Mizuki
@mizuki-yama.bsky.social
Words in SmokeLong, hex, Lit Namjooning, Night Shades, HAD, Your Impossible Voice & elsewhere. Soon in The Forge, Lost Balloon.
✨ SmokeLong Smokey winner
🎗️ BOTN, Best MicroFic, Pushcart nominated
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✨ SmokeLong Smokey winner
🎗️ BOTN, Best MicroFic, Pushcart nominated
mizukiwrites.carrd.co
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📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
Excited to find my story, and my friend Grace's story on this list for a Pushcart nom! Thank you so much to the @tldrpress.bsky.social team 💖
We are pleased to announce our nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize. Congratulations to our nominees, and thank you for your amazing stories!
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Excited to find my story, and my friend Grace's story on this list for a Pushcart nom! Thank you so much to the @tldrpress.bsky.social team 💖
Thank you to @expositionreview.bsky.social and judge Kiana Shaley for selecting this story for an honorable mention 🙏🏻
I hope it reminds us of the precious "normal" in our current lives, how our efforts to protect them *do* matter.
I hope it reminds us of the precious "normal" in our current lives, how our efforts to protect them *do* matter.
“Of course, ‘Stories for a Daughter’ is beautiful. But it is how the author uses beauty that made me fall for this piece,” says Flash 405: Normal” judge Kiana Shaley of @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social’s flash fiction winner STORIES FOR A DAUGHTER. Read it here: tinyurl.com/Stories405.
Stories for a Daughter - Exposition Review
by Mizuki Honorable Mention – Flash 405, August 2025: “Normal” Fiction Daughter, the trees used to scream in August. The Minmin Kami shaking the pines until the air fractured. Aburazemi spread their oil-sheen wings, while the Higurashi Priest sang the dusk sorrow-song, rising and falling like prayer. If you pressed your hand to the… Continue reading Stories for a Daughter →
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November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thank you to @expositionreview.bsky.social and judge Kiana Shaley for selecting this story for an honorable mention 🙏🏻
I hope it reminds us of the precious "normal" in our current lives, how our efforts to protect them *do* matter.
I hope it reminds us of the precious "normal" in our current lives, how our efforts to protect them *do* matter.
A piece from @mattkendrick.bsky.social that made me go, "how can I write like that?" Such a quiet, subtle piece that sneaks up on you with its emotions. I am in a twist.
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A piece from @mattkendrick.bsky.social that made me go, "how can I write like that?" Such a quiet, subtle piece that sneaks up on you with its emotions. I am in a twist.
My very good friend @indigorue.bsky.social has a beautiful 💔 story out today. Go read it!
“You name each shape in sing-song, asking me to play along, but it’s the summer before seventh grade and I’m too old for make-believe.”
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Lee Aeronautics
On a lazy mayfly day, we sit on Grandpa Lee’s wrap-around porch, purple-tongued and sticky-fingered from the grape soda and teriyaki jerky he keeps in the pantry because they’re your favorites.&nbs…
flashfictionmagazine.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
My very good friend @indigorue.bsky.social has a beautiful 💔 story out today. Go read it!
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
What a lovely piece of meditation and expansion in @claudineliterary.bsky.social by the wonderful @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social 🌊
✨ICYMI✨
“the instructor says to breathe deep and let go, and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island, fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight”
@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/kleopatraoly...
“the instructor says to breathe deep and let go, and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island, fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight”
@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/kleopatraoly...
Kleopatra Olympiou | Here I Am
www.claudineliterary.net
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What a lovely piece of meditation and expansion in @claudineliterary.bsky.social by the wonderful @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social 🌊
I've always admired the story selections I've read in #Mondettes.
What a special feeling to find my story from @lit-namjooning.bsky.social in it this month! Thank you so much Shome Dasgupta and @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💚
What a special feeling to find my story from @lit-namjooning.bsky.social in it this month! Thank you so much Shome Dasgupta and @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💚
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
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November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I've always admired the story selections I've read in #Mondettes.
What a special feeling to find my story from @lit-namjooning.bsky.social in it this month! Thank you so much Shome Dasgupta and @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💚
What a special feeling to find my story from @lit-namjooning.bsky.social in it this month! Thank you so much Shome Dasgupta and @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💚
Reposted by Mizuki
My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!
COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
The Last Ofuton in Orbit
After my grandmother died, I was left with the ofuton and the spirit inside it.It had been hers since before lift-off, stitched by hand on Earth, brought to the orbiting colony in the old days when…
www.flashfictiononline.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!
The kind of submission I can feel good about even if I get an R! I donated to Community Food Share here in Colorado 💚
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 7:04 PM
The kind of submission I can feel good about even if I get an R! I donated to Community Food Share here in Colorado 💚
Reposted by Mizuki
“The wolf howls in the eye of the serpent storm. All is obscured by the scorch of the earth from your fingers. Hidden, stars fall as mercury in a tube.”
🛸🛸 this week’s story is by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
🛸🛸 this week’s story is by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
A Refracted Truth
by Mizuki Yamamoto
You strike a match.
It is neither to see better in the dark or for warmth. You are beyond such basic desires. You strike a match with glee. For pleasure. For no reason but the sen...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The wolf howls in the eye of the serpent storm. All is obscured by the scorch of the earth from your fingers. Hidden, stars fall as mercury in a tube.”
🛸🛸 this week’s story is by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
🛸🛸 this week’s story is by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
Reposted by Mizuki
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
And thrilled to share also that my story "The Last Ofuton in Orbit" is out at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for the Fam Punk issue this month! Hope you enjoy the sci-fi-cozy vibes in this one.
COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
The Last Ofuton in Orbit
After my grandmother died, I was left with the ofuton and the spirit inside it.It had been hers since before lift-off, stitched by hand on Earth, brought to the orbiting colony in the old days when…
www.flashfictiononline.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And thrilled to share also that my story "The Last Ofuton in Orbit" is out at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for the Fam Punk issue this month! Hope you enjoy the sci-fi-cozy vibes in this one.
I've been away from socials for a while (yet again), but my story with the wonderful @nightshadesmag.bsky.social came out recently...🐍
🛸🛸 new today from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
“It is easy to assume things about air, a blank canvas for projects of human imagination and for refracted perceptions.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
“It is easy to assume things about air, a blank canvas for projects of human imagination and for refracted perceptions.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
A Refracted Truth
by Mizuki Yamamoto
You strike a match.
It is neither to see better in the dark or for warmth. You are beyond such basic desires. You strike a match with glee. For pleasure. For no reason but the sen...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I've been away from socials for a while (yet again), but my story with the wonderful @nightshadesmag.bsky.social came out recently...🐍
I've been away from socials a little bit, but excited to share my story got an honorable mention with @expositionreview.bsky.social for their recent #Flash405 themed "normal" 🌿
Help us congratulate the newest writers of the #ExpoFam! Read experimental flash by Tara Dugan, flash fiction by JR Fenn and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, and flash nonfiction by Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley: tinyurl.com/Normal405.
#Flash405 #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor
#Normal
#Flash405 #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor
#Normal
Flash 405, August 2025: “Normal" Winners - Exposition Review
Our August Flash 405 contest invited us to consider flash stories on the theme of normal—but the response we received to this prompt was anything but! After an amazing year of Flash 405 contests, this...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I've been away from socials a little bit, but excited to share my story got an honorable mention with @expositionreview.bsky.social for their recent #Flash405 themed "normal" 🌿
Reposted by Mizuki
Lush strange & beautiful flash by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
"A snail no larger than my pinky glides from the wound leaving a delicate silver calligraphy across the pillowcase. .. I hold my breath astonished less by its existence than bythe elegant hydraulics of emergence. hexliterary.com/?p=2878
"A snail no larger than my pinky glides from the wound leaving a delicate silver calligraphy across the pillowcase. .. I hold my breath astonished less by its existence than bythe elegant hydraulics of emergence. hexliterary.com/?p=2878
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lush strange & beautiful flash by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
"A snail no larger than my pinky glides from the wound leaving a delicate silver calligraphy across the pillowcase. .. I hold my breath astonished less by its existence than bythe elegant hydraulics of emergence. hexliterary.com/?p=2878
"A snail no larger than my pinky glides from the wound leaving a delicate silver calligraphy across the pillowcase. .. I hold my breath astonished less by its existence than bythe elegant hydraulics of emergence. hexliterary.com/?p=2878
Reposted by Mizuki
Oh god ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
This piece from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is good medicine.
This piece from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is good medicine.
Inviting you for a brief 🌿 respite from these times with my little story that's out today at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen
Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Oh god ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
This piece from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is good medicine.
This piece from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is good medicine.
Reposted by Mizuki
The language in this story, like all of Mizuki's writing, truly sings. It carries it's own melody, and I feel you can hear it even in the title.
Inviting you for a brief 🌿 respite from these times with my little story that's out today at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen
Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The language in this story, like all of Mizuki's writing, truly sings. It carries it's own melody, and I feel you can hear it even in the title.
Reposted by Mizuki
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings, murmurations quivering over your head"
Brilliant use of the instructional in this gem from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, how this invites us to breathe and pause from the madness of the world
Brilliant use of the instructional in this gem from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, how this invites us to breathe and pause from the madness of the world
Inviting you for a brief 🌿 respite from these times with my little story that's out today at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen
Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings, murmurations quivering over your head"
Brilliant use of the instructional in this gem from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, how this invites us to breathe and pause from the madness of the world
Brilliant use of the instructional in this gem from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, how this invites us to breathe and pause from the madness of the world
Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for including my latest story "The Hand's Aperture" at @hexliterary.bsky.social in her monthly Flash Roundup ✨
There are some *great* stories in the list!
There are some *great* stories in the list!
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for including my latest story "The Hand's Aperture" at @hexliterary.bsky.social in her monthly Flash Roundup ✨
There are some *great* stories in the list!
There are some *great* stories in the list!
Yes! What a cool journey it's been. So grateful still for you guys giving me my first EVER pub just this May!! 🥰
not to brag but we published Mizuki Yamagen first (thru a HAD call)--thrilled to have her incredible new one up on hex today!
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes! What a cool journey it's been. So grateful still for you guys giving me my first EVER pub just this May!! 🥰
My writing friends and community are amazing and so generous and it's because of them I've felt brave enough to begin my submission journey this year! 🙏🏻 Thank you 💕
What an incredible piece @hexliterary.bsky.social. I honestly feel privileged to have read it. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social , you're such a talent monster, dear god!
hexliterary.com?p=2878
hexliterary.com?p=2878
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My writing friends and community are amazing and so generous and it's because of them I've felt brave enough to begin my submission journey this year! 🙏🏻 Thank you 💕
Reposted by Mizuki
"Responsible adulthood has been wobbling since you died, your absence a silence that keeps finding new rooms." Feeling this in my bones. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️🩹
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Responsible adulthood has been wobbling since you died, your absence a silence that keeps finding new rooms." Feeling this in my bones. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social ❤️🩹
Reposted by Mizuki
“My blood has opened a conduit to an elsewhere, importing emissaries of shell, feather, fur, and hoof to remind me that boundaries leak, that absence is merely another geometry of presence.” Strange and beautiful story—so unexpectedly emotional. I love everything @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social writes!
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
The cool thing about helping run a lit mag is that you are madly in love with everything you publish, like this @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social grief story, which is weird and beautiful and perfect! Check it!
The cool thing about helping run a lit mag is that you are madly in love with everything you publish, like this @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social grief story, which is weird and beautiful and perfect! Check it!
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“My blood has opened a conduit to an elsewhere, importing emissaries of shell, feather, fur, and hoof to remind me that boundaries leak, that absence is merely another geometry of presence.” Strange and beautiful story—so unexpectedly emotional. I love everything @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social writes!
Reposted by Mizuki
What a dream to get to feature a new @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social banger on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We had the pleasure of snagging one of Mizuki's for our @havehashad.com call and so stoked we have one on hex now. Don't miss this one, aftergooners!
Beyond thrilled to have a piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. This one's a story that draws on some true moments and obsessions of mine. 👀
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What a dream to get to feature a new @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social banger on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We had the pleasure of snagging one of Mizuki's for our @havehashad.com call and so stoked we have one on hex now. Don't miss this one, aftergooners!
Beyond thrilled to have a piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. This one's a story that draws on some true moments and obsessions of mine. 👀
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Beyond thrilled to have a piece up at @hexliterary.bsky.social today. This one's a story that draws on some true moments and obsessions of mine. 👀
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!
Thank you so much to the amazing editors who found something to love in this strangeness. It couldn't have found a more perfect home!