poem about gravity ...
Congrats, Claudia!! 🎉✨🎉✨
So grateful to have "Girl Locks" appear in Best Small Fictions 2025 from @altcurrent.bsky.social. Huge thanks to editors Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, & Michelle Elvy for choosing it & to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @maureenlangloss.bsky.social for nominating it.
New review & interview with T.K. Rex about their upcoming collection, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES!
I love the concept of techno-optimism & if you do, too, you'll love this book!
@tkrex.bsky.social @stelliform.press
the sounds of
sibilance
on your #seafoam
stringing—
short stories in assonance
sheltered inside shells—
awash in dissonant tides
#vss365
#Oulens #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #micropoetry #poetry
A huge thank you to all who've supported In the Blueprint of Her Iris. 1st edition has since sold out 🙏🔥
We're delighted to announce that a 2ND EDITION is now available for preorder. It includes 3 brand new pieces ❤️
Head over to @icefloepress.bsky.social's store 📚:
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My cyber-noir story "Ten and Out" is free today in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
"But I need to know: did Harrad betray me, too? The last time I saw him, when he inked my tenth contract tattoo…was his good luck kiss actually a kiss goodbye?"
Do we pretend we don’t have favourite poems we’ve written or do I just say here’s one of mine, in Stirring 💚
www.stirringlit.com/vol-28-ed-2-...
(This status is more related to the circumstances of the writing than any objective quality. This one written in a favourite place & for someone I love)
Flyer for launch event at Green Apple Books. Eric Scot Tryon (with book cover and author photo) in conversation with Kim Magowan (with author photo)
Book launch!! I'm so excited to announce that I will be celebrating the launch of my debut novel, I'M THE UNDERTOW, at my favorite San Francisco bookstore!! 🍏
AND in conversation with the wonderful Kim Magowan!
@booksonthepark.bsky.social
@kimmagowan.bsky.social
Aw, you’re welcome, Melissa!! 🩵🩵🩵
“I keep quiet, the borrowed bow, a weight I didn’t want.”
Another stunning micro from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Flash the Court.
Oh, Maria!!! Thank you so much for watching and keeping up with this episode. Only two more to go! 🕰️🩵
✨A new episode has arrived!✨
After loss, there is always aftermath. And perhaps a few visitors from the past.
Watch Episode 7: Plot Markers from ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’. 🕰️
Watch it here:
youtu.be/92sd6VUdUBQ
#thetimepiratewhowaitsashore
