Donald Ryan
@dryan.bsky.social
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"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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This has quietly become one of the coolest things in the world, at least in our world.
Made a few changes to @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey guidelines. In times like these we need good art and good food more than ever. And even anarchists have a cookbook.
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
Guidelines — Malarkey
malarkeybooks.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This has quietly become one of the coolest things in the world, at least in our world.
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Ooh this sounds fun
This has quietly become one of the coolest things in the world, at least in our world.
Made a few changes to @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey guidelines. In times like these we need good art and good food more than ever. And even anarchists have a cookbook.
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
January 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Ooh this sounds fun
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Laurence Roche (British | b. 1944). Canal Winter (1981, acrylic on board)
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Laurence Roche (British | b. 1944). Canal Winter (1981, acrylic on board)
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Margaret Severn painting a mask,
~ photographer unidentified (1940)
~ photographer unidentified (1940)
January 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Margaret Severn painting a mask,
~ photographer unidentified (1940)
~ photographer unidentified (1940)
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Some new testimonial graphics for my books because I put my heart + soul into them, readers enjoy 'em + they're out with small presses so I need to bang the gong twice as loud
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Some new testimonial graphics for my books because I put my heart + soul into them, readers enjoy 'em + they're out with small presses so I need to bang the gong twice as loud
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Made a few changes to @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey guidelines. In times like these we need good art and good food more than ever. And even anarchists have a cookbook.
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
Guidelines — Malarkey
malarkeybooks.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Made a few changes to @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey guidelines. In times like these we need good art and good food more than ever. And even anarchists have a cookbook.
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
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*Quick Response Submissions*
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
*Quick Response Submissions*
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
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Beautiful books deserve beautiful covers
So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Beautiful books deserve beautiful covers
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So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
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Sometimes, what I do for a living is metaphorically hold people hands through life. Honestly, that's a lot of what I do as a public librarian. Rando teens who wanna check in, lonely singles who wanna tell me about what's happening on their shows, angry patrons who wanna take shit out on whomever
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Sometimes, what I do for a living is metaphorically hold people hands through life. Honestly, that's a lot of what I do as a public librarian. Rando teens who wanna check in, lonely singles who wanna tell me about what's happening on their shows, angry patrons who wanna take shit out on whomever
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you have to draw the line somewhere
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
you have to draw the line somewhere
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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Thanks to all who’ve read and shared this little ditty on the unsolved mystery of grief, etc., & @aaronburch.bsky.social for believing. 💀 🙏 🖤
Sheldon Birnie one of my faves doing it rn. So excited to get to feature this one today and share it with you all!
"Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore."
https://www.havehashad.com/q6q46
"Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore."
https://www.havehashad.com/q6q46
Buddy’s Gone by Sheldon Birnie
Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore. When the water hit that belly of his, he dove in. He come back up…
www.havehashad.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Thanks to all who’ve read and shared this little ditty on the unsolved mystery of grief, etc., & @aaronburch.bsky.social for believing. 💀 🙏 🖤
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still very proud of this 2022 chapbook, made up of prose poems inspired by circus films 🎪
www.etsy.com/listing/1223...
www.etsy.com/listing/1223...
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
still very proud of this 2022 chapbook, made up of prose poems inspired by circus films 🎪
www.etsy.com/listing/1223...
www.etsy.com/listing/1223...
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No one needs my negativity today. Just repeating it as a reminder to myself.
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
No one needs my negativity today. Just repeating it as a reminder to myself.
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Started reading Blood Meridian and I just finished the first chapter and I can already tell this judge fella is gunna turn out to be a loving father figure to the kid ☺️
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Started reading Blood Meridian and I just finished the first chapter and I can already tell this judge fella is gunna turn out to be a loving father figure to the kid ☺️
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People keep saying they don't want another "forever war" but I don't want any kind of war.
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
People keep saying they don't want another "forever war" but I don't want any kind of war.
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Warm Afternoon
William Webb
1995
William Webb
1995
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Warm Afternoon
William Webb
1995
William Webb
1995
Well ain’t this all just not one big continuous embarrassment
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Well ain’t this all just not one big continuous embarrassment
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William S. Schwartz - A Song Without Words, 1927
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
William S. Schwartz - A Song Without Words, 1927
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among many other not good things, this is also not good
I’ve been wondering for the last year when we’d get to the library destruction phase and here we are. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
among many other not good things, this is also not good
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Short Story, Long submissions are open.
Short Story, Long Submission Manager
Short Story, LongIf we're open, there will be a category or two below. If there's nothing below, we're not taking submissions right now. Thanks!The vague idea is probably submissions open for one mont...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Short Story, Long submissions are open.