An ode to Furio from The Sopranos ... or at least to his shirts.
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The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open!
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Fiction, essays, and poetry – along with unclassifiable writings, photos, and drawings – that challenge readers and bend their brains, while maintaining the highest levels of style and substance. Editor novelist Kevin Brennan.
@offbeatlit.bsky.social@offbeatlit.bsky.socialWe've got Jenny's number, everyone, and it ain't 867-5309. 😏
Read all about her here:
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialEverybody loves Jenny.
New #fiction this morning by Brent Joseph Johnson.
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialDidn't make it past page 2! 🤣
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialAgree. Frankly, writers who put their names on slop don't deserve the title "writer." Now the question is whether to call them out when we suspect AI.
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialIf the first page of a submission sounds like AI, and Pangram says it's 100% AI, should we bother reading the whole thing? 🤔
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialWriters have some choices to make ...
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialYour moment of Zen ...
Revisit a good one we published in '24, by the great Guy Biederman.
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.socialReposted by @offbeatlit.bsky.social"I’m not saying I know how to live. I’m saying I may have invented having cake for breakfast, wine for lunch, and breakfast for dinner. I’m saying I miss my father, who is very much alive."
Thank you to The Disappointed Housewife, @offbeatlit.bsky.social , for giving this micro the perfect home.
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialThe story thus far ...
Check out the new prose poem by @JeffreyHermann!
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#poetry #prosepoetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity
@emhall47.bsky.socialReposted by @offbeatlit.bsky.socialThank you to @offbeatlit.bsky.social for nominating me for Best Small Fictions 2027!! 🎉 🙌🏻 #flashfiction #microfiction #writing #writesky
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialHere they are, our 2027 Best Small Fictions nominees!
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialWe're so glad zines started posting their Best Small Fictions nominations, since we weren't aware the deadline is 9/30 this year. 😬 Our noms are coming soon!
@janestecyk.bsky.socialReposted by @offbeatlit.bsky.socialthe kind of genius piece that makes you go "fuck, we can do that?!" from Ellen Kombiyil in @offbeatlit.bsky.social
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@offbeatlit.bsky.socialWe're seeing a lot of great writing lately but nothing that's hitting the bullseye where our mission is concerned.
#Writers, be sure to read a few pieces in the zine and review our mission statement to improve your chances of acceptance!
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialYou think you've got a lot on your plate? Check out this To Do List we published in February!
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialDeath as Whack-A-Mole. It's been staring us in the face all this time!
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@offbeatlit.bsky.socialToday we have three bastardized villanelles for you. Who doesn't love a good bastardized villanelle?
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialHot off the grill, our 2027 Best of the Net nominations!
@offbeatlit.bsky.socialA terrific and slyly subversive story for you today!
Instructions for the Next Girl by Honni van Rijswijk