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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 7d

I am beyond thrilled to have a story featured in the NINTH anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute amongst some of the best writers I know. Kudos to all. Hope you enjoy "The Saddest Fuckers of All" and the gorgeous artwork by Kaylan Friedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute

I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

💙 Heads up: Thanks to all who signed up for THIS Saturday's 3-in-90 workshop! You should have received your email w. session LINK today. Please check your inboxes (from Art of Flash / Webex) Sometimes these land in promo or spam folders. Please don't wait until the last minute to do this. Thanks! 💙

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

Timeline Cleanse ⚜️🎶⚜️💙⚜️🎶⚜️

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt performing together (1976)

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

I like those and the postcard a lot!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

"Musical chairs and spherical stairs—up up up I go into lullabies and stories of cattails and bells, bedside lamps and picture books where legendary lions and mythical beasts play on seesaws and merry-go-rounds, humming in my head childhood daze of blankets and spoons." How beautiful. 💙

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 1d

"A Circus of Songs" by Shome Dasgupta--a quietly moving non-fiction giving us a poetic peek into the author's internal world. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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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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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 1d

I still believe a better life is possible.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

I applaud this!

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much, Kik! 💙

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much!

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, Susan, thank you! 💙

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Signed up for this so fast! It's exactly what I need. "All donations will go to SAFTA fellowships/residencies for trans, black and/or indigenous writers." Looking forward to this, @smokelong.bsky.social 💙

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 2d

Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Love it! Congratulazioni!

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Thanks, Owen! 💙

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful. It's cloudy here, so I'm happy to enjoy your moonrise, Steve!

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 2d

“The kid is always being a genius and he is always smiling and kind. One thing I know about people who are always smiling and kind is they’re the saddest fuckers of all.”

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The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for reading and sharing, Avitus! Your GP story is fantastic! 💙

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 2d

Whoosh! Love this so much, Dina. 💙

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 2d

My new favorite @dinalrelles.bsky.social piece." If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing." Read it in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 2d

Aw, thank you, Patricia! I excerpted your story in today's newsletter! That's a fab title and story.

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