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Kate Gehan
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Writer, runner | Nonfiction Editor at Pithead Chapel | MFA Emerson College | Short story collection: The Girl and the Fox Pirate | kategehan.com
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stateofkate.bsky.social
A nomination! I am surprised and thrilled :)
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 6d
On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!

Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Christina Tudor "Demarcation" Allison Field Bell "Below Zero Days" Elizabeth Rosen "The Boy on the Chimney" Jo Gatford "Hallelujah Has Too Many Verses for Karaoke" Kate Gehan "Everything According to Plan in the Peaceable Kingdom"
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
I have an emotional hangover from the Springsteen movie. The scene with the Flannery O’Connor lines? Are you kidding me
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
ICYMI
matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Oct 6
"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry."

New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
Departures | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
Sure someone might say you’re pretty, but have you ever had a fellow cyclist tell you that your form is great and they’re following your cadence?
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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graywolfpress.bsky.social
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.

www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
Up before dawn, still in bed, crying through a beautiful Pithead Chapel story submission, snow falling outside, my feet too hot in new socks beneath the covers.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Our November issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is...

Words:
NINA Y. MORAGON
HAL WRIGHT
@meliseliz.bsky.social
RACHEL EPHRAIM
MAGGIE LEVANTOVSKAYA
@mooninabucket.bsky.social
JENNY CHU
CAROL ROSE LITTLE

Cover art:
SUSAN POLLET
Volume 14, Issue 11
COVER ART BY SUSAN POLLET   FICTION CABBAGE SOUP WEEK BY NINA Y. MORAGON ONE OF GOD’S FAVORITES BY HAL WRIGHT CREEPS BY MELISSA BENTON BARKER THE NEED IN HER EYES BY RACHEL EPHRAIM   NONF…
pitheadchapel.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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toddedillard.bsky.social
join me and my fellow locke-chinned and wolf-cheeked and stubble-lipped bards to raise a bunch of money for Trans Lifeline while hearing poems too
Flyer for the Bearded Bards of Bluesky online reading series to raise funds for Trans Lifeline November 8 Featuring Todd Dillard Brian Spears Matthew E. Henry James McConachie David J. Bauman Jonathan Everitt register at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
Just a few weeks left until our deadline.
pitheadchapel.bsky.social Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · Oct 10
Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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smashfizzle.bsky.social
There’s so much going on, there’s no way newsrooms and the public can keep up.
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Oct 6
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025 Judge's house on fire
October 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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iamragesparkle.bsky.social
This book is a banger. I'm proud to have been one of the editors and I think you should buy it. @roxanegay.bsky.social thinks you should too, as does my mom, who saw an early draft when it was open on my computer during a visit. She was like "i don't like comics (besides Archie), but this is great."
splitlippress.com Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · Sep 9
Welcome to Blurb Week for @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's GRAPHIC RAGE, out on October 7 (but preorders are shipping now!).

First up, we've got this stunner from @roxanegay.bsky.social ❤️

Order your copy of GRAPHIC RAGE at www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage or your favorite bookstore!
"Aubrey Hirsch is a master of the graphic essay form. GRAPHIC RAGE is an exceptional expression of the eminently justifiable rage felt by anyone who sees the world as it is. Beautifully drawn and full of visual wit, the collection is necessary and urgent, now more than ever." --Roxane Gay, author of BAD FEMINIST and HUNGER
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
A great issue this month!
September 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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abigailoswald.bsky.social
our new submissions call for rehoming out-of-print books is opening in two weeks!
splitlippress.com Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · Aug 20
Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home:

We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more.

Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:
Lost/Found Submissions! Looking to home your out-of-print book? Try us at Lost/Found, a new imprint at Split/Lip Press. Rolling submissions begin on 9/3!
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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asiafields.bsky.social
People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives.

Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, "My momma’s ashes were displayed on my table in my tent. I came back one day — and EVERYTHING was gone, including her ashes. They were clearly labled ‘In loving memory — my mom, my best friend…’ and her name. Her ashes were all that I had left of her. No one stored my stuff. I called tons of places and NO ONE knew anything. It is very difficult for me still, everyday. No warning, no remorse, nothing." A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “It’s hard to narrow my list down. One particularly devastating (for me) sweep took EVERYTHING I owned at the time I was gone from my spot for a couple nights. Save for my wallet, ID, and the clothes on my back, I had not brought anything with me. Unaware of the sweep, I returned to find my tent, my cot, all my clothing, several files with important document, literally everything; all of it, gone.” A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Lost my clothes tents more than once all my personal items i.e. pictures family photos and kids birth certificates and it really sucked how they did it and bulldozed everything I owned litterally bulldozed it.” A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Winter bedding & personal memorabilia pictures, things that can’t be replaced. One winter in the middle of the night they came and took bedding only now they mess with us every day now I try to keep it to a backpack and cart try to.”
February 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
Ummm don’t chat with bots at all. And keep your kids away from them. This is disgusting.
wendyxu.bsky.social Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · Aug 14
there's a chart in this article with examples from "Meta’s internal document on AI behavior guidelines. one of the examples is a hypothetical 8 yr old child. i don't even want to c&p a screenshot bc it's so disgusting
jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · Aug 14
"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.

AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
"I say, *Okay babe shoot me*, because if you can’t beat them, join them."

"I ask, *Do you wonder if a woman could ever have power like a president, govern you into behaving?*"

@stateofkate.bsky.social in @tangledlockslit.bsky.social tangledlocksjournal.com/2025/08/10/e...
Exposure, New Fiction by Kate Gehan
Evocative fiction exploring love and vulnerability by Kate Gehan.
tangledlocksjournal.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
stateofkate.bsky.social
It was cancelled because of the flooding in Milwaukee :/
Very glad they made a safe choice although obviously it was a serious bummer.
stateofkate.bsky.social Kate Gehan @stateofkate.bsky.social · Aug 8
This weekend I am doing the sprint triathlon distance in the national championships race in Wisconsin. I expect to be smoked. I’m doing it because I qualified based on a tiny local race last year. I’ve never done a race this huge and I’m slightly terrified—but here’s to saying yes to new experiences
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
@tangledlockslit.bsky.social Thank you for publishing my story “Exposure”! tangledlocksjournal.com/2025/08/10/e...
Exposure, New Fiction by Kate Gehan
Evocative fiction exploring love and vulnerability by Kate Gehan.
tangledlocksjournal.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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kimberlyburns.bsky.social
Attention Readers, especially those in the heartland, this is a catastrophe: The Associated Press tells its book critics that it's ending weekly reviews dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...
The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews
Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekl…
dankennedy.net
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
This weekend I am doing the sprint triathlon distance in the national championships race in Wisconsin. I expect to be smoked. I’m doing it because I qualified based on a tiny local race last year. I’ve never done a race this huge and I’m slightly terrified—but here’s to saying yes to new experiences
August 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
stateofkate.bsky.social
This summer I sort of forgot about Bluesky and Substack and it turns out that’s where all the writers are hanging out! 🥹
August 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Our annual contest opens for submissions August 1st! This year's guest judge is Andrew Porter. Keep an eye out for our Q&A with Andrew soon.

Find more details about our contest here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Congratulations to Siamak Vossoughi for his story “Orange” (from PC 13.1) making Best of the Net 2025!

bestofthenetanthology.com
Best of the Net – Best of the Net Anthology
bestofthenetanthology.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
stateofkate.bsky.social
The August issue is here!
August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM