Robert Vaughan
@rgvaughan.bsky.social
Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com
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@bendinggenres.bsky.social Issue 48 is now live!!! Our Nov/ Dec 2025 issue is filled with hybrid flash, poetry and CNF, an amazing issue! Congratulations to all BG editors and talented writers! Happy Publication Day!!! #Writer #writerslift #writerscommunity bendinggenres.com
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Here’s the cover for my upcoming book of short stories. I believe it’s my best work, most mature work yet. Digital preorders are live now. Grab a copy here: a.co/d/9VCnKBf Paperback copies will be available in mid January.
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here’s the cover for my upcoming book of short stories. I believe it’s my best work, most mature work yet. Digital preorders are live now. Grab a copy here: a.co/d/9VCnKBf Paperback copies will be available in mid January.
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Anemone
May 14th 2024
May 14th 2024
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Anemone
May 14th 2024
May 14th 2024
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First acceptance of 2026 is from @bendinggenres.bsky.social
my thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social and all the team! I wanted to write something quirky, fun and genre bending and BG was the first and only pub to which I sent it. So grateful it found the perfect home!
my thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social and all the team! I wanted to write something quirky, fun and genre bending and BG was the first and only pub to which I sent it. So grateful it found the perfect home!
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
First acceptance of 2026 is from @bendinggenres.bsky.social
my thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social and all the team! I wanted to write something quirky, fun and genre bending and BG was the first and only pub to which I sent it. So grateful it found the perfect home!
my thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social and all the team! I wanted to write something quirky, fun and genre bending and BG was the first and only pub to which I sent it. So grateful it found the perfect home!
Happy New Year from your friends at Bending Genres!!!
To date, we've hosted:
48 issues of @bendinggenres.bsky.social
77 courses for BG Online Roundtable
65 weekend workshops with various bodalicious teachers
12 BG Retreats
BG Blog
.
Thanks, editors and friends for a terrific journey so far. Have a
To date, we've hosted:
48 issues of @bendinggenres.bsky.social
77 courses for BG Online Roundtable
65 weekend workshops with various bodalicious teachers
12 BG Retreats
BG Blog
.
Thanks, editors and friends for a terrific journey so far. Have a
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Happy New Year from your friends at Bending Genres!!!
To date, we've hosted:
48 issues of @bendinggenres.bsky.social
77 courses for BG Online Roundtable
65 weekend workshops with various bodalicious teachers
12 BG Retreats
BG Blog
.
Thanks, editors and friends for a terrific journey so far. Have a
To date, we've hosted:
48 issues of @bendinggenres.bsky.social
77 courses for BG Online Roundtable
65 weekend workshops with various bodalicious teachers
12 BG Retreats
BG Blog
.
Thanks, editors and friends for a terrific journey so far. Have a
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I've had to keep quiet for too long. Secret's finally out!
Introducing two new Piżama titles for 2026! We’re thrilled to be releasing these wonderful poetry collections this year. Both books are available now to pre-order & will be out on May 27, 2026.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I've had to keep quiet for too long. Secret's finally out!
Thrilled to be nominated for the Monarch Literary Awards with "Too Much Oxygen" which appeared at Ran Off With The Star Bassoon. Thanks, EIC Rogan Kelly, and congratulations to the other fabulous authors!!!
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thrilled to be nominated for the Monarch Literary Awards with "Too Much Oxygen" which appeared at Ran Off With The Star Bassoon. Thanks, EIC Rogan Kelly, and congratulations to the other fabulous authors!!!
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An essay of mine appeared in The New York Times today, related to a book project I’m working on. You can read it here:
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
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December 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
An essay of mine appeared in The New York Times today, related to a book project I’m working on. You can read it here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
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Thanks to François Bereaud and @bendinggenres.bsky.social for this kind reading of Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine!
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, author François Bereaud reviews @kristinaten.bsky.social Tell Me Yours I'll Tell You Mine:
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Review of Kristina Ten’s Tell Me Yours I’ll Tell You Mine by Francois Bereaud
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December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thanks to François Bereaud and @bendinggenres.bsky.social for this kind reading of Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine!
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, author François Bereaud reviews @kristinaten.bsky.social Tell Me Yours I'll Tell You Mine:
bendinggenres.com/review-of-kr...
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Review of Kristina Ten’s Tell Me Yours I’ll Tell You Mine by Francois Bereaud
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December 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, author François Bereaud reviews @kristinaten.bsky.social Tell Me Yours I'll Tell You Mine:
bendinggenres.com/review-of-kr...
bendinggenres.com/review-of-kr...
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Osteospermum
April 27th 2024
April 27th 2024
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Osteospermum
April 27th 2024
April 27th 2024
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My new poetry column is up, with a round-up of winter snow poems to consider - featuring poems by Louise Glück, Carl Phillips, @toddedillard.bsky.social, Alex Dimitrov, Emily Dickinson, Joy Harjo & other favorites.
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a little girl is shoveling snow with a shovel and a bag .
Alt: a little child is shoveling snow with a shovel and falls over, only to be righted by their parent.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My new poetry column is up, with a round-up of winter snow poems to consider - featuring poems by Louise Glück, Carl Phillips, @toddedillard.bsky.social, Alex Dimitrov, Emily Dickinson, Joy Harjo & other favorites.
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) - 4K SuperSampled
YouTube video by topher3683
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December 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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A remote waterfall on the East Branch of the Huron River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #WaterfallWednesday!
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A remote waterfall on the East Branch of the Huron River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #WaterfallWednesday!
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Vinegar falls Worlds End State Park
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Vinegar falls Worlds End State Park
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a four-part prose poem of mine in issue 43 of Post Road
![[some sunburned writing]
Itch by Benjamin Niespodziany
[1] My son scratches the fence. I tell him to stop. We
hardly yell anymore. This is the way we are. Everyone’s
bedrooms are full of new shoes. We will wear them again
when we win.
[2] I test my car alarm. I farm the forest. I’m editing the
wind with a stick. I want to see you with your feet above
water. After I hang the painting, the rest of the wall will
hurt.
[3] I bury a snow globe in the snow. I show you my post-
snow globe trembling hands. You’re cleaning the clouds.
Painting the rain. For what, I ask. What for, you reply.
[4] When I push myself, I make sure there’s air. The past is
a plastic petal promising us it once was sharp.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fapzml6rxabrqbw3ih36msj/bafkreibqf4q6icz2tr2gh2if2ngi3yvyzr4tz66wy2dfhmqtb4vnqx3d3u@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
a four-part prose poem of mine in issue 43 of Post Road
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Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
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Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, @swethaamit.bsky.social interviews @francinewitte.bsky.social about her newest collection, A Distant Pin of Light (Cervena Barva Press, 2025): bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
Swetha Amit interviews Francine Witte about Some Distant Pin of Light (Cervena Barva Press)
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December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, @swethaamit.bsky.social interviews @francinewitte.bsky.social about her newest collection, A Distant Pin of Light (Cervena Barva Press, 2025): bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
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Marigold
December 18th 2025
December 18th 2025
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Marigold
December 18th 2025
December 18th 2025
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Dianthus
December 18th 2025
December 18th 2025
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Dianthus
December 18th 2025
December 18th 2025
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Echium - St. Peter Port, Guernsey - May 2024
Original photo, not enhanced in any way. The blue was so rich & intense in colour.
#art #bloom #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling #blossom #closeup #echium #flower #flowers #garden #guernsey #nature #outdoor #blue #photo #photograph #photography #plant #walk
Original photo, not enhanced in any way. The blue was so rich & intense in colour.
#art #bloom #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling #blossom #closeup #echium #flower #flowers #garden #guernsey #nature #outdoor #blue #photo #photograph #photography #plant #walk
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Echium - St. Peter Port, Guernsey - May 2024
Original photo, not enhanced in any way. The blue was so rich & intense in colour.
#art #bloom #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling #blossom #closeup #echium #flower #flowers #garden #guernsey #nature #outdoor #blue #photo #photograph #photography #plant #walk
Original photo, not enhanced in any way. The blue was so rich & intense in colour.
#art #bloom #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling #blossom #closeup #echium #flower #flowers #garden #guernsey #nature #outdoor #blue #photo #photograph #photography #plant #walk
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New website/logo for The Rumpus! therumpus.net I hope you check it out!
Home - The Rumpus
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December 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
New website/logo for The Rumpus! therumpus.net I hope you check it out!
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The Lights of Pelennor Fields
One of my favourite locations is just up the road from home, one of the filming locations for #LOTR.
Lights! Action! uhh... Camera!
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Landscape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BucketList
One of my favourite locations is just up the road from home, one of the filming locations for #LOTR.
Lights! Action! uhh... Camera!
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Landscape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BucketList
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Lights of Pelennor Fields
One of my favourite locations is just up the road from home, one of the filming locations for #LOTR.
Lights! Action! uhh... Camera!
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Landscape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BucketList
One of my favourite locations is just up the road from home, one of the filming locations for #LOTR.
Lights! Action! uhh... Camera!
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
-
"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Night #Landscape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BucketList
Bending Genres Best Microfiction nominees for 2026 (from Bending Genres 2025 issues):
Kik Lodge (issue 48)
Mathieu Parsy (issue 44)
Cheryl Snell (issue 44)
Miriam Mandel Levi (issue 44)
Carolee Bennett (issue 47)
Kik Lodge (issue 48)
Mathieu Parsy (issue 44)
Cheryl Snell (issue 44)
Miriam Mandel Levi (issue 44)
Carolee Bennett (issue 47)
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Bending Genres Best Microfiction nominees for 2026 (from Bending Genres 2025 issues):
Kik Lodge (issue 48)
Mathieu Parsy (issue 44)
Cheryl Snell (issue 44)
Miriam Mandel Levi (issue 44)
Carolee Bennett (issue 47)
Kik Lodge (issue 48)
Mathieu Parsy (issue 44)
Cheryl Snell (issue 44)
Miriam Mandel Levi (issue 44)
Carolee Bennett (issue 47)