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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN)
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Literary magazine about chronic illnesses, mental health, & disabilities written by disabled & chronically ill creatives Send us your flares! EIC: @kellyesparza.bsky.social Special issue 2 subs open 10/1/25! flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 9d
We are OPEN for submissions for our 2nd mini issue! The theme is Health Scares. This could be a genre fiction story in horror, mysteries/thriller, etc. or about the "horrors" & health scares of chronic illnesses, disabilities, & mental health! Submit: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
purple background with jack o lanterns, ghosts, bats, candy, bones, witch hats, spider and spider web graphics: "We are open for our special mini issue 2 from today, Oct. 1-End of Day (By 11:59 p.m. PST), Oct. 10th, The Theme? Health Scares
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5h
It's the LAST DAY to submit for special mini issue 2: Health Scares. You have until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! Get those subs in: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
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#halloweenissue #submit #callforsubs
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8h
Artist Spotlight #3: KJ Hannah Greenberg and her artwork, "Blessings" and "Cloudscape."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/blessings-an...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art
brown blobs background: Artist Spotlight: "Blessings" and "Cloudscape" by KJ Hannah Greenberg, Art
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats again!
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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 1d
I'm excited to share that I'll have a short fiction piece in the upcoming Health Scares for Halloween issue of @flaremagazine.bsky.social ! What's scarier than chronic mystery illnesses? 💀 (Thank you, EIC Kelly!)

#writingcommunity
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 1d
Artist Spotlight #2: Faune Vita and her oil paintings, "Alive," "Inside," and "Dilation."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/alive-inside...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art #paintings #chronicillness
blue background: Artist Spotlight: "Alive," "Inside," and "Dilation" by Faune Vita, Art
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 2d
Artist Spotlight #1: Edward Michael Supranowicz and his artwork, "Reflections in a Dark River of Night."
See his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/reflections-...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #art
brown blobs background: Artist Spotlight: "Reflections in a Dark River of Night" by Edward Michael Supranowicz, Art
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 2d
So excited!!
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Dawn Levitt, Author @2heartcore4u.bsky.social · 3d
Grateful to share that my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween!

A spooky story about my NDE and becoming a temporary ghost. Thank you editor Kelly Esparza!

#writingcommunity
#chronicillness
#disability
#spookyseason
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 3d
Author Spotlight #32: Shelley Lloyd and their experimental piece, "User Manual: Operating the Human Body (revised for glitchy functioning)."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/user-manual-...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #experimental #disabilities
blue background: Author Spotlight: "User Manual: Operating the Human Body (revised for glitchy functioning)" by Shelley Lloyd, Hybrid/Experimental
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 3d
Congrats again!
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Raymond Brunell @raymondbrunell.bsky.social · 4d
🎃 Exciting news! My flash fiction "Bruise-Dark Cursive" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween!

A spooky story about chronic pain & genre fiction. Thanks to editor Kelly Esparza for this opportunity!

#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #HorrorFiction
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 4d
Author Spotlight #31: Jodie Whitchurch and their hybrid piece, "Hammocks and Jade in November: the Deepest, Darkest, Fullest Moon."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/hammocks-and...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #hybrid #disability
brown blobs background: Author Spotlight: "Hammocks and Jade in November: the Deepest, Darkest, Fullest Moon" by Jodie Whitchurch, Hybrid/Experimental
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5d
We’ve loved the subs we’re getting so far! We’d love to receive more creative nonfiction (we haven’t received any so far), flash fiction, experimental, and art! Remember, the theme is Health Scares!

Submit: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...

#chronicillness #disability #mentalhealth
Submission Guidelines
Art Comissioned by a Disabled Artist named Soular Knight for FLARE and EIC Kelly Esparza Please read below for FLARE’s submission guidelines. Our submissions may open for a month, a week, a f…
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5d
Author Spotlight #30: Travis Flatt (travisflatt.bsky.social) and his creative nonfiction piece, "The Wrong Things Slip Out."
Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-wrong-th...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #disabilities
blue background: Author Spotlight: "The Wrong Things Slip Out" by Travis Flatt, CNF
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 6d
Author Spotlight #29: Shannon McEntee (misshalcyon.bsky.social) and her creative nonfiction piece, "Getting Better Is a Process That Never Ends."
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#litmags #authorspotlight #mentalhealth #CNF
brown blobs background: Author Spotlight: "Getting Better Is a Process That Never Ends" by Shannon McEntee, CNF
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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d
My main genre from childhood through college was poetry but I hadn't written a poem in probably 10+ years. This summer I was in a multi-genre workshop group and it inspired me to start writing poems again. One just got accepted to @flaremagazine.bsky.social (coming out at the end of the month) 🥰
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 6d
Aww this is amazing!! Happy to include yours💜💜 congrats 🤩
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 7d
Author Spotlight #28: Olivia J. Bennett and their creative nonfiction piece, "Bone Spurs and Blueberry Pie."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/bone-spurs-a...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #chronicillness
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 7d
Congrats again! 🔥
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 7d
Get ready to read some great pieces on Halloween!
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A. Riel Regan @riwritesatnight.bsky.social · 8d
So excited to announce that @flaremagazine.bsky.social has accepted work of mine, to be published on Oct. 31st as part of their "Health Scares" issue! Be sure to follow Flare Magazine to see my work and the work of other amazing disabled artists!
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 8d
Author Spotlight #27: Kristi Joy Rimbach and her creative nonfiction piece, “Vignette From a Winter’s Day in Which I Cry.”
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #disabilities
brown blob background: Author Spotlight: "Vignette From a Winter's Day in Which I Cry" by Kristi Joy Rimbach, CNF
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 9d
We are OPEN for submissions for our 2nd mini issue! The theme is Health Scares. This could be a genre fiction story in horror, mysteries/thriller, etc. or about the "horrors" & health scares of chronic illnesses, disabilities, & mental health! Submit: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 9d
Author Spotlight #26: Jenne Hébert and her creative nonfiction piece, "Resilience."
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#litmags #authorspotlight #CNF #mentalhealth
blue background: Author Spotlight: "Resilience" by Jenne Hébert, CNF
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 10d
Author Spotlight #25: David Elliot Eisenstat (eisenstat.bsky.social) and his creative nonfiction piece, "The Bread of Affliction."
Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-bread-of...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #disabilities
brown blobs background: Author Spotlight: "The Bread of Affliction" by David Elliot Eisenstat, CNF
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS OPEN) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 11d
Author Spotlight #24: Robin Bissett and her flash fiction story, "Landlocked."
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/landlocked-b...
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#authorspotlight #litmags #flashfiction #chronicillnesses
blue background: Author Spotlight: "Landlocked" by Robin Bissett, Flash Fiction