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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much!

Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 6d

Spankin new journal Circle of Salt pubbed my new harpy poem. circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com/2025/10/born...

Born for the Job for all the harpies Pensive, that look she had, part introspective, part tending feelings both black and red about the ch...

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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 14d

On This Day in History: September 24, 1896
Happy birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald. His work endures. So does the truth about how it was made. Zelda wrote, painted, and tried to publish on her own terms. He took what he wanted and pulled back when she needed his support. Team Zelda, always. #booksky

Portrait of Scott and Zelda by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled to have art in the new issue!

Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · 16d

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 — 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟔, 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟐 (𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥/𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐱 issue available now. “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover art "Nude" by Kim Suttell

inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-2/

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to have two Flash stories selected as finalist for the marathon contest by The Ekphrastic Review. Congrats to the winner and other finalists. www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

Perfect Ten Marathon: Flash Fiction Finalists and Winner!!!!

Bravo to all the writers! I found myself swirling on imagination's magic carpet as I read these flash pieces. Each one invited me to experience its chosen art in a different, sometimes thrilling way.....

www.ekphrastic.net

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 28d

Andrea Kowch :
Dawning, 2022

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Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · 29d

Two 🔥 micros here by
@luannecastle.bsky.social
in @gonelawn.bsky.social

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

gonelawn.net

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, Kathryn.

Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · 29d

Two 🔥 micros here by
@luannecastle.bsky.social
in @gonelawn.bsky.social

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

gonelawn.net

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you so much, Sumitra!

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 7

@luannecastle.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social with two micros - one bizarre, one heart-wrenching. Both 🔥🧡🔥🧡
“The school secretary handed you off to Miss Dixon, as if you were a slippery, prickery, stinky fish”

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn 61 : Luanne Castle

gonelawn.net

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Sep 6

Congrats, Sumitra. Thrilled to be issue mates with you.

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks so much for Gone Lawn for including my two micros in the new issue! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excited to have two collages inspired by Plath’s poetry in this issue!!!

Rogue Agent Journal @rogueagent.bsky.social · Sep 1

A moth, a mirror, and a wand… RA 126 is here! Ft work by Lalaie Ameeriar, Kathleen Barta, Juliana Briggs, @luannecastle.bsky.social @mfpd.bsky.social @g-bergs.bsky.social Merie Kirby, Jane Lunin Perel, Tala Wilder, Nancy Holt Wright, and Yan Zhang // rogueagentjournal.com/issue126

Issue 126 — RogueAgent

Welcome!

rogueagentjournal.com

Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations, Laurie!

@poetlaurie @poetlaurie.bsky.social · Aug 18

My poem, Kwan Yin, is published today by Braided Way: Faces and Voices of Spiritual Practice. My deep gratitude to Laura Grace Weldon for her keen eye and sense of spirituality.
braidedway.org/kwan-yin/

Kwan Yin - Braided Way Magazine

Where is the mercy in a statue?

braidedway.org

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hope you enjoy this Sunday teeny. masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/i...

“I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet” by Luanne Castle

Photo by Alin Luna on Pexels.com I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet* when I stood under the clothesline with the sheets billowing in the breeze, ensnaring me in their sails. Shh shh shh.…

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is such a gift from @mattkendrick.bsky.social. One great place to find out about so many terrific flash and other writing workshops.

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you're a freelancer/indy with an upcoming event in Sept/Oct & want to be included in the next #FromTheCoursesMouth round-up, get in touch. Also, if you've got online short-fiction/NIF book launches/flash readings - very happy to include those as well!

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Aug 1

Upcoming courses, workshops & events from your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents:

fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/upcoming-c...

Features stuff from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @hanakhalique.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Aug 13

You'll want to read "Prick" (my fav) by @feed-me-poetry.bsky.social! Two amazing nonfiction pieces by Candice M. Kelsey at The Arkansas International. www.arkint.org/magazine/can...

Candice M. Kelsey — The Arkansas International

Prick and Midnight: Beaufort, SC

www.arkint.org

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · Aug 5

Remedios Varo :
Harmony (Alleged self-portrait), 1956

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 29

How?

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ugh awful.

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 29

@csquareh.bsky.social I am sorry to hear about your FB account. I can’t access my threads account and can’t seem to fix it. I can’t even figure out how to report it.

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’ve never been a vampire person. I don’t like vampire movies. I don’t read vampire books. But now I’ve written a micro vampire story. It’s because I saw a history channel show that made me realize one of my ancestors could have been a “vampire.” latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/a...

A True Strzyga Tale, So Forget the Movies You’ve Seen by Luanne Castle

Alwine stayed on the bank of the creek long after the wash was done and ready to be hauled back and hung to dry. Her mother used to slap her for dillydallying, but her mother was dead from congesti…

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you, Colleen. It’s overwhelming me. You are right though.

Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 23

Is there anybody out there? I’m feeling so stressed out about how cruel humans are to animals. It’s unbearable.

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 18

What would Grandma do? latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/w...

What Would Grandma Do by Luanne Castle

Remember when Grandma and I boogied to “Purple People Eater.” She toppled over on the sidewalk, her bird legs wiggling in the air. We laughed until the snot ran. Remember when the crows left her a …

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Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social · Jul 21

This painting of Ethel Merman by my MIL Diana Dale Castle was sitting next to me when I started writing the micro "Ethel Merman, American Treasure, May Have Expressed Regret." Thanks to Editor Elizabeth George for publishing it at Switch. 3rd story down www.switchonline.org/about-1?fbcl...

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