Betty
@fadingbetty.bsky.social
EdD, MFA, poet, author, debate coach, speech coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, gamer
New flash piece today in Quotidian Bagatelle from @foofarawpress.bsky.social qb.foofaraw.press/the-collecti... I'll have two more flash pieces out with them over the next few months!
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The Collection of Sunlight
BETTY STANTON
qb.foofaraw.press
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
New flash piece today in Quotidian Bagatelle from @foofarawpress.bsky.social qb.foofaraw.press/the-collecti... I'll have two more flash pieces out with them over the next few months!
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity #flashfiction
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity #flashfiction
So, if this is true, I'm just fully Canadian because my paternal grandmother was a Canadian citizen? .... Because I'd be good with that.
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
So, if this is true, I'm just fully Canadian because my paternal grandmother was a Canadian citizen? .... Because I'd be good with that.
Two new poems in the newest issue of 3rd Wednesday! thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2026/02/04/t...
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Two Poems by Betty Stanton
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thirdwednesdaymagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Two new poems in the newest issue of 3rd Wednesday! thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2026/02/04/t...
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A flash piece and a prose poem out today in Blasphemous. blasphemousaliteraryjournalfortheforgotten.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Betty Stanton
About Her Betty Stanton (she/her) is a Pushcart nominated writer who lives and teaches in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some of her favorite recent publications can be found in Susurrus, The Medley, and narrate…
blasphemousaliteraryjournalfortheforgotten.wordpress.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A flash piece and a prose poem out today in Blasphemous. blasphemousaliteraryjournalfortheforgotten.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Oh! Also today I have two poems out in the newest issue of Brown Bag, one reprint and one new-ish work! brownbag.online/issue-11/ I also really love how they laid out this journal like an immersive experience.
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Issue 11 - Brown Bag
Reuban Letter from the Editor For the second time, our No Theme theme generated one anyway. We found consistent threads of time within each piece. We saw the progress and regress of living. We felt al...
brownbag.online
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Oh! Also today I have two poems out in the newest issue of Brown Bag, one reprint and one new-ish work! brownbag.online/issue-11/ I also really love how they laid out this journal like an immersive experience.
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Honored to be the feature poet in the newest issue of MockingHeart Review! They included three of my poems and an interview. mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is... mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is...
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Volume 11, Issue 1
EDITOR’S LETTER MockingHeart friends! Welcome to the new year. I hope it’s been treating you well. Louisiana is normally a place replete with warmth, the hum of insects and the trills o…
mockingheartreview.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Honored to be the feature poet in the newest issue of MockingHeart Review! They included three of my poems and an interview. mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is... mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is...
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Not affiliated with this press, but as an Okie I fully support this and am looking forward to keeping an eye on it!
New publisher listing for: Okie Modern: A Journal of Contemporary Oklahoma Literature (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Okie Modern: A Journal of Contemporary Oklahoma Literature
New publisher listing for: Okie Modern: A Journal of Contemporary Oklahoma Literature (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
duotrope.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Not affiliated with this press, but as an Okie I fully support this and am looking forward to keeping an eye on it!
So pleased today to be announced as the 1st runner up in the Mukoli Contest from Mukoli - The Magazine for Peace. mukoli.net/contest-resu... The poem will be published in their Winter '26 issue.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
So pleased today to be announced as the 1st runner up in the Mukoli Contest from Mukoli - The Magazine for Peace. mukoli.net/contest-resu... The poem will be published in their Winter '26 issue.
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
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Over 170 publications re-opened today, including @suspendedmag.bsky.social @ploughshares.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @dogthroat.com @flarelitmag.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @wyldblood.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
Re-openings for February 01, 2026
Over 170 publications re-opened today, including @suspendedmag.bsky.social @ploughshares.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @dogthroat.com @flarelitmag.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @wyldblood.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
duotrope.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Over 170 publications re-opened today, including @suspendedmag.bsky.social @ploughshares.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @dogthroat.com @flarelitmag.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @wyldblood.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
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Be sure to follow and pin our Mercurial Poets #list. These are Bluesky writers who have been published on Tiny Prophecies.
Want to be added to the list? Send us a poem or story here: mercurialsilver.com/pages/submit....
Want to be added to the list? Send us a poem or story here: mercurialsilver.com/pages/submit....
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Be sure to follow and pin our Mercurial Poets #list. These are Bluesky writers who have been published on Tiny Prophecies.
Want to be added to the list? Send us a poem or story here: mercurialsilver.com/pages/submit....
Want to be added to the list? Send us a poem or story here: mercurialsilver.com/pages/submit....
The other day I posted about a story I had in the new collection from Wicked Shadow Press. They actually put out TWO holiday horror collections, and I had a story in both. This is the second one. It looks great! www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
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YuleHide: The Red Book
40 Stories ~ 290 Pages
Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches. Something remembers older winters, bloodier rituals and the quiet violence lurking beneath ...
www.lulu.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The other day I posted about a story I had in the new collection from Wicked Shadow Press. They actually put out TWO holiday horror collections, and I had a story in both. This is the second one. It looks great! www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
A-minor Magazine was one of the first mags I submitted to during my MFA, and one of my first rejections. I've loved the mag since - and today (10 years later!) I have a short story in the new issue! aminormagazine.com/2026/01/30/b...
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Blue
by Betty Stanton The wind carries the taste of ash, not rain. It coats the tongue, a dry promise that never breaks. The road ahead fades into a mirage of warped air, shimmering pools that vanish wh…
aminormagazine.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
A-minor Magazine was one of the first mags I submitted to during my MFA, and one of my first rejections. I've loved the mag since - and today (10 years later!) I have a short story in the new issue! aminormagazine.com/2026/01/30/b...
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
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How many markets is TOO many markets to have a piece simultaneously submitted to? Asking for a "friend." lol #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
How many markets is TOO many markets to have a piece simultaneously submitted to? Asking for a "friend." lol #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Two poems today in Shot Glass Journal from Muse Pie Press. www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/be...
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Shot Glass Journal - Betty Stanton
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January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Two poems today in Shot Glass Journal from Muse Pie Press. www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/be...
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Today a short holiday horror story of mine came out in this great collection from Wicked Shadow Press. www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
YuleHide: The Green Book
40 Stories ~ Over 275 Pages
Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches. Something remembers older winters, bloodier rituals and the quiet violence lurking ben...
www.lulu.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Today a short holiday horror story of mine came out in this great collection from Wicked Shadow Press. www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity
I had 65 poems/short stories accepted in 2025, of those only 13 are still forthcoming and the rest were published and shared. It’s by far been my most productive year. Now I’m really struggling to write anything at all that isn’t smut with my friends. I needed these snow days!!!
#writingcommunity
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January 27, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I had 65 poems/short stories accepted in 2025, of those only 13 are still forthcoming and the rest were published and shared. It’s by far been my most productive year. Now I’m really struggling to write anything at all that isn’t smut with my friends. I needed these snow days!!!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Happy to have a piece in this issue, out today from The Periwinkle Pelican @periwinklepelican.bsky.social ! This poem is literally over a decade old, and it's great to have finally found a home for it.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Happy to have a piece in this issue, out today from The Periwinkle Pelican @periwinklepelican.bsky.social ! This poem is literally over a decade old, and it's great to have finally found a home for it.
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
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I've been talking about Last Kiss a lot but did you know I wrote a one page RPG about wrestling your queer friends with sexual subtext?
Pronoun Throwdown is available for free or capitalism luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-thro...
Pronoun Throwdown is available for free or capitalism luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-thro...
Pronoun Throwdown
A One Page TTRPG by Brian LibergeYou are queer and looking for foreplay with a total stranger (or friend or ex), so you head down to PRONOUN THROWDOWN, your local queer trans wrestling social. You…
luckoftheharbor.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I've been talking about Last Kiss a lot but did you know I wrote a one page RPG about wrestling your queer friends with sexual subtext?
Pronoun Throwdown is available for free or capitalism luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-thro...
Pronoun Throwdown is available for free or capitalism luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-thro...
I have two new prose poems/micro flash pieces available in the new issue of Ionosphere from @ampliconpress.bsky.social Find it here www.amazon.com/ionosphere-V... (free to read w/Kindle Unlimited) It looks so good!
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ionosphere Vol. III Issue 1
Amazon.com: ionosphere Vol. III Issue 1 eBook : Press, Amplicon: Kindle Store
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January 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I have two new prose poems/micro flash pieces available in the new issue of Ionosphere from @ampliconpress.bsky.social Find it here www.amazon.com/ionosphere-V... (free to read w/Kindle Unlimited) It looks so good!
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
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Issue 5 of the literary journal ionosphere is now available on Amazon!
Read poetry and essays by @fadingbetty.bsky.social,
@bigjosh84.bsky.social, @zoomburst.substack.com,
@misshalcyon.bsky.social, @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social, and many
others.
Read poetry and essays by @fadingbetty.bsky.social,
@bigjosh84.bsky.social, @zoomburst.substack.com,
@misshalcyon.bsky.social, @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social, and many
others.
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Issue 5 of the literary journal ionosphere is now available on Amazon!
Read poetry and essays by @fadingbetty.bsky.social,
@bigjosh84.bsky.social, @zoomburst.substack.com,
@misshalcyon.bsky.social, @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social, and many
others.
Read poetry and essays by @fadingbetty.bsky.social,
@bigjosh84.bsky.social, @zoomburst.substack.com,
@misshalcyon.bsky.social, @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social, and many
others.
New micro-poem today in the newest issue of The Odd Magazine.
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Odd Poetry | Oddity 31
theoddmagazine.wixsite.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
New micro-poem today in the newest issue of The Odd Magazine.
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A new poem and a short flash piece in the newest issue of Blue Daises out this week bluedaisiesjournal.wixsite.com/bluedaisiesj... "Threshold" and "Candlelight"
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Blue Daisies Journal | Online Journal
Blue Daisies is an online literary journal where experiments with genre aesthetics happen.
bluedaisiesjournal.wixsite.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:28 AM
A new poem and a short flash piece in the newest issue of Blue Daises out this week bluedaisiesjournal.wixsite.com/bluedaisiesj... "Threshold" and "Candlelight"
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Three micro poems out today with Tiny Prophecies @mercurialsilver.com They are curating a really great collection over there, and I'm enjoying reading through their hearth, ruin, & whimsy.
#blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
It's Monday again, which means it's time to share some Ruin. Today's release is titled "In Which She Is" by @fadingbetty.bsky.social
Check out the three part poem here: mercurialsilver.com/blogs/tiny-p...
#poetry #writingcommunity #ruin #triptych
Check out the three part poem here: mercurialsilver.com/blogs/tiny-p...
#poetry #writingcommunity #ruin #triptych
In Which She Is
A three-part poem by Betty Stanton where she becomes fire, wolf, and fog—embers in open chests, a keening hunger through bone, and salt-silver memory drifting where a name used to be.
mercurialsilver.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Three micro poems out today with Tiny Prophecies @mercurialsilver.com They are curating a really great collection over there, and I'm enjoying reading through their hearth, ruin, & whimsy.
#blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Excited for this tomorrow in @mercurialsilver.com . "In Which She Is" started as a set of poems submitted to a call from @tinywrenlit.bsky.social a few years ago and grew into a full chapbook project. Happy to have these three out in the world.
Monday is approaching and we know what that means— Ruin & dread.
Tomorrow's prophecy is titled "In Which She Is" by @fadingbetty.bsky.social
She is the fire. She is the wolf. She is the fog. A triptych of burning, hunger, and forgetting.
Check back later to read the full prophecy. #poem #ruin
Tomorrow's prophecy is titled "In Which She Is" by @fadingbetty.bsky.social
She is the fire. She is the wolf. She is the fog. A triptych of burning, hunger, and forgetting.
Check back later to read the full prophecy. #poem #ruin
January 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Excited for this tomorrow in @mercurialsilver.com . "In Which She Is" started as a set of poems submitted to a call from @tinywrenlit.bsky.social a few years ago and grew into a full chapbook project. Happy to have these three out in the world.