Bleating Thing Magazine
@bleatingthing.bsky.social
A twice-annual magazine of poetry, flash fiction, essays, hybrid work, & visual art.
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Contemplate the current state of affairs with today's Issue 04 spotlight by @keithgaboury.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Contemplate the current state of affairs with today's Issue 04 spotlight by @keithgaboury.bsky.social
Read the full issue here:
www.bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Read the full issue here:
www.bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
ICYMI, we still love strange & beautiful things
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
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November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ICYMI, we still love strange & beautiful things
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a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
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Featuring: (see reply)
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November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
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Featuring: (see reply)
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Featuring: (see reply)
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
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Day 19: “Noah poem” by @egnlafleur.bsky.social (pgs. 4-5) in @bleatingthing.bsky.social. I may be biased, but I think there’s some pretty cool work in this issue ;) www.bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
August 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Day 19: “Noah poem” by @egnlafleur.bsky.social (pgs. 4-5) in @bleatingthing.bsky.social. I may be biased, but I think there’s some pretty cool work in this issue ;) www.bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
We're open for staff applications! After 2 years of building our foundation, we're ready to welcome an editorial assistant & social media manager to our team.
Applications will only be accepted through the associated forms, which will remain open until positions are filled.
(1/2)
Applications will only be accepted through the associated forms, which will remain open until positions are filled.
(1/2)
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We're open for staff applications! After 2 years of building our foundation, we're ready to welcome an editorial assistant & social media manager to our team.
Applications will only be accepted through the associated forms, which will remain open until positions are filled.
(1/2)
Applications will only be accepted through the associated forms, which will remain open until positions are filled.
(1/2)
Submissions for our 4th issue have officially closed! Thank you to everyone who sent work.
If you submitted and have not received an confirmation email from our Gmail account, please reach out to us by that email or our social media profiles.
Excited to dig in & build this next issue!
If you submitted and have not received an confirmation email from our Gmail account, please reach out to us by that email or our social media profiles.
Excited to dig in & build this next issue!
August 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Submissions for our 4th issue have officially closed! Thank you to everyone who sent work.
If you submitted and have not received an confirmation email from our Gmail account, please reach out to us by that email or our social media profiles.
Excited to dig in & build this next issue!
If you submitted and have not received an confirmation email from our Gmail account, please reach out to us by that email or our social media profiles.
Excited to dig in & build this next issue!
🚨🚨ONE DAY LEFT🚨🚨 to submit to Bleating Thing's unthemed fourth issue!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
July 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hello! Please do not use AI to generate an essay in time for our submission deadline just because we really need them. 1) we can tell, & 2) our whole deal is deeply human work. Thank you!
July 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hello! Please do not use AI to generate an essay in time for our submission deadline just because we really need them. 1) we can tell, & 2) our whole deal is deeply human work. Thank you!
🚨🚨ONE DAY LEFT🚨🚨 to submit to Bleating Thing's unthemed fourth issue!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
July 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨🚨ONE DAY LEFT🚨🚨 to submit to Bleating Thing's unthemed fourth issue!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to Bleating Thing's unthemed fourth issue!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
July 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to Bleating Thing's unthemed fourth issue!
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
We are especially in need of:
- Essays
- Hybrid work
Bleat @ us before the end of the day on July 31st!
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
Rejoice in the transformative power of medicine alongside @connorsartroom.bsky.social in the final Issue 03 spotlight, "Self-Made Solution."
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rejoice in the transformative power of medicine alongside @connorsartroom.bsky.social in the final Issue 03 spotlight, "Self-Made Solution."
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
We especially need essays! Whatever you were thinking of posting for free on Substack, perhaps consider sending to us instead?
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
🚨 ISSUE 04 Subs are OPEN! 🚨 We are now accepting flash fiction in addition to our previous genre offerings.
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
July 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We especially need essays! Whatever you were thinking of posting for free on Substack, perhaps consider sending to us instead?
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
Marvel at the wonder of all creatures big & small with Sarah Das Gupta in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "Tiny"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Marvel at the wonder of all creatures big & small with Sarah Das Gupta in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "Tiny"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Apologies if you submitted within the last week & are waiting on a submission confirmation! Real life caught up to us, but we are catching it back!
(Pretend that turn of phrase makes sense & expect outstanding confirmations by end of day)
(Pretend that turn of phrase makes sense & expect outstanding confirmations by end of day)
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Apologies if you submitted within the last week & are waiting on a submission confirmation! Real life caught up to us, but we are catching it back!
(Pretend that turn of phrase makes sense & expect outstanding confirmations by end of day)
(Pretend that turn of phrase makes sense & expect outstanding confirmations by end of day)
Exalt the body in all its iterations and permutations with @arcanumb.bsky.social in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "An Exaltation In Transition"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Exalt the body in all its iterations and permutations with @arcanumb.bsky.social in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "An Exaltation In Transition"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Celebrate nature's beauty & humor alongside @nemo52.bsky.social in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "Pelicans"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Celebrate nature's beauty & humor alongside @nemo52.bsky.social in today's Issue 03 spotlight, "Pelicans"
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Celebrate growth & exuberance against formidable odds alongside @rainbow-robbins.bsky.social 's "Beauty Beyond What's Broken" in today's Issue 03 spotlight.
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Celebrate growth & exuberance against formidable odds alongside @rainbow-robbins.bsky.social 's "Beauty Beyond What's Broken" in today's Issue 03 spotlight.
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
View the piece in full color: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Luxuriate in the grotesqueries of the natural & fabricated world with today's Issue 03 spotlight: "The Solstice" by @eleanorball.bsky.social
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Luxuriate in the grotesqueries of the natural & fabricated world with today's Issue 03 spotlight: "The Solstice" by @eleanorball.bsky.social
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Celebrate the small & oft-overlooked with today's Issue 03 spotlight: "The Two Dollar Bill" by Peter Mladinic.
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Celebrate the small & oft-overlooked with today's Issue 03 spotlight: "The Two Dollar Bill" by Peter Mladinic.
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Essayists & multi-disciplinary hybrid creatures, we need you especially 🐑💕
🚨 ISSUE 04 Subs are OPEN! 🚨 We are now accepting flash fiction in addition to our previous genre offerings.
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Essayists & multi-disciplinary hybrid creatures, we need you especially 🐑💕
Hello all. We've tried to cultivate an ethos of online correspondence that encourages patience, kindness, & receptivity, but will be responding to all future inquiries that are clearly answered in our submission guidelines with a link to those guidelines. Thank you for understanding.
June 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hello all. We've tried to cultivate an ethos of online correspondence that encourages patience, kindness, & receptivity, but will be responding to all future inquiries that are clearly answered in our submission guidelines with a link to those guidelines. Thank you for understanding.
Consider sending us work this weekend?
👉👈 Only if you want to 🐑
👉👈 Only if you want to 🐑
🚨 ISSUE 04 Subs are OPEN! 🚨 We are now accepting flash fiction in addition to our previous genre offerings.
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
There is NO THEME for this issue. Come as you are. Send us your most bleating things.
🔗s in replies
June 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Consider sending us work this weekend?
👉👈 Only if you want to 🐑
👉👈 Only if you want to 🐑
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So proud of this poem and publication 🩶
Let @lrbpoetry.bsky.social 's "Wind Sang" shower you in warmth as today's Issue 03 spotlight.
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So proud of this poem and publication 🩶
Let @lrbpoetry.bsky.social 's "Wind Sang" shower you in warmth as today's Issue 03 spotlight.
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
June 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Let @lrbpoetry.bsky.social 's "Wind Sang" shower you in warmth as today's Issue 03 spotlight.
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html
Read it here: bleatingthingmagazine.com/issue-03.html