Lori Barrett
@lorimbarrett.bsky.social
she/her
Writer/Tutor
Work in Citron Review/JMWW/Laurel Review/Peatsmoke/Identity Theory/Maudlin House
Wondering if my dog is depressed
Writer/Tutor
Work in Citron Review/JMWW/Laurel Review/Peatsmoke/Identity Theory/Maudlin House
Wondering if my dog is depressed
Pinned
Lori Barrett
@lorimbarrett.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Lori Barrett ~ Oppositional Defiance
Delores woke to a wheezing sound, floating up from the heating vent, a sound similar to what she heard when her daughter still lived in the bedroom below and thought no one could hear her cry. Now …
newworldwriting.net
I’ve admired the work in @newworldwriting.bsky.social for years. I’m so excited to have a story in the new issue. Huge thank you you to @kimchinquee.bsky.social
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Hate this sort of thing.
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
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Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : About
gonelawn.net
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hate this sort of thing.
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Enjoyed hearing Belly. Wish I could have seen them
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Enjoyed hearing Belly. Wish I could have seen them
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Open for submissions for another week.
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Funicular Magazine Submission Manager
Submit to Funicular Magazine. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Open for submissions for another week.
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
I don’t work at an engineering school but this makes me feel like I do
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don’t work at an engineering school but this makes me feel like I do
Can’t believe people are out here posting One Battle After Another spoilers
sucks shit that we spent 22 years building up a federal force of masked goons to do disappearsnces and despite democrats holding the white house for 12 of those years never scaled them back
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Can’t believe people are out here posting One Battle After Another spoilers
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Six weeks remain to send us your best short story! Read all details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Six weeks remain to send us your best short story! Read all details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/
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The Street Vendors Association of Chicago is raising emergency funds to support vendors who can't safely work right now. They have a significant goal of $300k for impacted workers + families.
GFM is here: www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...
Instagram account: instagram.com/streetvendorsofchicago
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Instagram account: instagram.com/streetvendorsofchicago
Donate to Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund, organized by Maria Orozco
Support Chicago’s Street Vendors
We are the Street Vendors Association of Chicago… Maria Orozco needs your support for Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Street Vendors Association of Chicago is raising emergency funds to support vendors who can't safely work right now. They have a significant goal of $300k for impacted workers + families.
GFM is here: www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...
Instagram account: instagram.com/streetvendorsofchicago
GFM is here: www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...
Instagram account: instagram.com/streetvendorsofchicago
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People kept asked to $ for a "story development" style feedback, so we decided to start offering them at $65USD each... Get the full write-up about your story from the professionals who know!
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September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
People kept asked to $ for a "story development" style feedback, so we decided to start offering them at $65USD each... Get the full write-up about your story from the professionals who know!
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Death of the Author? had it coming, to be honest, after what happened to all those darlings
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Death of the Author? had it coming, to be honest, after what happened to all those darlings
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Bonus quote: ‘The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.’
September 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Bonus quote: ‘The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.’
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“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy.
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/
SUBMISSIONS
RUBY is a bi-annual literary magazine and press that publishes short-form food narratives that strive for voice, artistry, and character. We want work that grabs us and doesn’t let us go—fier…
rubyliterarypress.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy.
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/
rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/
Is Wordle threatening the right today?
September 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is Wordle threatening the right today?
The White House is more alarmed about this than they’ve ever been about a school shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee on North Carolina commuter train charged with federal crime.
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The White House is more alarmed about this than they’ve ever been about a school shooting
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The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness.
Submit today!
Details at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
Submit today!
Details at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
September 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness.
Submit today!
Details at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
Submit today!
Details at the link below:
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#writingcommunity
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Apps open soon. Recommend! edithwharton.org/calendar/wir/
Edith Wharton Writing Residency - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA
The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. Historic Tours, Weddings, Music, Events, Outdoor Sculpture, Cafe. Close to Tanglewood, Shakespeare & Co., Red Lion Inn
edithwharton.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Apps open soon. Recommend! edithwharton.org/calendar/wir/
Have a new micro in Failbetter. I owe thanks to the participants in the workshops with Meg Pokrass and Matt Kendrick, where I started and polished this story of rock music, bunions, and spreadsheets
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Restructured
Security frowns at the backpack, so she makes a joke, says it’s her date
failbetter.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Have a new micro in Failbetter. I owe thanks to the participants in the workshops with Meg Pokrass and Matt Kendrick, where I started and polished this story of rock music, bunions, and spreadsheets
failbetter.com/content/rest...
failbetter.com/content/rest...
This is a fun story
“Patricia often felt like she was one of George’s old books. He’d had her so long that most of the time he didn’t even notice her … From time to time he picked her up and gave her a read, but most often she just sat gathering dust.”
“Patricia often felt like she was one of George’s old books. He’d had her so long that most of the time he didn’t even notice her … From time to time he picked her up and gave her a read, but most often she just sat gathering dust.”
My latest short story is out today. Thank you to failbetter for publishing it. #shortstory #shortfiction #failbetter #writer
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It’s Always the Husband
Why had she married a man who didn’t like television? Even PBS was absolute trash according to George
failbetter.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is a fun story
“Patricia often felt like she was one of George’s old books. He’d had her so long that most of the time he didn’t even notice her … From time to time he picked her up and gave her a read, but most often she just sat gathering dust.”
“Patricia often felt like she was one of George’s old books. He’d had her so long that most of the time he didn’t even notice her … From time to time he picked her up and gave her a read, but most often she just sat gathering dust.”
This might make you swoon
“a past that was exciting to him, that he still knew nothing about, and that he couldn’t wait to learn like it would be on the most important test he’d ever studied for in his life”
“a past that was exciting to him, that he still knew nothing about, and that he couldn’t wait to learn like it would be on the most important test he’d ever studied for in his life”
I have a new story in @havehashad.com today! so grateful as always to wonderful editor @aaronburch.bsky.social + all of you who read this one 🤍💀 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/may...
August 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This might make you swoon
“a past that was exciting to him, that he still knew nothing about, and that he couldn’t wait to learn like it would be on the most important test he’d ever studied for in his life”
“a past that was exciting to him, that he still knew nothing about, and that he couldn’t wait to learn like it would be on the most important test he’d ever studied for in his life”
Come for the humor and stay for the martini recipe
“Despite my drunkenness, and perhaps even owing to it, my tactics were sound.”
📌 ICYMI, read TENNIS, ANYONE? TENNIS MUBARAK? by Avee Chaudhuri from our summer issue southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
📌 ICYMI, read TENNIS, ANYONE? TENNIS MUBARAK? by Avee Chaudhuri from our summer issue southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Tennis, Anyone? Tennis Mubarak?
By Avee Chaudhuri
southwestreview.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Come for the humor and stay for the martini recipe
I’m sorry the book launch is sold out in Chicago but glad I found this essay today
I wrote about remembering how to feel for Nothing Compares to You, an anthology of essays on the legacy of Sinéad O’Connor. The book comes out tomorrow. Here, get your joy: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
Thank you to @saribotton.bsky.social for giving this piece a home on @oldster_mag.
Thank you to @saribotton.bsky.social for giving this piece a home on @oldster_mag.
Girl You Better Try To Have Fun
Megan Stielstra on embodying many ages at once, and learning of Sinéad O'Connor's death the summer her father was dying. An excerpt of "Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us"
oldster.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m sorry the book launch is sold out in Chicago but glad I found this essay today
Took my last walk with this guy today 💔
Perfectly captures my current moment with this sweet grandpa
July 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Took my last walk with this guy today 💔
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Heavy Feather Review's Where to Submit resource (updated for July 2025) is invaluable and full of presses, journals, and sites open for submissions.
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
Where to Submit
Presses | Chapbooks | Journals + Anthologies | Fellowships + Other Opportunities Last updated July 3, 2025 If you are an editor or publisher and would like your journal, press, or literary organiza…
heavyfeatherreview.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Heavy Feather Review's Where to Submit resource (updated for July 2025) is invaluable and full of presses, journals, and sites open for submissions.
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
Perfectly captures my current moment with this sweet grandpa
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Perfectly captures my current moment with this sweet grandpa