What the hell. Fund the fucking libraries. blockclubchicago.org/2026/08/05/t...

Thousands Of Books Are Piling Up In Chicago Libraries Due To Staffing Shortage

The backlog has librarians scrambling to find space and keep track of books in the system. Library workers say it's a ripple effect of a delivery driver shortage — and patrons have started checking ou...

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Elena Zhang@ezhang77.bsky.social · 23h ago

Has the library still not solved the delivery driver issue? This is kind of nuts

Goldcrest bird

The colors of the table came out weird

Has the library still not solved the delivery driver issue? This is kind of nuts

I wrote a poem by taking a James Tate quote & having it run from top to bottom on the left side of the poem as well as bottom to top on the right side of the poem Stoked to have it appear on James Tate's official website www.jamestate.net/instances-oc...

I don’t know how to pick nice color palettes

The colors of the table came out weird

North Pond doodle

This is based on truth (my baby gnawing his feet) and I consider it Creative Nonfiction.

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · yesterday

"The baby is chewing her fingers." I don't want to spoil too much of this one. The deliriums of parenthood. An absurd, delightful nightmare. You don't want to miss this phenomenally weird tale. It's such a pleasure to have @seanbirnie.bsky.social back in hex this week with Ouroborobaby!

Shortlisted in the Joy Prize, "Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield" by @kawalker.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield | MattKendrick.co.uk

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This story is awesome. I'm really glad I got to illustrate it! ✨ #Illustration #Writing

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder" written by @ezhang77.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder..." tinyurl.com/44f633b9

Goldcrest bird

Happy to have a micro in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/august...

What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder — Ghost Parachute

I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder that danced circles in the breeze like a soul set free, so I swallowed my...

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Here’s my latest #poem. It’s called “Poem.” I know, I know, but read it and you’ll see. Thanks to the magnificent @rustandmoth.bsky.social for taking it.

Poem | Rust & Moth

He asked an AI bot to write a poem about the angst that living in these times creates in all of us, set in the home of some untethered soul, with end-stopped rhymes, and wholly built on unlinked metap...

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Thrilled to have a story up in one of my big white whales, @100wordstory.bsky.social ! Thank you Michelle Ross ! Huge thank you also to @rgvaughan.bsky.social for letting me into @neonpajamas.bsky.social 's humor workshop a day after it started, where this story began. I’m such a fan of Ben!

Therapy - 100Words

Dawn Tasaka StefflerShe always knew there was a mean girl inside of her.

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Thrilled to have two stories in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. Read about a six inch cheerleader-- and another story about what the stars want. Thank you Camille Griep and team for giving these stories a lovely home. www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/clau...

Claudia Monpere — Does It Have Pockets

Give Me a Push | What the Stars Want

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August Claudine is live! Original microprose by: Christine H. Chen, Jennifer A. Howard, Deirdre Parkes, Nora Nadjarian, and Sarp Sozdinler Claudineliterary.com

Claudine: A Literary Magazine

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ICYMI, I’ve got a story in Ghost Parachute called “What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder” (ghostparachute.com/issue/august...)

A little drawing of a park

"The small print hints of stars that fracture in the dark." -Mikki Aronoff, "Border Crossing"

Border Crossing - Identity Theory

The small print hints of stars that fracture in the dark.

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Thera Webb, “The Witch: A Play” #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

My story “Sandy the Penny Pony” is in latest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social! Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home. 

Flash #42 Aug '26

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Thera Webb, “The Witch: A Play” #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

"I swallowed my fear and moved to the mountains, surrounding myself with brimstone and snow, and my dreams were filled with divine fire" Something so wonderfully haunting about this brilliant micro from @ezhang77.bsky.social

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder" written by @ezhang77.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder..." tinyurl.com/44f633b9

Shortlisted in the History Prize, "The things we did not see on Christmas Eve in Calumet, Michigan, 1913" by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

The things we did not see on Christmas Eve in Calumet, Michigan, 1913 | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Here is my Bermondsey and Beyond 2026 Literary Festival Poetry Competition commended poem for #smallpoemsunday #poetrycommunity #poetrysky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

I'm in a 100-word stories state of mind. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for accepting this one for Ghost Parachute.

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "Jumpers" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning." tinyurl.com/yrx38wuy

I'm delighted to have a story in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute with a stunning illustration by the multi talented @amymarques.bsky.social! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and colleagues for including "Ship in a Bottle!"

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "Ship in a Bottle" written by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "Dahlia peers out to the horizon where a tiny sailboat hovers." tinyurl.com/372jbdrn

New micro up at Ghost Parachute 🥰🥰🥰 Always grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social 🥰

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "The Guys in the Parked Cars" written by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "One guy from summer school only wanted head. Told me I was pretty but he wasn’t really into me. Had plans to date this other girl." tinyurl.com/5yy9y9wd

Read "What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder" written by @ezhang77.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder..." tinyurl.com/44f633b9

What Wei Boyang Dreamed of When He Invented Gunpowder — Ghost Parachute

I first fell in love with fire when I watched the body of my father burn in the pyre, his flesh transmuting into a fine powder that danced circles in the breeze like a soul set free, so I swallowed my...

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