This is a storybook. All of us are in it. Here are some tales.
https://eirenegentle.com
https://templeinacity.com
In: AHC, Claudine, DIHP, Bull, Frazzled, Fish Barrel, Dog Throat, Blood & Honey, ANMLY Whimperbang. Pushcart, best short fiction nom.

@eireneeleni.bsky.social
This is a storybook. All of us are in it. Here are some tales.
https://eirenegentle.com
https://templeinacity.com
In: AHC, Claudine, DIHP, Bull, Frazzled, Fish Barrel, Dog Throat, Blood & Honey, ANMLY Whimperbang. Pushcart, best short fiction nom.
i remember finding out that the masculine voice of authority on the subway was voiced by a trans woman and being kind of annoyed about it. then i met her and she was really nice to me. the moral of this story is that nothing you think ever matters
Are you working on your KR Fellowship application this weekend? Send it in by October 15 for full consideration!
Thank you to @troublemakerfire.bsky.social for the Best Small Fictions nomination! I’m honored. Congratulations to all the nominees
Literally!
Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for giving this piece a home.
My little contribution to www.engineidling.net/current?utm_...
An interview! With @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social! In which I say a bunch of things abt vulnerability, rejection, hypocrisy & family restaurants ⬇️ 🧆
If you have a chance to read, here's my flash fiction out today --set in Fresno, where I grew up. Sharks, malls, dentists, fountains, vodka. Many thanks to Steve HImmer and the team @necessaryfiction.com
Thank you so much, Matt. I appreciate that greatly.
With thanks @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
My little contribution to www.engineidling.net/current?utm_...
It’s live and amazing. Please rev up and read.
Lydia Rae Bush @lrbpoetry.bsky.social, August Chaffin, Mac Chamberlain @mac-chamberlain108.bsky.social, Nell Crossley, Tyler Cruse @20fivethree.bsky.social, Jason Davidson, Darren C. Demaree @darrencdemaree.bsky.social, William Doreski, Sophia Durkacs, Mica England @hierophantmica.bsky.social ...
This one bites.
'We hacked at that plant and its suckers for months before it was finally dead, same way we keep trying to cut out the malignant parts of our childhood.'
'Welcome to Failuretown' by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in @theprideroars.bsky.social
theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/10/welc...
I have a cnf micro, in the new beautiful issue of @emergejournal.bsky.social A grateful thank you to @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for including it and shout-out to @mattkendrick.bsky.social in whose wonderful "Go With The Flow" workshop it was born. emergeliteraryjournal.com/a-suitcase-f...
"We call this place “New Jersey”.
Neither of us have actually been there.
In this high-rise building, people are assigned four-digit door plates.
I clutch the marble belonging to us tightly, it is so small..."
—Ban Yan translates Geng Yao
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, graphic narratives, & translation!
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
Spotlight on Issue 9: Agency vs. Determinism
Why this theme? Find out in the editors note from @melruthwrites.bsky.social
Spotlight on Issue 9: Agency vs Determinism
Cover image: Choose Wisely by Andrew Roma