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Mizuki
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
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Words in SmokeLong, hex, Lit Namjooning, HAD, Your Impossible Voice & elsewhere. Soon in The Forge, Lost Balloon.

✨ SmokeLong Award winner
📝 Bath Flash shortlist
🎗️'25 Best of the Net nominee
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Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · Jun 16
My story "Between Chamisa and Rengyō" is out!

Thank you to the @smokelong.bsky.social judges for selecting it as the winner of The Smokey award. I am so moved by the recognition 🙏🏻

I hope you enjoy this story:
www.smokelong.com/stories/betw...
Between Chamisa and Rengyō - SmokeLong Quarterly
I. The rain doesn’t smell the same here, and neither do I. Warm, resinous, alive: piñons and junipers, greasewood and ponderosa, the ghost bloom of Apache plume snagged on old barbed wire, claret cup ...
www.smokelong.com
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
I've always admired the story selections I've read in #Mondettes.
What a special feeling to find my story from @lit-namjooning.bsky.social in it this month! Thank you so much Shome Dasgupta and @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💚
mattkendrick.bsky.social Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 20h
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta

⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
mondettes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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beingcam.bsky.social
My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
The kind of submission I can feel good about even if I get an R! I donated to Community Food Share here in Colorado 💚
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · 3d
second window's funds raised: a whopping $2,709.32, for a total of $3,628.88. you people rule! I've got lots of reading to do, I'll randomly select the merch winners when I'm done!
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · 4d
Happy HAD Friday! 2 submission windows today for those who make some kind of donation to a cause! Link will work from 10-11am and 7-8pm Eastern. Where are you donating? havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34166...
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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nightshadesmag.bsky.social
“The wolf howls in the eye of the serpent storm. All is obscured by the scorch of the earth from your fingers. Hidden, stars fall as mercury in a tube.”

🛸🛸 this week’s story is by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social

www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
A Refracted Truth
by Mizuki Yamamoto You strike a match. It is neither to see better in the dark or for warmth. You are beyond such basic desires. You strike a match with glee. For pleasure. For no reason but the sen...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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lit-namjooning.bsky.social
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
And thrilled to share also that my story "The Last Ofuton in Orbit" is out at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for the Fam Punk issue this month! Hope you enjoy the sci-fi-cozy vibes in this one.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
I've been away from socials for a while (yet again), but my story with the wonderful @nightshadesmag.bsky.social came out recently...🐍
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
I've been away from socials a little bit, but excited to share my story got an honorable mention with @expositionreview.bsky.social for their recent #Flash405 themed "normal" 🌿
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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jamieboyd.bsky.social
Lush strange & beautiful flash by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social

"A snail no larger than my pinky glides from the wound leaving a delicate silver calligraphy across the pillowcase. .. I hold my breath astonished less by its existence than bythe elegant hydraulics of emergence. hexliterary.com/?p=2878
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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kathrynreese.bsky.social
Oh god ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
This piece from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is good medicine.
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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sarlynh.bsky.social
The language in this story, like all of Mizuki's writing, truly sings. It carries it's own melody, and I feel you can hear it even in the title.
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings, murmurations quivering over your head"

Brilliant use of the instructional in this gem from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, how this invites us to breathe and pause from the madness of the world
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for including my latest story "The Hand's Aperture" at @hexliterary.bsky.social in her monthly Flash Roundup ✨

There are some *great* stories in the list!
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
Yes! What a cool journey it's been. So grateful still for you guys giving me my first EVER pub just this May!! 🥰
joeaguilar.bsky.social joe 🌙 @joeaguilar.bsky.social · Sep 23
not to brag but we published Mizuki Yamagen first (thru a HAD call)--thrilled to have her incredible new one up on hex today!
hexliterary.bsky.social hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 23
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
My writing friends and community are amazing and so generous and it's because of them I've felt brave enough to begin my submission journey this year! 🙏🏻 Thank you 💕
September 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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m-ixedbag.bsky.social
"Responsible adulthood has been wobbling since you died, your absence a silence that keeps finding new rooms." Feeling this in my bones. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹
hexliterary.bsky.social hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 23
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
“My blood has opened a conduit to an elsewhere, importing emissaries of shell, feather, fur, and hoof to remind me that boundaries leak, that absence is merely another geometry of presence.” Strange and beautiful story—so unexpectedly emotional. I love everything @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social writes!
danielmiller.bsky.social Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · Sep 23
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

The cool thing about helping run a lit mag is that you are madly in love with everything you publish, like this @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social grief story, which is weird and beautiful and perfect! Check it!
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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danielmiller.bsky.social
What a dream to get to feature a new @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social banger on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We had the pleasure of snagging one of Mizuki's for our @havehashad.com call and so stoked we have one on hex now. Don't miss this one, aftergooners!
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · Sep 23
Beyond thrilled to have a piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. This one's a story that draws on some true moments and obsessions of mine. 👀

Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
hexliterary.bsky.social hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 23
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
Beyond thrilled to have a piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. This one's a story that draws on some true moments and obsessions of mine. 👀

Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
hexliterary.bsky.social hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 23
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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hexliterary.bsky.social
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“… the sea doesn’t just go away. Place your hand here and listen. Even if you can’t see it, it’s always there. Listen closer.”

@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen
Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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indigorue.bsky.social
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings..."
September 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
“the kind of beauty you have to pretend not to see”

Seth Landman
in Diagram
APPEAL Seth Landman I said yes but I felt this no in me I heard a train and it was gone I was waiting to talk and a voice said are you ok I said yes but there was a crying buzzing I am not I said and I explained the train and the hills behind it subtle nature painting everlasting love pouring rain blurring the world sometimes it is so clear you ask how many things are living in the fields I am all alone here I explained how everyone is and there was so much concern and crickets everywhere in Kansas City and Northampton, Massachusetts in the air in the folds of travel passing a flask in the white noise of the river at night I made a shape with my hands approximating the action of a popping seed a fern that folds the kind of beauty you have to pretend not to see hold your hand out move your feet everything is equalizing in the fields in the cellar settling in blood I'm not really here right now though I remember it was nice to walk with you hmmm it's so quiet out here tonight did I fail you in some way I asked
September 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
I love a little twist on a fairytale retelling! Read this story "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch’s Frog Faire" by my friend @indigorue.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com.

I promise you won't be disappointed 🐸👀
indigorue.bsky.social Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · Sep 15
My story is out in Small Wonders today!

“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”

Read to see what actually happened…
smallwondersmag.com Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Sep 15
Something has gone awry at the faire this year, and Princess Lilaclaire is not having a great time. Check out "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire" by @indigorue.bsky.social today and see what happens when the frogs just aren't cooperating:
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
Two amazing micro pieces by two amazing writers!

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social You are both so splendid and these stories are perfect compressions!
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM