Michael Czyzniejewski
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.
Great story by Sarp Sozdinler in the new Ghost Parachute, featuring art by my good friend, @courtneyb77.bsky.social!
Moon, Mount, Mountain — Ghost Parachute
Nearing the border, Celal peeks out of the hole. He’s sitting fetus-like in the back of the truck. A swirl of cool air seeps in and dissipates the steam creeping on his glasses like ivy. He can hear a...
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Fantastic story by @gary79.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute, with art by my pal, @courtneyb77.bsky.social!
Meteor — Ghost Parachute
While I took down the strings of green and red lights I’d looped around our young maple tree before Christmas, my wife Christine followed the boy who lived next door up and down the sidewalk as he rod...
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New @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in Trampset!
The Night the Mongols Arrive to Sack the City | trampset
by Emily Rinkema...The Mongols don’t notice me right away. I’m wearing sweatpants, wool socks, and a Dogs are My People hoodie, which I haven’t taken off since I checked in two days ago, alone.
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New @kimmagowan.bsky.social up at @fictivedream.bsky.social!
On Her Way to the Corner Store To Buy Another Bottle of Wine
by Kim Magowan WAITING TO CROSS THE STREET, Linda watches a man drive through the intersection, and for a fraction of a second thinks he is Gary. His shock of graying hair, the crane-like way he hu…
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I’m excited to be in this new issue of @5ptsmag.bsky.social! Thanks to Josh Russell and the whole staff. Happy to be in the issue with so many great writers and friends. Should I list them all?! I don’t want to miss anyone, but yeah, look at that list!
The editors at @mooncitypress.bsky.social would like to congratulate Paul Martinez Pompa of Elmurst, Illinois, for winning the 2025 Moon City Poetry Award for his collection Floor, My Floor, My Loyal Lover. Paul will receive the $1000 prize and his book will be published by MCP in 2027!
Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @stateofkate.bsky.social, and everyone at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for another new issue!
Volume 15, Issue 7
COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho…
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Hello! Thanks to Scott Garson, @sudhab.bsky.social, @andrewporter01.bsky.social, and everyone at @wigleaf.bsky.social for putting me on their Top 50 list this year! And thanks again to @m-ixedbag.bsky.social, Lakshmi Iyer, and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for publishing it at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social.
I have a story in this lovely new issue of @southerninreview.bsky.social with all these fantastic writers! Thanks to Ron Mitchell and the whole staff for the opportunity.
Congrats to @emilyrinkema.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award! Her book, Dead Mother Card, will appear from MCP in 2027. She will receive the $1000 prize. Can't wait to work with her on this fabulous collection. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Thanks to @marylynnreed.bsky.social and Lesley C. Weston at @moonparkreview.bsky.social for publishing this new story in their new summer issue! I'm honored to be a part of this great lineup!
Figueroa
By Michael Czyzniejewski You know if Florez makes it anywhere near that basement, we’ll have no choice but to enact the Figueroa Protocol, meaning you can kiss your career, let alone that promotion…
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Michelle N Ross interviews Ryan Habermeyer about his new flashy obituaryish collection Necronauts at @smokelong.bsky.social! www.smokelong.com/an-interview...
An Interview with Ryan Habermeyer Necronauts - SmokeLong Quarterly
Interview by Michelle Ross MR: First, congratulations on Necronauts, Ryan! It’s a weird, wild ride of a book. The novel is composed of fragments, of flashes, if you will. I had the pleasure of publish...
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@andrewbertaina.bsky.social with the goods in Ghost Parachute.
In Her Dreams — Ghost Parachute
There was a racket in the yard. Hammers of some sort and starlings fighting on the wire that ran across the alley. The neighbors were hammering things again. The sound waves kept breaching her hull of...
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Thanks to Sarp Sozdinler and @bulbregion.bsky.social for publishing this new story today! Thanks, too, to @kimannjosouth.bsky.social and @courtneyb77.bsky.social for the early eyes.
Obituary, by Michael Czyzniejewski — The Bulb Region
Obituary — Michael Czyzniejewski SO, ON THE FIRST DAY, KEITH gave his summer school...
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Check out this fantastic new story by Michelle Ross from Ghost Parachute!
I Mistook a Fly for My Cat — Ghost Parachute
I was brushing my teeth before work, and the fly was buzzing about my head much the way my cat buzzes about the sink when I brush my teeth before bed. I heard myself say, “Hey, Zazu.” I’ve mistaken my...
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Ghost Parachute's new issue includes ... @pamelapainter.bsky.social, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sherrieflick.bsky.social, @jhhwriter.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, @renukarag.bsky.social, and @swethaamit.bsky.social . Congrats! ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
June 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Last day to enter the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Short Fiction Award
• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...
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Last day to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award
• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...
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New @smokelong.bsky.social! Kate Horsley, @travisflatt.bsky.social, and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, L.A. Strycker, Ellen Garard, Kate Catinella, Christopher Lee Chilton, Audrey Obuobisa-Darko, Joshua Geller Schwartz, Lane Michael Stanley, Murray Dunsmore, and @mamiewilloughby.bsky.social.
Issue Ninety-Two - SmokeLong Quarterly
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Stoked to be in this issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social with three new stories! Thanks to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for giving me all this space, alongside writers I admire like Candace Hartsuyker, Amy Allen, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, and @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social. gooseberry-pie.com/issue-43/
Issue 43 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Cock’s Comb by Michael Czyzniejewski Locket by Michael Czyzniejewski Romance by Michael Czyzniejewski She Wants the Table on the Side of the Road by Wendy Elizabeth Wallace Homecoming by Amy Allen U...
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New @pitheadchapel.bsky.social! Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social for another fantastic issue! pitheadchapel.com/2026/06/01/v...
Volume 15, Issue 6
COVER ART BY JANELLE PAULINO FICTION GRIEF WORK, LLC BY KEITH WOODRUFF BELLY BY SUTTON STROTHER THE CENTAUR DANCES THE GIDDY-UP BUCK BY TRAVIS FLATT PET LOVER BY ANTHONY BROWN NONFICT…
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New story, "Sleepover," in the new @southeastreview.bsky.social! Thanks to Neal Hammons and the whole staff for putting me alongside these terrific writers in this terrific-looking issue!
Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition! mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Short Fiction Award
• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...
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Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition!
Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award
• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...
mooncitypress.submittable.com
@mooncitypress.bsky.social congratulates these 11 authors, finalists in our 2025 Short Fiction Award: @tcboudreau.bsky.social Bergita Bugarija @dinahcox.bsky.social Sarah Faulkner Carrie Grinstead Aatif Rashid @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Anna Schachner Maura Stanton Zachary Vickers Francine Witte
Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social for being selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026 for her @mooncityreview.bsky.social story, "That's All the Time We Have." Thanks, @megpokrass.bsky.social & @gary79.bsky.social!
The editors of @mooncitypress.bsky.social congratulate these 11 authors as finalists for the 2025 Moon City Poetry Award: Mike Burwell Jules Foshee John Isles Paul Martínez-Pompa Linda Michel-Cassidy Lynne Potts Liz Robbins Caleb Scott Marjorie Stelmach John Schneider Francine Witte
