Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now!
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Fully digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social
Fully digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social
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Check out this interview with our Co-Editor-in-Chief @melruthwrites.bsky.social in @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social !!!!
Children's author @melruthwrites.bsky.social chatted with us about her writing process and work as a Co-Editor-in-Chief for two magazines! Give her feature a read and follow her on SM, please and thank you! Keep shining! ✨
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Our very own @melruthwrites.bsky.social interviewed in @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social !
@melruthwrites.bsky.social representing you all!
Indie Author Day 2025 @ the Buffalo library
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@melruthwrites.bsky.social representing you all!
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Also check out the gorgeous lit publication she co-runs with such skill and care epistemiclit.com
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A fully digital literary anthology based on themed submissions. The magazine accepts submissions from all with no fee and aims to be fully accessible.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Also check out the gorgeous lit publication she co-runs with such skill and care epistemiclit.com
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Micro poetic magic by @kristinwrites.bsky.social
In just a handful or two of words. Simple elegant wonder.
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In just a handful or two of words. Simple elegant wonder.
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Temple in a City literary journal
Hibiscus, poetry by Kristin Houlihan. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Micro poetic magic by @kristinwrites.bsky.social
In just a handful or two of words. Simple elegant wonder.
templeinacity.com/poetry-krist...
In just a handful or two of words. Simple elegant wonder.
templeinacity.com/poetry-krist...
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There are breakfasts….and then there are breakfast. Here’s what breakfast at my place can be like…my poem “Stim” in @templeinacity.bsky.social ‘s JOY issue!
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JOY, popup edition Archives - Temple in a City
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November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There are breakfasts….and then there are breakfast. Here’s what breakfast at my place can be like…my poem “Stim” in @templeinacity.bsky.social ‘s JOY issue!
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Still time to submit, #kidlit writers!
Today is the last day to enter our #kidlit #poetrycontest!
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
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This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Still time to submit, #kidlit writers!
All responses for #poetry submissions for Issue 7: #Integrity have been sent!
Fiction and cover art responses coming soon!
Fiction and cover art responses coming soon!
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
All responses for #poetry submissions for Issue 7: #Integrity have been sent!
Fiction and cover art responses coming soon!
Fiction and cover art responses coming soon!
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So excited to be in this issue with so many great authors. Thanks @eireneeleni.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social! This was inspired by my unhinged group chat with @kateaxeford.bsky.social @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social 🧡
Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
Temple in a City literary journal
Contributors to JOY, a special pop-up edition of Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So excited to be in this issue with so many great authors. Thanks @eireneeleni.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social! This was inspired by my unhinged group chat with @kateaxeford.bsky.social @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social 🧡
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I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
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'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
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The Cat in the Guest Bedroom
The Cat in the Guest Bedroom by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos CW: Child Abuse & Mental Health Their mother had prayed for a son. His name would have been Arthur—a strong name for a strong...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
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It’s impossible to read this sweet collection of joyful pieces without smiling 🥹 So happy to have a poem in this micro issue from @templeinacity.bsky.social
It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It’s impossible to read this sweet collection of joyful pieces without smiling 🥹 So happy to have a poem in this micro issue from @templeinacity.bsky.social
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It's Literacy Night and I saw this in the library!
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It's Literacy Night and I saw this in the library!
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What a fantastic night writing poetry about camping with K-8 students! We did haikus, acrostics, odes, and limericks, and I even have a few kids interested in submitting the @nimblewitlit.bsky.social !
It's Literacy Night and I saw this in the library!
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
What a fantastic night writing poetry about camping with K-8 students! We did haikus, acrostics, odes, and limericks, and I even have a few kids interested in submitting the @nimblewitlit.bsky.social !
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Aww how sweet! Thanks for thinking of my Father’s colonoscopy baby 😂. Here it is! flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-f...
'On Family Movie Nights We Watch The Video of My Father’s Colonoscopy' by Sumitra Singam
Ma shrugs, it’s how he was – intrusive, shaming . To me, the stippled mucosa telescoping into view is like veined marble, unknowable beauty....
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Aww how sweet! Thanks for thinking of my Father’s colonoscopy baby 😂. Here it is! flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-f...
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Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
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Earning Honorable Mention and a gift card in WOW's summer flash fiction contest: APPRECIATED.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Earning Honorable Mention and a gift card in WOW's summer flash fiction contest: APPRECIATED.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing the 6 sentences that is “Subway Was Real When You Worked There” 🥪🌽🚙
Read them and these other fabulous stories in Issue 37 here ⬇️
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Read them and these other fabulous stories in Issue 37 here ⬇️
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/
Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories
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November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I chose my local food bank!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I chose my local food bank!
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Thanks @havehashad.com for reminding me that I've been meaning to make a donation to poemsnotbombs.org.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thanks @havehashad.com for reminding me that I've been meaning to make a donation to poemsnotbombs.org.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
I want to slug Aunt Sherry too. I also want the rest of this book. (-k)
#WIPSnips lots to choose from here, but I felt this passage really gets to the heart of my characters environment and frustration.
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I want to slug Aunt Sherry too. I also want the rest of this book. (-k)
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Uh…this is really good.
(1-minute read)
(1-minute read)
"...crouching before the blue god of short flames in his black metal cave, winking at me like a dozen butterfly wings, sucking moisture from my lips in return for brief comfort."
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Uh…this is really good.
(1-minute read)
(1-minute read)
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'You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.'
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
Temple in a City literary journal
Contributors to JOY, a special pop-up edition of Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
'You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.'
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
This one from @zaryfekete.bsky.social in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social — it hurts, so beware.
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#EpistemicLitFamily
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Half An Hour by Zary Fekete
The sky was hazy. The sun shown straight down from above, piercing through the upper sky until it fairly burned [...]
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November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This one from @zaryfekete.bsky.social in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social — it hurts, so beware.
#EpistemicLitFamily
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#EpistemicLitFamily
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#PoemsAbout #Desire is live. Post from today through Thursday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché. Engage—don’t ghost. Read 3+, repost, reply. Sign up for prompt packs: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#PoemsAbout #Desire is live. Post from today through Thursday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché. Engage—don’t ghost. Read 3+, repost, reply. Sign up for prompt packs: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
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There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
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The amazing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is a devastatingly beautiful study of womanhood — of inheritance, grief, and transformation.
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The amazing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is a devastatingly beautiful study of womanhood — of inheritance, grief, and transformation.
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2