Kip Knott

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85 Seconds to Midnight by Kip Knott We are born out of nothingness,the emptiness of the universe.All of us know this void well.We spend our days filling itwith something more than light,something more than darkness,somet…

Thank you to the editors of @januaryhouselit.bsky.social for accepting my poem “85 Seconds to Midnight” for their upcoming fall issue. Check out January House Literary Journal here: januaryhouselit.com/2026/02/23/8...

Before I Forget for Kory Knott (1969-1974) Last night I found a memory of you like a long-forgotten winter jacket discovered while cleaning out a closet. I slipped it off its rusting hanger and draped it over my s…

Thank you to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for being such a kind supporter of my writing over the years. Here are links to two new poems that dropped today:

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Thank you to Aaron Burch for the skull and for including my story “Partly Cloudy to Mostly Haunted” in @havehashad.com. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/par...

Thank you to Natalie Welsh for including my poem “Carrion” in the new issue of @syncopationlit.bsky.social. Click this link to read the entire issue:
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One Bullet for Annie by Kip Knott Your mother named you Annie after Annie Oakley. I remember you’d wear a fringed and pleated skirt and a flat cowboy hat with the same kind of six-pointed star Annie had pinned to her brim whenever we ...

Here’s a complicated love story for complicated times. Many thanks to @havehashad.com for originally publishing this story back in 2021. ❤️ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/one...

Really pleased the my microfiction story “Jump Cuts” found a home in the new issue of Bright Flash Literary Review. brightflash1000.com/2026/02/08/j...

Thank you to 50-Word Stories for publishing my piece “Memento Mori” today. #microfiction #flashfiction #prosepoetry

Charitable Donation — Ghost Parachute He looks everywhere for his shadow. It was just there a moment ago, staring back him blankly like it always does. Like it always did. It’s not as if the sun suddenly clouded over or the day turned int...

Read "Charitable Donation" written by
@kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social.

"He looks everywhere for his shadow. It was just there a moment ago, staring back him blankly like it always does. Like it always did."

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Your artwork is perfect for this story! Thank you!

Pill-White Light by Kip Knott naql   CC Pill-White Light ​     This isn’t the first sleepless night Doug has snuck out of the house and into the darkness, but he knows it is the last night. After more than forty years in...

So glad that @antiheroinchic.bsky.social is back! And VERY proud that my story “Pill-White Light” is included in the new issue! Check out the full issue here: heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/pill-wh...

#flashfiction #microfiction

Friends, it's been a while, but here we are with another beautiful, heart-rending issue. My gratitude runs deep to all of you for filling this space with your brilliant and hopeful voices. The light is so hard to find, but I think you'll find some of it here.

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Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my story “Charitable Donation” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to @brooksiebooks.bsky.social for the incredible artwork! Click here to check out the entire issue: ghostparachute.com

January is over and we're delighted to thank #fiction authors: Scott Bolendz @fionajanemack.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Mathieu Cailler Eva Rivers Louella Lester and Anna Schachner. Pls. click on the link below to check out their stories fictivedream.com/2026/01/

I wrote this poem on January 6, 2021. How can it be that things have gotten worse in the five years since then?

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Check out my new prose poem “Lessons in Walking” that just came out today at @oneart.bsky.social. Thank you to @markdanowsky.bsky.social for his continued support of my writing. oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/13/l...

#poetry #poetrycommunity #prosepoetry

Thank you so much for this, Patricia. It means a lot to me that you took the time to reach out about my story. I truly appreciate it!

Thank you for the shout out, Laura!

ICYMI today from #MicroMonday we're delighted to bring you Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction. Please click on the link below and enjoy

I’m always proud to have work in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Thank you to the editors for including my new microfiction story “Catch and Release” in their MicroMonday series. fictivedream.com/2026/01/12/m...

"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy

Thank you, Linda.

Once again, our elected “leaders” have demonstrated their true faith.

#reneenicolegood

It’s no coincidence that the acronym of my book of poems about the attempted insurrection of January 6, 2021, A MOB OF KANGAROOS, is AMOK. Click here for more information: eastridgereview.com

Starting the year off with my prose poem “Sundowning” in the newest issue of Unbroken: A Quarterly Journal of Prose Poetry. Thank you to the editors who made some terrific suggestions that brought the whole piece together. Check out the entire issue by clicking here: unbrokenjournal.com

Back in 2009, @2river.bsky.social featured my poem “The End of Winter” on their beautifully designed annual Holiday card. I thought I would re-post this as my 2024 Holiday card to all my virtual friends. Thank you for your kind support of my writing this past year. Happy Holidays!

Thank you to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social for including two of my poems in the Major Arcana themed issue. Click the link here to read the whole beautiful issue: www.tinywrenlit.com/issue-10

‘All throughout my life, my mother made sure that I followed the “Rules of Six” that she said The Universe had created especially for me…’

Oof, what a flash from @kiptain.bsky.social. And accompanied by the perfect artwork from @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social… 6️⃣

Thank you!