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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · 4d

Books are spoken for!

Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · 4d

Looking to build your physical library? Willing to give these 5 literary novels to a good home. I'll cover shipping to a mutual in contiguous US.

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 20

This is an incredible story.

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · Jul 13

It’s a Sunday afternoon in the dead center of the year. Life barrels along. Best of times, worst of times, y’all know the score.

Please consider checking out my two new books this year: Boxcutters has been out in the world for two months and Feast is but a month away!

John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · Jul 7

Alright, I'm pissed at the system, I'm gonna promote my books. They deserve to exist.

Boxcutters is a short story collection that's difficult to sell because it's all over the place stylistically but people have read it and said that it all fits together nicely
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Boxcutters (Signed Copies)

One Amazon delivery stolen from a neighbor’s porch leads to plenty more. To keep the show going, a balding sitcom actress tries out a new wig and discovers a hunger for life. Jesus Christ claims th…

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jul 13

Celebrate Summerween with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 13

Great news, Suzy!

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Suzy Eynon @suzyeynon.bsky.social · Jul 2

My first book will be out May 2026 🖤

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

In 2026:

The Walls Are Closing In On Us, a novel by @trentbwrites.bsky.social

Terrestrial, a novella by @suzyeynon.bsky.social

Submarines, a novel by @mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social

The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 13

At church today we sang Get Together by The Youngbloods.

You know how it goes:

Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 13

The cat is meowing at ghosts again.

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our sinister Summer 2025 issue is out now! Guest-edited by Victor LaValle, this issue features prose by Helen Phillips, Deesha Philyaw, S. A. Cosby, Joanna Pearson, Carolyn Ferrell, and more. Grab your copy today: https://pshr.us/summer25

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jul 9

We are pleased to present Ramona Ausubel with the annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for her story, “Perfect Numbers,” published in the Summer 2024 issue. Read the full announcement and a profile in our Summer 2025 issue: https://pshr.us/summer25

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 11

Reading @nadiabulkin.bsky.social in @pshares.bsky.social edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social : "She has never had therapy. Doctors take five minutes, and exorcisms take five days, and she figures this is a good compromise."

Ploughshares Summer 2025 is Sinister in the best way!

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.

Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.

It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.

To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.

You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.

Register now!

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jun 27

Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks, Dan!

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you, Tessa!

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T E Rossi (she/her) @trossiwriter.bsky.social · Jul 9

@variantlit.bsky.social’s own @barbaralockmd.bsky.social Her story’s sunlit-subtle menace will have you looking over your shoulder in a literary way!

Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.

It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.

To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.

You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.

Register now!

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jun 27

Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks, John!! I'm so grateful for your enthusiasm and for publishing "The Story of Girls" in Cold Signal, one of my best and favorite stories so far!

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks, Suzy! The whole issue is fire.

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

Will you be in Boston next Wednesday? Come out to hear us read from Sinister Summer, edited by @victorlavalle.bsky.social.

Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was my great honor to guest edit the Summer 2025 issue of Ploughshares.

It’s got so much great writing, I can’t wait for you all to see.

To celebrate, we’re having a reading in Boston on July 16.

You will love hearing Nadia, Carolyn, and Barbara read. I promise you.

Register now!

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · Jun 27

Celebrate Halloween early with Ploughshares! Join us at 6pm on July 16th at Trident Booksellers in Boston, MA, for the launch of our sinister Summer 2025 issue, guest-edited by Victor LaValle and filled with werewolves, monsters, and more. Register here: https://pshr.us/sinistersummerlaunch

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

What's in the box?

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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · Jun 30

What an honor! Thanks @variantlit.bsky.social for seeing something in this story!

Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations to the Variant writers on the Wigleaf Top 50 2025 Longlist!

@danbillyc.bsky.social "Kilter" (Spring 2024)

@courtludwick.bsky.social "Quarter" (Spring 2024)

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social "The Interview" (Fall 2024)

@sarahroth.bsky.social "Postnatural" (Winter 2024)

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Jun 28

new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )

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Tori Walters @victoriaceann.bsky.social · Jul 2

Have you read our newest issue yet?!?

Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · Jun 12

Issue 21 is here! ✨️

variantlit.com/issue-twenty...

ISSUE TWENTY-ONE

Visit the post for more.

variantlit.com

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Jul 5

The masterful narrative and metaphoric content of Vittorio Ottaviani's work takes my breath away.

chicworld @shelikhovskij.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Devil's Empire. 2012. Oil on wood. Vittorio Ottaviani (Italy)

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · Apr 21

Celebrating new work from one of our poetry readers!

d.S. randoL @dsrandol.bsky.social · Apr 21

I have a new printed piece out with
@passagesnorth.bsky.social!
I wrote it as reflection of how I was fighting to become more extroverted, basically faking it until I figured it out. 2023 was such a gr8 year for me, so much self-discovery & putting myself out there.

Check out the issue for more🚀

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Barbara Lock @barbaralockmd.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you, Tessa!

T E Rossi (she/her) @trossiwriter.bsky.social · Jan 19

Congratulations to @variantlit.bsky.social’s own @barbaralockmd.bsky.social ! Read her story here: midwayjournal.com/author/barba...

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