Jen Ippensen
@jenippensen.bsky.social
reader, writer, editor, librarian
basically, all the word things
oscillating between hope and despair, here and not here (she/her)
basically, all the word things
oscillating between hope and despair, here and not here (she/her)
Feeling a need to connect? Check out our new issue!
It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.
It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
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It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
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25Q4
Editor’s Note For one reason or another (you can probably guess), I’ve been thinking about what it means to be disappeared, snatched up and vanished by larger forces in the world. I have this…
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October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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You won't have to be lonely much longer! Our fall issue comes out later this month, but we'll spend the week revisiting those lovely folks from issue 15.
October 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You won't have to be lonely much longer! Our fall issue comes out later this month, but we'll spend the week revisiting those lovely folks from issue 15.
Check out the new issue of @vastchasmmag.bsky.social 🖤
The yearning is over! Launch yourself into the new issue and face the uncertainty with these fantastic contributors.
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25Q3
Editor’s Note It’s summer in the States, the thick heat of July, and I am yearning for a breeze, a stirring of something better swooping in. We’re sick of the oppressive heat, the oppressive …
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July 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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4th of July parade
Norfolk, NE
Norfolk, NE
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July 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
4th of July parade
Norfolk, NE
Norfolk, NE
Somehow, today I found myself agreeing with both Musk and Trump. I didn’t think it was possible.
June 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Somehow, today I found myself agreeing with both Musk and Trump. I didn’t think it was possible.
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We are REELING! Grateful to be a part of recognizing Thad’s fantastic work and excited to jump in with the other selected works.
May 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We are REELING! Grateful to be a part of recognizing Thad’s fantastic work and excited to jump in with the other selected works.
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SELECTED FOR BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025!!!
@thaddevassie.bsky.social’s donkey kick of a flash from Issue 10, “Things We Do for Loved Ones,” was selected by the wonderful BSF team!
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@thaddevassie.bsky.social’s donkey kick of a flash from Issue 10, “Things We Do for Loved Ones,” was selected by the wonderful BSF team!
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The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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A photograph at the Norfolk Arts Center has been removed because a donor didn’t like that it portrayed LGBTQ+ content (kissing).
I stand against discrimination and censorship and for freedom of artistic expression.
Please join me in signing this petition.
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I stand against discrimination and censorship and for freedom of artistic expression.
Please join me in signing this petition.
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This campaign needs you now
Stop the Norfolk Arts Center from allowing censorship and exclusion in the arts.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A photograph at the Norfolk Arts Center has been removed because a donor didn’t like that it portrayed LGBTQ+ content (kissing).
I stand against discrimination and censorship and for freedom of artistic expression.
Please join me in signing this petition.
chng.it/QfRqRjzPZv
I stand against discrimination and censorship and for freedom of artistic expression.
Please join me in signing this petition.
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This issue is 🔥, among other things. Many thanks to our contributors 🖤
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Issue 14 is here!
Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
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Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
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25Q2
Editor’s Note This issue comes in the midst of spring’s wild growth, its uncertain promise growing from decay. In a world that feels increasingly unstable—oppressed by petty tyrants and a pil…
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April 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This issue is 🔥, among other things. Many thanks to our contributors 🖤
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Check it out!
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Today's listing of the day is: Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity
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April 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Love this. Join the resistance.
just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
March 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Love this. Join the resistance.
One of my favorite people and favorite writers: @mike3stars.bsky.social I missed when this came out in Dec., but I think we need it now more than ever.
It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
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It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
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a flowering, multiplying thing by Mike Keller-Wilson
Hope is hard. We imagine it must be planted in the rich, wet earth, sheltered from frost and hail and the scorching heat of middle-day.These days, our hopelessness is casual, reflexive. The Amazon? Wh...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
One of my favorite people and favorite writers: @mike3stars.bsky.social I missed when this came out in Dec., but I think we need it now more than ever.
It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
gastropodalitmag.wixsite.com/main/post/a-...
It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
gastropodalitmag.wixsite.com/main/post/a-...
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
I do hope you’ll check out the latest issue of @vastchasmmag.bsky.social 🖤
Time to grab life by the art: Issue 13 is out and it’s ready to take charge, to split the world down its center. Dive in!
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25Q1
Editor’s Note I cannot extract this time, or this issue of Vast Chasm, from the current political and social moment. In the pieces collected here, we are asked to consider how we handle grief…
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January 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Join me in celebrating these contributors!
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It seems like there’s a lack of opportunities to celebrate great nonfiction, but we’ve got some bangers to nominate and god damnit Best American Essays you’re gonna take them and enjoy it.
December 21, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Join me in celebrating these contributors!
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We love our contributors and we love celebrating them 🖤
Help us celebrate our nominees for Best Microfiction 2025!
December 16, 2024 at 12:09 PM
We love our contributors and we love celebrating them 🖤
Happy 10th of December to all who observe. Revisiting some old favorites today.
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“Victory Lap,” by George Saunders
Fiction, from 2009: “Something told her to step back in, slam the door. But that seemed rude.”
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December 10, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy 10th of December to all who observe. Revisiting some old favorites today.
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Revisiting Issue 12 🖤
Need a hug? How about the next best thing? Catch up on Issue 12.
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24Q4
Editor’s Note It’s spooky season, and what’s scarier than living an isolated life and dying alone with no one to remember you. What I mean to say is that this is the time of year I find mysel…
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December 7, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Revisiting Issue 12 🖤
ICYMI 🖤
December 1, 2024 at 5:40 AM
ICYMI 🖤
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Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity
November 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity
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24Q2
Editor's Note It’s strange how when it comes time to put together an issue, the right pieces seem to assemble themselves into some coherence. Or maybe it’s that we are looking for threads that connect...
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April 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM
You felt it too, right? Embrace the connection and link up with our newest issue!
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Check out the latest issue of Vast Chasm Magazine 🖤
You've heard of connect four? Get ready to connect more! Jump on Issue 10 while it's hot
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24Q2
Editor's Note It’s strange how when it comes time to put together an issue, the right pieces seem to assemble themselves into some coherence. Or maybe it’s that we are looking for threads that connect...
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April 14, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Get ready for @ezhang77.bsky.social to twist your heart into yearning in Issue 10, as in her "It's a Good Birthday" in BULL
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Writer: Elena Zhang | MrBullBull
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April 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Get ready for @ezhang77.bsky.social to twist your heart into yearning in Issue 10, as in her "It's a Good Birthday" in BULL
mrbullbull.com/newbull/writ...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/writ...