Nora
@noraraywrites.bsky.social
i write about the sad and the bizarre. 26. Russian Armenian. words in Flash Fiction Magazine, Moon Park Review, Ergot, Maudlin House, Frigg... fiction & poetry reader at @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
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@noraraywrites.bsky.social
· Sep 2
read my new flash in Ghost Parachute!
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artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
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If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading.
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Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism
Zachary Gillan I have been thinking, for obvious reasons, about living in a world of reactionary politics, and about the political valences of the irreal, and about ARB’s insistence upon the radica…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading.
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...
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still processing that i got a full request after only a few sent queries
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
still processing that i got a full request after only a few sent queries
read my new flash in Ghost Parachute!
ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
read my new flash in Ghost Parachute!
ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
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Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
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"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
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Always Forever Friend — Ghost Parachute
An old friend who stops talking to you for no reason can be a special friend, a lingering and recurring friend, especially when it’s your best friend. She bombards you with pictures of her meals prepa...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
tinyurl.com/5a36bueh
"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
tinyurl.com/5a36bueh
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today's Chris Scott short really found a way to crawl inside me and not get out
"If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi
"If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi
I'm Pretty Sure I Would Remember That by Chris Scott
If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm falling from the tree because he’d…
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July 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
today's Chris Scott short really found a way to crawl inside me and not get out
"If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi
"If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi
and here is my another new story! (someone has been productive this year, right?)
it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻
maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻
maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
5 Reasons to Rent This Apartment
No Curse Tower 103993, Otherworldly Avenue 3 Monthly Rent: $4,000 Bedrooms: 2 You’ve spent weeks trying to find a safe and cozy apartment that would cost you less than a fortune, haven’t you? Congratu...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
and here is my another new story! (someone has been productive this year, right?)
it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻
maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻
maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
My new story "Three First Dates with You!" 🍷 is published in Flash Fiction Magazine
i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
Three First Dates with You
flashfictionmagazine.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My new story "Three First Dates with You!" 🍷 is published in Flash Fiction Magazine
i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
TWO OF MY POEMS ARE OUT THERE IN APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL
"you woke up to the sounds
of the agonizing sun.
it whistled,
clapped,
and screeched."
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...
"you woke up to the sounds
of the agonizing sun.
it whistled,
clapped,
and screeched."
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...
“A BLACK-AND-WHITE MOVIE” – “THE DYING SUN”
A Black-and-White Movie Forgive me for being a black-and-white movie:depressing, and bleak,and dull, and naive. Forgive me for being abrupt,my green lips off screen,grotesqueness of speech,and the …
apocalypse-confidential.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
TWO OF MY POEMS ARE OUT THERE IN APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL
"you woke up to the sounds
of the agonizing sun.
it whistled,
clapped,
and screeched."
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...
"you woke up to the sounds
of the agonizing sun.
it whistled,
clapped,
and screeched."
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...
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Submissions for LOST & FOUND close in ONE WEEK ✨️📅
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We can't wait to see your creations!
Visit our website for more information:
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We can't wait to see your creations!
July 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Submissions for LOST & FOUND close in ONE WEEK ✨️📅
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We can't wait to see your creations!
Visit our website for more information:
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We can't wait to see your creations!
i have three poems in the new issue of Frigg Magazine!
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July 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
i have three poems in the new issue of Frigg Magazine!
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Work by Grant Frazier, daniel joseph, Sean Lovelace, John Mandelberg, Bruce McRae, Sreeja Naskar, Cee Pugsley, Nora Ray, Milla van der Have, and Rachel Weinhaus. Many thanks to staffers Dennis Mahagin, Elizabeth Glixman, and Al Faraone.
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Work by Grant Frazier, daniel joseph, Sean Lovelace, John Mandelberg, Bruce McRae, Sreeja Naskar, Cee Pugsley, Nora Ray, Milla van der Have, and Rachel Weinhaus. Many thanks to staffers Dennis Mahagin, Elizabeth Glixman, and Al Faraone.
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The spring/summer 2025 issue of Frigg is live! (I'm pretending it's still spring. I'm pretending a lot of things.) friggmagazine.com
Frigg: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry, Issue 64, Spring/Summer 2025 | Front Page
Frigg: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry, Spring/Summer 2025, Issue 64. Writers: Grant Frazier, daniel joseph, Sean Lovelace, John Mandelberg, Bruce McRae, Sreeja Naskar, Cee Pugsley, Nora Ray, Milla v...
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July 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The spring/summer 2025 issue of Frigg is live! (I'm pretending it's still spring. I'm pretending a lot of things.) friggmagazine.com
🍎my short-short story "FRIDAY IS RED" is out there in the
@twinbirdreview.bsky.social summer issue!
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@twinbirdreview.bsky.social summer issue!
www.twinbirdreview.com/ray-banerjee...
July 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🍎my short-short story "FRIDAY IS RED" is out there in the
@twinbirdreview.bsky.social summer issue!
www.twinbirdreview.com/ray-banerjee...
@twinbirdreview.bsky.social summer issue!
www.twinbirdreview.com/ray-banerjee...
hi there! i'm finally here again. i had a disastrous trip this month and have been offline a little too much (not complaining). now i'm waiting for my novel editor to get back to me!
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
hi there! i'm finally here again. i had a disastrous trip this month and have been offline a little too much (not complaining). now i'm waiting for my novel editor to get back to me!
rereading your favorite book is a divine experience
April 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
rereading your favorite book is a divine experience
i wrote a hilarious poem and submitted to a mag. generally, i'm fine
April 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
i wrote a hilarious poem and submitted to a mag. generally, i'm fine
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🌿Call for Photography & Visual Art Submissions 🍃
Theme: In the Company of Strangers
Check out our website for more information!
Submissions close ⭐️April 15th⭐️
Theme: In the Company of Strangers
Check out our website for more information!
Submissions close ⭐️April 15th⭐️
April 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🌿Call for Photography & Visual Art Submissions 🍃
Theme: In the Company of Strangers
Check out our website for more information!
Submissions close ⭐️April 15th⭐️
Theme: In the Company of Strangers
Check out our website for more information!
Submissions close ⭐️April 15th⭐️
🕸🌵 my new little creep "Why Do You Hate Nature?" is now published in Propagule Magazine
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April 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🕸🌵 my new little creep "Why Do You Hate Nature?" is now published in Propagule Magazine
www.propagule.co/musings-mote...
www.propagule.co/musings-mote...
first poetry acceptance???
April 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
first poetry acceptance???
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#FF It’s National Caramel Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “C”:
@cherrytreelit.bsky.social
@cicadasongpress.bsky.social
@coolbeanslit.bsky.social
@corporeallitmag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@cottonwoodku.bsky.social
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@cherrytreelit.bsky.social
@cicadasongpress.bsky.social
@coolbeanslit.bsky.social
@corporeallitmag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@cottonwoodku.bsky.social
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April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#FF It’s National Caramel Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “C”:
@cherrytreelit.bsky.social
@cicadasongpress.bsky.social
@coolbeanslit.bsky.social
@corporeallitmag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@cottonwoodku.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
@cherrytreelit.bsky.social
@cicadasongpress.bsky.social
@coolbeanslit.bsky.social
@corporeallitmag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@cottonwoodku.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
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Submissions close for IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS in 10 days.
We are looking for poetry, Flash fiction and nonfiction, short story, and photography/visual art.
Spread the word ✨️
We are looking for poetry, Flash fiction and nonfiction, short story, and photography/visual art.
Spread the word ✨️
April 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Submissions close for IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS in 10 days.
We are looking for poetry, Flash fiction and nonfiction, short story, and photography/visual art.
Spread the word ✨️
We are looking for poetry, Flash fiction and nonfiction, short story, and photography/visual art.
Spread the word ✨️
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"...and don’t forget that time in the kitchen when your older teenage sister was cooking crayfish and you watched them trying to crawl out of the steaming water, screaming..."
Today on ergot.: 'Brief Interlude with the Night Hag' by David Luntz @dluntz.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Davi...
Today on ergot.: 'Brief Interlude with the Night Hag' by David Luntz @dluntz.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Davi...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
April 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"...and don’t forget that time in the kitchen when your older teenage sister was cooking crayfish and you watched them trying to crawl out of the steaming water, screaming..."
Today on ergot.: 'Brief Interlude with the Night Hag' by David Luntz @dluntz.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Davi...
Today on ergot.: 'Brief Interlude with the Night Hag' by David Luntz @dluntz.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Davi...