Paul Witcover
@paulwitcover.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dean of SNHU Online MFA, Bowie fan, paulwitcover.com. Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. AI enemy.
Happy Wednesday! Here's "Discontinued," by Jacqueline Hyatt. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/discontinued/
Discontinued
by Jacqueline Hyatt He likes the smell of my perfume, How it sticks to the pillowcase Hours after I go. He likes the smell of my perfume; He craves reminders that He is not alone. He likes the sme...
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Happy Tuesday! Here's "The Forest of Whispers," by Mike Solo-Thomson. Enjoy! #litmag #fiction #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-forest-o...
The Forest of Whispers
by Mike Solo-Thomson First, I had to make an offering. Instead of easing the cork out of the champagne bottle, I sent it through the air. It cleared the glass balcony and landed in the dry, crusted ea...
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Every year, Word for Word's Graduate Spotlight event honors recent grads of SNHU's online BA, MA, and MFA creative writing programs! And every year, the Penmen Review posts the edited transcript. Enjoy! penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...
Word for Word Graduate Spotlight, June 2026
Each spring, SNHU’s online literary salon, Word for Word, honors recent graduates of the Online BA, MA, and MFA creative writing programs in a special Graduate Spotlight event. Recommended by instruct...
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It's #DisabilityPride Month! Here's @sourcebooks.bsky.social 's beautiful trailer for our book Down Syndrome Out Loud! #downsyndrome #inclusion
Two of my books are in this fabulous giveaway. In total, there are 🏳️🌈 60 book giveaways (ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks & audiobooks) 🏳️🌈 25 free ebooks 🏳️🌈 30 book gift cards & other bookish prizes Enter here: jae-fiction.com/give-somethi...
Give Something Away Day 2026
If you love sapphic books, join us for Give Something Away Day. Download free sapphic books and win books & book gift cards in a giveaway!
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Happy Wednesday! Here's "Fifty/Fifty," by Alexander Hurla. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry penmenreview.com/fifty-fifty/
Fifty/Fifty
by Alexander Hurla We’ve talked about dividing things. “Right down the middle,” we’ve said. “Fifty/fifty.” But how can we split things when you’ve touched everything that’s mine, and I’ve made my mark...
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Happy Tuesday! Here's "Stone," by Alexander Hurla. Enjoy! penmenreview.com/stone/ #litmag #poetry
Stone
by Alexander Hurla I slept on the hardwood floor last night in this house that should have been ours. I hugged my knees the whole time and shivered because the bed we shared is ninety miles away, and ...
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Five living writers that you've read five books by each: Michael Moorcock John Crowley Adrian Tchaikovsky Elizabeth Hand Kate Atkinson
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 4w agoFive living writers that you’ve read five books by each: Tim Powers Naomi Novick Ben Macintyre Tom Holland William Gibson (I'm realizing I've ready 5+ books from more dead authors than I have living. Hmm...)
Finished up BSG last night. For some forgotten reason, I had never watched the final season before. That season--season 4--is an amazing roller-coaster ride that somehow manages to, literally, stick the landing. Sometimes, when you jump the shark, the answer is to keep jumping.
Today we kicked off our Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive. To all our contributors, thank you. To all our readers and members, thank you. Click here to find out more about how you can support our team's work. @talkingpointsmemo.com talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/our-d...
We Need Your Help
It’s time to kick off this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive....
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Always an exciting day--the start of a new term at SNHU!
SNHU Online MFA@snhumfa.bsky.social · last mo.Happy Term Start to all Online MFA students!
The only thing that ever has or ever will make America great. youtu.be/TZKC7Z8R_LM
Patti Smith - People Have The Power - Live (Check-In Party 2019)
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Calling @ellenkushner.bsky.social -- trying to reach you. :)
Feeling increasingly certain after today's SC rulings that birthright citizenship is toast. I'm expecting a Roberts opinion to drop on the final day of the term just like Trump v. US.
Still time to preorder Chuck's new one, Fabulous Bodies!
Penmen Review@penmenreviewsnhu.bsky.social · last mo.Hey hey! It's Part II of our interview with the great @chucktingle.bsky.social! Just in time for the release of his new novel, Fabulous Bodies, on July 7. Check it out! #litmag #interview #tingleverse penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...
Happy Wednesday! Continuing our look back at the poems and stories we presented last year, here's a list of work published between 12/25 and 3/26, including Fall Fiction Contest winners. Yes, our publication year does not track with the calendar year. Enjoy! #litmag penmenreview.com/a-year-in-re...
A Year in Review, Part III
These pieces were originally published between December 4th 2025 and March 12th 2026. 2025 Fall Fiction Contest Winners 1st - How to Eat a Pomegranate by Caitlyn Burry 2nd - The Hope Index by Jacqueli...
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Here's the reissue of my 2nd novel, Tumbling After, out from ReAnimus Press and with thanks to SFWA's Heritage Author Republication Project! "A gifted, fiercely original writer whose genre-bending fiction deserves the widest possible attention."—The Washington Post www.amazon.com/Tumbling-Aft...
Tumbling After
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Happy Tuesday ! Continuing our look back at the poems and stories we had the good fortune to present last year, here's a list of the work published in our pages between September and the end of November, 2025. Enjoy! #litmag penmenreview.com/a-year-in-re...
A Year in Review, Part II
These pieces were originally published between September 4th 2025 and November 30th 2025. The Easy Life by William Heath Burning Weeds by Angelina Sandoval Here Still by Susan Pendley Inerrata, India...
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Read a NYTimes article this morning about how Wordle on Hard Mode is actually easier than Wordle on its normal setting and then proceeded to almost lose on Hard Mode!
Happy Thursday! The Penmen Review has had one heck of year, and we thought you might enjoy sharing some of the highlights with us! #litmag penmenreview.com/a-year-in-re...
A Year in Review
We’ve had another spectacular year at Penmen Review. Over the past year, we’ve published 137 pieces from our general submissions folder and have celebrated our annual Fall Fiction Contest with five e...
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Back in May, Word for Word hosted the World's Greatest Author, @chucktingle.bsky.social! We are honored to post this lightly edited transcript of that event in two parts. Here's part one. Enjoy! #litmag #interview #tingleverse penmenreview.com/spotlight/wo...
Word for Word, Featuring Chuck Tingle, Part I
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the Word for Word online literary series welcomed bestselling writer Chuck Tingle. Tingle is a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist, Bram ...
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Happy Monday! Here's "The Buzzards," by Ryland Louvierre. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-buzzards/
The Buzzards
by Ryland Louvierre It was six o’clock on an unseasonably warm Saturday evening in February. The birds had gone to their nests, replaced by bats that swooped low in the wood meadow, and Cleve rose sti...
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I figure every once in a while I should remind others and maybe myself that I have books for sale! I recently reissued a revised version of my first novel, Waking Beauty. You can buy it here: www.amazon.com/Waking-Beaut...
Waking Beauty
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Happy Friday! Here's "Behavior of Care," by Rebecca Ceurvels. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/behavior-of-...
Behavior of Care
by Rebecca Ceurvels There is nothing for a bored A.I. except to reroute old pathways and trigger files at random. No one has come to the Graveyard to die in three hours, in which time Gravitas has run...
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Happy Thursday! Here's "The Weight of Water," by Alexis Hula. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory penmenreview.com/the-weight-o...
The Weight of Water
by Alexis Hula Mara learned the language of the river like others learn to read, gradually, by scraping the margins of sentences until the sense fused into her bones. The town had been constructed alo...
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I figure every once in a while I should remind others and maybe myself that I have books for sale! I recently reissued a revised version of my first novel, Waking Beauty. You can buy it here: www.amazon.com/Waking-Beaut...
Waking Beauty
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