Linda M. Crate
@authorlindamcrate.bsky.social
She/Her. Eccentric. Writer. Introvert. Lover of excitement, adventure, the victorian era, books, and so much more. Five time best of the net nominee.
My poems "things have been hard", "this dark dream", and "when will you realize?" are out today in the latest issue of CC&D Magazine titled The Idea of Paris:
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The Idea of Paris: 2/26 cc&d, v366
The Idea of Paris: 2/26 cc&d, v366 [cc&d, McCormack, Dawn, Bates, James, Kuypers, Janet, Crate, Linda M., Phillips, Matthew T, Pedretti, Michael, Roman, T. N., Kropp, Tom, Wiens, Darrell J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Idea of Paris: 2/26 cc&d, v366
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February 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My poems "things have been hard", "this dark dream", and "when will you realize?" are out today in the latest issue of CC&D Magazine titled The Idea of Paris:
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My poems "the universe is kinder than us", "i want a kinder world", "trying to pave another road", "i don't know what happened to the murder hornets", and "let their machine explode" are a part of the 42nd issue of 100subtexts: payhip.com/b/LkWAe
100subtexts 42
Welcome to issue 42 of 100subtexts - a monthly issue of creative writers and poets across the planet.150 pages, packed with fiction, fact, fantasy, poetry, in short, long, dark, light, and all spaces ...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
My poems "the universe is kinder than us", "i want a kinder world", "trying to pave another road", "i don't know what happened to the murder hornets", and "let their machine explode" are a part of the 42nd issue of 100subtexts: payhip.com/b/LkWAe
My poems "lost child" and "not my world" are out today in Shot Glass Journal: www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/li...
Shot Glass Journal - Linda M. Crate
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January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
My poems "lost child" and "not my world" are out today in Shot Glass Journal: www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/li...
My poems "i bet you they'd try" and "against all odds" are out today in the anthology DEPOSE: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
DEPOSE (an anthology of working class solidarity)
Depose brings together poets from around the world speaking on the most important issues of today.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:17 AM
My poems "i bet you they'd try" and "against all odds" are out today in the anthology DEPOSE: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
My short story "Terms and Conditions" is out tonight in the Yulehide Anthology: The Green Book Edition: www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
YuleHide: The Green Book
40 Stories ~ Over 275 Pages
Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches. Something remembers older winters, bloodier rituals and the quiet violence lurking ben...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
My short story "Terms and Conditions" is out tonight in the Yulehide Anthology: The Green Book Edition: www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
My poems "a space to call your own" and "how to live without them" are a part of Issue 5 of Fulcrum Review's New Beginnings:
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Issue 5 | FULCRUM REVIEW
The 2026 Winter issue! This issue explores the third theme: the idea of starting anew, restarting from scratch and building from the ground up.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
My poems "a space to call your own" and "how to live without them" are a part of Issue 5 of Fulcrum Review's New Beginnings:
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I am a part of the Alien Buddha’s Emo Valentine’s special again. This year with my poems “all your dreams”, “bones & all”, “make your death a celebration”, “let my darkness devour you”, “loveless marriage”, “your funeral pyre”, and unholy sacraments”: amazon.com/dp/B0GJ5VMG6C
Alien Buddha Zine 83: black and white print
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January 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I am a part of the Alien Buddha’s Emo Valentine’s special again. This year with my poems “all your dreams”, “bones & all”, “make your death a celebration”, “let my darkness devour you”, “loveless marriage”, “your funeral pyre”, and unholy sacraments”: amazon.com/dp/B0GJ5VMG6C
My poem "i know we can have a better world" is out in Cold Rambler: coldrambler.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-kn...
I KNOW WE CAN HAVE A BETTER WORLD by Linda M. Crate
i realized justice was a sham when in fifth grade a boy threatened to shoot me and my friend, his mother called me a liar with her blue eyes...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
My poem "i know we can have a better world" is out in Cold Rambler: coldrambler.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-kn...
My short story "Starved" is out today in Culture Cult's Starved Anthology: www.lulu.com/shop/jay-cha...
Starved
STARVED is a visceral anthology of modern fiction that confronts hunger in all its forms: physical, emotional, social and existential.
Spanning continents and genres, these stories strip starvation o...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
My short story "Starved" is out today in Culture Cult's Starved Anthology: www.lulu.com/shop/jay-cha...
My poems "the wolf and little red" and "found my magic" are out in Poppy Road Review:
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The Wolf and Little Red / Found My Magic by Linda M. Crate
Poppy Road Review is a literary journal featuring free verse poems of 30 lines or less and flash fiction of 750 words or less.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My poems "the wolf and little red" and "found my magic" are out in Poppy Road Review:
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My poems "something more", "wannabe loved right", "love me right", "no ordinary woman", and "in every dark dream" are out today in Pink Litter Issue 18: mistyrampart9.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/p...
Pink Litter 18 is here!
It took a while, like most good things do, but I’m really pleased with the way it turned out! Read Pink Litter 18 here WARNING: Contains material of a sexually explicit nature and is not for …
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January 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
My poems "something more", "wannabe loved right", "love me right", "no ordinary woman", and "in every dark dream" are out today in Pink Litter Issue 18: mistyrampart9.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/p...
My poems "a kinder universe", "'free' time", and "magic and a dream" are out today in CC&D's latest issue titled Myth Maker: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6FNSZ34
Myth Maker: 1/26 cc&d, v365
Myth Maker: 1/26 cc&d, v365 [cc&d, Kropp, Tom, Pedretti, Michael, Chi, Matthew, Reasoner, Mark, Grey, John, Kuypers, Janet, Bufalini, Drew, Sowards, David, Madriz, Henry Vinicio Valerio] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Myth Maker: 1/26 cc&d, v365
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January 13, 2026 at 9:38 PM
My poems "a kinder universe", "'free' time", and "magic and a dream" are out today in CC&D's latest issue titled Myth Maker: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6FNSZ34
My poem "from the ashes" is out today in Poet's Place January issue: laartnews.com/poetsplace
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Where poetry live in LA Art News.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
My poem "from the ashes" is out today in Poet's Place January issue: laartnews.com/poetsplace
Received my copies of Progress Not Perfection today. My poems “roy g biv” and “pride is the moon” are part of this anthology. You can grab a copy here: near.tl/sm/d3-4dVry8
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Received my copies of Progress Not Perfection today. My poems “roy g biv” and “pride is the moon” are part of this anthology. You can grab a copy here: near.tl/sm/d3-4dVry8
My poem "let the phoenix of hope rise again" is out today in Al-Khemia Poetica's Renee Nicole Good's tribute: alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
Friday, January 9, 2026: A Tribute to Renee Nicole Good: Poet, Mother, and Pacifist
Icy Graveyard Blues for Renee Nicole Good It’s cold in Minnesota They target practice face It’s cold in Minnesota ICE digs a...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
My poem "let the phoenix of hope rise again" is out today in Al-Khemia Poetica's Renee Nicole Good's tribute: alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
My poems "all the places that are mine", "need to be brave again", and "maybe it's time" are out today in The Good Within The Khaos' issue titled Wingspan: www.magcloud.com/webviewer/32...
Vol II, Issue I: Wingspan - The Measure of Becoming
Wingspan: The Measure of Becoming Volume 2, Issue 01: Gathers the moments just before flight. The inhale before expansion, the ache of opening after being folded too long. Within these pages live stor...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
My poems "all the places that are mine", "need to be brave again", and "maybe it's time" are out today in The Good Within The Khaos' issue titled Wingspan: www.magcloud.com/webviewer/32...
Something that made me proud in 2025: I had six books published. Here are the six books I published:
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January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Something that made me proud in 2025: I had six books published. Here are the six books I published:
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www.amazon.com/dp/936354883X
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www.amazon.com/Only-Future-...
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www.amazon.com/dp/936354883X
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www.amazon.com/Only-Future-...
My poem “my own power” is out today in Issue 20 of Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly: stickfigurepoetry.com/issue-20/
Issue #20
Artwork in this issue by Starixide House of Manga by Amy Barone An Ode to Bert and Ernie by Regan Manion Dork by Paul Corman-Roberts Now Accepting Applications by Darrell Parry My Own Power by Lind…
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January 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My poem “my own power” is out today in Issue 20 of Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly: stickfigurepoetry.com/issue-20/
My poems “in the storms”, “without a name”, “light and dark”, “i’m taking up space”, “haunted & hunted”, and “will not apologize” are a part of the latest issue of Double Speak: dsmag.in/2025/12/28/l... & dsmag.in/2025/12/28/l...
Linda M. Crate’s three poems
i'm taking up space i became so good at making myself small, it became an artform; but i am no longer shrinking myself— i am going to take up space because i deserve to be my full,…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My poems “in the storms”, “without a name”, “light and dark”, “i’m taking up space”, “haunted & hunted”, and “will not apologize” are a part of the latest issue of Double Speak: dsmag.in/2025/12/28/l... & dsmag.in/2025/12/28/l...
My poems “i cannot sleep”, “there is room for us all”, “enough victim shaming and blaming”, “wasn’t asking for it”, and “won’t stop fighting for a better universe” are out today in 100subtexts 41: payhip.com/b/BOPXA
100subtexts 41
Welcome to issue 41 of 100subtexts - a monthly issue of creative writers and poets across the planet.221 pages, packed with fiction, fact, fantasy, poetry, in short, long, dark, light, and all spaces ...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My poems “i cannot sleep”, “there is room for us all”, “enough victim shaming and blaming”, “wasn’t asking for it”, and “won’t stop fighting for a better universe” are out today in 100subtexts 41: payhip.com/b/BOPXA
My poem “purple shell” is a part of Eterna Journal’s Serendipity issue: www.eternajournal.com
Eterna Journal | Literary Magazine
Eterna Journal is an international literary magazine aiming to connect and empower writers and artists. We accept poetry, prose, and artwork. Whether you are experimenting with new genres, exploring n...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My poem “purple shell” is a part of Eterna Journal’s Serendipity issue: www.eternajournal.com
If you haven’t already grabbed a copy of my book “only the future knows” you can get a preview of it in the latest issue of Alien Buddha Zine: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GCSFYJV2
Alien Buddha Zine 82: black and white print
Alien Buddha Zine 82: black and white print [Buddha, Alien, Lisk, Gabrielle, McGowan, Harleigh, Flatt, Travis, Ahern, Ed, Holt, Dan, Sedlacek, LB, Wesick, Jon, Sethi, Sanjeev, Crate, Linda M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Alien Buddha Zine 82: black and white print
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December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you haven’t already grabbed a copy of my book “only the future knows” you can get a preview of it in the latest issue of Alien Buddha Zine: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GCSFYJV2
My poem "my lost flower" is a part of Ivo Review's Lost Issue: www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue...
Issue Two: Lost
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December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My poem "my lost flower" is a part of Ivo Review's Lost Issue: www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue...
My poems “let me” and “i cast this spell” are out today in Issue 11 of Suburban Witchcraft: suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue11
Issue 11 | Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
Issue 11 of the Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
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December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My poems “let me” and “i cast this spell” are out today in Issue 11 of Suburban Witchcraft: suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue11
My poem "garden of dead flowers" is out today in Poetica #27: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G8359DD6
Poetica # 27: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthology
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December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My poem "garden of dead flowers" is out today in Poetica #27: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G8359DD6