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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 12d

I caught this guy hanging around and he said I should throwback to my story in @fictivedream.bsky.social and since I would definitely lose in a fight with him, here it is: fictivedream.com/2024/10/18/a...

St. Ellen - Gulf Coast Literary Journal

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 13d

This story by @eteffi.bsky.social in Gulf Coast shows just how good “quiet” stories can be.

gulfcoastmag.org/stories/stel...?

Mattress City USA was tucked off a busy road in a strip-mall that included a gas station known for car-jackings, a down-at-heel florist's shop, and a daycare with grease-paint drawings of rainbows, …

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Press Me to Your Heart > The Fabulist Words & Art

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 14d

Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only…

fabulistmagazine.com/press-me-to-...

The beguiling strains of Edith Piaf are a counterpoint to some gristly magical heart surgery in this tale of love and loss on the streets of Paris.

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 19d

Happy birthday!

Sage Tyrtle: #JustTheTwoOfUs

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 20d

Ugh. Nailed it.

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 21d

Loved this modern cautionary tale by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @baltimorereview.bsky.social.

baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

Sage Tyrtle's work is available in New Delta Review, The Offing, Lunch Ticket, and Apex among others. Words featured on NPR, CBC, and PBS, and taught in schools. Read more at tyrtle.com.

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 25d

Whoof. Becky Hagenston’s story “Everything Must Go” in Washington Square Review has one of the most frightening thoughts I’ve never thought of before: what if the sky we are planning our escape to isn’t real. 🫣

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 25d

A quick kick to the sibling heart by @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

TWO DAYS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIES by Kim Magowan

Reposted by Liz Rosen

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 28d

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 28d

we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.

a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto

xraylitmag.com/two-days-aft...

Josie uses her key to let herself and her sister Amy into Cora’s apartment. She walks in first, then turns to see Amy standing in the doorway, hand braced against the doorframe. Josie says, impatientl...

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 25d

🥹thanks, Jaime. I’m about to go read your next one in @neitherfishnorfoul.com ‘s Cake issue!

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 26d

They aren’t wrong, Jaime. Beautiful and sad.

Black Sky, Blue Earth — Oyster River Pages

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 26d

A poignant space tale from @jaimegill.bsky.social in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. So good.

www.oysterriverpages.com/black-sky-bl...

www.oysterriverpages.com

A Six-Year-Old Takes on Form N-400 (With Some Help from Mrs. K) — Oyster River Pages

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 29d

“Mrs. K is helping me fill this out because my s’s and b’s and p’s are messy and my h’s and n’s and m’s are lopsided.”

Thanks to @oysterriverpages.bsky.social for publishing this little nugget.

www.oysterriverpages.com/a-six-year-o...

www.oysterriverpages.com

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 8

What a lovely surprise to come home to! The print version of the Baltimore Review that combines the last four digital issues snuck into my mailbox. If you want to read my contribution, you can read it at the link below.

baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

https://baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/contributor/elizabeth-rosen

A Good Sign - Hot Flash Literary

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 6

Get it! @chelseastickle.bsky.social I love this resistance story in Hot Flash Literary.

hotflashliterary.com/a-good-sign/

The woman’s tongue was long, white in the middle and simple for the men to sever at its base. They dipped it in formaldehyde and framed it in a shadow box to hang at town hall as a warning to other wo...

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Done!

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Iceplant Summer | MrBullBull

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 2

@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social is at it again with her new story in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nooooo!

Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks, Dan!