Cheryl Pappas
@cherylpappas.bsky.social
Writer. Book: THE CLARITY OF HUNGER
Word West Press (2021). MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com
Novel-in-progress: Abandon
www.cherylpappas.net
Word West Press (2021). MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com
Novel-in-progress: Abandon
www.cherylpappas.net
Happy New Year! This month's writing prompt is up on From the Bookshelf.
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January 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Happy New Year! This month's writing prompt is up on From the Bookshelf.
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thanks to Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social for featuring Cheryl Pappas's @cherylpappas.bsky.social "Innocence" in her December roundup !
December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
Flash Roundup * December 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
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January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
thanks to Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social for featuring Cheryl Pappas's @cherylpappas.bsky.social "Innocence" in her December roundup !
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OKD is open again for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz
Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.
Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
OKD is open again for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz
Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.
Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.
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December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
Flash Roundup * December 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
I’d love one day to read The Great Gatsby on its slippery first-person POV only. These sentences would not make it through a workshop today, given he’s talking about Gatsby’s past here. I’m all for it, though. I’m in the dream of the novel and I just don’t care how he knows.
December 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’d love one day to read The Great Gatsby on its slippery first-person POV only. These sentences would not make it through a workshop today, given he’s talking about Gatsby’s past here. I’m all for it, though. I’m in the dream of the novel and I just don’t care how he knows.
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Love this creepy, sinuous flash by @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social !!!
"She is conveniently in the kitchen, slicing a large orange with one of the knives. Her limbs are exquisitely long, her cutting precise. Slip..."
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
Innocence by Cheryl Pappas
He slips into the house party unnoticed, wearing a fedora and a bright pink handkerchief in his suit pocket. He is dressed like the other men, just as the invitation had specified. The women’s shawls ...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love this creepy, sinuous flash by @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social !!!
Thank you to editors Kate, Daniel, and Joe @hexliterary.bsky.social for publishing my flash "Innocence."
"She is conveniently in the kitchen, slicing a large orange with one of the knives. Her limbs are exquisitely long, her cutting precise. Slip..."
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
Innocence by Cheryl Pappas
He slips into the house party unnoticed, wearing a fedora and a bright pink handkerchief in his suit pocket. He is dressed like the other men, just as the invitation had specified. The women’s shawls ...
hexliterary.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thank you to editors Kate, Daniel, and Joe @hexliterary.bsky.social for publishing my flash "Innocence."
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The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
It's novel manuscript submission morning! Let's go.
December 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's novel manuscript submission morning! Let's go.
Ready for the final read before I start submitting!
December 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ready for the final read before I start submitting!
“The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life.”
Nearly every sentence of The Great Gatsby is this rich and musical. I’m rereading my old, beat-up copy. Beautiful.
Nearly every sentence of The Great Gatsby is this rich and musical. I’m rereading my old, beat-up copy. Beautiful.
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life.”
Nearly every sentence of The Great Gatsby is this rich and musical. I’m rereading my old, beat-up copy. Beautiful.
Nearly every sentence of The Great Gatsby is this rich and musical. I’m rereading my old, beat-up copy. Beautiful.
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F*CK THIS MURDER’S Queer, curvy, neurodivergent, and chronically ill Maggie Livingston just wants a 5-star review for her new B & B, but dead bodies, a rogue alligator and accident-prone guests keep getting in the way.
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F*CK THIS MURDER
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December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
F*CK THIS MURDER’S Queer, curvy, neurodivergent, and chronically ill Maggie Livingston just wants a 5-star review for her new B & B, but dead bodies, a rogue alligator and accident-prone guests keep getting in the way.
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It’s the last #FridayReads before Christmas! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Books are great gifts! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a piece of my soul that starts with a real event…
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December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s the last #FridayReads before Christmas! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Books are great gifts! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a piece of my soul that starts with a real event…
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Ready to revise the last 7 pages early tomorrow morning, then send it off to beta readers. I’ll be submitting the book to publishers by December 31. I can’t believe it.
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Ready to revise the last 7 pages early tomorrow morning, then send it off to beta readers. I’ll be submitting the book to publishers by December 31. I can’t believe it.
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There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.
10 pages left of this novel revision. It's the hardest part, of course!
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
10 pages left of this novel revision. It's the hardest part, of course!
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Love this so much! 💗
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Love this so much! 💗
Creative writing teachers: Do you ever do the exercises you offer in class? I’m thinking about doing this as a way to try them out and also to be in tune with what the students are working with.
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Creative writing teachers: Do you ever do the exercises you offer in class? I’m thinking about doing this as a way to try them out and also to be in tune with what the students are working with.
So much of rewriting is waking up your verbs, my God.
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So much of rewriting is waking up your verbs, my God.
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I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
The @mbta absolutely needs a Communications Director. This morning’s commute on the Green Line has been frustratingly low on info the whole route through. The sign at Park St. doesn’t mention the Red Line, only the Orange and Green Lines. They need multiple sites of info, not just the website.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The @mbta absolutely needs a Communications Director. This morning’s commute on the Green Line has been frustratingly low on info the whole route through. The sign at Park St. doesn’t mention the Red Line, only the Orange and Green Lines. They need multiple sites of info, not just the website.
Revising my novel is like rolling up an air mattress and flattening out the air bubbles.
I have been working on this book too long!
I have been working on this book too long!
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Revising my novel is like rolling up an air mattress and flattening out the air bubbles.
I have been working on this book too long!
I have been working on this book too long!
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December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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