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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hello! We're The Metaworker. We publish unconventional, diverse, intentionally crafted writing, art, and more! Every Monday at noon PT.

Send us work that surprises, makes us ponder, upends stereotypes. If it fits on a website and is unlike anything we've published, we want to see it!

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 1d

"...echoes of Sunday School pull me from my book to the unyielding curve of a church bench." - excerpt from "Abecedarian Lament", creative non-fiction by M.R. Lehman Wiens #MetaworkerMonday

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 8d

"my shadow slips like fallen light into the gelato rain of second grade ants in raisin boxes" - excerpt from Gelato Rain, poetry by Azure Brandi #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 15d

"I find the station where the long tracks meet. / It's burrowed beside an old steel mill..." excerpt from On the Train to Charlotte, poetry by M. C. Tuggle #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 18d

"She thinks we can't see her press her palm against the blank spaces." - excerpt from micro fiction by Dana Wall #TheMetaworker

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Micro Fiction by Dana Wall - The Metaworker Literary Magazine

"She thinks we can't see her press her palm against the blank spaces." - micro fictions by Dana Wall #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 22d

"you rise, / lay your arms like the seam / of the first dawn across / my shoulders and sigh with the robins," excerpt from Sharh on on Sahih al-Bukhari 5460, poetry by Reyzl Grace @reyzlgrace

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 25d

"Emerald did not tell Harrison that she worked at BIT, the London underground information service." excerpt from Emerald in the Seventies, fiction by Joan Slatoff

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · 29d

"and the beer / tastes of bathwater / but water is not safe / to drink, and so / here we are" excerpt from Outsourcing, poetry by DS Maolalai #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Sep 12

First Date, Blank Zoo and Last Year, micro fiction by Erin Matheson Ritchie #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Dragging the laundry basket to the washer, she saw an ant meander on the kitchen top." - excerpt from micro fiction by Rashmi Bhopi #TheMetaworker

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Purpose and Apex Beat by Rashmi Bhopi - The Metaworker Literary Magazine

"Dragging the laundry basket to the washer, she saw an ant meander on the kitchen top." - excerpt from micro fiction by Rashmi Bhopi #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Sep 5

"For a moment, / the tip of your finger / lights / on the edge of my hand..." - excerpt from Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914, poetry by Reyzl Grace @reyzlgrace #TheMetaworker
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Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914 by Reyzl Grace - The Metaworker Literary Magazine

"For a moment, / the tip of your finger / lights / on the edge of my hand..." - excerpt from Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914, poetry by Reyzl Grace #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Sep 1

"she asked eggs / for an answer / they could not give." - excerpt from Monday Morning, poetry by Mark J. Mitchell @MJMitchellwriter #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 29

"walk the highway until you see the billboard ad of the same two politicians, year-marked with bad graffiti and dust..." - excerpt from To find your grandmother’s house, poetry by Yev Gelman #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations to Metaworker author Ken Poyner, who has a new collection of speculative poetry out in the world! Buy a copy of "Science is Not Enough" on his website or on Amazon.

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 25

and i agree, a micro poem by Breton Lalama #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 22

"My mother's ninety-fifth birthday was in late June. I couldn't let the occasion pass unnoticed, regardless of her condition." - excerpt from The Finding Momo Birthday, creative nonfiction by Madlynn Haber #TheMetaworker

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 18

"When I was dying, I dreamed of ice cold matcha, a single shot of espresso, a prayer to god that I would lose another five pounds." - excerpt from Little Mercies, fiction by Arushi (Aera) Rege #TheMetaworker

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little mercies by Arushi (Aera) Rege - The Metaworker Literary Magazine

"When I was dying, I dreamed of ice cold matcha, a single shot of espresso, a prayer to god that I would lose another five pounds." - excerpt from Little Mercies, fiction by Arushi (Aera) Rege…

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 15

"For a dog or a squirrel you might hit the brakes, but for something so small, you lift your foot and hope for the best." - excerpt from Swerve (you're hit), fiction by Charles Sutphin #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 11

"The panther paces her cage / Heavy velvet paws pad the cell / back and. forth / left. and right." - excerpt from Through the Motions, poetry by Diane Funston #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Tonight we burn away the stain / We bid farewell to the profane" - excerpt from Light the Fire, poetry by LeAnna McEuen. #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 5

Self Portrait by Sean Bw Parker #TheMetaworker #Art
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Self Portrait by Sean Bw Parker - The Metaworker Literary Magazine

Self Portrait by Sean Bw Parker #TheMetaworker #Art

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Aug 1

Elena, Mel, and Cerid speak with Kathryn Temple and Matthew Smallwood about unfinished work. They discuss the potential of the written “junk pile” vs the value of starting fresh, as well as the role of perfectionism in art. #TheMetaworkerPodcast

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Jul 28

"The musical instruments in the wooden cabinet are still alive." - excerpt from "Fragments of Life", poetry by Sonnet Mondal #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Our pond monster is the best. He waits under unruffled water, eyes only visible if you grow too close..." excerpt from micro fiction by Ken Poyner #TheMetaworker
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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Congratulations to Amita Basu, Metaworker author, Pushcart Prize nominee, & former slush reader, on the publication of her new book of short stories, At Play! We're excited to share this with you--go buy a copy!

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India - www.amazon.in/At-Play-stor...

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The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Jul 21

"It is sometime just before we're meant to go out to party and kiss ourselves drunk on futures." - excerpt from Suburban Suicides, flash fiction by Arushi Rege #TheMetaworker
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