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Caitlin Annette Johnson

@caitlinannette.bsky.social

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poet | novelist | orb fiction editor for Tendon Magazine production editor for MAYDAY www.caitlinannettejohnson.com

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · Nov 20

I’m one of those people that looks like my dog

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 17h

I've been reading poetry for @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social for the last couple issues, and I just have to say that the submissions we get are so stunning and strange and inspire me so much. Never stop submitting, my poet loves. It makes my world go round. <3

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

Omg thank you!! I’ll let you know if/when she gets released on the world 🥰

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what I’m saying! It hits just right!! 😘

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much, Layne🥹

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

PERSUASION x SUCCESSION but make it LESBIAN.
Annie: black sheep hidden away for a decade, now her Senator Dad's newest prop. Freddie: her dreaded ex and the campaign's progressive savior. Politics meets second chances. And Annie just might meet herself in the process.
#DVPit #A #CR #OWN #LGBT #DIS

Promotional image for "Lesbian Persuasion" featuring a bird in a classical painting with an ornate gold frame containing a book excerpt.

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

I believe in you, Paul!

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

a real nice carrot at the end of a very long stick!!

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

I need to read this like yesterday

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

sitting on my hands because I want to like everyone's #DivPit posts SO BAD 😭 y'all are so brilliant and cool and talented!!!!

#AmWriting #Querying #WritingCommunity

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

AUSTEN x VEEP

Sober disaster Annie gets dragged into her Senator dad's campaign as the token queer daughter. Then her ex Freddie shows up as their progressive savior. Performance politics meets second-chance romance—and Annie's failing, obvs.
#DVPit #A #CR #OWN #LGBT #DIS #DisasterQueer

Promotional graphic for "Lesbian Persuasion," a sapphic Austen retelling. A vibrant parrot with red and blue plumage is superimposed on a classical Dutch still life painting featuring fruit, flowers, and a seascape. Green arrows and text labels highlight themes: "Austen retelling," "late blooming lesbian," "disaster queer," "sapphic anti-capitalism," "second chance romance," and "eat the rich." An ornate gold baroque frame centers an excerpt describing Annie Elliot watching a panicked starling trapped on a train, its desperate flapping mirroring her own heartbeat.

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

messy lesbians love you back😘

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 1d

Annie Elliot is too queer, too blunt, too messy for politics. When her Senator father forces her to join his newest campaign and her (in)famous ex reappears, she has to decide what redemption really looks like in this toothy Austen retelling.
#DVPit #A #CR #ownvoices #OWN #LGBT #DIS #DisasterQueer

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"A promotional image for a book titled 'Lesbian Persuasion' featuring an ornate gold baroque frame centered on a classical still life painting with a parrot. Inside the frame is an excerpt describing a scene where character Annie Elliot encounters a trapped starling on a train. Green text labels around the frame indicate story themes including 'Austen retelling,' 'sapphic anticapitalism,' 'late blooming lesbian,' 'disaster queer,' 'second chance romance,' and 'eat the rich,' connected by fluorescent green arrows.

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 2d

what's the witchiest thing you do? I'll go first. I write down all my biggest dreams and bury them in my plants with some of my fingernail clippings to make it happen. so far so good.

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 3d

me after somehow flooding my landlord's apartment + basement last night, but still up and at these deadlines bc I'm a PROFESSIONAL

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 189:
There are many different ways to be a writer. Being a professional writer is only one of them. All are valid.

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

5 days left to get your applications in to join us!

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 10d

ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 6d

whenever someone asks me what day it is

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Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · 6d

Time for a poetry spotlight!

Check out Kara Knickerbocker's "When I Ask Siri: What Am I Doing With My Life?" from our newest issue:

ogre.red/issues/2025-...

Who hasn't asked Siri a cheeky question or two?

Text to the poem "When I Ask Siri: What Am I Doing With My Life?" by Kara Knickerbocker from Issue 32, October 2025.

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 6d

I love how wistful my kid’s Halloween ghoul looks this morning

A creepy Halloween skull decoration looks out a Brooklyn window with a surprising amount of emotion

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, Paul🥰

Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 10d

Calling all FICTION baddies! I'm super psyched to tell you all that I am the new Fiction Editor for @tendonmag.bsky.social and I want to see YOU ALL in our subs for Issue 8! Share this widely! Tell your friends!

Submit---> tendonmag.submittable.com/submit

A light blue, hand-drawn illustration of a gently open hand against a textured white background. Text in blue script and sans-serif font reads: "tendon," "issue 08," "care," "call for submissions," and "deadline nov 1st."

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Caitlin Annette Johnson @caitlinannette.bsky.social · 21d

THAT’S MY MAYOR

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 28d

as if by magic

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Now the season of mists & mellow fruitfulness (or rain, wind & gas-pipe replacement down our way) is here, I've recorded a piece, Autumn, published in Eunoia Review last Spring. As I read it, I noticed its #winged dimension @eunoiareview.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #poetrycommunity

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've always believed that poetry exists to make the world appear larger, more beautiful, and more mysterious.

-- Charles Simic

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