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matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.

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"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused."

New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social

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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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It’s back 😏

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Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused."

New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
Wings in the Dark | matchbook
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November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."

New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social

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The Box | matchbook
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Need some writing inspiration? ✏️ Check out these notebooks by @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social featuring flash prompts from contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social! buff.ly/UpOj2s9
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."

New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social

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The Box | matchbook
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."

New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle

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We are always talking about the light | matchbook
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October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."

New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle

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We are always talking about the light | matchbook
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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry."

New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social

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October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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My new favorite @dinalrelles.bsky.social piece." If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing." Read it in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙
it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry."

New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
Departures | matchbook
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October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year:

"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend

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September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists."

New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social

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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

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The Invention of Kissing | matchbook
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September 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...
The Invention of Kissing | matchbook
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September 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...
The Invention of Kissing | matchbook
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September 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."

New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang

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September 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!

On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
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August 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."

New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang

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Means of Survival | matchbook
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August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."

New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall

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Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook
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August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."

New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook
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August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new lit mag ratings system unveiled at @chillsubs.bsky.social If you like matchbook, do us a solid and rate us!

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