Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
MOTHER KARMA NOVELLA! https://forms.gle/SN3EFQrGSg7CvUxs6
BSF 2025
Trauma writing workshops
Will probably rearrange your dishwasher.
Bi (2) x Demi (1/2) = 1 Sexual
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BSF 2025
Trauma writing workshops
Will probably rearrange your dishwasher.
Bi (2) x Demi (1/2) = 1 Sexual
🇦🇺🇲🇾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Yeah Nah 1st Thursday monthly 7pm Melb time. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Yeah Nah 1st Thursday monthly 7pm Melb time. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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YEAH NAH FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 7PM MELBOURNE TIME
Meet, chat, read online w me and other flashy people!
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Meet, chat, read online w me and other flashy people!
Zoom registration link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Reminder: one week left to hop in our inbox for the April Issue!
Submissions always free!
Microfiction & CNF
Submissions always free!
Microfiction & CNF
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Reminder: one week left to hop in our inbox for the April Issue!
Submissions always free!
Microfiction & CNF
Submissions always free!
Microfiction & CNF
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social writing the pussycat we all wish we were “pity fuck is still a fuck so when Queenie turned up the next morning she was all types of spit and rage.”😼🧡🔥
It's our penultimate spotlight from the fabulous cat issue 🦝
We loved the voice in @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social's sassy short, the expert anthropomorphism, the well-pitched gritty humour.
Read and listen to this joy here:
trashcatlit.com/singing-a-so...
We loved the voice in @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social's sassy short, the expert anthropomorphism, the well-pitched gritty humour.
Read and listen to this joy here:
trashcatlit.com/singing-a-so...
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social writing the pussycat we all wish we were “pity fuck is still a fuck so when Queenie turned up the next morning she was all types of spit and rage.”😼🧡🔥
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New submission call for women: "Sexism, discrimination, harassment, misogyny... rape culture, glass ceilings, toxic masculinity, patriarchy.
Blood boiling yet?
We are seeking creative non-fiction by women that confront, interrogate, or give voice to their rage."
dismantlingpress.com/Submissions/
Blood boiling yet?
We are seeking creative non-fiction by women that confront, interrogate, or give voice to their rage."
dismantlingpress.com/Submissions/
Submissions – Dismantling Press
dismantlingpress.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 AM
New submission call for women: "Sexism, discrimination, harassment, misogyny... rape culture, glass ceilings, toxic masculinity, patriarchy.
Blood boiling yet?
We are seeking creative non-fiction by women that confront, interrogate, or give voice to their rage."
dismantlingpress.com/Submissions/
Blood boiling yet?
We are seeking creative non-fiction by women that confront, interrogate, or give voice to their rage."
dismantlingpress.com/Submissions/
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ICYMI 👀 Our submission portal has re-opened! We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” Learn more👇
buff.ly/auE6ZFe
buff.ly/auE6ZFe
Submit to AGNI
We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” We seek out writers who tell their…
agnionline.bu.edu
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
ICYMI 👀 Our submission portal has re-opened! We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” Learn more👇
buff.ly/auE6ZFe
buff.ly/auE6ZFe
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I've been reading submissions for Neither Fish Nor Foul this morning. Want to know what goes through my head as I do so? Interview with me here:
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Duotrope's Interview with Neither Fish Nor Foul
Read Duotrope's editor interview with Neither Fish Nor Foul to learn what they're looking for and gain more insight into this publication.
duotrope.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I've been reading submissions for Neither Fish Nor Foul this morning. Want to know what goes through my head as I do so? Interview with me here:
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
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Have sent some emails, both acceptances & declines. Thank you to everyone who sent me something. Haven't read them all yet.
I have room and time to read more, if you have a 100-500 piece of deliciousness to send me
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
I have room and time to read more, if you have a 100-500 piece of deliciousness to send me
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
Neither Fish Nor Foul Submission Manager
Submit to Neither Fish Nor Foul. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
duotrope.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Have sent some emails, both acceptances & declines. Thank you to everyone who sent me something. Haven't read them all yet.
I have room and time to read more, if you have a 100-500 piece of deliciousness to send me
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
I have room and time to read more, if you have a 100-500 piece of deliciousness to send me
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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“The girl with a jade pendant hanging under her black singlet scoops a mussel from its shell and asks her date about lost loves.”
@kathrynreese.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202601who.htm
@kathrynreese.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202601who.htm
Reese: 'Who You Used to Love—'
Fiction by Kathryn Reese
wigleaf.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“The girl with a jade pendant hanging under her black singlet scoops a mussel from its shell and asks her date about lost loves.”
@kathrynreese.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202601who.htm
@kathrynreese.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202601who.htm
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Read this, it’s divine
new new: "Who You Used to Love--" by Kathryn Reese: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Read this, it’s divine
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The poet has left the flash writer and inexplicable Melbourne with its unsettling lack of mountains.
Ask me where I am.
Ask me about home.
Here’s a postcard.
wigleaf.com
Ask me where I am.
Ask me about home.
Here’s a postcard.
wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 AM
The poet has left the flash writer and inexplicable Melbourne with its unsettling lack of mountains.
Ask me where I am.
Ask me about home.
Here’s a postcard.
wigleaf.com
Ask me where I am.
Ask me about home.
Here’s a postcard.
wigleaf.com
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January 21, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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new new: "Who You Used to Love--" by Kathryn Reese: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM
So so proud of @kathrynreese.bsky.social and her banger of a story in @wigleaf.bsky.social no less. It’s very very good and her postcard is even better 🧡🧡🧡🔥🔥🔥 wigleaf.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So so proud of @kathrynreese.bsky.social and her banger of a story in @wigleaf.bsky.social no less. It’s very very good and her postcard is even better 🧡🧡🧡🔥🔥🔥 wigleaf.com
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Really enjoyed this novella from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, especially the recurring motifs of myths and terrazzo pieces. It's a work of love and I'm glad I read it. 🧡
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Really enjoyed this novella from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, especially the recurring motifs of myths and terrazzo pieces. It's a work of love and I'm glad I read it. 🧡
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Here's a glimpse into the making of Issue 8: Collage.
Popular sources: @jackbedell.bsky.social, BEE LB, @hubbsd.bsky.social
What we'd love to see more of: EKPHRASIS, buckwild interpretations, hybrids.
Challenge: can someone make a constrained/formal piece?
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
Popular sources: @jackbedell.bsky.social, BEE LB, @hubbsd.bsky.social
What we'd love to see more of: EKPHRASIS, buckwild interpretations, hybrids.
Challenge: can someone make a constrained/formal piece?
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
Submission Guidelines — the engine(idling
Submission Guidelines for the engine(idling, an online literary magazine showcasing original poetry & art.
engineidling.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Here's a glimpse into the making of Issue 8: Collage.
Popular sources: @jackbedell.bsky.social, BEE LB, @hubbsd.bsky.social
What we'd love to see more of: EKPHRASIS, buckwild interpretations, hybrids.
Challenge: can someone make a constrained/formal piece?
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
Popular sources: @jackbedell.bsky.social, BEE LB, @hubbsd.bsky.social
What we'd love to see more of: EKPHRASIS, buckwild interpretations, hybrids.
Challenge: can someone make a constrained/formal piece?
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
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Honestly I've expected Issue 8 (Collage) to be a bit messy like a homemade zine, so if you want to use some weird font or placement, go ahead. The house style doesn't really rule this time. As long as I get a jpeg or can screenshot it & can fit it on a page.
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
Submission Guidelines — the engine(idling
Submission Guidelines for the engine(idling, an online literary magazine showcasing original poetry & art.
engineidling.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Honestly I've expected Issue 8 (Collage) to be a bit messy like a homemade zine, so if you want to use some weird font or placement, go ahead. The house style doesn't really rule this time. As long as I get a jpeg or can screenshot it & can fit it on a page.
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
engineidling.net/submissionguidelines
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Staff mtg:
Intern season is coming!!!! 🌟🙀🌟 Maybe as soon as February.🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We’re reading for our April issue now until Jan 30th. Get your subs in! 🌟🐈⬛🌟
Take a look at Claudine’s Werd Nerdz, our new quarterly series.
www.claudineliterary.net/claudineswer...
Intern season is coming!!!! 🌟🙀🌟 Maybe as soon as February.🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We’re reading for our April issue now until Jan 30th. Get your subs in! 🌟🐈⬛🌟
Take a look at Claudine’s Werd Nerdz, our new quarterly series.
www.claudineliterary.net/claudineswer...
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Staff mtg:
Intern season is coming!!!! 🌟🙀🌟 Maybe as soon as February.🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We’re reading for our April issue now until Jan 30th. Get your subs in! 🌟🐈⬛🌟
Take a look at Claudine’s Werd Nerdz, our new quarterly series.
www.claudineliterary.net/claudineswer...
Intern season is coming!!!! 🌟🙀🌟 Maybe as soon as February.🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We’re reading for our April issue now until Jan 30th. Get your subs in! 🌟🐈⬛🌟
Take a look at Claudine’s Werd Nerdz, our new quarterly series.
www.claudineliterary.net/claudineswer...
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You're the deejay!
REMIX OUR WORKS!
Guidelines: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
Deadline Jan 31.
#writingprompt #collage #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artcommunity #artists #indielit #indiemag #litmag
REMIX OUR WORKS!
Guidelines: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
Deadline Jan 31.
#writingprompt #collage #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artcommunity #artists #indielit #indiemag #litmag
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
You're the deejay!
REMIX OUR WORKS!
Guidelines: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
Deadline Jan 31.
#writingprompt #collage #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artcommunity #artists #indielit #indiemag #litmag
REMIX OUR WORKS!
Guidelines: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
Deadline Jan 31.
#writingprompt #collage #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artcommunity #artists #indielit #indiemag #litmag
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I have a mother-sized hole and this novella in flash by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social filled it just a tiny bit with something glowing and warm. Creative storytelling & robust characters who feel like my family now 💛
January 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I have a mother-sized hole and this novella in flash by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social filled it just a tiny bit with something glowing and warm. Creative storytelling & robust characters who feel like my family now 💛
Another stunner by @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social “how bruises bloomed their tender midnight between my knees…” stunning, Karen 🧡🧡🧡
So glad my little micro has found a gentle landing place in the Welkin shortlist 🥹
Today's shortlisted story is "Because you want to understand, I describe how I once wore suffering on the outside of my body" by @cake-girl.bsky.social. A powerful piece about a difficult topic:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Another stunner by @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social “how bruises bloomed their tender midnight between my knees…” stunning, Karen 🧡🧡🧡
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I can’t wait to get stuck into my kawan’s first published novella-in-flash, “Mother Karma”.
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
#motherlarma
#writers
#firstpublishedbook
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
#motherlarma
#writers
#firstpublishedbook
January 18, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I can’t wait to get stuck into my kawan’s first published novella-in-flash, “Mother Karma”.
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
#motherlarma
#writers
#firstpublishedbook
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
#motherlarma
#writers
#firstpublishedbook
Friends, writing prompt from the mouth of my child today:
“Did you know that when you lick wooden floors, for some reason it tastes like gravy?”
“Did you know that when you lick wooden floors, for some reason it tastes like gravy?”
January 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Friends, writing prompt from the mouth of my child today:
“Did you know that when you lick wooden floors, for some reason it tastes like gravy?”
“Did you know that when you lick wooden floors, for some reason it tastes like gravy?”
@amymarques.bsky.social is doing a fab challenge in February for @tupelopress.bsky.social details here! Considering subscribing for updates and becoming a sponsor! open.substack.com/pub/amymarqu...
A poem a day for a month!
In February, I will post a poem a day for a month... join me?
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
@amymarques.bsky.social is doing a fab challenge in February for @tupelopress.bsky.social details here! Considering subscribing for updates and becoming a sponsor! open.substack.com/pub/amymarqu...
The first official review of my NiF is out in the world! Thanks @ninamiller.bsky.social and @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social! US orders: jakethemag.com/books/
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The first official review of my NiF is out in the world! Thanks @ninamiller.bsky.social and @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social! US orders: jakethemag.com/books/
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
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My book review of “Mother Karma” by Sumitra Singam
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
is up @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/category/asa...
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
is up @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/category/asa...
ASAP Corner – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
thehooghlyreview.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
My book review of “Mother Karma” by Sumitra Singam
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
is up @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/category/asa...
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
is up @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
thehooghlyreview.com/category/asa...
The exquisite ache of this story @elissafield.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “Your wife had been in hospital, you told the filly, her lips velvet and careless in your palm.”
Excited to see the filly story I wrote in August, Perfect Star, has gone live @frazzledlit.bsky.social today. Thanks to Jennifer & Laura, amazing editors. And thanks Flash Pack and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop peeps who were first to read it!
tinyurl.com/3cxejzz8
#fiction #shortstory
tinyurl.com/3cxejzz8
#fiction #shortstory
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The exquisite ache of this story @elissafield.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “Your wife had been in hospital, you told the filly, her lips velvet and careless in your palm.”