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We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
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commandeered the site today to celebrate myself and my book publication day! 🧨 🎆
there's a couple excerpts from TACOMA & also an announcement for an accompanying submission call, coming on Thursday
"This is a story about magic and beauty and wonder."
https://www.havehashad.com/52kvm
there's a couple excerpts from TACOMA & also an announcement for an accompanying submission call, coming on Thursday
"This is a story about magic and beauty and wonder."
https://www.havehashad.com/52kvm
TACOMA by Aaron Burch
THE HOUSE The house was hard to believe. Bigger, nicer, everythinger than anywhere either of us had lived. Anywhere either of us had imagined we’d be able to live. Probably anywhere you’ve imagined…
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February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
commandeered the site today to celebrate myself and my book publication day! 🧨 🎆
there's a couple excerpts from TACOMA & also an announcement for an accompanying submission call, coming on Thursday
"This is a story about magic and beauty and wonder."
https://www.havehashad.com/52kvm
there's a couple excerpts from TACOMA & also an announcement for an accompanying submission call, coming on Thursday
"This is a story about magic and beauty and wonder."
https://www.havehashad.com/52kvm
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First publication of 2026 (and first in @havehashad.com)
Think the skull motif goes along nicely with this one
Think the skull motif goes along nicely with this one
love a story that keeps digging itself in deeper...
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
Cyberstalker by James Tadd Adcox
I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest, that people would…
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February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
First publication of 2026 (and first in @havehashad.com)
Think the skull motif goes along nicely with this one
Think the skull motif goes along nicely with this one
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"Under a sky too blue / to look at, he watched a little one // eat from off the ground something he knew / should not be eaten"
Wonderful essence of the philosophical in this poem from @briansimoneau.bsky.social in @havehashad.com
Wonderful essence of the philosophical in this poem from @briansimoneau.bsky.social in @havehashad.com
“he clapped when we clapped, game / for chaos to come so someone else // could tame it”
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
The Man at His First Rodeo by Brian Simoneau
Mostly he found it uncomfortable
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats. Breathing in dung
and leather, he clapped when we clapped, ...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
"Under a sky too blue / to look at, he watched a little one // eat from off the ground something he knew / should not be eaten"
Wonderful essence of the philosophical in this poem from @briansimoneau.bsky.social in @havehashad.com
Wonderful essence of the philosophical in this poem from @briansimoneau.bsky.social in @havehashad.com
all 5 Jeffrey Hecker poems today are stellar, but as someone still riding high on Seahawks win and who has a book out tomorrow called TACOMA where a chapter is set at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, this first one especially hits...
https://www.havehashad.com/yy6le
https://www.havehashad.com/yy6le
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
all 5 Jeffrey Hecker poems today are stellar, but as someone still riding high on Seahawks win and who has a book out tomorrow called TACOMA where a chapter is set at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, this first one especially hits...
https://www.havehashad.com/yy6le
https://www.havehashad.com/yy6le
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"The sky is wrong."
New fiction at @havehashad.com featuring illegal bitters, highly pixelated adult video games, the possibility (perhaps mistaken) of redemption
Thanks to @crowjonah.com for giving this strange thing a home
New fiction at @havehashad.com featuring illegal bitters, highly pixelated adult video games, the possibility (perhaps mistaken) of redemption
Thanks to @crowjonah.com for giving this strange thing a home
Cyberstalker by James Tadd Adcox
I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest, that people would le...
www.havehashad.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"The sky is wrong."
New fiction at @havehashad.com featuring illegal bitters, highly pixelated adult video games, the possibility (perhaps mistaken) of redemption
Thanks to @crowjonah.com for giving this strange thing a home
New fiction at @havehashad.com featuring illegal bitters, highly pixelated adult video games, the possibility (perhaps mistaken) of redemption
Thanks to @crowjonah.com for giving this strange thing a home
love a story that keeps digging itself in deeper...
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
Cyberstalker by James Tadd Adcox
I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest, that people would…
www.havehashad.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
love a story that keeps digging itself in deeper...
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
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“he clapped when we clapped, game / for chaos to come so someone else // could tame it”
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
The Man at His First Rodeo by Brian Simoneau
Mostly he found it uncomfortable
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats. Breathing in dung
and leather, he clapped when we clapped, ...
www.havehashad.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“he clapped when we clapped, game / for chaos to come so someone else // could tame it”
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
Excited to have a new poem, “The Man at His First Rodeo,” at @havehashad.com
these 3 Sarah Derreberry poems gonna stick with me, maybe esp the first one, prob esp this:
"I’ve tried more than once to remember
what set off that silence. It felt perilous,
like a wounded animal I couldn’t
set down and couldn’t save
because I held it."
https://www.havehashad.com/i4k3e
"I’ve tried more than once to remember
what set off that silence. It felt perilous,
like a wounded animal I couldn’t
set down and couldn’t save
because I held it."
https://www.havehashad.com/i4k3e
Three Poems by Sarah Derreberry
At Last, the Height and Width I forget you only in the specifics. The way I watch this blazing herald of spring through the window and think: Robin! Cardinal? I wanted to keep it all. Why you hated…
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February 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
these 3 Sarah Derreberry poems gonna stick with me, maybe esp the first one, prob esp this:
"I’ve tried more than once to remember
what set off that silence. It felt perilous,
like a wounded animal I couldn’t
set down and couldn’t save
because I held it."
https://www.havehashad.com/i4k3e
"I’ve tried more than once to remember
what set off that silence. It felt perilous,
like a wounded animal I couldn’t
set down and couldn’t save
because I held it."
https://www.havehashad.com/i4k3e
"everyone shares their favorite story
and even still there are names
we don’t use
we sad laugh
we talk angry veiled
then jovial remedially
this is not new"
a perfect capturing today from Claire Ellis
https://www.havehashad.com/dg9r1
and even still there are names
we don’t use
we sad laugh
we talk angry veiled
then jovial remedially
this is not new"
a perfect capturing today from Claire Ellis
https://www.havehashad.com/dg9r1
family reunion yr. 41 by Claire Ellis
the deer in the park are all bones and our cabin has two forks grandpa turns almost-ninety-five three of the great grands chase ducks up the hill and a fourth is always crying at night the late crew…
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February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"everyone shares their favorite story
and even still there are names
we don’t use
we sad laugh
we talk angry veiled
then jovial remedially
this is not new"
a perfect capturing today from Claire Ellis
https://www.havehashad.com/dg9r1
and even still there are names
we don’t use
we sad laugh
we talk angry veiled
then jovial remedially
this is not new"
a perfect capturing today from Claire Ellis
https://www.havehashad.com/dg9r1
"Mostly he found it uncomfortable
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats..."
today from Brian Simoneau!
https://www.havehashad.com/c26lg
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats..."
today from Brian Simoneau!
https://www.havehashad.com/c26lg
The Man at His First Rodeo by Brian Simoneau
Mostly he found it uncomfortable to sit on a plank so long in the sun. He’d expected bulls and broncos, not schoolkids roping goats. Breathing in dung and leather, he clapped when we clapped, game for…
www.havehashad.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"Mostly he found it uncomfortable
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats..."
today from Brian Simoneau!
https://www.havehashad.com/c26lg
to sit on a plank so long in the sun.
He’d expected bulls and broncos, not
schoolkids roping goats..."
today from Brian Simoneau!
https://www.havehashad.com/c26lg
"I had an original face, that’s what they said in my town. My face was unique here and in the world. No one on the planet looked like me. And that’s why they came for it."
!!! today from Maximiliano Guzmán
https://www.havehashad.com/bgoxq
!!! today from Maximiliano Guzmán
https://www.havehashad.com/bgoxq
Original Face by Maximiliano Guzmán
I had an original face, that’s what they said in my town. My face was unique here and in the world. No one on the planet looked like me. And that’s why they came for it. Because the proportions were…
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February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"I had an original face, that’s what they said in my town. My face was unique here and in the world. No one on the planet looked like me. And that’s why they came for it."
!!! today from Maximiliano Guzmán
https://www.havehashad.com/bgoxq
!!! today from Maximiliano Guzmán
https://www.havehashad.com/bgoxq
three wonderful new poems Rachel Becker poems today!
from "In Each Day, There Are Three Days":
"At the end of the second day in the day
I squeeze in a workout to make sure my heart
beats 170 times per minute for long enough
to keep it from breaking..."
https://www.havehashad.com/enm8z
from "In Each Day, There Are Three Days":
"At the end of the second day in the day
I squeeze in a workout to make sure my heart
beats 170 times per minute for long enough
to keep it from breaking..."
https://www.havehashad.com/enm8z
Three Poems by Rachel Becker
Plumbing Emergency in America like when our pipes burst and shit-water soaked boxes of photos, ruining our old bicycles, we are living through a flood, a deluge of filth, atop the water we fouled…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
three wonderful new poems Rachel Becker poems today!
from "In Each Day, There Are Three Days":
"At the end of the second day in the day
I squeeze in a workout to make sure my heart
beats 170 times per minute for long enough
to keep it from breaking..."
https://www.havehashad.com/enm8z
from "In Each Day, There Are Three Days":
"At the end of the second day in the day
I squeeze in a workout to make sure my heart
beats 170 times per minute for long enough
to keep it from breaking..."
https://www.havehashad.com/enm8z
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February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Stunning piece, so vivid
"...This story
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
Waiting for T Coronae Borealis to Explode by Hannah Levy
Three thousand light-years away there is a flame that will explode at any moment. They call her the blaze star. A recurrent nova. She has two eyes double blinking over a valley of ashes, empty space…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Stunning piece, so vivid
"...This story
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
Waiting for T Coronae Borealis to Explode by Hannah Levy
Three thousand light-years away there is a flame that will explode at any moment. They call her the blaze star. A recurrent nova. She has two eyes double blinking over a valley of ashes, empty space…
www.havehashad.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"...This story
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
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Oh look that's me! I forgot to promote this on here, but please read, I'm so proud of this poem
every single line in today's Mykki Rios poem is so perfect and great!
"a lot of my best days have begun with one large perfect pancake, so now it’s a habit
i believe in fortunes and rituals and magic, let’s get that out of the way now"
https://www.havehashad.com/pkeac
"a lot of my best days have begun with one large perfect pancake, so now it’s a habit
i believe in fortunes and rituals and magic, let’s get that out of the way now"
https://www.havehashad.com/pkeac
COULD NOSTRADAMUS MAKE HIMSELF THIS CONFUSED I DON’T THINK SO by Mykki Rios
a lot of my best days have begun with one large perfect pancake, so now it’s a habit i believe in fortunes and rituals and magic, let’s get that out of the way now hold that as you will while i read…
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February 1, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Oh look that's me! I forgot to promote this on here, but please read, I'm so proud of this poem
every line is perfect, then the end is somehow even perfecter, but I don't want to spoil it, so here's just the banger opening:
"Thursday night again and I learned you get to eat chicken bites if you can first eat the shame of ordering them."
— Gwyn Sise
https://www.havehashad.com/hpbfy
"Thursday night again and I learned you get to eat chicken bites if you can first eat the shame of ordering them."
— Gwyn Sise
https://www.havehashad.com/hpbfy
Devotion to a hopeless enterprise [*] by Gwyn Sise
after Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert by John Divola Thursday night again and I learned you get to eat chicken bites if you can first eat the shame of ordering them. Learned there wasn’t a chair…
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February 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
every line is perfect, then the end is somehow even perfecter, but I don't want to spoil it, so here's just the banger opening:
"Thursday night again and I learned you get to eat chicken bites if you can first eat the shame of ordering them."
— Gwyn Sise
https://www.havehashad.com/hpbfy
"Thursday night again and I learned you get to eat chicken bites if you can first eat the shame of ordering them."
— Gwyn Sise
https://www.havehashad.com/hpbfy
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I’m left on its filthy floor calling friends for advice
a big ol' beautiful poem from Andrew Walker
" Chris says I should find an outlet to empty myself into,
like yoga or hiking but he is in California & I am substance dependent—"
https://www.havehashad.com/0dvve
" Chris says I should find an outlet to empty myself into,
like yoga or hiking but he is in California & I am substance dependent—"
https://www.havehashad.com/0dvve
Poem Before New Lungs by Andrew Walker
I push air-bloat from vacuum bags to inhale what I can, overfilling every space until it’s rounded out— breadcrumbs, spirits, boxcutters, American
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January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I’m left on its filthy floor calling friends for advice
new Sammy Berms! Sam Berman
https://www.havehashad.com/vh0qf
https://www.havehashad.com/vh0qf
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
new Sammy Berms! Sam Berman
https://www.havehashad.com/vh0qf
https://www.havehashad.com/vh0qf
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almost done reading @havehashad.com newbie submissions but took a break because this beauty arrived and is proving hard to put back down! @aaronburch.bsky.social @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
almost done reading @havehashad.com newbie submissions but took a break because this beauty arrived and is proving hard to put back down! @aaronburch.bsky.social @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
goldarnit, gimme another 45 newbies please!
linkerydoo havehashad.submittable.com/submit/eada2...
HAD - newbies only
NEWBIES ONLY
Submit if you've never managed to hit one of our open windows.
If I catch you repeating, I'll be very cross, I will reject you and leave a permanent note on your file.
Loose guidelines: a...
havehashad.submittable.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
goldarnit, gimme another 45 newbies please!
open again for another 45 newbies! anyone who's submitted to us before need not (better not!) apply
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 AM
open again for another 45 newbies! anyone who's submitted to us before need not (better not!) apply
open now to 45 of you who've never submitted to HAD before!
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
open now to 45 of you who've never submitted to HAD before!
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love this one
"...and I'll let you down bloody, poets:
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
love this one
"...and I'll let you down bloody, poets:
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"...and I'll let you down bloody, poets:
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v
There is no such thing as endless
distances. God can't even see which tattoos
we bought..."
!!! from Chloe Bryan
https://www.havehashad.com/e924v