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Michael Czyzniejewski

@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social

Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.

1,541 Followers  |  710 Following  |  557 Posts  |  Joined: 08.09.2023
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The 2026 @mooncityreview.bsky.social: Purple like you mean it.

27.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@joelhans.com will be signing his new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair in Thursday, March 5, 3-4:30 p.m. at Booth #775!

27.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@kimmagowan.bsky.social signing her new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair on Friday, March 6, 10-11:30 a.m., Booth #775!

27.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social signing at the @mooncitypress.bsky.social booth at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair, Thursday, March 5, 2026, Booth #775!

27.02.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is going to be such an amazing event!

25.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The MCR cover is by Shen Chen Hsieh and the collections are by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.

23.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

23.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

23.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith Bad decisions are my sweet spot.

Here's a cool new @jmwwjournal.bsky.social interview with @kimmagowan.bsky.social by Curtis Smith with lots of mentions of Kim's new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, due out next month!

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16.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Smart

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In 2025, My Husband Fills in the Blanks - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Pexels.com: Photo by Mathias Reding by Karen Craigo Chauncey cares about two things in life: his after-work pink lady and that key party disguised as a game show called β€œMatch Game ’78.” I shake up th...

Genius @karenkay.bsky.social story here in the new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Inspired, I'm guessing, by some PTSD from living with my mom, that show on ALL. THE. TIME.

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12.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peck

Thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social, @amymarques.bsky.social, and the entire Bending Genres gang for publishing this new story in their new issue. Thanks, too, to @courtneyb77.bsky.social for the prompt and the early eyes. Honored to be alongside so many great writers!
'https://bendinggenres.com/peck/

10.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cover reveal! @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2026! Debuting at @awpwriter.org in Baltimore in March. Gorgeous art by Shen Chen Hsieh. Author list and pre-order link coming soon!

10.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Olympic Parade of Nations: When Shaun White tells you about the time he snowboarded in each country.

07.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So awesome!

03.02.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So honored to get this nomination from editors I admire, for a journal I admire, alongside friends and writers I admire. Thanks, @djpoissant.bsky.social and @theflreview.bsky.social! And congrats and good luck to @mcagrimm.bsky.social, Glen Pourciau, Siamak Vossoughi, and @kimmagowan.bsky.social!

02.02.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cross Your Heart β€” Ghost Parachute It’s been six weeks of the baby screaming, while he gobbles up his mother’s overcooked food, saying it’s just how he remembers. Six weeks of her saying Like this dear, swaddling the baby too tightly. ...

@shastagrant.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute!

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02.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breaking News β€” Ghost Parachute Did you hear about the Black man? The Black woman? Black boy? The Black girl gone missing? Kidnapped. From thoughts and prayers. From the news. A child turned memory turned muted turned into a body, f...

@avitusbcarle.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute!

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02.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chrysalis β€” Ghost Parachute Mama can’t see me, but I’m watching over her. From the kitchen. She’s on the couch in the den, recumbent, because she’s depressed, which she never says, but I know. I can read her mind. She lays my ni...

@christopherallen.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute!

02.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some Hurt Thing β€” Ghost Parachute Haylea is going to freak – I’m sure of that. Whether it will be a good or a bad freak remains to be seen, but I can for sure expect a reaction. I’m a city person – always have been. I was 13 the first...

Some pretty amazing flash fiction here by the amazing @karenkay.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute!

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01.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Rock star.

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Awesome!

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Ass

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The Bedtime Emptying of Our World Short Stories Joel Hans 978-0-913785-69-0 Paper February 2026

Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award!

www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

12.01.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best Microfiction The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

Happy to see three @mooncitypress.bsky.social authors/friends in this new @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and Michelle Ross!

A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too!

www.bestmicrofiction.com

07.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best Microfiction The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social, whose story that originally appeared in @mooncityreview.bsky.social has been selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026! Thanks to Guest Editor Diane Seuss and series editors @gary79.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social!

www.bestmicrofiction.com

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Volume 15, Issue 1 PHOTO PROVIDED BY TOM RANKIN THE 2025 LARRY BROWN SHORT STORY AWARD ISSUE AWARD WINNER: SOME PLANTS, A BIRD, AND YOU AND I BY ANJU SHARMA SECOND PRIZE: THE CLARITY OF DISTANCE BY M.C. SCHMIDT THIRD…

New @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, the Larry Brown Short Story Award Issue. Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, and their entire staff!

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05.01.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your work is so good!

30.12.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@flightlit.bsky.social is awesome! Thanks so much!

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Thanks again!

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