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"Tuesday, January 14, 1986, 5pm, Vail Colorado:
Terrific day. Headed out early. Patsy insisted we wear new matching neon green and purple ski suits. Snow was fresh and powdery."

Read "The Travel Diary of Mr. Peter Davis Clark": buff.ly/VoV7wTu

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Act 4: The Lie Fights Back I Have an Idea for a Novel. Now What???

Once you've reframed your book at the midpoint, things start to get REALLY good. That last half of the book is the most emotionally-rich half. And that makes it a ton of fun to write:

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Excited to be bringing four new @mooncitypress.bsky.social
titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of
@mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and
@kimmagowan.bsky.social.

“This poem is for my daughter, Felicity, who embodies her name to the fullest. Fostering her has been the most incredible part of my life—a true love of liberation and choice."

- Lauren Saxon on “I’m going to turn into a blueberry”

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Fantasy Homepage - PSYCHOPOMP.COM FANTASY MAGAZINE is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy-dark fantasy, contemporary

"“The Memory Breach” by Christian Emecheta, a captivating tale of Echo, who takes memories from people without even meaning to...."

Up at Locus! Reviews by @mariahaskins.com of:

Fantasy Autumn ’25
Bourbon Penn 11/25
Tasavvur Fall ’25

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Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

In a new Personal History, David Sedaris writes about helping a woman carry a cabinet she got off a curb in New York—and all the questions the experience raised for him. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nSSVv2

Read 'Thresholds & Quiet Transformations'
Poetry by Rin Wilson
On MoonLit Getaway
(link in bio)

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Excerpt from S.K. Sutha's short story "The Languages We Carry" published in Issue 177 of The New Quarterly.

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is S.K. Sutha's "The Languages We Carry" from Issue 177! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/the-la...

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As of this morning we reached our cap of 1,000 stories so our general submission portal for February is now closed.

On March 1st, we will be opening for our “Tiny Gods” themed call, guest edited by @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Hope to see you all then! ✍️

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Welcome our new staff members!

Secrets of the Snow The night of the heavy snow My room filled with butterflies and water lilies Till morning I sat with them in gardens Snow all day Snow all night

Today's Feature:

What Sparks Poetry: Holly Mason Badra on "Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora"

Read here:
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Vermont Landscapes c by Madara Tropa. Watercolour and natural plant ink on paper

Read our interview with Madara and see more of her artwork: buff.ly/Pgaep8q

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✨ Taking Submissions ✨

Sley House Times
March 1–3

Theme: Urban Fantasy
Magic in the modern world
Supernatural, folklore, occult

💵 $35 per selected piece

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"I tell my sisters not to worry. / I will garden the sadness / away."

Read Abbie Kiefer's poem, "Assistance," in the Winter 2025-26 issue of Ploughshares: https://pshares.org/issue-article/assistance/

Seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while referring to the things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and the juxtaposition of images in unexpected ways.

Feb.’s theme is obsession.

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The cover for this week’s issue is “Winter Whiplash,” by Christoph Niemann. See what’s inside: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/K6bRPL

Blue Moon (No. 1) compiles all the 2025 editions of Artist Spotlight into a single publication. The first volume features Katerina Grancharova, Robin Duncan, Tatiana Anisimova, and Aida Gradina.

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Today's story is "How to Murder Your Draft in Seven Basic Steps" by ChimbroDaPro.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #AntiResolution

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Check out the latest PJO piece, “Anchovy Ghosts” by Brooke Spalding. Up Now!
“We are afraid of dying/ but we cannot wait to sleep.”

In a new Behind the Byline interview, NER 46.3-4 contributor Jessie Li talks with staff reader Dana Lynch about infinite universes, writing in first-person plural, and the function of misunderstanding in her short story "How We Met Our Father."

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"Tuesday, January 14, 1986, 5pm, Vail Colorado:
Terrific day. Headed out early. Patsy insisted we wear new matching neon green and purple ski suits. Snow was fresh and powdery."

Read "The Travel Diary of Mr. Peter Davis Clark": buff.ly/VoV7wTu

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'Between transparent slabs
my flesh, unsiliconed
blood and tissue
squeezed to three centimetres.'

From Chen Yuhong's poem 'Mammogram', frrom PN Review 287, out latest edition.

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Double tease for our Preloved Stories issue - look out for it in five days 🦝
We couldn't choose between these pieces by @noranadj.bsky.social

'Baby, Be Mine' is a breathless micro that builds and twists with tension
The Others is a powerful coming of age story with a surreal edge

"‘Atlantis?’ Lucio Lattes burst out laughing. ‘Atlantis isn’t real!’" Atlantis! by Diego Lama and translated by @rosefacchini.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy

Want to immerse your reader in your book? It's all about specificity.

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Kamila Izquierdo: Mapping Memories

An interview with Kamila Izquierdo of Gulf Stream Magazine #cuba #miami #poetry
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“Something Familiar,” by Mary Gaitskill She didn’t remember what she’d said, only that it had gone on for the whole hour, and that he’d said, “I’m lonely,” and “Please,” and “Give me a chance.”

A woman returns to New York City to attend the funeral of an old friend in a short story by Mary Gaitskill. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...