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Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com

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Aww, thank you, Elle!🤗🐶🌸🤍

11.03.2026 07:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aww, thank you, Jeanne! And yay!!🥰🌸💕🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

10.03.2026 19:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🥰🩵🩵!

10.03.2026 19:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes!🤗🌸🤍

10.03.2026 16:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My pleasure!💚💚💚

10.03.2026 16:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

❤️❤️❤️

10.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aww, thank you, Aud!🤗🌸🐶🤍

10.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So beautiful!❤️

10.03.2026 15:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh, I hope you’ll share another pic of it once you have it up! It’s lovely!💙

10.03.2026 15:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My pleasure, Nathan! Happy Tuesday!🥰🤗🩷

10.03.2026 15:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your morning Mocha.🐶🌸🤍

10.03.2026 14:24 👍 37 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0

I love this!😍

10.03.2026 14:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

💙💙💙

10.03.2026 14:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

💙💙💙

10.03.2026 14:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Beautiful indeed, Bob. I’ve seen this before and it was a joy to reread. Thank you so much for posting.
@sfreligh.bsky.social

09.03.2026 19:35 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0

“…because there’s something settling into my heart right now, something new…”

This one by @kiklodge.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social made me cry. What a wonderful gem.💙

10.03.2026 14:16 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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The Death at Your Door | matchbook

"She is seven years old, plump, tanned and covered in scratches and scrapes."

New fiction: "The Death at Your Door" by Sarah Wheeler Hedborn

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hedborn/t...

09.03.2026 20:56 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Terrestrial by Suzy Eynon - Independent Book Review TERRESTRIAL by Suzy Eynon (Malarkey Books) is a psychologically rich portrait of a teenage girl suspended between the rituals of 1990s girlhood and the otherworldly possibilities that beckon her.

Excited to see that Independent Book Review reviewed Terrestrial 🌵 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

independentbookreview.com/2026/03/04/t...

09.03.2026 14:20 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
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Submit to jmww this week

Hybrid, blended, & genre-defying works. If you’re working outside the conventions of traditional genres, we want to celebrate your work. Something magical that doesn’t fit other lit categories? We’d be honored to read it.

jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/

10.03.2026 00:58 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

This loveliness by @sylviekant.bsky.social!🩵❤️🤍🩷

10.03.2026 14:10 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.

A senseless, criminal waste

10.03.2026 00:26 👍 12080 🔁 3333 💬 588 📌 173

So cool, Maria!🩵

10.03.2026 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“…and here you are standing at the edge of the water…”

Oh, this beauty by Cathy Ulrich in @flashfrog.bsky.social! A poignant perfection. Check it out, friends.❤️💔

10.03.2026 14:06 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
During the pandemic, I had days when I felt I was by myself on a shore drained of the tide, dragging a stick across miles of wet sand. There were also days when I was a boy again, sliding down a snowy hill on a flattened cardboard box. And there were days when I remembered the teacher who made us memorize a poem each week, and when we asked why, she said we might one day find ourselves in a wreck at the side of the road and we would recite these poems to stay alive.

During the pandemic, I had days when I felt I was by myself on a shore drained of the tide, dragging a stick across miles of wet sand. There were also days when I was a boy again, sliding down a snowy hill on a flattened cardboard box. And there were days when I remembered the teacher who made us memorize a poem each week, and when we asked why, she said we might one day find ourselves in a wreck at the side of the road and we would recite these poems to stay alive.

Rick Barot ♥️

A beautiful reminder of what poetry can do.

10.03.2026 04:41 👍 273 🔁 70 💬 8 📌 4

“…he taught me everything I knew.”

A wonderful gem by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social in here! Check it out! 🔥

10.03.2026 13:35 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

It is!!🥰🍋

07.03.2026 20:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s awesome. Their lemon chicken is one of our favorite dishes! 🍋💚💛

07.03.2026 17:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That looks like a Silver Palate cookbook…😍

07.03.2026 16:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Maria!🥰🙏🩵

07.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It is!❤️💔

06.03.2026 19:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0