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AKA Michael Todd Cohen. Queer writer, artist and adoptee living in New England. A Lilac Foundation Fellow for Environmental & Social Justice at Vermont Studio Center (2025). Often work in queer adult themes: 18+ please.
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saltpeter @saltpeterdraws.bsky.social · 6d
conducting sunrise... 🌅
digital sketch of a simple figure in dark shirt and light pants, one arm reaches and points towards the sky, the other stretches behind the body, holding a conductor's baton; all around the figure in the upper parts of the work, is a brilliant cloud sky in oranges pinks and yellows. the work is signed "sp."
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erinvachon.bsky.social
I love reading subs for SmokeLong and I *really* love reading your subs for the Mikey. Send us your tiny stories! We want to read you! 🖤🔥✨
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. She is wearing an orange and black tiger-striped sweater, black pants, a bold red lip color, and a trach at her neck. In the background is a gray cement wall with greenery. (Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography) This is Alice’s friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice’s wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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splitlipthemag.bsky.social
Our NOVEMBER ISSUE is hot off the press. ✨

WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.

buff.ly/PLKRM5J
Mixed media artwork. A vintage New Mexico postcard with regional motifs filling bold block letters, overlaid with torn strips from a printed photo of a young boy smiling on a bike. The edges are bordered by fragments of old, handwritten letters.
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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havehashad.com
accepting submissions for people who make some kind of donation again, now and for the next ~51 minutes!
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · 1d
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...
Submission call to benefit... causes. You pick the cause. We don't need your money, but lots of other people do. Make a donation to a cause that really needs it. Reply to our post with links to give others ideas. Include a screenshot/picture of your donation (from today, of any amount) with your submission. I'm gonna open two windows today (Friday, November 14th): from 10-11am Eastern, and 7-8pm Eastern; no limit, no scramble, no lost sleep (hopefully!) If you don't have spare cash at the moment, HAD still appreciates you. Screenshot an impassioned letter about something you care about to your city counselor, school board, governor or whatever. Writing-wise: no theme, no restrictions. Short is nice, we like publishing short. Also, we'll select at random one submitter to win a merch article of their choosing, (including the sold-out HADt!) <3 crowjonah
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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jamesbennett.bsky.social
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing By The Perimeter Fence And Screaming For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day!
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing By The Perimeter Fence And Screaming For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day!
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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neonpajamas.bsky.social
I posted a poem (not my own) on Twitter. It received 100+ likes, circulated nicely, & someone commented: "This is prose."

I didn't respond & don't plan to, but now I'm going to start practicing the opposite of this: finding a beautiful paragraph or a lovely post & commenting "This is poetry."
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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anmlymag.bsky.social
"You want me
to describe my
white cotton
panties, tangled
mass of hair. My
bones..."

—McLeod Logue

anmly.org/ap41/mcleod-...
McLeod Logue – ANMLY
anmly.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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pantspants.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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adrianf.bsky.social
a fox ran thru the yard, pursued by 4 crows. interpret?
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
after a long day of work, the sexiest thing a partner can say is: you smell like The Archive.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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anmlymag.bsky.social
ANMLY is now open for new work!

We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!

> anmly.submittable.com

*Fee waivers available*

Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!

> anmly.org/ap41
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
anmly.submittable.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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dani-torrent.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
if you see this, post your bird art.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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bradley-david.com
JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15

jmww.submittable.com/submit
JMWW Submission Manager
jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry,  hybrid work, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
jmww.submittable.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
inspired by Bob Mizer 💪
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
I'm tired too, Samantha.
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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demisty.bsky.social
I don't have much, but I had a little extra this pay period. And a little bit can go a long way!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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adrianf.bsky.social
This Saturday! Join me & @writesloud.bsky.social LIVE if you’re in the CT / NYC area:

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AUTHOR EVENT with Hannah Grieco in conversation with Adrian Dallas Frandle FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT JOIN US: Saturday, November 15th at 4:00 P.M. STORIES scan the code for your ticket! HANNAH GRIECO at Obodo Serendipity Books book talk and signing 3588 Main St, Stratford, CT 06614 PH: 203.209.9036
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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natallman.bsky.social
The cup’s half full. Get in while you still can!
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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havehashad.com
two new little micro #littlepoemsunday poems today from Adrian Dallas Frandle!

https://www.havehashad.com/rmxas
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November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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mehpoeting.bsky.social
Tonight!
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
conducting sunrise... 🌅
digital sketch of a simple figure in dark shirt and light pants, one arm reaches and points towards the sky, the other stretches behind the body, holding a conductor's baton; all around the figure in the upper parts of the work, is a brilliant cloud sky in oranges pinks and yellows. the work is signed "sp."
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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neonpajamas.bsky.social
Releasing two books through @pizamapress.bsky.social in 2026

One is a surrealist semi-autobiographical ekphrastic fever dream

One is a meditation and reflection on the strange mundanity of life

Both are packed with prose poems
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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natallman.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
new batch 'o tumbled beach stones. curated by @adrianf.bsky.social 🪨 💎
a spread of colorful tumbled beach stones in garnet, amber, deep blue arranged in a loose square on a beige vertical stripe background (seat cushion). a small round wooden bowl full of colorful tumbled beach stones in garnet, amber, deep blue. the bowl sits on a beige vertical stripe background (seat cushion).
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM