Ra'Niqua Lee, PhD
@raniqualee.bsky.social
she/they
2024 NEA fellow
Ex academic, ATL writer of speculative fic, fairy, Southern mama, old soul
Best of the Net and Best small fictions 2023
Website: https://muddahlee.com/
insta: @muddahoney
2024 NEA fellow
Ex academic, ATL writer of speculative fic, fairy, Southern mama, old soul
Best of the Net and Best small fictions 2023
Website: https://muddahlee.com/
insta: @muddahoney
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Ra'Niqua Lee, PhD
@raniqualee.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Every now and then I like to dress up and bring some of the magic from the stories I write into my real life. Today, I was a fairy.
Teaching a fiction workshop on abolition. (All writing is political. Writers make political arguments whether we want to or not.) Anyway, found an amazing flash piece for the workshop and wanted to share it.
Daily reads: Megan Giddons in @theoffingmag.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/fiction/the-...
Daily reads: Megan Giddons in @theoffingmag.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/fiction/the-...
The Alive Sister - The Offing
Fiction by Megan Giddings
theoffingmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Teaching a fiction workshop on abolition. (All writing is political. Writers make political arguments whether we want to or not.) Anyway, found an amazing flash piece for the workshop and wanted to share it.
Daily reads: Megan Giddons in @theoffingmag.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/fiction/the-...
Daily reads: Megan Giddons in @theoffingmag.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/fiction/the-...
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future
Man...this topic was the last straw that ended my relationship with my twins' father. The fact that he didn't understand why I couldn't work two jobs, breast feed two babies, and finish my degree at the same time.
In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, this comic about the many, many coats of breastfeeding is your reminder that BREASTFEEDING IS LABOR!
Breastfeeding Isn't Free
for World Breastfeeding Week
aubreyhirsch.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Man...this topic was the last straw that ended my relationship with my twins' father. The fact that he didn't understand why I couldn't work two jobs, breast feed two babies, and finish my degree at the same time.
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really excited about this grant! please apply if you're a queer nature writer who would like $500!
Only 3 more days to apply!
ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers!
The recipient will receive $500 to help incubate their future creative endeavors.
Deadline: July 31st, 2025.
More information: alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...
ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers!
The recipient will receive $500 to help incubate their future creative endeavors.
Deadline: July 31st, 2025.
More information: alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...
July 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
really excited about this grant! please apply if you're a queer nature writer who would like $500!
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You're so close! Just a little push and you'll make it! 🚀 Keep going, you’ve got this! 💪✨ #SFFWriters #AlmostThere #KeepWriting
July 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You're so close! Just a little push and you'll make it! 🚀 Keep going, you’ve got this! 💪✨ #SFFWriters #AlmostThere #KeepWriting
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Friday is August 1st and the kick-off for this year's Sealey Challenge!! buff.ly/9GbHZii
July 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Friday is August 1st and the kick-off for this year's Sealey Challenge!! buff.ly/9GbHZii
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Trains approach them like ghosts,
the way a husband returning after midnight slips under the covers,
keeping his cold feet at a distance.
~from "Small-Town Stations"
by Luljeta Lleshanaku (trans. from the Albanian by Ani Gjika)
AGNI Online
the way a husband returning after midnight slips under the covers,
keeping his cold feet at a distance.
~from "Small-Town Stations"
by Luljeta Lleshanaku (trans. from the Albanian by Ani Gjika)
AGNI Online
Small-Town Stations
Translated from the Albanian by Ani Gjika Trains approach them like ghosts, the way a husband returning after midnight slips under the covers, keeping his cold feet at a distance. A post office. A…
buff.ly
July 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Trains approach them like ghosts,
the way a husband returning after midnight slips under the covers,
keeping his cold feet at a distance.
~from "Small-Town Stations"
by Luljeta Lleshanaku (trans. from the Albanian by Ani Gjika)
AGNI Online
the way a husband returning after midnight slips under the covers,
keeping his cold feet at a distance.
~from "Small-Town Stations"
by Luljeta Lleshanaku (trans. from the Albanian by Ani Gjika)
AGNI Online
"The sky is deepening into sunset, and a breeze raises goosebumps on Robyn’s arm, as if she’s been touched by a ghost. The whole beach, she feels suddenly, is full of ghosts."
Daily reads: Jenny Williamson in @terrainorg.bsky.social ❤️
Daily reads: Jenny Williamson in @terrainorg.bsky.social ❤️
Jenny Williams's "Tidal" is a beautiful, touching short story that follows siblings Robyn and Peter as they grow up among visits to tide pools.
https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/tidal/
#childhood #family #tides #tidepools #growingup #socal
https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/tidal/
#childhood #family #tides #tidepools #growingup #socal
Tidal - Terrain.org
Jenny Williams’s “Tidal” is a beautiful, touching short story that follows siblings Robyn and Peter as they grow up among visits to tide pools.
www.terrain.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"The sky is deepening into sunset, and a breeze raises goosebumps on Robyn’s arm, as if she’s been touched by a ghost. The whole beach, she feels suddenly, is full of ghosts."
Daily reads: Jenny Williamson in @terrainorg.bsky.social ❤️
Daily reads: Jenny Williamson in @terrainorg.bsky.social ❤️
"Her ex-boyfriend said it would make it easy to pick her out of a lineup, would make it easy for him to track her down if she ever left him, which, of course, she did. "
Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️
Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️
"The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough."
New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
Birthmark | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Her ex-boyfriend said it would make it easy to pick her out of a lineup, would make it easy for him to track her down if she ever left him, which, of course, she did. "
Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️
Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️
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"For a moment, Eleanor stood quiet, thinking about Moxies I through VII and the curse of living longer than one’s pets.
How much love made sorrow worthwhile?"
This story is weird, disturbing, delightful!
@authorthealiu.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
How much love made sorrow worthwhile?"
This story is weird, disturbing, delightful!
@authorthealiu.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
New SFF story by @authorthealiu.bsky.social
"Three weeks after Moxie VII died, Eleanor finally crawled out of bed, tossed her used-up tissues in the fireplace, and went out to the garden."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/a-te...
"Three weeks after Moxie VII died, Eleanor finally crawled out of bed, tossed her used-up tissues in the fireplace, and went out to the garden."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/a-te...
A Tender Harvest - Uncharted
Three weeks after Moxie VII died, Eleanor finally crawled out of bed, tossed her used-up tissues in the fireplace, and went out to the garden. Some of the fruit had ripened and split during her absenc...
www.unchartedmag.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"For a moment, Eleanor stood quiet, thinking about Moxies I through VII and the curse of living longer than one’s pets.
How much love made sorrow worthwhile?"
This story is weird, disturbing, delightful!
@authorthealiu.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
How much love made sorrow worthwhile?"
This story is weird, disturbing, delightful!
@authorthealiu.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Passionfruit" by Jen Feroze (@jenferoze.bsky.social) #tbt
stonecirclereview.com/passionfruit/
stonecirclereview.com/passionfruit/
Passionfruit - Stone Circle Review
by Jen Feroze - Paul has overheard that it’s my birthday. He brings us breakfast on the verandah, dewy and humid. At the centre of my plate is a passionfruit...
stonecirclereview.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Passionfruit" by Jen Feroze (@jenferoze.bsky.social) #tbt
stonecirclereview.com/passionfruit/
stonecirclereview.com/passionfruit/
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Lightning Response Weekend is BACK!
We're reading nonstop for 72 hours—every piece submitted between Friday & Monday gets a response within 24 hours.
Get your work ready and submit when the window’s open!
👉 Submit: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
We're reading nonstop for 72 hours—every piece submitted between Friday & Monday gets a response within 24 hours.
Get your work ready and submit when the window’s open!
👉 Submit: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Lightning Response Weekend is BACK!
We're reading nonstop for 72 hours—every piece submitted between Friday & Monday gets a response within 24 hours.
Get your work ready and submit when the window’s open!
👉 Submit: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
We're reading nonstop for 72 hours—every piece submitted between Friday & Monday gets a response within 24 hours.
Get your work ready and submit when the window’s open!
👉 Submit: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
"Tonight I miss you a vacant lot. Most of all after moonbathing when our shadows blistered and we peeled them off each other like snake skins. The oyster shell moon is no help and I say so. Also wrinkly: our clothes on the shore."
@rorty.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️
@rorty.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️
"I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss."
Incredibly stoked we get to feature two new @rorty.bsky.social surrealist bangers this week! Dreamworld imagery, playful language and a wonderfully bizarre sense of humor abound in these two beauties! Go peep! 🧶😶🌫️
Incredibly stoked we get to feature two new @rorty.bsky.social surrealist bangers this week! Dreamworld imagery, playful language and a wonderfully bizarre sense of humor abound in these two beauties! Go peep! 🧶😶🌫️
Two by Ruby Rorty
After the metal band, the rubber band
I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss. He is subject to hubris and get smart quick schemes. I absolve myself, but only just...
hexliterary.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Tonight I miss you a vacant lot. Most of all after moonbathing when our shadows blistered and we peeled them off each other like snake skins. The oyster shell moon is no help and I say so. Also wrinkly: our clothes on the shore."
@rorty.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️
@rorty.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️
"The leviathan is lonely, but only in two of its hearts. It feels the loneliness creep toward the third, and fears how it might change, if it were to reach."
Daily reads: Rachel Sudbeck in @smallwondersmag.com ❤️
Daily reads: Rachel Sudbeck in @smallwondersmag.com ❤️
Today's story from issue 19 is by Rachel Sudbeck. "Ways of Love for Three-Hearted Creatures" is a beautiful story of the love between a leviathan and the darkness. Take a journey both large and small today:
smallwondersmag.com/...
smallwondersmag.com/...
Ways of Love for Three-Hearted Creatures - Small Wonders
The leviathan has fallen in love with the darkness. It’s fond of being the little spoon, and there is nothing that can hold the leviathan, save the dark.
smallwondersmag.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The leviathan is lonely, but only in two of its hearts. It feels the loneliness creep toward the third, and fears how it might change, if it were to reach."
Daily reads: Rachel Sudbeck in @smallwondersmag.com ❤️
Daily reads: Rachel Sudbeck in @smallwondersmag.com ❤️
My thing is...if you dated a MAGA cop, why do we have to know about it? Like keep that to yourself...
July 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My thing is...if you dated a MAGA cop, why do we have to know about it? Like keep that to yourself...
Went to a fairy disco this past weekend 🧚♂️
July 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Went to a fairy disco this past weekend 🧚♂️
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Sometimes a writer titles a poem so brilliantly and apropos of your feelings, you’re compelled to read it. Then you realize that it’s not just the title but the whole poem that speaks to you. “All the fucks I give (are so, so many)” by Maia Brown-Jackson @andyetpoetry is out Sunday, July 27th!
July 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sometimes a writer titles a poem so brilliantly and apropos of your feelings, you’re compelled to read it. Then you realize that it’s not just the title but the whole poem that speaks to you. “All the fucks I give (are so, so many)” by Maia Brown-Jackson @andyetpoetry is out Sunday, July 27th!
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These are straight-up "Nazi concentration camp back when they were just passively killing the inmates through horrible conditions" conditions.
July 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
These are straight-up "Nazi concentration camp back when they were just passively killing the inmates through horrible conditions" conditions.
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After some gentle re-wiring and soldering, the website is back! If you missed Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi's poem, now's an excellent time to read it.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-beg-...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-beg-...
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
After some gentle re-wiring and soldering, the website is back! If you missed Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi's poem, now's an excellent time to read it.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-beg-...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/i-beg-...
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest opens Aug 1st! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest opens Aug 1st! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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ICYMI today's story is Black-Red by Nora Esme Wagner. Please follow the link and enjoy #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2025/07/18/b...
July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ICYMI today's story is Black-Red by Nora Esme Wagner. Please follow the link and enjoy #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2025/07/18/b...
"For now it was all adventure and discovery. And such a discovery she would make this day.
She heard singing by the river and ran to the edge and there she found the head pushed up into the mud."
Daily reads: Jennifer Marie Brissett in Vice ❤️
#blackfemmespec
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
She heard singing by the river and ran to the edge and there she found the head pushed up into the mud."
Daily reads: Jennifer Marie Brissett in Vice ❤️
#blackfemmespec
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
A Song For You
A tale about the future of love, war, and music, as told by a decapitated android.
www.vice.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"For now it was all adventure and discovery. And such a discovery she would make this day.
She heard singing by the river and ran to the edge and there she found the head pushed up into the mud."
Daily reads: Jennifer Marie Brissett in Vice ❤️
#blackfemmespec
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
She heard singing by the river and ran to the edge and there she found the head pushed up into the mud."
Daily reads: Jennifer Marie Brissett in Vice ❤️
#blackfemmespec
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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My hope, brittle, shatters as things look dark tonight
The black music sings. No one is happy tonight.
The last time I saw you was in the market aisle
And I’m nostalgic as I think of you tonight.
Read more by Ayiyi Joel in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
The black music sings. No one is happy tonight.
The last time I saw you was in the market aisle
And I’m nostalgic as I think of you tonight.
Read more by Ayiyi Joel in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My hope, brittle, shatters as things look dark tonight
The black music sings. No one is happy tonight.
The last time I saw you was in the market aisle
And I’m nostalgic as I think of you tonight.
Read more by Ayiyi Joel in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
The black music sings. No one is happy tonight.
The last time I saw you was in the market aisle
And I’m nostalgic as I think of you tonight.
Read more by Ayiyi Joel in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch