Eirene Eleni

A micro (or poem or flash etc) a day keeps inhumanity away.

You don’t want to miss these, everyone!

Temple in a City literary journal Two micro fictions, This kind of freedom and Alight, Astray by author Matthew Jakubowski. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

ICYMI, two micros of mine landed in the beautiful new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. Many thanks again to @eireneeleni.bsky.social for believing in these stories.

templeinacity.com/two-micro-fi...

Betty Stanton – Eunoia Review Posts about Betty Stanton written by perfectsublimemasters

I had four poems (two new, two reprints) out a few days ago from @eunoiareview.bsky.social (the arm is getting much better, so getting caught up on what I missed!) eunoiareview.wordpress.com/tag/betty-st... #poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

1474: Epistemic Distance by Emma Bolden Today’s poem is Epistemic Distance by Emma Bolden.

i am so, so grateful and so deeply honored to have a poem featured on @slowdownshow.org today. you can listen to the poem and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social’s beautiful thoughts on what we know and how we know it here: www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

Add a letter, ruin a song

purple sprain

Also me:

Me: We should gambol.
Them: Gamble or gambol?
Me: Gambol.
Them: You’re big on interiority. You can gambol on the inside.
Me:

Today I will be a little calf gamboling in not sub-zero temperatures at last at last

I love Matt’s articles and find them so helpful. You might too. ❤️

The translator intro was written in December 1982. The original was published in 1979.

From the translator’s introduction:
‘Most important is Konwicki’s examination of the tensions, both tragic and comic, generated by a situation where conscience demands sacrifice and reality offers no hope the sacrifice will be of any value or significance.’

Tadeusz Konwicki’s A Minor Apocalypse.

And found this which I don’t remember reading but will.

It was just one shelf but hello Russian silver age, Greek tragedies, a surprising amount of Voltaire with some Tom Stoppard among others.

A bookshelf collapsed today and oh look what a weird way to remember things I read before.

How I Fell in Love With the Law From Prison It hasn’t been easy to practice law behind bars, but I’ve still found purpose through fighting cases and helping out my peers.

How I Fell in Love With Practicing Law From Prison

“A progressive illness is like a prison sentence in that it marks a loss of freedom, the death of a future.”

😭❤️‍🩹

Heads up, everyone! There's a new Cathy Ulrich story out in the world. One of my very favorite writers. 💙

This is a great story!!! Cathy Ulrich in @flashfrog.bsky.social

Been out of the game for a while (what with grad school & everything) so it's delightful to make it onto a longlist as I try to get back into the swing of things!

Congrats to everyone on the list & can't wait to see some of these stories!

‘It’s International Women’s Day. Why aren’t you smiling?’

Don't forget to water your clocks; in six months they will grow that hour back for you.

Amazing Beth, I'm there too 😀

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

I am .. so deeply exhausted at people who at our big grown age….

Can not make space for even the CONCEIT that not everyone and thing isn’t just to make them “comfy”

What a fucking beautiful night. Thank you everyone for coming to Death to @publishedbyjake.bsky.social ! I couldn't have asked for a better send off.

H/t to the people that donate before, during and after our fundraising campaigns. We couldn't do this work without your support.

Well, still processing the news, but my short story “More” has been selected as the 2nd Prize Winner at the Bath Flash Fiction February 2026 Award. Big thanks to Jude Higgins and Ingrid Jendzrejewski for the selection.

Read all prize-winning work here:

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

As we hurtle towards international women's day and the usual articles about women chefs will be dutifully rolled out, I want to flag up something. There are many Gujarati restaurants with all-female teams of mostly older women, diligently cooking their family's recipes, that go largely unheralded.