My grandfather was a political prisoner in Spaç. It’s not something he ever really talked about & what I do know about the place is through research & my parents. Given everything that’s happening with Albania today, the timing of this story’s pub feels right. Thank you @pinchjournal.bsky.social ❤️✨

The Obscure Historical Sorrows of Canines — PINCH

“Each day, a new dog is taken away to a different room for several hours before being brought back in and crated again. Afterwards, they often sit in the corner, wide-eyed and a little jittery before ...

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“I catch a breath and hold it tight, a bubble of compressed wishes I push deeper towards my belly and plant like a seed. And when my face melts into the water, I …” @nikigjoni.bsky.social in Flash Glass @rowanglassworks.bsky.social www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-...

Water Beast by Nikoletta Gjoni

Glassworks is a publication of ​Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing 260 Victoria Street • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028  glassworksmagazine@rowan.edu

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Not an April Fool’s prank! New flash fiction up today. Coming out of last year’s 804 Labor Day weekend writing retreat, this one really dug up some random teenaged feelings from the depths of somewhere. ✨ www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-...

Water Beast by Nikoletta Gjoni

Glassworks is a publication of ​Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing 260 Victoria Street • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028  glassworksmagazine@rowan.edu

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Dorothy Rowena Rice reviews The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe, a story collection by @ladiwoods.bsky.social, in our latest issue:

Beautifully Strange Stories: A Review of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe

The 28 stories in The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe are beyond imaginative in their use of extended metaphors, personification of objects and animals, and storylines that are a mash-up of the re...

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New website is launched and it has me excited! It’s a little moody and a little whimsical and most importantly, it has everything on there. My publications, my upcoming workshops, my editing services, AND you can now register for my workshop newsletter. www.ngjoni.com

Always a rush to be included in the 804 lineup at AWP. Great space, great gathering, great readings. On to chitown in 2027!

Thank you so much again to everyone who has donated or shared the GoFundMe! It has been so heart-filling seeing the care and kindness for our family. (1/?)

Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark

On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

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In exactly two weeks! Gettin literary with friends and a slew of fantastic writers! Pinch me.

I had a dream about spitting out teeth and now I’m scared.

"Whatever memories come to me at night before sleep, I close the door on them and I’m back to what I’ve known for the last six decades ..." @nikigjoni.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

It feels surreal and absolutely awesome to see my novel-in-progress’ prologue—my protagonist, Drita’s name—published for others to read. Eternally grateful to @gonelawn.bsky.social for accepting this for their excerpts issue! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Christmas sweater party with the 804 squad and other friends too!

I love this little prose poem so much. It came out furiously in one sitting in my notes app after a late night walk with the pup, thinking and feeling a whole lot of things. Grateful to @mosspuppymag.bsky.social for publishing it. If you have 30 seconds for a read! ⤵️ mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...

My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash

#Frankenstein is gothic, gorgeous, lush. All the hallmarks of a @realgdt.bsky.social movie. I can’t wait to rewatch and feel heartbreak again 😩😩😩

I'm starting to see multiple threads where bluesky folks are trying to raise money for their local food banks because of the shutdown of SNAP starting November 1... can we get a thread going for people to find each other? Drop your link and put your city in front, let's coordinate city by city!

Batteries: recharged ✔️ “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

This piece came out of a prompt from last year's 804 writing retreat. All the thanks to my friends for creating a space that is lax and fun (and funny!) and creative. It's a super short one if you have the time! "Small Fortune" out in Lover's Eye Press. www.loverseyepress.com/post/fiction...

Nearly ONE YEAR after I wrote this little piece at 804’s Labor Day weekend writing retreat…it’s finally found a home! Coming out in Lover’s Eye Press first full print issue…so excited to see “Small Fortune” in print.

I am so grateful to Blue Mountain Review for picking up this story that was inspired by a sick, late night Instacart order. If you have 5 mins! t.co/suJ3SgFHcZ

Excited to be on this list! If you’re in the area and want to have oysters and drinks w/ a side of literature, this is calling your name…

In one week and day, I’m hosting this workshop at Kramers! There are still a handful of tickets left, so if you want to get creative on a Tuesday and meet with other local writers, come on out! www.kramers.com/events/27229...

Written in the Cards: a Fiction Writing Workshop | Kramers

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A day filled with art and vintage shop hopping in Richmond.

I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for publishing a second piece of mine! This CNF piece is near and dear to me and this commentary about it has me 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Bulb Culture Collective@bulbculture.bsky.social · last yr.

The light is on for Nikoletta Gjoni! @nikigjoni.bsky.social💡 “If Monet Had Painted the Western United States” is an absolutely beautiful piece of creative nonfiction that paints a beloved landscape with a lyric brush. Check out Nikoletta’s stunning writing over at the site!

Power naps with this dude are my favorite 😭

So, so, so thrilled to be hired as the editor for the second volume of Bowie State University's journal, Freedom - A Journal of Research in Africana Studies. The articles featured in there are fucking fantastic and interesting and I can't wait to dig in.

Every time someone admits they use any form of AI, I want to claw my eyes out. It’s becoming a knee jerk reaction at this point, my wincing and wtf-ing.

I guess I’m headed to France?! I’m absolutely flabbergasted. After years of following their page & pining from a distance & two almost-submitted applications, I finally just did the thing & applied this year. And my immediate response was “is this a joke?” WHY are we like this?!

My favorite weekend afternoons look like this