I sold some poems!
"Cold War Submarines" to @zoeticpress.bsky.social's 4LPH4NUM3R1C
and
"The Heavens Themselves" to @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social
plus forthcoming poetry in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social, @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Star*Line, and New Myths
A new story is up on the website! It’s a dark and mysterious piece by Jarick Weldon. Sample and link below.
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Great review! Thanks for reading. Hope you start feeling better soon.
Day 58! Not feeling too hot, so it's micro fiction time. Today I read In the Endless Desert by Lena Ng, published in @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social. Micro fictive creepiness in the apocalypse. Read my review here:
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A new poem is online! Another one from Abish Qamar. Truly excited about this one! Link and sample below.
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There’s a new poem up on the magazine website! The photo below is just a teaser.
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Reminder: We are closed for submissions! All submissions will be deleted unread.
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We just published a story about how algorithms are enshittifying everything! Link below.
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Published a new story just now! Falling by Doug Lane is about a fateful push with absurdly nightmarish consequences. Link and sample below!
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Horror Fiction feat. @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social @othersidespec.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Be brave and check out “The Beast” by @mattroywriter.bsky.social in Just Keep Up Magazine:
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Really excited to announce that we have a new story up on our website! A horrifying yet ensorcelling narrative that has stuck with me ever since I first read it. The story is by @matthollingsworth.com
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published a new essay that touches on all of Ari Aster’s movies, Coppola’s Megalopolis, Godfather series, and Apocalypse Now, and @brianevenson.bsky.social ‘s The Warren as it relates to Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun, all in less than 1,250 words
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Very excited to have my #poem “The Beast” published by @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ! Great group of folks and a great site.
(The poem’s a dark one.)
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife #amquerying #writeandgrind
There’s a new poem up on the magazine’s website! It’s a visceral and kinetic piece of horror poetry.
Check it out! Link below.
www.justkeepupmagazine.com/the-beast-by...
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Horror Short Stories feat. @interzone.press @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Graphic with the following text: 2025 Awards Eligibility: Poetry by Marisca Pichette Hugo & Nebula Awards 24 poems Rhysling Award: Short Poems 18 poems Rhysling Award: Long Poems 1 poem Dwarf Stars Award 5 poems
Graphic with the following text: 2025 Poems by Marisca Pichette star-bright SpecPoVerse #1 Lagomorpha Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, April 2025 When the Shadows Showed All Kaleidotrope, Spring 2025 and holes in the roof to welcome rain Star*Line 48.2 geomancy Star*Line 48.2 All the space we have left Asimov's, March/April 2025 Issue alt/main Dangerous to Go Alone 2 Last sanctuary Small Wonders #19 Where does the flame go/when we blow the candle out? Eye to the Telescope #55 Between the Waters of Phlegethon and Molloy Kaleidotrope, Winter 2025 snapshots viewed through the stasis pod window Just Keep Up fritillary frigate Radon Journal #11
Graphic with the following text: 2025 Poems by Marisca Pichette Umbrella Cloud Star*Line 48.4 elegy to a meadow This Exquisite Topology The Fin Stitch This Exquisite Topology Auragami This Exquisite Topology What the Unicorn's Horn Feels Our Dearest Devotions threnody, adrift F(r)iction #24: The Oceans Issue triboluminescence: a first-hand account F(r)iction #24: The Oceans Issue two hundred miles from Long Beach F(r)iction #24: The Oceans Issue chaos theory Merganser Magazine #6 Let the net grow far and deep Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Oct 2025 Medusa Circuit Eye to the Telescope #58: Cyberpunk coral on mars New Myths, Winter 2025 Issue
Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Finally, Poetry!
The Lowest Kind of Fable (19 lines) from @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social , March 27 2025.
My usual fairy-tale inspired fare. Why might a woman want to be the princess in a fairytale story, even with how poorly they are treated?
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New artwork!
#abstractart
There’s a new poem up on the magazine website! Link below
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Science Fiction Flash Fiction feat. @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social @nightshadesmag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
A new story is online! It’s a hallucinatory piece of flash fiction.
www.justkeepupmagazine.com/the-herpetar...
Had fun disentangling the twisty circles author Freddy Durbin wove together in his short story, "Intrusions" in @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Science Fiction Short Stories feat. @castofwonders.org @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social @plotthoundmag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
New logos! #abstractart
And there’s a new poem!
When I first read Nicholas’ submission, I knew I’d be picking a poem from it. And when I read “Never Level” I knew I had to publish it. Few pieces of art have spoken to me as much as this poem does.
www.justkeepupmagazine.com/never-level-...
There’s a new story up on the magazine website!
It’s a fresh, fun, and propulsive tale that - perhaps best of all - pokes fun at our corporate overlords, especially the ‘zon
www.justkeepupmagazine.com/beatnik-punk...
Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees!
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Short Stories feat. @seizethepress.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
