Danielle Zaccagnino Maes
@daniellezacc.bsky.social
English teacher, new mom, EIC of Fast Flesh Literary Journal, and author of Suppose Muscle, Suppose Night, Suppose This in August.
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for the night crowd 🌙
ANMLY #41 is here! We’re thrilled to share new translations, fiction, a double issue of poetry, CNF, with a folio on autistic protest poetry!
>>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
>>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
for the night crowd 🌙
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“Did the world fall ill at once, or was only the ill world visible?”
Editor @daniellezacc.bsky.social has work in the new issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social!
anmly.org/ap41/daniell...
Editor @daniellezacc.bsky.social has work in the new issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social!
anmly.org/ap41/daniell...
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Did the world fall ill at once, or was only the ill world visible?”
Editor @daniellezacc.bsky.social has work in the new issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social!
anmly.org/ap41/daniell...
Editor @daniellezacc.bsky.social has work in the new issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social!
anmly.org/ap41/daniell...
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I'm not even totally sure how to describe today's footnoted collage-y pastiche from a.d. but it feels kinda like one of those "only on HAD" pieces and I really love it a lot
https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi
https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi
September 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm not even totally sure how to describe today's footnoted collage-y pastiche from a.d. but it feels kinda like one of those "only on HAD" pieces and I really love it a lot
https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi
https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi
accountability post: I need to finish a not embarrassing draft of my novel by the end of 2026. looking for someone to potentially cause me grievous bodily harm 18 months from now
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
accountability post: I need to finish a not embarrassing draft of my novel by the end of 2026. looking for someone to potentially cause me grievous bodily harm 18 months from now
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for those getting AP scores back today, I know there can be a lot of emotions attached to scores—so I wanted to share briefly a few thoughts around what I find helpful versus unhelpful (again, just from my experience!)
(brief 🧵)
(brief 🧵)
July 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
for those getting AP scores back today, I know there can be a lot of emotions attached to scores—so I wanted to share briefly a few thoughts around what I find helpful versus unhelpful (again, just from my experience!)
(brief 🧵)
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Happy Pride Month!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Our gender issue is out now! Featuring:
- Limousine by Cela Xiè
- Taxonomy by E. Peregrine
- Every Villain is Gay by Hunter Burke
- Selected Passages from Men Explaining Women by Tiffany Harris (@proliffany.bsky.social)
- Artwork by Larissa Hauck
fastflesh.net/issue-11
Our gender issue is out now! Featuring:
- Limousine by Cela Xiè
- Taxonomy by E. Peregrine
- Every Villain is Gay by Hunter Burke
- Selected Passages from Men Explaining Women by Tiffany Harris (@proliffany.bsky.social)
- Artwork by Larissa Hauck
fastflesh.net/issue-11
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🖤🖤🖤
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every time “where is thumbkin” plays, I hear the “how are you today sir? very well I thank you” in adam sandler’s voice. it’s the chalamet of baby songs
May 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
every time “where is thumbkin” plays, I hear the “how are you today sir? very well I thank you” in adam sandler’s voice. it’s the chalamet of baby songs
3rd time submitting to one of my favorite journals and I got a big fat acceptance! 💪💪💪
May 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
3rd time submitting to one of my favorite journals and I got a big fat acceptance! 💪💪💪
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I'm so incredibly happy to have a new Horsegirl story in @psmokejournal.bsky.social today! www.peatsmokejournal.com/spring-2025-...
I'll Be Waiting — Peatsmoke
Ani King Because Pastor said it doesn’t matter if our eyes are closed if we pray with our whole hearts, Tattletale, worry about your own eyes.
www.peatsmokejournal.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm so incredibly happy to have a new Horsegirl story in @psmokejournal.bsky.social today! www.peatsmokejournal.com/spring-2025-...
go kate!!
We couldn't be more thrilled for @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, winner of the "up to 400 word story" portion of the March Micro Marathon 25 comps. Chosen by Kate Jayroe from @cincinnatireview.bsky.social, here is "The Meat Ration"! www.cincinnatireview.com/editors-disp...
A Note On miCRo Collaborations & Announcing the Winner of SmokeLong Quarterly’s March Micro Marathon, Judged by Us!
Collaborating on the editorial level brought me back to what this is all about: community. We’re gathering work that we want to celebrate with readers.
www.cincinnatireview.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
go kate!!
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Nice one! My story "In April, Hartley wakes to find two bumps" is published in April by Flash Boulevard ☺️
Thanks so much to editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for selecting this and my Shark boy tale...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/c...
Thanks so much to editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for selecting this and my Shark boy tale...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/c...
COLE BEAUCHAMP: In April, Hartley wakes to find two bumps
Flash Fiction By Cole Beauchamp In April, Hartley wakes to find two bumps hot and squishy to the touch, on top of her skull. But there’s nothing to see in the mirror, no matter how carefully…
flashboulevard.wordpress.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nice one! My story "In April, Hartley wakes to find two bumps" is published in April by Flash Boulevard ☺️
Thanks so much to editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for selecting this and my Shark boy tale...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/c...
Thanks so much to editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for selecting this and my Shark boy tale...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/c...
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Loooove this poem by Mai Hindawi in @fastfleshlit.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Loooove this poem by Mai Hindawi in @fastfleshlit.bsky.social
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We had so much fun reading the submissions for our Experimenting with Form issue! Here it is in all its glory, featuring Marek Danielewski, Mai Hindawi, Lukas Wood, Jonathan McLelland, and JI Kleinberg.
fastflesh.net/issue-10
fastflesh.net/issue-10
April 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We had so much fun reading the submissions for our Experimenting with Form issue! Here it is in all its glory, featuring Marek Danielewski, Mai Hindawi, Lukas Wood, Jonathan McLelland, and JI Kleinberg.
fastflesh.net/issue-10
fastflesh.net/issue-10
I hate when I’m listening to a book thinking “oooh my student might like this” and then halfway through it’s like ✨something heeeinous ✨
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I hate when I’m listening to a book thinking “oooh my student might like this” and then halfway through it’s like ✨something heeeinous ✨
motherhood update: they don’t talk enough about the phantom cries. I heard them last night while he was IN MY ARMS and SLEEPING. how / WHY
March 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
motherhood update: they don’t talk enough about the phantom cries. I heard them last night while he was IN MY ARMS and SLEEPING. how / WHY
every day that my son practices crawling and standing, he gets bit by bit better at holding his own weight, and every day I watch him and think of madam zeroni’s advice to carry a piglet up a hill
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
every day that my son practices crawling and standing, he gets bit by bit better at holding his own weight, and every day I watch him and think of madam zeroni’s advice to carry a piglet up a hill
I taught DFW when I was subbing yesterday, and today I’m listening to Tenth of December (George Saunders). DFW’s influence on him is SO PALPABLE. never caught it before!
March 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I taught DFW when I was subbing yesterday, and today I’m listening to Tenth of December (George Saunders). DFW’s influence on him is SO PALPABLE. never caught it before!
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By Sara Gibbs an autistic comedy writer
"The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling"
thedailytism.com/the-autistic...
"The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling"
thedailytism.com/the-autistic...
The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling
We’ve all done it. Who hasn’t been innocently hanging out at the inauguration of a man dubbed by people in his own party as the next Hitler and accidentally performed a Nazi salute that could only be ...
thedailytism.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
By Sara Gibbs an autistic comedy writer
"The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling"
thedailytism.com/the-autistic...
"The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling"
thedailytism.com/the-autistic...
when I was young I read so I didn’t have to interact with people. now I hang out with people, get hit hard with a social hangover, and read to recover. progress?
January 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
when I was young I read so I didn’t have to interact with people. now I hang out with people, get hit hard with a social hangover, and read to recover. progress?
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David Lynch is part of a small fraternity of famous people (think Mr. Rogers, Bob Saget) who, when he dies, despite his enormous body of artistic & financial achievement, the very first thing everyone says is: he was so kind. What a good, kind man.
Aspire to follow suit.
Aspire to follow suit.
January 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
David Lynch is part of a small fraternity of famous people (think Mr. Rogers, Bob Saget) who, when he dies, despite his enormous body of artistic & financial achievement, the very first thing everyone says is: he was so kind. What a good, kind man.
Aspire to follow suit.
Aspire to follow suit.
no idea how people do #5amwritersclub. when my baby wakes me up at 6:30 I have to turn on ms rachel until my eyes and brain accept that consciousness has been thrust upon me
January 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
no idea how people do #5amwritersclub. when my baby wakes me up at 6:30 I have to turn on ms rachel until my eyes and brain accept that consciousness has been thrust upon me
there’s a nyt crossword called “extremely online in 2024” and unfortunately I crushed it
January 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
there’s a nyt crossword called “extremely online in 2024” and unfortunately I crushed it
best Lorrie Moore book? only one I’ve read is Self Help and I need more
January 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
best Lorrie Moore book? only one I’ve read is Self Help and I need more
put on a lot of disney movies the last few days while I was sick and baby was cranky. Encanto and Moana might be… better than some of the classics?
January 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
put on a lot of disney movies the last few days while I was sick and baby was cranky. Encanto and Moana might be… better than some of the classics?