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Tracie Adams

@tracieadams.bsky.social

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Book: Our Lives in Pieces Words in Trash Cat, Frazzled Lit, SoFloPoJo, Fictive Dream, BULL, Cleaver, Raw Lit… Pushcart nominee 2025 Retired educator and playwright

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · May 29

The reviews for my new book have been so encouraging. I was terrified to open up my life to the world, but I never could have imagined the healing it would bring.

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 😊

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Jenny.❤️

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 6d

There is beauty in everything. Even brokenness. 💔

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 7d

@paddlerpress.bsky.social has done something special with the Faith Issue! It’s so gorgeous and inspiring. I’m thrilled to be included alongside these amazing writers/poets.

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 7d

I love journals like Thorn and Bloom who provide space for mental health and self care. My CNF “When the Walls Come Down” is included in the gorgeous Issue 3 print edition.

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 15d

This is beautiful.

Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 16d

More #poetry from Issue 6: #Nostalgia -

“The Senses I Recall” by Lily Vaughan

“and the inside of a book smells
like the sun
when peanut butter sandwiches sound
like my sister’s voice”

A beautiful collection of sense memories and how they come together

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 19d

Gotta hate when “the shit shoveler calls in sick.” 😆 This is a circus of words👏🏼🫶🏼👇🏼

Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 20d

"The python flicks its tongue, unhinges its jaw, keen to swallow the charmer, who darts away with a phew!" Love this joyful, lyrical collaboration b/w Kathryn Silver-Hajo and Mikki Aronoff @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly

by Mikki Aronoff and Kathryn Silver-Hajo — inspired by the painting, Good and Evil, an Abstraction, by Jewad Selim …

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 19d

And to think I almost missed celebrating this. Arrr!!! Thanks, matey.

a puppet dressed as a pirate is standing next to a treasure chest full of gold coins

ALT: a puppet dressed as a pirate is standing next to a treasure chest full of gold coins

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you @underbellypress.bsky.social for being awesome.

Underbelly Press @underbellypress.bsky.social · 20d

The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever Died Today by
@tracieadams.bsky.social - Issue 3

This sharp, witty piece follows Jimmy, who grows up determined to elude his father's fate at any cost. It explores the fragility of control & the question of whether we can escape what feels inevitable.

Thursday Throwback
If there was a booster, he was the first in line. If there was a clinical trial for an anti-aging drug, he did not hesitate to sign the forms promising not to sue. He knew the risks. Watching his widowed mother grieve his father’s premature death set a fire in him. He vowed he would never break her heart like that. He would live forever.
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever Died Today
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Text is on a black background. Image of some pills in the bottom right corner.

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 21d

A bit of Wednesday Wisdom 🤓

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations, Matt!🙌🏽

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 22d

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social

⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

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September 2025

Ten stories picked by Kathryn Silver-Hajo

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you for reading and sharing. You’re awesome. ♥️

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 22d

Back at ya, sister. ☺️

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Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my 100-word story in this lovely new issue!

And thanks @smokelong.bsky.social workshop for the prompt and group feedback that shaped this micro.

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 23d

Brevity literary magazine showcases essays by @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @marjiealonso.com. Richard Robbins, Toni Judnitch, Heather Shaw, @mollyakin.bsky.social , @jtwattles.bsky.social, Dana Wall, Heather Kindree Thomas, @suelick.bsky.social, Julie Hou, and Lori White.
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Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction | Brevity: The journal devoted exclusively to the concise literary nonfiction.

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

Have fun and make some awesome memories. 💪🏽

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 24d

"She wallpapered the hallways with notes in every
color of the rainbow—you got this, i believe in you, you are stronger than you think." Stunning @tracieadams.bsky.social
I'll never see a sticky note in the same way.
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Sticky Notes for a Downcast Soul by Tracie Adams

It took a while for the encouragement to kick in, to move past the shame of it and accept thewords as the gift they were. And it was shameful, my fifteen-year-old daughter so afraid that her mom would...

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

Claudia, thank you for reading and sharing my words. I appreciate you. 🥰

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you, friend. 😍

Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

Cannot wait! Yes!🙌🏽

Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 23d

Taking a break from short poetry films to try something a little different…

‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.

First episode drops October 15th!

But in the meantime, a little teaser…
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The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore | Teaser/Trailer

YouTube video by jenwithwords

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 23d

I've got a speculative CNF piece in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social Gastronomy Issue today. I wrote this in an @avitusbcarle.bsky.social workshop. Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social friend @lmbayley.bsky.social for feedback.. Check out the whole delicious issue!

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Goodbyes Are Often Hard to Swallow — The Argyle Literary Magazine

Micro-Fiction by Traci Adams “My stomach packed her bags, and we didn’t even have a chance to talk about it. I don’t blame her. I would run away too if I had suffered that kind of neglect. “It was a...

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 24d

This is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for your loss. Grief lingers and rears its monstrous head in moments that catch us off guard. I’m stopping to pray for you—that in the midst of today’s grief, you will be surprised by the joy of memories of your sister and that peace will overshadow the pain. 🙏🏼

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 25d

Excellent interview with @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 👇🏼

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you @andrewcareaga.bsky.social for this incredible opportunity and for such great questions!

Andrew Careaga (writer) @andrewcareaga.bsky.social · 26d

Today’s Friday Five: a Q&A with a wonderful “writer of short things” and recent @frazzledlit.bsky.social third-place winner, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity

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