Betty
@fadingbetty.bsky.social
EdD, poet, author, debate coach, speech coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, gamer
New poem out www.discretionarylove.com/honeyed/
Honeyed, Discretionary Love
She bowed to him happily, handing over her honor like a cloak she would never wear again, to a stranger who stroked her hunger until it bloomed across her...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New poem out www.discretionarylove.com/honeyed/
I'll be presenting The Open Book at this on Saturday morning! Come see me!
If you want to know why people are still making new games, and want to encourage them to keep going, visit the RPG Designer Meet and Greet, Saturday Morning at #PAXUnplugged.
10 AM, and 11 AM. All attendees welcome #ttrpg
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10 AM, and 11 AM. All attendees welcome #ttrpg
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November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'll be presenting The Open Book at this on Saturday morning! Come see me!
I had a poem that was an honorable mention in 2022 in the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards.. It has now been anthologized along with the other winners and honorable mentions for that contest for the last few years in this anthology www.middlewestpress.com/2025/09/new-...
New Volume Collects 60+ Col. Darron L. Wright Award-winning Stories & Poems
Editors of Chicago-based non-profit literary journal Line of Advance ( www.LineOfAdvance.org ) have announced a new, second volume collecti...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I had a poem that was an honorable mention in 2022 in the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards.. It has now been anthologized along with the other winners and honorable mentions for that contest for the last few years in this anthology www.middlewestpress.com/2025/09/new-...
And another story out today at Rooted: stayrootedent.com/rooted-in-se...
Rooted in: Rite
Rooted in: Rite is Rooted Literary Magazine’s inaugural Halloween Anthology. It’s a collection of poems, essays, short stories, and art that captures what Rites mean to us.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And another story out today at Rooted: stayrootedent.com/rooted-in-se...
The story that I worked on after my terrible airport experiences this summer just won a horror prize for Halloween. talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/ho...
Horror Tropes Contest Winners | Tales from the Moonlit Path
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November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The story that I worked on after my terrible airport experiences this summer just won a horror prize for Halloween. talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/ho...
Two short poems out at the Fib Review. I've never tried this form before I saw this journal, and they were fun to work with. www.musepiepress.com/fibreview/be...
the fib review - Betty Stanton
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November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Two short poems out at the Fib Review. I've never tried this form before I saw this journal, and they were fun to work with. www.musepiepress.com/fibreview/be...
New poem from my new chapbook project in Circle of Salt today circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com
Circle of Salt
Send up to 3 unpublished pieces of magickal poetry (including esoteriku), prose, personal essay, original art, reviews, recipes, tips, etc. to Kelly Sauvage Moyer at unfazedmoon@gmail.com.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New poem from my new chapbook project in Circle of Salt today circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com
New poem out in this issue of @viridinelit.bsky.social!
☆ ISSUE 04: CONTAGION IS OUT ☆
Dive into some stunning new poetry and fiction as the nights draw in and chills seep into the air. View and download the issue for free on our site: viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/...
Dive into some stunning new poetry and fiction as the nights draw in and chills seep into the air. View and download the issue for free on our site: viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/...
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
New poem out in this issue of @viridinelit.bsky.social!
Short story out @ Macrame Literary Journal
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The Doctor Dreams of Heaven - Literary Journal
The Doctor Dreams of Heaven, a short story by author Betty Stanton, published in the Fall 2025 issue of Macrame Literary Journal.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Short story out @ Macrame Literary Journal
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New (old) poem @ bitter melon review. thebittermelonreview.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/l...
Lichtenberg Scars | Betty Stanton
There are different ways a person can bestruck – a side splash or ground currentlicking at the fragile lightning rod of skintransformed into circuit. A person struckbecomes something new, becomes a…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New (old) poem @ bitter melon review. thebittermelonreview.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/l...
New piece @ Would Up Literary woundupliterary.com/2025/10/06/w...
WAITING FOR THE LIGHT
I Rain again. It steams on walkways, hisses on skin, peels sinew from bone. No one screams. We stare up, blank and blistered, asking each other the same questions. &nb…
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October 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New piece @ Would Up Literary woundupliterary.com/2025/10/06/w...
Also two poems from my new chapbook series out in Sextet! sextet.co.uk/betty-stanton/
Betty Stanton – SEXTET
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October 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Also two poems from my new chapbook series out in Sextet! sextet.co.uk/betty-stanton/
New piece out at Five on the Fifth from a story I started in college in a challenge based writing workshop and then forgot about for 20 years. www.fiveonthefifth.com/vol-10-issue...
Vol. 10 Issue 11 - Cover Page — Five on the Fifth
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October 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New piece out at Five on the Fifth from a story I started in college in a challenge based writing workshop and then forgot about for 20 years. www.fiveonthefifth.com/vol-10-issue...
I gave a box of D&D minis and dice that have been sitting in my office for four years and a bunch of old maps to a group of boys who play D&D in the hallway after school today. This is what it feels like to be the cool teacher.
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I gave a box of D&D minis and dice that have been sitting in my office for four years and a bunch of old maps to a group of boys who play D&D in the hallway after school today. This is what it feels like to be the cool teacher.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please consider supporting us by sharing this! It takes a lot to run a team, and I have 115 students I want to provide opportunities for. raise.snap.app/donate/jenks...
New short story out in @pinkdisco.bsky.social (issue has some NSFW images in the page, so be careful where you open it)
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
New short story out in @pinkdisco.bsky.social (issue has some NSFW images in the page, so be careful where you open it)
Two poems from my 'In Which She Is' sequence out in Ellie. I started this sequence in 2022 after noticing a call in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and then it just kept growing.
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betty — ELLIE Magazine
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September 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Two poems from my 'In Which She Is' sequence out in Ellie. I started this sequence in 2022 after noticing a call in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and then it just kept growing.
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elliemagazine.cargo.site/betty
Personal rejection letters from publishers are great. Unnecessarily rude personal rejection letters could just as easily have been form letters...
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Personal rejection letters from publishers are great. Unnecessarily rude personal rejection letters could just as easily have been form letters...
New poem out in Gypsophila Zine: gypsophilazine.com/v3-i8-the-gh...
Gypsophila Zine - V3: I8 - the ghost of the past
Volume 3 Issue 8 of Gypsophila. Published August 31, 2023. Featuring images from photographer Amy Decker.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
New poem out in Gypsophila Zine: gypsophilazine.com/v3-i8-the-gh...
Reposted by Betty
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August 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
Reposted by Betty
people who say the worst part of writing is "actually writing" are just ridiculous. the worst part is "other people reading it"
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
people who say the worst part of writing is "actually writing" are just ridiculous. the worst part is "other people reading it"
Also, had a few pieces published while I was gone this summer. Here's a piece of flash that started as a long poem I wrote in college. brightflash1000.com/2025/08/01/w...
Westport
By Betty Stanton I Her mouth smells of liquor and wind. She wears strength like a jacket—borrowed, too big in the shoulders—the rain echoing on concrete like prophecy. Inside, coffee is bitter as …
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August 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Also, had a few pieces published while I was gone this summer. Here's a piece of flash that started as a long poem I wrote in college. brightflash1000.com/2025/08/01/w...
Two new (old) poems out today - reprints with Jade&Compass.
www.jadeandcompass.com/read
www.jadeandcompass.com/read
READ ISSUE 2 | JADE&COMPASS
Read some of our incredible contributors' work here.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Two new (old) poems out today - reprints with Jade&Compass.
www.jadeandcompass.com/read
www.jadeandcompass.com/read
What a great lesson for the day: That woman wants to tell a story! www.choctawnation.com/about/langua...
Anoli - To Tell - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Learn how to say this phrase in Choctaw: "That woman wants to tell a story."
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July 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What a great lesson for the day: That woman wants to tell a story! www.choctawnation.com/about/langua...