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Kyle Isamu Weik
@kyleisamu.bsky.social
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just a queer dude and his pen | 2025 SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellow | Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Variant Literature, Emerge Literary Journal, Vestal Review
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Kyle Isamu Weik @kyleisamu.bsky.social · Mar 31
Carved this piece out of me, and I’m excited to finally share it. Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social @ericscottryon.bsky.social Gina Chung and @jiksuncheung.bsky.social for giving this the home of my dreams!
Materials Needed by Kyle Weik
*THE BLUE FROG 1st PLACE WINNER* Introduction by Guest Judge GINA CHUNG In the deeply affecting “Materials Needed,” an adolescent protagonist gradually comes to an understanding of thei…
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What’s not to love about this beauty?! Read it y’all, now!
aniking.bsky.social Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · Apr 9
I'm so stoked to have this piece in @wigleaf.bsky.social that I have resurrected "stoked" as nothing else was suitable! :D Please check out my postcard, too!
wigleaf.bsky.social Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Apr 9
new on our mainpage: "Peonies," by Ani King: wigleaf.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
kyleisamu.bsky.social
Feeling so lucky to have a new story up in @emergejournal.bsky.social, alongside some incredible writers. Show the new issue some love y’all!
Signs of Life
by Kyle Weik A man smiles at me while browsing Italian sausages, and I instantly get hard. Hopefully Mrs. Lee can’t tell. I adjust my apron and slide her ground pork across the counter. I tell her …
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April 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
kyleisamu.bsky.social
Carved this piece out of me, and I’m excited to finally share it. Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social @ericscottryon.bsky.social Gina Chung and @jiksuncheung.bsky.social for giving this the home of my dreams!
Materials Needed by Kyle Weik
*THE BLUE FROG 1st PLACE WINNER* Introduction by Guest Judge GINA CHUNG In the deeply affecting “Materials Needed,” an adolescent protagonist gradually comes to an understanding of thei…
flash-frog.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“Until then, I’ll lick my lips and watch the sugarcane fields burn.”

“The air outside burns too. A new color, Sugarcane Ash, coating my hair and every windshield.”

@kyleisamu.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-ways-we-...
The Ways We Orbit
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March 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
"I ask him if he can take me driving since Mom is working. Chad doesn’t work and neither do his words, not before noon, and he grunts."

Wonderful build of character and emotion in this brilliant #FlashFiction from @kyleisamu.bsky.social
brettpribble.bsky.social Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Mar 6
Read "Chad" written by @kyleisamu.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw."

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Chad — Ghost Parachute
Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by. I ask him if...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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aniking.bsky.social
You’re gonna want to read all of these stories!!
March 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
‘Chad doesn’t work and neither do his words, not before noon, and he grunts.’

Brilliant storytelling from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. Just love that loaded final line 🛣️

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Chad — Ghost Parachute
Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by. I ask him if...
ghostparachute.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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trossiwriter.bsky.social
“I meowed in response. I was five—thirty-seven in cat years, and cats didn’t speak Japanese or need parents. Benji, cats are seen not heard, Grandpa barked.”

Stellar micro series by @kyleisamu.bsky.social. Read it here:
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The Ways We Orbit
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March 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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lumchanmfa.bsky.social
I forget there are 15 volcanoes surrounding me, five of them active, one of which destroyed my cousin’s home. Auntie Mel blamed Pele. I told her the gods have better things to do.

Damn!! Read these amazing micros from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social!!
kyleisamu.bsky.social Kyle Isamu Weik @kyleisamu.bsky.social · Mar 3
Thank you @variantlit.bsky.social for giving these three micros a home, alongside some crazy talented writers! Read Issue 20 now!

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The Ways We Orbit
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March 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Thank you @variantlit.bsky.social for giving these three micros a home, alongside some crazy talented writers! Read Issue 20 now!

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The Ways We Orbit
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March 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
kyleisamu.bsky.social
“They threaten to call Bruce the manager who’s usually doing Roberta the lifer waitress in his office upstairs or is passed out drunk in the wine room.”

You gotta give this piece by @sfreligh.bsky.social a read!
March 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
"Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by."

Love this story by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute.
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Chad — Ghost Parachute
Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by. I ask him if...
ghostparachute.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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sarahillswrites.bsky.social
"We are frenzied miners, Blue Raspberry Frost vibrating through our veins, hoping our fingernails strike gold." 🔥

Phenomenal story from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. #FlashFiction
March 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Did you read this story by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute?!?! Why the hell not? Get on it!!!!
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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lumchanmfa.bsky.social
New micro up Ghost Parachute! Check out everyone!! It's an amazing issue!!

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All I See and Hear Is Blue — Ghost Parachute
I snip my fingers, and they land on the hair of the client sitting in front of me, and then they decide to pirouette across her scalp and arabesque along her hairline, so I coo come back, but the knuc...
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March 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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variantlit.bsky.social
We’ve worked hard to bring you these wonderful poems and works of prose. Enjoy and share!
trossiwriter.bsky.social TRossi (she/her) @trossiwriter.bsky.social · Mar 2
@variantlit Issue 20 is live! Read it here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty/
March 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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aniking.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite stories, you should read it! 🫶 @kyleisamu.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“Chad teaches me how to take man-bites, drive with my knees, and headbang to Metallica all at the same time. I’m pushing 80 mph. Maybe it’s the extra jalapeños but we’re on fire, melting white lines and green signs.”

@kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
Chad — Ghost Parachute
Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by. I ask him if...
ghostparachute.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
kyleisamu.bsky.social
A dream publication in Ghost Parachute! Honored to be among such talented writers, check out the March issue now ❤️

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Chad — Ghost Parachute
Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by. I ask him if...
ghostparachute.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
kyleisamu.bsky.social
“I imagine having a child like her: the hot heart of an animal, all hunger, blood galloping around the ring of their body…”

By one of my faves @aniking.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. Every moment in this piece sounds so sweet, aches so good.

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Nervous Thing
Ani King The girl I love wears a harness everyday under her shirt, worn brown leather, I made it from the straps of an old saddle myself, I cut the pieces to her measurements and punched the holes …
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March 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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aniking.bsky.social
So delighted to be a part of this issue, Pithead Chapel is a dream publication for me!
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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dawnwriter.bsky.social
Wow! I’m shocked, thrilled, delighted!!! Thank you so much @bathflashfictionaward.bsky.social!!Huge thanks to judge @sfreligh.bsky.social 🥰 and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop friends 🥰
February 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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sarahillswrites.bsky.social
OMG!!! I have completely lost the plot over here. Speechless!! Thank you @sfreligh.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Wow! ❤️🙏

Huge congrats to the other winners, SL & LL writers.🌟🌟🌟
And mega thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for the 2023 'Going There' intensive that prompted this story.❤️
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM