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Chelsea Voulgares
@chelsvoulgares.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor in Chief of Lost Balloon. Lover of books and scary movies, lifting weights and petting dogs.
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We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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“I didn’t want to produce another tech dystopia. We’re living that; we’re familiar enough with it.”

@chelsvoulgares.bsky.social interviews Elaine Castillo about Moderation (@vikingbooks.bsky.social).

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"Labor and Trauma in the American Workplace: A Conversation with Elaine Castillo by Chelsea Voulgares" written in white at the bottom left of Castillo's author photo. To the right is the book cover for Moderation beneath the full Rumpus logo in white.
October 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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“Imagine a whole segment of the world full of people with all these small cuts who are doing their best to move beyond the pain of their wounds.”

Chelsea Voulgares interviews Chinelo Okparanta about Harry Sylvester Bird.

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"Centering, Appropriation, and Satire: A Conversation with Chinelo Okparanta by Chelsea Voulgares" written in black at the bottom of Okparanta's author photo. In the lower lefthand corner is the book cover for Harry Sylvester Bird.
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Hey everyone! Subs are open for @lostballoon.bsky.social this week!
June 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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In case you missed it!
June 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Oh God I'm old
March 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We have a great new piece today from @belindarowe.bsky.social! Check out “The Birds Will Line Their Nests.” lost-balloon.com/2025/03/26/t...
The Birds Will Line Their Nests by Belinda Rowe
Dad and I pass a packet of liquorice Allsorts between us at the kitchen table. It’s drizzling outside. Flowers from the pōhutukawa tree cover the lawn in a carpet of scarlet. A nest falls from the …
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March 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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We have a great new piece today from Brooke Middlebrook! Check out “The Same Virus That Causes Chickenpox.” lost-balloon.com/2025/03/12/t...
The same virus that causes chickenpox by Brooke Middlebrook
Watched a couple passionately make out in front of the Randall’s on Westheimer today. I say passionately because I saw him put his hand behind her head as they kissed, a.k.a., the best move ever in…
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March 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A new book is about to drop, a collection of short stories, most of them written in the last five or so years.

OTHER EMERGENCIES
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I’m so excited to share the cover for Abbreviate! This flash nonfiction collection comes out in May with @smallharborpub.bsky.social.

A small collection of small essays, Abbreviate examines how the injustice and violence of girlhood leads women to accept—and even claim—small spaces and stories...
Text reading “Cover Reveal” and “Small Harbor Publishing” sits next to two stacked books. The book cover features tones of pink, purple, and neon orange with collages of five young girls in various poses. The words “Abbreviate” and “Sarah Fawn Montgomery” appear in the top right corner of the book.
February 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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BOTH of my chapbooks are now available to order!

They even feature my photography as their covers 🖤

Thanks so much to CutBank Books and @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for believing in these projects!

www.allisonfieldbell.com/books
February 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Litmag dreams do come true!

So excited to see TREBUCHET included on @electriclit.bsky.social’s reading list: “12 Poems and Short Stories by Black Writers to Read For Free Online” alongside MIRANDA by @taracampbell.bsky.social!

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12 Poems and Short Stories by Black Writers to Read For Free Online - Electric Literature
These works showcase the range and brilliance of Black storytelling
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February 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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In case you missed it!
February 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We have a great new piece today from Kathleen Hellen! Check out “how to identify birds by sound.” lost-balloon.com/2025/02/19/h...
how to identify birds by sound by Kathleen Hellen
showing off, you kept track of individuals defined as drumming. trill. nasal yank. the birdiebirdiebirdie or the squeaky wheel. the calls that signify distress. the complex songs of courtship. i fo…
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February 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I wrote about Gilda. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Do It for Gilda
The too-short life of a comedy genius is a reminder to the rest of us to make good use of the time we are given.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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This book—like my life—emerged weirdly. Had to cancel readings, launch. If you feel able or want to, you can help this little book with a big heart along by sharing? Maybe you know someone who could use a story like this right now. Books find us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930...
Hi. Not gonna lie. This book—like life—has had an unusual emergence into the world. Nothing went as planned, and my life wavered, but that’s happening to all of us, in 100 different ways. If you feel able or want to, you can help this little book with a big heart along by sharing news of her nascence? Maybe you know someone who could use a story like this right now. I am of the opinion that books find us when we need them to. In a hundred different ways. Sometimes underground or hand to hand ways. Or heart art ways. I’m grateful as ever for every single reader. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930/reading-the-waves-by-lidia-yuknavitch/
February 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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“I’m tracking the way we carry stories of what happened to us around in our lives and our bodies.”

@chelsvoulgares.bsky.social interviews @lidiamiles.bsky.social about Reading the Waves (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social).

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February 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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My mini interview with Lidia Yuknavitch is up today @therumpus.net! I loved talking to Lidia, and I loved her new book. therumpus.net/2025/02/14/l...
February 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I have a flash fiction story out in @lostballoon.bsky.social, “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband.”

I continue to find dark humor in subverting medicine's clinical guidelines.

Thanks @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the Lost Balloon team for publishing this!

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The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband by Margaret Adams
“SPIKES is an acronym for presenting distressing information in an organized manner to patients and families.” – Clinical Journal of Oncology  S- Setting There is no guarantee of …
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February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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It’s pub day and I have @queerty.com to thank for this beautiful headline and for featuring an excerpt of Alligator Tears on their site! Instead of a single chapter, they selected passages from throughout the book to capture the breadth of the story. ❤️🐊🥲

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Edgar Gomez on dollar store makeup tutorials, neon cocktails & mopping lube at a sex club - Queerty
Check out these exclusive excerpts from Gomez's new book "Alligator Tears," out tomorrow.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I have an interview with Lidia Yuknavitch coming up in @therumpus.net this Friday! Stay tuned.
February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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New story today! Check out “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband” by @megaretadams.bsky.social! lost-balloon.com/2025/02/12/t...
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I deactivated Twitter today. It felt great!
February 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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LB’s BSF noms are posted!!!
lostballoon.bsky.social Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Feb 2
We are delighted to announce our nominees for Best Small Fictions!!! @amadolaila.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Cameron Mackenzie, Nora Esme Wagner, and Yasmine Yu!
February 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM