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M Lenoir Bond

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Poet. Writer. Editor. Best of the Net nom. Work in: Prairie Schooner, Rust & Moth, COMP: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Best New Poets, december Mag, etc. Associate Editor for The Molotov Cocktail. Herbalist. Herbivore. Bunmom. Even weirder than you think.

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Installation with a suspended group of pink and blue fabric and embroidered circles

Installation with a suspended group of pink and blue fabric and embroidered circles

Amanda McCavour, Toronto-based artist who makes installations with fabric and embroideries #WomensArt

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A gray and white bunny is leaping energetically through a garden.

A gray and white bunny is leaping energetically through a garden.

10.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 2346 πŸ” 531 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 11
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Volume 16, Issue 4 The Built Ones Burn Last by David Jordan Rain on ChichΓ©n ItzΓ‘ by Emma Wenger The Mother Made of Wax at Dawn by Meredith A. Bak

A new batch of flash to stumble upon. Check out Issue 16.4. #flashfiction

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02.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Molotov Cocktail Little Magpie by the Sea by L.S. Engler Little Magpie went down to the sea, looking for treasures and baubles and other shiny things. The bright sky overhead felt like a gift, hand-delivered and sp…

The acceptance was a story I had been trying to find a home for since 2015. A decade until the fantastic @molotovlitzine.bsky.social picked it up last year. 27 rejections until then, which just proves that you never know and to always keep searching

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01.01.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Molotov Cocktail Swine Smuggling: The New American Art by Mason Dougherty I am currently driving a semi truck full of feral hogs from El Paso Texas to a tract of land thirty miles outside of Greensboro, North Carol…

10. Swine Smuggling: The New American Art by Mason Dougherty in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social in which a new transportation gig is explained themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/vol-1...

10.12.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cat # 039

10.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Woman sitting behind a drum kit, holding drumsticks. Part of a foot can be seen. Many books are on shelves in the background.

Woman sitting behind a drum kit, holding drumsticks. Part of a foot can be seen. Many books are on shelves in the background.

Got a very unexpected birthday gift from my husband @molotovlitzine.bsky.social this year πŸ˜ƒ
A gift he may soon regret 😁 πŸ’₯ πŸ₯ πŸŽ‰
(Let’s hope our neighbors can’t hear 🀞🀞😬).

27.12.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Square textile piece with symmetrical design of stylised embroidered pink roses in four corners with foliage, all on a dark grey background

Square textile piece with symmetrical design of stylised embroidered pink roses in four corners with foliage, all on a dark grey background

Art Nouveau style embroidered textile design (c.1906) by Scottish artist & Glasgow School member Ann Macbeth #womensart

25.11.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 437 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
Monochrome photograph featuring two embracing white women, one taller than the other. Both smiling.

Monochrome photograph featuring two embracing white women, one taller than the other. Both smiling.

Born on this day #BOTD, Icelandic singer Bjork is 60 years old today.
Here with fellow artist PJ Harvey.
#WomenArtist

21.11.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 586 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9
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19.11.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 1133 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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Bringing her back

09.11.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events.

β€” Louise GlΓΌck

21.11.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Four images, including a monochrome photograph of two white women, head and shoulders and three paintings, one of tulips, one of a lighthouse in semi abstract  style and one of an abstract design in black and red

Four images, including a monochrome photograph of two white women, head and shoulders and three paintings, one of tulips, one of a lighthouse in semi abstract style and one of an abstract design in black and red

Have you heard of US painter Ida O'Keeffe? Her work was largely overshadowed by that of her much more known older sister Georgia.... #womensart

21.11.2025 05:43 πŸ‘ 577 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
A brown bunny is sprawled out on a yellow elephant-shaped mat, resting its head on a blue checkered cloth.

A brown bunny is sprawled out on a yellow elephant-shaped mat, resting its head on a blue checkered cloth.

16.11.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 1560 πŸ” 212 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 11
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A small gray bunny is gently cradled in a person's hand. The background is a green garden.

A small gray bunny is gently cradled in a person's hand. The background is a green garden.

17.11.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 2386 πŸ” 359 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16
Painting of a cityscape at night looking down on houses with lights in the windows and a busy road on a bank with cars and headlights

Painting of a cityscape at night looking down on houses with lights in the windows and a busy road on a bank with cars and headlights

'City Lights Bristol' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #WomensArt

17.11.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Publisher Listing: Pebble Press New publisher listing for: Pebble Press (Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

New publisher listing for: Pebble Press (Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

17.11.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Publisher Listing: Our Lake in Winter Anthology New publisher listing for: Our Lake in Winter Anthology (Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

New publisher listing for: Our Lake in Winter Anthology (Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

17.11.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Publisher Listing: Poetry Habitat New publisher listing for: Poetry Habitat (Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying). #WritingCommunity

New publisher listing for: Poetry Habitat (Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying). #WritingCommunity

17.11.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A serene ocean scene at sunset, with gentle waves rolling toward the shore. The sky is filled with dramatic clouds in shades of purple, pink, and blue, and warm golden light from the setting sun glows near the horizon, reflecting softly on the water.

A serene ocean scene at sunset, with gentle waves rolling toward the shore. The sky is filled with dramatic clouds in shades of purple, pink, and blue, and warm golden light from the setting sun glows near the horizon, reflecting softly on the water.

Cornwall in Blues and Pinks

#BlueSkyMonday
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin

17.11.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 460 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
Wooden box with a three dimensional  woodland scene inside, at night, with trees and a rabbit sitting on mossy ground under a full moon in a dark sky

Wooden box with a three dimensional woodland scene inside, at night, with trees and a rabbit sitting on mossy ground under a full moon in a dark sky

US artist Allison May Kiphuth creates layered ink and watercolour illustrations in wooden boxes inspired by her local landscape #WomensArt

03.11.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 537 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Flash Monster 2025 This is Halloween. I We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox II In Darkness by Eoin Nordman III Toxoplasma Odocoileus by Colin Alexander Β  IVΒ  Son of Seanfhocail by Joseph Gilbride V…

This is Halloween. #FlashMonster themolotovcocktail.com/2025/10/31/f...

31.10.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

My favorite genre is scary/sad with a tiny thread of hope, so I really liked this one.

31.10.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My New Year’s resolution was to have my first piece of fiction published in 2025, and wow! My first story placed 4th in the Flash Monster contest at @molotovlitzine.bsky.social

Read it along with the other winners!! πŸ‘»

31.10.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Molotov Cocktail In Darkness by Eoin Nordman When the Fusion Core failed, Isla taught us to make candles from animal tallow. By then she was old, and we watched her hands gently shake as she dipped the plant fiber …

Happy Halloween! If you’re in the mood for some folk-horror sci-fi, check out my story β€œIn Darkness” out today and free to read in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social. #FlashMonster 2025

themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/flash...

31.10.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger?

β€” Susan Orlean

03.11.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Molotov Cocktail Toxoplasma Odocoileus by Colin Alexander Herb’s breasts felt tender, and though he’d fought the urge all day, he found himself waddling through stands of Jeffrey pines in the fading light to soak h…

@molotovlitzine.bsky.social's"Flash Monster" issue features my prize winning story about a man feeling motherly towards his parasite (read after eating, not before) @mlenoirbond.bsky.social and Josh always feature fantastic work-- can't wait to consume it all!
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31.10.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Molotov Cocktail Hole in the Pocket by Liz Fyne He keeps a hole in his pocket. He takes it out when he needs it: round, flat. Floppy, glossy and smooth like a circle of black silicone, it’s stretchable to accommoda…

Big thanks to @molotovlitzine.bsky.social and @mlenoirbond.bsky.social for another great #Flash #Monster contest! Always a pleasure, especially when my story is included in the top ten! :-) themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/flash...

31.10.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats again to all of our winners! And congrats to everyone who entered… Because you showed up and wrote a story…and, damnit, you should be proud of yourself. I’m sure we will see many of these stories published elsewhereβ€”because it’s always really difficult to narrow down to a top 10.

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