Marcelle Heath
@marcelleheath.bsky.social
Short story writer
Author, Is that all there is?
Editor, matchbook
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Author, Is that all there is?
Editor, matchbook
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Mugo pine, bonsai material to develop in training pot
Pinus mugo
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
#pinebonsai
#mugo
#mugopine
Pinus mugo
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
#pinebonsai
#mugo
#mugopine
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Mugo pine, bonsai material to develop in training pot
Pinus mugo
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
#pinebonsai
#mugo
#mugopine
Pinus mugo
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
#pinebonsai
#mugo
#mugopine
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"She left suddenly. That's what we said when the police asked."
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
She Left Suddenly | matchbook
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December 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"She left suddenly. That's what we said when the police asked."
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
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I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
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"Daryl disappeared while we were gathering wood. He’d stayed back to prep dinner. We returned to an empty camp."
New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
Happy Birthday | matchbook
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December 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Daryl disappeared while we were gathering wood. He’d stayed back to prep dinner. We returned to an empty camp."
New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
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"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused."
New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
Wings in the Dark | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused."
New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
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Need some writing inspiration? ✏️ Check out these notebooks by @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social featuring flash prompts from contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social! buff.ly/UpOj2s9
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Need some writing inspiration? ✏️ Check out these notebooks by @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social featuring flash prompts from contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social! buff.ly/UpOj2s9
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"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
The Box | matchbook
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
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ICYMI
"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
We are always talking about the light | matchbook
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October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
ICYMI
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"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
We are always talking about the light | matchbook
Archive
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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
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ICYMI
"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry."
New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
Departures | matchbook
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October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ICYMI
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Douglas Fir, more than four years old at this point, volunteer from neighbor’s tree. A lot of development in the past year, it is about 6 inches bottom of container to apex.
Pseudotsuga menziesii
#bonsai
#douglasfir
#pseudotsugabonsai
Pseudotsuga menziesii
#bonsai
#douglasfir
#pseudotsugabonsai
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Douglas Fir, more than four years old at this point, volunteer from neighbor’s tree. A lot of development in the past year, it is about 6 inches bottom of container to apex.
Pseudotsuga menziesii
#bonsai
#douglasfir
#pseudotsugabonsai
Pseudotsuga menziesii
#bonsai
#douglasfir
#pseudotsugabonsai
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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
you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
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Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year:
"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend
@mcarphil.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
@kanandgall.bsky.social
"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend
@mcarphil.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
@kanandgall.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year:
"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend
@mcarphil.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
@kanandgall.bsky.social
"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend
@mcarphil.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
@kanandgall.bsky.social
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"Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists."
New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...
New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...
Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists."
New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...
New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...
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Pine bonsai recently wired, informal upright
Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana
#pinebonsai
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana
#pinebonsai
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Pine bonsai recently wired, informal upright
Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana
#pinebonsai
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana
#pinebonsai
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
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Chameacyparis obtusa ‘Verdoni’
Hinoki cypress bonsai
Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container
Tom Benda family oval container
#bonsai
#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
Hinoki cypress bonsai
Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container
Tom Benda family oval container
#bonsai
#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
September 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Chameacyparis obtusa ‘Verdoni’
Hinoki cypress bonsai
Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container
Tom Benda family oval container
#bonsai
#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
Hinoki cypress bonsai
Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container
Tom Benda family oval container
#bonsai
#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
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If you don’t have anything good to say, then say it in the group chat.
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you don’t have anything good to say, then say it in the group chat.
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Picea mariana bonsai
Black Spruce bonsai
Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.
Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.
#bonsai
#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
Black Spruce bonsai
Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.
Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.
#bonsai
#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Picea mariana bonsai
Black Spruce bonsai
Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.
Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.
#bonsai
#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
Black Spruce bonsai
Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.
Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.
#bonsai
#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
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Morella californica bonsai
Pacific Wax Myrtle
Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.
Bruning round pot.
#bonsai
#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
Pacific Wax Myrtle
Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.
Bruning round pot.
#bonsai
#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
September 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Morella californica bonsai
Pacific Wax Myrtle
Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.
Bruning round pot.
#bonsai
#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
Pacific Wax Myrtle
Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.
Bruning round pot.
#bonsai
#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
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"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."
New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
Means of Survival | matchbook
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August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."
New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
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I went to the deep sea and everyone knew you
August 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I went to the deep sea and everyone knew you
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ICYMI
"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ICYMI
Reposted by Marcelle Heath
"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...