Swetha Amit

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the phone call — Blood+Honey by Swetha Amit “…it was the ringing phone that kept reverberating in Mira's ears. It made her heart flutter like a trapped bird, and it delved into the fabric of her darkest memory.”

A new flash up in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

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"The prick of the thorns was nothing compared to the pain embedded in my veins."

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Thank you so much again! Honored to be in this issue!

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Double pub day. My story titled The Rose Bush up in Feb issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social along with writers I admire. Thank you Editors! 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-40-feb...

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Congratulations! Delighted to be in the same issue as you! Always have admired your writing! 💗

The Hairbrush — Ghost Parachute The hairbrush lay on the wooden floor beneath the dressing table in my dead mom’s bedroom in my childhood home, which was up for sale in old Palo Alto. It was a fading shade of purple, with a light cr...

Glad to have a story included Feb issue of Ghost Parachute. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social 🙏 ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Tonight at @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social nights! A great session on how to build author platform! At San Francisco public library! 6-7:30 pm

In this 4-week generative workshop, we’ll inhabit the borderland between poetry and prose, tracing how language moves when freed from strict forms.

Fridays, Feb. 6th - 27th.
11am-12:30pm PT. Via Zoom.

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#writing #poetrywriting #poetrycraft #poetryclass

Congratulations! Loved both stories especially Letting go!

Thank you! And that’s awesome! Congratulations to you too 😊

"Everything felt cold and morbid, with Ma and Pa mourning in their rooms, the gust of icy wind, and people in gray coats giving me sympathetic looks"

Beautiful evocation of grief from @swethaamit.bsky.social

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Glad to see my story made the longlist! Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social 🙏

Have a 100 word micro up in Nunum done in a 100 anthology - a pics that was curated at the @smokelong.bsky.social workshop! Thank you editors!

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Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for publishing my 200 word excerpt from my novel in progress in issue 63. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

"It wasn't every day I saw a wedding in my backyard where the groom was a banana tree."

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My interview with @joshdale.co up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social

Tomorrow night at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social come and listen to some fabulous readers!

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Pumpkin Cupcakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash by Swetha Amit After Grandma died a week ago, the day after my sixteenth birthday, I walked to the neighborhood bakery for some pumpkin cupcakes. I stood in the l...

Read “Pumpkin Cupcakes” by @swethaamit.bsky.social in 2nd anniversary issue @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Pumpkin Cupcakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash by Swetha Amit After Grandma died a week ago, the day after my sixteenth birthday, I walked to the neighborhood bakery for some pumpkin cupcakes. I stood in the l...

“At night, I heard her whispers through the wind knocking on my window, saw her smiling at me in my dreams …”

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Happy to have my story in the second anniversary issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social and congrats on your second anniverary. gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...