Heidi Marjamäki
@heidimarjamaki.bsky.social
I write creepy things 🖤
Associate Fiction Editor at @okaydonkeymag.com.
https://www.heidimarjamaki.com
Associate Fiction Editor at @okaydonkeymag.com.
https://www.heidimarjamaki.com
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Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
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Love this haunting piece so much.
For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.
For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.
"I start drawing the spiral on the back of my hand in crusty ballpoint pen, refreshing it whenever it fades, so when the aliens come back they'll know right away who to trust."
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
Spirals by Natalie Wallington
I am nine when I see the lights in the sky. I crow to Mom from the back seat that there’s a triangle over the field, moving away from us. She says she needs to keep her eyes on the road, but …
okaydonkeymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Love this haunting piece so much.
For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.
For fans of Junji Ito, Charles Burns, and doubling down.
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"I start drawing the spiral on the back of my hand in crusty ballpoint pen, refreshing it whenever it fades, so when the aliens come back they'll know right away who to trust."
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
Spirals by Natalie Wallington
I am nine when I see the lights in the sky. I crow to Mom from the back seat that there’s a triangle over the field, moving away from us. She says she needs to keep her eyes on the road, but …
okaydonkeymag.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"I start drawing the spiral on the back of my hand in crusty ballpoint pen, refreshing it whenever it fades, so when the aliens come back they'll know right away who to trust."
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
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Our plans for November are here!
🔥$15 Basic memberships!
🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social!
🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social!
And more👇
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🔥$15 Basic memberships!
🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social!
🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social!
And more👇
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...
November Plans!
Q&As w/Residency Directors & Meredith Talusan, $15 membership, monthlong Write-More challenge, and more!
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our plans for November are here!
🔥$15 Basic memberships!
🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social!
🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social!
And more👇
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...
🔥$15 Basic memberships!
🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social!
🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social!
And more👇
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...
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"I think it's the house trying to get in. It's testing out the walls, trying to dream enough space to crawl in."
From "Which House," a new original comic by Mariah Gese.
➡️ buff.ly/6DlXGu2
From "Which House," a new original comic by Mariah Gese.
➡️ buff.ly/6DlXGu2
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"I think it's the house trying to get in. It's testing out the walls, trying to dream enough space to crawl in."
From "Which House," a new original comic by Mariah Gese.
➡️ buff.ly/6DlXGu2
From "Which House," a new original comic by Mariah Gese.
➡️ buff.ly/6DlXGu2
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I have a new story in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it! I hope you like it as much as I do! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/1...
13.1 Septillion Pounds by Emily Rinkema
To help her sleep, we give the baby a basketball, a full-size regulation ball that my husband, CT, puts in her crib one night. He writes her name on it with a black Sharpie, bold letters like they …
okaydonkeymag.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have a new story in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it! I hope you like it as much as I do! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/1...
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There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.
July 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.
Had the pleasure to join the wonderful @norami.bsky.social on Chosen Tongue podcast. We had a great chat about writing in a second (or third!) language and all the feels that come with it.
The last episode of season 4 is out today! Thank you @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social for the great chat and to you all for listening and reviewing the show! See you in the fall with another season talking language, identity and belonging.
There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.
July 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Had the pleasure to join the wonderful @norami.bsky.social on Chosen Tongue podcast. We had a great chat about writing in a second (or third!) language and all the feels that come with it.
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New from me today. This one is close to my heart - a short fiction built around some artists & works that have lingered with me. Not straight ekphrasis but an attempt to write about some of the ways that art can work on us
My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️
My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️
"'I don't know how to do this,' I tell Ben, our son in my arms. A weight now. A squalling leviathan and he knows. He knows I'm failing him and it breaks me into a million tiny pieces."
"Gallery" by @sightlined.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"Gallery" by @sightlined.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Gallery by Jane O’Sullivan
Loie Hollowell, Two centimetres dilated, 2023 I’m telling Ben about the heist I read about, how she distracted the security guard while he went upstairs and plucked a painting off the gallery wall.…
okaydonkeymag.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
New from me today. This one is close to my heart - a short fiction built around some artists & works that have lingered with me. Not straight ekphrasis but an attempt to write about some of the ways that art can work on us
My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️
My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️
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"It's time to see Joel, but Pat says he can't – he doesn’t want to see him this way, which is dead."
"Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Two Stories by Linda Drach
TRAVEL & LEISURE I’d see them in the cardiology waiting room. Not every time, but often. The man, shuffling behind an aluminum walker, his right foot dragging; the woman, slowing her gait to ke…
okaydonkeymag.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"It's time to see Joel, but Pat says he can't – he doesn’t want to see him this way, which is dead."
"Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
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"Robin insists that we discuss our respective literatures to keep our minds agile. They say we'll need our problem-solving abilities when things get worse."
"A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
A Reading List for the End of the World by Julia Rose Greider
Robin and I are coping well with the end of the world, by which I mean we usually wake up by eleven and agree that eleven is not bad at all. We start our day with reading: Robin prefers Plato, whil…
okaydonkeymag.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Robin insists that we discuss our respective literatures to keep our minds agile. They say we'll need our problem-solving abilities when things get worse."
"A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
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Everyone who applied to be a Fiction Reader has been emailed with a decision! Check your spam folder if you don't see that in your inbox.
Thanks again for applying 🫶
Thanks again for applying 🫶
Thanks to everyone who applied to be an OKD Fiction Reader! You should hear back one way or the other by the end of the month 🫡
March 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Everyone who applied to be a Fiction Reader has been emailed with a decision! Check your spam folder if you don't see that in your inbox.
Thanks again for applying 🫶
Thanks again for applying 🫶
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Our Associate Fiction Editor has a piece out today in @ergot.bsky.social 👀
(cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)
(cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)
“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath.
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our Associate Fiction Editor has a piece out today in @ergot.bsky.social 👀
(cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)
(cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)
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“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath.
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
March 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath.
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”
Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
Kicking off the weekend with this little beastie 🦂
Her touch was so hot it stung. Drops of sweat gathered along my back and slid down my spine. “Oh,” I said.
“My mother used to say: cold hands, warm heart.” She laughed.
I did too, the way you laugh at such things.
Today on ergot.: "Scorpion Eggs" by Heidi Marjamäki
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
“My mother used to say: cold hands, warm heart.” She laughed.
I did too, the way you laugh at such things.
Today on ergot.: "Scorpion Eggs" by Heidi Marjamäki
www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kicking off the weekend with this little beastie 🦂
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Just over a week left to apply to be a volunteer Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey! In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 submissions per week.
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
March 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just over a week left to apply to be a volunteer Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey! In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 submissions per week.
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
We’re looking for volunteer Fiction Readers! Come join our lovely little team and get your hooves on some of the weirdest, bestest stories out there. We’re taking applications until March 21st 💖🫏
Okay Donkey is looking for volunteer Fiction Readers!
In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 flash fiction submissions per week.
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 flash fiction submissions per week.
• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8
March 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We’re looking for volunteer Fiction Readers! Come join our lovely little team and get your hooves on some of the weirdest, bestest stories out there. We’re taking applications until March 21st 💖🫏
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"Still, when she visits him, she does not want to look different, unfamiliar. He still has some recognition. He seems to know her even if he can't say who she is."
Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Two Stories by Lavina Blossom
Slow Leak She mounts the first step up from the driveway, hand on the rail. She forgot to leave the front light on but her aging eyes can see well enough from the neighbors’ lights. Wait, had…
okaydonkeymag.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Still, when she visits him, she does not want to look different, unfamiliar. He still has some recognition. He seems to know her even if he can't say who she is."
Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
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I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative.
Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative.
Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦
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We're No. 12! We're No. 12! 🏆
So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:
So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:
I've been working on a secret project for two months - and just now launched it. Introducing the FISH list of lively independent literary magazines!
FISH List
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
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December 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
We're No. 12! We're No. 12! 🏆
So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:
So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:
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OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 4:
Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…
Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…
December 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 4:
Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…
Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…
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OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 3:
Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)
Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)
December 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 3:
Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)
Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)
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OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 2:
Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!
Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!
December 13, 2024 at 3:58 PM
OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 2:
Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!
Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!
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OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 1:
Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!
Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!
December 11, 2024 at 3:54 PM
OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 1:
Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!
Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!