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Thanks, Rhode!

Weird question. Anyone know any indie presses that will publish previously published novels? Like one that had a tiny run and is now out of print?

**Submissions open for matchbook June 23!**

I have four new micro stories at @MISTERBULLBULL this morning!

Upstate
Face of the Clock
Day of the Bird
Senior Year

mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

"My teacher Ms. Brower told me they were sending my mother upstate. I thought that meant someplace in the clouds. As if what must happen to those in such mental trouble cannot be rendered here on the ground. Their state must be taken up."
@brainhawk.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Inside the Nest | matchbook

"I relearn the art of sewing. I thread the needle with my daughter's gold hair and stitch it into the seam I am repairing."

New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...

MicroZine Issue 1 Volume I (2024)

I have a new very short story in the first issue of Microzine called "Antonia in the Night"

Some other fun pieces in here as well!

microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...

Cracks | matchbook

"We signed We shook We paid We owned We sowed We sought We booked We thought We knew We learned We packed We moved We patched We nailed We roofed We aimed We shot We fought"

New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks

Open Them If You Don’t Believe Me | matchbook

"The black trees slashed through the sunlight, more bared fangs than a forest, and just deep enough within them to be lost..."

New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...

nineteen — Tiny Molecules

I have a very short story called "The Saddest Donkey" in the latest issue of Tiny Molecules (Issue 19):

tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...

It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.

matchbook | Stephen Dixon

"They have a little party second day she's home: Nova Scotia salmon, chocolates, a risotto he made, brie cheese, champagne."

From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon

www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon

April has been & continues to be a glass half full. You've seen @dannyderock.bsky.social
@brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social

Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from
@swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more.

Only on Afterimages.

A black lays on a yellow comforter on her back, feet in the foreground, toes splayed.

But look

matchbook | Guidelines

**Mark your calendars**

We'll be open for submissions May 1!!

(And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here:

www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

Remember, kindness (and following these good folks) doesn't cost a cent.

Hey #WritingCommunity
How about following the writers below.
@brainhawk.bsky.social
@terrorbytez.bsky.social
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@miverras12.bsky.social
@alexandre1.bsky.social
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#booksky

Go Back Snowball - It Is Divine

If you are interested in hearing one of the songs I discussed in my essay "Look, It's Baseball" then check out "It is Divine" by Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices (performed here by him in a side project with Mac McCaughan of Superchunk).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...

That’s so cool when stuff like that happens. The past is a weird thing!

Thanks for reading, Joseph! Awesome that you dug this piece. And thank you for sharing what brought you baseball and GBV especially. Excited to check your cover of Bright Paper Werewolves!

@brainhawk.bsky.social closes out a lovely tribute in part 2 of “Look, It’s Baseball, continued.” Up on Afterimages now. Batter up! ⚾️

thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

Look, It's Baseball, continued I crossed baseball off the list of things we talked about. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok.

And here is Part 2/2 of my CNF essay about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father:

thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

Look, It's Baseball A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.

As baseball returns to Philadelphia in a few days, @brainhawk.bsky.social
reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America.

"Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages.

You know where to go ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...

Look, It's Baseball A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.

I have a creative essay up at @thirtywestph.bsky.social's Afterimages journal!

It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.

A black cat lays in a round cardboard bed.

Her favorite place these days.

matchbook | Rachel B. Glaser

"The beat was low and repeating and wanted to be rapped over. "

From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser

www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser

A black cat sits upright on a desk near a computer monitor.

Have you even seen this

A black Bombay cat sits on an orange buffet.

Also don't forget this:

A section of a strip mall showing two storefronts. A large red sign reading Foremost Shopping Center is above them.

FYI I found the foremost shopping center:

The pale blue morning sky is lit up with vibrant orange clouds. Below it is an interstate.

Driving alone but wanted to shake someone and ask if they saw this.

A stand alone storefront with a blue building top that says Ernie’s Ice Cream.

They’re hiring, if you’re interested.

A black cat lounging on her back bathed in sun.

And this.