Marilyn Duarte

velvet underground — virgo venus press Jade leans against the sticky bar and pulses her head to the loud music whose lyrics she can’t quite make out: it’s a lot of shouting and more shouting, an angry song that suits her just fine because ...

Have a one-sentence story up at virgo venus press. Thank you to my @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop groups for your feedback on this.

Oh no! Maybe there’ll be a next time. I love her. I listen to her music all the time.

This is so beautiful. I can totally picture her doing flamenco and singing in Joshua Tree. Thank you for sharing ❤️

I only saw them once and never in the desert under the moon! That sounds so incredible.

This album is always on my playlist. Love Concrete Blonde.

Happy National Dog Day!

Yes! Love the recommendations but also love the glimpses into regular life-like the story about selling your childhood home. Totally felt that.

Reading your newsletters each week has become a Friday ritual I look forward to.

And a HUGE thank you to everyone in my @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop whose feedback was invaluable to me with these pieces.

Issues — Sky Island Journal

✨Today is pub day ✨
I’m thrilled to have two short pieces, “Sophia’s Sweet Sixteenth,” and, “The Girl of Westholme Road,” in Sky Island Journal’s most recent issue.

www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...

Congrats, Ani. Love seeing this one out in the world.

Can I also be added to this?

This transported me, Elissa! What a captivating and heartbreaking piece. Will be thinking about that haunting line for a long time, “A man and woman, holding hands, faces begging…”

Congrats, Mario!

Ugh.

Congrats to you too, Ani. So happy for you!

Congrats, Katherine. Well deserved!

@susantriemert.bsky.social Yay, you’re here!!!

Forgot to mention that both these pieces were started in a @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop (my first!). I truly appreciate the feedback I received from my workshop participants 💗

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Sorry! I so appreciate the ones you’ve written me 💗💗💗

Lovely surprise to be included here.

Thank you, Hugh!

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Thanks for including my work!

I feel like I was wandering through a party where I didn’t know anyone and I finally found the meeting point where my friends were hanging out.

I’m late to the party, but glad to be here. Celebrating that I have two new CNF pieces up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social