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Dan Crawley

@danbillyc.bsky.social

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Writer. Giver of care. Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) | The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree Press) | Blur (Cowboy Jamboree Press). Stories appear in very nice places. https://dancrawley.com/

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Nov 8

Really proud of this little book. 🙂💙
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Blur: Crawley, Dan: 9798393434274: Amazon.com: Books

Blur [Crawley, Dan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Blur

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 20h

Big love for this trailer! Congrats @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 🎉💙🎉

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 1d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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T. (Tammy) Greenwood @tgwood505.bsky.social · 1d

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom

Dreamy orange creamsicle sunset over a still pond in autumn with a birch tree.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 1d

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there they are. ghosts. resemblance.
do it, and again do it. someone
does it.

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Francinewitte @francinewitte.bsky.social · 1d

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FBOMB Global Flash Reading-October 10, 2025

YouTube video by Francine Witte

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T. (Tammy) Greenwood @tgwood505.bsky.social · 2d

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom

Clouds reflected in a still pond, birch tree in the forefront.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing writers! 🎉💙🎉

Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 1d

Had the incredible opportunity to lead yesterday’s DNRS panel, “What We Write About When We Write About Arizona,” with Arizona authors Oscar Mancinas, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, and of course, Arizona Poet Laureate, Alberto Rios!

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 1d

I love this blurb of your writing, Barbara! Congrats! 🎉

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2d

IN THE DESERT is out 3-3-2026 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social.
Many thanks to @ronanhession.bsky.social

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 2d

What a great day to grab Cowboy Jamboree's PRINE PRIMED, and anthology of grit lit incited by the songwriting of John Prine for only $9.99: a.co/d/fiGglDa

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 1d

We're bringing back excerpt submissions from unpublished novels and novellas, but adding a criterion: 200 words max length.

All other prose, fiction and poetry submissions still have no length limit.

Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines

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Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social · 2d

Phew, good to be out in the wild again. 💛🩶💙

View of a sandy beach, sea and sky - cloudy but with shafts of light breaking through.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Now look at me, an old woman with yellowed teeth,
steady stare, and hawk-like hands,...."

And:

"Yesterday, we happened upon a wing.
Torn and broken in the grass,...."

I love these remarkable poems by @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social in @lunchticket.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my gosh! I just saw that two of my poems are this month's Amuse-Bouche feature from @lunchticket.bsky.social !

Big thanks to the editors at @antiochmfa.bsky.social for giving these poems a home!

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Scientists Confirm Visceral Reactions to Graphic Images - Lunch Ticket

Two poems by Jill McCabe Johnson

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...."

Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙

sandrinado.bsky.social @sandrinado.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity

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Photo Story: Milkshake - 100Words

The afternoon sun and Lloyd Lovell’s bull-eyed stare were hot on Mandy’s back as she waited for the bus.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"...that reminded me of my dad helping me put on my wobbly ice skates, before he left my mother for terrible Claudia,...."

I love this stellar piece of writing by @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"...and I just start shouting part of the dream, what’s left of it, THERE’S A BUS IN A CITY,...."

This extraordinary story (perfect last line!) by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3d

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Meet me at the diner under the storm about to rage."

My lord, I love this story so much! @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English."

This powerful piece of writing by @brettpribble.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social today. Thank you to editor @jhhwriter.bsky.social for publishing it.

gooseberry-pie.com/forgiving-je...

Forgiving Jesus - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash by Brett Pribble At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English. He apologize...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"We’ll stand at the side of the windy highway, the Golden Gate Bridge hulking ahead of us."

I love this phenomenal storytelling by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut — Ghost Parachute

My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet. That’s what my mother said the one time she met the four-year-old. I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother sn...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"...or she might be wandering in a field, brushing hands over long grasses, floating on her back in an endless ocean,...."

Big love for this gem by @sarlynh.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to share my newest piece in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Issue 36: "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?"

Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my work alongside that of so many other remarkable writers!

gooseberry-pie.com/where-do-you...

Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash by Sarah Lynn Hurd You might be flat on your back, picking at loose fibers in a worn Turkish rug you inherited from your mother, who managed a Pier 1 I...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Freddy’s graduation card, 'Grampa and Grammy love you so much, always so proud of you',...."

I love how @tcboudreau.bsky.social put this story together! Amazing writing in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 3d

Grateful to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my six-sentence story, "Keepsakes," which was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop

gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/

Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 4d

Yes!! Please join us!! I am so excited 😍❤️🥰

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 4d

Make sure to register for @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's book launch event with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social over Zoom on November 7th at 7pm EST! buff.ly/CtKtA0k

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET right here: buff.ly/3pPOviA
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 3d

Very cool, Frances! Congrats! 🎉

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 4d

This Friday, a free @sarabandebooks.bsky.social zine workshop for yr lunch hour. My heart in that postscript. 🖤 We will wander through John Berger, little birds, and Rosa Luxembourg to write a p.s. zine. Register below. Come do words with me.

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 5d

You guys still like starter packs, right? Be sure to browse our regularly updated guide of all our contributors and staff — it's writers all the way down! 💫

(Don't forget to reach out if you've ever appeared in OKD and you're not on here, and we'll add you)

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HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

This submission call opens in ~4 hours. 7pm ET!

Reminder / heads up for newbies: these generally open and close FAST! Minutes. Seconds!

There will be two links, each open for 77 submissions — one for prose and one for poetry.

Links in reply...

HAD @havehashad.com · 6d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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