The Hoolet’s Nook
@thehooletsnook.bsky.social
Where microfiction and poetry linger long past the final word. www.thehooletsnook.com / SUBS CLOSED
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Managed by G.R. LeBlanc (you can call me Gisele)
Tip Jar for THN💌-> https://ko-fi.com/grleblanc
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The January issue of The Hoolet's Nook has landed. Cozy up with a cup and dive in! ☕🦉💫 💗
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
The January issue of The Hoolet's Nook has landed. Cozy up with a cup and dive in! ☕🦉💫 💗
➡️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The January issue of The Hoolet's Nook has landed. Cozy up with a cup and dive in! ☕🦉💫 💗
➡️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
➡️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #storieswithheart #quickreads #freereads #amreading #shortstories #fictionlovers #drabbles
Focusing on progress, not perfection, in 2026.
#perfectionism #justfinish #progressoverperfection #mindset #motivation #workinprogress #doneisbetterthanperfect #2026mantra #writerproblems
#perfectionism #justfinish #progressoverperfection #mindset #motivation #workinprogress #doneisbetterthanperfect #2026mantra #writerproblems
January 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Focusing on progress, not perfection, in 2026.
#perfectionism #justfinish #progressoverperfection #mindset #motivation #workinprogress #doneisbetterthanperfect #2026mantra #writerproblems
#perfectionism #justfinish #progressoverperfection #mindset #motivation #workinprogress #doneisbetterthanperfect #2026mantra #writerproblems
Thank you to everyone who shared their #stories, #poems, and voices with us in 2025. You’ve made THN a place of inspiration, insight, and heart. Here’s to more quiet moments, creative sparks, and connection in 2026! 🙏🦉💗
#gratitude #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortfiction #heartfeltstories
#gratitude #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortfiction #heartfeltstories
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Thank you to everyone who shared their #stories, #poems, and voices with us in 2025. You’ve made THN a place of inspiration, insight, and heart. Here’s to more quiet moments, creative sparks, and connection in 2026! 🙏🦉💗
#gratitude #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortfiction #heartfeltstories
#gratitude #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortfiction #heartfeltstories
Noticing dust more than usual today… is it the light, or have I just been slacking a little? 😄🐰🧹🧽
#DustBunnyInvasion #DustDiaries #PostHolidayReality
#DustBunnyInvasion #DustDiaries #PostHolidayReality
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Noticing dust more than usual today… is it the light, or have I just been slacking a little? 😄🐰🧹🧽
#DustBunnyInvasion #DustDiaries #PostHolidayReality
#DustBunnyInvasion #DustDiaries #PostHolidayReality
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More than half my acceptances this year were stories inspired by prompts, tasks or webinars in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. I'm so happy to be part of such a generative, kind, supportive writing community!
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
More than half my acceptances this year were stories inspired by prompts, tasks or webinars in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. I'm so happy to be part of such a generative, kind, supportive writing community!
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New year, new possibilities. #amwriting
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
New year, new possibilities. #amwriting
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Thanks @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for publishing my tiny slice of microfiction today. www.paragraphplanet.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for publishing my tiny slice of microfiction today. www.paragraphplanet.com
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Honored to have received a Best Microfiction nomination from Micromance Magazine for “What Endures” (micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/what-endures).
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Honored to have received a Best Microfiction nomination from Micromance Magazine for “What Endures” (micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/what-endures).
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So excited to be nominated by @soflopojo.bsky.social. Congrats to my fellow nominees and thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So excited to be nominated by @soflopojo.bsky.social. Congrats to my fellow nominees and thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social
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Fictive Dream is one of my favorite journals, so this nomination means a lot! Thank you, EIC Laura Black.
Over the moon to be nominating Blackhearts by Beth Sherman for Best Small Fictions 2026 @bsherm36.bsky.social #flashfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance. Please click on the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/02/04/b...
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fictive Dream is one of my favorite journals, so this nomination means a lot! Thank you, EIC Laura Black.
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In great company here! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for the nomination. emergeliteraryjournal.com/trolls/
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In great company here! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for the nomination. emergeliteraryjournal.com/trolls/
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I'm so proud to be part of the wonderful Poetry Advent Calendar so thoughtfully curated by @annierutherford.bsky.social - and there is still time to sign up to receive a poem every day until 24 December 💙
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm so proud to be part of the wonderful Poetry Advent Calendar so thoughtfully curated by @annierutherford.bsky.social - and there is still time to sign up to receive a poem every day until 24 December 💙
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Aging, a process of regeneration, explored in my two Flash Stories published in Persimmon Tree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty. Thank you for checking out "Missing Pieces" and "Soiled Landing."
persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...
persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...
Regeneration: Two Flash Stories – Persimmon Tree
persimmontree.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Aging, a process of regeneration, explored in my two Flash Stories published in Persimmon Tree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty. Thank you for checking out "Missing Pieces" and "Soiled Landing."
persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...
persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...
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Delighted to feature in the lovely @templeinacity.bsky.social. Big thanks to EIC @eireneeleni.bsky.social for selecting my story and to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Delighted to feature in the lovely @templeinacity.bsky.social. Big thanks to EIC @eireneeleni.bsky.social for selecting my story and to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with it.
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Thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this little one an outing!
The light is on for Anne Howkins! @anneh23.bsky.social 💡
"Glass is Just Melted Sand" is an exquisitely crafted and haunting story that will undoubtably become one of your new favorites.
Check out Anne's truly gorgeous lyricism over at the site!
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/glass-i...
"Glass is Just Melted Sand" is an exquisitely crafted and haunting story that will undoubtably become one of your new favorites.
Check out Anne's truly gorgeous lyricism over at the site!
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/glass-i...
Glass is Just Melted Sand - Anne Howkins — Bulb Culture Collective
He dreams of broken bottles and the sea.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this little one an outing!
All Oct/Nov responses have gone out! Thanks to everyone who submitted—we received 146 pieces this round and accepted 30 (~20%). If you submitted and haven’t heard back, please let us know. You can check our most recent issue here:
www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#writersofbsky #poetsofbsky
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#writersofbsky #poetsofbsky
September 15th - Issue 2
Welcome to this issue of The Hoolet’s Nook . Each piece gathered here reflects the spirit of what we hope the journal continues to be—a space for stories and poems that sparkle, resonate, and...
www.thehooletsnook.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All Oct/Nov responses have gone out! Thanks to everyone who submitted—we received 146 pieces this round and accepted 30 (~20%). If you submitted and haven’t heard back, please let us know. You can check our most recent issue here:
www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#writersofbsky #poetsofbsky
www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#writersofbsky #poetsofbsky
We need your help! Would you consider voting for The Hoolet’s Nook in the Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards? It would mean a lot and help us continue to grow as a welcoming home for flash fiction, microfiction, and poetry. Thank you! 🦉🙏
Vote here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Vote here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We need your help! Would you consider voting for The Hoolet’s Nook in the Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards? It would mean a lot and help us continue to grow as a welcoming home for flash fiction, microfiction, and poetry. Thank you! 🦉🙏
Vote here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Vote here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Sweet Girl" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
More award nominations!
Best Microfiction!
Best Microfiction!
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Sweet Girl" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
Today’s highlight: “I wish I had known…” by @feistybluegecko.bsky.social, featured in our September issue. A gentle, evocative poem that lingers.
Read it here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#shortpoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbsky #poetryisnotdead #poetrythatlingers 🦉💫💙🐴
Read it here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#shortpoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbsky #poetryisnotdead #poetrythatlingers 🦉💫💙🐴
I wish I had known...
by Philippa Ramsden that you don’t need to understand trigonometry and algorithms to get by in life that pillowcases and cotton trousers do not need to be ironed if the breeze is strong that...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today’s highlight: “I wish I had known…” by @feistybluegecko.bsky.social, featured in our September issue. A gentle, evocative poem that lingers.
Read it here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#shortpoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbsky #poetryisnotdead #poetrythatlingers 🦉💫💙🐴
Read it here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#shortpoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbsky #poetryisnotdead #poetrythatlingers 🦉💫💙🐴
"Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop — an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing and to lose sight of the whole.
~Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
#writingcommunity #writerproblems #perfectionism
~Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
#writingcommunity #writerproblems #perfectionism
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop — an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing and to lose sight of the whole.
~Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
#writingcommunity #writerproblems #perfectionism
~Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
#writingcommunity #writerproblems #perfectionism
Just wanted to send out a quick thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social, @feistybluegecko.bsky.social and
@louiseblackwick.com for all the recent reposts. It never goes unnoticed and is greatly appreciated! 🙏🦉🌻
#thankyou #gratitude #writingcommunity
@louiseblackwick.com for all the recent reposts. It never goes unnoticed and is greatly appreciated! 🙏🦉🌻
#thankyou #gratitude #writingcommunity
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Just wanted to send out a quick thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social, @feistybluegecko.bsky.social and
@louiseblackwick.com for all the recent reposts. It never goes unnoticed and is greatly appreciated! 🙏🦉🌻
#thankyou #gratitude #writingcommunity
@louiseblackwick.com for all the recent reposts. It never goes unnoticed and is greatly appreciated! 🙏🦉🌻
#thankyou #gratitude #writingcommunity
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Welp, I guess I've bitten the bullet & hauled my shy, awkward, introverted arse in front of a camera.😶🌫️💀
Watch the full & uncut (1 hour 20 min) author interview here: www.patreon.com/posts/139192...
I also included a downloadable audio-only version if you'd rather not look at my uggo mug. O__,._o💙📚
Watch the full & uncut (1 hour 20 min) author interview here: www.patreon.com/posts/139192...
I also included a downloadable audio-only version if you'd rather not look at my uggo mug. O__,._o💙📚
September 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Welp, I guess I've bitten the bullet & hauled my shy, awkward, introverted arse in front of a camera.😶🌫️💀
Watch the full & uncut (1 hour 20 min) author interview here: www.patreon.com/posts/139192...
I also included a downloadable audio-only version if you'd rather not look at my uggo mug. O__,._o💙📚
Watch the full & uncut (1 hour 20 min) author interview here: www.patreon.com/posts/139192...
I also included a downloadable audio-only version if you'd rather not look at my uggo mug. O__,._o💙📚
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Excited to have "Connections," a story inspired by a cold, overcast morning at Pittsburgh's Point State Park and waterfront walking trail, in the fall issue of @shadowdogpress.bsky.social's SDL Review: shadowdogpress.com/the-review/
The Review | Shadow Dog Press
Subscribe and save!The SDL Review- Fall 2025In This Issue:In this issue:Quinn DeweyFelicity LandaScott OrtolanoThomas BehanPlus:Photo Series- Autumn in MassachusettsArticle- Chapbooks: A Bite-Sized Gu...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Excited to have "Connections," a story inspired by a cold, overcast morning at Pittsburgh's Point State Park and waterfront walking trail, in the fall issue of @shadowdogpress.bsky.social's SDL Review: shadowdogpress.com/the-review/
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Grateful to be included in Red Rose Thorn with two stories:
"Who's That Girl?" and "Our Mole"
Thank you for reading!!
www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethorn...
"Who's That Girl?" and "Our Mole"
Thank you for reading!!
www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethorn...
redrosethorns journal | redrosethorns.com
redrosethorns is a woman-owned educational publication focused on mental health, gender, sexuality, self-care, and empowerment. We provide literature, workshops and educational content that inspire in...
www.redrosethorns.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Grateful to be included in Red Rose Thorn with two stories:
"Who's That Girl?" and "Our Mole"
Thank you for reading!!
www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethorn...
"Who's That Girl?" and "Our Mole"
Thank you for reading!!
www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethorn...