Jen Ippensen

26Q1 Editor’s Note Especially during times of uncertainty and unrest, I yearn for a simplicity often associated with childhood, a time when joy and wonder wait around every corner and imagination …

Issue 17 is live! Whether your resolution is to cultivate a childlike sense of wonder or not, don’t miss these great pieces!

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Feeling a need to connect? Check out our new issue!

You won't have to be lonely much longer! Our fall issue comes out later this month, but we'll spend the week revisiting those lovely folks from issue 15.

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4th of July parade
Norfolk, NE

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Elon Musk’s tweet saying Trump “is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.”

Donald Trump’s Truth Social post saying, “the easiest way to save money in our Budget…is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.”

Somehow, today I found myself agreeing with both Musk and Trump. I didn’t think it was possible.

"Things We Do for Loved Ones" by Thad DeVassie selected for Best Small Fictions 2025 is displayed in white on a dark raspberry background with a line-drawn donkey.

We are REELING! Grateful to be a part of recognizing Thad’s fantastic work and excited to jump in with the other selected works.

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To clarify, this is in Norfolk, Nebraska (but anyone is welcome to stand with us against censorship).

This campaign needs you now Stop the Norfolk Arts Center from allowing censorship and exclusion in the arts.

A photograph at the Norfolk Arts Center has been removed because a donor didn’t like that it portrayed LGBTQ+ content (kissing).

I stand against discrimination and censorship and for freedom of artistic expression.

Please join me in signing this petition.

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This issue is 🔥, among other things. Many thanks to our contributors 🖤

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Love this. Join the resistance.

I was there in spirit and chanting right along from afar. Damn right that’s our proposal.

a flowering, multiplying thing by Mike Keller-Wilson Hope is hard. We imagine it must be planted in the rich, wet earth, sheltered from frost and hail and the scorching heat of middle-day.These days, our hopelessness is casual, reflexive. The Amazon? Wh...

One of my favorite people and favorite writers: @mike3stars.bsky.social I missed when this came out in Dec., but I think we need it now more than ever.

It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
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Print your own red card, available in multiple languages.

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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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“Victory Lap,” by George Saunders Fiction, from 2009: “Something told her to step back in, slam the door. But that seemed rude.”

Happy 10th of December to all who observe. Revisiting some old favorites today.

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Revisiting Issue 12 🖤

ICYMI 🖤

Just over here quietly doing the sad

Hi!

Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity

Love this! I’m here.