Elena Zhang

Three snow bunting birds sketched in colored pencil

Snow bunting doodle

Barophobiar The superhero could not find a cure for his lice. Invisibility streamed dreams into his scalp. Flying burned his hair into skin. At night, the superhero slept inside the walls. He was never alone, and that was the way he liked it. When it rained, the dawn chorus woke the villains, and the superhero stood on the brink of a volcano to find out what was true.

One of mine in @periodicities.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

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The Designer I told him silently that the voice always comes back. It tells me I will keep losing, that love is a trick life plays before people disappear.

Friends, I’m overjoyed to share my short story, “The Designer,” now up @doricliterary.bsky.social
Heartfelt thanks to editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social for all his kindness, advice, and support with this one.

doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/t...

Barophobiar The superhero could not find a cure for his lice. Invisibility streamed dreams into his scalp. Flying burned his hair into skin. At night, the superhero slept inside the walls. He was never alone, and that was the way he liked it. When it rained, the dawn chorus woke the villains, and the superhero stood on the brink of a volcano to find out what was true.

One of mine in @periodicities.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Kunjana Parashar

A small poem by Ian Boyden based on a child’s name. The name is in both Chinese language characters and its poetic English interpretation by Ian.

A small poem by Ian Boyden based on a child’s name. The name is in both Chinese language characters and its poetic English interpretation by Ian.

Ian Boyden wrote poems that “illuminate a hidden landscape in the names of children killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.” Here are two, so delicate, so powerful. From his book, “A Forest of Names, 108 Meditations”.
#smallpoemsunday #haiku
#blueskypoetry #poetry

Having Given Birth, the Atheist Reconsiders She is no one's goddaughter. She is her own little god.

Mairead Small Staid from Poetry March 2026

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Basking in Glory At the booths, I’m unable to decide whether to enter II or III. I wonder if there is an expectation as to which side of a glory hole belongs to the giver and which to the receiver. I wonder if it w…

Folks, I’m very proud of this (long) new story. If you can find a spare half hour today, I’d love for you to tuck into Basking in Glory. @courtlandavenue.bsky.social was such an incredible editor to work with! FFO: glory holes, bugs fighting, Midwest sex shops

Thank you!

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Love this!

compostmodernism by Kristin Lueke — Passages North Poetry editor Sara Daniels on today’s poem: In “compostmodernism,” Kristin Lueke crafts a snapshot of a world at once playful, dismal, and revelatory: rife with global capitalism, disillusionment, an...

world is a fuck, read poem
www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Coffee cake on plate with mug of coffee sketched in colored pencil

Shoutout to the free little coffee cake they give you at Tweet

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Coffee cake on plate with mug of coffee sketched in colored pencil

Shoutout to the free little coffee cake they give you at Tweet

Sparrow bird with eyes closed sketched in colored pencil

When you simply must refuse

or uhhhh....maybe not?

Tulips in vase, books, in front of window, sketched in colored pencil

Good morning

Cat sniffing model CTA brown line trains

Catzilla trying to destroy Clark/Lake

Fairy wren bird on some yellow daisies sketched in colored pencil

Fairy wren doodle

Chicago Bean with some buildings behind it sketched in colored pencil

The Bean

Hello From the Children of Planet Earth by Chris Scott My brother and I found a golden record in our grandpa’s field. One of the golden records, the ones that had been sent into deep space on the Voyager probes half a century ago. It was just resting…

Chris Scott on just an incredible streak of dropping heaters

"My brother and I found a golden record in our grandpa’s field. One of the golden records, the ones that had been sent into deep space on the Voyager probes half a century ago."

https://www.havehashad.com/vz2e6

Flash Roundup * Jan/Feb 2026 A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…

Jan/Feb speculative flash roundup + bonus recs!

My eyes melted into a font of quicksilver and screamed stars down my face.

WHEN THE COSMIC HORROR KISSED ME by @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/Rios_Cosmic

ergot. innovative + experimental horror

“Each time I go I make SO much progress, but I NEVER get any better. And I don’t just come back once a week: I’m there every single day. I think that’s the part that’s supposed to bother him.”

Today on ergot.: 'Ice Cream' by Hugh Behm-Steinberg

www.ergot.press/authors/Hugh...

Sparrow bird with eyes closed sketched in colored pencil

When you simply must refuse

Fairy wren bird on some yellow daisies sketched in colored pencil

Fairy wren doodle

Chicago Bean with some buildings behind it sketched in colored pencil

The Bean

Long tailed tit bird walking with determination sketched in colored pencil

Getting through the week