Small Wonders
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An online monthly magazine for speculative poetry and flash fiction! Edited by @cislyn.bsky.social and @granades.com.
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"She never learned quite how
one is supposed to be
a lady.
She’s sitting at a table
outside of a one-room teahouse
two streets away from the British Museum."
My Mary Poppins poem is new free to read over @smallwondersmag.com!
one is supposed to be
a lady.
She’s sitting at a table
outside of a one-room teahouse
two streets away from the British Museum."
My Mary Poppins poem is new free to read over @smallwondersmag.com!
Go on, take a peek inside "Mary's Bag." Today's poem by Marscia Pichette is a glimpse at the tools of a wonder worker - you probably know a few yourself.
Mary’s Bag - Small Wonders
The seams are whip-stitched, faded brocade / dappled with poppies, mullion, and sycamore bark. / Its leather handles remember her grip—firm, / decisive.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"She never learned quite how
one is supposed to be
a lady.
She’s sitting at a table
outside of a one-room teahouse
two streets away from the British Museum."
My Mary Poppins poem is new free to read over @smallwondersmag.com!
one is supposed to be
a lady.
She’s sitting at a table
outside of a one-room teahouse
two streets away from the British Museum."
My Mary Poppins poem is new free to read over @smallwondersmag.com!
Go on, take a peek inside "Mary's Bag." Today's poem by Marscia Pichette is a glimpse at the tools of a wonder worker - you probably know a few yourself.
Mary’s Bag - Small Wonders
The seams are whip-stitched, faded brocade / dappled with poppies, mullion, and sycamore bark. / Its leather handles remember her grip—firm, / decisive.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Go on, take a peek inside "Mary's Bag." Today's poem by Marscia Pichette is a glimpse at the tools of a wonder worker - you probably know a few yourself.
What creatures will you be, when you "Dream the Sea"? Read Clara Ward's Hawaiian mountain shrimp and pleated nerite here:
Dream the Sea - Small Wonders
Kai leans their bare abdomen into the rush of water and forms their front leg bristles into a basket. They strain food particles from the flow before cramming them into their mouth. Squelchy.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
What creatures will you be, when you "Dream the Sea"? Read Clara Ward's Hawaiian mountain shrimp and pleated nerite here:
We love the many layered approach to story-telling in "The Founding of Zeget" by Diana Dima. History as document and act and act of documenting:
The Founding of Zeget - Small Wonders
The text below was inside a brown folder I found when I returned to the city of Zeget, on the very first day of the Fire Revolution.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We love the many layered approach to story-telling in "The Founding of Zeget" by Diana Dima. History as document and act and act of documenting:
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We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:
Stop Thinking, the Kid Can Hear - Small Wonders
“Your daughter is telepathic, Mrs. Claridge,” he said. “The random declarations, that apparent lack of filter—it’s a tell-tale sign in children.”
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February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:
We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:
Stop Thinking, the Kid Can Hear - Small Wonders
“Your daughter is telepathic, Mrs. Claridge,” he said. “The random declarations, that apparent lack of filter—it’s a tell-tale sign in children.”
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February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We implore you - "Stop Thinking, The Kid Can Hear" every word. Our story by Lucy Eller today is a glimpse at the horrors of telepathy:
In Dawn Vogel's "Grandmother Firebird," family dynamics get complicated. It's bound to happen when creatures of myth and legend are involved:
Grandmother Firebird - Small Wonders
Grandmother Firebird should be back by now. She shed her last feather, erupted into a blossom of flame, and fell to ash three nights ago.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In Dawn Vogel's "Grandmother Firebird," family dynamics get complicated. It's bound to happen when creatures of myth and legend are involved:
This one's for all the horse girls: "The Horses and Ponies of 8th Avenue" by Jennifer Lesh Fleck in our issue 26:
The Horses and Ponies of 8th Avenue - Small Wonders
One June we became ponies and horses, all of us aged nine to twelve years old, most of us girls.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This one's for all the horse girls: "The Horses and Ponies of 8th Avenue" by Jennifer Lesh Fleck in our issue 26:
We round out this week with "Grief Trawling" by Suzanne J. Willis. When you throw your nets in these waters, you'll find more than just fish:
Grief Trawling - Small Wonders
The island's fisherwomen came to the shores to haul misery and lament, hair tied back in dead men’s kerchiefs.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We round out this week with "Grief Trawling" by Suzanne J. Willis. When you throw your nets in these waters, you'll find more than just fish:
If you heed the call of adventure, you will surely also have "A List of Sharp Things I've Held In My Mouth." Some of the items in J. Kosakowski's poem might surprise you, though...
A List of Sharp Things I’ve Held in My Mouth - Small Wonders
A list of sharp things I’ve held in my mouth: / —A knife.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
If you heed the call of adventure, you will surely also have "A List of Sharp Things I've Held In My Mouth." Some of the items in J. Kosakowski's poem might surprise you, though...
Davian Aw's "Dead Season" is creepy in but overt and subtle ways. Dive into it today, but don't forget to mark the exits well, lest you get lost:
Dead Season - Small Wonders
you sleep and wake and doors are missing / and buttons don't go to every floor / and every face you see has a smile
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February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Davian Aw's "Dead Season" is creepy in but overt and subtle ways. Dive into it today, but don't forget to mark the exits well, lest you get lost:
"Straw Gold" by @mariness.bsky.social is a take on Rumplestiltskin we hadn't seen before, with a thoughtful look at what comes after the fairy tale ends:
Straw Gold - Small Wonders
After this / she never wears a trace of gold, / nor allows it in her presence / unless worn by the king.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
"Straw Gold" by @mariness.bsky.social is a take on Rumplestiltskin we hadn't seen before, with a thoughtful look at what comes after the fairy tale ends:
Two years ago we shared Aidan Doyle's "The Royal Wizard's Apprentice Explains the Prophecy of the Return of the Sorceror King in Varying Levels of Complexity" with you, and today you should read it again!
The Royal Wizard’s Apprentice Explains the Prophecy of the Return of the Sorcerer King in Varying Levels of Complexity - Small Wonders
The royal wizard assures me the Sorcerer King is dead and will not return. Go back to your fields and rejoice.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Two years ago we shared Aidan Doyle's "The Royal Wizard's Apprentice Explains the Prophecy of the Return of the Sorceror King in Varying Levels of Complexity" with you, and today you should read it again!
Can you believe it's been six months since we published J. L. Akagi's "Going to Hell"? Let's take that road trip again today:
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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Can you believe it's been six months since we published J. L. Akagi's "Going to Hell"? Let's take that road trip again today:
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"The heron of forgetfulness hovers over the ale-drinking;
he steals men’s wits;
with the feathers of this bird I was fettered
in the court of Gunnlod."
(Sayings of the High One, trans. Carolyne Larrington)
I hope you love this story! It's very dear to my heart.
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he steals men’s wits;
with the feathers of this bird I was fettered
in the court of Gunnlod."
(Sayings of the High One, trans. Carolyne Larrington)
I hope you love this story! It's very dear to my heart.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/drinki...
February 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"The heron of forgetfulness hovers over the ale-drinking;
he steals men’s wits;
with the feathers of this bird I was fettered
in the court of Gunnlod."
(Sayings of the High One, trans. Carolyne Larrington)
I hope you love this story! It's very dear to my heart.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/drinki...
he steals men’s wits;
with the feathers of this bird I was fettered
in the court of Gunnlod."
(Sayings of the High One, trans. Carolyne Larrington)
I hope you love this story! It's very dear to my heart.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/drinki...
Go to the mead-hall. Go again. The heron of forgetfulness is there, and you don't want to miss your chance.
"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand is our story today, and we think you'll want to read it again. And again.
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"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand is our story today, and we think you'll want to read it again. And again.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Go to the mead-hall. Go again. The heron of forgetfulness is there, and you don't want to miss your chance.
"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand is our story today, and we think you'll want to read it again. And again.
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"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand is our story today, and we think you'll want to read it again. And again.
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February is almost here, and that means a new issue of Small Wonders! Subscribe now and get this whole issue in your inbox! Our cover art this month is by Deborah Beauchamp - find more of her work here:
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January 31, 2026 at 10:08 PM
February is almost here, and that means a new issue of Small Wonders! Subscribe now and get this whole issue in your inbox! Our cover art this month is by Deborah Beauchamp - find more of her work here:
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This is a season of grief and struggle. Today we're going to share a long list of stories and poems - of hope, of not just surviving but thriving, of resistance, of unexpected kindness and connection in the midst of darkness. Save these up for when you need them.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is a season of grief and struggle. Today we're going to share a long list of stories and poems - of hope, of not just surviving but thriving, of resistance, of unexpected kindness and connection in the midst of darkness. Save these up for when you need them.
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We're heart-sick and furious. For all who fight galloping authoritarianism, in the Twin Cities, Charlotte, LA, Atlanta, in far too many places at far too high a price, Small Wonders stands in solidarity with you.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
We're heart-sick and furious. For all who fight galloping authoritarianism, in the Twin Cities, Charlotte, LA, Atlanta, in far too many places at far too high a price, Small Wonders stands in solidarity with you.
To help Minnesotans:
standwithminnesota.com
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To help Minnesotans:
standwithminnesota.com
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Avra Margariti invites us to Fairview, where the town mourns its golden girl. And the dead girls? Do you hear them singing down by the lake?
All the Dead Girls, Singing - Small Wonders
Maya is not the first dead girl Fairview has produced, but she’s by far its brightest, most virtuous child.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Avra Margariti invites us to Fairview, where the town mourns its golden girl. And the dead girls? Do you hear them singing down by the lake?
Sleepy? Take a moment as you slip between dream and waking to read "Amanita" by Dawn Vogel, a curious little story of mushrooms and dreams and more:
Amanita - Small Wonders
There was a fine line between poisoned to death and poisoned to dream, and Madame had taught them to find that line and to ride it for the good of humanity.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Sleepy? Take a moment as you slip between dream and waking to read "Amanita" by Dawn Vogel, a curious little story of mushrooms and dreams and more:
What will you bring to trade with Katherine Quevedo's "The Sauce Packet King of the West Hills" when times get lean and you want a taste of what was?
The Sauce Packet King of the West Hills - Small Wonders
“Heard I might find you here.” She pulled out an honest-to-goodness glass bottle of ketchup, swaddled in bubble wrap.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
What will you bring to trade with Katherine Quevedo's "The Sauce Packet King of the West Hills" when times get lean and you want a taste of what was?
Get your fancy clothes on and head out to "Another Cemetery Wedding" - and don't forget to bring a gift for the ghoul and goblin! This poem by Belicia Rhea in our 7th issue is a delight:
Another Cemetery Wedding - Small Wonders
Aria is brave for a girl who is tough as a fish, / she sends an invitation via carrier owl / whose talons tear that love letter to shreds.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Get your fancy clothes on and head out to "Another Cemetery Wedding" - and don't forget to bring a gift for the ghoul and goblin! This poem by Belicia Rhea in our 7th issue is a delight:
"The Duchess of Summer tells you" by Melissa Anne Tolentino hints at stories small & large in margins and between lines. Step into fairyland and try to find your way out again. Bring something to snack on. We hear that plums are good for the heart.
The Duchess of Summer tells you - Small Wonders
Her season is for stone fruits. / You say nothing grows back home, / but she won’t hear it.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"The Duchess of Summer tells you" by Melissa Anne Tolentino hints at stories small & large in margins and between lines. Step into fairyland and try to find your way out again. Bring something to snack on. We hear that plums are good for the heart.
Thread yourself through the light and lines of "Half of a green fall" by Eva Papasoulioti today and see where you land:
Half of a green fall - Small Wonders
One moment you’re smiling / at her, the next you’ve disappeared down, down into the— / whole is a word you never owned
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January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Thread yourself through the light and lines of "Half of a green fall" by Eva Papasoulioti today and see where you land: