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Does It Have Pockets
@doesithavepockets.bsky.social
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Hybrid in form and function, a new mystery from Lyss Wood #fiction #hybrid | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Lyss Wood | February 2026 — Does It Have Pockets
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February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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"Jane wishes for their happiness, and assumes Hugh is wishing for something similar. Hugh wishes for a kayak."

Taut and zinging, don't miss these two sublime new flash #fictions from @chelseastickle.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/chel...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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"Sam didn’t want a lonesome egg. He wanted Marta to come back."

Ends, beginnings, and everything in between in this fresh #fiction #longread from Steven Swiryn | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stev...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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"The best thing about curfew is breaking the law."

Two gorgeous, new, intricately stitched #poems from @sjgrimm.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/susan...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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"I hadn’t noticed. My nose. My fingers. The knife. Who could say."

Another weird & wild & wonderful piece of #fiction courtesy of #DIHPAlum @tombusillo.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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"“Thou art a rotten worm, Braden. Be grateful that I speak to you, and do not banish you from my sight.”"

With inky wit, a tale of the pandemic, grace, & our fave prophet, Braden, from @mrlwwrites.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mr-l... #fiction

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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"If my body was a temple, I didn’t believe in God, and that was the most important thing I learned about myself growing up."

Important, moving, & keenly thoughtful new #creativenonfiction from @abrickandawindow.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andreea-...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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"It's been decades, and try as you might,
her motives are still opaque"

Two lushly atmospheric, immersive new poems from @lizdegregorio.bsky.social , new for February | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/liz-d... #poetry

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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"“Yes, let’s all drink to Gail!” And then I remember I’m Gail, so I say, “I mean, let’s all drink to me!”"

A darkly funny, powerful read for all of us living in 2026, new from #DIHPAlum @jekwriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jess... #fiction

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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"Hot pink’s an extrovert’s color."

Two brand-spanking-new #poems full of bright delight and crystalline moments courtesy of @carrieconners.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/carri...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"They call it chronically ill, but I call it
paying attention. Give it time. Everything breaks."

Voice, dynamism, urgency: Two new poems from Jillian Stacia | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jilli...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Short, bittersweet, perfect new #cnf from #DIHPalum & multi-disciplinary maven Louella Lester | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/louella-...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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"We sat in stunned silence, taking in his strange jumble of words, thinking we were merely witnessing a career engulfed in an act of spectacular self-immolation."

#DIHPAlum @keithjpowell.com w/two madcap flashes | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/keit...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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"I don’t know when it will come back. I don’t know
if I’ll be there to see it."

Timely, urgent, profoundly moving; a trio of fresh poems from Rachel Beachy, new for February | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/rache... #mustread

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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"Any hack can grip their head and moan."

DIHP kicks off February with phenomenal #longread #fiction full of wit, warmth, grief, and absurdity, brand new from Erin Finnerty | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/erin...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Massive congrats to our Best Small Fictions (shoutout to @altcurrent.bsky.social ) nominees for 2026 | @spencerwriting.bsky.social, @nomad-sw18.bsky.social, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @joannatheiss.com, & @kathyhoyle.bsky.social <3
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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New interview live! We chat with the effervescent @victoriamelekian.bsky.social about her new collection, happiness, dogs, and pockets (natch). | www.doesithavepockets.com/features/v-m... #interviews #poetry #dihpalumni
A Conversation with Victoria Melekian — Does It Have Pockets
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January 15, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Our sincere congrats to @mizuki-yama.bsky.social for making the final list for the 2026 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology! Special thanks to Best Microfiction's superlative team: series editors Meg Pokrass & Gary Finke and guest editor Diane Seuss. <3
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Today's listing of the day is: Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine @doesithavepockets.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Does It Have Pockets?: A literary magazine @doesithavepockets.bsky.social (some fees) #WritingCommunity
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January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Don't miss this month's Art & Hybrid gallery featuring the gorgeously vivid work of @courtneyb77.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids #pureenergy
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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"Wind-inflated, paper teeth flicking, riding a wave of air."

Bright and surreal, and bittersweet, E Ce Millier brings us fantastical new #fiction to bring in the new year | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/e-ce...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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"survived
the wrecks
but walked away
from all twelve steps"

DIHP Alum Mark Jackley returns with three tiny, textured poems | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/mark-...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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"Her laugh was startling. “Who told you it was performance art?”"

A vibrant, sharp look at art, protest, and power in L.M. Conkling's newest #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/lm-c...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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"Jason surely didn’t want to disappoint Rachel in this new life; he had done a fair amount of that in their old one."

We fell in love w/ this story instantly, deeply, completely. New #fiction by @fowleriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/davi...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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"I wrote down the recipe and put it somewhere I’d be sure to find it again, and accordingly, I haven’t seen it since."

Funny, timely, and hopeful, don't miss this deliciously quirky new fiction from @katemaxlow.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kate...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM