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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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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 6d
all at once
the hedgebirds tell me
look up

#DailyHaikuPrompt (twittering)
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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barbaramcveigh.bsky.social
@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...
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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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✨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
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inkmine.bsky.social
mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Feb 06, 2026

Weekend #Prompt - CRAZE
(any form of the word)
sixword~tenword~tanka~haiku

post with the hashtag: #inkMine
over an image of spilling ink, this design states: Weekend Prompt: CRAZE use any form of the prompt word in a sixword, tenword, tanka or haiku please credit art & photos combo prompts welcome post with the hashtag #inkMine
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
jennygaitskell.bsky.social
I've never wound my old skeleton clock. It keeps lost time.

Within its glass dome, waltzing motes of past distractions.

Which, when long watched, conjugate as shimmers, tiny creatures who reprise my daydreams.

I imagine hours so sweet were surely not wasted.

#vss365 #ThingsToWriteAbout
#inkMine
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
jennygaitskell.bsky.social
gawzy dawn
split by a crow
mended with robin silver

#DailyHaikuPrompt (mend)
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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guilhernunes.bsky.social
The earthworm needed to sort out his own life and went to the ladybug tarot reader.
Painting of an earthworm going to a tarot shop, a ladybug inside an apple, a lovebird watching in the background, and in the distance a modern city with a castle and a spaceship in the sky.
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
The prompt for Friday February 6th is #creature #thingstowriteabout
A small creature like a fox but with four ears and a crescent moon on its forehead.
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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caterwaulerin.bsky.social
"Psst," whispered a snake, who was largely minding their own business under a log, "You can write a story where no one is the villian."

🐍
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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bevisiscariot.bsky.social
Behind the old
telephone poles — the trees
whispering

#haiku #senryu #poetry
February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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havenspec.bsky.social
Our general submission window is now open!

We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!

For our full guidelines and schedule, visit:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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csignymaraine.bsky.social
‪dreams ghosted
a small life slips by
as just a creak in the floorboards
a looming in the hallways
a haze in the mirror
a breath of will too weak
to shutter candlelight

#vss365 #ghost #poetry #micropoetry
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
When you hear a crow but you're like "that is not one of my crows, they don't know me here"
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM