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Open now until March 7th.
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Today's story is "Fool's Mate" by Daniel Wollaston.
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Today's story is "What'd Ya Expect?" by Piper Odelin.
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Today's story is "Forest Unrequited" by Greg Clumpner.
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Today's story is "Adequate Substitutions" by H.E. Belle.
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Today's story is "The Delicious Prose Group" By Sofia B. Polo.
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Today's story is "To The Potential Submitters of Quantum Spec Literary Magazine:" by Alethea Paul. @aletheapaul.bsky.social
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Today's story is "How to Murder Your Draft in Seven Basic Steps" by ChimbroDaPro.
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Today's story is "A Cat's Advice" by A. S. Gutierrez.
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Ooh! Piece of cheese!
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Our Pushcart 2025 Nominations
“The Hate or the Blade” by C. W. Reeve @cwreeve.bsky.social
“Ghost in the Machine” by Chris J. Krechowiecki-Shaw
“The Paw Does Not Hesitate” by Patrick G. Roland
“The Subject” by Nicole Lynn @nicole.lynn.writer.bsky.social
“The Self Refraction Assembly” by Chris Clemens
First we have our selections for Neon Hemlock’s We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025:
“Transform” by R.S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social
“Grief in Glass” by Lyss Buchthal
This morning we published our 100th rat-sized wonder! Let’s celebrate!
We’d love to know: what are your favorite Rat Bag pieces that you’ve read? Do you share the stories with your friends or enemies?
Nomination Announcements below and on substack:
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Today's story is "Resting Bitch Face" by Riley Nowak.
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Today's story is "Friendly Fire" by Kirsty Nottage. @kirstynottage.bsky.social
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#CupidsMisfire
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Today's story is "Irrevocable" by S L Jones. @sljoneswriter.bsky.social
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#CupidsMisfire
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/irrevocable
Today's story is "Obsolescence" by Mari Harrison.
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#CupidsMisfire
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Today's story is "Sibyl Has a Heart of Hold" by Shantell Powell. @shanmonster.bsky.social
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#CupidsMisfire
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Ratty must have been caught by a leprechaun while trying to catch one because this call came out of nowhere. I guess he promised poems or prose as restitution?
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Today's story is "Even If It Kills You" by A.P. Ritchey.
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#CupidsMisfire
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Sometimes he misfires. But sometimes what we do with those misfires... is on is.
12.02.2026 19:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wackadoodle is in our cheesehouse. That is where we like to keep it, with all the important things. Cheese.
12.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh, the author is here on bluesky. @ashdoeswords.bsky.social if you want to follow!
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Free to submit, Pays a penny a word.
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It is hard typing with little paws, so I deleted the original post and reposted this to fix a little typo.
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Today's story is "Hey Katy, Cupid here. Listen..." by Ashleigh Adams.
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#CupidsMisfire
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At your service.
If you, or anyone, wants more hot and ready pizza poetry slices, there are two ready for pick up on our substack.
Today's story is "Ode to a Discarded Wedge" by Lucien R. Starchild.
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