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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 7h

"I think it's the house trying to get in. It's testing out the walls, trying to dream enough space to crawl in."

From "Which House," a new original comic by Mariah Gese.

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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 21d

I have a new story in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it! I hope you like it as much as I do! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/1...

13.1 Septillion Pounds by Emily Rinkema

To help her sleep, we give the baby a basketball, a full-size regulation ball that my husband, CT, puts in her crib one night. He writes her name on it with a black Sharpie, bold letters like they …

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Chosen Tongue @chosentongue.bsky.social · Jul 13

There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Jul 13

Had the pleasure to join the wonderful @norami.bsky.social on Chosen Tongue podcast. We had a great chat about writing in a second (or third!) language and all the feels that come with it.

Eleonora Balsano @norami.bsky.social · Jul 13

The last episode of season 4 is out today! Thank you @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social for the great chat and to you all for listening and reviewing the show! See you in the fall with another season talking language, identity and belonging.

Chosen Tongue @chosentongue.bsky.social · Jul 13

There is always a moment, writing in a second language, that we think we’re not ready, that we’re not ‘good enough’, as @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social explains in this last episode of Season 4. In the end, we realise there is no such thing as ‘good enough.’Language is always evolving, and so are we.

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Jane O'Sullivan @sightlined.bsky.social · Jun 28

New from me today. This one is close to my heart - a short fiction built around some artists & works that have lingered with me. Not straight ekphrasis but an attempt to write about some of the ways that art can work on us

My deep thanks to Heidi & Steve at OKD for all their care with this one ❤️

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Jun 27

"'I don't know how to do this,' I tell Ben, our son in my arms. A weight now. A squalling leviathan and he knows. He knows I'm failing him and it breaks me into a million tiny pieces."

"Gallery" by @sightlined.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Gallery by Jane O’Sullivan

Loie Hollowell, Two centimetres dilated, 2023 I’m telling Ben about the heist I read about, how she distracted the security guard while he went upstairs and plucked a painting off the gallery wall.…

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · May 30

"It's time to see Joel, but Pat says he can't – he doesn’t want to see him this way, which is dead."

"Travel & Leisure" and "The Farm" by Linda Drach, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Two Stories by Linda Drach

TRAVEL & LEISURE I’d see them in the cardiology waiting room. Not every time, but often. The man, shuffling behind an aluminum walker, his right foot dragging; the woman, slowing her gait to ke…

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · May 16

"Robin insists that we discuss our respective literatures to keep our minds agile. They say we'll need our problem-solving abilities when things get worse."

"A Reading List for the End of the World" by Julia Rose Greider, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

A Reading List for the End of the World by Julia Rose Greider

Robin and I are coping well with the end of the world, by which I mean we usually wake up by eleven and agree that eleven is not bad at all. We start our day with reading: Robin prefers Plato, whil…

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 24

Everyone who applied to be a Fiction Reader has been emailed with a decision! Check your spam folder if you don't see that in your inbox.

Thanks again for applying 🫶

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 22

Thanks to everyone who applied to be an OKD Fiction Reader! You should hear back one way or the other by the end of the month 🫡

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 14

Our Associate Fiction Editor has a piece out today in @ergot.bsky.social 👀

(cc: @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social)

ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Mar 14

“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath.
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”

Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )

www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Mar 14

“Ah,” he said, holding me at arm’s length. I gasped, out of breath.
His expression had changed. “I, the—”
I licked my lips. They’d gone dry. “What’s wrong?”
“Your back.”

Today on ergot.: 'Scorpion Eggs' by Heidi Marjamäki ( @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social )

www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Mar 14

Kicking off the weekend with this little beastie 🦂

ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Mar 14

Her touch was so hot it stung. Drops of sweat gathered along my back and slid down my spine. “Oh,” I said.
“My mother used to say: cold hands, warm heart.” She laughed.
I did too, the way you laugh at such things.

Today on ergot.: "Scorpion Eggs" by Heidi Marjamäki

www.ergot.press/authors/Heid...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 13

Just over a week left to apply to be a volunteer Fiction Reader for Okay Donkey! In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 submissions per week.

• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Mar 7

We’re looking for volunteer Fiction Readers! Come join our lovely little team and get your hooves on some of the weirdest, bestest stories out there. We’re taking applications until March 21st 💖🫏

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 7

Okay Donkey is looking for volunteer Fiction Readers!

In this role, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on up to 10 flash fiction submissions per week.

• Read what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/flash/
• Apply by Friday, March 21: forms.gle/JPzvJMpKXf27GKXB8

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Mar 7

"Still, when she visits him, she does not want to look different, unfamiliar. He still has some recognition. He seems to know her even if he can't say who she is."

Two stories by Lavina Blossom, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Two Stories by Lavina Blossom

Slow Leak She mounts the first step up from the driveway, hand on the rail. She forgot to leave the front light on but her aging eyes can see well enough from the neighbors’ lights. Wait, had…

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · Feb 28

I stand with Ukraine. Every decent person should. It’s not just a strategic interest. It’s a moral imperative.

Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our Shirley Jackson tribute issue opens tomorrow!

Read the guidelines here: bit.ly/4iA6H8u

Shirley Jackson Tribute Submission Call - Cosmic Horror Monthly

CHM is CLOSED FOR FICTION SUBMISSIONS for our special tribute issue to Shirley Jackson. We will open in March 2025. What […]

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Dec 29

Yessss! Great way to start a new year!

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 19

We're No. 12! We're No. 12! 🏆

So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:

Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · Dec 19

I've been working on a secret project for two months - and just now launched it. Introducing the FISH list of lively independent literary magazines!

FISH List

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 18

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 4:

Meet our readers! Seven of them were generous enough to share a little more about themselves…

A graphic that says, Meet OKD's Staff Readers, at the top. On a pink background with binder paper lines are seven photos with names and titles underneath: Eleanor Ball, Paul Ruta, Jeanette Smith, and Gina Thayer are fiction readers. Jessica Heron, Jingyu Li, and Jessica Nirvana Ram are poetry readers. Fiction readers are outlined in blue, while poetry readers are outlined in green.

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 16

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 3:

Meet our social media team, Christine Salek and Ashley McCurry! (Fun fact: They're both also longtime OKD Fiction Readers.)

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 13

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 2:

Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!

A graphic that says, Meet OKD's Poetry Editors, at the top. On a green background are two photos with descriptions underneath: Carolene Kurien, poetry editor, a brown-skinned woman with dark hair smiling at the camera. Eric Lochridge, associate poetry editor, a white man with a beard smiling down at the camera. At the bottom is the text, and Jonah Meyer, associate poetry editor.

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 11

OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 1:

Meet our fiction editors, Steve Chang and Heidi Marjamäki!

A graphic that says, Meet OKD's Fiction Editors, at the top. On a blue background are two photos with descriptions underneath: Steve Change, Fiction Editor, an Asian man wearing a baseball cap staring off-camera. Heidi Marjamäki, Associate Fiction Editor, a white woman looking at the camera slightly smiling.

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 6

Hey there! May we have the honor of being your... community favorite? We'll even make it super easy -

Copy this: Okay Donkey
Paste into "Poetry" and/or "Flash & Micro": tally.so/r/mKPJ4A

Thanks for being part of our community! 🥇

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Dec 6

HI EVERYBODY!

Couldn't imagine a better innaugural skeet than to announce...

Our community favorite nominations are now OPEN!

⬇️ Nominate your favorite lit mags through this form:
tally.so/r/mKPJ4A

and & we’ll pay the winners $200 and scream about how great they are

Chill Subs Community Favorites
Writers! Who should be named the BEST
Lit Mags of 2024?

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 9

A note from OKD’s founders, Eric and Genevieve, on some changes you may have noticed around here lately…

Hi, all.

This is a note from your friendly and long-serving Okay Donkey Magazine Founders and Editors, Eric and Genevieve. While Genevieve stepped down from her day-to-day OKD editorial duties about a year or so ago, Eric has recently stepped down from his day-to-day OKD editorial duties just a few months ago in September.

After almost 7 years of running OKD Magazine, we’re pretty tired, yet grateful and fulfilled, and ready to move on to new projects and adventures. We want to send our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the many wonderful readers, contributors, and fans who have read and written all the terrific OKD stories and poems over the years, as well as all of those who have worked with dedication as OKD’s Volunteer Readers and Associate Editors on our small, but mighty staff.

You might be thinking to yourselves, but wait, OKD has continued to publish a lot of great stories and poems over the past few months, and the artwork and social media presence have only gotten better. Instead of closing our doors, G and I have decided to hand over our once small, but now growing literary child to the set of incredible hands who have worked tirelessly side-by-side with us over the last few years, and we have every faith they’ll continue the amazing work they’ve already been doing.

We’re so excited to have Steve Chang, previous OKD Contributor and long-serving Fiction Associate Editor and Co-Editor finally take over the editorial reins as Fiction Editor of OKD Mag. We’re also equally thrilled to welcome aboard the wonderful and talented Carolene Kurien as OKD’s new Poetry Editor. In addition, we want to give a big thanks and shout out to our Volunteer Fiction and Poetry Readers and to those who have served on our terrific team of Associate Editors, both new and old, Téa Franco, Veronica Klash, Eric Lochridge, Heidi Marjamaki, Jonah Meyer, and Elizabeth Upshur.

Finally, we want to welcome two of the newest members to our steadfast staff, Christine Salek as our Social Media Manager and Ashley McCurry as our Social Media Associate. They’ve already been up to many great and wonderful things to make OKD look even better. G and I know that this excellent new crew of literary rock stars will continue to carry Okay Donkey Magazine far into a fantastic future.

All Best,
Eric and Genevieve

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Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social · Dec 9

Hahaha YES! That’s my work here basically done 🤣