Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
Art & Words
Flash - Poetry - ProsyPoems
Book: PARTS
Chapbook: Are You Willing?
Curator & artist for DUETS anthologies
https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com/
Flash - Poetry - ProsyPoems
Book: PARTS
Chapbook: Are You Willing?
Curator & artist for DUETS anthologies
https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com/
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Come join us!
Pleased to share that @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social will be joining me in Pacific Grove 10/4/25 to celebrate the launch of All and Then None of You, noon to 2 p.m. RSVP below.
September 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Come join us!
So grateful!!
Best of the Net 2026 Nominations - Art
Just Keep Swimming by Mirjana M.
@cyanidecherries.bsky.social
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Love Made Visible by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
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City Soul by Mirjana M.
@cyanidecherries.bsky.social
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Just Keep Swimming by Mirjana M.
@cyanidecherries.bsky.social
rawlit.weebly.com/6_1.html
Love Made Visible by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
rawlit.weebly.com/6_6.html
City Soul by Mirjana M.
@cyanidecherries.bsky.social
rawlit.weebly.com/7_5.html
September 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So grateful!!
Reposted by Amy Marques
RSVP for the interest person book launch featuring @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gek...
All and Then None of You Book Launch and Reading
Join Melissa Flores Anderson, JD Clapp, author of Poachers and Pills, and Amy Marques, creator of Duets and Duets+1, for a book launch and reading.
Hops and Fog Brewing Co.
511 Lighthouse Ave
Pacifi...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
RSVP for the interest person book launch featuring @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gek...
I'm late in sharing...
But two pieces came out in Star82 Review - one of my favorite journals. With much gratitude to Alisa.
Both linked below:
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
But two pieces came out in Star82 Review - one of my favorite journals. With much gratitude to Alisa.
Both linked below:
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
Star 82 Review | Issue 13.3
star82review.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I'm late in sharing...
But two pieces came out in Star82 Review - one of my favorite journals. With much gratitude to Alisa.
Both linked below:
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
But two pieces came out in Star82 Review - one of my favorite journals. With much gratitude to Alisa.
Both linked below:
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
star82review.com/13.3/marques...
Reposted by Amy Marques
Pleased to share that @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social will be joining me in Pacific Grove 10/4/25 to celebrate the launch of All and Then None of You, noon to 2 p.m. RSVP below.
July 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Pleased to share that @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social will be joining me in Pacific Grove 10/4/25 to celebrate the launch of All and Then None of You, noon to 2 p.m. RSVP below.
Reposted by Amy Marques
Thanks @bendinggenres.bsky.social fiction editors @amymarques.bsky.social and David O'Connor. We have no less than 7 selected stories on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50/ LongList annual series. Truly honored. wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thanks @bendinggenres.bsky.social fiction editors @amymarques.bsky.social and David O'Connor. We have no less than 7 selected stories on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50/ LongList annual series. Truly honored. wigleaf.com
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On Raw Lit - Issue 7
Where Have You Been
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl
by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social
'When you look into her eyes,
they will tell you of the nights,
when she couldn’t close them,'
rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html
Where Have You Been
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl
by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social
'When you look into her eyes,
they will tell you of the nights,
when she couldn’t close them,'
rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html
7_2
Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She is editor & artist for the Duets anthologies, contributor to the collective The...
rawlit.weebly.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
On Raw Lit - Issue 7
Where Have You Been
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl
by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social
'When you look into her eyes,
they will tell you of the nights,
when she couldn’t close them,'
rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html
Where Have You Been
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl
by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social
'When you look into her eyes,
they will tell you of the nights,
when she couldn’t close them,'
rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html
Reposted by Amy Marques
Coming on Thursday!!!
Recalled to Life
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
The Worst Memories
by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social
Recalled to Life
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
The Worst Memories
by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Coming on Thursday!!!
Recalled to Life
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
The Worst Memories
by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social
Recalled to Life
by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social
&
The Worst Memories
by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social
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Coming on the 26th on Raw Lit Issue 7!
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Coming on the 26th on Raw Lit Issue 7!
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
Delighted to be in Raw Lit soon!
Coming on the 26th on Raw Lit Issue 7!
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
Where Have You Been by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Delighted to be in Raw Lit soon!
Sumitra’s brilliance!
Here’s my piece in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social inspired by someone suggesting I watch their colonoscopy video 😂. Enjoy. Or possibly not 💩 flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-f...
'On Family Movie Nights We Watch The Video of My Father’s Colonoscopy' by Sumitra Singam
Ma shrugs, it’s how he was – intrusive, shaming . To me, the stippled mucosa telescoping into view is like veined marble, unknowable beauty....
flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sumitra’s brilliance!
Reposted by Amy Marques
Read "Still Life Pain-ting" written by @delgeo14.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony."
tinyurl.com/bdducamp
"It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony."
tinyurl.com/bdducamp
Still Life Pain-ting — Ghost Parachute
It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...
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June 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Read "Still Life Pain-ting" written by @delgeo14.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony."
tinyurl.com/bdducamp
"It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony."
tinyurl.com/bdducamp
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Read "Slips" written by @rgvaughan.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep."
tinyurl.com/39stv3ed
"She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep."
tinyurl.com/39stv3ed
Slips — Ghost Parachute
She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep. But she forces her...
tinyurl.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Read "Slips" written by @rgvaughan.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep."
tinyurl.com/39stv3ed
"She dozes as images slide in and out of her mind, snapshots from a 1920s silent movie. Churling smoke hovers in the gauzy air, the wheels of the train lull her further toward sleep."
tinyurl.com/39stv3ed
Such a tender
Pain-full
Sensitive
Piece
Grateful that Brett invited me to illustrate this one.
Pain-full
Sensitive
Piece
Grateful that Brett invited me to illustrate this one.
I'm so grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my story "Still Life Pain-ting" in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute and love the illustration by my super talented friend @amymarques.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
Still Life Pain-ting — Ghost Parachute
It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...
ghostparachute.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Such a tender
Pain-full
Sensitive
Piece
Grateful that Brett invited me to illustrate this one.
Pain-full
Sensitive
Piece
Grateful that Brett invited me to illustrate this one.
Dawn is amazing!!!!!
If you haven't read @dawnsteffler.bsky.social you don't know what you're missing.
I pulled together a whack of favourites in a post, including a few from a flash-fiction novel she's working on about parenting a transgender teenager.
Gorgeous, devastating and unforgettable stuff.
Links here:
I pulled together a whack of favourites in a post, including a few from a flash-fiction novel she's working on about parenting a transgender teenager.
Gorgeous, devastating and unforgettable stuff.
Links here:
Short stories by Dawn Tasaka Steffler - turn and work
I hate to admit that I almost skipped past the first Dawn Tasaka Steffler story I encountered. It wasn't until I saw her Bluesky post about "The Election Goes
www.turnandwork.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Dawn is amazing!!!!!
PS
You can purchase directly from me or @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for faster delivery + signatures!
You can purchase directly from me or @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for faster delivery + signatures!
I’m so glad you read it. It was such a deep felt experience for us.
May 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
PS
You can purchase directly from me or @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for faster delivery + signatures!
You can purchase directly from me or @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for faster delivery + signatures!
❤️
You want this book. I promise.
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social created something truly unique and beautiful.
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social created something truly unique and beautiful.
I just read “Are you willing?” by @amymarques.bsky.social and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social — it’s hard to find words to describe the experience. Bc that’s what it is. They’ve captured it beautifully when they say “we invite you to eavesdrop on our exchange” #BookSky —
May 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
❤️
Oh…
I’m so glad this landed as intended.
Thank you, Kristin, for this generous review.
I’m so glad this landed as intended.
Thank you, Kristin, for this generous review.
I just read “Are you willing?” by @amymarques.bsky.social and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social — it’s hard to find words to describe the experience. Bc that’s what it is. They’ve captured it beautifully when they say “we invite you to eavesdrop on our exchange” #BookSky —
May 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oh…
I’m so glad this landed as intended.
Thank you, Kristin, for this generous review.
I’m so glad this landed as intended.
Thank you, Kristin, for this generous review.
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His wee heartbreaker by @amymarques.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social “I barely had the strength to shine a phone lantern under the shelf, stick in a rolled-up flyer to pull out dust bunnies and years’ worth of filth before giving up and mumbling something about natural consequences.”
Over the moon to be bringing you two stories in our #MicroMonday series: Buzz Killer by @amymarques.bsky.social and Even Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough by Lee Hamblin #microfiction. Please follow the link to enjoy these tiny gems fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
May 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
His wee heartbreaker by @amymarques.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social “I barely had the strength to shine a phone lantern under the shelf, stick in a rolled-up flyer to pull out dust bunnies and years’ worth of filth before giving up and mumbling something about natural consequences.”
Reposted by Amy Marques
“They say a mother’s love is enough to lift a truck to save her child, but I barely had the strength to shine a phone lantern under the shelf.”
Wow, this beauty by the talented @amymarques.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social! And that ending.. 💔💔
Wow, this beauty by the talented @amymarques.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social! And that ending.. 💔💔
Over the moon to be bringing you two stories in our #MicroMonday series: Buzz Killer by @amymarques.bsky.social and Even Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough by Lee Hamblin #microfiction. Please follow the link to enjoy these tiny gems fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“They say a mother’s love is enough to lift a truck to save her child, but I barely had the strength to shine a phone lantern under the shelf.”
Wow, this beauty by the talented @amymarques.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social! And that ending.. 💔💔
Wow, this beauty by the talented @amymarques.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social! And that ending.. 💔💔
Delighted to have this piece in latest Fictive Dream!
Thank you, Laura!
And thank you, @francinewitte.bsky.social for pop up where this began!
Thank you, Laura!
And thank you, @francinewitte.bsky.social for pop up where this began!
"They say a mother’s love is enough to lift a truck to save her child, but I barely had the strength to shine a phone lantern under the shelf..." Buzz Killer by @amymarques.bsky.social one of our stories from #MicroMonday. Please follow the ink and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
May 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Delighted to have this piece in latest Fictive Dream!
Thank you, Laura!
And thank you, @francinewitte.bsky.social for pop up where this began!
Thank you, Laura!
And thank you, @francinewitte.bsky.social for pop up where this began!
Delighted to have a new piece out with Fictive Dream today (thank you, Laura!):
Buzz Killer
With gratitude to many, but especially @francine witte and her magical pop-ups!
Also in this Micro Monday is Lee Hamblin's Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough.
fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
Buzz Killer
With gratitude to many, but especially @francine witte and her magical pop-ups!
Also in this Micro Monday is Lee Hamblin's Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough.
fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
MicroMonday #7
Buzz Killer by Amy Marques Grocery stores were on your list of traumatic experiences. Not because of food or smells of fresh bread or temper tantrums because you couldn’t use all the colored toothb…
fictivedream.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Delighted to have a new piece out with Fictive Dream today (thank you, Laura!):
Buzz Killer
With gratitude to many, but especially @francine witte and her magical pop-ups!
Also in this Micro Monday is Lee Hamblin's Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough.
fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
Buzz Killer
With gratitude to many, but especially @francine witte and her magical pop-ups!
Also in this Micro Monday is Lee Hamblin's Fourscore And Ten Are Not Enough.
fictivedream.com/2025/05/19/m...
Reposted by Amy Marques
Here's @lumchanmfa.bsky.social with a triptych of captivating Hawaii sketches, like a pupu platter of the life in the Islands. Ho!
cutleafjournal.com/content/tako...
#flash #writing #hawaii
cutleafjournal.com/content/tako...
#flash #writing #hawaii
tako poke - Cutleaf Journal
uncle slams the spotted octopus against black lava rocks, tentacles gripping his arm, hand, fingers, his hair tearing from the roots, a heavy slap splash
cutleafjournal.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's @lumchanmfa.bsky.social with a triptych of captivating Hawaii sketches, like a pupu platter of the life in the Islands. Ho!
cutleafjournal.com/content/tako...
#flash #writing #hawaii
cutleafjournal.com/content/tako...
#flash #writing #hawaii
Reposted by Amy Marques
"The world is full of lonelinesses... But Nina knows of spiders, of webs that reach out, that build and bind, which is, of course, the only way to survive.
Such a tender tale from @amymarques.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social #flashfiction
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/sun-down-by-...
Such a tender tale from @amymarques.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social #flashfiction
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/sun-down-by-...
"Sun Down" by Amy Marques
“Sun Down” by Amy Marques Before Sean, Nina had thought she’d never be a parent; thought she’d always be alone. The world is full of lonelinesses, of seasons, of fangs that prey on...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"The world is full of lonelinesses... But Nina knows of spiders, of webs that reach out, that build and bind, which is, of course, the only way to survive.
Such a tender tale from @amymarques.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social #flashfiction
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/sun-down-by-...
Such a tender tale from @amymarques.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social #flashfiction
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/sun-down-by-...
Reposted by Amy Marques
‘It’s only a matter of time before I drown in a sea of my own making.’
Beautiful writing from @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, in this flash based on American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Incredible accompanying art from @amymarques.bsky.social, too 🌙
Beautiful writing from @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, in this flash based on American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Incredible accompanying art from @amymarques.bsky.social, too 🌙
Read "Bird in the Desert" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"I can’t see the river, but I know it’s out there. It’s no mirage. It’s a silver river full of silver fish gleaming beneath a silver sliver of a moon."
tinyurl.com/577a5yy3
"I can’t see the river, but I know it’s out there. It’s no mirage. It’s a silver river full of silver fish gleaming beneath a silver sliver of a moon."
tinyurl.com/577a5yy3
Bird in the Desert — Ghost Parachute
In December of 1945, while on his way from New York to Los Angeles to play a gig, Charlie Parker disembarked from the train in Arizona to wander the desert in search of a fix. I can’t see the river, b...
tinyurl.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
‘It’s only a matter of time before I drown in a sea of my own making.’
Beautiful writing from @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, in this flash based on American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Incredible accompanying art from @amymarques.bsky.social, too 🌙
Beautiful writing from @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, in this flash based on American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Incredible accompanying art from @amymarques.bsky.social, too 🌙