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Mediocre Maven | MA in Fiction at the University of Southern Mississippi | MFA in Fiction at Hollins University | Editor-in-Cheese of Folklore Review I tell you my rejections to make you feel better β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή https://www.folklorereview.com/

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I have some words in @somewordslit.bsky.social today!

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12.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!! πŸŽ‰

05.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Forthcoming in -> @somewordslit.bsky.social and @bendinggenres.bsky.social 🀘🏻

23.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
THIN GOD
Thin God slipped into the crack in my eyelid, and that was how I came to know my mother.
Thin God promised me more time, but I knew Thin God always lied in the morning. Thin God convinced the aliens to cleave a cloud into a boy
and a girl. Instead, the aliens created a comedian and a bird. Thin God ate the aliens and gave me a baby. Thin God told me my story had a twist ending, but by the time I fell asleep with the baby in my arms, I forgot I was in a story at all.

THIN GOD Thin God slipped into the crack in my eyelid, and that was how I came to know my mother. Thin God promised me more time, but I knew Thin God always lied in the morning. Thin God convinced the aliens to cleave a cloud into a boy and a girl. Instead, the aliens created a comedian and a bird. Thin God ate the aliens and gave me a baby. Thin God told me my story had a twist ending, but by the time I fell asleep with the baby in my arms, I forgot I was in a story at all.

One of mine in @passagesnorth.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

22.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The amount of notes (letters) I wrote to my friends in high school prepared me for graduate workshop.

18.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading! I’m so glad you liked this story 🍳

18.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Emerged from the depths of hell for the @havehashad.com call.

15.02.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I think the very idea of a β€œGreat American Novel” is kinda dumb. In the parlance of Tacoma, or of Kevin via Tacoma, I kinda think Great American Novels β€œaren’t real.” That said, I have an ego. I have ambitions. I’m mostly a happy-go-lucky dork doofusing his way through life and writing, but I also want to have as many readers as possible, I want people to think highly of my writing, I want to be someone’s (many someone’s, ideally!) favorite writer, I want people to think the writing is β€œgreat.” I don’t normally wrestle with those contradictions that much irl, but I think it often then ends up on the page.

I think the very idea of a β€œGreat American Novel” is kinda dumb. In the parlance of Tacoma, or of Kevin via Tacoma, I kinda think Great American Novels β€œaren’t real.” That said, I have an ego. I have ambitions. I’m mostly a happy-go-lucky dork doofusing his way through life and writing, but I also want to have as many readers as possible, I want people to think highly of my writing, I want to be someone’s (many someone’s, ideally!) favorite writer, I want people to think the writing is β€œgreat.” I don’t normally wrestle with those contradictions that much irl, but I think it often then ends up on the page.

kidna proud of saying this out loud tbh

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06.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The best time to write weird shit is late at night when you’re delirious.

06.02.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
01.02.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vanishing

31.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(This is a plastic swan.)

31.01.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s cold out here.

31.01.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
w i g l e a f : Β (very) short fiction An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

new new: "Grand JetΓ©," by Sarah Chin: wigleaf.com

28.01.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m the dime-store Timmy.

28.01.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The only thing?"

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

25.01.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should read these beautiful, eerie little fictions by @happilylenaaa.bsky.social 🌟

25.01.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing! πŸ–€

25.01.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Renee Good’s final words were, β€œI’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti’s final act was protecting a woman who was being attacked.

Abolish ICE.

25.01.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The moon is out, and it is beautiful πŸŒ™ @ezhang77.bsky.social + @tinywrenlit.bsky.social

25.01.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! ✨

24.01.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Three from me in @wigleaf.bsky.social πŸ–€

24.01.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What if we closed our eyes and held hands and tried screaming in the hole together at the same time

16.01.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11
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Made me think of you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social πŸ’œ

16.01.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Back in my day life didn't used to suck this much

16.01.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell

16.01.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9

I’ll be sending HAD my therapy bill~

14.01.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooooooo!

14.01.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was supposed to write tonight, but I dissociated instead.

12.01.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This’ll be my first playthrough~

11.01.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0