Emma Kent-Abate 🌱

Flooded Pine Press Flooded Pine Press publishes writing toward livable tomorrows.

I’m so thankful for everybody who has supported my writing, from my instructors to my editors to my readers. You can read the stories or order a copy here on Flooded Pine Press’s website!! floodedpinepress.com

I feel honored to work with the spectacular editors @floodedpinepress.bsky.social, who were the best at supporting my vision for this project. They summarized these stories perfectly as parables that approach climate fiction “from the side.”

My chapbook features three speculative stories that imagine different futures in the New England Anthropocene. There are ghosts of forgotten Massachusetts authors, eternal blizzards, and a mysterious prophet (that turns out to be Bob Dylan recordings).

my chapbook, CURATORS OF ABSENCE, with a cyanotype blue cover, being held with a shipyard in the background

is it too late to say that my short story collection CURATORS OF ABSENCE came out this summer??

not yet, but it’s on my list!! I need to look into some of the other books on your display too! they all look great!

The Bog Wife!! 🙌 I read it around this time last year and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Insanely spooky and good!

Paul Simon's 'American Tune' Is Having a Resurgence in Chaotic Times Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens performed 'American Tune' in New York; the 1973 song is having a resurgence during uncertain times in the country.

It has stood the test of time, and remains a stirring mirror to society.

Thank you Paul for your artistry, and thank you Juilliard for having us!

this is a fantastic analogy. thank you for making my submission journey feel more whimsical

so strange getting a tiered rejection from one flash fiction publisher and then a form rejection from another saying my piece ‘isn’t flash fiction’.

From Ecogodliness by Felicia Zamora

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"Ecogodliness" by Felicia Zamora is a true stunner of a poem. What a gift it is to receive it—read and listen to it (we highly recommend both!) at the link in our bio.

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congrats!!! so excited to read :)

Congrats!! I’m so excited to hear more about it!!

sooo excited for this and the cover looks so cool!!!

From creation folklore to ecological paradoxes, one thread remains - the delicate balance between nature and us.

Read my piece ‘The Balance of Chaos’
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I love this piece so much. Thank you for sharing!

ISSUE ONE IS OUT NOW! ➡️ necksnapmag.com/issues/issue-one/

strawberry revue is my blog where I analyze folk music of the past and present as literature :) kinda niche but I love writing for it and always appreciate new readers!

How The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Engages with District 12’s Appalachian Roots As a lover of both science fiction and folk music, the release of The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes immediately drew my attention. In this The Hunger Games preque…

hi btw I research folk music and if you’ve finished the new hunger games book and are wondering just how accurate the series’ portrayal of protest and work songs is, do I have a blog post for you

this is so real 🥲

I love this, I’m so excited to add a bunch of these to my tbr :)

crazy number of submissions!!! I’m so excited to read the next issue!!

Spread the word! 🗣️

sounds fascinating! congrats!

once again, if you have a spooky story waiting for submission, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to work with necksnap!!

Sunday Snippets coyote boy by Emma Abate You’re a long way from London, you tell him. Cut the shit, he responds without pause. He roots through your center console, chipped nails clattering against the cracked plastic covers of CDs. Garbage, he says, just bluegrass. He presses a button so the stereo spits out your Jerry Douglas and returns to searching for a replacement. John Prine. Figures, a monster like him would try to find the empathy of a wordsmith. Text is on a black background. There is an image of a yellow car in the bottom right corner.

For this week’s Sunday Snippets, we’re featuring a wonderfully strange and sweet short fiction piece, coyote boy by @emabate.bsky.social

Just over 24 hrs left until submissions for Issue 3 close. If you're planning to submit, get yours in before 11:59pm GMT, Monday (tomorrow) 17th Feb

SUBS ARE OPEN! here’s some info on our guidelines, but full info + how to submit is on our website 🖤

I think it’s cool that you brought it up, though! I would’ve loved to have a discussion about that piece in class.

ooo this is an amazing idea!!

thank you for placing it in such good company! 🌟

“Coyote” by Joni Mitchell “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon “The Boxer” by Paul Simon, Jerry Douglas, and Mumford & Sons “Clocks and Spoons” by John Prine

and of course, my playlist of songs referenced in the piece, which I’ve been meaning to share for a while