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HAD @havehashad.com · 5h

"It’s like watching a video of your child from when they were younger and couldn’t speak clearly and knowing this moment can never happen again, knowing you can never turn back and start over—this is what it feels like."

🔥 🔥 from David Simmons!

https://www.havehashad.com/t68li

Days That End With Y by David Simmons

Every other Wednesday, Guzman and I take the inmates with missing limbs down to Dankmeyer to get fitted for prosthetics. They hobble onto the state van, quivering in their chest restraints and leg…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

Joshua Hebburn continuing to carve out this really interesting, specific niche of micros that sneak up on you, that unfold & unfold and&unfold to keep revealing secrets inside, single sentences as tunnels, illusions, pinhole cameras looking at our giant world...

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October 9, 2025
It's The Thought That Counts
Joshua Hebburn
Listening—or listing, but not missing not losing a thing, I’m thinking I should be, instead of.

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 1d

Ah man this is so so fun, from the one and only @burialmagazine.bsky.social

HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Topp

@havehashad.com

I partnered with Hulk Hogan for a while, until I realized he was using up all my gasoline, liquor, dynamite, and toilet paper. Eventually I started to realize that there is an upside to being alone in the world. No, wait, hear me out. There is.

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Dan Weaver @supernaturalfeat.com · 2d

"She refused to on mysterious grounds. She would not tell me the grounds, is what I mean, hence their mysteriousness; I was to infer them, these grounds."

Also the "barnyardy" odor. Also that too.

And additionally also the toe licking dancer. @burialmagazine.bsky.social is just doing jazz drums.

HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

every time we do a call, we get a couple "is this really closed ALREADY??" replies, and they always remind me of that "First time?" meme/moment in The Ballads of Buster Scruggs

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

"Minutes," I said. "Seconds!" I said!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 2d

Lol @havehashad.com

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 2d

My wife once asked me what drugs writers take, this is my answer @havehashad.com

A success! message from Submittable letting Gary know he successfully submitted to Had.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

Aaaaand... FULL!

Prose pulled out to an early lead, but then they flipped somewhere halfway through and Poetry closed first, in ~3 minutes, with Prose coming in maybe a minute/90 seconds later.

HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

This submission call opens in ~4 hours. 7pm ET!

Reminder / heads up for newbies: these generally open and close FAST! Minutes. Seconds!

There will be two links, each open for 77 submissions — one for prose and one for poetry.

Links in reply...

HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Here's the link for POETRY submissions.
guest ed: @jlyocum.com

Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!

havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...

"LUCK" — poetry
The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Here's the link for prose submissions.
guest ed: @tanyazilinskas.com

Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!

havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...

"LUCK" — prose
The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

This submission call opens in ~4 hours. 7pm ET!

Reminder / heads up for newbies: these generally open and close FAST! Minutes. Seconds!

There will be two links, each open for 77 submissions — one for prose and one for poetry.

Links in reply...

HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 3d

I once read a fairytale pedagogy advising against writing about wolves & candles, because they were cliché & overdone. I then proceeded to write a long sequence about a wolf full of candles.

Here are 3 from that sequence, thanks to @havehadhavehad 🐺🕯️

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

amazing new triptych from Benjamin Niespodziany today!!

The wolf full of old candles is melting in the parking lot. Parked at the waxing wolf, the melting wolf sees a permanent time of fire. Last night was the weather. Tonight's still unsure."

https://www.havehashad.com/jytay

Candlewolf by Benjamin Niespodziany

[1] Two area residents found a wolf full of old candles while on a walk yesterday evening. Authorities are trying to uncover the culprit, be it monster or nomad or youth. The mauled wolf is being…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

amazing new triptych from Benjamin Niespodziany today!!

The wolf full of old candles is melting in the parking lot. Parked at the waxing wolf, the melting wolf sees a permanent time of fire. Last night was the weather. Tonight's still unsure."

https://www.havehashad.com/jytay

Candlewolf by Benjamin Niespodziany

[1] Two area residents found a wolf full of old candles while on a walk yesterday evening. Authorities are trying to uncover the culprit, be it monster or nomad or youth. The mauled wolf is being…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

got a collection of new-new Mike Topp today

here's one: https://www.havehashad.com/w7gf3

A screenshot of a Twitter post featuring a colorful graphic with the text 'The future of work is flexible' overlaid on an image of diverse professionals working together in a modern office space.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

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HAD @havehashad.com · 5d

Remember this? We ended up with 526.
No on guessed that.

Though TWO people guessed 537.
That's pretty close!

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 19

If anyone guesses the exact* number of submissions we'll get, we'll let you guest edit a call.

* we reserve the right to possibly reward who gets closest
** pls only guess once

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 19

5 year anniversary sub call on Thursday!

Five (5!!) hour submission window, 8/21, 7am - noon ET

Theme: "5"
(What does that mean? Up to you!)

Thx. We (heart) (and (skull)) you.
-Aaron & Crow

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HAD @havehashad.com · 5d

great, powerful piece today from Liza St. James that culminates in a final sentence that just knocked me out

"If only I could charge you for every broken promise."

https://www.havehashad.com/5t4rb

The Broken Promise Tax by Liza St. James

“I made a spreadsheet of the damages, of all you owe me in the aftermath of your emergency,” I wrote. Add in “mental health,” my mom said. “It was a ‘mental health emergency,’ and that way he won’t…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 6d

real wonderful piece of oddity today from Niles Baldwin

"My brother is at an age, and I am at an age where his friends come over and he uses me like I’m the court jester. He tells me to fake trip over the bottom of the La-Z-Boy and I do and it’s real..."
https://www.havehashad.com/yca0k