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Allison Field Bell

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

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Writer. Teacher. PhD UofU. MFA NMSU. Owner of Field Works Writing & Photography. Fiction Editor Waxwing. Books: ALL THAT BLUE & BODIES OF OTHER WOMEN. Chapbooks: STITCH, EDGE OF THE SEA & WITHOUT WOMAN OR BODY

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@aniking.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 12:14 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

🫶🫶🫶 thank you to @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social for the early read and blurb! grab Family Night here: masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/...

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ā€œAni King’s stunning debut, FAMILY NIGHT, is a triumph of the short form. Their prose sparks and bleeds off every page, riddled with the hard, tender truths of the very relationships that fill us with love and send us spinning all in the same breath. A masterful queering of narrative in every sense, FAMILY NIGHT blends what we think we know to be real with what we can barely hold onto: worlds where mothers are wolves, sisters raise unicorns, and daughters piss on walls like rabbits. ā€˜I am used to no warning, used to hitting the surface hard, and used to sinking to the bottom…’ says one narrator, evoking the necessary gut-punch of King’s unforgettable collection.ā€ --Allison Field Bell, author of All That Blue and Bodies of Other Women
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:04 PM

new substack is live

allisonfieldbell.substack.com/p/banana-wine

@aniking.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:52 AMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Also, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social just launched ā€œStitchā€ which is an EXCELLENT flash chapbook, and she’ll be giving away a signed copy at the launch. :D (Honestly just grab a copy now, though…)

bookshop.org/p/books/stit...

@aniking.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 10:40 AMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Ohai! Come to my Family Night launch party! Oct 24 @1pmEDT, w/ guests @kplumhoff.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social! Readings, Q&A and book giveaway!

aniking.net/launchparty/

Image depicts event date information for the remote launch of Family Night by Ani King and lists out Ani’s special guest readers. Event information is below: 

-- Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 1pm Eastern
-- Event Link to be provided after registration

register at https://aniking.net/launchparty

Join Ani King for the launch of their debut flash fiction collection, Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press). Preorders are available at https://masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/family-night.

FAMILY NIGHT is by turns a lyrical celebration of queerness and an exploration of family and loss, often through a lens of magical realism. Ani King’s collected flash fiction stories explore relationships and connections: a teen girl attempting to summon her missing mother home with cigarette smoke and yacht rock songs; two sisters disputing how to care for an unhealthy elderly unicorn; a woman accidentally raising two daughters from the bones of her long-dead pet rabbits.

Ani will be joined by emcee and guest reader Katherine Plumhoff, with additional guests Claudia Monpere, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Allison Field Bell, and Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes. Come hang out with us and enjoy conversation, readings, and giveaways as we celebrate Family Night!

-- Please note we are only collecting your email in order to send the calendar invite and event link.

-- This event will also be recorded.
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM

Thank you for this incredibly kind review, Emily! 🄹🄹🄹

@emilyrinkema.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 3:10 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

I just finished @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social's chapbook, published by @chestnutreview.bsky.social, and if there are chapbook awards, this should win them all. I loved every individual story, but more than that, the collective reading experience left me feeling both hollow and grounded. (more...)

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:29 PM

I never linked this piece on social media because I was worried about what men might see it and if one of the men in one of the stories might come across it. I was scared of them but I was also protecting them.

I’m done with that now.

www.aqreview.org/vol-38-numbe...

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 1:35 PM

Thank you, Matt! šŸ„¹šŸ’™

@mattkendrick.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 11:07 AMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

"I don’t water her. She drinks up all the whiskey from my blood. She lays into me about hydration, about exercise. She says she can feel the state of my lungs"

Great use of extended metaphor in this from @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social; such a creatively rich piece of flash

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 9:14 PM

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@emilyrinkema.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 6:55 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

I love this story by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

ā€œInside my ribcage is a heart-leaf philodendron. She vines around each organ, springing forth new growth. Fresh green leaves by the day. She’s a stubborn bitch of a houseplant.ā€
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@brettpribble.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 11:05 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

The 10 Year Anniversary Issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

@brettpribble.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 12:38 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Read "Heart-Leaf" written by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social.

"Inside my ribcage is a heart-leaf philodendron. She vines around each organ, springing forth new growth. Fresh green leaves by the day. She’s a stubborn bitch..."

tinyurl.com/4ctsmfcs

@brettpribble.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:34 AMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Congratulations to Ghost Parachute's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees: @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, @chelseahannac.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, and @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social.

@avitusbcarle.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 8:12 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

The hour is fast approaching! Join us in launching @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social’s flash collection, STITCH, into the world!

@aniking.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 5:36 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Yay it’s here in time for @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social’s launch party tomorrow!!

chestnutreview.com/product/stit...

Picture of the paperback chapbook ā€œStitchā€ by Allison Field Bell, from publisher Chestnut Review Chapbooks. The cover has a woman in warm clay tones wrapped in brown and ash toned tree and branches.
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 5:50 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Join hosts @chestnutreview.bsky.social and
@marioaliberto3.bsky.social on Sunday, 9/27 at 4 p.m. CT in celebrating @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social's new flash collection, STITCH!

I'll read with @sfreligh.bsky.social, @ericscottryon.bsky.social, and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social!

Register in Comments.

@avitusbcarle.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 4:11 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

LAUNCH PARTY!!!

@chestnutreview.bsky.social and @marioaliberto3.bsky.social host @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social’s launch of STITCH

When: 9/27 at 5PM EST

Readers: @sfreligh.bsky.social, @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social, @ericscottryon.bsky.social and me!

Register here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@allisonfieldbell.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 12:42 AM

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@ktrobinson.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 9:53 PMReposted by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Perusing this chapbook by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in the car during my son’s bass clarinet lesson! I remember when I first read the title story, ā€œStitch.ā€ Just as powerful with a second reading.

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