Always proud to have new work in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Here’s the first of two new microfictions that dropped today. Click this link to check out the second: mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr.... Thanks once again to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for being such a terrific supporter of me and my writing.

"Would it make its existence more relevant in a world powered by a trillion trees that died silently long before we even climbed one? Would it make its death more noble? Would we honor & worship it just because we were there to witness its fall?" @kiptain.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...

Join me at 2pm Eastern today as I read poetry with John Amen, Tina Barry, Tim Mayo, Francine Witte, and CL Bledsoe during the @oneart.bsky.social August Poetry Reading by going to oneartpoetry.com/readings. Hope to see you there!

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Join James Bryant and Sandra Feen for an intimate conversation with me tonight, 7:00 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. CDT). Plus, hear key takeaways from a live audience Q&A. Requires registration. Secure your spot for this LIVE Zoom event by clicking this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

So proud to have my new story “The Reflectionist” in the new issue of @rfpress.bsky.social. Here’s the opening paragraph. Click this link to read the full story: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-ref.... #magicalrealism

Here’s the first of two new poems up today at @eunoiareview.bsky.social. Many thanks to Ian Chung for his continued support of my writing. Click here to read the second poem, “Appalachian Funeral”: eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/a...

Here’s the opening paragraph of “Empty Plinths,” the first of three new stories up today in @newworldwriting.bsky.social. Click here to read all three stories: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th.... Many thanks to the editors for their continued support of my writing!

Here are two photos from my 4-photo series “Urban Flags” that just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. Click here to view the other 2: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.

My new story “Shadow Factory” just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.

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Many thanks to Christopher Fields for including my poem “To a Friend Who Can’t Remember Winter” in the newest issue of @neologismpoetry.bsky.social. Click here to read it and the whole issue: www.neologismpoetry.com/June-2026/#kk

Issue #109 out now! Featured Poet Faye Brinsmead, supported by Spencer K.M. Brown, @nancysobanik.bsky.social, Marie Isabell Matthews-Schlinzig, Saad Kayani, @shamelesstrekkie.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, Chris Vola, @thatjeffreycat.bsky.social, Ethan Mershon, and @theoriginalison.bsky.social.

My photo “Red on Blue” was selected for the “Primary Colors” exhibition up now at Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery. Click here to check out the entire show: lightspacetime.art/primary-colo...

Sincere thanks to our first-rate #authors from June's #TenYears issue: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social @kerryhp.bsky.social Sandra Arnold Louella Lester @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social. Please follow the link to read fictivedream.com/2026/06/

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Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff Jo Gatford Sarah Lynn Hurd @kiptain.bsky.social for having their work selected for Wigleaf Longlist 2026. Links to their stories in Gooseberry Pie are in the post. gooseberry-pie.com/wigleaf-top-...

Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist 2026 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff, Jo Gatford, Sarah Lynn Hurd, and Kip Knott for having their work published in Gooseberry Pie Lit selected for Wigleaf’s Top 50 Longlist 2026. Linked below are their b...

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So proud to have my microfiction “Detritus Diary” included in the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist. Thank you to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for originally publishing this story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Click here to read the story: gooseberry-pie.com/detritus-dia...

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Photo by Edward Howell on Unsplash by Kip Knott My ex-wife’s on the phone telling me that she found my secret diary buried beneath some old towels in the linen closet. After six years, I had nothing n...

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Many thanks to the editors of The Dribble Drabble review for including my microfiction “Revelations” in their new issue. Check out all the dribbles and drabbles here: thedribbledrabblereview.com

I’m proud to be part of the #TenYears anniversary of @fictivedream.bsky.social on the #litmag scene. Thank you to the editors for including my story “Unplugged” in their MicroMonday series. Read the story here: fictivedream.com/2026/06/15/m.... #microfiction #MicrofictionMonday #readingcommunity.

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Unplugged by Kip Knott The day after you pulled the plug on our marriage the day before our diamond anniversary, I go through all the vinyl records we began collecting when we first moved in togeth…

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“Didi planted the cockscombs—cocks’s combs?—around the lamp post, and I can confirm…” @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/cocks-comb/

It’s here! Volume 5, Issue 2: Dreams & Fantasy is now live. Thanks to @kiptain.bsky.social for the amazing cover image. To learn more about this issue, read our Editor’s Intro here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #literaryjournal #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #art #music

Thank you to Natalie Welsh for choosing me as the featured artist in the new issue of @syncopationlit.bsky.social. Click this link to check out my essay about dreams & music, 4 of my abstract photos, & writing from all the around the world: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/cover-page-a...

An unwanted shadow. 
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‘How, in good conscience, could anyone cut down and sell off a whole universe, even if that universe is inhabited by only one soul?’ Such an inventive PoV for a flash… @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute 💐 ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...

Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower — Ghost Parachute

I live a two-dimensional life, and yet I have mass. I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me an...

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Read "Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me..." tinyurl.com/mude5cc5

Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower — Ghost Parachute

I live a two-dimensional life, and yet I have mass. I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me an...

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Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my new microfiction “Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to Brett J Barr for the great artwork! You can read my story and check out the entire issue here: ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...

June 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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Thank you to everyone at @vestalreview.bsky.social for including my new story “Shadow Return” in Issue 68. Check out the story, and the entire issue, here: www.vestalreview.net/shadow-return

Shadow Return — Vestal Review

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today from Tom Snarsky! "*“Possible Epitaphs” is a cento that borrows lines from poems that I think would be good on a gravestone. Thanks to the sources of these lines..." https://www.havehashad.com/inq5u

Possible Epitaphs* by Tom Snarsky

Could from this usefull work his cares release. 🪦 The wind is a wild wolf but be still my lovely. 🪦 Who enjoyed the grass no differently. 🪦 Feeling has departed 🪦 Beautiful, ye

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“A Shadow of Myself” Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by @kiptain.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/a-shadow-of-...

Thank you to the wonderful editors at 101 Words for publishing my new microfiction “Echo Location.” Check them out at 101words.org. Aren’t we all just echoes of one another?

So proud to be included in this special issue of the winners, shortlisters, and longlisters of the 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition. Thank you to Dan Crawley @jhhwriter.bsky.social for shortlisting my story “A Shadow of Myself.” @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

@gooseberrypie.bsky.social special issue of the winning stories from our annual writing comp, along with the short and longlist. 40 fabulous stories in this incredible issue. 1: Kathryn Silver-Hajo 2: Louella Lester 3: Kik Lodge Five Honorable Mentions gooseberry-pie.com/special-issu...

Special Issue 3 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

A huge thank you to everyone who entered our third annual writing competition. We were overwhelmed by the incredible response this year, with over 400 submissions to review. It was truly an honor to r...

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