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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying General Literary Flash Fiction feat. @suspendedmag.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying General Literary Flash Fiction feat. @suspendedmag.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-general-literary-flash-fiction-d6H6lZz9
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February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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"Dark shapes moved overhead, talking at one another, shaking their heads disappointed. Lawrence couldn’t say how long he’d been on his back, staring at the afternoon sky..."
Want to know what the hell happened to Lawrence? Find out in "True Freshman", a short story by Travis Tyler. Link below.
Want to know what the hell happened to Lawrence? Find out in "True Freshman", a short story by Travis Tyler. Link below.
February 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"Dark shapes moved overhead, talking at one another, shaking their heads disappointed. Lawrence couldn’t say how long he’d been on his back, staring at the afternoon sky..."
Want to know what the hell happened to Lawrence? Find out in "True Freshman", a short story by Travis Tyler. Link below.
Want to know what the hell happened to Lawrence? Find out in "True Freshman", a short story by Travis Tyler. Link below.
"THEY TRIED TO..." by Ronald Leith
They tried to drown me
But I became a fish
They tried to burn me
But I became an ember
They tried to hang me
But I became a bird...
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Read the full poem in Merganser Magazine at the link below!
They tried to drown me
But I became a fish
They tried to burn me
But I became an ember
They tried to hang me
But I became a bird...
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Read the full poem in Merganser Magazine at the link below!
January 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"THEY TRIED TO..." by Ronald Leith
They tried to drown me
But I became a fish
They tried to burn me
But I became an ember
They tried to hang me
But I became a bird...
***
Read the full poem in Merganser Magazine at the link below!
They tried to drown me
But I became a fish
They tried to burn me
But I became an ember
They tried to hang me
But I became a bird...
***
Read the full poem in Merganser Magazine at the link below!
We're launching 2026 with a phenomenal story by Nathan Grimmer, "Why Horror?"
Why horror? Find out. If you dare.
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Why horror? Find out. If you dare.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
We're launching 2026 with a phenomenal story by Nathan Grimmer, "Why Horror?"
Why horror? Find out. If you dare.
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Why horror? Find out. If you dare.
mergansermagazine.com/story/why-horror/
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Going out of order for Day 3 of #12DaysOfPoetry: today @mergansermagazine.bsky.social has pubbed my last poem of 2025, the villanelle "Our Rewards"! Is it about dragons or about billionaires? You decide!
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December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Going out of order for Day 3 of #12DaysOfPoetry: today @mergansermagazine.bsky.social has pubbed my last poem of 2025, the villanelle "Our Rewards"! Is it about dragons or about billionaires? You decide!
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New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry
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August 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry
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LAUNCH 7. FT.
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
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"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
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August 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
LAUNCH 7. FT.
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
🦆🧑🚀🚀
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.
READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
🦆🧑🚀🚀
A poem for those who enjoy some existential angst...
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
#poetry #magazine #publisher
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
#poetry #magazine #publisher
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A poem for those who enjoy some existential angst...
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
#poetry #magazine #publisher
Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!
#poetry #magazine #publisher
Read this poem if you’ve ever been tempted by a powerful and dangerous urge…
Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
June 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read this poem if you’ve ever been tempted by a powerful and dangerous urge…
Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
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A new poem out! "Lesser Zodiacs" is in the May issue of Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A new poem out! "Lesser Zodiacs" is in the May issue of Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
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May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
May 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!
May 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!
May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Flash Fiction feat. @3lobedmag.com @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Flash Fiction feat. @3lobedmag.com @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-flash-fiction-Q0Ton7sQ
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May 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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My most recently published translations are:
"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)
and
"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)
and
"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
Vivid Worlds
Check out Vivid Worlds - <p><em>Vivid Worlds </em>brings together twenty exciting, new science-fiction stories by writers from all over the world. The emerging genre of solarpunk weaves imaginative st...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My most recently published translations are:
"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)
and
"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)
and
"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
When this article got released in @authorspublish.com , Merganser Magazine received more than 300 submissions within 48 hours. More than we received in all of March. Huge thanks to Authors Publish for the assist! @jakeott.bsky.social is a happy editor today!
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Merganser Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions
Merganser Magazine is a new online journal of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. They accept all genres of poetry and prose: “We're eager to find strong, well-written pieces across a wide r
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April 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When this article got released in @authorspublish.com , Merganser Magazine received more than 300 submissions within 48 hours. More than we received in all of March. Huge thanks to Authors Publish for the assist! @jakeott.bsky.social is a happy editor today!
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oh wow - I've seen poems that read backwards by line, but not word by word. Congratulations Joshua Kepfer! #PoetryCommunity #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetsofBlueSky
Joshua Kepfer really blew us away with “End of Space.” This poem can be read forward and backward, exploring the nature of exploration itself in an infinite universe. Read ISSUE 4 now at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #art
April 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
oh wow - I've seen poems that read backwards by line, but not word by word. Congratulations Joshua Kepfer! #PoetryCommunity #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetsofBlueSky
duck duck news 🦆 💪
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Dive into the hivemind of a legion of alien army ants, as the legion seeks to retake its homeworld from strange creatures and machines. Check out Murray Eiland’s poem “Exo-Myrmidons” at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #art
April 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dive into the hivemind of a legion of alien army ants, as the legion seeks to retake its homeworld from strange creatures and machines. Check out Murray Eiland’s poem “Exo-Myrmidons” at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #art
It’s important to understand the land on which one lives. Particularly in the Nandi Hills of Kenya. Philip Brian Hall’s short story “Bwana Mkulima and the Mercedes” paints this fact in a humorous tale of a day in the life of a small farming village when a Mercedes drives into town. Link in bio!
April 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s important to understand the land on which one lives. Particularly in the Nandi Hills of Kenya. Philip Brian Hall’s short story “Bwana Mkulima and the Mercedes” paints this fact in a humorous tale of a day in the life of a small farming village when a Mercedes drives into town. Link in bio!
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My translation of @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social's story "My Rainy Season Diary" is out at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social !
Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...
(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...
(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
Merganser Magazine - Fiction & Poetry
Free online literary magazine, featuring a variety of prose and poetry.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My translation of @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social's story "My Rainy Season Diary" is out at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social !
Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...
(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...
(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
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Today's listing of the day is: Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity
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Today's listing of the day is: Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity
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April 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today's listing of the day is: Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity