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Monica Wang
@monicawang.bsky.social
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Taiwanese Canadian in Europe. Writing in Electric Lit, Southword, Salamander, Augur, Malahat Review, EVENT, Banshee, etc. W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize shortlist. WHEN SAD ONES GO OUTSIDE (Black Sunflowers Press). she/they
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Monica Wang @monicawang.bsky.social · Jul 24
I usually don't crosspost but a critic described my chapbook as a promising debut & one of "the year's best" in the Times Literary Supplement, THE TLS damn it 👯‍♀️
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kdiannerule.bsky.social
One time when I was in the hospital for a week I wrote a note on my dinner order form asking if I could please have a larger brownie and each time the sent me a progressively smaller brownie while my notes became more pleading and melodramatic
tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Aug 18
Taco Bell stopped engaging with my crossfaded demands in 2021, I still occasionally DM them asking for Baja Blast dunk tanks and ten million dollars for literature, it stays on read lol
raxkingisdead.bsky.social rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · Aug 17
back when i was still drinking i used to get wasted at home alone and email the cheesecake factory’s public relations department demanding that they establish a writers’ residency for me
August 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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paradiseeditions.bsky.social
New: Vaucanson's Canard by @geoliminal.bsky.social, a hand-bound pamphlet featuring a story about 18th-century duck automatons, printed on premium French Paper with typography and photomontage by @unpaginated.bsky.social. Get a copy here: paradiseeditions.net/products/vau...
The cover of the pamphlet Vaucanson's Canard A duotone image of the duck automaton's skeleton
September 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
monicawang.bsky.social
Nooo HunterXHunter is back on hiatus
Cropped screenshot from the newest chapter My photo of a sinking polar bear
September 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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ettereview.bsky.social
*ONE MORE WEEK TO SUBMIT!*

Subs are open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!)

Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry

No fee.

Deadline: September 1

Full details here ettereview.com/submit/
Submit | -ette review
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August 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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jameygallagher.bsky.social
I went to a meeting today. After the meeting someone emailed a bunch of obviously AI-generated questions of the facilitator. The facilitator presented a bunch of AI-generated answers. Is this what we're doing now?
August 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
monicawang.bsky.social
Ballet teacher shared some heavy stuff tonight, leading to a group hug where they left me a gap. I stepped into the gap belatedly and put one hand on someone's backpack & one hand on some guy's face. Just pressed my hand to his face for the duration of the hug as if that's how humans do hugs
August 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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roguestrands.bsky.social
For poets (and their unpublished ace poems) who might be at a loose end on a Sunday night...!
August 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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roguestrands.bsky.social
I'm the Guest Poetry Editor for the October issue of The Madrid Review. Subs are now open and I look forward to reading your poems...!

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Submissions for the October edition are open!
Please spread the message far and wide and we'd love to read your work from wherever you are in the world!
themadridreview.substack.com
July 31, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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June 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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tracyking.bsky.social
Take a Break (one of the bigger magazines) is replacing all of its short story writers with AI. Easy to dismiss a throwaway lifestyle magazine but this is a canary in a very dangerous coalmine.
August 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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ettereview.bsky.social
“The Sky Is Falling” Dogs look up in wonder while everyone else looks down at their phones in this timely micro by @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social

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Caitlin O’Halloran | -ette-review
Caitlin O’Halloran in -ette-review Issue 8: Summer 2026
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July 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
monicawang.bsky.social
Jellyfish and foam on the beach today
August 1, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social is open for submissions:

Artwork for our cover and/or to accompany published pieces of fiction.

Fiction with 6 sentences and no more than 400 words.

gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/
Submissions - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Submissions Submission Guidelines Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes fiction with exactly six-sentences and no more than 400 words. Title does not count as one of the six sentences or towards the w...
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July 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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I have a new flash in the gorgeous @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛ Loved playing around with the imperative voice for this one. @keychild.bsky.social has been a delight to deal with, too. Send them something bejewelled and dark and bewitching. 🖤

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Hellcat, They Call You—James Montgomery
Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger; how the skin has tightened to the skull, its frame as slight as a sparrow’s. Continue reading&…
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July 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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johnchrostek.com
Nautical horror and god-body horror are rich genres and this is my love letter to them all. It’s a furious rebellion against deathlessness, against the urge to sacrifice other lives to extend your own in all the ways we do that.

I’m proud of the book. It’s weird, fully on its own terms & grim fun
July 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
monicawang.bsky.social
Did not expect this Taiwanese pineapple cake to have modernist poetry on the back

(But also a poem about everything being fat)
"Subtropics" by Lin hêng-t'ai
July 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Our next regular issue is closer than it appears.

Submissions for Issue 5 open August 1.

Check the guidelines and get your files ready. We can't wait to see your work!
thehooghlyreview.com/submission-c...
July 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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thehyyyype.bsky.social
Kool-Aid Man bursting through wall: where's the goddamn amontillado, Montresor
July 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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nikkei.com
作家の東野圭吾さん死去、68歳　「ガリレオ」「容疑者xの献身」
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
作家の東野圭吾さん死去、68歳　「ガリレオ」「容疑者xの献身」 - 日本経済新聞
「ガリレオ」シリーズや「容疑者xの献身」「白夜行」などで知られる直木賞作家、東野圭吾（ひがしの・けい
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July 27, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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einschwarzesmeer.bsky.social
Hab neue kleine Freunde.
Das Bild ist in Schwarz-Weiß gehalten und zeigt eine getigerte Katze, die auf einem gepflasterten Weg sitzt. Die Katze ist in der Mitte des Bildes platziert, leicht nach links versetzt. Ihr Fell ist hell mit dunkleren Streifen und sie blickt nach links aus dem Bild heraus. Ihr Schwanz ist um ihre Pfoten geschlungen. Hinter der Katze befindet sich eine dichte Hecke aus Lavendel. Das Bild zeigt einen langen, schmalen Stallgang, der im Freien endet. Die Perspektive ist von einem Ende des Ganges aus aufgenommen, und der Gang erstreckt sich in die Tiefe des Bildes. Die Beleuchtung ist weich und scheint hauptsächlich von der Öffnung am Ende des Ganges und von der Decke zu kommen, wo Holzbalken und einige Leuchtstoffröhren sichtbar sind. An den Wänden des Ganges sind einige Details erkennbar. Die Wände selbst bestehen aus rauem Putz, der stellenweise Risse aufweist. An der linken Wand ist ein kleiner Wasserhahn angebracht. An der rechten Wand hängen Zaumzeuge und Halfter, die zu Pferden gehören, und es gibt mehrere Fenster oder Durchbrüche. Im Gang steht ein Hahn auf dem Boden und blickt nach links. Schwarz-weiß Aufnahme. Das Bild ist eine Nahaufnahme in Graustufen, die einen ungewöhnlichen Nistplatz für einen Vogel zeigt. Eine kleine Schwalbe sitzt in einem Nest, das aus Zweigen und Gras gebaut ist. Das Nest wurde auf einer Deckenlampe gebaut, deren Glühbirne hell leuchtet und den Bereich darunter beleuchtet. Einige dünne Ranken des Nests hängen herab. Die kleine Schwalbe sitzt in einem Innenraum eines Stalls mit Holzbalken und einer Holzdecke. Das Bild ist eine Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahme eines kleinen Hahns, der in der Sonne auf einem hellen, sandigen oder kiesigen Untergrund steht. Der Hahn befindet sich im unteren rechten Viertel, leicht zur Mitte gedreht und mit seinem Kopf nach links gewandt. Im Hintergrund ist eine rustikale Holzwand zu sehen, die aus vertikalen Brettern besteht und durch einige horizontale Elemente unterbrochen wird. Weiter hinten im Bild, ebenfalls angrenzend an die Holzwand, befindet sich ein großer, runder Metallbehälter, aus dem üppiges, grünes Blattwerk herauswächst. Links davon ist ein Teil eines Gebäudes mit einer steinernen Ziegelwand und einem dunklen Fenster zu erkennen. Rechts im Bild verläuft ein Holzgeländer.
July 24, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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tapetenvogel.bsky.social
»Manchmal sprach ich von diesem Erstaunen, da aber niemand es zu teilen, ja nicht einmal zu verstehen schien (so besteht das Leben aus kleinen Einsamkeiten), vergaß ich es wieder.«
— Roland Barthes, Die helle Kammer (Ü: Dietrich Leube)
Luzernenblüten zwischen welkem Gras. Links oben fliegt ein Sechsfleckwidderchen aus dem Bild: nur die rot leuchtenden Hinterflügel und der metallischblau-schwarz gestreifte Hinterleib sind zu sehen.
July 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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amandaearl.bsky.social
Fables & Pages Bookstore
A Fantasy Bookstore coming to Ottawa, Canada
Women + Queer Owned is seeking funding to start a brick and mortar bookstore www.kickstarter.com/projects/fab...
Fables & Pages Bookstore
A Home for Readers, Dreamers, & Adventurers. Where Everyday Life Finds Magic.
www.kickstarter.com
July 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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alexmiller77.bsky.social
Hey! Colorado Review interviewed me about my story in their summer issue. Find out what I think about 90s-era Christian rock music, teenage loneliness, and "the experience of falling wildly in love"
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A Conversation with Alex Miller - Center for Literary Publishing | Colorado State University
Alex Miller discusses his story “We Who Sleep in the Dust of the Earth,” featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Colorado Review, with Assistant Managing Editor Abi Nelson. Alex Miller is a novelist and ...
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July 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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cairdiul.bsky.social
THE REVISIONIST 🎥 is nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is, but Dustin Hoffman walks away with it and we don't really need anything else movieswetextedabout.com/dustin-hoffm...
Dustin Hoffman Carries 'The Revisionist' (Tribeca 2026 Film Review)
Dustin Hoffman might not have too many more films in him, but he is winding up his career on a personal high. In Tuner, also released this year, he stole the entire film as the kind and charismatic pi...
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July 26, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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Book mail from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. Busca Eclipse loves zines.
Tuxedo cat on a pillow with a cloud pillowcase, with King Ludd's Rag and Submarines by Mike A Andrelcyzk from Malarkey Books and other zines on a blue blanket on a bed.
July 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM