Does It Have Pockets
@doesithavepockets.bsky.social
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Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
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
"The picture within the frame changes every week, ranging from the news clip of the President pardoning a turkey to a bird’s eye view of our town."
Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The picture within the frame changes every week, ranging from the news clip of the President pardoning a turkey to a bird’s eye view of our town."
Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Words, wings, war in this dynamic new #fiction from Sarp Sozdinler | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarp...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"There are no other cars on the road. Haven’t been since the rumours infected the headlines, since they told us to travel only when necessary."
Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Martyn Rosser — Does It Have Pockets
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November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"There are no other cars on the road. Haven’t been since the rumours infected the headlines, since they told us to travel only when necessary."
Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Martyn Rosser's realistic new #fiction tackles Covid & much, much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mart...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Rain on his face, mingled with dirt, and a week of stubble. Wild man. Storm man. We had to let him in but hesitated because of what he carried."
Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Rain on his face, mingled with dirt, and a week of stubble. Wild man. Storm man. We had to let him in but hesitated because of what he carried."
Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Vivid, weighty, poignant -- new #cnf from Naomi Stenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-... #dihpalum
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"“No, I’m not trying to hide it. It’s the law, if you carry a bottle, it’s got to be in a paper bag.”"
One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"“No, I’m not trying to hide it. It’s the law, if you carry a bottle, it’s got to be in a paper bag.”"
One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
One tiny, pulsing micro & one propulsive, can't miss #flash #fiction from Tom Hedt | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tom-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"The letters were a little shaky, but the “you” was underlined with a firm hand."
Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"The letters were a little shaky, but the “you” was underlined with a firm hand."
Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Two brightly brilliant, cinematic little micros from phebej.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/pheb... #fiction #dihpalumni
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"A whorling of all of the wishes I have ever made/
The lullaby beneath my body"
The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
The lullaby beneath my body"
The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"A whorling of all of the wishes I have ever made/
The lullaby beneath my body"
The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
The lullaby beneath my body"
The body as metaphor, the poem as elixir; don't miss these two stunning new poems from Sarah Scarberry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sarah...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Equally puzzling was the sound. Sometimes loud. Sometimes soft, like spring breeze."
Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Equally puzzling was the sound. Sometimes loud. Sometimes soft, like spring breeze."
Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Beauty keeps balking at my balking at beauty –"
Part prose poem, part breath, part song, part moment, one exquisite new #mustread #creativenonfiction from Acie Clark | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/acie-clark
Art @sethpartnow.bsky.social
Part prose poem, part breath, part song, part moment, one exquisite new #mustread #creativenonfiction from Acie Clark | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/acie-clark
Art @sethpartnow.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Beauty keeps balking at my balking at beauty –"
Part prose poem, part breath, part song, part moment, one exquisite new #mustread #creativenonfiction from Acie Clark | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/acie-clark
Art @sethpartnow.bsky.social
Part prose poem, part breath, part song, part moment, one exquisite new #mustread #creativenonfiction from Acie Clark | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/acie-clark
Art @sethpartnow.bsky.social
"If she approaches you, don’t run. Hold very still and try your best to answer her riddles."
A cautionary, fantastic tale told through social posts in this witty new #fiction from @rheatellstales.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rhea...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A cautionary, fantastic tale told through social posts in this witty new #fiction from @rheatellstales.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rhea...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"If she approaches you, don’t run. Hold very still and try your best to answer her riddles."
A cautionary, fantastic tale told through social posts in this witty new #fiction from @rheatellstales.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rhea...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A cautionary, fantastic tale told through social posts in this witty new #fiction from @rheatellstales.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rhea...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Years ago she moved inland, promising/
it was only for a few years./
You know this story."
DIHP alumna @allcheesedinner.bsky.social returns with two quietly fierce, graceful new #poems for our November issue | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/merie...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
it was only for a few years./
You know this story."
DIHP alumna @allcheesedinner.bsky.social returns with two quietly fierce, graceful new #poems for our November issue | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/merie...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Years ago she moved inland, promising/
it was only for a few years./
You know this story."
DIHP alumna @allcheesedinner.bsky.social returns with two quietly fierce, graceful new #poems for our November issue | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/merie...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
it was only for a few years./
You know this story."
DIHP alumna @allcheesedinner.bsky.social returns with two quietly fierce, graceful new #poems for our November issue | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/merie...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"The Dog was raised by man. Beautiful, imperfect,/
flatulent, man. Stealing leftovers like a bindle-carrying/
vagabond."
A pair of breathtaking, fresh-voiced #poems from Ben Starr | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ben-s...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
flatulent, man. Stealing leftovers like a bindle-carrying/
vagabond."
A pair of breathtaking, fresh-voiced #poems from Ben Starr | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ben-s...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The Dog was raised by man. Beautiful, imperfect,/
flatulent, man. Stealing leftovers like a bindle-carrying/
vagabond."
A pair of breathtaking, fresh-voiced #poems from Ben Starr | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ben-s...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
flatulent, man. Stealing leftovers like a bindle-carrying/
vagabond."
A pair of breathtaking, fresh-voiced #poems from Ben Starr | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/ben-s...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"But things took a tailspin when I forwarded him my “Ezekiel, Mississippi Letters,” my account of this shitbag town and what all goes on here."
We celebrate the return of the singular @dirtbagwriting.bsky.social #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mike...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
We celebrate the return of the singular @dirtbagwriting.bsky.social #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mike...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"But things took a tailspin when I forwarded him my “Ezekiel, Mississippi Letters,” my account of this shitbag town and what all goes on here."
We celebrate the return of the singular @dirtbagwriting.bsky.social #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mike...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
We celebrate the return of the singular @dirtbagwriting.bsky.social #fiction | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mike...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"looking for that crimson stain of belonging/
only for it to show up dingy and brown"
Womanhood, motherhood, life and breath, powerful new #poetry from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social, new for November | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
only for it to show up dingy and brown"
Womanhood, motherhood, life and breath, powerful new #poetry from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social, new for November | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"looking for that crimson stain of belonging/
only for it to show up dingy and brown"
Womanhood, motherhood, life and breath, powerful new #poetry from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social, new for November | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
only for it to show up dingy and brown"
Womanhood, motherhood, life and breath, powerful new #poetry from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social, new for November | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/haley...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"I started to make mixed media collages using the same themes I work with in my writing: gender, history, language, and the human body."
Spend some time with our latest Art & Hybrids collection from artist/writer/DIHP Alum @luannecastle.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Spend some time with our latest Art & Hybrids collection from artist/writer/DIHP Alum @luannecastle.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Luanne Castle | November 2025 — Does It Have Pockets
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November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"I started to make mixed media collages using the same themes I work with in my writing: gender, history, language, and the human body."
Spend some time with our latest Art & Hybrids collection from artist/writer/DIHP Alum @luannecastle.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Spend some time with our latest Art & Hybrids collection from artist/writer/DIHP Alum @luannecastle.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Reposted by Does It Have Pockets
So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So honored to be nominated in such great company by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for the @monarch.gay awards! You can read my piece here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ani-...
We are proud to announce the stunners who comprise our 2026 @monarch.gay nomination slate. Read them all once again (or for the 1st time!) at doesithavepockets.com | #literarycommunity
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We are proud to announce the stunners who comprise our 2026 @monarch.gay nomination slate. Read them all once again (or for the 1st time!) at doesithavepockets.com | #literarycommunity
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
We're featuring the winning entries in this year's Write on the Sound contest! Congrats to @terahs.bsky.social (#fiction), @joyarcher.bsky.social (#cnf), & Nancy Knowles (#poetry) on their beautiful works| www.doesithavepockets.com/features/202...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We're featuring the winning entries in this year's Write on the Sound contest! Congrats to @terahs.bsky.social (#fiction), @joyarcher.bsky.social (#cnf), & Nancy Knowles (#poetry) on their beautiful works| www.doesithavepockets.com/features/202...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Our October month's Art & Hybrids gallery features the winsome and deep-hearted photography of the marvelous Dale Scherfling | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
Dale Scherfling | October 2025 — Does It Have Pockets
www.doesithavepockets.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our October month's Art & Hybrids gallery features the winsome and deep-hearted photography of the marvelous Dale Scherfling | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
"You didn't tell your husband. There were spaces in which to do it. But they all felt like Sunday nights: unhappy and existential."
Don't miss this immersive, urgent flash #fiction from @ronburch.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ron-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Don't miss this immersive, urgent flash #fiction from @ronburch.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ron-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"You didn't tell your husband. There were spaces in which to do it. But they all felt like Sunday nights: unhappy and existential."
Don't miss this immersive, urgent flash #fiction from @ronburch.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ron-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Don't miss this immersive, urgent flash #fiction from @ronburch.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/ron-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Old pain. We recycle.
Me. Me! my voice, soundless.
I want to participate—"
Two cinematic stories in two fresh-voiced, effervescent #poems from Gail Goepfert | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/gail-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Me. Me! my voice, soundless.
I want to participate—"
Two cinematic stories in two fresh-voiced, effervescent #poems from Gail Goepfert | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/gail-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Old pain. We recycle.
Me. Me! my voice, soundless.
I want to participate—"
Two cinematic stories in two fresh-voiced, effervescent #poems from Gail Goepfert | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/gail-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Me. Me! my voice, soundless.
I want to participate—"
Two cinematic stories in two fresh-voiced, effervescent #poems from Gail Goepfert | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/gail-...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"You put me away that night, into a dusty corner where I could humiliate you no more."
A superlative paean to a tool & the story of a life, exquisitely rendered by Nicole M. Babb | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/nico...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A superlative paean to a tool & the story of a life, exquisitely rendered by Nicole M. Babb | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/nico...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"You put me away that night, into a dusty corner where I could humiliate you no more."
A superlative paean to a tool & the story of a life, exquisitely rendered by Nicole M. Babb | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/nico...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A superlative paean to a tool & the story of a life, exquisitely rendered by Nicole M. Babb | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/nico...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"He’s supposed to be writing a novel but only ever reads Chapter One."
Part time travel, part song, a truly special piece of #fiction from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Part time travel, part song, a truly special piece of #fiction from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"He’s supposed to be writing a novel but only ever reads Chapter One."
Part time travel, part song, a truly special piece of #fiction from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Part time travel, part song, a truly special piece of #fiction from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
"Three minutes can seem like an eternity when you’re shaking a cocktail, so pretend like you’re Tom Cruise in that stupid movie"
A #creativenonfiction recipe for drinks &/or ghosts, immersively curated by Eileen Toomey | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/eileen-t...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A #creativenonfiction recipe for drinks &/or ghosts, immersively curated by Eileen Toomey | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/eileen-t...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Three minutes can seem like an eternity when you’re shaking a cocktail, so pretend like you’re Tom Cruise in that stupid movie"
A #creativenonfiction recipe for drinks &/or ghosts, immersively curated by Eileen Toomey | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/eileen-t...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A #creativenonfiction recipe for drinks &/or ghosts, immersively curated by Eileen Toomey | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/eileen-t...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social