R. Gatwood
@iwantanewhead.bsky.social
R. Gatwood (iwantanewhead.wordpress.com) is the emergent consciousness of a spectacularly inefficient library shelving system. Short fiction in 3:AM Magazine, Apex Magazine, and elsewhere.
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R. Gatwood
@iwantanewhead.bsky.social
· Dec 12
End-of-year wrap-up thread. Two stories published, a few mentions of note.
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![[tweet from Seven by Twenty] Smooth, perfect snow. Urge to piss. // @iwantanewhead](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreiefmkjkc3uoieqnvu5j4n7yjd43kfnxfhgsk5vqfxkbaeyeqiyd3m@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
![[tweet from Nanoism] Instantly he adds, "Forget I said that," and endures a moment of agonizing hope until she says,
"Okay."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreidf2ysdned3alhuzan4qhfhfqcznfndg63jswc53ig5yckjhv7s64@jpeg)
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![[Tweet from the Drabblecast] He feels no urge to howl, only to dither and doubt and qualify everything he says. Oh the horror: he's an as-it-were wolf. #twabble](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreigob6wrlntq42flymqdwuze2mh5ij6pdv4dzhyehgs2aosrl3wqgm@jpeg)
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New story in Bright Flash Literary Review.
The Man Who Could Tickle Himself
By R. Gatwood There once was a man who worked hard not to let his left hand know what his right hand was doing, and vice versa. To pour milk over his cereal, he pivoted on his right leg, his left f…
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October 4, 2023 at 5:48 PM
New story in Bright Flash Literary Review.
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![[tweet from Nanoism]
I never miss her. But sometimes I miss the man she thought I was.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreicj36ktuzyrhfdpvpzkhip3lkk5tch3fctqhmz3zhoyjtbgqgbufe@jpeg)
March 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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"Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Daniel W. Foster," in 3:AM Magazine. My David Foster Wallace story, replete with footnotes.
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Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Daniel W. Foster – 3:AM Magazine
My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I have come to accept this with the help of writer Daniel W. Foster and violinist Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler, the latter of whom (in 1905, hoping to draw attention to ...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Daniel W. Foster," in 3:AM Magazine. My David Foster Wallace story, replete with footnotes.
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/praeludi...
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/praeludi...
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End-of-year wrap-up thread. Two stories published, a few mentions of note.
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
End-of-year wrap-up thread. Two stories published, a few mentions of note.
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![[tweet by R. Gatwood] I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus so I blackmailed them for more presents.
#vss](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreihydkm6gahj7ef6h4zxdb3l6ijjvcyb4fpouodu6x5hwzltft2eem@jpeg)
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To those who celebrate, hope your Christmases are merrier than the ones in this microfiction.
![[tweet from Nanoism] Christmas Eve was the night Santa didn't come. I mean, he didn't come every night, but Christmas Eve was the night it mattered.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreid3hzx3dqiedckklnl5fusto426m2td6jybbn6acex2no7x2lufly@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To those who celebrate, hope your Christmases are merrier than the ones in this microfiction.
To those who celebrate, hope your Christmases are merrier than the ones in this microfiction.
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To those who celebrate, hope your Christmases are merrier than the ones in this microfiction.
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That's all the news for 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
That's all the news for 2025.
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On a sadder note, the lovely magazine Coffin Bell folded before it could publish another story of mine.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On a sadder note, the lovely magazine Coffin Bell folded before it could publish another story of mine.
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Also listed here, because it was recorded by Matt Gomez (excellently, I might add).
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Stories that have Podcasts
We didn’t make podcasts of all our stories, but between hosts Mike Ward and Matt Gomez, we did a lot. Here are stories with podcasts. If you like to read along with the podcast, use this link…
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December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also listed here, because it was recorded by Matt Gomez (excellently, I might add).
magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/st...
magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/st...
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The story "Heart Moon" got mentioned in a few Metaphorosis lists. Great to see a ritual cannibalism story in this one!
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Stories by Vegans and Vegetarians
Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Mor…
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December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The story "Heart Moon" got mentioned in a few Metaphorosis lists. Great to see a ritual cannibalism story in this one!
magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/st...
magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/st...
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"Ever the Collector," in Periwinkle Pelican. A microfiction.
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issue two - "the truth is, i want to want to live
thank you, thank you, thank you. i'm so excited for you to see this.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Ever the Collector," in Periwinkle Pelican. A microfiction.
theperipelican.wixsite.com/my-site-1/po...
theperipelican.wixsite.com/my-site-1/po...
End-of-year wrap-up thread. Two stories published, a few mentions of note.
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
End-of-year wrap-up thread. Two stories published, a few mentions of note.
Reposted by R. Gatwood
![[tweet from Nanoism] Eve comes back to Adam again and again—not for love, not for children, but to try to suck that last bite of apple out of his selfish throat.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreigorsbw2v5sdl7rkxitz4eisqgkqrs3i5atlfvzof5d3dhq3mk7l4@jpeg)
![[tweet from The Drabblecast] The damn fool boy shut the barn door after all the cows got turned inside out. At least they don't need as much milking now.
#twabble](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreicsmudk4jjmeaw4xrtrfjdzyjduxwtadsskdmrl5tnj24n35rcnce@jpeg)
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This is a great list to have a ritual cannibalism story in.
Stories by Vegans and Vegetarians
Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Morris Allen “Dragons I Have Slain” — B. Morris Allen “The Stars are…
Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Morris Allen “Dragons I Have Slain” — B. Morris Allen “The Stars are…
Stories by Vegans and Vegetarians
Just as with any population, a substantial (and growing) number of our authors are vegans or vegetarians. Below is a selection of stories by those authors. “Adaptations to Coastal Erosion” — B. Morris Allen “Dragons I Have Slain” — B. Morris Allen “The Stars are Tiny Lights on a Perfect Black Dome” — Simon Kewin…
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February 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a great list to have a ritual cannibalism story in.
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![[tweet from trapezemag] He fumbled through lab notes. "Nausea"—check. "Hallucinations"—yep. "The host body autocannibalizes"—huh? Then his eye sockets ate his eyes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreidqahnkqhsb7nn5wlritiprsqkzexp4xaxy4n5bmfdd7lbj2gln3q@jpeg)
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#frankenstein #microfiction Let's allow Victor to settle the old debate, shall we?
![[tweet from Nanoism] Call me Victor. I don't deserve the name of Frankenstein. My creature, my son—let him take that from me. I have given him nothing else.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpd7ehn5yiszxeosv6o4b3cc/bafkreicnfirftgrm4pqe2oieog2cplzhuypcfrknzcpjvepifxcbmpvcwi@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#frankenstein #microfiction Let's allow Victor to settle the old debate, shall we?
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Kinda crazy & so freaking exciting to have 8 (8!!) poems and 1 CNF coming out in November 😃 (Especially after publishing just 6 poems in the 1st 9 months of ‘25) Prepare to be bombarded with updates 😆 #ThankYou @pitheadchapel.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social & @villaineralit.bsky.social 🙏
October 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Kinda crazy & so freaking exciting to have 8 (8!!) poems and 1 CNF coming out in November 😃 (Especially after publishing just 6 poems in the 1st 9 months of ‘25) Prepare to be bombarded with updates 😆 #ThankYou @pitheadchapel.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social & @villaineralit.bsky.social 🙏