Margaret Adams

Paper copy of the masters review anthology 13, cover side up, on a table between a succulent and a rock

Print copy came in the mail! I love a good lit mag/anthology photo shoot
#themastersreview #redmarepress

Thank you!!! I have so many big feelings about this one

Honored that my short story "Postictal State" is one of ten winners of The Masters Review Best Emerging Writers 2024 Anthology! mastersreview.com/postictal-st...

Screenshot of a letter. Full text here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WFgiczX6J1VYtVnSLzvaX3L02WuxCuLn/view?usp=drivesdk

I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.

Sorry I have to cancel our plans today I only have 24 hours left to try to win my local library's winter book bingo reading challenge

hard same

I planned perfectly except I forgot to change the timer on my childs "it's OK to wake up now" light, rookie move, big rookie move

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The tough thing about the job of parenting is the lack of commute. One second I’m dead asleep, the next second I’m playing firemen and I need to put out the fire, no over there, no YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG

Winter Fear poem by Kay Ryan

Is it just winter /
or is this worse. /

—Kay Ryan

This

Thanks, Tracy!

Thank you!

Thank you!

The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband by Margaret Adams “SPIKES is an acronym for presenting distressing information in an organized manner to patients and families.” – Clinical Journal of Oncology  S- Setting There is no guarantee of …

I have a flash fiction story out in @lostballoon.bsky.social, “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband.”

I continue to find dark humor in subverting medicine's clinical guidelines.

Thanks @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the Lost Balloon team for publishing this!

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A compact lesson in the power of story structure by @megaretadams.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social

New story today! Check out “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband” by @megaretadams.bsky.social! lost-balloon.com/2025/02/12/t...

Thank you @esfletcher.bsky.social !

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For sale, arc of universe, never bent

What You'll Do After I Leave You by Emily Roth You’ll tell everyone it was mutual. You’ll tell everyone it was the best thing that ever happened to you. You’ll tell Greg and Brian you’re not sad; actually, you’re ecstatic. How can you be sad when ...

There are so many delightful layers to this flash piece — and that ending! The descriptions! Breathtaking 😍 @emilymroth.bsky.social @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/wha...

Thank you! I am so thrilled.

Congratulations!!

Screenshot of a letter from the editors of the Delmarva Review to Margaret Adams informing of Pushcart Nomination for essay "Nursing 101" from The Best of Delmarva Review 2008-2023 anthology

Super honored that the #DelmarvaReview nominated my essay "Nursing 101" for a #PushcartPrize out of their Best of Delmarva Review 2008-2023 anthology

Damn

Front cover of the best of Delmarva review 2008 to 2023 with Christmas lights

Back cover of the best of Delmarva review 2008 to 2023 with Christmas lights

The #DelmarvaReview was my first #literarymagazine acceptance, and I cannot overstate how supportive they were. They introduced me to the idea of literary community and taught me what that looked like. Congratulations to the whole team on this gorgeous book!

Photo of the best of Delmarva review 2008 - 2023 anthology sitting on a table next to a coffee mug with a Christmas tree in the background

The Delmarva Review has released their first anthology, The Best of Delmarva Review 2008-2023. Included are two of my pieces: “Nursing 101" (creative nonfiction, 2011), and “Undertow" (short story, 2013).
delmarvareview.org/anthology/

...or a generalist, for that matter