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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, this is gorgeous! @erinvachon.bsky.social 💚 Congratulations! Thanks, Claudia!

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations, Sumitra - it's such a gorgeous piece. 💚

Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 4h

Read this gorgeous BOTN nom by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social You stroked my hand, gentle as a hatchling’s down. You said my skin was perfect. You said the village was the too-small skin, and we dreamed of shedding it, growing into something bigger.

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much @haydensferryreview.bsky.social for this BOTN nom! This story went through many iterations, much like my own coming out story, and though it is fiction, it holds a special place in my heart 🌈. Congrats fellow nominees! read it here: haydensferryreview.com/sumitra-singam

Blue background, text "Hayden's Ferry Review. Fiction. "The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Hand" by Sumitra Singam, "Reputations" by Lauren Barbato" referring to their Best of the Net noms

Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations, I just read this and love it's gentleness and detail 💚

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 15h

"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

My October newsletter is live and I'd love for you to read it! 💙The Fleeting, Electric Moment: Ginsberg's American Sentence open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

The Fleeting Moment: Allen Ginsberg's American Sentence

the ultra micro

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 1d

Curious about the workshop community of SmokeLong Fitness? You can give it a test drive in Nov/Dec. www.smokelong.com/product/try-...

Try SmokeLong Fitness - SmokeLong Quarterly

Are you curious about the community workshop of SmokeLong Fitness but don’t know if you can commit to a year without a peek behind the curtain? You can try SmokeLong Fitness in November and December 2...

www.smokelong.com

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful! Congratulations 🥳
I’m book marking this! X

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! You did see my name :) Loving the Totally Lit Festival.

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 5d

This is so cool - congratulations 🙌

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 12d

In October we're going to explore the collision of the odd and the ordinary, and on October 25th, you can join us and Sage Tyrtle for the 2-hour webinar "Speculative Fiction as Metaphor"! Or book SmokeLong Fitness today and get this webinar at no extra charge! www.smokelong.com/product/spec...

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 10d

We've been at this for a little more than 15 years, now, as a niche within a niche, and slow going. Perseverence is the key, but we're still a niche within a niche. Please visit us! And we love every submission.

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 12d

I bet seeing this lifted your heart! Awesome 💚

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 12d

Check out the gorgeousness in Unbroken Journal
@ambidextrouslit.bsky.social. 'The River Burst its Banks' was born in @sagetyrtle.bsky.social 's amazing Loop and Spiral Workshop as a part of @smokelong.bsky.social A SmokeLong Summer. Thanks to Sage and everyone!

www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 13d

Whoa! Check out this October issue lineup!

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to present the October 2025 issue, which is our Nine Year Anniversary issue. We've put out an issue every month on the first since we started, making this our 108th issue. Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

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October 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 21d

Love it, congratulations, James!

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 21d

“Wow,” says the shorter man. “Amazing, really,” he says, taking a deep breath. He points at the wall under the crib. “She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says.

⭐️🙌⭐️

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 24d

I have a new story in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it! I hope you like it as much as I do! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/1...

13.1 Septillion Pounds by Emily Rinkema

To help her sleep, we give the baby a basketball, a full-size regulation ball that my husband, CT, puts in her crib one night. He writes her name on it with a black Sharpie, bold letters like they …

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 24d

My family called this episode "A Hip Slam Poet Demonstrates Point of View", how does second person change the story completely? Check it out here and join me for my #WritingWorkshop Sept. 17 -- code POVFALL10 to save $10 USD:

Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 24d

Episode 2 with award-winning storyteller and author, Sage Tyrtle retelling "Hansel and Gretel" from 4 different POVs.

Join Sage for "Good To Extraordinary: The Power Of Point Of View," Saturday, Sept 27.

Recording-only option available.

reachyourapex.com/pov0925

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks so much for reading, Patience! 💚

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 27d

Read Nora Esme Wagner's fantastic 'Animal Therapy' in the latest @smokelong.bsky.social - love the way this story is told through showing, not telling. Deft storytelling.

www.smokelong.com/stories/anim...

Animal Therapy - SmokeLong Quarterly

A new low for group therapy. We thought it couldn’t get worse than Christina forcing us to bake brownies. Eat brownies. She divided us up: flour team, sugar team, Ghirardelli chocolate team. Everythin...

www.smokelong.com

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 28d

That's SO nice to hear - thank you so much, Emmi :)

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 29d

Emmi, thank you so much! 💚

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · Sep 13

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept!

Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants:

"Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection."

newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you so much, Matt! I love your piece too! The idea of a flat rock as rebounding and infinite. I'm a stone skimmer from way back - the next time a have the good fortune to skim a rock, I shall think of your story :)

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 29d

For those of you just waking up in the UK, sitting down to lunch in Goa, or enjoying your afternoon in Sydney, you'll be the first to read Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

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