Does It Have Pockets

Will we see you at #AWP26 in Baltimore!? We're bringing our pockets, hugs, stickers, pins, and more to T518. <3
Maryland or bust!

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Does It Have Pockets is fee free through the end of February! Help us beat the winter doldrums by sending us something this month: www.doesithavepockets.com/subs #literarycommunity #fiction #poetry #visualart #memoir #creativenonfiction

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Since it's Friday, we thought we might introduce our newest Literary Assistant, Hazel Marie. When asked about her favorite pocket, she indicated one containing snacks.

Lyss Wood | February 2026 — Does It Have Pockets

Hybrid in form and function, a new mystery from Lyss Wood #fiction #hybrid | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...

"Jane wishes for their happiness, and assumes Hugh is wishing for something similar. Hugh wishes for a kayak."

Taut and zinging, don't miss these two sublime new flash #fictions from @chelseastickle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/chel...

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"Sam didn’t want a lonesome egg. He wanted Marta to come back."

Ends, beginnings, and everything in between in this fresh #fiction #longread from Steven Swiryn | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stev...

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"The best thing about curfew is breaking the law."

Two gorgeous, new, intricately stitched #poems from @sjgrimm.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/susan...

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"I hadn’t noticed. My nose. My fingers. The knife. Who could say."

Another weird & wild & wonderful piece of #fiction courtesy of #DIHPAlum @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...

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"“Thou art a rotten worm, Braden. Be grateful that I speak to you, and do not banish you from my sight.”"

With inky wit, a tale of the pandemic, grace, & our fave prophet, Braden, from @mrlwwrites.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mr-l... #fiction

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"If my body was a temple, I didn’t believe in God, and that was the most important thing I learned about myself growing up."

Important, moving, & keenly thoughtful new #creativenonfiction from @abrickandawindow.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andreea-...

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"It's been decades, and try as you might,
her motives are still opaque"

Two lushly atmospheric, immersive new poems from @lizdegregorio.bsky.social , new for February | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/liz-d... #poetry

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"“Yes, let’s all drink to Gail!” And then I remember I’m Gail, so I say, “I mean, let’s all drink to me!”"

A darkly funny, powerful read for all of us living in 2026, new from #DIHPAlum @jekwriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jess... #fiction

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"Hot pink’s an extrovert’s color."

Two brand-spanking-new #poems full of bright delight and crystalline moments courtesy of @carrieconners.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/carri...

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"They call it chronically ill, but I call it
paying attention. Give it time. Everything breaks."

Voice, dynamism, urgency: Two new poems from Jillian Stacia | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jilli...

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Short, bittersweet, perfect new #cnf from #DIHPalum & multi-disciplinary maven Louella Lester | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/louella-...

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"We sat in stunned silence, taking in his strange jumble of words, thinking we were merely witnessing a career engulfed in an act of spectacular self-immolation."

#DIHPAlum @keithjpowell.com w/two madcap flashes | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/keit...

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"I don’t know when it will come back. I don’t know
if I’ll be there to see it."

Timely, urgent, profoundly moving; a trio of fresh poems from Rachel Beachy, new for February | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rache... #mustread

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"Any hack can grip their head and moan."

DIHP kicks off February with phenomenal #longread #fiction full of wit, warmth, grief, and absurdity, brand new from Erin Finnerty | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/erin...

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Massive congrats to our Best Small Fictions (shoutout to @altcurrent.bsky.social ) nominees for 2026 | @spencerwriting.bsky.social, @nomad-sw18.bsky.social, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @joannatheiss.com, & @kathyhoyle.bsky.social <3

A Conversation with Victoria Melekian — Does It Have Pockets

New interview live! We chat with the effervescent @victoriamelekian.bsky.social about her new collection, happiness, dogs, and pockets (natch). | www.doesithavepockets.com/features/v-m... #interviews #poetry #dihpalumni

Our sincere congrats to @mizuki-yama.bsky.social for making the final list for the 2026 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology! Special thanks to Best Microfiction's superlative team: series editors Meg Pokrass & Gary Finke and guest editor Diane Seuss. <3

Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine @doesithavepockets.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine @doesithavepockets.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity

Don't miss this month's Art & Hybrid gallery featuring the gorgeously vivid work of @courtneyb77.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids #pureenergy

"Wind-inflated, paper teeth flicking, riding a wave of air."

Bright and surreal, and bittersweet, E Ce Millier brings us fantastical new #fiction to bring in the new year | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/e-ce...

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"survived
the wrecks
but walked away
from all twelve steps"

DIHP Alum Mark Jackley returns with three tiny, textured poems | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/mark-...

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"Her laugh was startling. “Who told you it was performance art?”"

A vibrant, sharp look at art, protest, and power in L.M. Conkling's newest #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/lm-c...

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"Jason surely didn’t want to disappoint Rachel in this new life; he had done a fair amount of that in their old one."

We fell in love w/ this story instantly, deeply, completely. New #fiction by @fowleriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/davi...

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"I wrote down the recipe and put it somewhere I’d be sure to find it again, and accordingly, I haven’t seen it since."

Funny, timely, and hopeful, don't miss this deliciously quirky new fiction from @katemaxlow.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kate...

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"It was unanimous.
Fun didn't move us one bit."

Witty, wise, wonderful; three poems each gems form and tone, new from @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jr-wa...

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"Fingers stretched wide, he checks the precise proportions of crown, of brim."

We've been excited to share this quietly magical piece from the day we read it ... beautiful new #flashfiction from @deniseb.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/deni...

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