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Avitus B. Carle
@avitusbcarle.bsky.social
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Writer of the weird and experimental flash. Words @FracturedLit, @Xraylitmag, @NecessaryFic, @TBQuarterly, and elsewhere.

Debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES, out now @MoonCityPress.

Read more at http://avitusbcarle.com
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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · Feb 1
My birthday month is here!!

If you love weird, experimental, super short stories, then grab a copy of my collection THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)!

Tell friends, family, leave a review on any book tracking app, and let’s celebrate flash together!

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There be DRAGONS!
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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I could eat 🤤
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A couple of close encounters 😱
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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TONIGHT AT 7PM EST!

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be in conversation with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of BITTER OVER SWEET!

Hosted by yours truly ☺️

There’s still time to register!

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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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There's still time to register for the BITTER OVER SWEET release party over Zoom with @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social TOMORROW NIGHT at 7pm EST!

Register here: buff.ly/CtKtA0k
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/q27a4lT
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November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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weekly talk story about my book & zoom launch w/@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @msmagazine.com review & my interview with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social...

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Bitter Over Sweet Is HERE, Zoom Launch, Ms. Magazine and an Interview by Dawn Tasaka Steffler — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
IT’S FINALLY OFFICIAL!! Bitter Over Sweet is out in the world! Thank you to everyone who have been posting their pics! It makes me so happy! It’s been a long and strange and stressful journey getting...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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There’s still time to register for tonight’s Troublemaker Firestarter open mic!

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Troublemaker Firestarter Virtual Reading #4 · Zoom · Luma
Olivia Braley Avitus B. Carle Josh Dale Sean Hanrahan James Penha will read poems/stories!
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November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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TOMORROW NIGHT!
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The party continues this Friday at 7pm EST as @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social celebrate the release of BITTER OVER SWEET over on Zoom!

Register here: buff.ly/CtKtA0k
Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/q27a4lT
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) officially hit the streets 1 year ago TODAY and when I say it’s been a JOURNEY I’m talking about one of the most wonderful experiences within the writing community I’ve had.
November 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Next Friday at 7pm EST over Zoom, we're celebrating the launch of @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's collection, BITTER OVER SWEET, with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social! buff.ly/t7sQV7L

BITTER OVER SWEET will be available in 4 DAYS! Preorder a copy right here: buff.ly/q27a4lT
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I’ll be jumping genres with the @thewriterscenter.bsky.social Sunday, December 7, for a day full of workshops, panels, and fun times!

Check out workshop offerings with @writesloud.bsky.social, @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social, @poeticmoni.bsky.social, myself and more!

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Genre Jumper! A Day long Conference @ The Writer’s Center - The Writer's Center
Learn the benefits of writing in new genres to deepen your writing in your primary genre. Genre Jumper is a one-day conference for writers interested in learning about and experimenting with new genre...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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My flash collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social), is on the list!
kristinaten.bsky.social Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 23d
Glad the rapture didn’t come on the cusp of the year 2000 so these books could get written and I could shout about them now to you!

For @electricliterature.com: urban legends, LiveJournal posts, locked doors, letters to nail polish manufacturers, and one extra-risky game of spin the bottle...
10 Books That Feel Like a Y2K Sleepover - Electric Literature
These stories are caught between centuries, between childhood and adulthood, between the magical and the everyday
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October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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“I was the mother, but where was my duffel bag of knowledge for being trapped in a tunnel? Whimpering now, his eyes widened as if trying to let in as much light as possible. I reached back and held his plump leg…”

Nina Schuyler | Ghost Parachute

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Tunnel — Ghost Parachute
Halfway through the Glory Tunnel, traffic stopped, as if someone cast a terrible spell. George had been singing nicely in his car seat, a little thing about sand and bones and monsters. I was one of t...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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inspiration reading for the flash workshop retreat next week 🥰
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Unfortunately, I didn’t get the registration numbers needed to make this class happen, and will have to cancel.

However, though my class isn’t happening this go around, I encourage you to check out the amazing course offerings @flashfictioninst.bsky.social!

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October 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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“If I don’t make it to the spring—and here his voice catches—will you throw me a party?

Oh god, of course

You are both crying now.

You know who to invite. It doesn’t have to be—and his voice catches again–”

Nancy Stohlman | Ghost Parachute

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Animal Visitation: Bald Eagle — Ghost Parachute
If you are lucky, you will draw this card only once. You’re walking around the slushy lake on a day with some thaw, a day where spring is still hidden but there is a flirtation, a softness in the wint...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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“I count the middle seconds like contractions, as if measuring the distance of an approaching storm. Talk to me about borrowed time. Cue the litany of lists: call x, email y, send a get-well bouquet to z.”

@saralippmann.bsky.social | Ghost Parachute

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shelter in place — Ghost Parachute
Maybe it’s the rising sirens, maybe it’s the sudden soak, a complete wet heat through the cotton sack I’ve taken to wearing like a body flung overboard because this is who I am now, this is who I’ve b...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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“People in elevators are anxious. This is partly because people in elevators are going somewhere, and the elevators are not that somewhere. But it is also because people in elevators are often alone in these elevators”

Michelle Ross | @newworldwriting.bsky.social
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Michelle Ross ~ People in Elevators - New World Writing Quarterly
People in elevators are anxious. This is partly because people in elevators are going somewhere, and the elevators are not that somewhere. But it is also
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October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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“Don’s dad liked to say whatever when the kids were around. He thought it was cool—like the word “cool” used to be cool. Sammy asked for a Coke and Don’s dad said, “Whatever.”

@sherrieflick.bsky.social | Ghost Parachute

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Whatever — Ghost Parachute
Don’s dad liked to say whatever when the kids were around. He thought it was cool—like the word “cool” used to be cool. Sammy asked for a Coke and Don’s dad said, “Whatever,” and Sammy didn’t know if ...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Reminder!

I’ll be teaching a virtual workshop with the @flashfictioninst.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, October 17 starting at 6 PM EST

Dear Flash will explore storytelling in under 1,000 words through letters, emails, and text messages ✍🏽

Register here:

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"Dear Flash" with Avitus B(uckhaulter) Carle | Friday, Oct. 17 | 3pm PST/6pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
In this 2-hour generative workshop, participants will delve into stories told in the form of letters and emails, unraveling what makes them resonate. Prompts will be provided, exploring tone, what is ...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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“—she wouldn’t stop talking about how hard it was to put on her bra this morning. We’re closing the coffin and that’s what you’re talking about?”

“You know how she is.”

@carletonwhaley.bsky.social | @xraylitmag.bsky.social

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FOLLOWING THE HEARSE by Carleton Whaley
Driving through the Detroit suburbs, cutting through traffic, honking and cursing at other drivers, the brothers make their way to the crematorium. It is difficult to keep up with the long hearse. Tra...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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“At Trader Joe’s, the fluorescent lights spark a transformation inside us. We are werewolves meeting the moonlight. We break off into parallel tornados in pursuit of snacks and frozen dumplings…”

@livesinpages.bsky.social | @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It
This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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“Your wife was overjoyed when your uncle drowned in three inches of water at the bottom of a cave. It meant your family would inherit his house. Although you both wished it wasn’t in such tragic circumstances.”

Jack Lennon | @xraylitmag.bsky.social

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HEIR APPARENT by Jack Lennon
1 Your wife was overjoyed when your uncle drowned in three inches of water at the bottom of a cave. It meant your family would inherit his house. Although you both wished it wasn’t in such tragic circ...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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“I describe arms hanging straight down, how our hands weave and flutter.  I say tomorrow we learn how to drool.  Shooting starts in a week.  “What a comedown,” my sister says.  I tell my sister,  “Shoot me.””

@pamelapainter.bsky.social | Ghost Parachute

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Zombie Quartet — Ghost Parachute
Actor:  Zombie 101 I tell my sister, so, here I am, top drama school grad, final role King Lear, and I’m learning how to lurch and dip.  “A fluid lurch,” the teacher yelled.  “Lurch, dip, lurch, dip, ...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM