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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · May 2

I have new work in Wigleaf. Deepest thanks to Scott Garson and the @wigleaf.bsky.social team for holding my story with such care. I wrote this piece with love for a friend and I'd be so honored if you could read it.

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · May 2

new new: "The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp," by Maureen Langloss: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 36m

Happy birthday @emilylauracosta.bsky.social ! ❤️

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 38m

it is @emilylauracosta.bsky.social's bday today, and so now you should extra def order Girl on Girl for yourself to celebrate

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 1h

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:

Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow
Girl on Girl, Emily Costa
My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew
Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber
Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney
The Nothing, Lauren Davis
Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young
Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie
Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel
Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund
This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon
Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins
Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner
Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 15h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 21h

Happiest of pub days, @kristinaten.bsky.social ! I cannot wait to get your book into my hands!

Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 21h

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

I love this story of yours! It was nice to revisit it, especially in the context of all this other interesting ghostly work!

Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

I love this haunted and haunting post SLM intern Ella Schweizer curated with work by @abigailoswald.bsky.social, Thirii Myint, Coyote Shook, Mark Galarrita, Roppotucha Greenberg, Alejandro Pasquale, Ahsan Butt, Sophie Hoss, and more!

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween is almost here! Check out our latest blog post for some excellent 👻 pieces from our archives to get you in the spooky spirit. 🎃 buff.ly/sy2TDMD

Three pumpkins surrounded by candles in dim lighting.

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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

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

“The curtains flutter through the open window of our third-floor bedroom where we’ve decamped as though in hiding, as if bad news won’t reach us here”

Oof does this gorgeous piece by @saralippmann.bsky.social capture the moment so well. Hope you’ll read it. ❤️

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 1d

"I count the middle seconds like contractions, as if measuring the distance of an approaching storm."

Contributor @saralippmann.bsky.social was published in Ghost Parachute! Check out her piece right here: buff.ly/ixWB6eA

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

“The coat of A.I. gloss is giving the administration runway to double down on bad ideas…

It’s possible that other parts of the economy are being held back by A.I.’s dominance. That’s what happened in the 1990s internet boom.”

Very interesting piece (gift article):

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | There Are Two Economies: A.I. and Everything Else

www.nytimes.com

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

This is very relatable. Hope you are feeling better!

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important point.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Last year they claimed “illegals” were voting, without any evidence.

They used fear mongering to push for voter suppression laws.

Now they claim “illegals” are getting free healthcare, again without any evidence.

So they can make healthcare unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Enough.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

I love this Dina! Congratulations!!! So happy to see you in print again.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

A couple of friends who have also lost parents in the last couple years reached out recently to tell me how sad this fall has been for them. Something about the season brings their grief to the forefront. A melancholy, autumn feeling of things ending. Anyway, hugs to anyone experiencing this too...

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

It's a nice one! Glad you are on it! I have been meaning to order your book for a while, so this was a good reminder to me!

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

If you are wondering what I ordered from the list today: @writesloud.bsky.social & @kristinaten.bsky.social ! Can’t wait!

Collections by Hannah Grieco and Kristina Ten with covers

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 1d

Wow that is amazing!

Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of great titles here! Check them out and buy some! Support your fellow short story writers! Thanks to @bookshop.org for curating this list. 💕

JackLeg Press @jacklegpress.bsky.social · 2d

We are so proud to see these great JackLeg titles featured here!! Thank you @bookshop.org 🔥💪❤️ bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 2d

Our executive branch is inciting violence against our judicial branch. Our democracy is not okay. Stephen Miller should be fired for his incendiary & dangerous remarks.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know.

Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 2d

What happened with the CEO of this site today? I wasn’t online much so
I missed it. Are we going to have cancel another social media site?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Trump is trying to provoke a civil war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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