Three Poems #1, by Todd Dillard — The Bulb Region Three Poems — Todd Dillard Zombie Extras Visit 7-11 Every night they...

"The moon is a white bowl
the God of Children Finally Asleep
has given me to dry."

man, I love @toddedillard.bsky.social's poetry

@bulbregion.bsky.social

Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

Hey poets! We'll be open for poetry submissions from March 16 - April 27! Get those poems polished and ready for potential publication! We pay $60 / poem for SFFH narrative poetry, any length.

Here's where you'll go to submit when we open:

If you haven't already, please check out the truly outstanding fiction in our special issue, showcasing the writers of Kimbilio! With an introduction by Board Chair David Haynes! kimbilio.com
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This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.

Hello From the Children of Planet Earth by Chris Scott My brother and I found a golden record in our grandpa’s field. One of the golden records, the ones that had been sent into deep space on the Voyager probes half a century ago. It was just resting…

Chris Scott on just an incredible streak of dropping heaters

"My brother and I found a golden record in our grandpa’s field. One of the golden records, the ones that had been sent into deep space on the Voyager probes half a century ago."

https://www.havehashad.com/vz2e6

Some Autistic Thoughts on Joy, and a Sneak Peek at My Debut Fiction You’ve Always Been This Way is a column written by Taylor Harris, a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman and 1980s preschool dropout, who identifies...

"My brand of joy is the spontaneous creation of ridiculousness. Shoutout to my mom, who let me paint a giant creepy sun on my bedroom wall as a teenager. And to my religious grandma, who pretended not to be deeply concerned when I asked her to wear a devilish mask and pose."

In the mood for a fever dream? Read my new micro 💕

Companion AI a tiny love story for these times

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Be my Bluesky when the algorithms hate me 💙

Death Cab for Cutie called.

They suggested that we have roads left in both of our shoes.

Professional Yapper | Blake Bell | Substack Every Sunday, I answer one reader-submitted question about literally anything—nature, psychology, history, food, language, the weird stuff our bodies do. Free newsletter. Named questions only. Intelle...

Hi! Check out my new baby. I like thinking, making, writing, and sharing. Join me. My intentions are joyfully unserious.
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So many questions…bot? Are there just sanitized hate bots out there now? Some great bot conspiracy to raise sales of grammar textbooks? Weird

A Sunday in the Season Flash CNF

A flash of a flash of a season of grief and gratitude

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Hollow Tree Film Screening and Panel Discussion - New Orleans Museum of Art Join us in the Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of the award-winning documentary "Hollow Tree," followed by a conversation with the film's leading subjects.

Join me at the screening of Hollow Tree, an important documentary about the existential crises our state faces though the eyes of our future—our youth—playing at the New Orleans Museum of Art December 18 at 5:30 pm

Info here: noma.org/event/hollow...

Trailer here: vimeo.com/763398145a

If you ever feel lost just remember Ben Gibbard wrote that Cath “holds a smile like someone would hold a crying child.”

Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

Some of us are feral because we have tiny versions of ourselves whom we love so so much but who will quite literally punch us in the nose in the morning before we’ve had a sip of coffee.

River Road river poems for river people

Prose poem out on my Substack!

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River Road river poems for river people

Prose poem out on my Substack!

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Wicked Slip Short fiction

A Lovely Samhain to you all. Sharing this nerdy ghost story I wrote about my one dream, my only master.

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Ah yes but the ice cream sandwich is fair game

Lost track of time to submit to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social but I’ve got a #smallpoemsunday this October morning inspired by my ritual reread of Wuthering Heights 🤓

Death, dressed in a top hat and overcoat, rings the doorbell. Inscribed: "1844: Plusquamperfectum" ("more than finished")

Adolph Menzel, Death as an Unwelcome Guest, 1844/1845. Watercolor and gouache. 5.1 x 3.6 in. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

If you, like me, enjoy cryptid lore, give my new flash a gander 🪿

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

ICYMI: "Door in the Woods," flash fiction by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social:

Truth or Consequences by Whitney Collins I was once on a plane that suffered a monumental loss. High above a green and turgid swath of Florida, one of the aircraft’s giant white engines began smoldering like a marshmallow. This mechanical de...

"I was once on a plane that suffered a monumental loss."

Folks, you aren't prepared for this new @whitneycollins.bsky.social story--perfectly written, utterly strange, incredibly compelling. We are so damn excited (and lucky) to share "Truth of Consequences" this week on hex! An absolute wonder! ✈️

The truest thing I’ve read this week

What’s water? 🤓

Blake Bell (@bbell) If you, like me, enjoy cryptid lore, give my new flash a gander 🪿

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