Belinda Rowe

Wow. An adoration of writers :)

How lovely that you have this common interest with your dad; the writing of beautiful lines and sentences. So pleased that he's sending it out too!

Beautiful 💚

An Apology to Scream Over the Wind When You Stumble Upon a Horseshoe Crab at the Delaware Bay by Adam Gianforcaro I’M SORRY FOR DISTURBING YOU. FOR THE KIDS TWIRLING YOU BY YOUR TAIL AND LEAVING YOU BELLY UP. I AM SORRY FOR ONCE BEING A CHILD. I AM SORRY TOO FOR BEING A MAN. FOR THE NATURE OF MEN. THAT THE SHELLS…

a knockout of a scream from Adam Gianforcaro that I love more and more every reread

"I SAY I’LL BE BETTER BUT I WON’T BE BETTER. HUMANS SAY THAT A LOT. THE FIRST PART AT LEAST. ABOUT BEING BETTER. I’M SORRY ABOUT THAT TOO. WE SAY THINGS WE DON’T MEAN..."

https://www.havehashad.com/m7psu

Thank you, Adele! 💚

Thank you so much, Kyle!! 💚💚💚

Thank you, lovely! 🫶🫶🫶

Thank you so much, Adele! 💚💚💚

Congratulations everyone!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize — Finalists and Winners! - SmokeLong Quarterly We’re behind. We know! The problem with The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition is that the stories are all good. Choosing winners is like choosing a favorite child. This is famously bad parenting. B...

The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll):

Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social

First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐

www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Thank you so much, Pat!
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Thank you my friend!!
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Ha ha, you’d be mad not to! 🙃💚

"Desert long-eared bats hang like baubles in the hollows of olive trees. Killing a bat is bad luck"

Such an atmospheric stunner from @belindarowe.bsky.social

That’s so kind, thank you, Matt! 💚

Thank you!

Another fantastic piece by @belindarowe.bsky.social in the dreamy @centaurlit.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Tracie! 💚

“The children bear the world lightly. They think about grizzly bears in the woods; they’re glad there aren’t bears in the desert.” Incredible piece, Belinda!!

Thank you for reposting, Ani! X

Ani! Thank you so much!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Her breasts are the first to disappear. Such a strange sensation, the wind cutting through her where the flesh had curved out over her meaty ribs, where blood had flowed through deep blue veins, and now there is nothing.

Love this one by @fionamckay.bsky.social in @thin-skin.bsky.social

Yes, love this!

The latest issue of @centaurlit.bsky.social is here! THANKS to @lynnmundell.bsky.social for publishing my piece! Honoured to be in incredible company. Thanks @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social where this piece began. Congrats @damicandrea.bsky.social — stunning artwork!

centaurlit.com

My best bud, but also I impartially love this. I so miss the community of Twitter, when we got to see and celebrate each other's publications (also miss having any time or mental energy to write or send anything anywhere but I can't blame Musk for that)

NOTE this exquisite soon-to-be-published flash collection by writer extroadinaire @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social - look out for pre-sales! 💚

Congratulations, I love this to bits. 💚

Chrysalis — Ghost Parachute Mama can’t see me, but I’m watching over her. From the kitchen. She’s on the couch in the den, recumbent, because she’s depressed, which she never says, but I know. I can read her mind. She lays my ni...

"She tells the ladies at church that I’m dormant, like a seed—so small but so canny. They ask if I get enough to eat. She swears I’m destined for a higher purpose, but puberty comes late for the small."

Read this beauty by @christopherallen.bsky.social

ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Subdermal — Ghost Parachute “The British knew how to run a country,” the girl’s father says to the doctor. “Our railways are because of them, you know?” The doctor has put in two neat stitches, black nylon bunny ears sticking ou...

“The British knew how to run a country,” the girl’s father says to the doctor ... The doctor has put in two neat stitches, black nylon bunny ears sticking out as if the girl has been wrapped up."

Oof. Wonderful story telling by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social !

ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Did you hear about the Black man? The Black woman? Black boys? With a rope? From a tree? Bodies becoming ornaments. Dismissed then silenced then overlooked then added to the number of Black bodies who never came home.

A powerful piece by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social