Dan Crawley
@danbillyc.bsky.social
Writer. Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) | The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree Press) | Blur (Cowboy Jamboree Press).
Stories appear in very nice places.
https://dancrawley.com/
Stories appear in very nice places.
https://dancrawley.com/
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January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Would love to see you here (and it's on my birthday). Please bring a poem to read as it includes an open mic! So generous of Judy Ireland and SoFloPoJo for this opportunity! Please register to receive your link to the Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Would love to see you here (and it's on my birthday). Please bring a poem to read as it includes an open mic! So generous of Judy Ireland and SoFloPoJo for this opportunity! Please register to receive your link to the Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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“Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead." — Tennessee Williams
SEND US YOUR SUFFERING WORDS. SUBS ARE OPEN.
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SEND US YOUR SUFFERING WORDS. SUBS ARE OPEN.
reckonreview.com/submissions/
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead." — Tennessee Williams
SEND US YOUR SUFFERING WORDS. SUBS ARE OPEN.
reckonreview.com/submissions/
SEND US YOUR SUFFERING WORDS. SUBS ARE OPEN.
reckonreview.com/submissions/
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We are always open for submissions!!
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
We are always open for submissions!!
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
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A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings. Click to read Prattlefog & Gra...
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January 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
"I’m having an affair with distance. The morning house is settled and known. I sip coffee, listen to the lonely call of the 4am freight train,...."
My lord. I love, love this piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social so much. In @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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My lord. I love, love this piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social so much. In @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
Mechanical Pencils | matchbook
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January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"I’m having an affair with distance. The morning house is settled and known. I sip coffee, listen to the lonely call of the 4am freight train,...."
My lord. I love, love this piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social so much. In @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
My lord. I love, love this piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social so much. In @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
"She wonders what the mice think about when they run. Is it instinct? Boredom? Do they know they’re not going anywhere, not really?"
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Couldn’t be happier for my first pub of the year to appear in Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and wow what lovely illustration by Brett J Barr.
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The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA — Ghost Parachute
A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect. She’s far more mouse-like—anxious, prone to tachycardia, most active ...
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January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"She wonders what the mice think about when they run. Is it instinct? Boredom? Do they know they’re not going anywhere, not really?"
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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"The tourist would charge at our champion and they’d lock their roped-on antlers crowns like the reindeers did in the fall with the challenger bulls,...."
Wow, this story is remarkable by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @kyleisamu.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this story is remarkable by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @kyleisamu.bsky.social 💙💙💙
“We’d found the antlers, polished them, and kept them safe all winter as we mucked reindeer shit…”
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"The tourist would charge at our champion and they’d lock their roped-on antlers crowns like the reindeers did in the fall with the challenger bulls,...."
Wow, this story is remarkable by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @kyleisamu.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this story is remarkable by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @kyleisamu.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"...and I need air, but I stand in front of the altar, my own bones also locked in rigidity,...."
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 💙💙💙
New micro up at Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social!! And thank you @amymarques.bsky.social for the amazing art!!
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There’s a Dead Cat in the Installation — Ghost Parachute
I want to scream at you but I know you don’t want to hear it as you wander around the abandoned drug store turned found art showcase, old boxes of meds, the kanji, hiragana, katakana in red, blue, whi...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"...and I need air, but I stand in front of the altar, my own bones also locked in rigidity,...."
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"A life is looped yarn and slipped knots, chains and accidents."
Phenomenal writing. I love this piece so much by @melostrom.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Phenomenal writing. I love this piece so much by @melostrom.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Excited to start the new year with a CNF flash in the latest issue of the wonderful Prime Number Magazine. Happy 2026, friends.♥️
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January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"A life is looped yarn and slipped knots, chains and accidents."
Phenomenal writing. I love this piece so much by @melostrom.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Phenomenal writing. I love this piece so much by @melostrom.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"...you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first,...."
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @mynachang.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @mynachang.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Happy for my first publication of the year to be in Ghost Parachute! Huge thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social! And thanks to Brett J Barr for the illustration!
(It's always a treat to find an editor who doesn't want to "edit" my use of dialect! 💜)
Hope you enjoy my tiny devil story!
(It's always a treat to find an editor who doesn't want to "edit" my use of dialect! 💜)
Hope you enjoy my tiny devil story!
Deal Breaker, 1937 — Ghost Parachute
Devil days got that fool magic brewin’ in the hot, you know what I’m talking about, those close Kansas afternoons when the thunderheads build and build, climbing up the sky like they trying to get int...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"...you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first,...."
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @mynachang.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @mynachang.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"Magnolia white feathers sprout forth from the purple felt base. He fixes them with an amethyst brooch. Unravels violet tulle."
I really love this story (so many amazing details) by @deniseb.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I really love this story (so many amazing details) by @deniseb.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Thank you @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for this great start to the New Year. Please read all of the fabulous stories in this edition.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/deni...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/deni...
Denise Bayes — Does It Have Pockets
The Lost Art of Millinery
www.doesithavepockets.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"Magnolia white feathers sprout forth from the purple felt base. He fixes them with an amethyst brooch. Unravels violet tulle."
I really love this story (so many amazing details) by @deniseb.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I really love this story (so many amazing details) by @deniseb.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Happy New Year! My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Happy New Year! My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
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Happy New Year!
Our submissions are open for Issue 8 -Prose & Poetry / Art & Hybrids
Optional theme:
Wilderness
Optional prompt:
‘Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.’
― Edward Abbey
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Our submissions are open for Issue 8 -Prose & Poetry / Art & Hybrids
Optional theme:
Wilderness
Optional prompt:
‘Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.’
― Edward Abbey
rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Happy New Year!
Our submissions are open for Issue 8 -Prose & Poetry / Art & Hybrids
Optional theme:
Wilderness
Optional prompt:
‘Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.’
― Edward Abbey
rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....
Our submissions are open for Issue 8 -Prose & Poetry / Art & Hybrids
Optional theme:
Wilderness
Optional prompt:
‘Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.’
― Edward Abbey
rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....
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Happy new year! We are open for submissions.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Happy new year! We are open for submissions.
I'm very grateful I appeared in the Hank anthology. Big love for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 💙💙💙
If you know anything about Cowboy Jamboree you know that Hank and Townes are our forefathers.
So happens we have an anthology of grit lit incited by Hank and an anthology of grit lit incited by Townes. Go figure: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
So happens we have an anthology of grit lit incited by Hank and an anthology of grit lit incited by Townes. Go figure: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I'm very grateful I appeared in the Hank anthology. Big love for @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication 😊Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our microfiction judges @daveswann.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social are looking forward to reading your micros (up to a 100 words, no theme). Cash prizes & publication 😊Comp closes 15 Feb: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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January 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM