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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 5d

Ohio should be burned, salted, scraped up, and then shot into the sun guess which side of the rivalry I'm on

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 5d

Throw in a Bills/Lions SB and we got a stew going

a man in a seattle jersey stands in front of a crowd

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 8d

Timeline: fucked since 2016
Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series
Theory: fight poison with poison
Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series

Do the right thing, America

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Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 16d

It's true, we are! So, uh....send us stuff? 👉🥵👈

spaldingwriting.bsky.social @spaldingwriting.bsky.social · 16d

@pacificalit.bsky.social is seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our upcoming issue. If you haven't heard, PLR is an independent mag based in Seattle. For guidelines on how to submit, check out their submissions page: www.pacificareview.com/submissions/

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Eben E. B. Bein (they) @ebenbein.bsky.social · 26d

We carry versions of our people in us. How tricky it can be to sort our version of them from the real thing.

Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs

www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Sep 5

⏰ISSUE 21.3 IS LIVE⏰ feat. Jason Allen, David Borofka, Gary Duehr, Edidiong Uzoma Essien, @hggilham.bsky.social, Aliza Haskal, Joi Haskins, @taralabovich.bsky.social, Patrick Meeds, John A. Nieves, Joey Wańczyk, & @severinwiggenhorn.bsky.social. Behold & be held:

www.pacificareview.com

Pacifica Literary Review

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Sep 2

Subs for January issue will open tomorrow. Subs we're after: poetry, cheese steaks, fiction, CNF, chicken parm, & those 6 foot party subs. Extra oil & vinegar b/c we don't fukk w/dry things over here

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · Aug 24

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Currently working thru the subs for the September issue, if u sent work & haven't heard back from us yet it's either 1) a good sign, or 2) we're slacking. Stay tuned to find out which

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Aug 19

Last day to send us ur writing for the Sept issue. So do it. That's it, end marketing

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Aug 15

Subs for the Sept edition close in 5 days, so this is excellent timing

Duotrope @duotrope.com · Aug 15

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The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Short Stories feat. @pacificalit.bsky.social @reckoningmag.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social @januaryhouselit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/general-literary-short-stories-16h6r2Wb

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Jul 19

Resisting the urge to continually fill ur feed with marketing, but we're still here and still taking submissions for the September edition. Details & all that at www.pacificareview.com

This concludes our contribution to ur advertising caloric intake

Pacifica Literary Review

Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Jun 23

We'll be at the Chuckanut Writer's Conference in Bellingham this weekend, so if ur going stop by and say hi! If ur not going, WHY NOT? Don't u deserve some enjoyment, community, inspiration? Of course u do

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks for all you do for the writing community!

Oneirophobia - Pacifica Literary Review

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Jun 4

Taking a shot every time Submittable adds another click to access the subs

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Jun 3

New Folio today, feat. Josh Bettinger! "Oneirophobia" explores the confluence/collision of the intensely personal with the aggressively impersonal, memory told through water, and the struggle to preserve the quiet intimacies we create to defend ourselves:

www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · May 11

Our pleasure, & thank you for making a beautiful thing 💯🔥

Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.

pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · May 8

New issue is LIVE and IN FULL EFFECT. Feat. Miriam Akervall, @daynabateman.bsky.social, @ebenbein.bsky.social , @danielbrennanreads.bsky.social, Karan Kapoor, JP Kemmick, @poetryphone.bsky.social, Megan Snyder-Camp, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, & Virginia Watts

Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com

Pacifica Literary Review

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · May 7

Issue 21.2 will drop in next couple days, feat. the full unmitigated power of:

Jory Mickelson
Eben Bein
Megan Snyder-Camp
JP Kemmick
Miriam Akervall
Daniel Brennan
Dayna Bateman
Karan Kapoor
Virginia Watts
Sarp Sozdinler

Visual representation of everything in issue below

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · May 5

New issue drops this week & until then subs are OPEN once again. P/F/CNF is our A/S/L

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · May 2

Subs will reopen on 5/5, so if u missed us last time around: viola, ur opportunity re-presents itself, evergreen & seductive.

If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · Apr 29

Happy #PubDay to Alina Stefanescu’s MY HERESIES!! In these poems, @alinaetc.bsky.social probes the boundaries the sacred and the profane—a hauntological mapping of life, love, family, and womanhood.

Get your copy at the link in our bio!

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Apr 30

Currently making the calls for the new issue & gotta say y'all are making it real difficult. Shout out to all u rock stars out there, even if u don't make this one know that ur doing absolutely astonishing work <3

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · Apr 25

You have 6 hours
You have 6 hours
You have 6 hours

Subs close at 9 PM Pacific
Here is Denzel who will be helping us emphasize this point

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