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Fiction writer who might've very well remained an errant expat had he missed marrying his soulmate. Stories in Cleaver, Flash Boulevard, *82 Review, The Dread Literary, + more. πŸ“–β€΅οΈŽ πŸ”— https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/justinnicholes

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06.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My new go-to reply when a colleague tries to tentacle me in with gossip is I drive a Ford Focus.

06.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love when spelling errors coin new ways of seeing. Example: "It was a bright and shinny day." You know, that first early-spring Saturday when sun-starved passersby don short pants.

05.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

05.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool! Care to share the general gist?

05.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Where has this book been all my post-90s life!?

04.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Fear of the graveyard keeps me sober, caffeinated.

04.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, editors, for the encouraging words when declining a story that’s nearly thereβ€”and for boilerplate language when it’s not.

04.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our new brilliant editing intern, Zakia is waiting to hear from you! #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrybluesky #poetrymagazines

04.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Identity theft victim here. 1,000 bucks at PetSmart? With nary a catloaf to show for it.

02.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz

Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

01.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cui bono?

28.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

first it felt right right

27.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

british spellings die hard

27.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check it out! The audiobook of Cancer Eats the Heart is on Spotify now! If you have premium, you can listen to it for free. It's narrated by yours truly

#horror #audiobook #disabled #vampires #booksky

open.spotify.com/show/39bdkC5...

05.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

love the short 2-min format, like a misfits song (like zombie's shirt!)

27.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Who's ready to rage against the machine?

25.02.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3 rejections in a day, you,

write > mewl

24.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes, a local metal show

21.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pause afternoon writing to work on industrial metal songs?

20.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

write every day because escapism

19.02.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Micro Prose 101: Say More with Less Unpacking the art of micro prose β€” from first draft to publication

Great workshop activities here from the Forever Workshop:

Micro Prose 101: Say More with Less open.substack.com/pub/theforev...

19.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FEATURE: β€œThe Little Visitor” by Vincent O’Neal It wasn’t even Ted’s cat. It belonged to his wife Wendy, who had been staying at her mother’s place for so long that Ted was beginning to consider her his ex-wife. They’d quarreled over something stup...

the-dread-literary-review.ghost.io/feature-the-...

18.02.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Lang Verlag - Seeking Our Places Seeking Our Places: Innovations in Creative Writing Studies Research, Methodologies, and Practices contends that as the field of Creative Writing ...

Kindly prompt your library to order a copy of this edited collection on creative writing research methods! It’s an honor to have a chapter on quantitative approaches co-authored with D Hanauer in here. πŸ™ www.peterlang.com/document/132...

18.02.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed!

17.02.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, literally drunk? Lucky.

13.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating observations! Wonder if part of revisions-needed crash-out seeps from feeling overwhelmed, cognitive overload because cognitive debt is now due and AI writers do not deeply understand what’s on the page to revise.

13.02.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well done, son. Use forbidden language, and use it well.

13.02.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes a story can be rescued, sometimes you’ve got to let it go.

12.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0