Centaur Lit
@centaurlit.bsky.social
Quarterly online literary journal dedicated to hybrid writing.
"In the time it took for the girl to guess, light traveled from the Sun to Mercury, the rabbit ear TV singing its white noise ostinato to anime battle music..."
Read "At the Dentist’s in Arlington Heights" by Tina S. Zhu
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Read "At the Dentist’s in Arlington Heights" by Tina S. Zhu
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April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"In the time it took for the girl to guess, light traveled from the Sun to Mercury, the rabbit ear TV singing its white noise ostinato to anime battle music..."
Read "At the Dentist’s in Arlington Heights" by Tina S. Zhu
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Read "At the Dentist’s in Arlington Heights" by Tina S. Zhu
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"In this timeline, you and I are nothing but familiar strangers who no longer recognize the one thing that glues them together."
Read "Lifetimes" by Sarp Sozdinler
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Read "Lifetimes" by Sarp Sozdinler
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April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"In this timeline, you and I are nothing but familiar strangers who no longer recognize the one thing that glues them together."
Read "Lifetimes" by Sarp Sozdinler
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Read "Lifetimes" by Sarp Sozdinler
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"When wildfire consumed Dad’s house I asked if anything of yours survived the flames so intense they reduced the fridge to a clinker..."
Read "Reminiscing With Grandma’s Ghost," by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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Read "Reminiscing With Grandma’s Ghost," by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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March 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"When wildfire consumed Dad’s house I asked if anything of yours survived the flames so intense they reduced the fridge to a clinker..."
Read "Reminiscing With Grandma’s Ghost," by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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Read "Reminiscing With Grandma’s Ghost," by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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"Drives with him were always silent, but there’s no silence like a winter storm."
Read "Cancer: A Love Story," by M.C. Schmidt.
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Read "Cancer: A Love Story," by M.C. Schmidt.
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March 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Drives with him were always silent, but there’s no silence like a winter storm."
Read "Cancer: A Love Story," by M.C. Schmidt.
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Read "Cancer: A Love Story," by M.C. Schmidt.
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"The beauty was in the woman’s heartbeat as she gave birth to this music, the double-bass and double meaning of the song about blood running thicker than water.."
Read "Bebop Baby" by Nora Nadjarian
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Read "Bebop Baby" by Nora Nadjarian
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March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The beauty was in the woman’s heartbeat as she gave birth to this music, the double-bass and double meaning of the song about blood running thicker than water.."
Read "Bebop Baby" by Nora Nadjarian
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Read "Bebop Baby" by Nora Nadjarian
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For a long time, I lived in my childhood—first as a child, then for many years after. I sat on the back patio and spit watermelon seeds into the grass where the snakes soaked up the sun.
Read Wind Horse by JR Fenn
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Read Wind Horse by JR Fenn
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February 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For a long time, I lived in my childhood—first as a child, then for many years after. I sat on the back patio and spit watermelon seeds into the grass where the snakes soaked up the sun.
Read Wind Horse by JR Fenn
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Read Wind Horse by JR Fenn
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At midnight, I saw her tall shadow before my bed and felt her fingers running through my hair that was annoyingly wet; her last signatures were etched as remembrance into its fresh wetness then.
Read "Paradox of Love," by @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social
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Read "Paradox of Love," by @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social
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February 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At midnight, I saw her tall shadow before my bed and felt her fingers running through my hair that was annoyingly wet; her last signatures were etched as remembrance into its fresh wetness then.
Read "Paradox of Love," by @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social
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Read "Paradox of Love," by @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social
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The winter issue of Centaur is live with work by writers @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social, JR Fenn, Nora Nadjarian, M.C. Schmidt, @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, @tinaszhu.bsky.social, and artist @zebulonhourse.bsky.social
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February 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The winter issue of Centaur is live with work by writers @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social, JR Fenn, Nora Nadjarian, M.C. Schmidt, @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, @tinaszhu.bsky.social, and artist @zebulonhourse.bsky.social
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Congratulations to writers Kathryn Kulpa, Cathy Ulrich, and Tara Isabel Zambrano for selection of their work from Centaur in the 2025 Best Microfictions!
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Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
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January 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Congratulations to writers Kathryn Kulpa, Cathy Ulrich, and Tara Isabel Zambrano for selection of their work from Centaur in the 2025 Best Microfictions!
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
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"She wants something other than one less text, than another, and seeing Jimmy online anyway posting and putting up photos of him at the dog park with Snook, the dog they adopted together..."
Read "Something Other," by Francine Witte.
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Read "Something Other," by Francine Witte.
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January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"She wants something other than one less text, than another, and seeing Jimmy online anyway posting and putting up photos of him at the dog park with Snook, the dog they adopted together..."
Read "Something Other," by Francine Witte.
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Read "Something Other," by Francine Witte.
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"After, I scooped the bee from the water. It was heavier than you’d think. Plush as a mascara brush."
Read "Conspiracy," by Michelle Ross.
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Read "Conspiracy," by Michelle Ross.
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January 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"After, I scooped the bee from the water. It was heavier than you’d think. Plush as a mascara brush."
Read "Conspiracy," by Michelle Ross.
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Read "Conspiracy," by Michelle Ross.
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"Our sixteen handmaidens bathe in the creek. Before they’re shaped, dried, painted by me and sister. We argue about colors. We paint the myths. Each handmaiden holds a flower. Each flower is a prayer."
Read "Papier-Mâché Sestina" by Claudia Monpere
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Read "Papier-Mâché Sestina" by Claudia Monpere
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December 28, 2024 at 3:59 PM
"Our sixteen handmaidens bathe in the creek. Before they’re shaped, dried, painted by me and sister. We argue about colors. We paint the myths. Each handmaiden holds a flower. Each flower is a prayer."
Read "Papier-Mâché Sestina" by Claudia Monpere
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Read "Papier-Mâché Sestina" by Claudia Monpere
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“If It’s Not Bitter, It’s Not Tea” – @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social (April 2024) gooseberry-pie.com/if-its-not-b...
“Rat Queen,” “Quack” – @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
“A Single Ladybug, Lying Dead on the Windowsill” – @centaurlit.bsky.social
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“Rat Queen,” “Quack” – @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
“A Single Ladybug, Lying Dead on the Windowsill” – @centaurlit.bsky.social
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If it's not bitter, it's not tea - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Mona Mok on Unsplash by Elena Zhang They look like arms, the honeysuckle petals that unfurl in the boiling water, blooming again briefly to embrace emptiness like dying women. By the time the...
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December 20, 2024 at 6:03 PM
“If It’s Not Bitter, It’s Not Tea” – @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social (April 2024) gooseberry-pie.com/if-its-not-b...
“Rat Queen,” “Quack” – @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
“A Single Ladybug, Lying Dead on the Windowsill” – @centaurlit.bsky.social
Pushcart Prize nom centaurlit.com/a-single-lad...
“Rat Queen,” “Quack” – @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
“A Single Ladybug, Lying Dead on the Windowsill” – @centaurlit.bsky.social
Pushcart Prize nom centaurlit.com/a-single-lad...
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BIG thanks to the wonderful @centaurlit.bsky.social for nominating "Conspicuous Consumption"!
Completing celebrations for this year, a round of applause for this year's Best Small Fictions nominees...
December 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM
BIG thanks to the wonderful @centaurlit.bsky.social for nominating "Conspicuous Consumption"!
Reposted by Centaur Lit
My latest short fiction roundup features stories from @clarkesworldmagazine.com @psychopomp.bsky.social @newyorker.com @centaurlit.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @interzone.digital @escapepod.org @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com & more!
My Speculative Short Fiction Roundup #10 - 2024
The artwork for this roundup features a detail of the cover for Clarkesworld #219 by Alex Ries. More about the artist here: https://www.a...
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December 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
My latest short fiction roundup features stories from @clarkesworldmagazine.com @psychopomp.bsky.social @newyorker.com @centaurlit.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @interzone.digital @escapepod.org @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com & more!
Completing celebrations for this year, a round of applause for this year's Best Small Fictions nominees...
December 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Completing celebrations for this year, a round of applause for this year's Best Small Fictions nominees...
"A sparrow will cock its head and stare at you with thoughtful eyes as you go on about the stove repair guy with his iPad, high billing rate, firm ass and attitude."
Read all of "A Sparrow Will Listen," by Andrea Marcusa
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Read all of "A Sparrow Will Listen," by Andrea Marcusa
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A Sparrow Will Listen by Andrea Marcusa | Centaur
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December 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
"A sparrow will cock its head and stare at you with thoughtful eyes as you go on about the stove repair guy with his iPad, high billing rate, firm ass and attitude."
Read all of "A Sparrow Will Listen," by Andrea Marcusa
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Read all of "A Sparrow Will Listen," by Andrea Marcusa
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Please join us in congratulating the writers for their fine work nominated for this honor.
December 13, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Please join us in congratulating the writers for their fine work nominated for this honor.
"The bear-woman came to the crematorium and asked me about her lover, a bear-man who had come in the night before and was heaved up onto the Corian slab..."
Read "Alaskan Tale," by Christopher Linforth, from the winter issue
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Read "Alaskan Tale," by Christopher Linforth, from the winter issue
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Alaskan Tale by Christopher Linforth | Centaur
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December 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"The bear-woman came to the crematorium and asked me about her lover, a bear-man who had come in the night before and was heaved up onto the Corian slab..."
Read "Alaskan Tale," by Christopher Linforth, from the winter issue
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Read "Alaskan Tale," by Christopher Linforth, from the winter issue
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Celebrating the winter issue with the delicious "Hot And Sour" by Jacqueline Goyette.
"My mother had vinegar running through her veins. She passed it down to me, my brother, gave us plates of lumpia to drench in garlic vinegar sauce..."
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"My mother had vinegar running through her veins. She passed it down to me, my brother, gave us plates of lumpia to drench in garlic vinegar sauce..."
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Hot And Sour by Jacqueline Goyette | Centaur
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November 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Celebrating the winter issue with the delicious "Hot And Sour" by Jacqueline Goyette.
"My mother had vinegar running through her veins. She passed it down to me, my brother, gave us plates of lumpia to drench in garlic vinegar sauce..."
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"My mother had vinegar running through her veins. She passed it down to me, my brother, gave us plates of lumpia to drench in garlic vinegar sauce..."
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This has been another great year for writing. Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction 2025!
November 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
This has been another great year for writing. Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction 2025!