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Unseamly Literature. https://www.doesithavepockets.com/ Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
Congrats @sundresspub.bsky.social on Best of the Net 2025! <3 DIHP finalists Kristie L. Williams &@suzibanksbaum.bsky.social, & BoTN contribs incl DIHP Alum @jekwriter.bsky.social
BotN art: Jennifer S. Lange / Peatsmoke
"Story Cloth: Nesting": Suzi Banks Baum
DIHP Art: @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"I wonder if we can, in this contemporary world, find a way to make sense of the senseless, through folklore and storytelling."
Take some time with our stunning August Gallery "Nature on the Edge of Darkness," works by Holly Chilton | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
"And since I’m not a great storyteller I will just offer exactly what happened: I died."
Dense, surreal, immersive, and lyric beauty in this singular prose poem from Dan Weaver | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dan-... #poetry
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"I don’t tell him that some things in life cost the sacrifice of their opposite."
Sometimes a piece of #fiction will unexpectedly whisk all the breath from your body, like this brilliance from Rory Perkins | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory...
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"....Poetry already had me
in its arms; already bent its intoxicating
lips to mine..."
With these two subtle yet spectacular new #poems we welcome the return of the incredible Lisa Low | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/lisa-...
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"I placed my hand gingerly on the potato.
I wrapped my fingers around it, trying to hide it."
Two powerfully tactile, narrative poems from Sheila Wellehan, new for August #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sheil...
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Thank YOU. We're beyond thrilled to have them here. <3
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"I know about the learning curve with a new machine. One of you is the learner. The other is being used."
This month's #fiction #longread is urgent, witty, dystopian, and essential. New for August from Anna Josephson | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/anna...
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"night planets & stars
same northern lights sleep
curled up in grasses like a dog."
Three #poems full of loss, grief, & solace, lyrically penned by Alison Hicks | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/aliso...
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"“You just purchased the mixed nuts. How fun!” sang the voice from the ceiling speaker."
Take a delightful trip to the Fun-Do Desk with this wryly clever new #fiction from @ellenneuborne.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elle...
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"I could draw my finger along the ridge of his nose and mine at the same time. Like sister cities, they share the same map."
Softly vulnerable and gracefully crafted, gorgeous new #cnf from Kira Salter-Gurau | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/kira-sal...
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Five exquisite, pocket-sized cinquains from the powerhouse pen of @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/kathl...
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"...the scar doesn’t hurt, per se, but it asserts its presence occasionally with the subtlety of a spiderweb or a tiny combed foot."
A quietly beautiful TKO from Marin Smith in this brand new micro CNF | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/marin-sm...
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"My brush handles are adorned in dried-up colors: startling navy, temperate teal, muddy ochre."
Prismatic and cinematic, a layered coming of age story from @sudhab.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sudh...
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"...we remained protected
by the grout of our grounding, the caulking of our past."
New for August, two gorgeous, textured #poems from Barbara Krasner | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/barba...
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"Invocation is just another word for prayer."
The many doings of the Small Town Witch in these three clever, perfect flashes from @deborahzadams.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/debo...
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"But if I die because
of government violence,
I want a fucking grave."
Two unflinching, deft, & timely poems from @renwilding.bsky.social | #poetry #augustissue
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We’re comma chameleons (and thrilled to be this piece’s home). 💛
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying General Flash Fiction feat. @therumpus.net @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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“The door wore its patched-over reinforced repair with a shiny sort of broken pride. I don’t know what impression it would have made a few days earlier.”
Read Arria Deepwater’s “Negative Space” (@doesithavepockets.bsky.social) this #DisabilityPrideMonth: www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/arri...
Does It Have Pockets
"He laughs. Says, “That’s stupid.”
But I see he is stealing glances,
as if testing my theory with his plucky, suburban heart."
Two brightly stellar knockouts from Daniel James #Poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/danie...
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"Nobody tells you this, but most of the time, you really can judge a book by its cover."
July's #longread #fiction by Erin Butler @florzinha1897.bsky.social is wittily deft, terrifyingly timely, and beautiful to boot | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/erin...
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Does It Have Pockets
"...in the distance, a melody pierces the darkness like an invisible light."
The myriad facets at the intersection of light and dark, in this epic micro from the fantastic @brettpribble.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/bret...
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"I forgive you before you think
to ask."
Two cleverly layered, lyrical, lovesong-tinged #poems, new from @chrishoerter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rc-ho...
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"Ten pretty pleases. As much praying as she was willing to do, this ritual that requires precise strokes to create red enamel rosary beads."
The forms prayers take & much more in new #fiction from @sherriwithab.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sher...
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"..."Did you know that's what it's called?" An answer tumbles
like a pancake out of my mouth, and he cuts me off."
Two deftly magical, breathtakers from @fzjl.bsky.social, new for July | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/franc... #poetry
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"under a naked bulb's margarine light"
Lush, immersive, transporting, here are two elegant poems from multi-hyphenate Charles Leggett | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/charl... #poetry
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"He is my ancestor; I am his legacy."
A night out, unearthing family lore, and a journey toward understanding gifts from those who came before us in this fantastic #cnf from @elrphd.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/ellen-db...
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"Sometimes the boys play too rough, and I have to say, “Be careful. Your grandmother was very expensive.”"
Three absolutely exquisite new micros from @rachelweinhaus.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rach... #fiction
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