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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 6d

"You know what you've done." 🤣

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 7d

Ope, first pub. Hello! 🕷️🕸️🪰
Peaches bwgwritersroundtable.com/peaches/

Peaches

(Honorable Mention, 2025 BWR Short Story Award) The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoug…

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 11d

My flying saucer joke just isn't landing.

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 15d

Hey @moirariom.bsky.social , mine turned out great! Am... am I doing it right? 🙃😆
(P.S. Never again, for me. I'll just stick to this one.)

A rejection letter with most of the words redacted, leaving only "Dear Avery, you are perfect."

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 21d

🫂🤣 My new favorite.

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 23d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 23d

I feel a little bad for being so amused by these. 🤣
Obviously I'd prefer you get accepted, but as far as silver linings go, I'm obsessed. 🩷

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 23d

Still keeping it #classy
Dear magazines...

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 23d

I adore this story.
(And the Friendo who wrote it!)

Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 23d

My story is out in Small Wonders today!

“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”

Read to see what actually happened…

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 23d

Something has gone awry at the faire this year, and Princess Lilaclaire is not having a great time. Check out "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire" by @indigorue.bsky.social today and see what happens when the frogs just aren't cooperating:

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 27d

New stuff coming? Can't wait to devour!

a plate of chocolate chip cookies on a table with tlc written on the bottom

Alt: a giant plate of chocolate chip cookies on a table with cookie monster staring in awe

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 28d

You absolutely belong.

Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 AAAAAAAH!
Yay! Proud of you, Friendo!

Ben Daggers @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · Sep 7

My story "It Takes a Village" won the 2025 microfiction Writing Battle!

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · Sep 6

Bwhaha, my favorite one. It's rhyme crime time! 😜

NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Rhyming Story Challenge 2025 is officially underway! View the genre/theme/emotion assignments, a countdown to the deadline, and upload link at nycmidnight.co/3VxkSRo. Best of luck to the 1,500+ writers participating worldwide over the next 8 days!

1st Round Assignments 2025 — nycmidnight

The Rhyming Story Challenge 2025 is officially underway! This page contains the 1st Round assignments, a countdown to the submission deadline, details on how to upload your story, and more. Good…

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · Sep 5

Lenny Bruce is not afraid.

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · Sep 3

These are art.

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · Aug 29

I just don't think you're fulfilling your whimsy macros, bro. You're not trinketmaxxing. You aren't achieving your peak crow performance. Are you even trinketpilled, bro? Have you done your "sense of childlike joy" reps yet?
Bro.

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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yes. Make the pretty words hurt. 🩷

Congratulations, friend! A well deserved win.

S. C. Mills @scmillsbooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m so pleased to finally be able to share my winning NYC Midnight story with everyone.

I write about grief often—it’s how I process, and how I work though my fears. This story was no exception.

NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are proud to present the winning story from last year's 500-word Fiction Challenge! Read "Watchmaker's Hands" by
@scmillsbooks.bsky.social at nycmidnight.co/411DmwA. Original illustration by Yevgenia Nayberg. Enjoy, and get ready for this year's 500-word challenge kicking off on August 15th!