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We've got an eye on the big picture and a true appreciation for details. More books are on the way.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We've got an eye on the big picture and a true appreciation for details. More books are on the way.
If you're in the Bay Area next week, come hear Hao Tran read from his award-winning story Red Mud. He also has a full length book, Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat, with more projects in the works.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If you're in the Bay Area next week, come hear Hao Tran read from his award-winning story Red Mud. He also has a full length book, Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat, with more projects in the works.
We are delighted to share a free neurodiversity event (online on Friday at 2pm Pacific) with Andrew Reichart. He is a founding member of our collective and has a therapy practice (with gaming options) in California. The event is open to anyone that wants to learn about how to thrive.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are delighted to share a free neurodiversity event (online on Friday at 2pm Pacific) with Andrew Reichart. He is a founding member of our collective and has a therapy practice (with gaming options) in California. The event is open to anyone that wants to learn about how to thrive.
bit.ly/3WzNGJr
bit.ly/3WzNGJr
Our friends at Aiki Arts Center in the Bay Area (CA) are launching a youth program next week for ages 7-12. It's a wonderful way to build confidence and skills in a supportive and playful setting. Thank you for sharing the news.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our friends at Aiki Arts Center in the Bay Area (CA) are launching a youth program next week for ages 7-12. It's a wonderful way to build confidence and skills in a supportive and playful setting. Thank you for sharing the news.
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
www.aikiarts.com/kids
@aikiartscenter.bsky.social
www.aikiarts.com/kids
Thank you Nomadic Press and San Francisco Foundation for celebrating Hao C. Tran and his story Red Mud.
We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.
We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.
August 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thank you Nomadic Press and San Francisco Foundation for celebrating Hao C. Tran and his story Red Mud.
We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.
We are honored to be Hao's publisher for Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat (available through e-book and paperback on our website and Amazon) as well as a new collection in the works.
We put out a volume of the Spoon Knife anthology each year, and that also means there is an open call for submissions at all times. If you are new to contributing here, read a volume or two and get a sense of what we're looking for.
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August 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We put out a volume of the Spoon Knife anthology each year, and that also means there is an open call for submissions at all times. If you are new to contributing here, read a volume or two and get a sense of what we're looking for.
autonomous-press.myshopify.com/collections/...
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Great idea. We have an annual Spoon Knife anthology and will be posting a new open call on August 1. The next theme is Remnants (photo credit to Brian Smith). In the meantime, here are the completed volumes to enjoy.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great idea. We have an annual Spoon Knife anthology and will be posting a new open call on August 1. The next theme is Remnants (photo credit to Brian Smith). In the meantime, here are the completed volumes to enjoy.
autonomous-press.myshopify.com/collections/...
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"... Committee is taking no chances, mandating that an extra space be inserted between any two Roman numerals, “lest they get too friendly,” and banning the depiction of the Roman numerals for the value of thirty: “XXX,” specifying that it must be written out in English."
S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9
S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9
July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"... Committee is taking no chances, mandating that an extra space be inserted between any two Roman numerals, “lest they get too friendly,” and banning the depiction of the Roman numerals for the value of thirty: “XXX,” specifying that it must be written out in English."
S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9
S. Tomich, Spoon Knife 9
“Her rental car’s satellite radio kept replaying an ad for a Bartender-something, a product which, per the sketchy description recited too quickly, sounded like a Mr. Coffee device that mixes cocktails at the flip of a switch.”
George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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July 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Her rental car’s satellite radio kept replaying an ad for a Bartender-something, a product which, per the sketchy description recited too quickly, sounded like a Mr. Coffee device that mixes cocktails at the flip of a switch.”
George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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George Wehrfritz, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“Rage cleared the haze of almost drowning, and the one thing I knew for absolute, ice-clear certain was that Eric was going to pay for what he’d done. I would shit inside his maths notebooks.”
Dora M. Raymaker, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Dora M. Raymaker, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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July 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“Rage cleared the haze of almost drowning, and the one thing I knew for absolute, ice-clear certain was that Eric was going to pay for what he’d done. I would shit inside his maths notebooks.”
Dora M. Raymaker, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Dora M. Raymaker, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“His skin is sallow and his hair straw. His eyes are filled with defiance and anger built on a bedrock of fear. It’s an expression she remembers well from childhood mirrors.”
DF McCourt, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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DF McCourt, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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July 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“His skin is sallow and his hair straw. His eyes are filled with defiance and anger built on a bedrock of fear. It’s an expression she remembers well from childhood mirrors.”
DF McCourt, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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DF McCourt, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“After a moment, Jocelyn nodded. In the next second Terrell was gone, lighter than air, and Jocelyn kept her arms raised and her gun pointed. Her muscles were getting sore, but this was what the morning push-ups and endurance training were for.”
Harrison Demchick, Spoon Knife 9
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Harrison Demchick, Spoon Knife 9
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July 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“After a moment, Jocelyn nodded. In the next second Terrell was gone, lighter than air, and Jocelyn kept her arms raised and her gun pointed. Her muscles were getting sore, but this was what the morning push-ups and endurance training were for.”
Harrison Demchick, Spoon Knife 9
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Harrison Demchick, Spoon Knife 9
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“It calculated the force it would take to push Tian out of the path. Insufficient thrust. The only action that would keep the arrow out of Tian’s body was interception.”
CB Droege, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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CB Droege, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“It calculated the force it would take to push Tian out of the path. Insufficient thrust. The only action that would keep the arrow out of Tian’s body was interception.”
CB Droege, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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CB Droege, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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It's a high-book experience.
July 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's a high-book experience.
"You can’t make an omelette without all the ingredients, so she resumes her search. On the window ledge, a few small jars of dust sit in the sun. Paprika, chili, salt, and pepper. Pepper is labelled as a spice. She snatches it up, and onto the table it goes, thank you."
Eule Grey, Spoon Knife 9
Eule Grey, Spoon Knife 9
July 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"You can’t make an omelette without all the ingredients, so she resumes her search. On the window ledge, a few small jars of dust sit in the sun. Paprika, chili, salt, and pepper. Pepper is labelled as a spice. She snatches it up, and onto the table it goes, thank you."
Eule Grey, Spoon Knife 9
Eule Grey, Spoon Knife 9
“In a moment, the teacher would tell the others that I was smart in my own special way and that everyone should be my friend. Then she would invite the class to ask me anything and they would ask me if I could eat on my own.”
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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June 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“In a moment, the teacher would tell the others that I was smart in my own special way and that everyone should be my friend. Then she would invite the class to ask me anything and they would ask me if I could eat on my own.”
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“Shimmering dark green and blue mosaic tiles, a perfectly still surface all the way to a window with a view of the stars. Who knew that the long-distance spaceship shuttling a group of humans to Prosperity station would have a pool?”
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
June 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Shimmering dark green and blue mosaic tiles, a perfectly still surface all the way to a window with a view of the stars. Who knew that the long-distance spaceship shuttling a group of humans to Prosperity station would have a pool?”
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
Anna Ziegelhof, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
“It’s hard to hit fifty and think you’re special. Special, no, but I am in rare company in trying to be a rural professor of literature (some but not too many of us) who logs his own firewood for sustainable winter heat (no doubt very few of us).”
Darryl Whetter, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
Darryl Whetter, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
June 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“It’s hard to hit fifty and think you’re special. Special, no, but I am in rare company in trying to be a rural professor of literature (some but not too many of us) who logs his own firewood for sustainable winter heat (no doubt very few of us).”
Darryl Whetter, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
Darryl Whetter, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
“Maybe he got roped into a plot to save the world. Or maybe the work has just taken longer than anticipated. Or maybe he told us it would be three years instead of three months and we just didn’t remember. After a while, I run out of explanations.”
Zach Murphy, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Zach Murphy, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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June 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Maybe he got roped into a plot to save the world. Or maybe the work has just taken longer than anticipated. Or maybe he told us it would be three years instead of three months and we just didn’t remember. After a while, I run out of explanations.”
Zach Murphy, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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Zach Murphy, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
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“Numbers are ubiquitous, inescapable, and they mean different things to different people at different times. An essential part of our shared reality, numbers can also provide a harbor to deep solitary exploration and reveal essential truths about the universe."
- J.S. Allen, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
- J.S. Allen, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Numbers are ubiquitous, inescapable, and they mean different things to different people at different times. An essential part of our shared reality, numbers can also provide a harbor to deep solitary exploration and reveal essential truths about the universe."
- J.S. Allen, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
- J.S. Allen, Spoon Knife 9: Numbers
New release: Spoon Knife 9 - Numbers is available for shipping around the world. It features fiction, memoir, and poetry by thirty-four talented writers.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
New release: Spoon Knife 9 - Numbers is available for shipping around the world. It features fiction, memoir, and poetry by thirty-four talented writers.
www.amazon.com/Spoon-Knife-...
www.amazon.com/Spoon-Knife-...
“Imagine actually experiencing tenderness toward who you are - not just tolerating or enduring your life, your family, your relationships, your body, and your career, but truly finding ways to love and honor them.”
- Aundi Kolber, Try Softer
- Aundi Kolber, Try Softer
June 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Imagine actually experiencing tenderness toward who you are - not just tolerating or enduring your life, your family, your relationships, your body, and your career, but truly finding ways to love and honor them.”
- Aundi Kolber, Try Softer
- Aundi Kolber, Try Softer
"It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Ursula K. Le Guin
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Ursula K. Le Guin
That's amazing.
March 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
That's amazing.