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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Aug 10

“It’s weird, isn’t it?” she says. “Squaring who you are with who you might have been…”

Great evocation of character and yearning in this fab piece from @h0lc0mb.bsky.social; so much movement from beginning to end

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/08/04/e...

She’s a poet and a bass guitarist, the coolest in my LA mommies group, and someday soon: a breakout late-in-life pop star. “I could be like a female Leonard Cohen,” she tells me one day at the park…

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much!

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Aug 4

"'It’s weird, isn’t it?' she says. 'Squaring who you are with who you might have been…'"

Wow! This perfection, the last lines. Love this story by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/08/04/e...

She’s a poet and a bass guitarist, the coolest in my LA mommies group, and someday soon: a breakout late-in-life pop star. “I could be like a female Leonard Cohen,” she tells me one day at the park…

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ahhh thank you!

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much!

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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · Aug 4

“It’s weird, isn’t it?” she says. “Squaring who you are with who you might have been…”

Love this gem of a story from @h0lc0mb.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social. So good! 🌟🌟🌟

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 4

I am soooo thrilled to have a new little flash piece out with dream journal @flashfrog.bsky.social today! Thank you @ericscottryon.bsky.social for seeing and supporting this shard of a story and @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social for the gorgeous, perfect collage paired with it! 🎸

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/08/04/e...

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 4

I am soooo thrilled to have a new little flash piece out with dream journal @flashfrog.bsky.social today! Thank you @ericscottryon.bsky.social for seeing and supporting this shard of a story and @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social for the gorgeous, perfect collage paired with it! 🎸

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/08/04/e...

She’s a poet and a bass guitarist, the coolest in my LA mommies group, and someday soon: a breakout late-in-life pop star. “I could be like a female Leonard Cohen,” she tells me one day at the park…

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

flash-frog.com/2025/08/04/e...

She’s a poet and a bass guitarist, the coolest in my LA mommies group, and someday soon: a breakout late-in-life pop star. “I could be like a female Leonard Cohen,” she tells me one day at the park…

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Jul 22

For those who asked. The link tree for the Sameer Project is here: linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Interview with Susan Holcomb — Vestal Review

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good for Zohran Mamdani! What a bright spot he is in these horrid times ✨

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Jun 24

My favorite response had to be cut for length so you get to read it here! 🌞

Q: What else would you like to share that I haven’t asked?

A: I was resistant to characterizing this book as being “about motherhood” because that used to feel limiting to me. But now I wonder: why limiting? Birth-giving isn’t just life-or-death—it’s the whole LIFE side of the equation! Why do we anchor on a single image of a “mom” when mothers come in as many varieties as individuals? I used to think, when a new book on the subject would appear: oh god, another book about motherhood! The same way I thought, when Conclave came out: oh god, another movie about the Pope! But surely motherhood is as inexhaustibly fruitful as any other topic relevant to the lives of millions. Also, I watched Conclave, and it was really good.

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Jun 24

Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/interview-wi...

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hurray for a new issue from @vestalreview.bsky.social! I have a brief interview with @lifeandmars.bsky.social in this one ♥️🌈🐺

Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · Jun 23

Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing.

Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · May 4

Oo! Short story month is about to be Lori Ostlund month for me

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · May 4

Just ordered this collection because I love everything going on on this page. Thanks for sharing these!

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you @blinkink50.bsky.social !! The wolf pack grows 🐺🐺🐺✨

Blink Ink @blinkink50.bsky.social · Apr 28

Very nice chapbook from Susan h0lc0mb.bsky.social available now. A couple of the stories first appeared in Blink-Ink…

📚 susanaudreyholcomb.com/wolfbaby/ #author #writingcommunity

The book cover of Wolfbaby by Susan Holcomb. Shades of orange and a stripe of green form an inverted rainbow that covers the book.

Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Apr 28

Truly extraordinary writing by @ginathayer.bsky.social !! 🐺✨❤️