matchbook literary magazine
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matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. https://matchbooklitmag.com
“in Nice, the drunk woman asks us the English word for the bird our two-year-old’s chasing. we say Pigeon…” - check out Adam Berlin’s ( @adamberlin.bsky.social ) essay, “HAVE IT,” on mb - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/berlin/ha...
HAVE IT | matchbook
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“in Nice, the drunk woman asks us the English word for the bird our two-year-old’s chasing. we say Pigeon…” - check out Adam Berlin’s ( @adamberlin.bsky.social ) essay, “HAVE IT,” on mb - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/berlin/ha...
HAVE IT | matchbook
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“Flash on the driveway’s hot pavement, her white Chuck Taylors slap snap smack on Mom’s wood floors, green eyes gleaming, our hearts racing to see her again…” - an amazing new story by @amyavt.bsky.social is out now on mb. Check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/allen/my-...
My Big Sister Charley’s a Bang Snap | matchbook
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"Molly said when she stroked books, they purred for her. It sounded sort of dirty to me, and I got a little flushed, to be honest, hearing her talk like that"
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 4w agoContributor Alyson Mosquera Dutemple (@swellspoken.bsky.social) welcomes her debut story collection “Marvelous Freaks of Nature!” this October from Cornerstone Press ! Preorders are available now! - go read “Hazardous to Sea Life” by Dutemple on matchbook: www.matchbooklitmag.com/dutemple
Contributor Alyson Mosquera Dutemple (@swellspoken.bsky.social) welcomes her debut story collection “Marvelous Freaks of Nature!” this October from Cornerstone Press ! Preorders are available now! - go read “Hazardous to Sea Life” by Dutemple on matchbook: www.matchbooklitmag.com/dutemple
What a thrill to be published with @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social !
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 4w ago“Flash on the driveway’s hot pavement, her white Chuck Taylors slap snap smack on Mom’s wood floors, green eyes gleaming, our hearts racing to see her again…” - an amazing new story by @amyavt.bsky.social is out now on mb. Check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/allen/my-...
“Flash on the driveway’s hot pavement, her white Chuck Taylors slap snap smack on Mom’s wood floors, green eyes gleaming, our hearts racing to see her again…” - an amazing new story by @amyavt.bsky.social is out now on mb. Check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/allen/my-...
My Big Sister Charley’s a Bang Snap | matchbook
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Very excited about my new piece out today with @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/allen/my-...
My Big Sister Charley’s a Bang Snap | matchbook
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“… the one time I made a breathless midnight trip by bike to the security gate, he’d called ahead to have me turned away. But he was a pipe smoking man." and a whiff of Hai Karate @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
C’est Une Pipe | matchbook
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"In San Pedro, there was a particular pipe-smoking man whose tobacco was flavored with apple. His voice was layered like moist leaves" Love this from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social. Great author's note too.
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · last mo.new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
"I can summon, still, my parents’ dark kitchen." My lord, this stunning piece of writing by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · last mo.new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
"His voice was layered like moist leaves. His theme was fall, you might say." Oof! What a wallop this micro packs! Stunning work from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ⚡
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · last mo.new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
"In a karate-themed advertisement of the 1970s, an average guy pats cologne to his jaw, and then is besieged by crazed females." Patricia's work always cuts to the quick. Read this, and don't skip the author's note at the end! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · last mo.new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
“His theme was fall, you might say.” Love this gem by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social! 🔥
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · last mo.new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
new story day!! “C’est Une Pipe” by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is out now on mb! have a read: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/bidar/ces...
C’est Une Pipe | matchbook
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"Indignant for the men who now have nowhere, they spit arcs of toothpaste down to the street, shout ‘Solidarity with the dispossessed’ into the silence" So much story swirling together so cleverly in this tiny space. Great writing from @chriscottom.bsky.social
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoA new micro has hit MB! Check out “Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever” by @chriscottom.bsky.social - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/cottom/an...
"While I walk, I daydream: at the hands of some blurry environmental disaster, my landlord flees and leaves her tenants to their own devices" Such a powerful piece from @ellenkfee.bsky.social, tackling a weighty topic in such a nuanced way
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago“…It’s easier for me to imagine a near future of climate collapse and abandoned rental properties than it is to imagine owning a house with a yard where I could make decisions for myself…” New work by @ellenkfee.bsky.social out now on MB! Go give it a read! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fee/what-...
"Other times she sees the back of her head as it swivels 180 degrees until she comes face-to-face with her other animal selves: an octopus self, arms skimming the ocean floor" Brilliant micro from @susanllin.bsky.social - surreal and strange
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 2mo ago“The Human Animal dreams in third person. In these dreams, she can be anyone, anything…” New work by @susanllin.bsky.social out now on MB! Go check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lin/this-...
I'm so thrilled to be in matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoA new micro has hit MB! Check out “Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever” by @chriscottom.bsky.social - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/cottom/an...
A new micro has hit MB! Check out “Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever” by @chriscottom.bsky.social - www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/cottom/an...
Annaliese Dreams of Her Long Lost Fiancé and the Night the Hostel Closed Forever | matchbook
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“The Human Animal dreams in third person. In these dreams, she can be anyone, anything…” New work by @susanllin.bsky.social out now on MB! Go check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lin/this-...
This One Goes Out to All the Insomniacs | matchbook
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“The Human Animal dreams in third person. In these dreams, she can be anyone, anything…” New work by @susanllin.bsky.social out now on MB! Go check it out! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lin/this-...
This One Goes Out to All the Insomniacs | matchbook
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in case you haven’t read yet…
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago“…It’s easier for me to imagine a near future of climate collapse and abandoned rental properties than it is to imagine owning a house with a yard where I could make decisions for myself…” New work by @ellenkfee.bsky.social out now on MB! Go give it a read! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fee/what-...
new work up at @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 🌻
matchbook literary magazine@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago“…It’s easier for me to imagine a near future of climate collapse and abandoned rental properties than it is to imagine owning a house with a yard where I could make decisions for myself…” New work by @ellenkfee.bsky.social out now on MB! Go give it a read! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fee/what-...
“…It’s easier for me to imagine a near future of climate collapse and abandoned rental properties than it is to imagine owning a house with a yard where I could make decisions for myself…” New work by @ellenkfee.bsky.social out now on MB! Go give it a read! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fee/what-...
What to eat during an apocalypse | matchbook
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“Learning at nine years old that there was no such thing as a circus boat was more devastating to Dmytro than discovering a few years earlier that Santa Claus didn’t exist…” - Read “A Good Reason to Cry” by B. B. Garin www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/garin/a-g...
A Good Reason to Cry | matchbook
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“Learning at nine years old that there was no such thing as a circus boat was more devastating to Dmytro than discovering a few years earlier that Santa Claus didn’t exist…” - Read “A Good Reason to Cry” by B. B. Garin www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/garin/a-g...
A Good Reason to Cry | matchbook
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Short/flash fiction, CNF, other strange things under 1k words. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines Dare you.
