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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 1d

I read this!! And WHAT a story!!

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 7d

You there. Are you the owner of a dog or owned by a dog? This story felt felt like reading my memoir.

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 7d

"Dog" by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social--a brilliant, breathless meditation about humans and dogs, desires, and what happiness really means. Read Here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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Dog by Michael Czyzniejewski

If the only way that I can exist is to make sure that I take the dog on his walk and feed the dog and then feed the cats and make sure the dog doesn’t eat the cat food, or the cats, for that matter, a...

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 12d

Until I started reading @doesithavepockets.bsky.social slush pile, I never noticed how much certain phrases and words popped up everywhere. Bonus: It’s improved my writing —I cringe when I read overused words when I’m revising my work and quickly strike them.

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 12d

Well, now, you just inspired me to buy his book! Thanks for that!!

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 13d

Been sharing with friends.

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 13d

Someone called us ‘The Pocketeers!!’ Definitely in the running for our team’s nickname.

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 13d

Another disappointing broken promise. Maybe next time.

Frank Reardon @frank212.bsky.social · 16d

I gather the rapture is supposed to happen, yet again, tomorrow. Great. So, when ppl are randomly being picked up off the street & floating around, my boss will call me on my day off to come in, because, well, a majority of the store will be floating around in the sky with Kirk Cameron & Dean Cain.

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 15d

open.substack.com/pub/bradmont...

Hello Human

A short reminder

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 15d

“You don't know yet that you will feel the track-rattling impact in your guts every time you pass through a tunnel for the next ten years.”

Prose with power. 💔

Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social · 21d

A story I've been trying to write for 20+ years found its home in Issue 3 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social: www.frazzledlit.com/p/young-enough

Young Enough

By Jo Gatford (Highly Commended)

www.frazzledlit.com

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 18d

Do the raspberries substitute for ice?

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 26d

Trouble with crafting titles?

This workshop is money well spent!!

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Make Your Titles Do More of the Heavy Lifting (Sept 18) — Press 53

with Shuly Xóchitl Cawood Thursday, September 18, 2-4:00 PM Eastern on Zoom  Do you struggle with titling your work? Do you ever read titles that pull you in as a reader? Your titles can d...

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 26d

"A palpable sense of vulnerability, and a brave use of self-disclosure hums throughout from the first page.”
-- CRAFT editor's note

Angela Kubinec's powerful short story illustrates excellence in writing published today in CRAFT .

Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 27d

I look forward to reading it!!

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · 28d

Gosh, this one hurt my head (or maybe my heart?) You're so good at world-building but lordy, what a world you've imagined in this story!! Congrats!

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wondered about the head. Thanks for reassurance. 😉

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Warnock: Clearly you have an agenda. It is a threat to the public health of the American people. It's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs.

RFK JR: We’re the sickest people on earth. How am I a threat?

Warnock: I think that you ought to resign.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social · Sep 5

So, last December my younger brother passed away leaving behind his aging dog Ginger. My other younger brother adopted her and tells me stories about her stubborn antics. When this hybrid piece came into our pocket, I felt compelled to make sure we published it!! Love it so very much!!

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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · Sep 3

*Phenomenal cosmic prose ... itty bitty living space.* In our latest issue, a brand new micro #fiction from the incredible
@sfreligh.bsky.social |https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sarah-freligh

Artwork @anchalastudio.bsky.social