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Temple in a city
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Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 3d
It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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Up for a little rooftop dada inspired joy? Of course you are. By @kawalker.bsky.social
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Roof Manifesto as read atop 4402 Zurich St E on July 14 2026 by Karen Walker, poem, published in Temple in a City journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Beautiful, image-drenched, filled with quiet, anticipatory joy by @deniseb.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
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Becoming Mrs Dalloway flash fiction by author Denise Bayes. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Two enchanting poems by @prairievixen.bsky.social Feel the wild joy you know is in you.
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Two poems by poet Jessica Coles.Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Everyone needs a tiny respite from burdens and battles so we made this little spark of joy just for you. 11 pieces by 10 talented, caring writers, all fast reads. Like a scarf against chill, warm coffee/tea, a loving touch, a soft place to fall, a moment of bliss templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social
The brilliance of this story 🩷🩷
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A tiny story of the warm, sweet shock of being loved by the indefatigable and lion-hearted @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
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You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving me flash fiction by writer Sumitra Singam. Published in Temple in a city literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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“You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.”

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
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You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving me flash fiction by writer Sumitra Singam. Published in Temple in a city literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Everyone needs a tiny respite from burdens and battles so we made this little spark of joy just for you. 11 pieces by 10 talented, caring writers, all fast reads. Like a scarf against chill, warm coffee/tea, a loving touch, a soft place to fall, a moment of bliss templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Two enchanting poems by @prairievixen.bsky.social Feel the wild joy you know is in you.
templeinacity.com/two-poems-je...
Temple in a City literary journal
Two poems by poet Jessica Coles.Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Beautiful, image-drenched, filled with quiet, anticipatory joy by @deniseb.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
Temple in a City literary journal
Becoming Mrs Dalloway flash fiction by author Denise Bayes. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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my second poem in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social!!!
Love Poem with Overwrought Similes Because That's As Close As I Can Get To Explaining It Right Now OK Lately every day I feel like I am peeling oranges while crying, like my fingers are cold-curled from missing the bus and walking home 3 miles on a day it wasn't supposed to snowand I just wanted something quick to eat while I thawed, but now it's like I'm 16 again and the orange is made of bra claspsbut also it's like I'm Heraclitus off his depression meds,like I'm certain the river can't be crossed twice because I'm going to drown. But then you hear the ice cream truck jangling like a train carrying only xylophones as cargo, and we sprint outside and wave down the truck like it's a ship and we've been wrecked on an island of Wednesdays for 14 years. We order the biggest ice creams on the menu, and our faces break into smiles like a child's laughter cartwheeling across a funeral home. We walk back holding vanilla cones aloft like a torches, we walk home like Friday lovers running into each other again at church, elbows nosing elbows like dolphins in love, the wind kiting a strand of your hair into my beard like when you are on top and your hair gets caught in my beard.
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Up for a little rooftop dada inspired joy? Of course you are. By @kawalker.bsky.social
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Roof Manifesto as read atop 4402 Zurich St E on July 14 2026 by Karen Walker, poem, published in Temple in a City journal.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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ICYMI I have a wee piece, featuring Vegemite, in this wonderful Joy issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social inspired by @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Let's give thanks for the November issue of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social! Get a snack, snuggle up, and check it out! ☕️
splitlipthemag.bsky.social Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 1d
Our NOVEMBER ISSUE is hot off the press. ✨

WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.

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Mixed media artwork. A vintage New Mexico postcard with regional motifs filling bold block letters, overlaid with torn strips from a printed photo of a young boy smiling on a bike. The edges are bordered by fragments of old, handwritten letters.
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Last day to submit to issue 4! templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
a man with a backpack says it 's now or never at the airport
Alt: Sam with a backpack says it 's now or never at the airport
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November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Sliding into submissions on the last open day like templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
a man wearing sunglasses and a cat face is walking behind a chain link fence ..
Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a cat face flips acrobatically and super cool over a chain link fence ..
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November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Hello? Are you home? A little joy is knocking at your door. It’s not a trick, scam or con. It isn’t looking for something back. You’ll let it in, won’t you? It won’t overstay. Just keep you company for a while. Tend to your sore spots. Hello? Are you home?
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JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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kathrynreese.bsky.social
This piece makes me smile every time I think of it 💛
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 1d
A tiny story of the warm, sweet shock of being loved by the indefatigable and lion-hearted @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
Temple in a city literary journal
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving me flash fiction by writer Sumitra Singam. Published in Temple in a city literary journal.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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sagreene1.bsky.social
Thank you so much for this wonderful burst of joy in an otherwise bleak November landscape 😁🌼🐦
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 3d
It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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so lovely & yes such joy! thx for this @templeinacity.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social!!!
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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LAST
DAY
FOR SUBMITTING!
*The lost Beastie Boys lyric
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a group of men are standing next to each other with the words " no sleep " above them
Alt: NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN
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November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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What a fun joyful diversion on a Saturday morning!
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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junegemmell.bsky.social
Some lovely, lovely stuff in here! ❤️
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 1d
Hello? Are you home? A little joy is knocking at your door. It’s not a trick, scam or con. It isn’t looking for something back. You’ll let it in, won’t you? It won’t overstay. Just keep you company for a while. Tend to your sore spots. Hello? Are you home?
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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“You-and-Kate found me, a mouse hiding in a hole and enticed me out with bits of cheese and memes of wet cats.” 🐭

Oh, this is such a sweet story for a Saturday morning by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 1d
A tiny story of the warm, sweet shock of being loved by the indefatigable and lion-hearted @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
There’s joy in the words and in the sureness of the writing. Let your heart skip along just a little with this one
templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
Temple in a city literary journal
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving me flash fiction by writer Sumitra Singam. Published in Temple in a city literary journal.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Micro poetic magic by @kristinwrites.bsky.social
In just a handful or two of words. Simple elegant wonder.
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Hibiscus, poetry by Kristin Houlihan. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM