Barbara Lock
@barbaralockmd.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Teacher, and Physician. I write spec-y lit fic, edit at Variant Lit, and practice/teach at CU P&S. There's more about me at barbaralock.com.
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Looking to build your physical library? Willing to give these 5 literary novels to a good home. I'll cover shipping to a mutual in contiguous US.
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looking to build your physical library? Willing to give these 5 literary novels to a good home. I'll cover shipping to a mutual in contiguous US.
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It’s a Sunday afternoon in the dead center of the year. Life barrels along. Best of times, worst of times, y’all know the score.
Please consider checking out my two new books this year: Boxcutters has been out in the world for two months and Feast is but a month away!
Please consider checking out my two new books this year: Boxcutters has been out in the world for two months and Feast is but a month away!
Alright, I'm pissed at the system, I'm gonna promote my books. They deserve to exist.
Boxcutters is a short story collection that's difficult to sell because it's all over the place stylistically but people have read it and said that it all fits together nicely
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Boxcutters is a short story collection that's difficult to sell because it's all over the place stylistically but people have read it and said that it all fits together nicely
eveninghousebooks.com/product/boxc...
Boxcutters (Signed Copies)
One Amazon delivery stolen from a neighbor’s porch leads to plenty more. To keep the show going, a balding sitcom actress tries out a new wig and discovers a hunger for life. Jesus Christ claims th…
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July 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s a Sunday afternoon in the dead center of the year. Life barrels along. Best of times, worst of times, y’all know the score.
Please consider checking out my two new books this year: Boxcutters has been out in the world for two months and Feast is but a month away!
Please consider checking out my two new books this year: Boxcutters has been out in the world for two months and Feast is but a month away!
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Celebrate Summerween with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch
July 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Celebrate Summerween with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch
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My first book will be out May 2026 🖤
In 2026:
The Walls Are Closing In On Us, a novel by @trentbwrites.bsky.social
Terrestrial, a novella by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
Submarines, a novel by @mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social
The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social
The Walls Are Closing In On Us, a novel by @trentbwrites.bsky.social
Terrestrial, a novella by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
Submarines, a novel by @mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social
The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My first book will be out May 2026 🖤
At church today we sang Get Together by The Youngbloods.
You know how it goes:
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
You know how it goes:
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
July 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
At church today we sang Get Together by The Youngbloods.
You know how it goes:
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
You know how it goes:
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
The cat is meowing at ghosts again.
July 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The cat is meowing at ghosts again.
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Our sinister Summer 2025 issue is out now! Guest-edited by Victor LaValle, this issue features prose by Helen Phillips, Deesha Philyaw, S. A. Cosby, Joanna Pearson, Carolyn Ferrell, and more. Grab your copy today: https://pshr.us/summer25
July 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our sinister Summer 2025 issue is out now! Guest-edited by Victor LaValle, this issue features prose by Helen Phillips, Deesha Philyaw, S. A. Cosby, Joanna Pearson, Carolyn Ferrell, and more. Grab your copy today: https://pshr.us/summer25
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We are pleased to present Ramona Ausubel with the annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her story, “Perfect Numbers,” published in the Summer 2024 issue. Read the full announcement and a profile in our Summer 2025 issue: https://pshr.us/summer25
July 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We are pleased to present Ramona Ausubel with the annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her story, “Perfect Numbers,” published in the Summer 2024 issue. Read the full announcement and a profile in our Summer 2025 issue: https://pshr.us/summer25
Reading @nadiabulkin.bsky.social in @pshares.bsky.social edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social : "She has never had therapy. Doctors take five minutes, and exorcisms take five days, and she figures this is a good compromise."
July 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reading @nadiabulkin.bsky.social in @pshares.bsky.social edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social : "She has never had therapy. Doctors take five minutes, and exorcisms take five days, and she figures this is a good compromise."
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Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.
It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.
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@variantlit.bsky.social’s own @barbaralockmd.bsky.social Her story’s sunlit-subtle menace will have you looking over your shoulder in a literary way!
It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch
July 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@variantlit.bsky.social’s own @barbaralockmd.bsky.social Her story’s sunlit-subtle menace will have you looking over your shoulder in a literary way!
Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.
It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.
To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.
You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.
Register now!
Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.
What's in the box?
July 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What's in the box?
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What an honor! Thanks @variantlit.bsky.social for seeing something in this story!
Congratulations to the Variant writers on the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist!
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)
@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)
@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What an honor! Thanks @variantlit.bsky.social for seeing something in this story!
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Have you read our newest issue yet?!?
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Have you read our newest issue yet?!?
The masterful narrative and metaphoric content of Vittorio Ottaviani's work takes my breath away.
The Devil's Empire. 2012. Oil on wood. Vittorio Ottaviani (Italy)
July 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The masterful narrative and metaphoric content of Vittorio Ottaviani's work takes my breath away.
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Celebrating new work from one of our poetry readers!
I have a new printed piece out with
@passagesnorth.bsky.social!
I wrote it as reflection of how I was fighting to become more extroverted, basically faking it until I figured it out. 2023 was such a gr8 year for me, so much self-discovery & putting myself out there.
Check out the issue for more🚀
@passagesnorth.bsky.social!
I wrote it as reflection of how I was fighting to become more extroverted, basically faking it until I figured it out. 2023 was such a gr8 year for me, so much self-discovery & putting myself out there.
Check out the issue for more🚀
April 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Celebrating new work from one of our poetry readers!
Thank you, Tessa!
Congratulations to @variantlit.bsky.social’s own @barbaralockmd.bsky.social ! Read her story here: midwayjournal.com/author/barba...
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thank you, Tessa!
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Thrilled to share the cover of #MOTEL, the anthology I'm editing for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
January 16, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Thrilled to share the cover of #MOTEL, the anthology I'm editing for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Reading Thomas Merton's anti-poem, "Original Child Bomb."
November 7, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Reading Thomas Merton's anti-poem, "Original Child Bomb."
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Join me @writesloud.bsky.social and friends for a moment of peace and poetry this Friday. All donations are for humanitarian aid via Doctors without Borders.
PoetsforPeace.Eventbrite.com
PoetsforPeace.Eventbrite.com
October 31, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Join me @writesloud.bsky.social and friends for a moment of peace and poetry this Friday. All donations are for humanitarian aid via Doctors without Borders.
PoetsforPeace.Eventbrite.com
PoetsforPeace.Eventbrite.com
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Have a new flash in @havehashad.com today about Slappy, the dummy from the Goosebumps books. Check it out.
Link to the story: www.havehashad.com
Link to the story: www.havehashad.com
October 23, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Have a new flash in @havehashad.com today about Slappy, the dummy from the Goosebumps books. Check it out.
Link to the story: www.havehashad.com
Link to the story: www.havehashad.com
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The butterflies in my stomach can attest that this is happening tonight
www.eyeoftheheartcenter.org/conversations
www.eyeoftheheartcenter.org/conversations
Conversations — Eye of The Heart Center
www.eyeoftheheartcenter.org
October 24, 2023 at 6:00 PM
The butterflies in my stomach can attest that this is happening tonight
www.eyeoftheheartcenter.org/conversations
www.eyeoftheheartcenter.org/conversations
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The new journal my grad students and I are creating has gotten a flood of poetry and fiction submissions (yay!), but the editors are especially hoping for more open genre (hybrid, multimedia) and nonfiction pieces too! Send them some good longform work!
We are officially open for submissions until October 31st! Send us your long-form fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and your work that transcends the genres!
Submit on: lastsyllablelit.com
Submit on: lastsyllablelit.com
October 20, 2023 at 9:15 PM
The new journal my grad students and I are creating has gotten a flood of poetry and fiction submissions (yay!), but the editors are especially hoping for more open genre (hybrid, multimedia) and nonfiction pieces too! Send them some good longform work!
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If you'd like to vote for my story PEACE PROCESS for Irish Short Story of the Year, please vote here: The short story category is at the bottom of the page.
Your support is much appreciated and anyone can vote!
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
Your support is much appreciated and anyone can vote!
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
Vote - Irish Book Awards
AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2023 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for the book you would like to win each award cate...
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October 19, 2023 at 9:15 PM
If you'd like to vote for my story PEACE PROCESS for Irish Short Story of the Year, please vote here: The short story category is at the bottom of the page.
Your support is much appreciated and anyone can vote!
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
Your support is much appreciated and anyone can vote!
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/