V.C. Myers
@vcmyers.bsky.social
Appalachian poet | author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, etc. http://vcmyers.com
if you ever want to know what it looks like when I pack for a trip ...
Is it ambitious to take this many library books to family Thanksgiving? I am halfway through writing my new book, and I need these books to stare at me and ask if I am working.
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if you ever want to know what it looks like when I pack for a trip ...
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Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every now and then I remember that sponges are ANIMALS — that these seeming hybrids of plant and rock; these sessile, porous, tissue-and-organ-less barrels, tubes, and blobs are just as much an animal as a falcon, wolf, or shark — and marvel once more at the wonderful weirdness of life on Earth.
this poem!
My Love Wails in the Mending
by Lora Gray @loragray.bsky.social
"her bones wailing low,
her wind in them willows
like a storm a-gathering"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
by Lora Gray @loragray.bsky.social
"her bones wailing low,
her wind in them willows
like a storm a-gathering"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
this poem!
some friends & I were asked to leave the Bad Ass Cafe in Dublin, Ireland, because we were laughing too loud. We weren't even drunk, but the Bad Ass couldn't handle us.
no joke I get kicked out of a bar off St. Mark’s bc I was a little drunk and started two-stepping with my friend and the owner got mad because he didn’t have “a cabaret license” and threw our whole party out
Yall ever been kicked out of a bar or club? Like are you banned from anywhere. 😂
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
some friends & I were asked to leave the Bad Ass Cafe in Dublin, Ireland, because we were laughing too loud. We weren't even drunk, but the Bad Ass couldn't handle us.
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The submission window is now open to 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬.
Guidelines are on the site.
Link in bio.
❤️
Guidelines are on the site.
Link in bio.
❤️
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The submission window is now open to 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬.
Guidelines are on the site.
Link in bio.
❤️
Guidelines are on the site.
Link in bio.
❤️
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8-hour drive home from a writing retreat = 8 more hours of creative work.
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
8-hour drive home from a writing retreat = 8 more hours of creative work.
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
The mountains, the silence, the movement—sometimes the best writing happens when you're not actually writing.
Find those in-between moments. They matter.
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess
work was so stressful today I'm drinkin' scotch & eating extra hot peppers (fresh from my sister's garden) raw. My tongue's on fire, but it's worth it for the endorphin rush.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
work was so stressful today I'm drinkin' scotch & eating extra hot peppers (fresh from my sister's garden) raw. My tongue's on fire, but it's worth it for the endorphin rush.
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First pushcart nomination 🙏💕 Thank you, Salt Hill Journal! 🎉🎉🎉
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First pushcart nomination 🙏💕 Thank you, Salt Hill Journal! 🎉🎉🎉
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
my version of this would be an editor saying reindeers are "too regional"
Johnny Marks: And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
my version of this would be an editor saying reindeers are "too regional"
What fictional villain traumatized you as a kid?
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What fictional villain traumatized you as a kid?
first snow of the season way too early no thank you
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
first snow of the season way too early no thank you
this is why poor poets on small presses don't win those big book awards. they all require crazy big fees plus multiple review copies that neither the poet nor the press can afford. When a poet wins one of the big prizes, all it says to me is they had enough money to submit.
$150 sub fee and 20 review copies to judges for a post publication prize submission is…a lot for a small/micro press. Bordering on hysterical.
(In this economy.)
(In this economy.)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
this is why poor poets on small presses don't win those big book awards. they all require crazy big fees plus multiple review copies that neither the poet nor the press can afford. When a poet wins one of the big prizes, all it says to me is they had enough money to submit.
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Many presses are making their reading periods accessible by doing away with mandatory fees.
Prizes likewise need to consider their financial accessibility. Presses are not the same weights—Graywolf and River River shouldn’t pay the same entry fee for a title.
It makes no sense.
Prizes likewise need to consider their financial accessibility. Presses are not the same weights—Graywolf and River River shouldn’t pay the same entry fee for a title.
It makes no sense.
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Many presses are making their reading periods accessible by doing away with mandatory fees.
Prizes likewise need to consider their financial accessibility. Presses are not the same weights—Graywolf and River River shouldn’t pay the same entry fee for a title.
It makes no sense.
Prizes likewise need to consider their financial accessibility. Presses are not the same weights—Graywolf and River River shouldn’t pay the same entry fee for a title.
It makes no sense.
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Moss (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Moss
Moss (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/moss-a-journal-of-the-pacific-northwest-22654 #amwriting
duotrope.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Moss (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Last Saturday, I was named the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last Saturday, I was named the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature.
Appalachian spec fiction authors out there have 1 last day to submit stories to Appalachia Book Co.'s upcoming anthology. Free submissions, paid acceptances:
www.appalachiabook.co/submit
www.appalachiabook.co/submit
Submit | Share Appalachian Stories Today — Appalachia Book Co.
Submit your original speculative fiction rooted in Appalachia to our 2025 anthology. Connect with regional themes and showcase Appalachian voices. No poetry or flash fiction.
www.appalachiabook.co
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Appalachian spec fiction authors out there have 1 last day to submit stories to Appalachia Book Co.'s upcoming anthology. Free submissions, paid acceptances:
www.appalachiabook.co/submit
www.appalachiabook.co/submit
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finally found the difference between truth and beauty
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
raccoons are having a great fall. There was one take a twirling shower/bath in a ditch while it rained near my house. It looked so happy, made me day.
we just watched a raccoon laying on its back, playing with a stick and teething on it. It suddenly bounced up with the zoomies and twirled around with the stick a few times and ran off!
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
raccoons are having a great fall. There was one take a twirling shower/bath in a ditch while it rained near my house. It looked so happy, made me day.
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Two new micro poems in @havehashad.com today!
The first one is a true story of when the Dr. left open our medical file on the screen...
The first one is a true story of when the Dr. left open our medical file on the screen...
two new little micro #littlepoemsunday poems today from Adrian Dallas Frandle!
https://www.havehashad.com/rmxas
https://www.havehashad.com/rmxas
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two new micro poems in @havehashad.com today!
The first one is a true story of when the Dr. left open our medical file on the screen...
The first one is a true story of when the Dr. left open our medical file on the screen...
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Earlier this year I approached AGNI about doing something for the X-Ray's 130th Birthday; I didn't know then my writing would take such a turn!
I asked 3 brilliant writers to join me— Diana Cao, Diego Báez & Mike Brockley— in celebrating this feat of invention.
agnionline.bu.edu/blog/the-x-r...
I asked 3 brilliant writers to join me— Diana Cao, Diego Báez & Mike Brockley— in celebrating this feat of invention.
agnionline.bu.edu/blog/the-x-r...
The X-Ray at 130
Four writers consider the X-ray on its 130th birthday.
agnionline.bu.edu
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Earlier this year I approached AGNI about doing something for the X-Ray's 130th Birthday; I didn't know then my writing would take such a turn!
I asked 3 brilliant writers to join me— Diana Cao, Diego Báez & Mike Brockley— in celebrating this feat of invention.
agnionline.bu.edu/blog/the-x-r...
I asked 3 brilliant writers to join me— Diana Cao, Diego Báez & Mike Brockley— in celebrating this feat of invention.
agnionline.bu.edu/blog/the-x-r...
All Her Fault is riveting. I've loved Sarah Snook since 2015' The Beautiful Lie, in which she played a modernized version of Anna Karenina. So glad Succession finally put her in the spotlight.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
All Her Fault is riveting. I've loved Sarah Snook since 2015' The Beautiful Lie, in which she played a modernized version of Anna Karenina. So glad Succession finally put her in the spotlight.
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Be more like a lichen. "Leave the world better than you found it. Lichens enrich the soil of deserts, stabilize sand dunes, and create loam from stone across the long arc of their lives."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...
www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...
How to Be a Lichen: Adaptive Strategies for the Vulnerabilities of Being Human from Nature’s Tiny Titans of Tenacity
When I was a child, little delighted me more than the magical green garlands draping from the pine trees, which I made into wreaths and mustaches to roam the mountains of Bulgaria as a miniature Or…
www.themarginalian.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Be more like a lichen. "Leave the world better than you found it. Lichens enrich the soil of deserts, stabilize sand dunes, and create loam from stone across the long arc of their lives."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...
www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...
after being offline yesterday, seeing all the sandwich & women ruining everything memes today is like the bizarroland version of the blue dress & 2 llamas day on old Twitter. Funny but also sad & disturbing.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
after being offline yesterday, seeing all the sandwich & women ruining everything memes today is like the bizarroland version of the blue dress & 2 llamas day on old Twitter. Funny but also sad & disturbing.
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all mistakes are past mistakes
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
all mistakes are past mistakes