Lena Kinder

Emerged from the depths of hell for the @havehashad.com call.

I think the very idea of a “Great American Novel” is kinda dumb. In the parlance of Tacoma, or of Kevin via Tacoma, I kinda think Great American Novels “aren’t real.” That said, I have an ego. I have ambitions. I’m mostly a happy-go-lucky dork doofusing his way through life and writing, but I also want to have as many readers as possible, I want people to think highly of my writing, I want to be someone’s (many someone’s, ideally!) favorite writer, I want people to think the writing is “great.” I don’t normally wrestle with those contradictions that much irl, but I think it often then ends up on the page.

kidna proud of saying this out loud tbh

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The best time to write weird shit is late at night when you’re delirious.

Vanishing

(This is a plastic swan.)

It’s cold out here.

new new: "Grand Jeté," by Sarah Chin: wigleaf.com

I’m the dime-store Timmy.

"The only thing?"

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

You should read these beautiful, eerie little fictions by @happilylenaaa.bsky.social 🌟

Thank you for sharing! 🖤

Renee Good’s final words were, “I’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti’s final act was protecting a woman who was being attacked.

Abolish ICE.

The moon is out, and it is beautiful 🌙 @ezhang77.bsky.social + @tinywrenlit.bsky.social

Thank you! ✨

Three from me in @wigleaf.bsky.social 🖤

What if we closed our eyes and held hands and tried screaming in the hole together at the same time

Made me think of you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social 💜

Back in my day life didn't used to suck this much

I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell

I’ll be sending HAD my therapy bill~

Oooooooo!

I was supposed to write tonight, but I dissociated instead.

This’ll be my first playthrough~

Contest The Blue Frog The Blue Frog is Flash Frog’s annual flash fiction contest. Taking place each January, the contest features a new theme based on what type of stories we wish we had seen more of…

Exciting Frog week ahead:

1) We’ll be sharing our “Flash Frog by the numbers” for 2025. Even word lovers can appreciate a good stat or two!📈

2) The Blue Frog contest is in full swing! flash-frog.com/contest/ 🐸💙

3) We have a very special, exciting announcement on Tuesday… 👀

The moon is my girlfriend

It’s the end of the year, so here’s my sub stats!

Rejections~ 44 👹
Acceptances~ 7 🌈

Total subs sent out~ 63 🤡

found an old chaotic edit (from 2020!) of a poem that was published earlier this year in @folklorereview.bsky.social

#process

THE DEVIL | Tiny Wren Lit

www.tinywrenlit.com/10/the-devil

My poem, “The Devil,” is in this wonderfully curated issue! Thank you for the inclusion @tinywrenlit.bsky.social 👹🫶🏻