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Jenny Gaitskell
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Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic.

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https://www.jennygaitskell.com/

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 7d
all at once
the hedgebirds tell me
look up

#DailyHaikuPrompt (twittering)
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jolantru.bsky.social
Where the stories come from and why we need translations, more than ever.

lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
Twelve sunshines are positioned around a map of the Earth, across regions of the Americas, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia.
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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moschoenfeld.bsky.social
#haiku #monoku #poetry #PoetryCommunity
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
Today for Sunday February 8th the prompt is #door #thingstowriteabout
A miniature door with knocker and letter box opening.
February 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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silby.bsky.social
garb for midwinter;
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
jennygaitskell.bsky.social Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · Dec 19
old winter coat
the ghost of Christmas past
in its pocket

#DailyHaikuPrompt (winter)
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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jayaprakash777.bsky.social
Just imagine. They're already poisoning the earth to power generative AI. The least useful tech tool developed in ages. It's like extinguishing the sun so that vampires can walk around all day.
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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joyousjoyness.com
My painting, "AAAAAAA with a Side of Eggs," part of the Culinary Critters Collection!

Check out the whole collection: www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/...

#art #opossum #possum #egg #food #sciart #painting
Painting titled, "AAAAAAA with a Side of Eggs." Painting of a screaming opossum surrounded by brightly colored sunnyside up eggs on a blue background.
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
The wildest dream of a Cormorant🫧

#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
An illustration of a great cormorant standing in front of buttering
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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contactorrin.bsky.social
scalding
my tongue
with green tea
the words don't
seem to come

#tanka
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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patchiesteve.bsky.social
But you can write, you said.

I don't have your address.

But you can write.

And so I wrote. About deciduous trees. Of bare branches dripping with winter.

An expectation of returning, bright as beech, leaves.

Bare feet, taking root. Memories of gold russet. Bare branches, dripping with winter.
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
jennygaitskell.bsky.social
You have a window installed in your chest so I can see what you mean.

Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding.

Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me.

#vss365 (pale)
#ThingsToWriteAbout (window)
February 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
jennygaitskell.bsky.social
terraforming glitch
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness

crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses

we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world

#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
Thankyou for those who follow my hodgepodge of prompts! Todays February 7th prompt is #window #thingstowriteabout
A window shaped mirror.
February 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
jennygaitskell.bsky.social
Quick read! On treating yourself as an experiment - trial those writing rituals until they work for you.

(I recommend giving lucky writing socks a go)

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #craft

electricliterature.com/you-dont-hav...
You Don’t Have to Write Every Day to Be a Real Writer - Electric Literature
I write; I am a writer. My qualifications are that I say so
electricliterature.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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berneri.horse
One step at a time!
#art ✧ #painting ✧ #bird
Small post card sized painting made with paint markers. There is a black bird in the middle with beige, red and white details. The bird is walking fast toward something on the left side. There are more red and beige details in otherwise white the background in a floral form.
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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emorynarchives.bsky.social
It’s such a place where plot happens. Incredibly cursed rest stop.
Screen cap of some incomplete digital art. The focus of the image is a panel depicting line art of a ruined and overgrown castle, and the crescent moon in the sky beyond. However, in one bottom corner there is cut off image of a blonde man in a blue cape with his head bowed.
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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@ekphrasticreview.bsky.social

Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls

The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry

Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction

#writing #ekphrastic #poetry #flashfiction

www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
Announcing two anthology calls! The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
www.ekphrastic.net
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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tishamark.com
Some light for your evening.

Tisha Mark ©2026, Watching the Light No. 2604, oil on gessobord, 5"x5"

Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2 weeks):
tishamark.com/product/watc...

#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #ArtSky #scape
Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Watching the Light No. 2604" 5"x5" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2026). An atmospheric textured painting with an orange-toned sunset sky with light blue cloud formations over a dark sea with a rocky shore, where water and rocks reflect light from the sky.
February 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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catbake.bsky.social
a pothole puddle
crossed by a crow’s reflection
the deeps of the sky
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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artologica.net
Yes, everything is terrible, but I painted this and it kinda rocks #sciart
Blue and black ink painting of a black hole
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
...and my life is so much richer for sticking with it & becoming better at a thing that brings me joy. And 99% of the time, it isn't about the finished piece—it's about the pleasure of going through the experience, troubleshooting problems that come up, figuring stuff out. Don't rob yourself of joy!
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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jangoeswriting.bsky.social
“Revels End” - Chapter 48 is posted!

In which locations are debated, a queen is quite ruffled, and someone very unexpected adds to the conversation …

Continuing the Discworld inspired story.

www.wattpad.com/story/394952...
Revels End - Jan Karlsson - Wattpad
Wilmuh Tremblerod knew from a young age that she would become the world's greatest playwright. Unfortunately, the world, and her talent (or lack of it) disagre...
www.wattpad.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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tdklein.bsky.social
snow weighs heavy
on old plum tree's branch -
how I long for spring

#haiku
#poetry
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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joe--f.bsky.social
A glitch in spacetime
Folding these realities
Into shiny dreams

#haiku
#scifaikusaturday glitch
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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jenwithwords.bsky.social
✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨

After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com

Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
Front cover of book is an abstract painting of ocean blue paint over white canvas. The title is in blocky font with pale navy blue letters. JENNY WONG LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA STORIES & SMALL FICTIONS Back cover of book with the following blurbs: "Quiet, contemplative, transformative, Light Chemical Sea, will send you on a meditative journey through wavelengths of sound, of light, of love, of loss, on pathways of auroras, of highways, of elements, of life. Jenny Wong's singular voice will whisper, will call, will summon you to be present in the warp and weft of her words." -MELISSA LLANES BROWNLEE, AUTHOR OF BITTER OVER SWEET "Jenny Wong is an alchemist turning moments of being into illumination of character. Wong is drawn to those on the periphery, people who don't quite fit in. In small flashes of brilliance she highlights the elements of their lives as they find solace in nature or catch glimpses of their true selves." -DEBBIE ROBSON, AUTHOR OF A GLIMPSE AND THE HERMITAGE "The obscure and almost-absurd become visible and believable under the skillful care of writer Jenny Wong in the compelling Light Chemical Sea, a collection of stories and small fictions. In three parts, she delivers us into the essence of light, dips us full-bodied into the effervescent chemicals we are made of, and then returns us to the sea where life as we know it really begins. The words, beyond language-rich, flawlessly represent images we want to hold under a microscope to try to assess the ways she gives them voice. It's a magic only a few can master. Make no mistake, this is the work of a sterling storyteller who weaves mystery with mundane to concoct a world view that draws us not only into her personal reflections of such basic natural forces (light, chemical, and sea), but leads us, sometimes unknowingly, into a labyrinth of cues and clues towards to the majesty of life we all belong to." —KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ, AUTHOR OF DOWN RIVER WITH LI PO Description: Jenny Wong peeks into the lives of characters caught in lighthouses, subways, shorelines, Walmart aisles, and airports. With a talent for lingering and looking, with the elemental precision of a poet, her small mosaics imbue the quotidian with quiet wonder. The international traveler, the preteen chemistry student, and the perimenopausal millennial who spends her days in the sun are trail guides for landscapes saturated with solitude and vastness, the whispers of ancestors and the ironies of aging. Light Chemical Sea reports back from the transpacific diaspora, glimpsing into the liminal pause between what happened and what happens next.
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM