Dawn Tasaka Steffler

Always a last minute club person…

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Two Mass Shootings, Same Day, Michigan by Ron Riekki - Rattle: Poetry The half-burned wreckage of her last cigarette, —George Bilgere, “Blank” I went to two locations of mass shootings this week. […]

For a change, here's the author's note: "the news splits the conversation into guns or mental health, when the reality is in the AND. It means we have to take care of guns AND mental health AND poverty and the other ANDs"

Amazing poem AND author's note @rriekki.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social

Squeeee!! So honored for @megankkakimoto.bsky.social’s kind words!

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@susanschulman.bsky.social

Spirit of Halloween costume, fiction writer, includes laptop notebooks lukewarm coffee bags under eyes and a natural desire to cause characters pain in English

I want going to dress up for Halloween this year until I stumbled across...

I am so excited for this to come out!

Yay!!!!!

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Thank you Rachel!

They say I poked too roughly at our nation’s
history, fragile as a yolk today.

Yes, @taracampbell.bsky.social, it is, isn't it? Writers Resist

I’m happy to say my first poem ever is in the Writers Resist Fall 2025 issue. Thanks to @kbgressitt.bsky.social and the entire WR staff for making the biggest wish of teenage-me-poet come true. Thanks also to @smokelong.bsky.social where this story (and pretty much every story of mine) was drafted.

"Wait, are we a sleeping bear or a dead bear?"

@dawnsteffler.bsky.social in Writers Resist

Thank you so much for sharing, Myna! 💜

“Wow,” says the shorter man. “Amazing, really,” he says, taking a deep breath. He points at the wall under the crib. “She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says.

“She’s a baby,” says CT.

Absolutely brilliant story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com

‘What Moon Wouldn't Give’ by Dawn Tasaka Steffler Flash Fiction

I have a speculative one about the moon watching the earth die. inkfishmag.com/what-moon-wo...

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Innately, Clive knew Thomas wasn’t going to be there, no matter how much he hoped otherwise. And sure enough, upon opening the door, the sinking feeling he’d experienced numerous times throughout the week ramped up. 

Chris Farrington in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Recommended by @turnandwork.com

Sorry Hugh, forgot to tag you in my original post, but I just love reading your Shortlists. @turnandwork.com

Sorry Hugh, forgot to tag you in my original post, but I just love reading your Shortlists. @turnandwork.com

In all likelihood he was on drugs, but so were many of us, escaping from our own lives into chemically enhanced worlds. It was the last time we would see him.

Casey Jo Graham Weimers @mrbullbull.bsky.social

It is not the same as moving my mother. Things here are organized, though there is a similar sense of urgency. The house has become uninhabitable in a different way. 

Divorce can be a kind of eviction. 

Read This. Meg Doyle in @electricliterature.com

She remembers running her finger over the tattoo and laughing, which pissed him off. He grabbed her, hard, and for the first time, she thought maybe she’d made a mistake.

the tension just oozes in this one @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social

I’ve never seen Sarah cry, not even when her dad left, and she says, “I don’t want my mom to die,” and Chrissy keeps pulling her socks up and pushing them down, and I realize it’s going to be on me to pull our shit together.

just fabulous voices @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social

aw, thanks!

Congrats Cole!!

"Because all you have now is paper and pencil. Because no one says anything about your pages, shaded entirely black."
Absolutely stunning @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social

Claudia, thank you so much for reading and sharing! 💙

"Because when you reveal in group that your stepfather denies everything and your mom believes him, Piper nods like she knows." What a gem by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social. fictivedream.com/2025/09/08/m...

Kelly, thank you so much for reading and sharing! 💙