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Please pop by over at The Disappointed Housewife, where you'll find wonderfully offbeat #fiction, #poetry, and #essays, along with a great community of #writers with a special take on things.
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Please pop by over at The Disappointed Housewife, where you'll find wonderfully offbeat #fiction, #poetry, and #essays, along with a great community of #writers with a special take on things.
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In case you missed it, come on over this morning and read "Daltokki’s Time-Lapse of a Noni," by Kimmy Chang. Primo #poetry!
"With enough work, I pass for beautiful."
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"With enough work, I pass for beautiful."
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February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
In case you missed it, come on over this morning and read "Daltokki’s Time-Lapse of a Noni," by Kimmy Chang. Primo #poetry!
"With enough work, I pass for beautiful."
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"With enough work, I pass for beautiful."
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Indescribably delicious. New #poetry this morning by Kimmy Chang that plays off the moon rabbit myth.
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#WritingCommunity #readingcommunity
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#WritingCommunity #readingcommunity
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Indescribably delicious. New #poetry this morning by Kimmy Chang that plays off the moon rabbit myth.
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#WritingCommunity #readingcommunity
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#WritingCommunity #readingcommunity
Three fab poems by @mcdolan.bsky.social this morning. Great reading with your bagel n' coffee!
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#poetry #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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#poetry #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Three fab poems by @mcdolan.bsky.social this morning. Great reading with your bagel n' coffee!
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#poetry #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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#poetry #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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‘She reported she had explicit instructions to 'not let anyone in the house.’’
The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️
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The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️
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Case Notes for Snow White Ref 01812 ~ victim referral form by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris is a Bristol-based writer of short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her debut flash fiction collection Cold Toast (Dahlia Books) was listed in “Best Small Press fictio…
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February 7, 2026 at 8:12 AM
‘She reported she had explicit instructions to 'not let anyone in the house.’’
The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...
The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️
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How do you like your noir? How 'bout a little modern-day Philip Marlowe by @benjaminstarr?
#fiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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#fiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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February 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
How do you like your noir? How 'bout a little modern-day Philip Marlowe by @benjaminstarr?
#fiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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#fiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
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Here's a new, brilliant look at the plight of Snow White. Hilarious, yet tragic. Come and have a look!
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February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Here's a new, brilliant look at the plight of Snow White. Hilarious, yet tragic. Come and have a look!
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A terrific multi-layered story today by Catherine Domonkos.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
A terrific multi-layered story today by Catherine Domonkos.
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We have a splendid ekphrastic poem this morning, focused on a shadow box by Joseph Cornell. Come n' see!
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January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We have a splendid ekphrastic poem this morning, focused on a shadow box by Joseph Cornell. Come n' see!
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Such a fabulous story, Ya! Congrats. 🎉
Incredibly, @offbeatlit.bsky.social has nominated me for Best Small Fictions 2026. In a challenging period of juggling family, work and (barely) writing, this isn’t just a great honour, but also a timely affirmation. Thank you so much.
Here they are: Our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026!
Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Such a fabulous story, Ya! Congrats. 🎉
Here they are: Our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026!
Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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Best Small Fictions 2026 Nominations
And now for our nominations for the last anthology award of the year, the venerable Best Small Fictions contest. We published eleven qualifying stories in 2025, so it kills me to have to weed out s…
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January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Here they are: Our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026!
Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.
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We've just learned that a piece by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social was selected for the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology.
Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
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Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
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www.bestmicrofiction.com
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We've just learned that a piece by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social was selected for the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology.
Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
We've just learned that a piece by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social was selected for the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology.
Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.bestmicrofiction.com
Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.bestmicrofiction.com
It's zany. It's manic. It's totally awesome!
Read "Said and Done" by Jonathan Daniel Gardner immeejetmoi!
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Read "Said and Done" by Jonathan Daniel Gardner immeejetmoi!
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January 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
It's zany. It's manic. It's totally awesome!
Read "Said and Done" by Jonathan Daniel Gardner immeejetmoi!
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Read "Said and Done" by Jonathan Daniel Gardner immeejetmoi!
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Just so you know, we're not sending out any rejections this week so you can enjoy the holidays unbummed. 😃
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December 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just so you know, we're not sending out any rejections this week so you can enjoy the holidays unbummed. 😃
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This amazing slap in the face piece featuring the exact places I have been wasted in Singapore by @yalanchang.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 “We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky
Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio.”
Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio.”
Here's an awesome "party night" story with a lot going on between the lines. Come on over and laugh/cry.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This amazing slap in the face piece featuring the exact places I have been wasted in Singapore by @yalanchang.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 “We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky
Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio.”
Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio.”
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So stoked that a flash piece I’m especially proud of has been published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social. This piece was inspired by my past life working in a soul-destroying commercial law firm. Give it a read!
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It’s Not a Pyrrhic Victory If We’re Paid Shitloads of Money ~ fiction by Ya Lan Chang
We’re storming to Zouk. We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio. We wind down the windows, stick our heads out, smirk back as t…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
So stoked that a flash piece I’m especially proud of has been published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social. This piece was inspired by my past life working in a soul-destroying commercial law firm. Give it a read!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/17/i...
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Here's an awesome "party night" story with a lot going on between the lines. Come on over and laugh/cry.
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/17/i...
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/17/i...
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here's an awesome "party night" story with a lot going on between the lines. Come on over and laugh/cry.
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No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus!
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus!
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes...
#writing #writers #writingcommunity
Should you find yourself at any point with a little spare change in your pocket, and you love great writing, drop us a few sous, won't ya?
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Merci d'avance !
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Merci d'avance !
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Should you find yourself at any point with a little spare change in your pocket, and you love great writing, drop us a few sous, won't ya?
Donate: www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...
Merci d'avance !
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Merci d'avance !
This one will start your day off right, even if you're not a Palahniuk aficionado. Read and be dazzled!
#fiction #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity
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#fiction #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity
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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This one will start your day off right, even if you're not a Palahniuk aficionado. Read and be dazzled!
#fiction #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity
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#fiction #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity
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Won't you ... help a lively indie literary journal ... like us?
The annual fundraising drive rumbles on. 🫰💰🫰💰
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The annual fundraising drive rumbles on. 🫰💰🫰💰
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December 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Won't you ... help a lively indie literary journal ... like us?
The annual fundraising drive rumbles on. 🫰💰🫰💰
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The annual fundraising drive rumbles on. 🫰💰🫰💰
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That time of year when we humbly ask for a little help with our operating expenses. 🙏
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December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That time of year when we humbly ask for a little help with our operating expenses. 🙏
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We're pleased to announce our 2026 Best Microfiction nominees this morning.
Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
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Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
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December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We're pleased to announce our 2026 Best Microfiction nominees this morning.
Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
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Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
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How awesome is this?! We're in the Top 100 on the annual FISH List of independent literary magazines. 😃
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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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December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How awesome is this?! We're in the Top 100 on the annual FISH List of independent literary magazines. 😃
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....
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Very excited/honored/thrilled to have a piece up at Disappointed Housewife today - this is my first-ever lit mag publication.
Excerpts from a very special dictionary this morning, by Libby Banks. And guess what.
This is her first publication! We're honored to give her the stage today.
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This is her first publication! We're honored to give her the stage today.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Very excited/honored/thrilled to have a piece up at Disappointed Housewife today - this is my first-ever lit mag publication.