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R. Gatwood
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R. Gatwood (iwantanewhead.wordpress.com) is the emergent consciousness of a spectacularly inefficient library shelving system. Short fiction in 3:AM Magazine, Apex Magazine, and elsewhere.
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R. Gatwood @iwantanewhead.bsky.social · Oct 7
#frankenstein #microfiction Let's allow Victor to settle the old debate, shall we?
[tweet from Nanoism] Call me Victor. I don't deserve the name of Frankenstein. My creature, my son—let him take that from me. I have given him nothing else.
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#microfiction #nanofiction #vss
[tweet from Nanoism] I never miss her. But sometimes I miss the man she thought I was.
March 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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[tweet from Nanoism] Eve comes back to Adam again and again—not for love, not for children, but to try to suck that last bite of apple out of his selfish throat.
January 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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New story in Bright Flash Literary Review.
The Man Who Could Tickle Himself
By R. Gatwood There once was a man who worked hard not to let his left hand know what his right hand was doing, and vice versa. To pour milk over his cereal, he pivoted on his right leg, his left f…
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October 4, 2023 at 5:48 PM
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[Tweet from the Drabblecast] He feels no urge to howl, only to dither and doubt and qualify everything he says. Oh the horror: he's an as-it-were wolf. #twabble
October 14, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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Happy Halloween. #drabblecast
[tweet from The Drabblecast] The damn fool boy shut the barn door after all the cows got turned inside out. At least they don't need as much milking now. #twabble
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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This is a great list to have a ritual cannibalism story in.
metaphorosis.com Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · Feb 21
Stories by Vegans and Vegetarians

Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Morris Allen “Dragons I Have Slain” — B. Morris Allen “The Stars are…
Stories by Vegans and Vegetarians
Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Morris Allen “Dragons I Have Slain” — B. Morris Allen “The Stars are Tiny Lights on a Perfect Black Dome” — Simon Kewin…
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February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Happy Halloween!
[tweet from trapezemag] He fumbled through lab notes. "Nausea"—check. "Hallucinations"—yep. "The host body autocannibalizes"—huh? Then his eye sockets ate his eyes.
October 9, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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#frankenstein #microfiction Let's allow Victor to settle the old debate, shall we?
[tweet from Nanoism] Call me Victor. I don't deserve the name of Frankenstein. My creature, my son—let him take that from me. I have given him nothing else.
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Kinda crazy & so freaking exciting to have 8 (8!!) poems and 1 CNF coming out in November 😃 (Especially after publishing just 6 poems in the 1st 9 months of ‘25) Prepare to be bombarded with updates 😆 #ThankYou @pitheadchapel.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social & @villaineralit.bsky.social 🙏
October 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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If anyone else around here wants a new head, you could start here. A tempting opportunity. #scifi #fantasy #horror
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Oct 13
NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
*** 9 out of 10 shrimps recommend!
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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And just when you thought it couldn't get any better...we've added STICKERS and MAGNETS as Kickstarter add-ons! ✨🎉

Snag four new designs, PLUS a magnet of our Little Golden Apex banner when you back the Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter! 🖼️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Four die-cut stickers: A statue of the Virgin Mary crying tears of blood, with a banner reading "Writer Tears" underneath. A cute crow standing on top of a skull with the text, "make every day a corvidae!" An abstract Surreal art piece with "Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful." on top. A black circular sticker showing an orbit map, with "APEX. strange. surreal. shocking. beautiful." written in chartreuse text.
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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WE'RE OVER HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL!! 🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU for all your support! 💜👽

We're celebrating with a TON of amazing new rewards (check the 🧵 to see them all!) including signed books, author critiques, WORLDWIDE SHIPPING and more!

🪦 Join the monster mash here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
New Kickstarter rewards are here!! Author critiques, discounted ebooks from your favorite speculative fiction authors, and more! Stickers and hoodie now available worldwide! SHORT STORY CRITIQUES FROM: Spencer Nitkey, Risa Wolf, E. Catherine Tobler, Jordan Kurella Plague Birds & We Who Hunt Alexanders SIGNED copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford.
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

* okay maybe a few microplastics
**what is “normal” anyway?
*** 9 out of 10 shrimps recommend!
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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#frankenstein #microfiction Let's allow Victor to settle the old debate, shall we?
[tweet from Nanoism] Call me Victor. I don't deserve the name of Frankenstein. My creature, my son—let him take that from me. I have given him nothing else.
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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#microfiction #rapture
[tweet from Nanoism] We pretended there was some mixup about the dates, but we knew. We knew the worthy had been taken. We knew how few of them there were.
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#microfiction #rapture
[tweet from Nanoism] We pretended there was some mixup about the dates, but we knew. We knew the worthy had been taken. We knew how few of them there were.
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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[Tweet from Efeliomo] "He showered her with roses but never asked her favourite flower" —R. Gatwood
July 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I suppose this microfiction deserves some context: itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languag...
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"Heart Moon" is about ritually murdering your boyfriend. But, honestly, it is kind of romantic despite all.
metaphorosis.com Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · Apr 25
Stories that are Romantic

Love - hard to find, easy to lose, possibly the oldest story trope in the book, and one that's always fresh and intriguing. Here are stories that, in one way or another, are about romance. “Cat Play” — Mari Ness “Spoiler: She Leaves Him” — Jack Noble “In Dew and Frost and…
Stories that are Romantic
Love - hard to find, easy to lose, possibly the oldest story trope in the book, and one that's always fresh and intriguing. Here are stories that, in one way or another, are about romance. “Cat Play” — Mari Ness “Spoiler: She Leaves Him” — Jack Noble “In Dew and Frost and Flame” — Vanessa Fogg…
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April 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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[tweet from Nanoism] As the kitchen curtains ignite, the man in the living room types "smelling smoke" and skims a list. Seizure. Stroke. Tumor. Sinus infection.
February 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#microfiction #vss
He'd do anything to be inside her. Even fake his blood type.
March 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I asked God to make me the most beautiful of His creations, so He turned me into a beetle.

#vss #microfiction
February 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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"My whole life I've been a fraud." David Foster Wallace fans, icymi: www.3ammagazine.com/3am/praeludi...
Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Daniel W. Foster – 3:AM Magazine
My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I have come to accept this with the help of writer Daniel W. Foster and violinist Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler, the latter of whom (in 1905, hoping to draw attention to ...
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May 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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[tweet from Nanoism] [Bio] R. Gatwood (@iwantanewhead) is the emergent consciousness of a spectacularly inefficient library shelving system.
August 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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[tweet from Nanoism] An older man (who seems nice— ordinary—until the folklorist tries to leave) says: "This is the story of a wolf who finds the perfect prey."
August 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM