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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 11h

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks so much, Emmi! Those Vodka Cruisers were terrible/great!

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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 13h

Aaaah, how I remember the vodka cruiser nights! Love how this piece lands me in a nostalgic era even as the ending reminds us of the transactions of youth.

Check out @pleomorphic2.bsky.social piece in @claudineliterary.bsky.social !

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Chuffed to be in this issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with my CNF “Friday Night Is”. Thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the beta (if we’d been at uni together you would totally have been Shell or Kez, babe)
Thanks @dehardy.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13h

This perfect, evocative piece by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social “We sing like we’ve written every word, belting out the chorus of “I don’t wants,” shaking our heads like wet dogs and slamming into each other.” ⚒️🇩🇪🧡🧡🧡

Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 16h

In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...

Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets

1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not

www.doesithavepockets.com

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 17h

As a further vague clue, they might have begun “Dear [firstname],”

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 17h

I can vaguely hint that I’ve possibly received two emails from two venues I had no bidnis subbing to

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

ermagod if I could go back in time to tell my past self that she never needed him!!! But I'd also love to go back in time to Chumbawumba with you!!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much, Ronita!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Bronwen!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks lovely Jenny!!!

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 1d

“Friday night is Vodka Cruisers and lollies, beer and cigarettes”

Wild Friday nights and other assorted impacts on the heart. Read @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Chuffed to be in this issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with my CNF “Friday Night Is”. Thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the beta (if we’d been at uni together you would totally have been Shell or Kez, babe)
Thanks @dehardy.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you lovely Melissa!

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 1d

Friday night is cigarette-in-hand, tits out, turning away from the front door when you clock his dirty blonde flop, angle the drink so it spills over, and you have to lick the sticky sweetness off your fingers.

and that ending...

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Chuffed to be in this issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with my CNF “Friday Night Is”. Thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the beta (if we’d been at uni together you would totally have been Shell or Kez, babe)
Thanks @dehardy.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Bet it’ll be a great buzz. And I love that juxtaposition of a very industrial place with your beautiful words!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing Emmi! So happy for you. This sounds like an amazing project!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 1d

Heaps of litmags want artwork, so that’s an option?

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

You are insanely talented! I hope you send some of these amazing drawings out into the world.

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

I was blown away by just how skilfully she held the narrative together with the barest of bones! I'm really looking forward to this book. What a premise!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to read this after discovering her through Stella Yin!

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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · 2d

Nerve to Write is open for nonfiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash nonfiction, lyric essays, memoir, and more!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Diana!

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 2d

New micro CNF by Sumitra Singam!
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

Sumitra Singam | Friday Night Is

www.claudineliterary.net

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

@ezhang77.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social “I liked it alright, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t rub the longing off its face.” 🧡🧡🧡 www.claudineliterary.net/elenazhang

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

@jekwriter.bsky.social with another 🔥micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social “My toes crowd together, punching raw against the sides.” www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2d

Ooooffff this micro by Elizabeth Gjelten in @claudineliterary.bsky.social “But the words are tumbleweeds, rolling across the desert.” 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/elizabethgje...

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