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Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · Nov 27

The Mad River - what you should know
You don't need a Medium account to submit and be published
The river is fussy, but fair
We love reprints
We nominate for #Boost
#Submissions are open
Weird, wonderful, ethereal, &/or experimental #Fiction #Poetry #CNF
medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#LitMag

of all joys and woes: Submission guidelines

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 15h

Such dark genius #fiction or is it nearer fact?

Skin to Skin open.substack.com/pub/gumusser...

Three interconnected drabbles

open.substack.com

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 16h

"I remember the way the air thickened
around the hour of leaving —
how the light refused to dim all at once,
choosing instead to die by degrees..."
The Quiet Geometry of Dusk
#poetry
by Ani Eldritch medium.com/the-mad-rive...

The Quiet Geometry of Dusk

— a woman measures the distances between what is said and what is meant

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 16h

"...rearrange phrasing
reminisce my way
through the way you listened, no
lived with my thoughts
your facial expressions
embracing each ink-stained inflection..."
Please, Deliver This to Heaven by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/pleas...
#poetry #remembrance #poetrymatters

Please, Deliver This to Heaven

Free Verse — A celebration

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 23h

"I am still on a loop of disbelief
the jump
into the known
if only it had caught
if he had been caught
by a loop of believing..."
Moebius Stripped
This #poem recalls a #suicide
medium.com/scuzzbucket/...

Moebius Stripped

this poem recalls a suicide

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 1d

Wondering why the editorial process for Medium pubs is so rubbish lately?
What makes me angriest is that not only are they wasting our time, they're using us as free testers.
Medium lack any respect for their users.
Medium User Experience 2025 Sucks for Editors medium.com/contemplate/... #medium

Medium User Experience 2025 Sucks for Editors

Most days I want to scream from a rooftop

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 1d

"I'll pay on the way out..."
The Disposables by Lay Low Magazine
medium.com/lit-up/the-d... #fiction in Lit Up Press

The Disposables

I’ll pay on the way out

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 2d

Weather to tourists ratio just hit my comfort zone #croatia

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 3d

“Who the hell needs your soul?”
The Contract by A. Gee
Always read the fine print ...
medium.com/lit-up/the-c...
#fiction #satire #writerproblems

Fine print below…

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 4d

It's #Monday, why not go quackers and read my #poem starring a duck? #poetry #onbeing

If Hope is a Thing with Feathers

Poetry on being

peculiarjulia.substack.com

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 4d

"Repetition brings wear
Round and over again
The mind a thin line
Of erosion and despair..."
Clockwork Child by Allie
#poetry
medium.com/the-mad-rive...

Clockwork Child

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 4d

"...The door shuts like a dream before Officer Sharp can finish, and only Shelly’s ghost is left..."
#read the latest instalment of
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/mitch...
#fiction #drama and #scifi meet #poetry
Take care, it's addictive.

PART 61: INT. THE SHARP FOYER — EVENING

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 5d

"She noticed the silence first..."
Dead Silence by A Maguire
medium.com/lit-up/dead-...
#fiction #grief #loss

She noticed the silence first …

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 5d

"...How does my innocent sister meet a guy who hires killers? Why does she marry him and bring him home to Puerto Rico..."
Writing Lessons, Part 6 by Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle
The Right Hand of God
medium.com/lit-up/writi... #fiction

Writing Lessons, Part 6

The right hand of God

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 7d

"...children connect us to the truth: goblins and elves
books on the shelves where fairy tale worlds elude us still..."
Chasing the butterfly by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive... #poetry in The Mad River #litpub #poetrycommunity

Chasing the butterfly

men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 7d

"No matter how
many subatomic
particles
in a grain of sand..."
The Real Miracle by Ulf Wolf medium.com/lit-up/the-r...
#poetry

The Real Miracle

And it’s not a large number

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 9d

Tulip Poplar open.substack.com/pub/scribe/p... #poetry

Liriodendron tulipifera

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Reposted by Peculiar Julia

Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 9d

He’s gonna shit the bed when he finds out about Shakespeare.

'Spectacularly stupid' tourist moans William Wordsworth 'wasn't in' Cumbria home

A tourist has complained about a recent visit to Rydal Mount which was the home of renowned Cumbrian poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to 1850.

www.newsandstar.co.uk

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 10d

"...The ships that passed by pouring greyish steam
were all unearthly to her desert thoughts,
which could clearly see the sails like bowls
set high to reach for air and full of mist..."
Ariel by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poetry #sonnet

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 10d

"He turned around, clasping his chapped hands in a prayer position. “Got a coin to spare? My dinner money went into the washing machine.”
I did. But I had a better idea..."
Homeless Man at the Laundromat by Takeshi Chin medium.com/lit-up/homel...
#fiction a Laundrowatching #story
in Lit Up #litpub

Homeless Man at the Laundromat

A Laundrowatching Story

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 11d

"I found the Library
by following a draft
that smelled of rain and ink..."
The Library of Unwritten Letters by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/the-l...
#poetry #fairytale #library

The Library of Unwritten Letters

A tale of hidden emotions, locked away until they demand to be lived

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 12d

"She tried to stop doing it because it annoyed him, but stopping would be like yanking out flowers instead of weeds...."
Cognac and Coca-Cola
Writing Lessons #CrimeFiction
Part 5 by Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle medium.com/lit-up/writi...
#fiction in Lit Up #litpub

Writing Lessons, Part 5

Cognac and Coca-Cola

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 12d

"Understand there is a beast inside you that can drink until it is sick but never satiated..."
Fairytales Are Bred From Hunger by Stephanie McGrath medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#poeticprose #prosepoetry dark #fairytales

Fairytales Are Bred From Hunger

Haven’t you heard? Fairy tales are bred from hunger. I am so hungry.

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 14d

"...Leaves whisper
Among themselves in the dusk
Saying their goodbyes
Bidding each other
A pleasant journey..."
Autumn Rapture by V. Plut medium.com/lit-up/autum...
#poetry of #autumn #death and #dying

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 14d

"words that he said,
in malice and spite,
lit a spark in her heart
that burnt in the night..."
Consequences by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/conse...
#poetry #cancer

“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn” Thomas Gray

Peculiar Julia @peculiarjulia.bsky.social · 14d

"Underneath the bottles,
my grandfather showed me
how to eat the truth,
with a tongue doomed to flounder..."
To Keep Evocative the Magic by Jennifer Chante medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#magical and ethereal #poetry in The Mad River #litpub

To Keep Evocative the Magic

A free verse poem