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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 1d

Unlike Musk, we are LGBTQ+ friendly and we feature many authors who identify as such. Visit us! You won't be sorry if you like interesting and good works.

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Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 4d

We've been at this for a little more than 15 years, now, as a niche within a niche, and slow going. Perseverence is the key, but we're still a niche within a niche. Please visit us! And we love every submission.

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Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 4d

. . . when "gimme" became a word . . .

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Give is contracted thus, gi'mmee for give me.

I. Watts, Art reading & writing Eng. xxiv. 135
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Come Colen, now an' gimme kyle about, I helped you, whan nane else wad, I doubt.

A. Ross, Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 78
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What yous goin' to gimme for bringin' him here?

A. L. Stimson, Easy Nat xxx. 251

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 7d

Call out for cover art! Send us something that makes us stare, stare, and ponder, and stare.

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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 22d

The sky is raining popcorn! The carpet’s crying, the parrot won’t speak. Someone must have forgotten to traduce Josef K.

This is a mission only a flood of submissions can cure. Go ahead and make us suffer. Extra credit if there are wiggles in there.

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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 26d

Nominees @jmgatford.bsky.social, @taracampbell.bsky.social, @damicandrea.bsky.social & others mentioned here . . .

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 26d

It wasn't easy, but here are our nominations for Best of the Net 2026!

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Nominations for Best of the Net 2026

Poetry
Clare Bayard : Gulf August Inside Out
Jo Gatford : i talk to god at the planetarium
Isabella Qi : Joan of Arc
Nicholas Barnes : the carousel saddle
Jessica Purdy : The Aubergine Dress
Liam Strong : the year of lost limbs

Fiction
Tara Campbell : Who Filtered Down from the Stars
Marley Korzen : White Thread

Visual Art
Leo Charre : untitled
Andrea Damic : Bountiful

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 27d

Starting our shortlist, now, for nominations for Best of the Net 2026. As ws always say, it's so hard to choose 6 poems & 2 stories from so many great works out of 5 huge issues, but we're doing it.

(We won't "do it live.")

Stay tuned and we'll give our nominations soon!

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 28d

Here it is! A beautiful one.

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Gone Lawn 55 : June Gemmell

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks so much for Gone Lawn for including my two micros in the new issue! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · Sep 7

“The boy groans as layers of underworld break open like waves (mega mega white thing)”

Whew!! Read this wild crazy piece by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social! I promise you won’t know what’s going to happen next!

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chuffed to have a collab with @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social merging Persephone and Born Slippy! Hope you enjoy!
“And the boy tries the club, doing what he can to forget. Skin hot and lager-damp. His hips grind in the groin behind”

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

Such exquisite detail in these micros from @luannecastle.bsky.social 🥹 in the new issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social
‘…you sat in that front row seat where nobody else wanted to sit and didn’t look around so everybody could stare at you until lunch…’

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Gone Lawn 61 : Luanne Castle

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 7

@cake-girl.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social with this heartbreaking piece “When someone at the grocery store asks if the toddler clinging to you is your child, smile and say just borrowing them for the weekend…” gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 61 : Karen Baumgart

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy my little flash has found a home in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💗 this one was drafted in the Go With The Flow workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social (such a skilled & generous teacher!)
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

"When the moon rose full, a Goblin Prince prowled through the evergreen shadows, summoned by the ailing moss. He’d make a trade with the weeping boy. A toe for a toe, a spell to reach the forest’s edge"

Wonderfully odd fairy-tale micro from @lkardos.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social

Lauren Kardos @lkardos.bsky.social · Sep 6

new lonely little micro out in the latest @gonelawn.bsky.social. give it a read here: gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 61 : Lauren Kardos

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 6

For the timezones - my collab piece w @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social featuring both Underworlds (Hellenic and Techno) 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chuffed to have a collab with @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social merging Persephone and Born Slippy! Hope you enjoy!
“And the boy tries the club, doing what he can to forget. Skin hot and lager-damp. His hips grind in the groin behind”

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · Sep 7

Wow! Loved this Sumitra and Kathryn. ❤️ Brilliant collaboration!
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lovely to read through the newest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social today. Great to celebrate the writers, but we often forget the hard work of the editors in putting it together behind the scenes. @amygcb.bsky.social & @owenwyke.bsky.social are two of the best. #FlashFictionFamily

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Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · Sep 7

The editors at @gonelawn.bsky.social were absolutely wonderful to work with 💛 Thanks so much for taking such care of our wild piece @amygcb.bsky.social & @owenwyke.bsky.social

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lovely to read through the newest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social today. Great to celebrate the writers, but we often forget the hard work of the editors in putting it together behind the scenes. @amygcb.bsky.social & @owenwyke.bsky.social are two of the best. #FlashFictionFamily

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · Sep 6

Bookmarked to read later.

Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not?

Gone Lawn 61, here you go!

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pencil-drawn face, divided, plus a crimson globe, plus geese flying westward.

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chuffed to have a collab with @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social merging Persephone and Born Slippy! Hope you enjoy!
“And the boy tries the club, doing what he can to forget. Skin hot and lager-damp. His hips grind in the groin behind”

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Lauren Kardos @lkardos.bsky.social · Sep 6

new lonely little micro out in the latest @gonelawn.bsky.social. give it a read here: gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 61 : Lauren Kardos

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · Sep 6

The MINUTE I’m finished all my writing tasks today, I‘m diving in! (I see some familiar names in here. 🥰)

Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not?

Gone Lawn 61, here you go!

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Robin Zlotnick @robinzlotnick.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh my Gone!!! I am so excited to have a short story in this issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social! It’s summery, it’s spooky — September is basically the perfect time to read it, if you ask me. 🌕✨

Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not?

Gone Lawn 61, here you go!

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Sep 6

Eager to dig in! Gone Lawn always has stories that surprise me 💥

Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not?

Gone Lawn 61, here you go!

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