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In today's miCRo, Leila Karpuzi urges us to reconsider some family traditions.

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February 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Congratulations to contributor @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social on the publication of IT'S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER from @nupress.bsky.social
It's Important I Remember - Northwestern University Press
An incantation of strength and solace for persisting in twenty-first-century America“History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes.” In his sweeping third collecti...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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"Some writers are interested in character, some in place or plot, but I’m most interested in relationships."

On the site, Associate Editor Kate Jayroe interviews @riggstah.bsky.social, author of Extinction Capital of the World. Link in thread.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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This week in miCRo, @foreverasheley.bsky.social reimagines the diary form to explore the contours of desire and intimacy following violence.

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February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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This week we're celebrating the publication of UNDERSEA by the late Maureen Seaton, a CR contributor, with @jacklegpress.bsky.social
Undersea
Check out Undersea - <p><strong>Dive into the Depths with <em>Undersea </em></strong></p><p></p><p>Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of <em>Undersea</em>, a collection of poems by the…
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February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Our latest in the Writers' Day Jobs series features Alice McCormick, a writer and small animal veterinarian.

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February 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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"Give me another / Screen. Give me another lens / Through which to see this falling apart. A flag to imagine / My country onto." In this week's miCRo, Anaya Marei stunningly captures the raw enormity of grief. Link in thread.
Caption from Anaya Marei's "Flame" Give me another Screen. Give me another lens Through which to see this falling apart. A flag to imagine My country onto. A photo of Anaya Marei in a car rearview mirror, smiling.
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Congratulations to former CR editor Lily Meyer on today's release of THE END OF ROMANCE with @vikingbooks.bsky.social !
The End of Romance by Lily Meyer: 9780593835142 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A big-hearted, wise, unceasingly buoyant novel about a woman who, after escaping a bruising marriage, theorizes that happiness is possible solely with the eradication of all romance--only to find a…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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"A book isn’t just words tossed into the ether. The choices made around how to contain those words matter, too. The artistic intent stretches beyond the ephemeral." On our site now: Editorial Assistant Emma Johnson-Rivard explores the look and feel of books from the shelf. Link in thread.
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Congratulations to contributor Michael Chitwood on the publication of A DAY OF IT with @lsupress.bsky.social !
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A Day of It, the ninth book of poems by Michael Chitwood, is a fanfare for the commonplace and the oft overlooked, both among places and people. In the spiri...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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"It was one of those drinking games. You go around the table, and each person says which memory they’d borrow from a parent to embody." Today's miCRo, "Heart" by @djpoissant.bsky.social, shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in flash fiction. Link in thread.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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"A flash story is the perfect size to enjoy with your morning cup of coffee—instead of, y’know, beginning the doomscroll that will carry you (read: me) through to lunchtime." On our site now: Editorial Assistant Dana Jean Rider recommends flash fiction with miCRo companions! Link in thread.
WHAT WE'RE READING, Caption: "A flash story is the perfect size to enjoy with your morning cup of coffee—instead of, y’know, beginning the doomscroll that will carry you (read: me) through to lunchtime."
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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"Let the mystery go by, we'll wave and wink at it."

Resonances and dissonances abound in this week's miCRo by DULSE (a collaboration between Lee Deigaard and @mandysuzannewong.bsky.social).

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A quote from DULSE's piece, "Let the mystery go by, we'll wave and wink at it." Lee Deigaard, one half of the collaborative duo DULSE, looks off camera while surrounded by prism rainbow. Deigaard wears glasses with silver frames. Mandy-Suzanne Wong, one half of the collaborative duo DULSE, looks directly at the camera, smiling broadly. Wong wears glasses with black frames.
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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"Perhaps I knew, on some level, that writing about letting go would force me to [let go]."

Today on the site, contributor Natalie Villacorta talks about how to let go in your writing process. Link in thread.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Congratulations to contributor Catherine Pierce on the publication of FOXES FOR EVERYBODY from Northwestern University Press!
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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"One pleasure for me in puzzles is discovering I know things I didn't realize I knew."

New to the site: our own Fiction Editor Michael Griffith, an accomplished cruciverbalist, interviews natanlast.bsky.social, crossword constructor for @nytimes.com and @newyorker.com. buff.ly/z7UVdDc
A Conversation Between Cruciverbalists: Michael Griffith Interviews Natan Last About Across the Universe - The Cincinnati Review
Fiction Editor Michael Griffith: Natan Last’s Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle, just out from Pantheon, is a
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January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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"Reaching through the slot was a violation, and when I crossed into that space, I was possessed by something."

Raul Palma on the uncanny in our recent Horror Folio.

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January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Acre Books is reading queries and submissions for #poetry manuscripts during the month of January. To learn more, visit acre-books.com/submissions/. 📚🖊️ #booksky
Acre Books is open for poetry submissions January 1 to 31.
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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The Northwest Review is alive and now on Bluesky. We are reviving this historically great magazine in 2026. We are now open for submissions. Send us your best fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. northwestreview.submittable.com/submit
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Thank you for your interest in the Northwest Review. We look forward to reading your work.Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonficti...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Sometimes I feel like I’ve trapped him like something dangerous that must be kept under lock and key, a bodiless entity living inside my device..."

@richardscottlarson.com reviews Wes Jamison's MY CORPSE INSIDE in our recent Horror Folio.

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January 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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"In dreams it feels natural to make terrible decisions, evil decisions, careless decisions, or have no decisions to make at all..."

@gingerko.bsky.social reviews Daisuke Shen’s VAGUE PREDICTIONS AND PROPHECIES in our recent Horror Folio.

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A graphic with the text "In dreams it feels natural to make terrible decisions, evil decisions, careless decisions, or have no decisions to make at all. No matter what we do, or don’t do, the dream decides everything."
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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"How do you write a story your characters aren’t supposed to tell?" On our site now: Editorial Assistant Mialise Carney reviews @nassos.bsky.social 's *Sour Cherry* (@tinhouse.bsky.social), a reimagining of Bluebeard stories. Link in thread.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Excited to have a new story (“Vigil”) in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social! It’s free on their site through Sunday!

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Vigil - The Cincinnati Review
I remember feeling a restlessness in my twenties and moving quite often, not always to different cities or parts of the country, sometimes just to
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December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We're delighted to announce our nominees for the upcoming edition of the Pushcart Prize: Jennifer Galvão, @loubnaelamine.bsky.social, Richard Hague, James Ciano, and Fran Qi. Best of luck to all!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM