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Lena Kinder
@happilylenaaa.bsky.social
Mediocre Maven | MA in Fiction at the University of Southern Mississippi | MFA in Fiction at Hollins University | Editor-in-Cheese of Folklore Review

https://www.folklorereview.com/
I’ve had 41 rejections out of 100 so far this year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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We close in EIGHT days! (November 28th)! Don’t miss our submission window~

#fiction #poetry #flashfiction #nonfiction #art
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Don’t mind me. I’m just staring into my coffee, waiting for visions.
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Forthcoming in elsewhere with a little ghost story
a cartoon drawing of a ghost with a surprised expression on its face
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a ghost with a surprised expression on its face
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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second window's funds raised: a whopping $2,709.32, for a total of $3,628.88. you people rule! I've got lots of reading to do, I'll randomly select the merch winners when I'm done!
Happy HAD Friday! 2 submission windows today for those who make some kind of donation to a cause! Link will work from 10-11am and 7-8pm Eastern. Where are you donating? havehashad.submittable.com/submit/34166...
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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today's our final pub from Snarsky's #smallpoemsunday call, with TWO small poems from Waniya Aks E Noor!

here's the first one. click through for #2!

https://www.havehashad.com/jhjwr
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Forthcoming in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Salt Hill acceptance 🥰
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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We’d love to see more nonfiction and art in our sub portal (:

#callforsubmissions #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #art
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Catch three from me in Wigleaf (in a few months) 🌈
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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our celebration #smallpoemsunday continues with this gem today from B. Luke Wilson!

https://www.havehashad.com/25zgn
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
39/100 rejections (this is spooky season)!
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
!!!
First time doing #smallpoemsunday am I doing this right? @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

This one was published in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Here’s one of my #smallpoemsunday that didn’t make it into @havehashad.com but lives on in my heart~ thanks for considering @tomsnarsky.bsky.social (you accepted one of my friends, which I love to see 😜)
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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good job, sickos
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
waiting for @havehashad.com sub calls gives me tummy aches
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Thanks to @folklorereview.bsky.social for publishing “Coven of the Spark”: www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
October 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Our skeletal micro series is LIVE!! Go rifle through these (phenomenal) skeletons with us and celebrate these (amazing) writers~

@bobbycrace.bsky.social
@jbstone.bsky.social
@emilygoldsmith.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social

💀🦴

#literaryjournal #microfiction #micropoetry #microseries
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I’ve got a micro in @folklorereview.bsky.social’s fantastic Skeletal series!
www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Love promise ~ 37/100
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
36/100
October 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Got super close on this one~ and even though it didn’t make it to publication, I ended up with a much stronger revision. 🙂‍↔️
October 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
33 & 34
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM