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Been really hard at work updating my website and making the mobile experience just as great as the desktop one! Take a gander if you’d like! I’d sure appreciate it! 💜
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⏰⏰⏰ TODAY'S THE FINAL DAY! Send us your submissions for our upcoming Winter 2025 issue by midnight (EST) tonight! ⏰⏰⏰
🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
⏰⏰⏰ TODAY'S THE FINAL DAY! Send us your submissions for our upcoming Winter 2025 issue by midnight (EST) tonight! ⏰⏰⏰
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⏳ A little over a week remains! Submit today!
🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
⏳ A little over a week remains! Submit today!
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🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"I had achieved a version of the erasure I was looking for: I was a skin color, a passport, a nationality. A lifelong inability to fit in ceases to matter in a place where you’re never going to fit in."
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"I had achieved a version of the erasure I was looking for: I was a skin color, a passport, a nationality. A lifelong inability to fit in ceases to matter in a place where you’re never going to fit in."
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
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Big day for people who care about other people
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big day for people who care about other people
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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REAL.
Somebody here said joyscrolling sure is a nice change of pace.
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
REAL.
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
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Well, I knew I was a failure, but McSweeney’s confirmed it.
"Life is about decisions. Either you write 100,000 words a day or you meet people and develop ties of affection. You can’t do both."
How to Write 100,000 Words Per Day, Every Day
Most people don’t believe me when I tell them I write 100,000 words every day of my life. If I’m being totally honest, 100,000 is probably just a b...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well, I knew I was a failure, but McSweeney’s confirmed it.
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"'We’re too old for all that,' Sharon insists. But the water makes her playful. We skip rocks and sing the songs she likes. Mariah Carey. Janet Jackson. That’s the way love goes."
"We Are Twelve" by L. Bellee Jones-Pierce
"We Are Twelve" by L. Bellee Jones-Pierce
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November 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"'We’re too old for all that,' Sharon insists. But the water makes her playful. We skip rocks and sing the songs she likes. Mariah Carey. Janet Jackson. That’s the way love goes."
"We Are Twelve" by L. Bellee Jones-Pierce
"We Are Twelve" by L. Bellee Jones-Pierce
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"I keep the space around it still. Nothing will crush it. It will not be broken. It will be here, when they’re ready."
"Where the Work Gets Done" by Matthew Hand
"Where the Work Gets Done" by Matthew Hand
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October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"I keep the space around it still. Nothing will crush it. It will not be broken. It will be here, when they’re ready."
"Where the Work Gets Done" by Matthew Hand
"Where the Work Gets Done" by Matthew Hand
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"The boy stared at himself in the mirror behind the bar. He wondered if he looked that way to everyone. It was hard to tell what people saw. Sometimes they just looked away."
"The Last Nickel" by D Bedell
"The Last Nickel" by D Bedell
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October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The boy stared at himself in the mirror behind the bar. He wondered if he looked that way to everyone. It was hard to tell what people saw. Sometimes they just looked away."
"The Last Nickel" by D Bedell
"The Last Nickel" by D Bedell
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"That’s how you know it’s Isabella’s rock, she says, because it’s pink. I don’t really like pink, but I like the rock."
"Rocks" by Gabby Kiser
"Rocks" by Gabby Kiser
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October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"That’s how you know it’s Isabella’s rock, she says, because it’s pink. I don’t really like pink, but I like the rock."
"Rocks" by Gabby Kiser
"Rocks" by Gabby Kiser
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"Real grief never ends. It’ll buffer, lose its sharpness, you’ll forget it’s searching for a signal in the background. But once its introduced to your operating system, it functions from the start to each day."
"A Test of Our Bodies for the Resurrection" by Matthew Hand
"A Test of Our Bodies for the Resurrection" by Matthew Hand
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October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Real grief never ends. It’ll buffer, lose its sharpness, you’ll forget it’s searching for a signal in the background. But once its introduced to your operating system, it functions from the start to each day."
"A Test of Our Bodies for the Resurrection" by Matthew Hand
"A Test of Our Bodies for the Resurrection" by Matthew Hand
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"The tiny trees inside me bore fruit that weighed me down. My skin had a greenish hue that briefly made people believe in my invisible illness, my inner struggles. My untold stories were swaying and brushing up against each other."
"Crown Shyness" by @chelseastickle.bsky.social
"Crown Shyness" by @chelseastickle.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The tiny trees inside me bore fruit that weighed me down. My skin had a greenish hue that briefly made people believe in my invisible illness, my inner struggles. My untold stories were swaying and brushing up against each other."
"Crown Shyness" by @chelseastickle.bsky.social
"Crown Shyness" by @chelseastickle.bsky.social
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"I told the office manager. She shook her head. Called the cops to search. There she was, the body. Like it was, inside my misty circle. It’s women and girls who end up dead."
"Dead Daddies" by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
"Dead Daddies" by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"I told the office manager. She shook her head. Called the cops to search. There she was, the body. Like it was, inside my misty circle. It’s women and girls who end up dead."
"Dead Daddies" by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
"Dead Daddies" by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
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"'I don’t want a deep grave,' he’d said once, like it was nothing more than weather talk. 'Just enough for the earth to cover me. I want to feel the rain.'"
"The Rain Knew" by B.C. Brock
"The Rain Knew" by B.C. Brock
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October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"'I don’t want a deep grave,' he’d said once, like it was nothing more than weather talk. 'Just enough for the earth to cover me. I want to feel the rain.'"
"The Rain Knew" by B.C. Brock
"The Rain Knew" by B.C. Brock
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🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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October 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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Maddie Gallo will be taking a break from our upcoming Winter 2025 issue. Taking the helm will be our magnificent Guest Poetry Editor, Eliana Franklin! Y'all give her a warm welcome!
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Maddie Gallo will be taking a break from our upcoming Winter 2025 issue. Taking the helm will be our magnificent Guest Poetry Editor, Eliana Franklin! Y'all give her a warm welcome!
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"Grandad says it means the Devil is kissing his wife, Grandma says he’s beating her. 'Either way,' Grandad says, 'the Devil’s having a good time.'"
“Sunshower" by William Hawkins
“Sunshower" by William Hawkins
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October 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Grandad says it means the Devil is kissing his wife, Grandma says he’s beating her. 'Either way,' Grandad says, 'the Devil’s having a good time.'"
“Sunshower" by William Hawkins
“Sunshower" by William Hawkins
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"The trees still grew in unnatural patterns, with colors under the bark that didn’t make sense unless you stared too long. In spirals the branches reached down for ya."
“They Think in Circles" by B.C. Brock
“They Think in Circles" by B.C. Brock
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October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"The trees still grew in unnatural patterns, with colors under the bark that didn’t make sense unless you stared too long. In spirals the branches reached down for ya."
“They Think in Circles" by B.C. Brock
“They Think in Circles" by B.C. Brock
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🎉Congratulations to our 2026 @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestOfTheNet Nominations! 🎉
October 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🎉Congratulations to our 2026 @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestOfTheNet Nominations! 🎉
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"turn me into a saint for that small feathered thump of breath,
of the truth I that can give, of unknown birds."
"The Saint of Unknown Birds" by @pamelamanasco.bsky.social
of the truth I that can give, of unknown birds."
"The Saint of Unknown Birds" by @pamelamanasco.bsky.social
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October 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"turn me into a saint for that small feathered thump of breath,
of the truth I that can give, of unknown birds."
"The Saint of Unknown Birds" by @pamelamanasco.bsky.social
of the truth I that can give, of unknown birds."
"The Saint of Unknown Birds" by @pamelamanasco.bsky.social
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"I sit
at the desk and thrum and
absorb and grow
hot then grow cold"
"The Last Human Artist" by Tyler Jagt
at the desk and thrum and
absorb and grow
hot then grow cold"
"The Last Human Artist" by Tyler Jagt
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October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"I sit
at the desk and thrum and
absorb and grow
hot then grow cold"
"The Last Human Artist" by Tyler Jagt
at the desk and thrum and
absorb and grow
hot then grow cold"
"The Last Human Artist" by Tyler Jagt