Abigail Oswald
@abigailoswald.bsky.social
detective investigating life | Lost/Found editor at Split/Lip Press | monthly newsletter on pop culture rabbit holes: http://abigailoswald.substack.com
happy book birthday, Melissa!! so happy for you!
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
happy book birthday, Melissa!! so happy for you!
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You'll love what it does with doppelgangers & disappearing
(Even if you don't believe, like I do, that the screen is a mirror from beyond which The Nether beckons)
#commonsense
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You'll love what it does with doppelgangers & disappearing
(Even if you don't believe, like I do, that the screen is a mirror from beyond which The Nether beckons)
#commonsense
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/you-are-st...
You Are Still Allowed Your Dreams by Abigail Oswald
"I was fourteen when I found my doppelganger on the internet... Here was a picture I did not remember taking, in a posture I had never assumed, wearing clothes I had never owned..."
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October 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Want more chills? Here's another haunted fave by @abigailoswald.bsky.social
You'll love what it does with doppelgangers & disappearing
(Even if you don't believe, like I do, that the screen is a mirror from beyond which The Nether beckons)
#commonsense
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/you-are-st...
You'll love what it does with doppelgangers & disappearing
(Even if you don't believe, like I do, that the screen is a mirror from beyond which The Nether beckons)
#commonsense
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/you-are-st...
haha thanks for the shoutout!!
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
haha thanks for the shoutout!!
I've tried a few different things while hunting for old stuff since they closed the mag; do you have the old catapult.co URLs saved anywhere, maybe in an email? you could try popping that link directly into the Wayback Machine—when I do that w/ mine I can pull up a page that pre-dates their redesign
Hello world!
Catapult publishes literary fiction and artful narrative nonfiction that engages with our Perception Box, the powerful metaphor we use to define the structure and boundaries of how we see others in th
catapult.co
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I've tried a few different things while hunting for old stuff since they closed the mag; do you have the old catapult.co URLs saved anywhere, maybe in an email? you could try popping that link directly into the Wayback Machine—when I do that w/ mine I can pull up a page that pre-dates their redesign
their conversation felt very connected to @tmcallister.bsky.social's recent essay about major vs indie publishing! this industry can often feel very mysterious, and stuff like this goes a long way toward helping writers understand that they aren't alone
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...
To Go Big or Come Home?
On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers
www.metropolitanreview.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
their conversation felt very connected to @tmcallister.bsky.social's recent essay about major vs indie publishing! this industry can often feel very mysterious, and stuff like this goes a long way toward helping writers understand that they aren't alone
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...
TRULY like how do they keep DOING it
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
TRULY like how do they keep DOING it
they're running a 25% off sale on subscriptions through Monday!! you too could support independent publishing AND find this glorious artifact in your mailbox very soon!!
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
they're running a 25% off sale on subscriptions through Monday!! you too could support independent publishing AND find this glorious artifact in your mailbox very soon!!
store.mcsweeneys.net/products/qua...
store.mcsweeneys.net/products/qua...
I wrote about my undying love for McSweeney's experiments with form earlier this year for @aaronburch.bsky.social's Short Story, Long, but this one really takes the cake—stories that are also scantrons?? crosswords?? there's a sketchbook??? yes please!
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/25-for-25-...
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/25-for-25-...
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I wrote about my undying love for McSweeney's experiments with form earlier this year for @aaronburch.bsky.social's Short Story, Long, but this one really takes the cake—stories that are also scantrons?? crosswords?? there's a sketchbook??? yes please!
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/25-for-25-...
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/25-for-25-...