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Caroline Anna Bock

@cabockwrites

✍️Writer. The Other Beautiful People, a novel, (Regal House Publishing), publication date: June 2, 2026. πŸ“šCo-President/editor with the Washington Writers’ Publishing House Reader, Theater-reviewer, Small Talk columnist, lifelong πŸ’™ and ally to all πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Yay!! love it ! πŸŽ‰

19.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My duplex poem "Small Sparks" will be in the Captital Love anthology from @wwph.bsky.social! Look for it this May!

16.02.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The new issue of WWPH WRITES is now live -- we're also open for submissions (and we pay contributors!) --free to submit to/free to subscribe to!

Read on to work that we love by Lili Louzhi Hardy and Beth Konkoski... washingtonwriters.org/wwph-writes/

#readers #writers #poets

17.02.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two week countdown!! Join us!!!

19.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#AWP26 We will be there! Join us at Pickles Pub and our official off-site Baltimore-style literary event...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980583384... @modernartistpress.bsky.social @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social @baltimorereview.bsky.social #writers #AWP @awpwriter.org

19.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Are you going to #AWP in Baltimore?
Join us --and five other fabulous DMV-area (that's DC, Maryland, & Virginia!) on THURSDAY, March 5th at the iconic Pickles Pub -- right across from the Convention Center!
Let us know you're coming, pretty please...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980583384...

#writers

04.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Happy day!!!

15.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI!

11.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” πŸ˜•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’”

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

15.02.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 29003 πŸ” 10027 πŸ’¬ 644 πŸ“Œ 591

We’re revisiting 3 of our favorite stories from meetings past! These are worth a reread!

Glass Bottle Dancer by Celeste Rita Baker πŸ’œ

The Time Traveler’s Cookbook by @angelaliu.bsky.social

Open House on Haunted Hill by @wiswell.bsky.social

Links follow - read along with us!

10.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

This is a great idea - and anyone can do it! We've been meeting to discuss short spec fiction for 5 years. Grab a couple of friends and start your own groups!

05.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bravo!!

01.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let it snow! We're inside writing-- and we hope you are too!
DC, Maryland and Virginia writers & all those with a connection to the DMV, submit your work to CAPITAL LOVE. Let's show them who we are. FREE to submit.
More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org #writers #writingcommunity

25.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let it snow! We're inside writing-- and we hope you are too!
DC, Maryland and Virginia writers & those with a connection to the DMV, submit your work to CAPITAL LOVE. Let's show them who we are. FREE to submit.
More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org
#poets #poetry #flashfiction

25.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our 2026 pocket-sized anthology CAPITAL LOVE is now open for submissions through Saturday, January 31st. More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org -- and your questions answered below... #writers #flashfiction #writingcommunity #poets #poetrycommunity

27.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today! More details, prompts, and how to submit at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #poets #writingcommunity

31.01.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In literary solidarity. www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #flashfiction #poetry #resist #resistance

30.01.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maddow.bsky.social -- please consider sending us a few words... a haiku... @cabockwrites.bsky.social

31.01.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sun Bear Wears a Blazer - Cagibi By Sean Cho A.

cagibilit.com/the-sun-bear... evocative braided essay - first person plural -- #read bravo!

29.01.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We’ve Fought Side by Side’: Danish Veterans March Against Trump’s Comments

β€˜We’ve Fought Side by Side’: Danish Veterans March Against Trump’s Comments www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w... ... and the courage of the Danes saving Danish Jews during WWII -- #courage #resist

01.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About me –

Huge thanks to Maria for spending time with us today! Great discussion of craft, from story structure to language. We loved digging into these stories!

Thank you @mariahaskins.com!!

31.01.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories Available now! Buy Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories: Paperback & ebook fromΒ JournalStone Paperback & ebook fromΒ AmazonΒ  Paperback & ebook from IndieboundΒ /Β B&N…

I write speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror & points in-between), and I also write reviews & essays.

My short fiction is available in two short story collections:

πŸ›€οΈ SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN: mariahaskins.com/six-dreams-a...

🐺 WOLVES & GIRLS: mariahaskins.com/wolves-and-g...

11.10.2024 03:31 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 10

To read! I love Maria Haskins’s stuff and I like what Diabolical Plots publishes, so my expectations are high!

30.01.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
DP FICTION #70B: β€œTony Roomba’s Last Day on Earth” by Maria Haskins – Diabolical Plots

"After two years of working undercover as a vacuum cleaner bot on this boondock planet, he is finally heading home to the Gamma Sector, but his final day is full of challenges."

Such a cool story - give it a read!

@mariahaskins.com in @diabolicalplots.com

30.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Sun Bear Wears a Blazer - Cagibi By Sean Cho A.

cagibilit.com/the-sun-bear... evocative braided essay - first person plural -- #read bravo!

29.01.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whitman Packs His Suitcase - Cagibi by Anne Babson

cagibilit.com/whitman-pack... loved this piece - vividly filled with artifacts of life @annebabson.bsky.social #amreading

29.01.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whitman Packs His Suitcase - Cagibi by Anne Babson

cagibilit.com/whitman-pack... loved this piece - vividly filled with artifacts of life @annebabson.bsky.social #amreading

29.01.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And our first story this week is "Highway 1, Past Hope" in @psychopomp.com!

"Layla rises like a breath in winter from the hollow beneath the black cottonwoods beside the river, shrugging off the blanket of dirt and leaves and centipedes she slept beneath."

@mariahaskins.com

26.01.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’– #writers #writingcommunity #maryoliverpoet

15.01.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0