Wild Willow Magazine
@wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social
A literary magazine that showcases the wonderful, weird, and wild aspects of the human condition.
🌿 EIC: Melissa Ashley Hernandez 🌿
🌿 EIC: Melissa Ashley Hernandez 🌿
A daydream congeals in forms
no living flesh could fulfill.
"Pseudo-Folks” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 15
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no living flesh could fulfill.
"Pseudo-Folks” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 15
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A daydream congeals in forms
no living flesh could fulfill.
"Pseudo-Folks” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 15
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no living flesh could fulfill.
"Pseudo-Folks” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 15
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
4 weeks left to submit your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
4 weeks left to submit your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
One month left! Original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One month left! Original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
The giant Christmas wreath stayed displayed, despite the fact that it was the middle of summer.
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
This is part 2 of our showcase piece featured last week. Check out issue 2 to read the whole piece.
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"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
This is part 2 of our showcase piece featured last week. Check out issue 2 to read the whole piece.
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The giant Christmas wreath stayed displayed, despite the fact that it was the middle of summer.
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
This is part 2 of our showcase piece featured last week. Check out issue 2 to read the whole piece.
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
This is part 2 of our showcase piece featured last week. Check out issue 2 to read the whole piece.
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
Willa O'Whisp” by Mirjana M., pdf pg.14
Image description: A human face obscured by swirls of paint
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Image description: A human face obscured by swirls of paint
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Willa O'Whisp” by Mirjana M., pdf pg.14
Image description: A human face obscured by swirls of paint
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Image description: A human face obscured by swirls of paint
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Reminder that submissions for our January issue "Wintergreen" will close on December 31st! Send us your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by winter! Or human resilience. The overlap is bigger than you'd think!
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reminder that submissions for our January issue "Wintergreen" will close on December 31st! Send us your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by winter! Or human resilience. The overlap is bigger than you'd think!
Submit: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
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Even in winter, lightning
dribbles from gusty clouds
to illuminate our backdrop
"That Side of the Canvas” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 27
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dribbles from gusty clouds
to illuminate our backdrop
"That Side of the Canvas” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 27
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Even in winter, lightning
dribbles from gusty clouds
to illuminate our backdrop
"That Side of the Canvas” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 27
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
dribbles from gusty clouds
to illuminate our backdrop
"That Side of the Canvas” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 27
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She always said I love you to her husband before hanging up.
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
We will showcase this piece over the next two weeks. Check back next week for more, or read issue two for the whole piece now!
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#litmag #indielit
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
We will showcase this piece over the next two weeks. Check back next week for more, or read issue two for the whole piece now!
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
She always said I love you to her husband before hanging up.
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
We will showcase this piece over the next two weeks. Check back next week for more, or read issue two for the whole piece now!
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20
We will showcase this piece over the next two weeks. Check back next week for more, or read issue two for the whole piece now!
wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#litmag #indielit
#FollowFriday for the third week of National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth is for Native American authors! Show them some love:
📚 @byoungwrites.bsky.social (“Healer of the Water Monster”)
📚 @morgantalty.bsky.social (“FIRE EXIT”)
📚 @themarisamohi.bsky.social (“To Catch a Captain”)
(+ more...)
📚 @byoungwrites.bsky.social (“Healer of the Water Monster”)
📚 @morgantalty.bsky.social (“FIRE EXIT”)
📚 @themarisamohi.bsky.social (“To Catch a Captain”)
(+ more...)
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#FollowFriday for the third week of National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth is for Native American authors! Show them some love:
📚 @byoungwrites.bsky.social (“Healer of the Water Monster”)
📚 @morgantalty.bsky.social (“FIRE EXIT”)
📚 @themarisamohi.bsky.social (“To Catch a Captain”)
(+ more...)
📚 @byoungwrites.bsky.social (“Healer of the Water Monster”)
📚 @morgantalty.bsky.social (“FIRE EXIT”)
📚 @themarisamohi.bsky.social (“To Catch a Captain”)
(+ more...)
An herb for January! This issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by themes of hope, persistence, and endurance. Human resilience this winter!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An herb for January! This issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by themes of hope, persistence, and endurance. Human resilience this winter!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
"Delicate” by Piper Gross, pdf pg. 46
Image description: Two images of the same person, one with a smile, one with a frown
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Image description: Two images of the same person, one with a smile, one with a frown
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November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Delicate” by Piper Gross, pdf pg. 46
Image description: Two images of the same person, one with a smile, one with a frown
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#visualart #litmag #WildWillowMagazine
Image description: Two images of the same person, one with a smile, one with a frown
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Protect me, though, and you will find I am easy to grow.
"tender perennial” by Ellen Miller, pdf pg. 23
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"tender perennial” by Ellen Miller, pdf pg. 23
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November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Protect me, though, and you will find I am easy to grow.
"tender perennial” by Ellen Miller, pdf pg. 23
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"tender perennial” by Ellen Miller, pdf pg. 23
Check out the WWM archive to see more: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive
#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
This week's National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth's #FollowFriday is a showcase for Native-led magazines! Give these a read:
📖 Leading the Way (instagram.com/leadingthewa...)
📖 Turning Points Magazine (instagram.com/asuturningpo...)
📖 Haven Spec Magazine (@havenspec.bsky.social)
📖 Leading the Way (instagram.com/leadingthewa...)
📖 Turning Points Magazine (instagram.com/asuturningpo...)
📖 Haven Spec Magazine (@havenspec.bsky.social)
Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
havenspec.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This week's National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth's #FollowFriday is a showcase for Native-led magazines! Give these a read:
📖 Leading the Way (instagram.com/leadingthewa...)
📖 Turning Points Magazine (instagram.com/asuturningpo...)
📖 Haven Spec Magazine (@havenspec.bsky.social)
📖 Leading the Way (instagram.com/leadingthewa...)
📖 Turning Points Magazine (instagram.com/asuturningpo...)
📖 Haven Spec Magazine (@havenspec.bsky.social)
"Snow Queen” by Rachel Turney, pdf pg. 55
Image description: A city street covered in snow, a car and a person in motion
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Image description: A city street covered in snow, a car and a person in motion
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#visualart #litmag #WildWillowMagazine
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Snow Queen” by Rachel Turney, pdf pg. 55
Image description: A city street covered in snow, a car and a person in motion
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#visualart #litmag #WildWillowMagazine
Image description: A city street covered in snow, a car and a person in motion
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#visualart #litmag #WildWillowMagazine
You don’t have to hold the world up
with your worry. And worry isn’t prayer.
"Emotional Support Poem” by Wren Donovan, pdf pg. 11
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with your worry. And worry isn’t prayer.
"Emotional Support Poem” by Wren Donovan, pdf pg. 11
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You don’t have to hold the world up
with your worry. And worry isn’t prayer.
"Emotional Support Poem” by Wren Donovan, pdf pg. 11
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#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
with your worry. And worry isn’t prayer.
"Emotional Support Poem” by Wren Donovan, pdf pg. 11
Check out the WWM archive to see more: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive
#litmag #indielit #WildWillowMagazine
November is National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! For this #FollowFriday, we’re spotlighting some Native American writers:
✏️ Nat Rose Wolfman (@nrwolfman.bsky.social)
✏️ James Bird (@jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social)
✏️ Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
✏️ Nat Rose Wolfman (@nrwolfman.bsky.social)
✏️ James Bird (@jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social)
✏️ Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
November is National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! For this #FollowFriday, we’re spotlighting some Native American writers:
✏️ Nat Rose Wolfman (@nrwolfman.bsky.social)
✏️ James Bird (@jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social)
✏️ Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
✏️ Nat Rose Wolfman (@nrwolfman.bsky.social)
✏️ James Bird (@jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social)
✏️ Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
The winter season starts its slow creep inward... but we like to view winters as a reminder of our human resilience! January's issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your herb-inspired original poetry, fiction, cnf, visual art, etc!
Submit here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The winter season starts its slow creep inward... but we like to view winters as a reminder of our human resilience! January's issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your herb-inspired original poetry, fiction, cnf, visual art, etc!
Submit here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Oh, slipping across the border is not the hard part, believe me. It’s finding the way back that gets tricky.
"The square root of two” by Yana Kane, pdf pg. 24
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"The square root of two” by Yana Kane, pdf pg. 24
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 8:
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November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh, slipping across the border is not the hard part, believe me. It’s finding the way back that gets tricky.
"The square root of two” by Yana Kane, pdf pg. 24
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 8:
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"The square root of two” by Yana Kane, pdf pg. 24
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 8:
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Our fourth issue is live! Toxic relationships, generational trauma, and actual literal poison, oh my! Happy Halloween to you all, and we hope you have a safe and fun Halloweekend.
Read the issue here: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#literarymagazine #HalloweenIssue #poison
Read the issue here: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#literarymagazine #HalloweenIssue #poison
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Our fourth issue is live! Toxic relationships, generational trauma, and actual literal poison, oh my! Happy Halloween to you all, and we hope you have a safe and fun Halloweekend.
Read the issue here: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#literarymagazine #HalloweenIssue #poison
Read the issue here: wildwillowmagazine.com/archive/
#literarymagazine #HalloweenIssue #poison
Our last #FollowFriday falls serendipitously on Halloween, the same day that we release our Halloween Issue! Check out these wonderfully creepy artists:
👻 Flewory (@flewory.bsky.social)
👻 Alexandria Bishop (@alexandriabishop.bsky.social)
👻 Ashley Voortman (@peculiarlyashley.bsky.social)
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👻 Flewory (@flewory.bsky.social)
👻 Alexandria Bishop (@alexandriabishop.bsky.social)
👻 Ashley Voortman (@peculiarlyashley.bsky.social)
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November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Our last #FollowFriday falls serendipitously on Halloween, the same day that we release our Halloween Issue! Check out these wonderfully creepy artists:
👻 Flewory (@flewory.bsky.social)
👻 Alexandria Bishop (@alexandriabishop.bsky.social)
👻 Ashley Voortman (@peculiarlyashley.bsky.social)
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👻 Flewory (@flewory.bsky.social)
👻 Alexandria Bishop (@alexandriabishop.bsky.social)
👻 Ashley Voortman (@peculiarlyashley.bsky.social)
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The rent is so low the living outnumber the dead.
“Living in a Drawer at the Morgue” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 38
tw: mentions of dead bodies, autopsies, and the words 'sex crimes'
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#TMPMagazine
“Living in a Drawer at the Morgue” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 38
tw: mentions of dead bodies, autopsies, and the words 'sex crimes'
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 2:
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#TMPMagazine
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The rent is so low the living outnumber the dead.
“Living in a Drawer at the Morgue” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 38
tw: mentions of dead bodies, autopsies, and the words 'sex crimes'
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 2:
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#TMPMagazine
“Living in a Drawer at the Morgue” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 38
tw: mentions of dead bodies, autopsies, and the words 'sex crimes'
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 2:
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#TMPMagazine
"Fort Lauderdale by the Sea" by Melissa Ashley Hernandez, pdf pg. 58
Image description: The moon reflected on the sea.
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #art
Image description: The moon reflected on the sea.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Fort Lauderdale by the Sea" by Melissa Ashley Hernandez, pdf pg. 58
Image description: The moon reflected on the sea.
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #art
Image description: The moon reflected on the sea.
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #art
a car stopped in the street,
its fender dented
“Onlooker” by Wolfgang Wright, pdf pg. 20
tw: mentions of blood and bodily harm
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its fender dented
“Onlooker” by Wolfgang Wright, pdf pg. 20
tw: mentions of blood and bodily harm
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
a car stopped in the street,
its fender dented
“Onlooker” by Wolfgang Wright, pdf pg. 20
tw: mentions of blood and bodily harm
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 6:
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry
its fender dented
“Onlooker” by Wolfgang Wright, pdf pg. 20
tw: mentions of blood and bodily harm
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry
We are closing in on Halloween! What better way to celebrate than to highlight some of the spookiest writers in the community? Happy #FollowFriday!
👻 Willow Nichols-Capra (@novellamenagerie.com)
🎃 Amber Hathaway (@amber-hathaway.bsky.social)
👻 Mitch Miller (@astramachina.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
👻 Willow Nichols-Capra (@novellamenagerie.com)
🎃 Amber Hathaway (@amber-hathaway.bsky.social)
👻 Mitch Miller (@astramachina.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are closing in on Halloween! What better way to celebrate than to highlight some of the spookiest writers in the community? Happy #FollowFriday!
👻 Willow Nichols-Capra (@novellamenagerie.com)
🎃 Amber Hathaway (@amber-hathaway.bsky.social)
👻 Mitch Miller (@astramachina.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
👻 Willow Nichols-Capra (@novellamenagerie.com)
🎃 Amber Hathaway (@amber-hathaway.bsky.social)
👻 Mitch Miller (@astramachina.bsky.social)
(+ more...)
A black cat walks
across my path,
“Triplet From the Crypt” part II by Torian Bay, pdf pg. 57
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across my path,
“Triplet From the Crypt” part II by Torian Bay, pdf pg. 57
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 3:
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A black cat walks
across my path,
“Triplet From the Crypt” part II by Torian Bay, pdf pg. 57
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 3:
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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry
across my path,
“Triplet From the Crypt” part II by Torian Bay, pdf pg. 57
Check out the TMP Magazine archives to see more from Issue 3:
wildwillowmagazine.com/tmpmagazine/...
#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #poetry