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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 5d

A great @kimmagowan.bsky.social story in the new Ghost Parachute!

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to Ghost Parachute and @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing my story in their 9th Anniversary Issue! Congrats them! Thanks to my pal @courtneyb77.bsky.social for her art, and to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the reads. I'll post other stories soon!
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Fish Commercial — Ghost Parachute

I was sitting on the bed in my hotel in Amsterdam when the fish commercial came on. Geena was in the bathroom. I had the TV on because I was nervous—she’d only been in there a minute, but it felt like...

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 7d

"Instead of watering blown-out peonies, crocheting baby socks, and shopping at Home Depot, doing the things we were meant to do together, I was drowning my grief by fucking a series of bad men."
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ⚡⚡

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Timothy!

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar" written by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls."

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 7d

"I’m relieved he ordered something easy, because though the dream has assigned me the role of bartender, it hasn’t accompanied that with any mixology knowledge."

I love the way @kimmagowan.bsky.social writes! This stellar piece of writing in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Dan!

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 10d

We love some flash on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 😍 Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social published this story on parental outrage and what it means to be truly appalled in the Milk Candy Review: buff.ly/AG2gYdj

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 14d

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 15d

This phenomenon feels doubly true when the scene is being conspicuously and visibly filmed, illegally filmed moreover, without the consent of people in the room. Ryan may have been aware that Sebastian was videotaping—his goofy smile, nearly a smirk, before he imbibes the beer bong is indicative.

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 20d

I have a new story in awesome Milk Candy Review! Grateful tahnks to Cathy Ulrich for publishing this one, and also to my @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness mates for reading a first draft.

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Subject: We Are All Appalled ~ by Kim Magowan

We are all appalled. That’s the crucial thing we want to convey here. We, like all members of our parent community, are appalled by what happened on Saturday night, and furthermore, that our childr…

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks Patricia!

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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social · 16d

Cutleaf is the "listing of the day" -- and we're currently open for nonfiction subs (cap of 200) and collaboratively written short fiction. The latter will be selected by our guest collab writers @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross.

Duotrope @duotrope.com · 16d

Today's listing of the day is: Cutleaf Journal #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: Cutleaf Journal #WritingCommunity

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 17d

Who doesn't love a family story on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? ❤️ Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social published a piece in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about sisterhood and loss: buff.ly/thno5fO

Embroidery scissors in the shape of a stork. There's a spool of thread and a pine branch.

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 20d

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks Sarah!

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Barb Ristine @renobarb.bsky.social · 18d

“‘Peer pressure’ implies that there is one particular peer who exerts the pressure (note the phrase is not ‘Peers pressure,’ the subject is singular).”
Great story!

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 20d

I have a new story in awesome Milk Candy Review! Grateful tahnks to Cathy Ulrich for publishing this one, and also to my @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness mates for reading a first draft.

milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/09/18/s...

Subject: We Are All Appalled ~ by Kim Magowan

We are all appalled. That’s the crucial thing we want to convey here. We, like all members of our parent community, are appalled by what happened on Saturday night, and furthermore, that our childr…

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you Barb!

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Josh!

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Chelsea!

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 19d

Just loved this very clever flash fiction piece by Kim Magowan -- I want to put all these parents on a one-way spaceship to Jupiter:

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 20d

I have a new story in awesome Milk Candy Review! Grateful tahnks to Cathy Ulrich for publishing this one, and also to my @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness mates for reading a first draft.

milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/09/18/s...

Subject: We Are All Appalled ~ by Kim Magowan

We are all appalled. That’s the crucial thing we want to convey here. We, like all members of our parent community, are appalled by what happened on Saturday night, and furthermore, that our childr…

milkcandyreview.home.blog

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Sage!

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Myna!

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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 20d

“When we look at that video that has been making its endless loops on Instagram and the other socials, round and round, we, like all of you, are appalled.”

This stunner… @kimmagowan.bsky.social @milkcandyxx.bsky.social

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Kelli!

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