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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks all for submitting to our health scares issue! The issue releases on October 31, aka Halloween! We will post stats soon!

We’ll open in November for subs for our special Thanksgiving issue and it’ll be our last issue of 2025!

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 12h

Artist Spotlight #4: Kyle Nowak and his artwork, "Serendipitous Rot" and "Nurture."
See his art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/serendipitou...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #disabilities #art

blue background: Artist Spotlight: "Serendipitous Rot" and "Nurture" by Kyle Nowak, Art

FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 23h

Congrats again!

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to have an essay accepted into this issue!

FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 1d

It's the LAST DAY to submit for special mini issue 2: Health Scares. You have until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! Get those subs in: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
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#halloweenissue #submit #callforsubs

dotted bordered background with pumpkin and leaves images: LAST DAY to submit for Health Scares mini issue (By 11:59 p.m. PST)! Issue Release: Halloween!

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 1d

It's the LAST DAY to submit for special mini issue 2: Health Scares. You have until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! Get those subs in: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
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#halloweenissue #submit #callforsubs

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Artist Spotlight #3: KJ Hannah Greenberg and her artwork, "Blessings" and "Cloudscape."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/blessings-an...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art

brown blobs background: Artist Spotlight: "Blessings" and "Cloudscape" by KJ Hannah Greenberg, Art

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats again!

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 2d

I'm excited to share that I'll have a short fiction piece in the upcoming Health Scares for Halloween issue of @flaremagazine.bsky.social ! What's scarier than chronic mystery illnesses? 💀 (Thank you, EIC Kelly!)

#writingcommunity

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Artist Spotlight #2: Faune Vita and her oil paintings, "Alive," "Inside," and "Dilation."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/alive-inside...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art #paintings #chronicillness

blue background: Artist Spotlight: "Alive," "Inside," and "Dilation" by Faune Vita, Art

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Artist Spotlight #1: Edward Michael Supranowicz and his artwork, "Reflections in a Dark River of Night."
See his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/reflections-...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art

brown blobs background: Artist Spotlight: "Reflections in a Dark River of Night" by Edward Michael Supranowicz, Art

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 4d

So excited!!

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Dawn Levitt, Author @2heartcore4u.bsky.social · 4d

Grateful to share that my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween!

A spooky story about my NDE and becoming a temporary ghost. Thank you editor Kelly Esparza!

#writingcommunity
#chronicillness
#disability
#spookyseason

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 4d

Author Spotlight #32: Shelley Lloyd and their experimental piece, "User Manual: Operating the Human Body (revised for glitchy functioning)."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/user-manual-...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #experimental #disabilities

blue background: Author Spotlight: "User Manual: Operating the Human Body (revised for glitchy functioning)" by Shelley Lloyd, Hybrid/Experimental

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats again!

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Raymond Brunell @raymondbrunell.bsky.social · 5d

🎃 Exciting news! My flash fiction "Bruise-Dark Cursive" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween!

A spooky story about chronic pain & genre fiction. Thanks to editor Kelly Esparza for this opportunity!

#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #HorrorFiction

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Author Spotlight #31: Jodie Whitchurch and their hybrid piece, "Hammocks and Jade in November: the Deepest, Darkest, Fullest Moon."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/hammocks-and...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #hybrid #disability

brown blobs background: Author Spotlight: "Hammocks and Jade in November: the Deepest, Darkest, Fullest Moon" by Jodie Whitchurch, Hybrid/Experimental

FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve loved the subs we’re getting so far! We’d love to receive more creative nonfiction (we haven’t received any so far), flash fiction, experimental, and art! Remember, the theme is Health Scares!

Submit: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...

#chronicillness #disability #mentalhealth

Submission Guidelines

Art Comissioned by a Disabled Artist named Soular Knight for FLARE and EIC Kelly Esparza Please read below for FLARE’s submission guidelines. Our submissions may open for a month, a week, a f…

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 6d

Author Spotlight #30: Travis Flatt (travisflatt.bsky.social) and his creative nonfiction piece, "The Wrong Things Slip Out."
Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-wrong-th...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #disabilities

blue background: Author Spotlight: "The Wrong Things Slip Out" by Travis Flatt, CNF

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 7d

Author Spotlight #29: Shannon McEntee (misshalcyon.bsky.social) and her creative nonfiction piece, "Getting Better Is a Process That Never Ends."
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/getting-bett...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #mentalhealth #CNF

brown blobs background: Author Spotlight: "Getting Better Is a Process That Never Ends" by Shannon McEntee, CNF

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 8d

My main genre from childhood through college was poetry but I hadn't written a poem in probably 10+ years. This summer I was in a multi-genre workshop group and it inspired me to start writing poems again. One just got accepted to @flaremagazine.bsky.social (coming out at the end of the month) 🥰

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8d

Aww this is amazing!! Happy to include yours💜💜 congrats 🤩

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8d

Author Spotlight #28: Olivia J. Bennett and their creative nonfiction piece, "Bone Spurs and Blueberry Pie."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/bone-spurs-a...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #chronicillness

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats again! 🔥

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8d

Get ready to read some great pieces on Halloween!

A. Riel Regan @riwritesatnight.bsky.social · 9d

So excited to announce that @flaremagazine.bsky.social has accepted work of mine, to be published on Oct. 31st as part of their "Health Scares" issue! Be sure to follow Flare Magazine to see my work and the work of other amazing disabled artists!

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 9d

Author Spotlight #27: Kristi Joy Rimbach and her creative nonfiction piece, “Vignette From a Winter’s Day in Which I Cry.”
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/vignette-fro...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #disabilities

brown blob background: Author Spotlight: "Vignette From a Winter's Day in Which I Cry" by Kristi Joy Rimbach, CNF