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Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · Dec 8
Ok FINE! The wait is over. Please welcome our not quite bouncing new issue into this squalling world. Filled with sharp corners, deep sighs and things that linger long after you’ve read them. Bonkers and beautiful. We named it Imprint. We hope you like it. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
Imprint, Temple in a City issue 3
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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mondickson.bsky.social
Big Feelings about this Best Small Fictions nomination. Huge thanks to the wonderfully supportive @eireneeleni.bsky.social 🙏
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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My Best small fictions nominated story, 'How to make a living coffin' @templeinacity.bsky.social is available to read here, and in great company. Congratulations to all the nominees! ✨🎉
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Thank you @templeinacity.bsky.social for believing in “Lou,” my quiet little story about identity and family and butter sculpture…
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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This will restore something in you. Please read it if you can.
sugarpigblog.bsky.social Megan @ Sugar Pig @sugarpigblog.bsky.social · 5d
"Now I walk without fanfare or fortitude, just slow and steady. Like a running a marathon on a treadmill, like moving because I can’t think of any other option."

In case you need this too. From the archives at @templeinacity.bsky.social .

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January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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"Now I walk without fanfare or fortitude, just slow and steady. Like a running a marathon on a treadmill, like moving because I can’t think of any other option."

In case you need this too. From the archives at @templeinacity.bsky.social .

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January 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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May we introduce with pleasure our Best Small Fiction 2026 nominees. templeinacity.com/temple-in-a-...
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Ivan de Monbrison, Marseille, August 2nd 2025 Monica Dickson, How to make a living coffin Emily Rinkema, Lou Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate Vijayalakshmi Sridhar, I heard you became a father again
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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deniseb.bsky.social
Sumitra, Happy New year! And you led me to lovely @templeinacity.bsky.social so I will look at this mag too
January 11, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Temple in a City @templeinacity.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Temple in a City @templeinacity.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/temple-in-a-city-39172 #amwriting
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January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Hope I didn’t miss anyone but thank you
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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@freeflashfiction.bsky.social (forthcoming)
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Huge thanks to all these brilliant editors for believing in my work!
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January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Quick, read something that isn’t completley dispiriting but full of what humanity can be. templeinacity.com/category/imp...
Winter willow tree image against a cloudy sky.
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Thanks to the journals that shared my work this year: @alliumjournal.bsky.social @icefloepress.bsky.social @epistemiclit.bsky.social @templeinacity.bsky.social @stanchion.bsky.social @tcwestminster.bsky.social

Here’s a fun one from early in the year:

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NOLA Love
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December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Little 2025 publication thread, with thanks to @crowkeys.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social and @bendinggenres.bsky.social: (And send me your lists!)
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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deniseb.bsky.social
Just a thank you at the end of 2025. To @freeflashfiction.bsky.social @templeinacity.bsky.social @thin-skin.bsky.social @underbellypress.bsky.social @paragraphplanet.bsky.social and all @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for being supportive with my work this year.
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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“I’d assumed he was referring to the aesthetic aspect of my skeletal structure, perhaps complimenting me on high cheekbones or a soft jawline, without directly saying so. But then one day he asked …”

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December 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A lovely little joy for you to sink into from
Huina Zheng. About family, and magic even in the hard places. This is one you want to lean back and read. Shut the world out for a few minutes. Take a rest into someone else’s story.
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She also brought home bags of plastic petals, stamens, and leaves. She showed us how to glue petals around a stamen, how to wrap green tape around wire to make a stem, and how to attach the leaves in just the right spot. But we complained about the sharp smell of glue and how plastic flowers lacked the scent of real ones. "Use your imagination," my mother said. "We're conjuring blossoms." She told us we were magicians capable of creating beautiful, fragrant flower fairies, though she opened a window and set the fan facing outward for fresh air.
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Our Joy issue has grown again. Three new poems and stories since the solstice. Always open for subs and always there for you.
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A joyful painting, acrylic on canvas, bright yellow backdrop with pressed dahlias and flung paint in blue and green and more.
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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templeinacity.bsky.social
Run out of things to talk about? All talked out and in need of recuperation? Struggling with holiday stuff and looking for thoughtful diversion? Not celebrating any holiday? Grieving? Anxious? Happy? Feeling grateful? No matter your situation, this is for you.
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A pressed frond on pavement.
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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lorifontanes.bsky.social
lovely place to share your words, #writer skeeps 👇
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 25d
Our Joy issue has grown again. Three new poems and stories since the solstice. Always open for subs and always there for you.
templeinacity.com/category/joy...
A joyful painting, acrylic on canvas, bright yellow backdrop with pressed dahlias and flung paint in blue and green and more.
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Run out of things to talk about? All talked out and in need of recuperation? Struggling with holiday stuff and looking for thoughtful diversion? Not celebrating any holiday? Grieving? Anxious? Happy? Feeling grateful? No matter your situation, this is for you.
templeinacity.com/category/imp...
A pressed frond on pavement.
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Our Joy issue has grown again. Three new poems and stories since the solstice. Always open for subs and always there for you.
templeinacity.com/category/joy...
A joyful painting, acrylic on canvas, bright yellow backdrop with pressed dahlias and flung paint in blue and green and more.
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
A lovely little joy for you to sink into from
Huina Zheng. About family, and magic even in the hard places. This is one you want to lean back and read. Shut the world out for a few minutes. Take a rest into someone else’s story.
templeinacity.com/fiction-huin...
She also brought home bags of plastic petals, stamens, and leaves. She showed us how to glue petals around a stamen, how to wrap green tape around wire to make a stem, and how to attach the leaves in just the right spot. But we complained about the sharp smell of glue and how plastic flowers lacked the scent of real ones. "Use your imagination," my mother said. "We're conjuring blossoms." She told us we were magicians capable of creating beautiful, fragrant flower fairies, though she opened a window and set the fan facing outward for fresh air.
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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carolyngriffiths.bsky.social
I loved this. Thank you
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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doorisajarmag.bsky.social
The 2025 DIAJ Award Winners:
The Bee by Emily Molinari
Tuulikki Bakes a Cake by September Woods Garland
Sweating Like a Mother by Alina Zollfrank
Buddy's Picasso by Komal Sharma
TOWER TOUR by Brian C. Billings
A Review of Larks by Han VanderHart by Eleanor Ball
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DIAJ Awards
Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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If you haven’t looked in for while there’s new joy in this. Five new micros or poems since first published and still growing. templeinacity.com/category/joy...
Abstract painting with a yellow background, pressed dahlias and splashes of colour, one that looks kind of like a snail travelling outside its shell. Very happy. Daring snail. Whee.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM