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matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. https://matchbooklitmag.com

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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

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.

matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 2d

"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

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 8d

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 9d

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The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 9d

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Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 9d

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 9d

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 9d

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

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 16d

"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

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 23d

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social · Sep 8

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones."

New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Sep 1

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."

New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang

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Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!

On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."

New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 18

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 11

"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

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 11

"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

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Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 5

A new lit mag ratings system unveiled at @chillsubs.bsky.social If you like matchbook, do us a solid and rate us!

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 4

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 28

"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."

New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

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Barbara McVeigh @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social · Jul 31

A belated THANK YOU to @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
I was one of the lucky winners of the matchbook notebook complete with flash fiction writing prompts by @kathyfish.bsky.social

I love it!

The black cover of a notebook from Matchbook Literary Magazine takes a place of pride on my stories bookshelf.

matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 28

"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."

New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/gottlieb/...

Speed | matchbook

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 21

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 14

"The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough."

New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social

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Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social · Jul 14

A literal dream publication of mine! I'm so excited that this story about bodies and belonging is out in the world.

I hope you give a read. "Birthmark" is now live in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 14

"The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough."

New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

Birthmark | matchbook

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