Angela Joynes
@angelajoynes.bsky.social
She/her Short Fiction writer, 🇨🇦 in TN. Pub in ILANOT REVIEW, WEST TRESTLE REVIEW, FICTIVE DREAM,SUSURRUS, SOUTH 85+. BA,MD, Certificate Creative ✍️, Nom Pushcart, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions
Great Story!
Sarp Sozdinler@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 5d agoWorking with @aaronburch.bsky.social is always a big cheer and I'm stoked to be able to do that again with this new story of mine in his wonderful SSL project. I’d be really happy if you read & shared "Bad Samaritans," a story about…exploding spouses and grief counseling at Applebee's. 🔗 below.
I just finished SILVER GIRL by @lesliepwriter.bsky.social Late to the party I know but what a party! This novel has incredible heart, voice, clever turns of phrase, and utterly unforgettable characters! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
When a book is more than a book… a handmade work of art by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social a beautiful rendering of the hopes and dreams of women. Lyrical language and irresistible imagery!
How to Cook Lamb When All You Can Think Of Is Death by Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/9_6.html Dying to See Oliver by Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/9_8.html
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“Whether new or old, the hearth is often the gathering place.”
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Whoa! Super grateful for this nomination! “Dying To See Oliver” was written in @mattkendrick.bsky.social Go With The Flow writing course. Thanks Matt and thanks @delgeo14.bsky.social !!!
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · 2w agoWe are delighted to announce our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2027 Congratulations Benjamin Drevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social, Mario Aliberto III @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Bradley David Waters, Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social & Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social
“Wear the strappy sandals, he'd say, and I seriously had never heard a guy use that term” I love this story!
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · 2w agoHey friends, there's a new journal in town, called The Menu, and I'm in their debut issue alongside some greats! Wouild love for you to read my weird micro and the whole issue. 💙 www.durtybeanz.com/kathy-fish
Very cool piece for its tiny size!
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w ago"I get anxious making phone calls & need a fair amount of warning before social events" Ooh - this has such an interesting use of form to it; how it makes a reader lean forward on the page to decipher the more blacked-out lines.
A story rejected 20+ times, inspired by my sister’s alopecia as a girl and her best friend’s love. Thanks ever so much to the beautiful Orange Rose Literary theorangeroselitmag.com/2026/08/22/b...
“Bandana Girls” by Angela Joynes
The death-bed request had proven far harder to decline than an invitation to supper, Tupperware parties, or Rook games. Bix wrinkled her nose. Humid air and wet coats magnified the hospital’s usual…
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My latest! A story of alopecia, loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness. Very close to my ♥️ theorangeroselitmag.com/2026/08/22/b...
“Bandana Girls” by Angela Joynes
The death-bed request had proven far harder to decline than an invitation to supper, Tupperware parties, or Rook games. Bix wrinkled her nose. Humid air and wet coats magnified the hospital’s usual…
theorangeroselitmag.com
Because I’m waiting in walkin clinic I had time for a longer story from one of my favorite journals Trouble is, now I’m crying. It soo good @westchesterreview.bsky.social www.westchesterreview.com/william-cass-1
William Cass — The Westchester Review
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My favorite. ❤️ ❤️
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 4w agoICYMI we're taking an August break so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we're featuring Pennies to Jump the Rails by Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2024/08/25/p...
Thanks to Laura Black one my favorite stories ever is back!!! Love, grief, and magic in one little pkg!
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 4w agoWe're taking an August break so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we're featuring Pennies to Jump the Rails by Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2024/08/25/p...
😊 woohoo! An acceptance today for one my longer stories which is close to my heart because of my sister’s childhood alopecia. After many rejections and revisions, I’m glad I’ll soon be able to share. The story will appear in the elegant Orange Rose Literary Magazine 🙏 🙏 Can’t wait!
www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/dete... “We hang dripping for days on display, the dregs of society, the outcasts, the filthy needing to be detergentized” My speculative micro
Detergentized by Angela Joynes
Flash Fiction: Detergentized
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I never thought of my dark poisonous-plant micro as a 🎃 read! Thank you!!
LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻@lorifontanes.bsky.social · last mo.so scary this #flash micro by @angelajoynes.bsky.social should really be a Halloween read but today we kick off @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge & i called dibs on @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝 so Halloween in August it is!!! trashcatlit.com/bloodroot/
My husband found this mushroom here in Tennesse. Lactarius indigo maybe? I think it’s exquisite!
My speculative feminist micro! Written in Kathy Fish’s flash extravaganza the ekphrastic prompt! @kathyfish.bsky.social
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · last mo.'Detergentized' micro fiction from @angelajoynes.bsky.social I am the crone among us, old enough to remember the PRE world order before the male revolt abolished abortion rights and birth control, before rescinding our voting rights... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/dete...
Check out @madeleinewrite.bsky.social Madeleine Armstrong’s “On Duty”. Suits the deception theme. To a T!!
Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm delighted to share Issue 7 of Underbelly Press! Our website features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/issue-s... Happy two years of Underbelly Press!
“Sheldon is bound and determined we don’t need a kid…He’s heard horror tales from his friends about no sleep, no sex, bawling, and bodily functions”. “Trust Me, Honey” my sex scene deception story. Once again thanks to @kathyfish.bsky.social !!
Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm delighted to share Issue 7 of Underbelly Press! Our website features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/issue-s... Happy two years of Underbelly Press!
Thanks for the spotlight!!! I Might have a bit of a thing for Poisonous plants! 😉
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor this midweek spotlight, we have @angelajoynes.bsky.social with her micro Bloodroot 🦝 We loved how tight and purposeful this story was, how white space did so much and dark plants sang. Reader Leigh said: "Dark, precise, pared-down" Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/bloodroot/
Cheers, Bluesky! Rock and a Hard Place #16 has dropped and features my story "Brighter Horizons." Special thanks to @suzjay11.bsky.social, @robdsmith.bsky.social and the entire @rhppress.bsky.social team! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX32LMC7
I have a new piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social Many thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for having me back! I'd love for you to read, "Dimensions." 💙 bulbregion.com/Dimensions-b...
Dimensions, by Kathy Fish — The Bulb Region
Dimensions — Kathy Fish I WANDER THE ROOMS, THOUGH my house has become outsized and...
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I have a sexy deception story coming soon….
Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social · 2mo agoShort Fiction: ☆ Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social ☆ Huina Zheng ☆ Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social ☆ Kathy Prokhovnik ☆ Katy Goforth @katywrites.bsky.social ☆ Kelly Murashige ☆ Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social ☆ Megan Hanlon (CNF) @sugarpigblog.bsky.social ☆
Thrilled to find “The Sweet Darkness” on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 long list! Thanks to all the judges and to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for publishing it. Congrats to all the writers on both lists 🎉 maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...
The Sweet Darkness
Broken pens, Bic lighters, and sticky dimes and pennies floated up through the cushions of the sofa and pinched the thighs of the teenagers who were all supposed to be somewhere else. Someone fiddled ...
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With apologies to all the nice Gordons out there, here’s my poison plant micro born in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social course!! Thanks @therelphian.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/bloodroot/
Bloodroot
Angela Joynes Listen to Angela read her story On the flats along the Cold Stream among fiddleheads, violets, and trilliums, bloomed the delicate white flower Mama swore to be poison. I clung to my …
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Woohoo! Over the moon to find one of my stories on the Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social long list! My first time! Thanks to the team at @susurrusmag.bsky.social www.susurrusthemagazine.com/my-grandmoth...
My Grandmother's Hands, — Susurrus
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