Maureen O’Leary
@maureenow.bsky.social
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There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror. #sundaysentence #humanrights @mashagessen.bsky.social
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 PM
There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror. #sundaysentence #humanrights @mashagessen.bsky.social
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#SundaySentence
"I mean that there is a shadow of something colossal and menacing that even now is beginning to fall across the land; call it the shadow of an oligarchy, if you will."
- Jack London, c. 1908
"I mean that there is a shadow of something colossal and menacing that even now is beginning to fall across the land; call it the shadow of an oligarchy, if you will."
- Jack London, c. 1908
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#SundaySentence
"I mean that there is a shadow of something colossal and menacing that even now is beginning to fall across the land; call it the shadow of an oligarchy, if you will."
- Jack London, c. 1908
"I mean that there is a shadow of something colossal and menacing that even now is beginning to fall across the land; call it the shadow of an oligarchy, if you will."
- Jack London, c. 1908
Take it from me, you do not want to room with anyone who actively lives like he’s dying.
I LOVE YOU BUT I’VE CHOSEN DARKNESS by Claire Vaye Watkins
#sundaysentence
I LOVE YOU BUT I’VE CHOSEN DARKNESS by Claire Vaye Watkins
#sundaysentence
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Take it from me, you do not want to room with anyone who actively lives like he’s dying.
I LOVE YOU BUT I’VE CHOSEN DARKNESS by Claire Vaye Watkins
#sundaysentence
I LOVE YOU BUT I’VE CHOSEN DARKNESS by Claire Vaye Watkins
#sundaysentence
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“People like you to be something, preferably what they are.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I first read it in college. I decided it was time to re-read. Remarkable prose.
#Sundaysentence
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I first read it in college. I decided it was time to re-read. Remarkable prose.
#Sundaysentence
January 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“People like you to be something, preferably what they are.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I first read it in college. I decided it was time to re-read. Remarkable prose.
#Sundaysentence
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I first read it in college. I decided it was time to re-read. Remarkable prose.
#Sundaysentence
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"There is no humiliation so entire as not being quite good enough" — Elizabeth Jane Howard, "The Long View"
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
January 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"There is no humiliation so entire as not being quite good enough" — Elizabeth Jane Howard, "The Long View"
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
Why do you look for the living among the dead.
III.
by Jos Charles from Rejected Lit Magazine
www.rejectedlit.com/home/jos-cha...
#sundaysentence
III.
by Jos Charles from Rejected Lit Magazine
www.rejectedlit.com/home/jos-cha...
#sundaysentence
Jos Charles — Rejected Lit Magazine
www.rejectedlit.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Why do you look for the living among the dead.
III.
by Jos Charles from Rejected Lit Magazine
www.rejectedlit.com/home/jos-cha...
#sundaysentence
III.
by Jos Charles from Rejected Lit Magazine
www.rejectedlit.com/home/jos-cha...
#sundaysentence
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True story
What do four chambers have to do with all those vows we made? / Come home.
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
#sundaysentence
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
#sundaysentence
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
True story
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Friends. The eBooks of our 2025 titles are on sale til the end of the month for just $3 each. Grab @thomasha.bsky.social's amazing debut, or Best Weird Fiction Vol. 1, or Weird Horror 10 and 11. Heck, grab 'em all!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
EBOOKS — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Friends. The eBooks of our 2025 titles are on sale til the end of the month for just $3 each. Grab @thomasha.bsky.social's amazing debut, or Best Weird Fiction Vol. 1, or Weird Horror 10 and 11. Heck, grab 'em all!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
The heart of a person, even in troubled times, is a hopeful place.
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson
#sundaysentence
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson
#sundaysentence
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The heart of a person, even in troubled times, is a hopeful place.
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson
#sundaysentence
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson
#sundaysentence
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Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
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….a story can be beautiful not because of the way it ends. But because of the way it’s written.
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People
#SundaySentence #2
Loving this book so much! Totally unexpected st
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People
#SundaySentence #2
Loving this book so much! Totally unexpected st
December 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
….a story can be beautiful not because of the way it ends. But because of the way it’s written.
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People
#SundaySentence #2
Loving this book so much! Totally unexpected st
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People
#SundaySentence #2
Loving this book so much! Totally unexpected st
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My first #sundaysentence for 2026 made me laugh out loud. It's from Wrongful, by the wonderful @leeupton.bsky.social: "Only once before in her life had Geneva ever attended a poetry reading, and it was like being scolded by someone with hiccups."
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
My first #sundaysentence for 2026 made me laugh out loud. It's from Wrongful, by the wonderful @leeupton.bsky.social: "Only once before in her life had Geneva ever attended a poetry reading, and it was like being scolded by someone with hiccups."
Wal*ing without a big toe was harder than he imagined.
“Door to Damnation” by Lara Messersmith-Galvin in Winter 2025 Chthonic Matter Quarterly
#SundaySentence
“Door to Damnation” by Lara Messersmith-Galvin in Winter 2025 Chthonic Matter Quarterly
#SundaySentence
January 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Wal*ing without a big toe was harder than he imagined.
“Door to Damnation” by Lara Messersmith-Galvin in Winter 2025 Chthonic Matter Quarterly
#SundaySentence
“Door to Damnation” by Lara Messersmith-Galvin in Winter 2025 Chthonic Matter Quarterly
#SundaySentence
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“You don’t want to be touching me,” I said. “I’m stronger than I look”
BIGGEST LITTLE GIRL
by Jodi Angel
#sundaysentence
BIGGEST LITTLE GIRL
by Jodi Angel
#sundaysentence
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“You don’t want to be touching me,” I said. “I’m stronger than I look”
BIGGEST LITTLE GIRL
by Jodi Angel
#sundaysentence
BIGGEST LITTLE GIRL
by Jodi Angel
#sundaysentence
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Such a great book, I do all I can to spread the news on it; were I wealthy I would commission her to write a series of sea tales based on Captain Boomer and Doctor Bunger of Moby Dick, she would rival Patrick O’Brian I have no doubt!
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Such a great book, I do all I can to spread the news on it; were I wealthy I would commission her to write a series of sea tales based on Captain Boomer and Doctor Bunger of Moby Dick, she would rival Patrick O’Brian I have no doubt!
Hosts rarely knew when they were being encroached upon, of course. It was a linchpin of the parasitic relationship.
LANDFALLS by Naomi J. Williams @naomijwilliams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
LANDFALLS by Naomi J. Williams @naomijwilliams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hosts rarely knew when they were being encroached upon, of course. It was a linchpin of the parasitic relationship.
LANDFALLS by Naomi J. Williams @naomijwilliams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
LANDFALLS by Naomi J. Williams @naomijwilliams.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
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Girls – normal human girls – people could contend with; they were weak and small. And dogs too could be trained. But girls who became dogs, or who let the world believe they were dogs, were either powerful or mad: both monstrous possibilities.
#SundaySentence cluster
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
#SundaySentence cluster
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Girls – normal human girls – people could contend with; they were weak and small. And dogs too could be trained. But girls who became dogs, or who let the world believe they were dogs, were either powerful or mad: both monstrous possibilities.
#SundaySentence cluster
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
#SundaySentence cluster
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
We made a perfect pair for hunting.
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We made a perfect pair for hunting.
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
“Fabulous Beasts” from ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS by Priya Sharma
#sundaysentence
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“Love is visible—it paints the air between two people a different color, and everyone can see it.”
Alison Espach in The Wedding People
#SundaySentence
Alison Espach in The Wedding People
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“Love is visible—it paints the air between two people a different color, and everyone can see it.”
Alison Espach in The Wedding People
#SundaySentence
Alison Espach in The Wedding People
#SundaySentence
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“A great novel, a truly great one, not only captures a particular fictional experience, it alters and intensifies the way you experience your own life while you’re reading it.”
—Lily King in Heart the Lover
#sundaysentence
—Lily King in Heart the Lover
#sundaysentence
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“A great novel, a truly great one, not only captures a particular fictional experience, it alters and intensifies the way you experience your own life while you’re reading it.”
—Lily King in Heart the Lover
#sundaysentence
—Lily King in Heart the Lover
#sundaysentence
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#SundaySentence (s)
But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.
Cat’s Eye
~Margaret Atwood
But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.
Cat’s Eye
~Margaret Atwood
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#SundaySentence (s)
But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.
Cat’s Eye
~Margaret Atwood
But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.
Cat’s Eye
~Margaret Atwood
But it was too late and maybe it had been too late from the beginning. Everything beyond his sight mere abstraction— memory, history, perhaps even love—and the time for such things had ended.
THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer
#sundaysentence
#rereadingfortheholidays (which i invented just now)
THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer
#sundaysentence
#rereadingfortheholidays (which i invented just now)
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
But it was too late and maybe it had been too late from the beginning. Everything beyond his sight mere abstraction— memory, history, perhaps even love—and the time for such things had ended.
THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer
#sundaysentence
#rereadingfortheholidays (which i invented just now)
THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer
#sundaysentence
#rereadingfortheholidays (which i invented just now)
The result is that we largely end up going to writers of color to learn the specific, and go to white writers to feel the universal.
HOW TO READ NOW by Elaine Castillo
#sundaysentence
HOW TO READ NOW by Elaine Castillo
#sundaysentence
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The result is that we largely end up going to writers of color to learn the specific, and go to white writers to feel the universal.
HOW TO READ NOW by Elaine Castillo
#sundaysentence
HOW TO READ NOW by Elaine Castillo
#sundaysentence