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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"The feel of her hands in his hair was a kind of warm magic. A spell he never wanted to end."
Read "Slowed Down" by Michael Paul Kozlowsky: buff.ly/KDUHoCa

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2h

"We are chips
chipped off
discs of
transmigrated souls
less in the weight of love."

Read "Soft-Wearing" by Sreekanth Kopuri: buff.ly/Y2Igr4z

#PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #OpenForSubmissions

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 14h

“Don’t resist the urge to burn down the stronghold, kill off the main love interest or otherwise foul up the lives of your characters.” ― Patricia Hamill #MoonLitGetaway #WritingCommunity #5amWritersCLub

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 15h

Only 4 more days until the submission deadline for MoonLit Getaway’s 2025 Short Fiction Contest. #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritersLift

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 15h

"I’ll tell you the things I remember, then you can show me the things I don’t. How does that sound?"

Read "Moorings" by Salena Casha and Leigh Loveday: buff.ly/45ppq8T

#5amWritersClub
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #WritersLift

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 19h

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"The feel of her hands in his hair was a kind of warm magic. A spell he never wanted to end."
Read "Slowed Down" by Michael Paul Kozlowsky: buff.ly/KDUHoCa

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Time is running out, my friends. Submit before midnight (MT) on October 12, 2025 or spend the rest of your life asking, “What if?”

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

Our 2025 Short Fiction Contest is open for submissions. All genres will be considered, because a good story is a good story. #WritingCommunity #LitMag #Horror #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #Romance #Romantasy #Dystopian

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

Winners of our annual short fiction contest receive cash and a physical copy of the anthology they are published in. Simultaneous and multiple submissions of all genres are accepted. #WritingCommunity #LitMag #LiteraryFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, Moon. 🌕

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

When morning comes, / the strawberry moon will / enter a new phase, and / the horizon, shimmering / now with light, will suffocate / within wildfire haze...

Read "Strawberry Moon" by Adrienne Weiss: buff.ly/SyVijbk

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Read "I know a Guy" by Cher Smith: buff.ly/dxQlGYi

Runner Up in our Grand Opening Contest (2024)

Our 2025 Short Fiction contest is open for submissions until OCT/12/2025

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Read our anthology in the light of tonight’s harvest moon. Digital editions are available now: MoonLitGetaway.com/harvest-moon

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #LitMag

Harvest Moon | Artwork, Fiction, Poetry

Harvest Moon is a MoonLit Getaway anthology of remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry.

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

"The dry air seared the inside of his lungs a little, but as he trembled on the ground, the feeling in his arms and legs slowly coming back to him, Charlie realized that the problem wasn’t that the air was hot; it was..."

Read the story: buff.ly/Kqd9qRg

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Read "I know a Guy" by Cher Smith: buff.ly/dxQlGYi

Runner Up in our Grand Opening Contest (2024)

Our 2025 Short Fiction contest is open for submissions until OCT/12/2025

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 3d

Read "One Jarful of a Wanted Man" by Zachary Ryan: moonlitgetaway.com/short-fiction/one-jarful-of-a-wanted-man

Runner Up in our Grand Opening Contest (2024)

Our 2025 Short Fiction contest is open for submissions until OCT/12/2025
#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag #WritingContest

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 3d

“Each book has to teach you how to write it.”

—Salman Rushdie

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 5d

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” —Jodi Picoult

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitMag

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 4d

“From now onwards the all-important fact for the creative writer is going to be that this is not a writer’s world.”

—George Orwell

But write anyway.
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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 4d

Read "The Road Between" by A Chung: moonlitgetaway.com/short-fiction/the-road-between

Winner of the MoonLit Getaway Grand Opening Contest (2024)

Our 2025 Short Fiction contest is open for submissions until OCT/12/2025 at 11:59 pm (MT)
#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 6d

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Michael Vadney @michaelvadney.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 48 | The Long Haul with JCM Berne is now Live!

I sit down with JCM Berne, author of the Hybrid Helix series, to discuss the unique challenges and rewards of writing multi-book sagas that keep readers engaged across installments.

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 5d

“Good writing is rewriting.”
—Truman Capote

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 5d

“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” —Jodi Picoult

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitMag

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