Okay Donkey Magazine
@okaydonkeymag.com
A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. Contains flash fiction and poetry, which may or may not contain animals. Est. May 2018.
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OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“We Wear Suits” by Lavina Blossom:
“We Wear Suits” by Lavina Blossom:
Two Stories by Lavina Blossom
Slow Leak She mounts the first step up from the driveway, hand on the rail. She forgot to leave the front light on but her aging eyes can see well enough from the neighbors’ lights. Wait, had…
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“We Wear Suits” by Lavina Blossom:
“We Wear Suits” by Lavina Blossom:
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Travel & Leisure” by Linda Drach:
“Travel & Leisure” by Linda Drach:
Two Stories by Linda Drach
TRAVEL & LEISURE I’d see them in the cardiology waiting room. Not every time, but often. The man, shuffling behind an aluminum walker, his right foot dragging; the woman, slowing her gait to ke…
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Travel & Leisure” by Linda Drach:
“Travel & Leisure” by Linda Drach:
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Poor Cheryl” by Rachel Lastra:
“Poor Cheryl” by Rachel Lastra:
Two Stories by Rachel Lastra
Poor Cheryl She’s the one we pile it on like a damn donkey on a tourist trek through the Peruvian mountains, opening up her saddle bags and dumping in all that shit, leaving no room for anything bu…
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Poor Cheryl” by Rachel Lastra:
“Poor Cheryl” by Rachel Lastra:
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Dark Circles” and “Miracle Grow” by Amber Burke:
“Dark Circles” and “Miracle Grow” by Amber Burke:
Marriage by Amber Burke
Dark Circles The husband and wife my husband and I met at the dinner party both have undereye circles so dark they are almost purple. Even though they smiled often enough, the dark rings gave the c…
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December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
OKD Best Microfiction Nominee
“Dark Circles” and “Miracle Grow” by Amber Burke:
“Dark Circles” and “Miracle Grow” by Amber Burke:
Here’s to all of our Best Small Fictions nominees! Last but not least, our Best Microfiction nominees will be here tomorrow. 🫏
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here’s to all of our Best Small Fictions nominees! Last but not least, our Best Microfiction nominees will be here tomorrow. 🫏
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“Marriage” by Amber Burke:
“Marriage” by Amber Burke:
Marriage by Amber Burke
Dark Circles The husband and wife my husband and I met at the dinner party both have undereye circles so dark they are almost purple. Even though they smiled often enough, the dark rings gave the c…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“Marriage” by Amber Burke:
“Marriage” by Amber Burke:
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“Fireflies” by Rina Olsen:
“Fireflies” by Rina Olsen:
Fireflies by Rina Olsen
Last night I had the dream that my father had had nearly twenty years ago now. But it couldn’t have been the same dream because it wasn’t me on the railroad tracks. It was my daughter. In this drea…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“Fireflies” by Rina Olsen:
“Fireflies” by Rina Olsen:
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“The Passing of a Little More Than a Year” by Lydia Kim @elliswkim.bsky.social:
“The Passing of a Little More Than a Year” by Lydia Kim @elliswkim.bsky.social:
The Passing of a Little More Than a Year by Lydia Kim
The soccer field was a miracle, an oval of grass behind a middle school where she could train her new small dog, play until it trusted her and understood their togetherness. She hoped to soften its…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“The Passing of a Little More Than a Year” by Lydia Kim @elliswkim.bsky.social:
“The Passing of a Little More Than a Year” by Lydia Kim @elliswkim.bsky.social:
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“98.” by Jordyn Damato:
“98.” by Jordyn Damato:
98. by Jordyn Damato
There’s something wrong with my head It’s not a bump I wish it was a bump Even if it was a gross, protruding bump that made people afraid to look at me I could handle that I would dress…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
OKD Best Small Fictions Nominee
“98.” by Jordyn Damato:
“98.” by Jordyn Damato:
Congratulations to all of our Pushcart nominees! Best Small Fictions nominees coming tomorrow. 🫏
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Congratulations to all of our Pushcart nominees! Best Small Fictions nominees coming tomorrow. 🫏
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“Vanishing Twin” by Jessica Ballen/@jessicaballen.bsky.social:
“Vanishing Twin” by Jessica Ballen/@jessicaballen.bsky.social:
Vanishing Twin by Jessica Ballen
dear sister with the disappearing yolk, had I been less starved, perhaps you’d have survived the utero scramble. who were you before I absorbed your gobbledygoo? would we have grown sitting at the …
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“Vanishing Twin” by Jessica Ballen/@jessicaballen.bsky.social:
“Vanishing Twin” by Jessica Ballen/@jessicaballen.bsky.social:
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“feelings come & go but teeth are forever” by Kristin Lueke/@klooky.bsky.social:
“feelings come & go but teeth are forever” by Kristin Lueke/@klooky.bsky.social:
feelings come & go but teeth are forever by Kristin Lueke
bring me lord a herd of teeth big as buffalo to wrap around this apple. i ask so little, really—eight hours for sleep, eight hours outside, eight hours for what i will. what i will is water, mostly…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“feelings come & go but teeth are forever” by Kristin Lueke/@klooky.bsky.social:
“feelings come & go but teeth are forever” by Kristin Lueke/@klooky.bsky.social:
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“The Summer I Watched ‘Boyfriend takes care of you while sick’ ASMR Videos on Repeat” by Danielle Shorr:
“The Summer I Watched ‘Boyfriend takes care of you while sick’ ASMR Videos on Repeat” by Danielle Shorr:
The Summer I Watched “Boyfriend takes care of you while sick” ASMR Videos on Repeat by Danielle Shorr
My loneliness had teeth, no eyes, and legs that walked me back to bed at all hours of the day. The room spun only when I was conscious. Exhaustion replaced all other natural desires and it was the …
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Poetry
“The Summer I Watched ‘Boyfriend takes care of you while sick’ ASMR Videos on Repeat” by Danielle Shorr:
“The Summer I Watched ‘Boyfriend takes care of you while sick’ ASMR Videos on Repeat” by Danielle Shorr:
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike” by M.M. Kaufman/@mmkaufman.bsky.social:
“Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike” by M.M. Kaufman/@mmkaufman.bsky.social:
Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike by M.M. Kaufman
It was a strange time for us all. My mother, always a confident woman, acted odd her whole pregnancy. Was nervous from noon to night. My father, a nonstop talker, was silent. And I had what t…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike” by M.M. Kaufman/@mmkaufman.bsky.social:
“Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike” by M.M. Kaufman/@mmkaufman.bsky.social:
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“Y2K” by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez:
“Y2K” by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez:
Y2K by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez
The world might end in 30 minutes. For months, there’s been speculation on the Chicago news channels about electronics failing, of planes falling out of the sky, of the market crashing, of chaos on…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“Y2K” by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez:
“Y2K” by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez:
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me” by Mackenzie McGee/@mackenziemcgee.bsky.social:
“All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me” by Mackenzie McGee/@mackenziemcgee.bsky.social:
All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me by Mackenzie McGee
Alexis throws a big party and everyone’s invited. She lives a half-hour drive from her childhood home, the one with the big bay window and the basement where we had sleepovers every other weekend f…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
OKD Pushcart Prize Nominee - Fiction
“All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me” by Mackenzie McGee/@mackenziemcgee.bsky.social:
“All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me” by Mackenzie McGee/@mackenziemcgee.bsky.social:
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Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
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@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
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December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So take a peek at those chats👆
Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops
Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is.
Stories by
@robroensch.bsky.social
@lindspetersberg.bsky.social
Rina Olsen
Brittany Ackerman
🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops
here
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops
Despite these December-only changes, the following will remain the same:
- Free subs are still open until we hit our monthly cap
- Tip jar subs ($2.50) are still open all month
Thanks for your continued support of OKD, and we hope you also get some time to rest this month! 🫏
- Free subs are still open until we hit our monthly cap
- Tip jar subs ($2.50) are still open all month
Thanks for your continued support of OKD, and we hope you also get some time to rest this month! 🫏
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Despite these December-only changes, the following will remain the same:
- Free subs are still open until we hit our monthly cap
- Tip jar subs ($2.50) are still open all month
Thanks for your continued support of OKD, and we hope you also get some time to rest this month! 🫏
- Free subs are still open until we hit our monthly cap
- Tip jar subs ($2.50) are still open all month
Thanks for your continued support of OKD, and we hope you also get some time to rest this month! 🫏