Anna Cabe
@annablabs.bsky.social
Writer. Co-Fiction Editor @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. Always hungry. She/her/hers. Header by @shing.bsky.social
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Anna Cabe
@annablabs.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Residents of the Deep: A Review
By Anna Cabe. ". . . the characters in this collection are underwater, figuratively and literally, struggling to survive the undercurrent, to reach each other, for better or for ill."
consequenceforum.substack.com
I reviewed Residents of the Deep by Marianne Villanueva for @consequencef.bsky.social. Publishing so near the Fourth of July feels apt. consequenceforum.substack.com/p/residents-...
School's back in session! 🚌 Curl up with our September issue when you need a break! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
🍂 Let's fall into the cozy season with our new SEPTEMBER ISSUE 🍂 buff.ly/JmXKHQ1
All the love to our Contributors⬇️
WORDS: Sarah Chin, Alice Markham-Cantor, Chen Chen, & Lisa K. Harris
ART: Joe Karlovec
PLUS: Jood AlThukair interviews leena aboutaleb
All the love to our Contributors⬇️
WORDS: Sarah Chin, Alice Markham-Cantor, Chen Chen, & Lisa K. Harris
ART: Joe Karlovec
PLUS: Jood AlThukair interviews leena aboutaleb
September 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
School's back in session! 🚌 Curl up with our September issue when you need a break! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
ICYMI: Before our June issue hits the archives, check out Miranda Manzano's hypnotic, haunting "Negative Spaces!" @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
"At the urging of a somewhat trustworthy dentist, I had a tooth pulled from the upper-right side of my mouth."
Miranda Manzano's NEGATIVE SPACES is a rollercoaster of four parts. 🦷 🏀 Read it right here! buff.ly/TZBVGZ3
Miranda Manzano's NEGATIVE SPACES is a rollercoaster of four parts. 🦷 🏀 Read it right here! buff.ly/TZBVGZ3
September 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
ICYMI: Before our June issue hits the archives, check out Miranda Manzano's hypnotic, haunting "Negative Spaces!" @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
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Want to learn more about the making of our JUNE ISSUE fiction? Read about Miranda Manzano’s story NEGATIVE SPACES here! buff.ly/WS3xrPC
September 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Want to learn more about the making of our JUNE ISSUE fiction? Read about Miranda Manzano’s story NEGATIVE SPACES here! buff.ly/WS3xrPC
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September is here, but we're still thinking about our summer reads. ☀️ Fiction Editor @annablabs.bsky.social loved LONDON FALLING!
September 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
September is here, but we're still thinking about our summer reads. ☀️ Fiction Editor @annablabs.bsky.social loved LONDON FALLING!
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I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
August 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
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instead of having AI "help" you read, hear me out, what if you just read
August 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
instead of having AI "help" you read, hear me out, what if you just read
Thanks, @splitlipthemag.bsky.social and @consequencef.bsky.social!
Need a book review for ACCOMPLLISHMENT SUNDAY? Fiction Editor Anna Cabe’s @annablabs.bsky.social's book review of RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP was published in Consequence Forum 🤩 buff.ly/YFxSyM5
August 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Thanks, @splitlipthemag.bsky.social and @consequencef.bsky.social!
I reviewed Residents of the Deep by Marianne Villanueva for @consequencef.bsky.social. Publishing so near the Fourth of July feels apt. consequenceforum.substack.com/p/residents-...
Residents of the Deep: A Review
By Anna Cabe. ". . . the characters in this collection are underwater, figuratively and literally, struggling to survive the undercurrent, to reach each other, for better or for ill."
consequenceforum.substack.com
July 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I reviewed Residents of the Deep by Marianne Villanueva for @consequencef.bsky.social. Publishing so near the Fourth of July feels apt. consequenceforum.substack.com/p/residents-...
Late post because of the arrival of my baby niece 🥰🐣, but get summer started with our gorgeous June issue! It's a good one! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social 🌞
Your summer reading is here. ☀️
WORDS by Miranda Marzano, Audrey Jiggetts, Alexandra Dos Santos, & Nicholas Goodly.
ART by Iz Schrader.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar reviews @summ.bsky.social's THE HUNGERING YEARS.
💛 Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/nhuVTMs
WORDS by Miranda Marzano, Audrey Jiggetts, Alexandra Dos Santos, & Nicholas Goodly.
ART by Iz Schrader.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar reviews @summ.bsky.social's THE HUNGERING YEARS.
💛 Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/nhuVTMs
June 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Late post because of the arrival of my baby niece 🥰🐣, but get summer started with our gorgeous June issue! It's a good one! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social 🌞
ICYMI: We loved the summery warmth and tenderness in E. P. Tuazon's story about a girl learning to bike and her father's cycling club rivalry. Check it out! 🚴🏽♀️🌞 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
"My father says today is my day, not Father’s Day, even though the sun is shining like it wants to pin a medal on him."
🚲️ Don't miss E. P. Tuazon's CYCLISTS before it hits the archives! buff.ly/rmERU8m
🚲️ Don't miss E. P. Tuazon's CYCLISTS before it hits the archives! buff.ly/rmERU8m
June 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
ICYMI: We loved the summery warmth and tenderness in E. P. Tuazon's story about a girl learning to bike and her father's cycling club rivalry. Check it out! 🚴🏽♀️🌞 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
Hello, hello! "Cycle" into summer with our gorgeous, tender-hearted May issue!🚲🌞 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼
WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, Renny Gong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris.
ART by: Christopher Dunlap.
PLUS: @crsantastic.bsky.social interviews Kate Broad.
✨️ Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/pUBKe7b
WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, Renny Gong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris.
ART by: Christopher Dunlap.
PLUS: @crsantastic.bsky.social interviews Kate Broad.
✨️ Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/pUBKe7b
May 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Hello, hello! "Cycle" into summer with our gorgeous, tender-hearted May issue!🚲🌞 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
ICYMI: We were awed by @graythebruce.bsky.social's wildly creative and eerie take on predictive text. Be prepared for goosebumps. 👻 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
"...I wanted to play along so I asked it who’s there and the reply was you click are click speaking click to click the click congregation..."
Check out @graythebruce.bsky.social's I CAN STILL HEAR YOU BREATHING before it hits the archives: buff.ly/VvnvdJj
Check out @graythebruce.bsky.social's I CAN STILL HEAR YOU BREATHING before it hits the archives: buff.ly/VvnvdJj
May 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
ICYMI: We were awed by @graythebruce.bsky.social's wildly creative and eerie take on predictive text. Be prepared for goosebumps. 👻 @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
So proud to have edited this for publication with @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social! I learned a lot! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
We're thrilled to share that Dawid Mobolaji has been long-listed for the Best Literary Translations 2027 anthology for his translation of Grzegorz Bogdał's WEIRD THINGS! 🤩 👏 You can find the piece right here: buff.ly/vbXGwik
April 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So proud to have edited this for publication with @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social! I learned a lot! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
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@graythebruce.bsky.social’s story I CAN STILL HEAR YOU BREATHING examines the risks of typing with predictive text. Here, he shares just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/d83smwv
April 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
@graythebruce.bsky.social’s story I CAN STILL HEAR YOU BREATHING examines the risks of typing with predictive text. Here, he shares just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/d83smwv
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Somehow I convinced the editors @ @splitlipthemag.bsky.social to publish a 1,300-word story that does not contain a single instance of sentence-level punctuation. Shhh. Don't tell them.
(For this ghost story, you may want to move any weapons out of arm's reach.)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0426...
(For this ghost story, you may want to move any weapons out of arm's reach.)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0426...
I Can Still Hear You Breathing — Split Lip Magazine
when the barn in the moonlight shot them down as all around nowhere the twilight cried for clergymen so lethal was the road he spoke before your experiment was your experiment it was my joke you
splitlipthemag.com
April 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Somehow I convinced the editors @ @splitlipthemag.bsky.social to publish a 1,300-word story that does not contain a single instance of sentence-level punctuation. Shhh. Don't tell them.
(For this ghost story, you may want to move any weapons out of arm's reach.)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0426...
(For this ghost story, you may want to move any weapons out of arm's reach.)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0426...
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☀️ We're up bright and early with new staff announcements☀️ Help us in welcoming out new poetry readers and editorial assistants!! Thank you for joining the team ❤️
April 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
☀️ We're up bright and early with new staff announcements☀️ Help us in welcoming out new poetry readers and editorial assistants!! Thank you for joining the team ❤️
Was a bit delayed in sharing but our April issue is here with jelly and creepypasta and architecture and so much more! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
April showers bring: our fresh APRIL ISSUE. 🌼
WORDS by: @graythebruce.bsky.social, @kathystevens91.bsky.social, C. Zhang, & Quinn Franzen.
ART by: Ainaz Alipour.
PLUS: @iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social reviews an essay by @megpillow.bsky.social. buff.ly/cyFupU7
WORDS by: @graythebruce.bsky.social, @kathystevens91.bsky.social, C. Zhang, & Quinn Franzen.
ART by: Ainaz Alipour.
PLUS: @iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social reviews an essay by @megpillow.bsky.social. buff.ly/cyFupU7
April 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Was a bit delayed in sharing but our April issue is here with jelly and creepypasta and architecture and so much more! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
ICYMI: We loved (and cringed in sympathy) at Carol M. Quinn's story about the trials and tribulations of contingent faculty during the pandemic. Check it out! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
"Connie wasn’t that long ago, in the historical sense, but she was eons ago in terms of language evolution."
Don't miss Carol M. Quinn’s fiction piece COGS, HEART AND SOUL before it hits the archives. 🔥 buff.ly/LxsRoC3
Don't miss Carol M. Quinn’s fiction piece COGS, HEART AND SOUL before it hits the archives. 🔥 buff.ly/LxsRoC3
April 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
ICYMI: We loved (and cringed in sympathy) at Carol M. Quinn's story about the trials and tribulations of contingent faculty during the pandemic. Check it out! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
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Love this.
Hello, hello! My prize-winning flash in which I reflect upon AI dropped a few days ago, amidst AWP happenings. Thanks to @fracturedlit.bsky.social and Gwen Kirby for plucking this out! CW: suicide, disordered eating fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
Blackboxing | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
March 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Love this.
Reposted by Anna Cabe
"The ChatBot doesn’t have the moral fiber optic cables to make a stand, because it’s an algorithm, its workings a black box, its body a string of numbers. The ChatBot can’t even eat fiber"
Such a brilliantly-crafted piece, stranding together different elements through powerful anaphora repetition.
Such a brilliantly-crafted piece, stranding together different elements through powerful anaphora repetition.
Hello, hello! My prize-winning flash in which I reflect upon AI dropped a few days ago, amidst AWP happenings. Thanks to @fracturedlit.bsky.social and Gwen Kirby for plucking this out! CW: suicide, disordered eating fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
Blackboxing | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
March 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM
"The ChatBot doesn’t have the moral fiber optic cables to make a stand, because it’s an algorithm, its workings a black box, its body a string of numbers. The ChatBot can’t even eat fiber"
Such a brilliantly-crafted piece, stranding together different elements through powerful anaphora repetition.
Such a brilliantly-crafted piece, stranding together different elements through powerful anaphora repetition.
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'The ChatBot tells me I shouldn’t kill myself today.' Congratulations to @annablabs.bsky.social whose story, Blackboxing' is the winner of the @fracturedlit.bsky.social #flashfiction #competition ✨
#fiction #writingcommunity
fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
#fiction #writingcommunity
fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
Blackboxing | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
March 20, 2026 at 7:08 AM
'The ChatBot tells me I shouldn’t kill myself today.' Congratulations to @annablabs.bsky.social whose story, Blackboxing' is the winner of the @fracturedlit.bsky.social #flashfiction #competition ✨
#fiction #writingcommunity
fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
#fiction #writingcommunity
fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
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"he ChatBot tells me a star is a giant ball of hot gas, but Star would tell me, You’re a giant ball of hot gas, bitch. The ChatBot informs me bitch is a pejorative." Brilliant, unforgettable @annablabs.bsky.social
Hello, hello! My prize-winning flash in which I reflect upon AI dropped a few days ago, amidst AWP happenings. Thanks to @fracturedlit.bsky.social and Gwen Kirby for plucking this out! CW: suicide, disordered eating fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/
Blackboxing | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
March 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"he ChatBot tells me a star is a giant ball of hot gas, but Star would tell me, You’re a giant ball of hot gas, bitch. The ChatBot informs me bitch is a pejorative." Brilliant, unforgettable @annablabs.bsky.social
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I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”
March 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”
Reposted by Anna Cabe
Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"
March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
medium.com
March 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"