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Unseamly Literature. https://www.doesithavepockets.com/ Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
"I’ll never forget her first words:
“I need twenty bucks.”"
Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
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"...I ducked my head,
waited for my father’s rage
to spill from your lips."
A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle...
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"The whoosh of you leaving the table still so fresh in my ears."
An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni
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"...or forget you will die
and feel the buzz reverberating
bones as you touch the power grid."
Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...Hannah needs someone to explain communion before she asks if brisket wouldn’t be too sacrilegious."
In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m...
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Isn't it? I keep going back to it over and again. I just feel this one so hard. <3
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"...she asks, “Do you want a bag?” like it’s a trick question, like there’s a right answer and I’ve already failed it..."
Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Raise your hood, and everybody’s a mechanic."
Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani...
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"The humming wasn’t so bad, a kind of airy trill like a towhee on the wing."
Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Every picture-a-reminder of kids like Martin who spat in your Jello."
@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer
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"I don’t want him to be reasonable; I want him to say something I can fight with."
@fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"'I know women have a lot to do,'
says the woman in the next seat"
Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Powdered lemonade was to fresh lemonade as Sophia Grey was to Marianne Dashwood—a sad and sorry substitute..."
Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...reliving
ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers,
roar of all Septembers..."
Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Carolyn is the hero-scientist. The one who says things like, 'Keep that net handy, George. I might need it.'"
A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...
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"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie."
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
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This month's Art & Hybrid collection is a tenderly illustrated exploration of grief through photos from @lmbayley.bsky.social
CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3
www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids
The DIHP Team hopes you'll help celebrate our wide community of hardworking lit mags & their teams by checking into the annual @chillsubs.bsky.social 2025 best litmags poll! It's fun, informative, & helps your writing peers. <3 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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Writers! Who are the best litmags of 2025? CHILL SUBS®
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
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Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
So proud my story The Hate Baby is shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. There’s a slim chance of a prize but better yet it’ll appear in one of their gorgeous anthologies. Thank you
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home
@haleydirenzo.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social — “I do not know
what it is to be a mother
but I think it must be something
like a wild thing, capable of carnage
but offering mercy”
As a mother — wow. Yes!
#EpistemicLitFamily
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@doesithavepockets.bsky.social is an online literary magazine with an emphasis on the uncategorizable. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not sure where this piece belongs,” try them! Stop by table 518 at the #AWP26 Bookfair to say hi!
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Kudos and congratulations to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Find their work and the other great literature of 2025 at doesithavepockets.com <3 #literarycommunity
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"The picture within the frame changes every week, ranging from the news clip of the President pardoning a turkey to a bird’s eye view of our town."
Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp...
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"There are no other cars on the road. Haven’t been since the rumours infected the headlines, since they told us to travel only when necessary."
Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart...
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"Rain on his face, mingled with dirt, and a week of stubble. Wild man. Storm man. We had to let him in but hesitated because of what he carried."
Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum
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"“No, I’m not trying to hide it. It’s the law, if you carry a bottle, it’s got to be in a paper bag.”"
One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
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"The letters were a little shaky, but the “you” was underlined with a firm hand."
Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni
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"A whorling of all of the wishes I have ever made/
The lullaby beneath my body"
The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah...
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