Allison Renner
@allisonwrites.bsky.social
Writer // IG: HowIFeelAboutBooks // www.allisonrennerwrites.com
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Please help us welcome five new readers to our 2026 Short Story/Flash Fiction reading team! Joining returning readers Elena, Victoria, Kaleena, Aysha, and Kim (and SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social ), please say hello to Blake, Elaina, Allison, Nirica, and Gina!
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Please help us welcome five new readers to our 2026 Short Story/Flash Fiction reading team! Joining returning readers Elena, Victoria, Kaleena, Aysha, and Kim (and SS/FF editor @egreenberg.bsky.social ), please say hello to Blake, Elaina, Allison, Nirica, and Gina!
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Read "The Sky is a Neighborhood" written by @allisonwrites.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"It’s dark here, no sunrise or sunset, just murky, muddled atmosphere. We’re told to stay quiet, keep our eyes down, do as we should and nothing will happen."
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"It’s dark here, no sunrise or sunset, just murky, muddled atmosphere. We’re told to stay quiet, keep our eyes down, do as we should and nothing will happen."
tinyurl.com/5bc94bfs
The Sky is a Neighborhood — Ghost Parachute
It’s dark here, no sunrise or sunset, just murky, muddled atmosphere. We’re told to stay quiet, keep our eyes down, do as we should and nothing will happen. We’re in our beds when we hear the banging ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Read "The Sky is a Neighborhood" written by @allisonwrites.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"It’s dark here, no sunrise or sunset, just murky, muddled atmosphere. We’re told to stay quiet, keep our eyes down, do as we should and nothing will happen."
tinyurl.com/5bc94bfs
"It’s dark here, no sunrise or sunset, just murky, muddled atmosphere. We’re told to stay quiet, keep our eyes down, do as we should and nothing will happen."
tinyurl.com/5bc94bfs
Picking winners for our #GIVEAWAY TONIGHT so you still have time to comment with your favorite (or most hated, why not!) required reading.
BONUS: If you win, I'll read the book/essay/poem you commented with. As someone who hated required reading... this raises the stakes.
BONUS: If you win, I'll read the book/essay/poem you commented with. As someone who hated required reading... this raises the stakes.
Giveaway alert! 2 autographed copies of GREEN LIGHT + postcard, sticker, & a Gatsby page to create found poetry.
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Picking winners for our #GIVEAWAY TONIGHT so you still have time to comment with your favorite (or most hated, why not!) required reading.
BONUS: If you win, I'll read the book/essay/poem you commented with. As someone who hated required reading... this raises the stakes.
BONUS: If you win, I'll read the book/essay/poem you commented with. As someone who hated required reading... this raises the stakes.
Was hoping someone would pick this so I can call them out in mine!
"Desmond Child, who produced the album, got the idea for the title after hearing the Bush song "Glycerine". Child misheard the title as "Kiss the Rain". When he was told the correct title, he decided to use "Kiss the Rain"..."
"Desmond Child, who produced the album, got the idea for the title after hearing the Bush song "Glycerine". Child misheard the title as "Kiss the Rain". When he was told the correct title, he decided to use "Kiss the Rain"..."
With the 62nd pick @jasonthayer.bsky.social selects Bush's Glycerine (1995):
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Bush - Glycerine
YouTube video by BushVEVO
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July 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Was hoping someone would pick this so I can call them out in mine!
"Desmond Child, who produced the album, got the idea for the title after hearing the Bush song "Glycerine". Child misheard the title as "Kiss the Rain". When he was told the correct title, he decided to use "Kiss the Rain"..."
"Desmond Child, who produced the album, got the idea for the title after hearing the Bush song "Glycerine". Child misheard the title as "Kiss the Rain". When he was told the correct title, he decided to use "Kiss the Rain"..."
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To enter: reply with your favorite assigned reading. Was it a novel, poem, essay?
Two winners will be randomly selected around July 30. One winner will get a prize package from me & one will get a prize package from @allisonwrites.bsky.social
cc: @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Two winners will be randomly selected around July 30. One winner will get a prize package from me & one will get a prize package from @allisonwrites.bsky.social
cc: @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
To enter: reply with your favorite assigned reading. Was it a novel, poem, essay?
Two winners will be randomly selected around July 30. One winner will get a prize package from me & one will get a prize package from @allisonwrites.bsky.social
cc: @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Two winners will be randomly selected around July 30. One winner will get a prize package from me & one will get a prize package from @allisonwrites.bsky.social
cc: @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Giveaway alert! 2 autographed copies of GREEN LIGHT + postcard, sticker, & a Gatsby page to create found poetry.
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
July 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Giveaway alert! 2 autographed copies of GREEN LIGHT + postcard, sticker, & a Gatsby page to create found poetry.
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
Reply with your favorite assigned reading. Multiple entries allowed on different platforms (FB, IG, Twitter, BlueSky).
Two winners will be randomly selected 7/30
Pulling out my middle school diaries for this one
July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Pulling out my middle school diaries for this one
😮 😮 🤞
Pulling some more numbers.
16. Chris Daley
17. @htownjenny.bsky.social
18. @susannadonato.bsky.social
19. @chrislkeller.com
20. Gabriel Palacios
21. @mlfaliveno.bsky.social
22. @jendireiter.bsky.social
23. Jamison Crabtree
24. @allisonwrites.bsky.social
16. Chris Daley
17. @htownjenny.bsky.social
18. @susannadonato.bsky.social
19. @chrislkeller.com
20. Gabriel Palacios
21. @mlfaliveno.bsky.social
22. @jendireiter.bsky.social
23. Jamison Crabtree
24. @allisonwrites.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
😮 😮 🤞
😍 OBSESSED with this photo!!! @thesisterjanet.bsky.social
Loved this collaborative collection by Janet Dale and @allisonwrites.bsky.social!
July 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
😍 OBSESSED with this photo!!! @thesisterjanet.bsky.social
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Interview out now about GREEN LIGHT pinehillsreview.com/2025/07/02/j...
cc: @allisonwrites.bsky.social @pinehillsreview.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
cc: @allisonwrites.bsky.social @pinehillsreview.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Interview out now about GREEN LIGHT pinehillsreview.com/2025/07/02/j...
cc: @allisonwrites.bsky.social @pinehillsreview.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
cc: @allisonwrites.bsky.social @pinehillsreview.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
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“The idea of an American Dream feels warped to me”: An Interview with Janet Dale and Allison Renner
Jay Gatsby thinks he has achieved it all by reinventing himself and becoming rich, but he is lonely, still yearning for the past, and after he is murdered, no one wants to attend his funeral.
Jay Gatsby thinks he has achieved it all by reinventing himself and becoming rich, but he is lonely, still yearning for the past, and after he is murdered, no one wants to attend his funeral.
“The idea of an American Dream feels warped to me”: An Interview with Janet Dale and Allison Renner
Jay Gatsby thinks he has achieved it all by reinventing himself and becoming rich, but he is lonely, still yearning for the past, and after he is murdered, no one wants to attend his funeral.
pinehillsreview.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“The idea of an American Dream feels warped to me”: An Interview with Janet Dale and Allison Renner
Jay Gatsby thinks he has achieved it all by reinventing himself and becoming rich, but he is lonely, still yearning for the past, and after he is murdered, no one wants to attend his funeral.
Jay Gatsby thinks he has achieved it all by reinventing himself and becoming rich, but he is lonely, still yearning for the past, and after he is murdered, no one wants to attend his funeral.
If you missed my story at @paragraphplanet.bsky.social, you can now read it from the archives! Click my name and read "Last Time" paragraphplanet.com/authors_r_z....
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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June 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you missed my story at @paragraphplanet.bsky.social, you can now read it from the archives! Click my name and read "Last Time" paragraphplanet.com/authors_r_z....
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“Last Time” by Allison Renner @AllisonWrites.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
www.paragraphplanet.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“Last Time” by Allison Renner @AllisonWrites.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com