Claire Oleson

Thank you!

Saturation by Claire Oleson I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hand...

I’ve got new fiction up in @fivesouth.bsky.social ; it’s got diving, it’s got threats

fivesouth.net/saturation-b...

winter mornings driving to high school with my dad and listening to the pale king on audio book 17 mins at a time, what on earth were we doing,

watching someone I know and love google 'dave & busters dress code'

Hi do you enjoy book reviews and particularly what they can offer our current landscape if they are able to run long/ become voice-led/ and perhaps investigate more than one title or genre? Do you every write them and would you want to? Maybe DM me.

If you take the train on new year’s they turn you into a bug

My dad is taking over an hour to ask a man about a belt buckle but I have this I guess; merry

Parent feature / rock feature

this but trad publishing

So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.

42.2 Claire Oleson Environmentals✧ 2023 Worlds Best Short-Short Story Contest Finalist ✧ Dementia made your dad so easy. He doesn’t hate me anymore, doesn’t yell at you, doesn’t remember the death of your mother well or...

Happy to say that this short-short story "Environmentals" is up with the @southeastreview.bsky.social

www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...

huge news

love baseball

Thank you!

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This is a fantastic poet and a prof of mine; I'm so excited for this collection! Preorders make a big difference to presses and authors-- consider checking out his beautiful work.

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Thanks high school ex-boyfriend; my Magic the Gathering experience is actually really hitting at parties these days and I’ve ruined the lives of several people with previously good time management.

So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.

Would you believe me even if I told you I’m on the train

The only other picture I have up is stupid on purpose so there should at least be one attempt at stupid on accident

First paragraph of my story in the Garden Anthology published by Sans Press; very grateful to be in this collection.

Some short fiction up with Joyland;

joylandmagazine.com/fiction/loca...

Scottish moodboard

The guy next to me waiting at the gate is being super weird and little

being here feels like restarting stardew valley, clean, and whispering to oneself (“it’s gonna be a good farm this time…”)

Good post

Hello! This is my little chapbook of short stories on gender and paint and flash photography. The pdf is still in circulation from a fantastic independent press.

https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/

I’m like this.