Arlaina Tibensky
@arlaina.bsky.social
Parent, Writer, Ceramicist, Democracy Enthusiast. Words in One Story, Smokelong, Reckon Review, The Razor, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, etc. Pushcart noms, Best Small Fictions nom, Best of the Net nom. Nom nom nom. And Then Things Fall Apart, NYFA, etc.
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Tomorrow's officially the first day of winter. I hope everyone's prepared.📚
Happy Saturday!🙋♀️☕️
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
👇 Not mine
Happy Saturday!🙋♀️☕️
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
👇 Not mine
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Tomorrow's officially the first day of winter. I hope everyone's prepared.📚
Happy Saturday!🙋♀️☕️
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
👇 Not mine
Happy Saturday!🙋♀️☕️
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
👇 Not mine
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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...And one more round! Here are our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2025. A huge thank you again to all the incredible writers we've been able to feature this [email protected] @clinforth.bsky.social @saipradhan.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
...And one more round! Here are our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2025. A huge thank you again to all the incredible writers we've been able to feature this [email protected] @clinforth.bsky.social @saipradhan.bsky.social
What a dream! Thank you for creating space for fiction. 🦋
...And one more round! Here are our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2025. A huge thank you again to all the incredible writers we've been able to feature this [email protected] @clinforth.bsky.social @saipradhan.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What a dream! Thank you for creating space for fiction. 🦋
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People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
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Read "Love ; Sigh" by Claire Y. Guo, the winner of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25 and her interview that accompanies the micro here. Claire is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Claire Y. Guo - SmokeLong Quarterly
How did the semicolon shape the relationship between your narrator and her mother? Was this punctuation an initial craft decision or a later one? The semicolon is defined as a pause between clauses, m...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Read "Love ; Sigh" by Claire Y. Guo, the winner of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25 and her interview that accompanies the micro here. Claire is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
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so like, i’m aware that it’s not a done deal that all dems vote no on this bill
flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life
flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
so like, i’m aware that it’s not a done deal that all dems vote no on this bill
flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life
flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life
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This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by @cake-girl.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | You Say When the Rain Comes
"You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by Karen Baumgart
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by @cake-girl.bsky.social :
Yes!
📚What a writer. See why @sarahillswrites.bsky.social has won almost every major flash fiction prize there is, including the prestigious Bath award twice.
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Worm - SmokeLong Quarterly
Content warning: sexual violence And while it was happening, with J behind me and my cheek pressed hard against the pocked linoleum floor, I spied a worm there. Rusted, red, moving over the dirty blue...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Yes!
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whoa, it's @gradyhendrix.bsky.social AND @catrionaward.bsky.social’s bdays TODAY?! Two of our very best contemporary horror writers, born on the same day?! AND Shirley Jackson, too?!?! That's some cosmic alignment shit right there.
Go buy a Cat book & a Grady book (and, hey, a Shirley book) today!
Go buy a Cat book & a Grady book (and, hey, a Shirley book) today!
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
whoa, it's @gradyhendrix.bsky.social AND @catrionaward.bsky.social’s bdays TODAY?! Two of our very best contemporary horror writers, born on the same day?! AND Shirley Jackson, too?!?! That's some cosmic alignment shit right there.
Go buy a Cat book & a Grady book (and, hey, a Shirley book) today!
Go buy a Cat book & a Grady book (and, hey, a Shirley book) today!
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📜Happy Bill of Rights Day to all of us! President Franklin Roosevelt established this day to commemorate the ratification of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📜Happy Bill of Rights Day to all of us! President Franklin Roosevelt established this day to commemorate the ratification of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
⚖The Bill of Rights spells out the fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed to those in the US by our government.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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thriftbooks.com is an awesome company with soooo many options!
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December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
thriftbooks.com is an awesome company with soooo many options!
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My quote of the day
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My quote of the day
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
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Write,
Publish,
Quilt,
Paint,
Dance,
Sculpt,
Compose,
Sing,
Play,
Perform,
Record,
Act,
Direct.
Make something delightful that will outlive you. #rip #robreiner
Publish,
Quilt,
Paint,
Dance,
Sculpt,
Compose,
Sing,
Play,
Perform,
Record,
Act,
Direct.
Make something delightful that will outlive you. #rip #robreiner
He created so many delightful things. Create what you can while you can.
RIP Rob Reiner. You were a prince and I’m grateful we intersected.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Write,
Publish,
Quilt,
Paint,
Dance,
Sculpt,
Compose,
Sing,
Play,
Perform,
Record,
Act,
Direct.
Make something delightful that will outlive you. #rip #robreiner
Publish,
Quilt,
Paint,
Dance,
Sculpt,
Compose,
Sing,
Play,
Perform,
Record,
Act,
Direct.
Make something delightful that will outlive you. #rip #robreiner
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It’s been two years since I opened Final Draft because I was so discouraged by the industry. Today, I finally took the outline of the story that has been in my head for 6 years and moved it to script and found someone who wants to direct it.
I can’t wait to share it with world. ❤️
I can’t wait to share it with world. ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been two years since I opened Final Draft because I was so discouraged by the industry. Today, I finally took the outline of the story that has been in my head for 6 years and moved it to script and found someone who wants to direct it.
I can’t wait to share it with world. ❤️
I can’t wait to share it with world. ❤️
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"Harriet the Spy" is beloved as a story about a girl with agency, talent & gender nonconformity. It is underappreciated as an urban story.
archive.org/details/harr...
archive.org/details/harr...
Harriet the spy : Fitzhugh, Louise : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
298 pages : 20 cm
archive.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Harriet the Spy" is beloved as a story about a girl with agency, talent & gender nonconformity. It is underappreciated as an urban story.
archive.org/details/harr...
archive.org/details/harr...
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Issue 90 cover reveal! Out on Monday. Including the winners of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 🏆
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Issue 90 cover reveal! Out on Monday. Including the winners of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 🏆
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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Like many nonprofits, this time of year is crucial for One Story. Please consider making a donation at bit.ly/3KnLClq. One Story is Your Story! #nonprofits #literature #writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Like many nonprofits, this time of year is crucial for One Story. Please consider making a donation at bit.ly/3KnLClq. One Story is Your Story! #nonprofits #literature #writingcommunity
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Give your favorite reader a gift they'll appreciate all year! This holiday season, we're offering 12 Issues of One Story for only $15 (Gift Card included). Visit bit.ly/3Xg61LT for details. ✨
#holidaysale #holiday #holidaygifts #bookstagram #reading #shortstories
#holidaysale #holiday #holidaygifts #bookstagram #reading #shortstories
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Give your favorite reader a gift they'll appreciate all year! This holiday season, we're offering 12 Issues of One Story for only $15 (Gift Card included). Visit bit.ly/3Xg61LT for details. ✨
#holidaysale #holiday #holidaygifts #bookstagram #reading #shortstories
#holidaysale #holiday #holidaygifts #bookstagram #reading #shortstories
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He's 70 and she's 59 in this photo, by the way. Good stuff.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He's 70 and she's 59 in this photo, by the way. Good stuff.
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Using Substack means we get to publish more writers per issue, plus subscribers get discounts on the magazine and items in our shop! Not to mention getting exclusive new stories like this one straight to their inbox 😈
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Wee Minx
fiction, by Jenna Burns
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December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Using Substack means we get to publish more writers per issue, plus subscribers get discounts on the magazine and items in our shop! Not to mention getting exclusive new stories like this one straight to their inbox 😈
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Normalize buying literary magazine subscriptions for friends and family for the holidays!! 🎁
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Normalize buying literary magazine subscriptions for friends and family for the holidays!! 🎁