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Angela M Cowan

@angelamcowan.bsky.social

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Writer, editor & hedge witch on the West Coast 🇨🇦 Easily distracted by pretty stones and moss. Obsessed with creepy fairy tales. www.angelamcowan.com Angelamcowan.substack.com Rep: Brent Taylor at Triada US

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Feb 19

I am so unbelievably thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by @btaylorbooks.bsky.social !!!
I am overjoyed and so so fortunate to have found someone who is as passionate about my stories as I am, and is such an incredible business and creative partner! 💚💚💚

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 4h

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · 8h

Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk. Smoky, jazzy speakeasies and dirty alleyways, but also lesbians and demons. 10/10 recommend

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 16h

Short story collections should be way more popular and marketed better for the short-attention present.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 1d

Ancient Woodland doesn’t mean the trees are ancient

It means trees have been there undisturbed for thousands of years, & at least since consistent national records started in the 17th Century

It’s the soil that is ancient

The ghosts of the dying & the dead feeding the living

Ancient woodland floor covered in Autumn leaves, seeds and twigs

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · 1d

Please click and read through the whole poem. These words 💔

Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 1d

Wow this Bob Hicok poem, “All Together Now” (courtesy of All Poems Daily)

Wasn't Jesus an illegal immigrant?
He just arrived in Israel without papers or history or sex, so wouldn't He be deported today if He were mowing lawns in America? I bet Jesus would mow a mean lawn, and be really good at edging,
and pet your dog if it got loose in the yard and wondered who this stranger was.
And isn't shooting a priest in the head with a pepperball during a peaceful protest the equivalent, by proxy, of shooting Jesus in the head with a pepperball, which, by extension, is the same as shooting God in the head with a pepperball, which, for those of us who don't believe in God, is like shooting the sun, or the moon, or the air in the head with a pepperball, which is easy to do, including for me, even though I only fired a gun
once,
at a steel chicken, who was at a disadvantage and should have been given a head start.
The priest was telling the man who shot him, a federal agent on top of a building wearing a mask, the man, not the building,

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 2d

I listen-
what was my heartbeat
is rain
#haiku #poetry

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Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 2d

In the glass-fronted bookcase, she finds a treatise on nettles.

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · 2d

“Teeth like neglected gravestones”
Just… 👀👀👀
This is so good.

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 2d

Granny would grin, teeth like neglected gravestones, activating all her laugh lines. “Don’t get old, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

So begins Wen Wen Yang's story, "Granny's Spider," which goes places very quickly.

Granny’s Spider - Small Wonders

Granny would grin, teeth like neglected gravestones, activating all her laugh lines. “Don’t get old, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

smallwondersmag.com

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · 3d

Just bought three back issues and I’m so excited to dive into these stories like a golden retriever into a massive pile of leaves

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 3d

She’s right about this. Our stories don’t get stale or go bad. Something we published 5 or 10 or 30 years ago still has an amazing shelf life.

Danica LeBlanc @danicahere.bsky.social · 3d

The good news? Stories don't go bad. Find a back issue, and I know you'll find something in there to enjoy. 5/5

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 3d

Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.

So it’s important that you create things.

It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.

It’ll do your brain & the world good.

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 3d

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 5d

"It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses." - Charles de Lint

Photograph: Lottie, a young brown spaniel, on a path through the green and rust and golden magic of the Devon hills.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's time to announce the August flash fiction theme! Submerge yourself in some haunting jellyfish lofi because...🐙🐋🫧

August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! 🪼🦑

Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!

www.patreon.com/posts/135291...

12 Hours Of Bloody-Belly Comb Jellies + Ambient Music To Vibe With | Littoral Relaxocean

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

www.youtube.com

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Aug 3

Made it to the actual submittable page this time, but when I smashed the “submit” button 13 seconds later, alas, it was closed.

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 2

Reminder: this is tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 am (EST)!!

Reminder 2: Electric Boogaloo: these go FAST. like, it'll probably hit the 150 cap in under a minute and then the call be closed. be prepared!

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 1

~50 hours until this next call!

@megannn-lynne.bsky.social wants your list(poem)s!

Call opens Sunday, August 3rd, 11am, EST.
Capped at 150 submissions.

(sub call in image/alt text/replies)

Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Jul 31

First post in weeks (months?) and it’s to ache over this gorgeous poem. Read it and ache with me.

Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social · Jul 30

New #poetry from Svetlana Litvinchuk: "Time Breaks Everything".

rustandmoth.com/work/time-br...

Time Breaks Everything | Rust & Moth

Rain softens the Earth’s leathered skin. It comes down in sheets and still the world burns—it is so beautiful watching it go up in flames, no one does anything to stop it. Last year, sink holes bloome...

rustandmoth.com

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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · Jun 23

I can't read the words, but I have a suspicion that every spiderweb is a poem.

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'll say it again: Strange Horizons has been one of the best spec magazines for more than two DECADES. They’ve supported diverse voices from the start and are always the first place I go for spec poetry.

I’ve donated and if you love spec short fic/poetry, this is a great investment in its future.

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Jun 8

📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢

Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues!

Donate at the link ⬇️

Strange Horizons 2026

A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.

www.kickstarter.com

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Seconding squarespace; I’ve been using it for a number of years now. It was relatively simple to design, and has been super easy to update with new info, links to work, etc.

Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Jun 10

Glitch in logging into Submittable means I didn’t get my sub in during the *checks notes* 18 seconds the window was open. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

HAD @havehashad.com · Jun 10

good job dorks.
(you were so fast, submittable couldn't even close it down at 150)

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Jun 3

This piece really confirms my belief in the universal adoption of ChatGPT by publishing scammers—exactly the same gushing fake assessments as I see in scammer solicitation emails

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Jun 3

I... oh my god.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

Diabolus Ex Machina

This Is Not An Essay

amandaguinzburg.substack.com

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Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social · Jun 1

This is a gorgeous and heart-rending and heart-mending story, and you should all read it ❤️❤️❤️

Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · Apr 1

My @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette formatted as a series of Goodreads reviews is here! It also features probably the longest title in history 😆

It's a story about friendship, queerness, books, fandom, and generally living life and finding ways forward even when things aren't looking great.