“If grief has a half-life, then Isla’s is nuclear and will live beyond her, beyond language.”
From “This Place is a Message,” a BOTE essay by Lydia Waites.
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On his ninth day outside and his twelfth refusing food, Arlo stops a mother sea turtle mid-drag back to the ocean to ask if he can eat one of her eggs.
88.8 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT by @kennedy-marie.bsky.social
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“Nobody, and certainly no sentient object, should die alone.”
"Buzzkill," new Back of the Envelope by T. J. Martinson.
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Sherry Shahan
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Very excited to share a second little story with fellow HAD readers today! 💀💀
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‘Hunter was hot but she made me feel stupid.’
Fiction by Brittany Newell.
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"I walk down the stairs – concrete, the edges smoothed away by time and the march of many mothers."
Flash Fiction: Baby Change by Sumitra Singam
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A screenshot of a Twitter post featuring a colorful graphic with text that highlights the benefits of using a specific social media tool, emphasizing increased engagement and streamlined content management.
In her cover letter, Abigail Myers wrote, "Instagram makes me sad. This is a story about why.", and that kinda makes this one doubly hit, tbh. Oof.
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"Tomorrow will arrest us anyway back to the earth and disinherit our most vain tools. So take and outlast necessity Today is a digression a feast, a war chariot on fire"
From "Evolution," a new Back of The Envelope by Farah Ghafoor.
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Read Rick Henry’s Vol. X: “Spring” Experimental Narratives piece BOOKMAKERS’ GUIDES here: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...! 🌱
"Gaia:
There is no water left in me—
I blanch and I recede."
From “Gaia: [uncomfortably]” and “Gaia and 21st Century Malfunction”, new Back of the Envelope pieces by Jie V. Cohen at The Offing today!
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Read “Bags”, a Back of the Envelope piece by Diego Alfaro Palma, translated from Spanish by Claudia Nuñez de Ibieta at The Offing today! theoffingmag.com/backoftheenv...
Put the word out that we're back. Think of us. We open 4/20 for a short window for a print issue in the fall. We want poems, prose, art, comics & beyond. Free to submit, free to read online always, we now pay $150 + comp copies + eternal literary infamy. More prestigious than the Paris Review.
today's story from Suzanne Hicks takes a turn in the final paragraph that is so perfect, it made me short-story-loving heart glow big and bright
"I’ve become a regular at the dispensary... and now every time I visit, she hugs me before I leave."
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Read “ANATOMY OF GATI’S VANITY” and “EXCERPTS FROM SEPTEMBER’S PSYCHOSOMATIC EFFECTS ON ARAB AM. GIRLS”, two new pieces by Maya Salameh, at The Offing today!
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"(I've never met a woman who would disembowel to make a moot point.)"
Read "Nesting" and "The Buzz," new Back of the Envelope pieces by Kimberly Reyes, at The Offing today!
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Shauna Shipman - The Butcher
Stream the new season of Yellowjackets February 14.
Small bit of good news: The Altadena Zine Library survived! Part of the Altadena Library system, they have a substantial zine collection and many programs that encourage folks of all ages to self-publish.
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Read the 2024 Pushcart Prize nominated Back of the Envelope piece "All the Parts of Things" by Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
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