*ONE MORE WEEK TO SUBMIT!* Subs are open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

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Submissions are now open for our “Suffragette” issue. (We’re reading for a future unthemed issue too!) Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Prose Poetry No fee. Deadline: September 1 Full details here ettereview.com/submit/

If all goes well, later on today (4:30PM ET) I’ll be streaming live from a propane tank in Vermont. m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru... I was just setting up my soundboard a few minutes ago.

A new episode, “Kittenette,” of our companion podcast, pod-ette, just dropped! Host @melaniehoopes.bsky.social chats with Meg Pokrass @megpokrass.bsky.social Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social Cat lovers, this one’s for you! open.spotify.com/episode/6gAx...

New issue, new podcast, new call for submissions! -ette’s 2026 summer issue features fresh, new work by @aabalaskovits.bsky.social @christophercitro.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @mykkirioswrites.bsky.social ettereview.com/summer2026/

Bsky friends: what are your favorite recs for 24 hrs in London?

as someone who's been away from them internets for a bit... anyone want to post some of their recent publications here? I want to catch up!

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ok you all need to pause on publishing so many cool sounding stories lately and give me a chance to catch up on my reading! I’m overwhelmed!

I'm spending this summer drafting my next nonfiction book: TYPO, coming soon from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series! As part of my research, I'm collecting stories and anecdotes about memorable typos and similar errors from other writers/readers, if you'd like to contribute. More at the link!

Have a Good Story about Typos? Want to Appear in My Next Book?

Typo, coming from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series in 2027

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Holy cow, what a wonderful read!

Variant Literature@variantlit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"It wasn’t until the ant had settled on one of the veiny spikes of the peony’s leaves that it finally spoke: I know your troubles. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl." Read "The Peony Ant" by @noramaynard.bsky.social from issue 23 variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

"It wasn’t until the ant had settled on one of the veiny spikes of the peony’s leaves that it finally spoke: I know your troubles. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl." Read "The Peony Ant" by @noramaynard.bsky.social from issue 23 variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

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Issue #66 of Gone Lawn is nearly filled, and we'll be closing submissions on Monday morning, so if you have something we should read then send it to us this weekend! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Best Microfiction 2026 is here! We’re so proud to see work by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social and @mattleibel.bsky.social that originally appeared in -ette! Congratulations also to -ette contributors Kathleen McGookey and Devan Murphy!

i must update that i am at a resale bookstore picked up a copy of Dante's Inferno and opened it to this EXACT SAME TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

ONLY POEMS@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

thinking about this translator's note for translated works—but also how we take a thought, feeling, or experience and attempt to give it form as best we can. this metaphor is beautiful 🥹💙

“*You’re funny*, said Beatrice. Her ex-boyfriend was dull and didn’t like to joke. *You’re beautiful*, said the ant. *Like a flower.*” @noramaynard.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

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I have a new story out, a strange love story, about…an ant. Thank you to @variantlit.bsky.social and to editor @suzyeynon.bsky.social for including me in their gorgeous summer issue! variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/

Rainy day pigeon-watching

your moment of calm: a beautiful spotted ground squirrel eating a cute flower adorably

Concert for a lovely, warm, rainy May night

Union Square greenmarket in bloom

Went to an amazing performance of Stravinsky’s The Firebird last night at the NYC Ballet. Costumes and sets by Marc Chagall. Here are some of his monster heads 👺👹👿

“And he loves staying up until dawn, swinging in a hammock made of spiderwebs, listening to the whiskey fairy unwind tales of lost love and forgotten empires” from “The Martini Fairy” I love this story within a story that tells so much

Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 4mo ago

A tale of lush fairies leads to the sweetest of apologies, in a story by Peter M. Kazon. buff.ly/JKFbIib

Sutton Place stroll

🎧 Hello! Spring cleaning, anyone? I’ll be presenting a low-residue Livestream tomorrow - Wednesday, April 15 at 4:30PM NYC time. Be there & clean those gutters out too! m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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Cats engaging with astronaut content is an a+ genre

Ginger the garden witch@mkkraemer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sullivan the foster kitty was really invested in the splashdown and capsule retrieval!

Here’s my first April 30/30 prompt: “Deconstructed Fable” Write a poem in which every day you receive some fragment of a fable. A red cloak, the huntsman’s ax, a grandmother’s spectacles, etc. Write the poem in such a way that “solving” this fable directs you to return to your childhood home.

These stories are strong on their own but I really like the way they fit together. Both magic, but opposite magics; a magic of holding on and a magic of letting go

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"A girl and her brother are on vacation in the mountains." Such a thrill, this week, to have two new fairy tales by @noramaynard.bsky.social up on hex! Dreamy and dreadful, these pieces feel like contemporary cautionary tales unperturbed by clean, wrapped up endings. Don't miss this fantastic pair!

sweet fancy moses these fairy tales ... what a delight!

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"A girl and her brother are on vacation in the mountains." Such a thrill, this week, to have two new fairy tales by @noramaynard.bsky.social up on hex! Dreamy and dreadful, these pieces feel like contemporary cautionary tales unperturbed by clean, wrapped up endings. Don't miss this fantastic pair!

These are just wonderful: "She opens the door and sees a small white cat with a black spot on its head resembling parted hair and black markings on its feet resembling boots. It walks in and fixes itself a martini."

Daniel Miller@danielmiller.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We absolutely love this pair of fairy tale shorties by @noramaynard.bsky.social, up this week on @hexliterary.bsky.social! Replaced identities, mounting debt--a sense of danger and unease runs beneath the surface of these wonderful pieces! Don't miss em!!!

I’m excited to have a pair of v. short fairy tales out today! Thank you, @hexliterary.bsky.social, for giving them such a marvelous home! And big thanks to @rpmirabella.bsky.social’s brilliant workshop at @writingco-lab.bsky.social, where the first tale got its start

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"A girl and her brother are on vacation in the mountains." Such a thrill, this week, to have two new fairy tales by @noramaynard.bsky.social up on hex! Dreamy and dreadful, these pieces feel like contemporary cautionary tales unperturbed by clean, wrapped up endings. Don't miss this fantastic pair!

In researching various birds for the novel, I found this quote about young kingfishers that I am quite fond of.