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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing, Melissa! ❤️❤️

Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 1d

Squeeee!! My book trailer is so cool❤️❤️❤️

@sfwp.bsky.social

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 2d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 14d

Released on this day in 1987, the sixth studio album by #DepecheMode was "Music for the Masses". It featured such recognizable tracks as "Strangelove" and "Never Let Me Down Again".

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 24d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 30

❤️❤️❤️

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · Jun 20

"The TV remotes, the dog’s water bowl, the lamp with the retro paisley design that we never turned on—gone, gone, and gone."

@kmschillaci.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/vanishing-po...

Vanishing Point

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks for reading and sharing, Pat! 🧡

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 11

thank you!!! 🧡 yay, MMM!

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Jun 10

"The TV remotes, the dog’s water bowl, the lamp with the retro paisley design that we never turned on—"

I love this brilliant piece by @kmschillaci.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social 💙💙💙
bendinggenres.com/vanishing-po...

Vanishing Point

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Dan, thank you so much! 🧡

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 11

The world sucks, but I have a new story, Vanishing Point, up at @bendinggenres.bsky.social, which makes me happy. Great big thanks to the editors, and also to my @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Marathon workshoppers! (NO, autocorrect, I don't mean worshippers!) bendinggenres.com/vanishing-po...

Vanishing Point

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · Jun 9

New bff. Or…gff? ❤️🐐

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · May 28

I started writing short stories when freelancing began to feel terrible. I needed to write short, weird things instead of click-y things.

@wigleaf.bsky.social was one of the first journals I fell in love with. A dream pub. One day, I hoped!

Today I have a story there. 😱🥹

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 28

Well worth a little traffic on the drive home. 🗻🌲

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 16

"the parts that matter I remember & none of it matters but oh how it did for a while — my best friend’s first taste of alcohol vodka on the tongue of a girl I wanted...."

So 1988. Love this by
@amorak.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social 🤘

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · Apr 25

"I imagined my girlfriend sliding her hand in against my ribs but she broke up with me pretty early that summer, we were a bad match"

@amorak.bsky.social's "My Other Girlfriend is a Corvette"

trampset.org/my-other-gir...

My Other Girlfriend is a Corvette

by Amorak Huey

trampset.org

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 16

"Earl suggests we try trapping the goat in a sheet and I picture limbs punching out, like how Cas’ belly will look if she keeps trying to do it with Earl."

I do love a story with a goat!

Wonderful storytelling, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🐐🧡

$fracturedlit.bsky.social$

Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social · May 8

New Flash by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social

“You’re dead to me,” Cas says when I dart back inside the house and catch her dancing through the living room in her red string bikini. Cinnamon scents the room as she waitresses a plate of oatmeal cookies—”

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Baby Goat on the Roof - Fractured

“You’re dead to me,” Cas says when I dart back inside the house and catch her dancing through the living room in her red string bikini. Cinnamon scents the room as she waitresses a plate of oatmeal co...

fracturedlit.com

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 16

This is beautiful, Sara. 🧡

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Michael B. Tager @iamragesparkle.bsky.social · Nov 21

I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 16

excited to learn a quirky story of mine has been picked up by @bendinggenres.bsky.social for their June issue! 🎉

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · May 12

Strains bounds of propriety?

Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?

Am I having a stroke?

What is happening?

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · May 14

*crab-walked

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 14

"He hopes the crab won’t see the red, a wavelength not seen by most creatures because it’s too long, like the light being carried from their namesake nebula"

beautiful writing, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social - in Cutleaf

Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · May 8

My triptych of micros are up at Cutleaf!!

cutleafjournal.com/content/tako...

tako poke - Cutleaf Journal

uncle slams the spotted octopus against black lava rocks, tentacles gripping his arm, hand, fingers, his hair tearing from the roots, a heavy slap splash

cutleafjournal.com

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 14

Tapirs: voted animal most likely designed by a toddler.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · May 14

We’re thrilled to announce that Ume, our adorable three-month-old tapir calf, is ready to begin exploring her public habitat at the Asian Forest Sanctuary, starting this Friday at 10:30 am alongside her mom, Yuna!

Learn more, www.pdza.org/event/ume-de...

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · May 12

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“A City by an Ocean with a Plant by a Window, and a Cat” by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @keelyhoneywell.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/05/12/a...

A City by an Ocean with a Plant by a Window, and a Cat by Emily Rinkema

Kelly’s drunk enough when they get to Applebee’s that she has to lean on Cam to stay upright and her head turns faster than her eyes which isn’t all that fast since she has to think about it, will …

flash-frog.com

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Kelle Schillaci @kmschillaci.bsky.social · May 1

"We lick our lips, pull our dresses a little higher over tanned legs, tricks learned to lure white boys like them, watching their eyes linger and then pull away..."

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social !!

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
pitheadchapel.com/mission-boys...

Mission Boys Are So Hot

Melissa Llanes Brownlee I tell my best friend from church as we sit by the baptismal font, a deep little pool, perfect for two, with all of these haole boys from the mainland trying to conve…

pitheadchapel.com

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