Does It Have Pockets
@doesithavepockets.bsky.social
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Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
This month, we interviewed the fantastic Lisa Low about her new chapbook, Late in the Day. Read our conversation & some sample poems | www.doesithavepockets.com/features/lis...
A Conversation with Lisa Low — Does It Have Pockets
www.doesithavepockets.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This month, we interviewed the fantastic Lisa Low about her new chapbook, Late in the Day. Read our conversation & some sample poems | www.doesithavepockets.com/features/lis...
Sending our hopes & adorations & happy dances alongside our five nominees for Best Microfiction's 2026 anthology!
December 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sending our hopes & adorations & happy dances alongside our five nominees for Best Microfiction's 2026 anthology!
"I’ll never forget her first words:
“I need twenty bucks.”"
Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
“I need twenty bucks.”"
Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"I’ll never forget her first words:
“I need twenty bucks.”"
Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
“I need twenty bucks.”"
Funny and heartbreaking, with a voice like your best friend's, don't miss this new set of #flash #fiction from @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...I ducked my head,
waited for my father’s rage
to spill from your lips."
A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
waited for my father’s rage
to spill from your lips."
A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"...I ducked my head,
waited for my father’s rage
to spill from your lips."
A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
waited for my father’s rage
to spill from your lips."
A trio of graceful, nuanced, and surprising #poems from Colleen Harris, new for December | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colle...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"The whoosh of you leaving the table still so fresh in my ears."
An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"The whoosh of you leaving the table still so fresh in my ears."
An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
An exquisite pair of new microfictions from the amazing @francinewitte.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fran... #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...or forget you will die
and feel the buzz reverberating
bones as you touch the power grid."
Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
and feel the buzz reverberating
bones as you touch the power grid."
Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"...or forget you will die
and feel the buzz reverberating
bones as you touch the power grid."
Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
and feel the buzz reverberating
bones as you touch the power grid."
Three electrifying new #poems from John Cullen | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/john-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...Hannah needs someone to explain communion before she asks if brisket wouldn’t be too sacrilegious."
In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"...Hannah needs someone to explain communion before she asks if brisket wouldn’t be too sacrilegious."
In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
In a #cnf that your EIC wishes she had written, a sharp and hilarious piece from Amanda Mather | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/amanda-m...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...she asks, “Do you want a bag?” like it’s a trick question, like there’s a right answer and I’ve already failed it..."
Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"...she asks, “Do you want a bag?” like it’s a trick question, like there’s a right answer and I’ve already failed it..."
Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Three breathtaking new #microfictions from Mizuki Yamamato @mizuki-yama.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Raise your hood, and everybody’s a mechanic."
Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Raise your hood, and everybody’s a mechanic."
Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Inventive, heartbreaking, and deeply infused with subtle wit, #mustread new #fiction from @dfcohen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dani...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"The humming wasn’t so bad, a kind of airy trill like a towhee on the wing."
Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The humming wasn’t so bad, a kind of airy trill like a towhee on the wing."
Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Atmospheric and arresting as it dances between worlds, don't miss new flash #fiction from DIHP alumna @writesofkathryn.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Every picture-a-reminder of kids like Martin who spat in your Jello."
@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Every picture-a-reminder of kids like Martin who spat in your Jello."
@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social takes us on a journey through time, space, the five senses, and her yearbook in this wryly & richly drawn #cnf | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/liz-debeer
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"I don’t want him to be reasonable; I want him to say something I can fight with."
@fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"I don’t want him to be reasonable; I want him to say something I can fight with."
@fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social 's beautifully deft new #fiction is all at once parenting, misunderstanding, and ever present change | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/fion...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"'I know women have a lot to do,'
says the woman in the next seat"
Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
says the woman in the next seat"
Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"'I know women have a lot to do,'
says the woman in the next seat"
Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
says the woman in the next seat"
Two lifetimes in two universes in two poems, phenomenal new work from Rebecca Michels | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rebec...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Powdered lemonade was to fresh lemonade as Sophia Grey was to Marianne Dashwood—a sad and sorry substitute..."
Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Powdered lemonade was to fresh lemonade as Sophia Grey was to Marianne Dashwood—a sad and sorry substitute..."
Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Darkly funny, brightly satirical, and very Jane, new #fiction from DIHP alum Kat Meads | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kat-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"...reliving
ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers,
roar of all Septembers..."
Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers,
roar of all Septembers..."
Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"...reliving
ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers,
roar of all Septembers..."
Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
ancient pep rallies in wooden bleachers,
roar of all Septembers..."
Coming of age at any age in two powerful, important new #poems from @jhdt.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jenni...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Carolyn is the hero-scientist. The one who says things like, 'Keep that net handy, George. I might need it.'"
A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Carolyn is the hero-scientist. The one who says things like, 'Keep that net handy, George. I might need it.'"
A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A true hybrid, a cinematic and spectacular speculative fiction memoir from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie."
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie."
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
This month's Art & Hybrid collection is a tenderly illustrated exploration of grief through photos from @lmbayley.bsky.social
CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3
www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids
CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3
www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This month's Art & Hybrid collection is a tenderly illustrated exploration of grief through photos from @lmbayley.bsky.social
CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3
www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids
CW: Readers dealing with recent loss might read with caution or save this one for later. <3
www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids
The DIHP Team hopes you'll help celebrate our wide community of hardworking lit mags & their teams by checking into the annual @chillsubs.bsky.social 2025 best litmags poll! It's fun, informative, & helps your writing peers. <3 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The DIHP Team hopes you'll help celebrate our wide community of hardworking lit mags & their teams by checking into the annual @chillsubs.bsky.social 2025 best litmags poll! It's fun, informative, & helps your writing peers. <3 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-short-stories-0yEDiBS2
duotrope.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Short Stories feat. @hudsonreview.bsky.social @prairiefiremag.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @doricliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
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So proud my story The Hate Baby is shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. There’s a slim chance of a prize but better yet it’ll appear in one of their gorgeous anthologies. Thank you
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So proud my story The Hate Baby is shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. There’s a slim chance of a prize but better yet it’ll appear in one of their gorgeous anthologies. Thank you
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home
@aestheticamagazine.com.web.brid.gy - and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for giving it its first home
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@haleydirenzo.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social — “I do not know
what it is to be a mother
but I think it must be something
like a wild thing, capable of carnage
but offering mercy”
As a mother — wow. Yes!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
what it is to be a mother
but I think it must be something
like a wild thing, capable of carnage
but offering mercy”
As a mother — wow. Yes!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
Haley DiRenzo — Does It Have Pockets
Mother | Your Blood and Mine
www.doesithavepockets.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@haleydirenzo.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social — “I do not know
what it is to be a mother
but I think it must be something
like a wild thing, capable of carnage
but offering mercy”
As a mother — wow. Yes!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
what it is to be a mother
but I think it must be something
like a wild thing, capable of carnage
but offering mercy”
As a mother — wow. Yes!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
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@doesithavepockets.bsky.social is an online literary magazine with an emphasis on the uncategorizable. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not sure where this piece belongs,” try them! Stop by table 518 at the #AWP26 Bookfair to say hi!
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@doesithavepockets.bsky.social is an online literary magazine with an emphasis on the uncategorizable. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not sure where this piece belongs,” try them! Stop by table 518 at the #AWP26 Bookfair to say hi!
Kudos and congratulations to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Find their work and the other great literature of 2025 at doesithavepockets.com <3 #literarycommunity
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Kudos and congratulations to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Find their work and the other great literature of 2025 at doesithavepockets.com <3 #literarycommunity
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social