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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2d

My #WritingCraftArticle for September is all about feedback and editing skills. It got quite lengthy so I had to split it into two. This is part one, focusing on my four feedback Es, writer intention, and stars, wishes & mirrors:

🏝️⭐🧞🪞

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No Writer is an Island - Part 1

As an editor I have the privilege of working with writers at all stages of their writing journeys.

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much, June! 🦓

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much! 😍I haven't written much this year, so this one going up feels bigger than usual.

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much for sharing! I love your take on the community and Mary Ellen. 😍

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much for sharing, Timothy! A
"gem" is very generous and kind - for a story that came from me missing my own kids while dealing with a very vigilant HOA leader. :)

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much for sharing! These days, it feels like we might all need a zebra. :)

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much for sharing and your always-kind words. It's an honor to share an issue with you! 😍

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Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social · 7d

Aww - love how it turned out, and where it found a home! 😍

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 7d

This issue is one for the ages. Grateful to EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social, and special thanks to @amygcb.bsky.social
for helping me start to unlock this one a couple of summers back. I hope you like it!

Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 7d

"There’s a theory I read once. That every mother wounds one of her children so they cannot leave her."
A dandy by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut — Ghost Parachute

My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet. That’s what my mother said the one time she met the four-year-old. I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother sn...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death" written by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"So we agreed on lying in our beds, the sun just razoring through the blinds, soft shadows that often welcomed us..."

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In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "The HOA rules don’t apply" written by @amygcb.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"To the zebra who wanders loose in our suburban neighborhood. It ambles up and down the streets like he belongs among their English countryside names."

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The HOA rules don’t apply — Ghost Parachute

To the zebra who wanders loose in our suburban neighborhood. It ambles up and down the streets like he belongs among their English countryside names. He’s not intimidated by Northumberland or Buckingh...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "Clone of the Lost Astronaut" written by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"There’s a hurricane teasing the leftover bits of Massachusetts. A snow storm masking Chicago. Mission control wants to keep things concrete."

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Clone of the Lost Astronaut — Ghost Parachute

There’s a hurricane teasing the leftover bits of Massachusetts. A snow storm masking Chicago. Mission control wants to keep things concrete. Be specific they say, since this is the final call. “Are yo...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar" written by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls."

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us" written by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her."

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One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us — Ghost Parachute

her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her. We learn to breathe, to talk, to sing in her. Our mothers, our aun...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school."

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The Way the Cookie Crumbles — Ghost Parachute

Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school. She and her mom watch television in the morning, talk shows where the hosts interview celebrities about their workout routines or t...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "Making Love Is A New Subject" written by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"I haven’t made love in ages, which isn’t true. But I often say, well, many things. I often say that the truth isn’t in the truth but in what feels like the truth."

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Making Love Is A New Subject — Ghost Parachute

I haven’t made love in ages, which isn’t true. But I often say, well, many things. I often say that the truth isn’t in the truth but in what feels like the truth. I haven’t made love in ages, so I fli...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "Tunnel" written by @ninaschuyler.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Halfway through the Glory Tunnel, traffic stopped, as if someone cast a terrible spell."

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Tunnel — Ghost Parachute

Halfway through the Glory Tunnel, traffic stopped, as if someone cast a terrible spell. George had been singing nicely in his car seat, a little thing about sand and bones and monsters. I was one of t...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "shelter in place" written by @saralippmann.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Maybe it’s the rising sirens, maybe it’s the sudden soak, a complete wet heat through the cotton sack I’ve taken to wearing like a body flung overboard because this is..."

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shelter in place — Ghost Parachute

Maybe it’s the rising sirens, maybe it’s the sudden soak, a complete wet heat through the cotton sack I’ve taken to wearing like a body flung overboard because this is who I am now, this is who I’ve b...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "Whatever" written by @sherrieflick.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"Don’s dad liked to say whatever when the kids were around. He thought it was cool—like the word “cool” used to be cool."

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Whatever — Ghost Parachute

Don’s dad liked to say whatever when the kids were around. He thought it was cool—like the word “cool” used to be cool. Sammy asked for a Coke and Don’s dad said, “Whatever,” and Sammy didn’t know if ...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "Encounters" written by @aimee-bender.bsky.social and illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

"When I was in my twenties and went through a breakup and didn’t hate the person, I harbored what I’d call the “nursing home” fantasy."

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Encounters — Ghost Parachute

When I was in my twenties and went through a breakup and didn’t hate the person, I harbored what I’d call the “nursing home” fantasy. I’d imagine running into my ex in the wallpapered halls of an assi...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 3

My story "The Black Window" was published by Roi Fainéant Press: @rfpress.bsky.social.

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"The Black Window" by Brett Pribble

It hovers in the sky like a baby killer whale. I avoid day light because at night it’s harder to make out, but it’s still unmistakable. Starless and shiny, an obsidian square. It calls to me as I trai...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

We are excited to present the October 2025 issue, which is our Nine Year Anniversary issue. We've put out an issue every month on the first since we started, making this our 108th issue. Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

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