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Madison Medeiros
@madisonmedeiros.bsky.social
430 followers 290 following 22 posts
Writer
Fiction in The Sandy River Review
Nonfiction in Playboy, OneZero, Refinery29, SheKnows, Parents
Currently writing short stories & a novel in Portugal
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NEW POEM ALERT! got a couple new ones in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social. Here's the lamp-iest one :)
The Lampshade At the gates of heaven they said let's review: six snails eaten, but no burning buildings entered to save a child, a puppy, a mother's music box. You splashed into a dozen rivers, but many more you saw and never touched, never thought to touch. And yet, you spent most of your life working on this one species of looking. You'd see a wooden door and make a face from its knots and whorls. You'd find a dead cardinal and would wonder if the dead forget the color red first. Mostly we were impressed with this hat you made one night out of a lampshade. Your toddler laughed so hard he nearly lost his voice. After finishing his bedtime, you turned to go, and he told you to stay. We liked how he pulled an imaginary string dangling out of your nose. How you shut your eyes afterwards and lay perfectly motionless beside him. For years your son believed light is something you become. It's waiting, there, under your skin.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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It’s the best time of the year! Welcome to autumn, fsckheads!

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September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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"Vacation arguments are real arguments with wings; they reveal a bird’s-eye-view of yourself, a perspective you’d never seen before and swore didn’t exist."

A perfect & eerie end-of-summer story!!!
September 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Through "managed decay" and a master plan, this piece shows how Highgate Cemetery maintains its mystique, embodying the fragile interplay between history, nature, and our need to memorialize.

By @ohhiralphjones.bsky.social in @longreads.com
Disneyland of the Dead - Longreads
London’s Highgate Cemetery shows us just how hard it is to keep the dead buried.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Writing the first draft of a novel is brutal. But nothing compares to your sweet six-year-old daughter looking you in the eyes and saying, "When I'm a grown-up, I don't want to write. I want to be FREE."
August 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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"Listen here, my good bitch. Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Excited to have a short story in The Sandy River Review!
Writer Madison Medeiros holds a copy of The Sandy River Review.
July 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"How can suffering and compassion coexist in the same environment?" Rümeysa Öztürk's essay about life inside an ICE women's prison is devastating; her empathy is astounding. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r....
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Israel hasn't stopped gunning down the Palestinians they're starving, as those Palestinians try to feed themselves

There is nothing wrong with continuing to say it: these are war crimes, this is genocide, this is murder. It must be stopped, and those perpetrating the crimes must be held accountable
Skip to content NRK TV Radio Norway NRK Super NRK P3 Mist News Sport Culture Mood District More Ketan Search Home News releases Vipps is down Published at09:44 inVips Vipps is experiencing problems logging into the app on Tuesday morning. This affects all users and all Vipps MobilePay services, Vipps writes, according to NTB. Vipps states that they are working to resolve the problem and will provide an update as soon as they have new information. Read all aboutVips DN: John Fredriksen oil tanker involved in collision in the Gulf of Oman Published at09:43 Reuters reports on Tuesday about a collision in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz. John Frederiksen's tanker company confirms to Dagens Næringsliv that one of their ships, "Front Eagle", was involved in the collision. All crew members are safe. No spills have been reported. The oil tanker Adalynn was also involved in the collision, the United Arab Emirates Coast Guard confirms, Khaaleej Times and Gulf News report. 24 people were evacuated from the ship, the Coast Guard said. The incident is not said to be related to the unrest in the area. 45 people reportedly killed while waiting for aid in Gaza Published at09:23 inThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict At least 45 Palestinians are reported to have been killed in Khan Younis while waiting for trucks carrying relief supplies. Many are also reported to have been injured. This is reported by Reuters, citing Palestinian health officials. Medical personnel told Reuters that witnesses claimed Israeli tanks were firing into the crowd. They expect the death toll to rise as many are critically injured. Pictures show the dead and wounded being transported to Nasser Hospital, where large, angry crowds have also gathered. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident. Also on Monday, dozens of Palestinians were reported killed during the distribution of emergency aid. Read all aboutThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict India: Plane forced t…
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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new saddest six word story just dropped
Facebook marketplace listing for "Full Podcasting set up (Hardly used)
March 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Read, reread "The Other Things We Swallow" by Natalia Martinez in @ninthletter.bsky.social ninthletter.com/2025/02/28/n...
Natalia Martinez – Ninth Letter
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March 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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nothing like defending the free market of ideas by saying your newspaper will publish the same idea, every day
February 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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among the many wild things about this, gonna safely assume RFK doesn’t know how high suicide and depression rates are for actual farmers (bc of industrial agriculture companies making their livelihoods impossible)
piperformissouri.bsky.social Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Feb 14
RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions."

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RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"
The farms will "reparent" them.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Everything about this story is fascinating, but nothing beats the detail about a kid asking @lpandell.bsky.social if she has pepperoni.
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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It turns out that logging into Submittable to check your submissions every 15 minutes doesn't move anything from "received" to "in-progress." Who knew?!
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Loved reading this bizarre short by Xavier Blackwell-Lipkind in Copper Nickel. A fun read for anyone who enjoyed "Like Mother Used to Make" by Shirley Jackson. copper-nickel.org/the-new-face/
Copper Nickel | The New Face
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January 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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I read "Evangelina Concepcion" by Ani Sison Cooney recently, and it brought me to tears. The story is set in LA and is so sad and beautiful and relevant; it begs us to consider whose stories we tell during a tragedy and whose we ignore. www.likewisefiction.com/episodes/eva...
"Evangelina Concepcion," by Ani Sison Cooney — LikeWise Fiction
A young Latina woman growing up in Los Angeles struggles with grief after her mother is killed in a car accident.
www.likewisefiction.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Kicking off the year with some reading, and this fantastically weird and creepy short story by Karris Rae in @xraylitmag.bsky.social is just what I needed. xraylitmag.com/dear-phone-m...
DEAR PHONE MAN by Karris Rae
Hello. I am Roy Whitaker. I have mailed you before, or maybe not you but someone else at your office, because my phone has been disconnected. I think this is because you think I am dead, but I am not ...
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January 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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If you're in the mood for a little mischief this Christmas Eve, I wrote a story about rich moms & elf on the shelf. Happy holidays!
December 24, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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I've been focusing on fiction this year. Here's a little short story I wrote for fun. Hope it brings some laughs this holiday season! www.madisonmedeiros.com/blog/2024/12...
"I Am the Eggman" — Madison Medeiros
The warning signs had been there, but I never thought it'd escalate the way it did. It started when Janet asked the Maple Academy second-grade moms if they had a preference between “Classic Christmas”...
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December 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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You guys @erinlyndalmartin.bsky.social is a genius, and this is so brilliant and also a great damn poem? Working on so many levels over at @electriclit.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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I read "You Are What You Eat" by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social earlier this year and keep coming back. Enjoy this great micro in @fracturedlit.bsky.social.

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You Are What You Eat – Fractured
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December 10, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Today's short story, "Elsinore," comes from @nualaoconnor.bsky.social in the @stingingfly.bsky.social.

A mischievous parrot reopens a world of possibilities.

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Elsinore – The Stinging Fly
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December 6, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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It's not Natal in Portugal without bacalhau.
Bacahalau-shaped lights over a shop in Braga, Portugal.
December 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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"What if a perpetual life with ghosts can radically alter the life of the living?"

Mandatory ghost-related reading by @murmurshewrote.bsky.social

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Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts
Despite writing a novel about ghosts, I do not profess to be a ghost expert. But I do know that every April, my family gathers at multiple cemeteries across New York and New Jersey to pay their res…
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December 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM