Soft Avocado Heart Sherri Alms’s essay from a Texas family funeral looks at how to belong in a family with different politics and religion. Grieving in Texas...

So pleased to have Soft Avocado Heart in @salvationsouth.com Thanks to @chuckreece.bsky.social for seeing what I hoped an editor would see in this piece and for loving it. www.salvationsouth.com/texas-family...

Where do you love to read? Send a photo of yourself, a friend, or family member reading in a local Gettysburg business—a coffee shop, restaurant, bar, or brewery–and send it to friends@adamslibrary.org. We will feature it in an upcoming post and tag the business.

Jeffrey, thank you for sharing this. My dad comes to me in my writing more than I expected. It's a blessing to have those moments with our parents. Much love, friend!

Sherri Alms: WHAT I KNOW ABOUT DEATH • Cleaver Magazine Sherri Alms writes weird, sweet, and occasionally angry stories, poems, and essays. Her work appears in Rattle, Cosmic Daffodil, and more.

Delighted to have this story in Cleaver Magazine! And I really love the artwork!

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mini squid read page by page or piece by piece

Pleased to have a mini-story in Jelly Squid's Mini Squid issue and to share the page with other wonderful writers and an artist. It would be a delight if you would read my story and the others too. Thank you! www.jellysquid.site/mini-squid

A story I will think about for a long time. Such complexity in less than 1,000 words.

@pamavoledo.bsky.social, this is gorgeous! I do not remember seeing it in the groups we were in. Wonderful piece!

This short essay by Melanie Ritzenthaler is perfection.

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Stunning poem

This poem took hold of me and did not let go.

Finishing up my first Smokelong Summer, glad for the wild writing ride with other writers. The @smokelong.bsky.social editors guided, prompted, and supported us every step of the way. Now I have a pile of flash to polish and send forth.

Beyond delighted to see my poem in the pages of Rattle.
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Feed by Jared M. Campbell - Rattle: Poetry Remember when social media was about sandwiches? A high school classmate would post a picture of the sandwich he had for lunch with a caption like “#epiclunch” and I might have felt some envy, or some...

A powerful, beautiful poem that I needed right now

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Does It Have Pockets

So pleased and excited to have The Night Before published at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. The editor is a kind human being and great to work with. And I love the stories and poems Pockets publishes. Go have a read.

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Magpie by Hope Rudebusch Magpie Magpie on the metal rail, black and white, echoing the mountain behind— black pine and white snow. Wrapped in fleece, I wait for the water to boil— morning tea. You are gone— the house feels…

This is the writer's first publication; what a beautiful first.

A good home for a funny, surreal story. Loved it!

"He fed me his best lines: You mustn't feel that way. I'd do anything for you. You know I love you." Today from #MicroMonday, The Jig Is Up or Ever After Hills Like White Elephants by Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/05/05/m...

Happy to have Two Too Many Martinis, a short story, in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social's latest issue, In the Company of Strangers. Thanks to editors Madison and Kelly!

Read the story in the ebook...
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Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/fl...

Poetry Prompts for Detained Children Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom...

Heartbreakingly beautiful poem by by Joaquín Zihuatanejo in the Texas Observer.

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@barrelhouse.bsky.social, thanks for an amazing conference. The session leaders were fabulous. The writers' panel was awesome. And it was so much fun to be among writers.

And what if you have an amazing supportive writing workshop led by an incredible, generous writer that meets weekly? And you treat yourself to good lotion and make your own blueberry scones? Thankful for your mentorship, @beekaekae.bsky.social

Congratulations! So proud of you!

Your story grabbed hold of me and would not let go. I'm so glad it finally came together for you.

Avant-Garde by Courtney Kampa - Rattle: Poetry A man slouches before a uni-colored canvas with the perplexity of a stumped technician gaping at the unremittingly blank screen of a television. He adjusts his stance, a double antenna, in search for ...

Either she wants to say nothing, or say too much.
Either her world keeps ending, or it’s always beginning.

—Courtney Kampa

Thanks to Dick Westheimer for this haunting poem that took me in. I could feel my breath slow.

Poem in which Barbie Qualifies for Medicare by Denise Duhamel - Rattle: Poetry Barbie never thought too much about her eligibility. She’d loved AARP—the discounts at Sunglass Hut and Outback Steakhouse—when she waved her bright red card.

Still, Barbie lifted her hands
to her temples and told a white lie—why yes …

—Denise Duhamel
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US expels South Africa's ambassador, calling him 'race-baiting' Trump hater The U.S. is expelling South Africa's ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling the envoy a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Donald Trump.

The US is expelling South Africa's ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling the envoy a "race-baiting politician" who hates Donald Trump reut.rs/4bEd07V

Love this hybrid form. It is beautiful and terrifying.

I hate to put a heart on this because it is so heartless. I'm glad you are covering this administration though. Thank you.