Caitlin O'Halloran
LightNews LightNews
banner
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran
@caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
1.7K followers 1.6K following 130 posts
She/Her. Writer (Poetry and Flash Fiction) Millennial. Rochester, NY. Recently published in Gone Lawn, Lost Balloon, North of Oxford, EAP Magazine, and The Prose Poem. www.caitlinohalloran.com
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · May 9
I have a poem out today in Issue 3 of Wasteland Review! @wastelandlitmag.bsky.social
wastelandlitmag.com/2025/05/08/l...
Lifesaver
Caitlin O’Halloran None of us had even noticedthat she was drowning,spiraling down to the bottomof the hotel pool.Our teacher dove into the water,still fully clothed.She slung our classmateov…
wastelandlitmag.com
1 7
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · 16d
Have you all watched The Way Home yet? It was a Hallmark time travel series originally but right now it’s on Netflix. I highly recommend it!
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
jhoffman.bsky.social
Jordan Hoffman, your friend. @jhoffman.bsky.social · 25d
My 40 hr/week contract job, which was recently reduced to 20 hr/week, is now Zero hr/week due to budget cuts. (Not just me, a whole team.)

If anyone wants to hire the best entertainment writer in the galaxy (me) please be in touch. “I will do dog food commercials!”

[email protected]
3 20 37
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
frozenseapoetry.bsky.social
Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social · 25d
Lemons | Elena Zhang <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pd3kwwq7oqj3lqymbyyroeai" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@ezhang77.bsky.social | Frozen Sea - Issue Nine
5 12
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
ogre.red
Red Ogre Review @ogre.red · Sep 15
Our December issue is open for submissions!

Poetry, visual art, and music.

Free to submit using our Submittable:

redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/33695...
Thumbnail image reading "Red Ogre Review | December Issue | Open For Submissions" in red text on a white background.
1 6 12
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
manchesterreview.bsky.social
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · Sep 16
Submission Open

15th September to 15th of October 2025

Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
The Manchester Review Logo
1 22 37
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
janezwart.bsky.social
Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · Sep 21
Grateful to have two poems in issue 27 of The Shore, a journal I love--in the company of so many lovely poets & the photographer Melissa Marsh.
So: thank you, dear editors, for making space for this narrow fellow, "Pink."
In this photograph by Melissa Marsh, titled "Bones," a dilapidated--and further dilapidating--building with wood siding is squeezed between two brick structures, probably apartment buildings. The aquamarine sky somehow makes the whole photo look like a watercolor. See the whole issue, including a more accessible version of "Pink," here: https://www.theshorepoetry.org/issue-27?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
6 19
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
themetaworker.bsky.social
The Metaworker Literary Magazine @themetaworker.bsky.social · Sep 15
"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
themetaworker.com/2025/09/15/o...
1 1
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
lespritlit.bsky.social
L'Esprit Literary Review @lespritlit.bsky.social · Sep 12
Submissions are open at Indirect!

Discover more about our reading interests and background, as well as our forthcoming projects, here:

indirectbooks.org

#modernism
#Essays
#novels
#fiction
#creativewriting
#smallpress
#callforsubmissions
#independentpublishing
Indirect Books
Literature Beyond Convention
indirectbooks.org
2 3
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Sep 6
Why Science Hasn’t Solved Consciousness (Yet) www.noemamag.com/why-science-...
Why Science Hasn’t Solved Consciousness (Yet) | NOEMA
To understand life, we must stop treating organisms like machines and minds like code.
www.noemamag.com
2
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Aug 19
I recently watched The Way Home and Providence Falls, and loved them both. Is the Hallmark Channel way better than I thought it was? What other shows do they have that are similar?
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
bsky.app
Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 30
PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
420 2.9K 19K
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
jasonavant.bsky.social
Jason Avant @jasonavant.bsky.social · Jul 23
Trump: "I saw Bigfoot once. Very big feet, incredible. He shook my hand and told me what a great job I'm doing."

Media: "Trump sees Bigfoot"
9 32
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
samthielman.com
Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Jul 23
So I feel very strongly that there aren’t enough good resources to tell people what mobile games are actually fun and not just a Delaware corporation lunging for your wallet and I’m going to start a thread. Sam’s IOS Game Thread START:
77 110 930
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
dominique-litmag.bsky.social
Dominique @dominique-litmag.bsky.social · Jul 21
🚨🚨New Story 🚨🚨

Check out @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social’s “To The Person Who Stole My Package” on our stories page!

dominiquelitmag.org/2025/07/21/t...

#shortstory #flashfiction #story #fiction #flash #micro #stolenpackage #horror #thriller #funny #humor #creativewriting #writing
2 3
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
diabolicalplots.com
Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · Jul 14
The Submission Grinder launched about twelve and a half years ago!

In that time, 712,809 submissions have been recorded by 12,436 users.

Of those, there were 42,894 acceptances have been recorded by 5169 of those users.

So the overall acceptance rate of submissions records on the site is 6.0%.
4 42 190
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jul 6
3 poems and a photo of mine were recently published in Sybil Journal.
www.sybiljournal.com/work-2/2025/...
3 Poems by Caitlin O'Halloran — Sybil
When day is done, the sky puts on her black dressing gown and turns in for the night.
www.sybiljournal.com
4
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jun 19
This poem is about my husband's favorite kind of art, still life paintings of fruit.
www.scapegoatreview.org/summer-2025/...
Caitlin O’Halloran — Scapegoat Review
Bowls of Fruit
www.scapegoatreview.org
1
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
mattkendrick.bsky.social
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Jun 15
Just been updating the **FREE** resources section on my website. Hopefully lots of useful stuff here on everything from body language to collective nouns, sensory inspiration to proverbs & sayings. PLUS lots of lists of example stories including a list of lists...

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources
Resources | MattKendrick.co.uk
Free resources from Matt Kendrick.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
5 18 44
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jun 15
If you're looking to read a summertime poem, check out my latest publication at Backchannels. #Poetry backchannelsjournal.net/edition-no-1...
The Sandbar – BACKCHANNELS
backchannelsjournal.net
5
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jun 6
Thank you!
1
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jun 6
Thank you!
1
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · Jun 6
I actually tried to make my bed for once and my dog didn’t want to move, so I tucked her in instead.
A mostly made bed with a colorful patchwork quilt and a grey headboard. A small Yorkie mix dog is tucked in between the blankets and the pillows and leans against a teddy bear.
2 9
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
duotrope.com
Duotrope @duotrope.com · Jun 5
Switch: A Magazine of Micro Fiction (Fiction; non-paying) opened to fiction submissions. #amwriting
Open to Submisions: Switch: A Magazine of Micro Fiction
Switch: A Magazine of Micro Fiction (Fiction; non-paying) opened to fiction submissions. #amwriting
duotrope.com
3 3
caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Caitlin O'Halloran @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social · May 27
Thank you, Matt!
1
Reposted by Caitlin O'Halloran
mattkendrick.bsky.social
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · May 27
I once swore I saw a demon standing by my bed. It was shaped like a lion but made entirely of light."

Love how both these micros from @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social explore the speculative:

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 59 : Caitlin O'Halloran
gonelawn.net
1 1 3