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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 3h

"He had this one move, I believe he’d invented it, where he licked his own toes."

An embarrassment of riches today for those of us who like to read good stuff fr fr !!!

HAD @havehashad.com · 3h

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

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Dan Weaver @supernaturalfeat.com · 3h

"She refused to on mysterious grounds. She would not tell me the grounds, is what I mean, hence their mysteriousness; I was to infer them, these grounds."

Also the "barnyardy" odor. Also that too.

And additionally also the toe licking dancer. @burialmagazine.bsky.social is just doing jazz drums.

HAD @havehashad.com · 3h

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

www.havehashad.com

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3h

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!!

"My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..."

https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Okay? by Z.H. Gill

My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform and,…

www.havehashad.com

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HAD @havehashad.com · 5h

every time we do a call, we get a couple "is this really closed ALREADY??" replies, and they always remind me of that "First time?" meme/moment in The Ballads of Buster Scruggs

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HAD @havehashad.com · 20h

"Minutes," I said. "Seconds!" I said!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 21h

Lol @havehashad.com

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 21h

My wife once asked me what drugs writers take, this is my answer @havehashad.com

A success! message from Submittable letting Gary know he successfully submitted to Had.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 21h

Aaaaand... FULL!

Prose pulled out to an early lead, but then they flipped somewhere halfway through and Poetry closed first, in ~3 minutes, with Prose coming in maybe a minute/90 seconds later.

HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

This submission call opens in ~4 hours. 7pm ET!

Reminder / heads up for newbies: these generally open and close FAST! Minutes. Seconds!

There will be two links, each open for 77 submissions — one for prose and one for poetry.

Links in reply...

HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

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HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

Here's the link for POETRY submissions.
guest ed: @jlyocum.com

Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!

havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...

"LUCK" — poetry
The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

Here's the link for prose submissions.
guest ed: @tanyazilinskas.com

Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!

havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...

"LUCK" — prose
The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

This submission call opens in ~4 hours. 7pm ET!

Reminder / heads up for newbies: these generally open and close FAST! Minutes. Seconds!

There will be two links, each open for 77 submissions — one for prose and one for poetry.

Links in reply...

HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 1d

I once read a fairytale pedagogy advising against writing about wolves & candles, because they were cliché & overdone. I then proceeded to write a long sequence about a wolf full of candles.

Here are 3 from that sequence, thanks to @havehadhavehad 🐺🕯️

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/can...

HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

amazing new triptych from Benjamin Niespodziany today!!

The wolf full of old candles is melting in the parking lot. Parked at the waxing wolf, the melting wolf sees a permanent time of fire. Last night was the weather. Tonight's still unsure."

https://www.havehashad.com/jytay

Candlewolf by Benjamin Niespodziany

[1] Two area residents found a wolf full of old candles while on a walk yesterday evening. Authorities are trying to uncover the culprit, be it monster or nomad or youth. The mauled wolf is being…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

amazing new triptych from Benjamin Niespodziany today!!

The wolf full of old candles is melting in the parking lot. Parked at the waxing wolf, the melting wolf sees a permanent time of fire. Last night was the weather. Tonight's still unsure."

https://www.havehashad.com/jytay

Candlewolf by Benjamin Niespodziany

[1] Two area residents found a wolf full of old candles while on a walk yesterday evening. Authorities are trying to uncover the culprit, be it monster or nomad or youth. The mauled wolf is being…

www.havehashad.com

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

got a collection of new-new Mike Topp today

here's one: https://www.havehashad.com/w7gf3

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Remember this? We ended up with 526.
No on guessed that.

Though TWO people guessed 537.
That's pretty close!

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 19

If anyone guesses the exact* number of submissions we'll get, we'll let you guest edit a call.

* we reserve the right to possibly reward who gets closest
** pls only guess once

HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 19

5 year anniversary sub call on Thursday!

Five (5!!) hour submission window, 8/21, 7am - noon ET

Theme: "5"
(What does that mean? Up to you!)

Thx. We (heart) (and (skull)) you.
-Aaron & Crow

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

great, powerful piece today from Liza St. James that culminates in a final sentence that just knocked me out

"If only I could charge you for every broken promise."

https://www.havehashad.com/5t4rb

The Broken Promise Tax by Liza St. James

“I made a spreadsheet of the damages, of all you owe me in the aftermath of your emergency,” I wrote. Add in “mental health,” my mom said. “It was a ‘mental health emergency,’ and that way he won’t…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 4d

real wonderful piece of oddity today from Niles Baldwin

"My brother is at an age, and I am at an age where his friends come over and he uses me like I’m the court jester. He tells me to fake trip over the bottom of the La-Z-Boy and I do and it’s real..."
https://www.havehashad.com/yca0k

Court Jester by Niles Baldwin

My brother is at an age, and I am at an age where his friends come over and he uses me like I’m the court jester. He tells me to fake trip over the bottom of the La-Z-Boy and I do and it’s real and it…

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to have three tiny poems up on @havehashad.com!

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/amp...

Here’s one:

A city bursts inside of me
My head becomes heavy from bloom.
The lake leaks out of my eyes.
I'm pregnant with families.
They spill onto my toes and set up tents.
I can hear crying on my kneecaps.
At night, a train shivers with longing.

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote some Chicago-inspired city poems

HAD @havehashad.com · 6d

really really nice, careful trio today from Elena Zhang, love the way they weave together! here's the first
https://www.havehashad.com/i28zv

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HAD @havehashad.com · 5d

two new little tinies today from Cletus Crow!

really love the perfect simplicity of both. here's the first one:

https://www.havehashad.com/vmlg1

A person sitting at a desk using a laptop, with a coffee cup and a notebook nearby, focused on their work. The background features a window with natural light coming in, creating a warm and inviting workspace.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 6d

really really nice, careful trio today from Elena Zhang, love the way they weave together! here's the first
https://www.havehashad.com/i28zv

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HAD @havehashad.com · 7d

always a treat to get to feature new Tom Snarsky!!

https://www.havehashad.com/lfdn0

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Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦 @yelenacrane.bsky.social · 8d

A fascinating way to think of numbers (and people by extension).

In particular, what it says about the those who like 1 because it means they mirror what they encounter.

HAD @havehashad.com · 9d

oh, wow, everything about today's Andrew Maynard short is wonderful, and then that ending!!

"She continues: I like five because you never lose it when it multiplies with something odd. And I think about saying, What if I’m even?"

https://www.havehashad.com/envc8

Number Games by Andrew Maynard

Five is my favorite number, she says, because no matter how many times you multiply it by an odd number, you can always find it at the end of the product. 25. 35. 1975. Always in plain sight. I add…

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HAD @havehashad.com · 8d

got that hot, fresh, new-new Zac Smith for y'all today!

"THE GROCERY STORE LADY SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. SHE TOLD ME ALL HER MONEY GOES TO HER DOG. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF DOG..."

https://www.havehashad.com/j816f

The Parking Lot by Zac Smith

THE GROCERY STORE LADY SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. SHE TOLD ME ALL HER MONEY GOES TO HER DOG. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF DOG. BUT I FELT BAD IT'S SO EXPENSIVE SO I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. THE…

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