Dhyanna Raffi-David
@dhyanna.bsky.social
Writer — Read me at: @Smokelong.bsky.social,
@BridportPrize.bsky.social, Lunch Ticket, Jelly Bucket.
www.DhyannaRaffiDavid.com
And yeah, politics: Left of Liberal 💙
@BridportPrize.bsky.social, Lunch Ticket, Jelly Bucket.
www.DhyannaRaffiDavid.com
And yeah, politics: Left of Liberal 💙
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Up to Issue 86 now :) We tried to find everyone we’ve published who’s on Bluesky; let us know if we’ve missed you out!
Well this has been an undertaking, but we have assembled a set of starter packs of Bluesky contributors to all 85 issues of SmokeLong Quarterly published so far. Twenty-one years of brilliance in one thread. If we missed you or you've just joined, please tell us!
Here's the cover for Issue One:
Here's the cover for Issue One:
January 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Up to Issue 86 now :) We tried to find everyone we’ve published who’s on Bluesky; let us know if we’ve missed you out!
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I talked to the Black residents of Altadena who say they’ve lost everything but hope.
“When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.
“When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.
Black residents mourn lost homes, history as wildfires scorch Altadena
“All that stuff that you thought was so important can be gone in five minutes.”
www.whatimreading.net
January 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I talked to the Black residents of Altadena who say they’ve lost everything but hope.
“When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.
“When you escape tragedy, you say, ‘it could have got me.’ It didn’t. So I’m going to keep on going,” said 83-year-old Walt Butler.
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December 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Beautiful poem by Todd Clay Stuart. ♥️
January 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Beautiful poem by Todd Clay Stuart. ♥️
Credit: Nathan W. Pyle
December 29, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Credit: Nathan W. Pyle
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Here is a captivating movie showing Earth's rotation relative to the Milky Way.
The timelapse was recorded using an equatorial tracking mount over a period of around 3 hours.
Video source➡️ www.instagram.com/p/BYykYUSDaAu/
Credit: Aryeh Nirenberg
#SciArt 🧪 #milkyway #astro
December 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Here is a captivating movie showing Earth's rotation relative to the Milky Way.
The timelapse was recorded using an equatorial tracking mount over a period of around 3 hours.
Video source➡️ www.instagram.com/p/BYykYUSDaAu/
Credit: Aryeh Nirenberg
#SciArt 🧪 #milkyway #astro
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In my Biology 2 lab exercises I had students go out to collect headstone data from three time periods. After 1950, honestly, there were very very few deaths recorded for anyone under age 10. It was very stark. 🧪 🌍 🌿 #iNat
December 15, 2024 at 1:49 AM
In my Biology 2 lab exercises I had students go out to collect headstone data from three time periods. After 1950, honestly, there were very very few deaths recorded for anyone under age 10. It was very stark. 🧪 🌍 🌿 #iNat
California wildfires have begun. Malibu. Climate change at the beach.
December 11, 2024 at 7:56 AM
California wildfires have begun. Malibu. Climate change at the beach.
I wailed at the cosmos today, & then Google-stumbled across this:
"Tolstoy is believed to have written at least seven drafts of "War & Peace," with some sources suggesting he may have revised the manuscript up to twenty-one times."
Friends, this crappy first draft shall not be the end of me.
"Tolstoy is believed to have written at least seven drafts of "War & Peace," with some sources suggesting he may have revised the manuscript up to twenty-one times."
Friends, this crappy first draft shall not be the end of me.
December 1, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I wailed at the cosmos today, & then Google-stumbled across this:
"Tolstoy is believed to have written at least seven drafts of "War & Peace," with some sources suggesting he may have revised the manuscript up to twenty-one times."
Friends, this crappy first draft shall not be the end of me.
"Tolstoy is believed to have written at least seven drafts of "War & Peace," with some sources suggesting he may have revised the manuscript up to twenty-one times."
Friends, this crappy first draft shall not be the end of me.
A little fabulation from the wonderful Abhishek Sengupta.
I have a flash piece (or a joke), today, set in a faraway land, in The Fabulist (@fabulistmag.bsky.social) today. Just trying to bring some stories to light… to the best of my abilities.
#magicalrealism #flashfiction #Africa
#magicalrealism #flashfiction #Africa
How 'bout a Costly Joke (featuring Diamonds) > The Fabulist Words & Art
Set in the Central African Republic, this savage satire uses the folkloric “rule of three” to tell a frankly brutal allegory of exploitation and innocence.
fabulistmagazine.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:55 PM
A little fabulation from the wonderful Abhishek Sengupta.
Saw WICKED tonight with my daughters. Just WOW! Casting is phenomenal, but Cynthia Erivo, my heart is pounding—UTTERLY BRILLIANT! I’m a fan girl! 🤩
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Saw WICKED tonight with my daughters. Just WOW! Casting is phenomenal, but Cynthia Erivo, my heart is pounding—UTTERLY BRILLIANT! I’m a fan girl! 🤩
To those of you who are Austenites, Happy Netherfield Ball Day!
November 27, 2024 at 1:25 AM
To those of you who are Austenites, Happy Netherfield Ball Day!
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I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
November 21, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
A good day to revisit this lovely.
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 AM
A good day to revisit this lovely.
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HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY! We're giving $100 to help boost your writing in 2024—workshop, comp/submission fees, membership, critiques, books, pens—anything you find helpful, anywhere. Like & share to enter. We'll also give $100 to one of the organisations we support—winner to choose. Ends midnight NYC Dec 23
December 20, 2023 at 2:28 PM
HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY! We're giving $100 to help boost your writing in 2024—workshop, comp/submission fees, membership, critiques, books, pens—anything you find helpful, anywhere. Like & share to enter. We'll also give $100 to one of the organisations we support—winner to choose. Ends midnight NYC Dec 23
Love this story by the wonderful Ani King @aniking.bsky.social ! “I fall in love with women who, unbelievably, want to forgive me for fitting my life into one backpack at the first sign of trouble as if leaving a crime scene, not a relationship.” Check it out!
www.smokelong.com/stories/unfi...
www.smokelong.com/stories/unfi...
Unfinished Houses - SmokeLong Quarterly
I always fall in love with women who have never lived in unfinished houses. Who’ve never had blankets make a maze of walls that breathe. My architecture is unsteady and haphazard: these women expect...
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December 19, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Love this story by the wonderful Ani King @aniking.bsky.social ! “I fall in love with women who, unbelievably, want to forgive me for fitting my life into one backpack at the first sign of trouble as if leaving a crime scene, not a relationship.” Check it out!
www.smokelong.com/stories/unfi...
www.smokelong.com/stories/unfi...
Doing the Happy Dance! — My story "Passing" is up @Smokelong.bsky.social Special thanks to the wonderful Smokelong editors for seeing something sparkle in this story, & extra shout out to @MCzyzniejewski.bsky.social for the deep-dive interview. So excited! www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
Passing - SmokeLong Quarterly
If your dad died in Switzerland blowing an alpine horn, if his anterior cerebral artery burst, and your mom said his last breath rang through the hills, past deer, past goats, beyond trees, if you kne...
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December 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Doing the Happy Dance! — My story "Passing" is up @Smokelong.bsky.social Special thanks to the wonderful Smokelong editors for seeing something sparkle in this story, & extra shout out to @MCzyzniejewski.bsky.social for the deep-dive interview. So excited! www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
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Check out this really great story by @dhyanna.bsky.social Dhyanna Raffi-David in the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social. My interview with her in the comments.
www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
Passing - SmokeLong Quarterly
If your dad died in Switzerland blowing an alpine horn, if his anterior cerebral artery burst, and your mom said his last breath rang through the hills, past deer, past goats, beyond trees, if you kne...
www.smokelong.com
December 19, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Check out this really great story by @dhyanna.bsky.social Dhyanna Raffi-David in the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social. My interview with her in the comments.
www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
www.smokelong.com/stories/pass...
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New SmokeLong Quarterly! Great new flash prose by @dhyanna.bsky.social, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, Ani King, Barbara Diggs, Emily Rinkema, Madeline Anthes, @kiklodge.bsky.social, Joy Castro, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social, Amy Bobeda, Mara Aguilar-Erdman, Natalie Warther, and E.A. Aymar. Enjoy!
Issue Eighty-Two - SmokeLong Quarterly
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December 18, 2023 at 7:32 PM
New SmokeLong Quarterly! Great new flash prose by @dhyanna.bsky.social, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, Ani King, Barbara Diggs, Emily Rinkema, Madeline Anthes, @kiklodge.bsky.social, Joy Castro, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social, Amy Bobeda, Mara Aguilar-Erdman, Natalie Warther, and E.A. Aymar. Enjoy!
Another quirky-fun-tragic one from the master, @jjlofflin.bsky.social at cult mag!
www.cultmag.net/blog-1/its-n...
www.cultmag.net/blog-1/its-n...
It’s Not a Ron Jeremy Thing — Cult. Magazine
by Joshua Jones Lofflin
www.cultmag.net
December 12, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Another quirky-fun-tragic one from the master, @jjlofflin.bsky.social at cult mag!
www.cultmag.net/blog-1/its-n...
www.cultmag.net/blog-1/its-n...
Publication in @smokelong.bsky.social is a crazy-happy-heart dream for me! I’m thrilled & grateful to be a #Mikey finalist & to be recognized alongside such amazing authors. My deepest thanks to SmokeLong & Lunch Ticket for their support! Congrats to all who placed! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition - The Finalists - SmokeLong Quarterly
SmokeLong’s second biennial competition to celebrate the tiniest of stories–The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition (The Mikey)–has its winners! What a task it was to choose these top 8 micros. A ...
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December 3, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Publication in @smokelong.bsky.social is a crazy-happy-heart dream for me! I’m thrilled & grateful to be a #Mikey finalist & to be recognized alongside such amazing authors. My deepest thanks to SmokeLong & Lunch Ticket for their support! Congrats to all who placed! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...