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Fiction & poetry. LAUNCH 7 OUT NOW @ mergansermagazine.com Edited by @jakeott.bsky.social
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09.09.2025 15:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry
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LAUNCH 7. FT.
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
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A poem for those who enjoy some existential angst...
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
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Read this poem if youβve ever been tempted by a powerful and dangerous urgeβ¦
Megan Cartwrightβs βSiren Songβ, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
A new poem out! "Lesser Zodiacs" is in the May issue of Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
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βStill a Lifeβ by Michael Baileyβ¦ Not sure if this one was more inspiring or terrifying. Probably the latter.
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Watch yourself in Lady Mβs garden. πΏ
Read the full poem in the May issue at our site.
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A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!
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May issue just dropped! It opens with βLesser Zodiacsβ by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Flash Fiction feat. @3lobedmag.com @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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My most recently published translations are:
"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)
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"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
When this article got released in @authorspublish.com , Merganser Magazine received more than 300 submissions within 48 hours. More than we received in all of March. Huge thanks to Authors Publish for the assist! @jakeott.bsky.social is a happy editor today!
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oh wow - I've seen poems that read backwards by line, but not word by word. Congratulations Joshua Kepfer! #PoetryCommunity #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetsofBlueSky
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If youβre in the mood for a heartbreaker, this short story from Antonia A. Huelgas (translated by Monica Louzon) fits the bill #fiction #art
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Dive into the hivemind of a legion of alien army ants, as the legion seeks to retake its homeworld from strange creatures and machines. Check out Murray Eilandβs poem βExo-Myrmidonsβ at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #art
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Itβs important to understand the land on which one lives. Particularly in the Nandi Hills of Kenya. Philip Brian Hallβs short story βBwana Mkulima and the Mercedesβ paints this fact in a humorous tale of a day in the life of a small farming village when a Mercedes drives into town. Link in bio!
08.04.2025 15:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My translation of @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social's story "My Rainy Season Diary" is out at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social !
Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...
(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
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Today's listing of the day is: Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity
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Joshua Kepfer really blew us away with βEnd of Space.β This poem can be read forward and backward, exploring the nature of exploration itself in an infinite universe. Read ISSUE 4 now at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #art
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βThe Wisdom of Ravenalaβ by Christian Emecheta ποΈ π΄ continues at mergansermagazine.com #fiction
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βLast Meal Before Impactβ by Aiona Byuwek π₯€πͺ Read the March issue of Merganser Magazine at our website (link in bio) #poetry #magazine #art #poem #fiction
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βIn Coffee Spoonsβ by Deborah L. Davitt βοΈβοΈ read the March issue of Merganser Magazine at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #poem #literarymagazine
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βDandelion of Creationβ by Ian Li π read the full poem at mergansermagazine.com #fiction #poetry #magazine #visualart #poem #poet
06.03.2025 16:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The contract is signed! My translation of "My Rainy Season Diary" by Antonio A. Huelgas will be in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social!
The Spanish-language version of this story ("Las lluvias no se detienen") originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine Revista Mordedor in 2021.
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