Tanya Žilinskas
@tanyazilinskas.com
Mostly plant content. Fiction in Shenandoah, Chicago Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly, Puerto del Sol, Southern Humanities Review, etc. Working on a novel about bad art friends and a surreal story collection set in a surreal Marin County. tanyazilinskas.com
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Tanya Žilinskas
@tanyazilinskas.com
· Oct 14
The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here:
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
Tonight!
The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here:
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Tonight!
This Friday! Join us for a free reading event @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. Full details at baitreading.com.
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This Friday! Join us for a free reading event @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. Full details at baitreading.com.
Reposted by Tanya Žilinskas
Sensible zombies start the day with a brain muffin
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sensible zombies start the day with a brain muffin
This piece does so much in so little space.
the worldbuilding & magic & sentences full of wonder in today's Sarah Chin story!!
"They'll tell you your mission is data collection. Observation. A short-term residency. It’s not UNtrue, but the whole truth is that the base called for you specifically."
https://www.havehashad.com/j3prm
"They'll tell you your mission is data collection. Observation. A short-term residency. It’s not UNtrue, but the whole truth is that the base called for you specifically."
https://www.havehashad.com/j3prm
Astronaut Training by Sarah Chin
When they tell you about the moonbase, they mean the top one. The bright one. Silver scaffolding and crinkled foil, flags that flap in no wind. It’s the base for cameras and conferences, interviews…
www.havehashad.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This piece does so much in so little space.
I laughed out loud when I read this story by @efghannon.bsky.social in the submission pile, because what else can you do when you encounter something this stunning?
like a dozen different ways I want to rave abt today's Evan Hannon short. really can't rec it enough!
"A popular and apocryphal piece of trivia about the lobster is that its biologically immortal. Which is sort of true. Lobsters cannot die from old age."
https://www.havehashad.com/uqfoa
"A popular and apocryphal piece of trivia about the lobster is that its biologically immortal. Which is sort of true. Lobsters cannot die from old age."
https://www.havehashad.com/uqfoa
Cancer/Lobster by Evan Hannon
A popular and apocryphal piece of trivia about the lobster is that its biologically immortal. Which is sort of true. Lobsters cannot die from old age. The most common causes of lobster death are…
www.havehashad.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I laughed out loud when I read this story by @efghannon.bsky.social in the submission pile, because what else can you do when you encounter something this stunning?
Loved the thin line between humor and disaster in these two pieces by Sophie Klar:
two amazing new prose poems today from Sophie Klahr!
here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q
here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Loved the thin line between humor and disaster in these two pieces by Sophie Klar:
This flash by Christian Fuller had me at “bird shit.” Now live @havehashad.com!
"It’s said to be good luck, a bird shitting on you. That their migratory defecation patterns are premonitions, thrift store tarot cards dealt at blackjack tables...But each bird bears its own brand of luck."
🐦 💩 rankings today from Christian Fuller!
https://www.havehashad.com/zh19u
🐦 💩 rankings today from Christian Fuller!
https://www.havehashad.com/zh19u
The Audubon Society’s Guide to the Luckiest Birds to Be Shit On By by Christian Fuller
They shit leylines across the city. Your new shirt was directly in the path between the old library haunted by that linguistics professor who defenestrated himself and the world’s last KenTacoHut…
www.havehashad.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This flash by Christian Fuller had me at “bird shit.” Now live @havehashad.com!
I loved the loneliness underlying the scamminess of this fantastic piece by @jamieyouwere.bsky.social. Give it a read!
I love HAD and I’m lucky enough to have them feature my work today! Many thanks to @tanyazilinskas.com for letting me advertise the rules & regulations of a questionable sweepstakes
"This luxurious voyage is the perfect way to create lasting memories with a loved one. Contest is open to all residents aged seventy-five years or older who have not seen their children for eighteen months or more."
great one from Jamie Ewer
https://www.havehashad.com/sddur
great one from Jamie Ewer
https://www.havehashad.com/sddur
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I loved the loneliness underlying the scamminess of this fantastic piece by @jamieyouwere.bsky.social. Give it a read!
Yessssss @lpandell.bsky.social!
I’m thrilled to announce that my debut memoir, HOLY MOTHER!, will be published in fall 2027 by @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social. If you love books about spiritual rabbit holes or cults, this is for you.
Endless thanks to my incredible agent @lmscovel.bsky.social, who made this dream a reality.
Endless thanks to my incredible agent @lmscovel.bsky.social, who made this dream a reality.
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Yessssss @lpandell.bsky.social!
The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here:
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here:
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
www.baitreading.com
#Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters
And scene. Thank you to everyone who shared their work!
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And scene. Thank you to everyone who shared their work!
I think I maybe should have added an addendum not to hex me @havehashad.com @jlyocum.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think I maybe should have added an addendum not to hex me @havehashad.com @jlyocum.com
Tonight! 4 pm PST/7 pm EST. Send me your stellar, weird, inexplicable work (just make sure it’s 500 words or less).
Here's the link for prose submissions.
guest ed: @tanyazilinskas.com
Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...
guest ed: @tanyazilinskas.com
Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tonight! 4 pm PST/7 pm EST. Send me your stellar, weird, inexplicable work (just make sure it’s 500 words or less).
This Tuesday! May the odds be ever in your favor:
Upcoming submission call!
Theme "LUCK"
In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.
Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"
guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"
Theme "LUCK"
In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.
Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"
guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"
October 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This Tuesday! May the odds be ever in your favor:
Reposted by Tanya Žilinskas
Obligatory quote repost so I can tag @havehashad.com and @tanyazilinskas.com
This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!
This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Obligatory quote repost so I can tag @havehashad.com and @tanyazilinskas.com
This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!
This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!
This is what we call foreshadowing
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is what we call foreshadowing
Please join me at Stories on Stage Davis for a performance of my story "Overview Effect" (originally published in @yourimpossiblevoice.com) on October 12. Full event info here:
storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...
storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Please join me at Stories on Stage Davis for a performance of my story "Overview Effect" (originally published in @yourimpossiblevoice.com) on October 12. Full event info here:
storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...
storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...
I didn’t even realize there was supposed to be a rapture when I had my generative writing class read @blackquisition.bsky.social’s “Erasure” last night:
kenyonreview.org/kr-online-is...
kenyonreview.org/kr-online-is...
Erasure | Kenyon Review Online
Danielle Holmes was the first recorded disappearance. We didn’t notice right away. She had always been a quiet one, respectful, never speaking unless spoken to, never sitting at the conference […]
kenyonreview.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I didn’t even realize there was supposed to be a rapture when I had my generative writing class read @blackquisition.bsky.social’s “Erasure” last night:
kenyonreview.org/kr-online-is...
kenyonreview.org/kr-online-is...
Brilliant
“For every book that I read, I collect words for a word bank, take notes on meaningful quotes, and write down any ideas that come to me,” writes @taylorbyas.bsky.social, author of Resting Bitch Face (Soft Skull Press @catapultbooks.bsky.social). Read on: at.pw.org/WRByas
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brilliant
Bay Area friends! I am teaching a *free* generative workshop starting this month at the beautiful Mill Valley Library, Mondays from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome--let's write together!
More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...
More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...
From Draft to Craft: POV and Perspective
Each week we’ll focus on a particular craft point (setting, POV, dialogue, tension, etc.), using an illustrative novel, story, essay, or memoir excerpt. After discussing the...
millvalleylibrary.libcal.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bay Area friends! I am teaching a *free* generative workshop starting this month at the beautiful Mill Valley Library, Mondays from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome--let's write together!
More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...
More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...
I must smell this. I also wrote a story a few years back about the weird world of perfume and perfume reviewers:
porterhousereview.org/articles/sil...
porterhousereview.org/articles/sil...
August 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I must smell this. I also wrote a story a few years back about the weird world of perfume and perfume reviewers:
porterhousereview.org/articles/sil...
porterhousereview.org/articles/sil...
The thing about having a bob with bangs is there's always one day where you look like Lord Farquaad
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The thing about having a bob with bangs is there's always one day where you look like Lord Farquaad
So ready for this @isleofanalia.bsky.social! 🎉
July 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So ready for this @isleofanalia.bsky.social! 🎉