Beth Kanter

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

RIP 2025

2025-2025

Spending time with reporter/writer/ friend extraordinaire @jennaschnuer.bsky.social’s stories is time well spent.

Really enjoyed talking to David Herbert about his latest piece for @esquiremag.bsky.social. Hope you do too.

And happy whatever you do or don't celebrate.

Welkin Enter An annual competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose. There is a whole ...

Always a wonderful feeling to put on my out of office for winter hibernation!!! Spent the afternoon looking ahead to 2026 and I'm excited for:

1) The @welkinprize.bsky.social winners (as tough as picking that will be: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

Thank you, Lisa! So appreciate it.

Thank you my friend. Truly.

A stunning, stunning piece. Brava!

Thank you for this. Truly. 🌻

Delighted to be included in the new issue of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social Thank you @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for giving “UnNamed” a good home.

Stunning piece. Wow.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Stunning piece.

The Interview Visit the post for more.

By USP, I mean "unique selling point." For example, this from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social feels so original in terms of scenario: variantlit.com/the-interview/

As does this by @beekaekae.bsky.social: newflashfiction.com/revision/

And this from Ani Banerjee: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/baby/

Thank you so much!

It’s good to be in good company.

Thank you so much to @fictivedream.bsky.social for giving a good home to my micro “The Jig Is Up or Ever After Hills Like White Elephants"

Our new fiction issue is live!
We’re so proud to be showcasing these outstanding authors!

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Happy to be part of this issue. Thanks for giving my stories a good home.

Sherri, this is just the kindest and most wonderful post ever. How lucky I am to be on the journey with you and the other Wednesday women. Better than the best scone. (But maybe we need scones.) Grateful. Thank you!!!!

CALL TO ACTION:

Tomorrow, for one day, we will show THEM who holds the power.

…rinse & repeat as needed.
#economicblackout

Valentine’s Day Bingo Card: Ennui and the Candy Aisle Edition A Bingo board for those of us who have been known to wear our candy hearts on our sleeves

A smidge of comic relief. I hope…

Thank you!!!

Stunning!

Be there!

Please note that we are especially interested in #disability writing and will also put out a special call for this as soon as we can write it up.

The artist, David Cohen is an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. His cartoon work spans various subjects ranging from local issues based in Asheville to more national political events and even to one-off, word-play-oriented jokes. ❤️ Give credit to artists when you can.