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Ayo!

About that time once again. Our 92nd issue is live, so tell that one cousin still giving their Midwestern goodbye at the family holiday party.

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As a middle-aged woman, the concept of a "midlife crisis" is intriguing. Is it like heart attacks? Where the symptoms look different in men vs. women? "Pleasure and Desire in Mid Life" is an essay by @hadas.bsky.social that explores this topic. It's live now!
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It took me a while to utter the words “midlife crisis” but, as soon as I did, the floodgates opened. My friends – not even some of them, most of my friends – responded with versions of “welcome to the club.”
December 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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They have one of these mountain coasters near Gatlinburg TN. I could have ridden it while visiting a few years ago. I did not. Reading "The Red Devil" by Joseph A. Gross did not make me regret that decision. But it did make me laugh! Check it out here! 👇

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Lisa and I turned around just as he jumped from the train, splattering cocktail-colored vomit across the station floor.
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The holidays can be overwhelming with all the lights & sounds. It's a lot. An ordinary day in the kitchen with all its ordinary sounds can also overwhelm. Read "Polyphony" by Erica Wheadon & witness the messy, tender work of surviving the ordinary.

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All I can hear is everything
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It's that time of year when everyone starts thinking about health, fitness & that four-letter word: diet. If that's not your thing, we have a different diet you might want to try. This is "The St Augustine Diet" by R James Sennett Jr. and it's live now!

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The air as thick as he was now thin; hot as he was cunning,
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Who's up for a little NSFW flash today? Ok, so maybe not quite NSFW but, a little risque, or maybe risky. Check out "Sweet Stuff" by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social to see what I mean! And then read her other 2 flash, all waiting for you in issue 92!

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Jason loved whipped cream and sex. Maureen hated it, especially since he decided whipped cream was getting boring and now wanted her to lick maple syrup off his body. Honey. Warm pudding.
December 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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As we wind down 2025 and look back at the year, let's also take a look back at the amazing work in issue 92, starting with this extraordinary poem from Jiwon Huh. This is "Because Orpheus Looked Back," and it's live now!

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Sometimes I look at my dog, and I want to cry Because what are lives if not temporary,
December 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Ayo!

About that time once again. Our 92nd issue is live, so tell that one cousin still giving their Midwestern goodbye at the family holiday party.

www.roifaineantpress.com/blog

#writingcommunity
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Closing out this preview of our 92nd edition with a poetry party, cause ‘tis the season, ya know? “Because Orpheus Looked Back‘ by Jiwon Huh is the perfect piece to usher in our last edition of 2025, some tough truths, and some hope in the loneliness. 12/28. Sunday.
That lie under my bones like carnal nothings
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I just found out that the mainstream idea of the Christmas aesthetic comes from the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Words have power! Read “McPledge” by @jackwhaler.bsky.social and have a little joy this holiday without the jingle
Sunday 12/28.
Pledgemaster Brayden stood at the basement altar with his head hunched low to keep from hitting the pink insulation above.
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Oh man! It’s Christmas time and we can all sit around and watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the umpteenth time OR we can read “Life Accounts”, a novelette by @karl-nykwest.bksy.social about death, capitalism and an encounter on the subway. A similar plot! On 12/28! Sunday!
Seeing the Station Closed. No Entry sign put me in a sour mood. The 125th St. station was literally right across from my office, and beyond convenient.
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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For all those who celebrate I hope the jolly red man shimmied his way down your chimney and left a gift or two. But I think we have something even better. Here’s a snippet of “The Red Devil” by Joseph A. Gross. Read this piece of short fiction on 12/28!
“Because it’s life-changing!” a middle-aged woman in a woven poncho joyfully screamed when asked why she was competing for the $50,000 prize.
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This flash piece orbits around grief, overwhelm, and the small ways we keep going. Its beauty will resonate with you at this darkest of brightest time. “What Doesn't Kill You” by Erica Wheadon is in the 92nd edition out on 12/28. See you Sunday.
The day our eldest dog died, the snapdragon plant near her kennel produced one perfect flower—pink and red, vivid with grief
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The world is fraught with challenges for kids, both real and perceived, what happens when their future seemingly depends on their performance in sports?
It can get brutal. Read “Baseball Dad” by Alan Swyer a true story in the 92nd edition on Sunday 12/28.
It was only after my first-born son fell in love with baseball that I learned there was a correlative of sorts: baseball dads.
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Poetry party on my favorite day of the week, Tuesday! (Taco to all who celebrate)“The St. Augustine Diet” by R James Sennett Jr. gets us started. Fill up on the rest Sunday 12/28.
Osceola, Billy P, starved himself
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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You may be sensing a theme here, but what a way to start a week! “Why Sex Therapists Hate the Simpsons” by Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social along with more Micro flash fiction from this same author await you in the 92nd edition of the press out 12/28!
You’d think being a sex therapist would be stimulating.
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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There has been a lot of talk lately (finally) about midlife in women. This timely piece is contemplative, sexy, and humorous, exploring a subject much more interesting than hot flashes. Read “Pleasure and Desire in Midlife” by @hadas.bsky.social in our 92nd edition. Out 12/28.
In November of last year, I was bubbly with excitement aboutmy life. By December, I was a weepy, barely functional mess.
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Yes! Love seeing RF merch out in the wild! Especially the Lazy King. You wear it well, sir!
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Closing out our 91st issue with this creative non fiction/travel piece “Sounds of Waiting” by Max Hedley. It’s lovely, dark, and brief-like life itself.
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Second man turns up. Could be the villain in a '90s Bruce Willis movie. Thinner, but strong. Tough in a way that had nothing to do with size.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Poetry party with a Senryu -is a three-line unrhymed Japanese poetic form structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature, usually in a satiric or ironic vein. Read these excerpts from “Humanity Senryus” by Funom Theophilus Makama.
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adding lime to its sweet candy
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“Death of a Starship” by Jaslynn Middleton is a sci fi piece that brings you closer to human nature. Read it in the 91st edition and take a deep breath it’s all gonna be okay! We are stardust!

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And when a starship dies, she does not die alone.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Poetry party is gonna last for days! Here is more incredibly intricate lacing of words for your eyeballs and your soul! “Hourglass” by Darren Lynch amongst others, is right here. Dive in, you can sleep when you’re dead.
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Cruel , as by splintered step in glass , Haste and its time Ticking wax that falls fading from the lacquered oak
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Oh, the humanity! Even the vibes are blustery! I could use a poetry party right about now. “How Good We Have It” by @jamescroaljackson.bsky.social will warm your bones. Our 91st is a smoke stack!

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I step out of the tub, dripping pieces of me that are not me, having soaked in a week of being alive in a borrowed and now mechanical but breathing body
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Happy Thursday! I shouldn’t assume. Maybe you’re sitting in your own filth watching a real housewife or a star war all sad & stuff, either way this poetry is INCREDIBLE. “Reminder:” by @williamtaylorjr.bsky.social . Is one of 4 & you’ll want more, believe me.
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We’re already gone, and the void offers no rewards for our best intentions.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Closing out your Wednesday with a heartbreaking story of how our own families can be monstrous to us for simply being ourselves. “Transfusion” by Adrienne Rex, is a story of a woman trying to reconnect in a tragic time. Read it in 91!

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Their parents had gone to ask the ICU nurse to make her leave. She’d come to donate blood. They didn’t want it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I mean some first lines kill, don’t they? Don’t hesitate to read the rest of this and two others by this same poet. “Half Past a Monkey’s Ass” by Jason Ryberg is right here…don’t you dare turn away, click that link! CLICK IT!
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Well it’s half-past a monkey’s ass (or a quarter- past a nightmare)
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM