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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 1h

I don't have @ for all of you, so if you are on bluesky, let me know and I'll edit the post to link you.

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 1h

Charlie Watts
Haley Basil
Stephen J. Bush
JJ Amaworo Wilson
@sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Katerina Garcia
Jacob Reecher
Robert Stone
Franz Jorgen Neumann
Beth Sherman
Dafydd Mcveigh
Fiona Vigo Marshall
Nic Guo

And these are just the prose writers! I'm sure the poetry was just as good!

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 1h

Listing the amazing prose writers here:
@jaimegill.bsky.social
Kyla Stelling
Edidiong U. Essien
David Serafino
Oliver Rosen
Lucy Zhang
Anita Harag
Hunter Hague
Robert Osborne
Shayna Brown
Caleb Sarvis
Steward Engesser
Christopher Lee Chilton
Gary Devore
Joshua Patterson
@loriaharris.bsky.social

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 1h

I can't express how good the reading was for @oysterriverpages.bsky.social 8.1 issue was last night. Not just super talented writers, but super talented readers of their work, as well. You can check it out here:
www.oysterriverpages.com/issue-81

Issue 8.1 (2025) — Oyster River Pages

www.oysterriverpages.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone think of a more euphemistic name than Accurate Energetic Systems?

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 9d

Been there. 🤔

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 9d

This story by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @rejectionlit.bsky.social got at the runaway brain that lives in all of us.
rejection-letters.com/2025/03/12/a...

Academic Conference (Andrew Bertaina)

He’d been thinking of the conference in England for a long time. Not because of the subject matter, Victorian Literature, which he’d been teaching for too long and now found boring, but because the…

rejection-letters.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 16d

I caught this guy hanging around and he said I should throwback to my story in @fictivedream.bsky.social and since I would definitely lose in a fight with him, here it is: fictivedream.com/2024/10/18/a...

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 17d

This story by @eteffi.bsky.social in Gulf Coast shows just how good “quiet” stories can be.

gulfcoastmag.org/stories/stel...?

St. Ellen - Gulf Coast Literary Journal

Mattress City USA was tucked off a busy road in a strip-mall that included a gas station known for car-jackings, a down-at-heel florist's shop, and a daycare with grease-paint drawings of rainbows, …

gulfcoastmag.org

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 18d

Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only…

fabulistmagazine.com/press-me-to-...

Press Me to Your Heart > The Fabulist Words & Art

The beguiling strains of Edith Piaf are a counterpoint to some gristly magical heart surgery in this tale of love and loss on the streets of Paris.

fabulistmagazine.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 23d

Happy birthday!

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 23d

Ugh. Nailed it.

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 25d

Loved this modern cautionary tale by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @baltimorereview.bsky.social.

baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

Sage Tyrtle: #JustTheTwoOfUs

Sage Tyrtle's work is available in New Delta Review, The Offing, Lunch Ticket, and Apex among others. Words featured on NPR, CBC, and PBS, and taught in schools. Read more at tyrtle.com.

baltimorereview.org

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 28d

Whoof. Becky Hagenston’s story “Everything Must Go” in Washington Square Review has one of the most frightening thoughts I’ve never thought of before: what if the sky we are planning our escape to isn’t real. 🫣

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 28d

A quick kick to the sibling heart by @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

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Reposted by Liz Rosen

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Sep 10

we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.

a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto

xraylitmag.com/two-days-aft...

TWO DAYS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIES by Kim Magowan

Josie uses her key to let herself and her sister Amy into Cora’s apartment. She walks in first, then turns to see Amy standing in the doorway, hand braced against the doorframe. Josie says, impatientl...

xraylitmag.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 29d

🥹thanks, Jaime. I’m about to go read your next one in @neitherfishnorfoul.com ‘s Cake issue!

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 12

They aren’t wrong, Jaime. Beautiful and sad.

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 12

A poignant space tale from @jaimegill.bsky.social in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. So good.

www.oysterriverpages.com/black-sky-bl...

Black Sky, Blue Earth — Oyster River Pages

www.oysterriverpages.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Mrs. K is helping me fill this out because my s’s and b’s and p’s are messy and my h’s and n’s and m’s are lopsided.”

Thanks to @oysterriverpages.bsky.social for publishing this little nugget.

www.oysterriverpages.com/a-six-year-o...

A Six-Year-Old Takes on Form N-400 (With Some Help from Mrs. K) — Oyster River Pages

www.oysterriverpages.com

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 8

What a lovely surprise to come home to! The print version of the Baltimore Review that combines the last four digital issues snuck into my mailbox. If you want to read my contribution, you can read it at the link below.

baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

https://baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/contributor/elizabeth-rosen

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 6

Get it! @chelseastickle.bsky.social I love this resistance story in Hot Flash Literary.

hotflashliterary.com/a-good-sign/

A Good Sign - Hot Flash Literary

The woman’s tongue was long, white in the middle and simple for the men to sever at its base. They dipped it in formaldehyde and framed it in a shadow box to hang at town hall as a warning to other wo...

hotflashliterary.com

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Done!

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 3

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