s w i f t s: a literary magazine
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an @accumulatequiet.bsky.social project edited by @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social www.swiftslitmag.com
#LitMagWeek is coming! During the last week of September, over 100 lit mags from around the world will offer discounts, share stories, recs, & discuss the history of literary magazines, including us here at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! Looking forward to next week! Learn more here: LitMagWeek.com
"The past is a cloud, and like all clouds, / it must descend in the form of rain." "what we forget when we talk about forever" by @caitlint.bsky.social closes out our most recent issue reflecting on all the past can be over the long-term. swiftslitmag.com/caitlin-thom...
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"a small gesture from a strange / hand can redact green horizons" Read Ken Taylor's "it is a fool who looks at a finger that points to the sky" in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/ken-taylor
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I haven't been able to stop thinking about Kristina Erny's poems since I first heard them at the Louisville Conference several years ago. So glad that we're able to publish five of them here at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social this year, and that her second collection is set to be published!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 2w ago"my love, you are a pinch of sugar turned in a metal drum, passed from my fingers to dissolve, placed delicate on your precious tongue" We're excited to have published five poems by the inimitable Kristina Erny in the most recent issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny
"my love, you are a pinch of sugar turned in a metal drum, passed from my fingers to dissolve, placed delicate on your precious tongue" We're excited to have published five poems by the inimitable Kristina Erny in the most recent issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny
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Our nominations for @bestofthenet.bsky.social are here! We couldn't be more thrilled to have published these pieces and support them in this way. Be sure to go to our archive page and read (or reread!) them all: swiftslitmag.com/archive
"Time only seems to slow down in a collision." "The Bruises on Tabitha's Arm" by Scott Coykendall is one of the great poems we published in our most recent issue. Read the full issue at the link in our bio! swiftslitmag.com/scott-coyken...
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"They should make people anxiety jackets, she says, covering her ears." So proud to publish two fantastic flash pieces by @heyhaylimay.bsky.social in our summer issue. You can read both pieces here: swiftslitmag.com/hayli-may-cox
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This is so very moving, Jared. Beautiful, beautiful writing. 💙 @readinstead.bsky.social @swiftslitmag.bsky.social
Jared Beloff@readinstead.bsky.social · 3mo agoI am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
"soon the older men could hear waves / inside the whale’s stomach, the cadences of their mother singing" "What Was Found Inside the Whale" by @readinstead.bsky.social starts off Issue Three of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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I am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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It’s the hottest week of summer so far and here’s some new work from @swiftslitmag.bsky.social to read in the shade. I’m so grateful to work on this project & publish such great work by @readinstead.bsky.social @heyhaylimay.bsky.social @caitlint.bsky.social & more!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com
Our third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com
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If you haven’t seen, the magazine I edit is the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! The summer issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is coming out very soon, and we’re always open for submissions! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · 3mo agoToday's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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We’re the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! Our summer issue is coming soon, and we’re always open for submissions - check us out here! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · 3mo agoToday's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Thanks to @duotrope.com for interviewing our EiC @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social ahead of our third issue! Check out the full thing but here's a couple helpful answers to get you started - and don't forget we're always open to submissions! duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Everything floats // briefly
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell
"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell
"but they are determined to exist, with the ancient / cloaks of their furred wings-kings of outlasting;" Read three poems from @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social from an Inger Christensen-inspired series: swiftslitmag.com/kristi-maxwell
"the voice did / want the rope to add up to something more / than rope" Read three poems by Lauren Mallett in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/lauren-mallett
"The water loved you so well, loved you through your whisper-thin topsoil / until you were saturated, birch and cedar and spruce roots / swimming in silt like migrated mangroves, / and you carried that love down / to meet the reaching sea." - @fklein907.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/frances-klein
"When they asked me why I stole the flute, I said / because it was beautiful..." Read "My Statement" by Paul Hostovsky in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/paul-hostovsky
"washing / the leaves & ashes from the street // tender & in a forgotten key that can't / be shaken out" Read two new poems by @cold-eternals.bsky.social in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/ryan-collins
Check out our most recent newsletter about all things happening here at AQ HQ, including a new issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social & a peek at our next project ...! accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026...
April 2026 Updates
swifts issue two and a new venture in the works!
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Thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social and the swifts folks for taking two poems about Ketchikan’s recent landslides *cue Stevie Nicks*
Jeremy Michael Reed@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com
It’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com
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s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com
Our second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com