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A Literary Magazine with Layers. Est. 2024. #1667 on the Second Annual FISH List. That’s right: we’re on a list. Posts by EIC.

**Accidentally got labeled as spam but we're getting that removed.

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Our first post on Bluesky! The plan is to migrate away from X, but not go cold turkey, so until we’re settled here, we’ll be making all posts in both locations.

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Two days until mood boards!

See info about our flash fiction contest here: www.thebloominonion.com/flash-fictio...
Flash Fiction - Subs Open March 1, 2026 — The Bloomin' Onion
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February 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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HONK HONK! First 'big issue' submission window of 2026 flyin' your way!

Subs will open March 1 at 12am PST and will close 11:59pm PST on March 31! Read our guidelines here: sillygoosepress.com/submissions

& submit your work on March 1 here:
sillygoosepress.submittable.com/submit
February 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Def give this a read if you missed it earlier this week!!!
Gorgeous, devastating poem up this week. Sink into the damp, earthy smell of "Nocturne for the Flowers" by @mjyoungwrites.bsky.social

Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/2-17-26
February 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣

If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
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Submission Calls
Special sub call (open now through march 31st) Later this year, we’re putting out a surveillance horror/Weird fiction anthology. I’ve loved the stories I’ve solicited and their di…
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February 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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9 more days! Submissions are open for issue 6 of Metachrosis Magazine. We are accepting all forms of art and writing through Duosuma and Curatorspace, with all information and links available via metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... . #opencall #subsopen #litmag #artmag #opencall
February 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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‘In the beginning, there was nothing to eat, only dream soup. Grandmother made it from her hair.’

Three razor-sharp, pitch-perfect micros from @ezhang77.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social - I particularly love ‘Dream Soup’ 🥣

wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f :  (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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February 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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‘…we put it on the windowsill and we watched it—not constantly but a lot more than we watched our other plants.’

Love where this strange @xraylitmag.bsky.social story from @jameygallagher.bsky.social goes 🪴

xraylitmag.com/the-faceplan...
THE FACEPLANT by Jamey Gallagher
We got the plant at the plant show and we brought the plant home and we put it on the windowsill and we watched it—not constantly but a lot more than we watched our other plants.  Its lanceolate leave...
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February 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Welp, accidentally got us labeled spam, but we’re not! Appeal has been sent. Stay tuned.
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
With only three days until mood boards, let's recognize our contest's guest judge: @vanwinkle.bsky.social. Adam will read the staff-chosen longlist, choose the shortlist, and select the winners.

Contest Info: www.thebloominonion.com/flash-fiction-subs-open-march-1-2026
February 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
GET READY:

“A Shadow of Mist” by Danielle Marie Cahill is out this Saturday! You can read it then using the link below.

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February 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Good to see lots of our friends are already here. 😊
February 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Our first post on Bluesky! The plan is to migrate away from X, but not go cold turkey, so until we’re settled here, we’ll be making all posts in both locations.

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February 19, 2026 at 3:31 AM