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Craig @abasketofcraig.bsky.social · 1d

Highschool reunions and the stubborn insistence that someone exists who you don't at all remember, that's the subject of today's story. OLD FRIENDS, out in the new issue of Farewell Transmission.

OLD FRIENDS - Farewell Transmission

By Craig Rodgers The postcard comes first. Basic cardstock, a tourist find. Photo of a beach somewhere. Old, coverall swimsuits decades out of fashion. A single boat sails in the distance. Bertrum hol...

farewelltransmission.net

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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · 10h

Super proud to have new short fiction in the latest @amsterdamreview.bsky.social

www.amsterdamreview.org/terrarium.html

Terrarium by Suzy Eynon | Amsterdam Review

Terrarium, a short story by Suzy Eynon

www.amsterdamreview.org

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

sample 2: www.aqreview.org/aqr-vol-37-n...

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

sample 3: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/2020...

In Which I Try to Save the World from Total Destruction Through the Power of Art by Emily Mitchell – MQR Mixtape

sites.lsa.umich.edu

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

One of my mentors, and also guest on November's podcast is releasing a collection in November. I've read a few good books this year, Emily Mitchell's "The Church of Divine Electricity" is at the top of the list.

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-church...

The Church of Divine Electricity by Emily Mitchell

A reading and conversation with author Emily Mitchell, moderated by Tania James.

www.eventbrite.com

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

sample 3: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/2020...

In Which I Try to Save the World from Total Destruction Through the Power of Art by Emily Mitchell – MQR Mixtape

sites.lsa.umich.edu

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

sample 2: www.aqreview.org/aqr-vol-37-n...

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

sample one: www.benningtonreview.org/issue-nine-m...

Emily Mitchell — Bennington Review

www.benningtonreview.org

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

For fans of science fiction and weird

Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

One of my mentors, and also guest on November's podcast is releasing a collection in November. I've read a few good books this year, Emily Mitchell's "The Church of Divine Electricity" is at the top of the list.

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-church...

The Church of Divine Electricity by Emily Mitchell

A reading and conversation with author Emily Mitchell, moderated by Tania James.

www.eventbrite.com

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 11h

One of my mentors, and also guest on November's podcast is releasing a collection in November. I've read a few good books this year, Emily Mitchell's "The Church of Divine Electricity" is at the top of the list.

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-church...

The Church of Divine Electricity by Emily Mitchell

A reading and conversation with author Emily Mitchell, moderated by Tania James.

www.eventbrite.com

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 13h

She put up Halloween decorations. She decorated our goat rack. No, it's not a coat rack with a goat skull. It's a LITTLE RED RIDING GOAT RACK.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 14h

I'm just saying. All these so-called patriots with assault weapons said they needed said firearms to overthrow tyranny but are instead too busy supporting it by working for ICE.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 14h

Perfectly in season, Christina hits a home run with this one.
A ghost story.
Mail order ghosts.
You read that right.

Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a ghost story in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop
and it's published in the fall issue of The Citron Review just in time for spooky season!

Read my flash piece about a cranky teenager ghost & grief here: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 1d

She loves me

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 1d

@iamchrisscott.bsky.social has a very fun and season appropriate spooky campfire story for you today.

Also, I just realized campfire rhymes with vampire.

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 1d

"Everything is exactly how they remember it: Three 21-year-old shitheads, disheveled with bad haircuts, ratty clothes, ugly macho postures. Except there’s a fourth guy this time, in between them, his arms hung around their shoulders." @iamchrisscott.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social · 1d

Want to ask me your pressing questions about writing, finding the right agent, and how to survive the emotional ups and downs of being a first-time author? Join me next Tuesday for a free lunchtime chat! buymeacoffee.com/brownbaglit/... @brownbaglit.bsky.social

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 1d

Crimes being committed.

A photo of Gustave the tabby kitten climbing up a screen door designed to keep him out of a room. He is clinging onto the top with his claws.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 1d

According to these "scientists" it is not Tylenol.

www.sciencealert.com/several-psyc...

Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Shows

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis.

www.sciencealert.com

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

This is totally unfair

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

Fine. I sent that weird story back out.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

This is gonna mess up both book sales and libraries

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

One Battle After Another and The Big Chill are both about leftism, sex, those who stay true, and those who sell out. In this paper I will argue

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

I wish I could take everyone's imposter syndrome and turn it into empasta thunderdome, where we're embedded in fights with macaroni and pappardelle and nobody wins bc when you're here, you're family

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

Really good friends with really good benefits.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure if the world is ready for that from me

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