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Hilarious and fun little piece about getting a refund on your dating match by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !!

Give it a read, and beware spitting out your wine as you crack up!!

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#flashfiction #shortstories #sci-fi #datingapps

First look at the scribes that bring to you this winter 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘈 📢

Stay tuned for our special issue/anthology of short stories featuring the enigmatic Atlas A. 📚

Fictile Feelings (pg 71) Ronita Chattopadhyay In Anticipation Pilu, like the Hindustani classical music raag, and Punnu and Pintu, which really mean nothing but have followed me from childhood till now. These daak naams (nicknames) and worlds of indescribable meanings and feelings will also disappear when my mother is gone. THR Poetry Special, October 2025

And here is a poem that was published in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Poetry Special (Fictile Feelings). The amazing issue can be accessed here
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“These daak naams”

Tender with memory and the heaviness of the temporary, beautiful new work by @ronita.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

A bit late in posting my thanks to Sanjeev Sethi the special editor for @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
for publishing my poem. The whole edition is fabulous!
#poetry #WritingCommunity

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“In Choudhary’s world, masks are more than simply masks; they are life. They are placed on the city, the body, and the soul.”
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social‬‬, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...

Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
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“You have, through TAD™, deprived me of the irritation, disquiet and complaint that is the real spice of life.”

Ah, I needed this laugh today. Enjoy the humorous stylings of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

Absolutely agree. @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @tejaswineerc.bsky.social @ankitrajojha.bsky.social do an amazing job at holding space for diverse creative expressions with their website, lit mag issues and specials.

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In this garbage capitalist society, magazines like @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social , which operates without profit and produces beautiful work to ensure we are able to read it should be protected and celebrated.

It is my favorite magazine. Thank you for always working to give us the best.

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I’m absolutely delighted to have a poem in this wonderful poetry special from @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Alongside some wonderful poets.

My poem “Reunions” is about those friendships that never age despite distance and time

Scars and Stretchmarks by Carmella de Keyser

SCARS AND STRETCH MARKS
A poem i wrote about our vulnerabilities being indivisible from our essence. 🤍
Published today in-
✨THE HOOGHLY REVIEW.✨
Special thank you to the wondrous Sanjeev Sethi and to all the brilliant editors.
🙏🏻🤍🙏🏻
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#scars
#acceptance
#raw
#fromtheheart

Poem, "Roseblood," in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
"Fictile Feelings" (Poetry Special, October '25) Issue. 🥰 to Guest Editor S. Sethi!

"...turn your blind eyes from this solemn procession / and the roseblood underfoot / some spots aren’t meant to wash away."

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Here's a #nonfiction piece of mine which was published this morning on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social .
All about the humble #seasame seed and its impact on #Indian #culture and #food.

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Announcing our nominations for Sundress Publications’s Best of the Net 2026 📢✨️🥳

Thanks to these creatives and all others who help us keep this thing alive.

September 15th - Issue 2 Welcome to this issue of The Hoolet’s Nook . Each piece gathered here reflects the spirit of what we hope the journal continues to be—a space for stories and poems that sparkle, resonate, and...

We're all aflutter! Our new issue has landed—featuring #microfiction and #poetry by: 

@adelegallogly.bsky.social
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
@feistybluegecko.bsky.social
@arielmgoldenthal.bsky.social
@stevenlempriere.bsky.social & many more!🦉❣️
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#quickreads

This week, Jacelyn Yap takes in Japan's waterways, and Marshall Moore lands at the world's gateway to Japan.

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Absolutely delighted to have a story in The Bare Bones Book of Humour. Goodness knows there's proper need for a book of laughs. Many thanks to @ankitrajojha.bsky.social for selecting my king and his conundrum tale...Roll on 2026! @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

Honored to be on the contributor list for the inaugural @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Poetry Special!

Looking forward to being a part of the inaugural Poetry Special for the Hooghly Review edited by the inimitable Sanjeev Sethi. I recommend The Hooghly Review for writers to submit to for their highly respectful submissions process. 🙏🏻
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Delighted to be amongst some wonderful poetry friends in this beautiful and exciting issue from @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

We present to you the list of contributors for FICTILE FEELINGS, our inaugural Poetry Special, edited by Sanjeev Sethi.

This stunner drops on October 3.
Stay tuned! ✨

𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, our poetry special guest-edited by Sanjeev Sethi, releases on October 3, 2025.

Here's the front cover with a photograph by Jacelyn Yap.

Due to an overwhelming response, we have moved up the deadline. Please send your poems for our inaugural Poetry Special, guest-edited by Sanjeev Sethi by August 24.

We look forward to your best poems. 📖

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So glad to have this support @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social. I am (obviously) biased but this book is special with @kimsrogers.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social @kristinatabor.bsky.social and Janet Murie and Ed @dianegotauthor.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social