Steve C
@stevexisxok.bsky.social
maybe a consequence of years of libbing like: "Bush is dumb" and "Republicans can't grammar" ... as if those were the crimes
Bluesky is full of those terrible libs who think correcting grammar makes them the smartest person in the room and The Onion's commitment to writing their headlines properly as they always have is like the perfect trap for them
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
maybe a consequence of years of libbing like: "Bush is dumb" and "Republicans can't grammar" ... as if those were the crimes
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A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win
In this moving and revealing essay…
www.wasafiri.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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me watching Frasier again
there is a kid on this bus being kept calm by “happy birthday” “itsy bitsy spider” and “the wheels on the bus” blasting out loud from an ipad.
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
me watching Frasier again
You must immediately read this sweet gem of a poem by @okaydonkeymag.com poetry editor @carolenekurien.bsky.social
From Bennington Review issue 14
From Bennington Review issue 14
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You must immediately read this sweet gem of a poem by @okaydonkeymag.com poetry editor @carolenekurien.bsky.social
From Bennington Review issue 14
From Bennington Review issue 14
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What's the crime? Enjoying a succulent, air-fried beet?
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What's the crime? Enjoying a succulent, air-fried beet?
Disappointed that the Breaking Bad family isn't named the Bads.
Walter White = 🙄
Walter Bad = yes now we're cookin
Walter White = 🙄
Walter Bad = yes now we're cookin
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Disappointed that the Breaking Bad family isn't named the Bads.
Walter White = 🙄
Walter Bad = yes now we're cookin
Walter White = 🙄
Walter Bad = yes now we're cookin
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this is insane lmao
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
this is insane lmao
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A great resource for emerging & unconventional residencies.
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This Sunday is our Residency Chat! So bring ALL your questions.
In the meantime, check out www.pineywoodatlas.com
A great resource for emerging & unconventional residencies.
(All free, cheap, or will PAY you to go)
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Want to learn more about landing a funded residency?
This Sunday is our Residency Chat! So bring ALL your questions.
In the meantime, check out www.pineywoodatlas.com
A great resource for emerging & unconventional residencies.
(All free, cheap, or will PAY you to go)
This Sunday is our Residency Chat! So bring ALL your questions.
In the meantime, check out www.pineywoodatlas.com
A great resource for emerging & unconventional residencies.
(All free, cheap, or will PAY you to go)
daydreaming about getting a beautiful bouquet of these for Valentine's... 🥲 i am a simple man
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
daydreaming about getting a beautiful bouquet of these for Valentine's... 🥲 i am a simple man
Yessss we are ALL now CHANG
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yessss we are ALL now CHANG
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
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c’mon okay donkey!! 🫏
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
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Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
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Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
c’mon okay donkey!! 🫏
Breaking news: 83% of KISS KRUISE attendees are weirdly defensive no eye contact antisocial dorks. Love that they are true to themselves ⚡🧡
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Breaking news: 83% of KISS KRUISE attendees are weirdly defensive no eye contact antisocial dorks. Love that they are true to themselves ⚡🧡
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Lesson 2 of 4 is live: On Situation vs Story pt. 2
How to:
- humanize character vs types
- generate consequences to make incidents matter
- break free from writing synecdoche for routine and 'activate' your narrative
(LMC members get 1 free month of FW)
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
How to:
- humanize character vs types
- generate consequences to make incidents matter
- break free from writing synecdoche for routine and 'activate' your narrative
(LMC members get 1 free month of FW)
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Lesson 2 of 4 is live: On Situation vs Story pt. 2
How to:
- humanize character vs types
- generate consequences to make incidents matter
- break free from writing synecdoche for routine and 'activate' your narrative
(LMC members get 1 free month of FW)
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
How to:
- humanize character vs types
- generate consequences to make incidents matter
- break free from writing synecdoche for routine and 'activate' your narrative
(LMC members get 1 free month of FW)
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
This Sunday! In our Discord server!
Want to break hearts while landing zingers like “adorkable but hotkward?”
On Nov 16 at 8PM ET, chat and get craft-y with award-winning author @1demerith.bsky.social & @epochliterary.com editor @jrobertlennon.com about Meredith’s fizzingly witty, disarmingly tender short story “The Best Man.”
On Nov 16 at 8PM ET, chat and get craft-y with award-winning author @1demerith.bsky.social & @epochliterary.com editor @jrobertlennon.com about Meredith’s fizzingly witty, disarmingly tender short story “The Best Man.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This Sunday! In our Discord server!
If a Canadian team ever won the World Series, Canada should get to keep baseball.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
If a Canadian team ever won the World Series, Canada should get to keep baseball.
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Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
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Been feeling out the world of flash? There's no better guide🔥
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Fragmentary Flash: Beauty from The Broken
Photo by Riho Kitagawa on Unsplash
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Been feeling out the world of flash? There's no better guide🔥
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And when the medium is prose to build the fictive dream: what does it mean to hammer too hard and splinter it?
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And when the medium is prose to build the fictive dream: what does it mean to hammer too hard and splinter it?
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Okay Donkey is looking for a Social Media Associate focused on graphic design! This role pays a small honorarium (read: "independent lit mag"-sized). Apply with our super short form by Friday, November 14 for first consideration.
More details: forms.gle/E9MCaKzEAE1x...
More details: forms.gle/E9MCaKzEAE1x...
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Okay Donkey is looking for a Social Media Associate focused on graphic design! This role pays a small honorarium (read: "independent lit mag"-sized). Apply with our super short form by Friday, November 14 for first consideration.
More details: forms.gle/E9MCaKzEAE1x...
More details: forms.gle/E9MCaKzEAE1x...
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Don’t forget! Sunday, Nov 16, we’re diving into craft with Freund Prize winner and @lambdaliterary.org finalist @1demerith.bsky.social and EPOCH editor @jrobertlennon.com 🔥
Pre-game by reading “The Best Man” in @epochliterary.com or this scorcher in @therumpus.net:
therumpus.net/2022/06/13/r...
Pre-game by reading “The Best Man” in @epochliterary.com or this scorcher in @therumpus.net:
therumpus.net/2022/06/13/r...
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Don’t forget! Sunday, Nov 16, we’re diving into craft with Freund Prize winner and @lambdaliterary.org finalist @1demerith.bsky.social and EPOCH editor @jrobertlennon.com 🔥
Pre-game by reading “The Best Man” in @epochliterary.com or this scorcher in @therumpus.net:
therumpus.net/2022/06/13/r...
Pre-game by reading “The Best Man” in @epochliterary.com or this scorcher in @therumpus.net:
therumpus.net/2022/06/13/r...
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Welcome to the editing workshop by Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social!
On identifying common problems and solving them.
Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com
First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
On identifying common problems and solving them.
Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com
First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Welcome to the editing workshop by Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social!
On identifying common problems and solving them.
Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com
First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
On identifying common problems and solving them.
Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com
First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
So many people invited to Dick Cheney's housewarming party🤞Gonna be packed soon
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So many people invited to Dick Cheney's housewarming party🤞Gonna be packed soon
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."