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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social who’s fantastic story you can read here. Also, huge thanks to my daughter Lara and her collaboration on this mixed media artwork. Love you!

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death" written by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"So we agreed on lying in our beds, the sun just razoring through the blinds, soft shadows that often welcomed us..."

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In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @sfreligh.bsky.social who’s amazing story you can read here

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school."

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The Way the Cookie Crumbles — Ghost Parachute

Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school. She and her mom watch television in the morning, talk shows where the hosts interview celebrities about their workout routines or t...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social who’s beautiful story you can read here

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut" written by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet."

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The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut — Ghost Parachute

My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet. That’s what my mother said the one time she met the four-year-old. I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother sn...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social who’s story you can read here. 💐

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us" written by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her."

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One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us — Ghost Parachute

her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her. We learn to breathe, to talk, to sing in her. Our mothers, our aun...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Love it 🥰

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 17d

So thrilled with this nomination for my nonfiction piece ‘Another Version of Her’. Thank you Editors
, this means a great deal to me. Over the moon!

You can read it here:
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Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees!

#writingcommunity #bestofthenet

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 20d

Best of the Net nominations for 2026 for @pictura.bsky.social are now out. Huge thanks to our EIC Alicia Wright. This was no small feat!

Congratulations to all the nominees 🥰

We are always open and always free. Submit away: picturajournal.com/submit/

submit - pictura journal

Pictura Journal submissions are always open, and we’ll do our best to respond within three weeks. We offer a token payment of $5.

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 23d

*Best of the Net 2026 artwork nomination by Gone Lawn*

Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:

*Best of the Net 2026 artwork nomination by Gone Lawn*

Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 24d

Amazing 👏👏👏 Congratulations 💐💐💐

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Reposted by Andrea Damic

Olga Katsovskiy @theweightofaletter.bsky.social · 25d

Looking for a fiction editor to lead a team.

JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 25d

jmww is looking for a Senior Fiction Editor!

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We are looking for a senior fiction editor!

jmww is currently looking for a Senior Fiction Editor!

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 25d

Love this artwork, wow! It will be an easy nomination choice next year 😉

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you ☺️ and congratulations to all 💐💐💐

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for my visual art Best of the Net 2026 nomination. It’s an honour 💐💐💐

Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees 🥰

Link to the hunter’s moon issue 57 where my artwork ‘Bountiful’ was on the cover is here:

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#artcommunity #photography

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 27d

*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’*

Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…

*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’*

Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching and writing, and I love Varo. I actually didn't know much about Varo until a couple of years back, but once I saw her paintings, I fell in love.

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 29d

*SmokeLong Quarterly - Micro Contest Winner*
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen. This means a great deal to me.

*SmokeLong Quarterly – Micro Contest Winner*

*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen.I almost didn't enter as the story was not meant to be about Trump, and it needed to be at least loosely about a train wreck. I wrote about it metaphorically, alluding to what is going on.

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ha-ha, congratulations 💐

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, and this time for @jacqdoyle.bsky.social amazing story ‘Ella’s Going Places’. The artwork is called “where do souls go?”.

#writingcommunity

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read "Ella’s Going Places" written by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"Ella was thrilled when the burly guy at the door beckoned them to the front of the line."

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Ella’s Going Places — Ghost Parachute

Was He an Actor? Ella was thrilled when the burly guy at the door beckoned them to the front of the line. Never mind that the club was dark and crowded when they got inside, and the first guy who boug...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for another amazing story, this time by Rebecca Tiger.

#writingcommunity

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read "Crustacean" written by Rebecca Tiger and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"Camille won’t do it anymore. No more pulling the lobsters from the tank. She doesn’t want that kind of responsibility."

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Crustacean — Ghost Parachute

Camille won’t do it anymore. No more pulling the lobsters from the tank. She doesn’t want that kind of responsibility. If the wash-ashores from Connecticut and New York want to eat a creature that’s j...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for this amazing story by @noraraywrites.bsky.social

#writingcommunity

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."

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Always Forever Friend — Ghost Parachute

An old friend who stops talking to you for no reason can be a special friend, a lingering and recurring friend, especially when it’s your best friend. She bombards you with pictures of her meals prepa...

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great story Nora. So happy to be a part of it through this artwork 🥰

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Sky Island Journal @skyislandjournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌄 www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Aug 19

Well … this made me cry… beautifully written, and spot on!

Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you so much 😊

Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · Aug 5

Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social Barbara Leonhard, for the publication of my poem ‘The Way Nightmares Are Formed’. This means a great deal to me.

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#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

“The Way Nightmares Are Formed” by Andrea Damic

Photo by SHVETS production on Pexels.com the way your life changes foreverlike a timeless pendulumwavering from one extreme to another the way you get used to sleepless nights,unwashed hair and lac…

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