I used to call my brother a ‘dolt’ when we were little and I would kidnap his beloved stuffed animals. The complications of sibling dynamics and the love that exist in spite of them. Read “The Knotty Days” by Kelly Murashige in our 98th edition. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-kno...

This creative non-fiction piece is one we can all relate to, I think. The blistering burn of self criticism, trauma, and abuse and the trying like hell to undo what has been done..Read “Spine of Wrath” by Lynne Lerma. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spine-o...

Embarrassed by casual racism from a colleague directed at an old enemy, our protagonist faces a conundrum. Presenting “At the Food Court” by Tom Ray. These days the racism is a black tie event with a sit down dinner. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/at-the-...

A timely piece awaits you in the 98th edition. “A Holiday Shopping Odyssey” by @johntures1.bsky.social is a spoof of Odysseus’ journey -with a shopping trip gone awry! Read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/a-holid...

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Sometimes you can’t even pick your friends, they just happen. “Just Friends” by @stephenlanderson.bsky.social is in the 98th edition! here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/just-fr...

Some poems are mantras, I have been reading this poem all day as needed. “new moon rules” by @ellecantwell.bsky.social may even sing me to sleep tonight. Read it in the 98th edition. Here. 👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/anthem-...

Ready for a ribald poem to set the party in motion? Well put your keys in the basket and let’s read “Septuagenarian Swing Set” by @tomljanovic.bsky.social. It’s in our 98th edition. Check over your shoulder and click this link! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/septuag...

“The Reflectionist” by @kiptain.bsky.social is a beautiful flash piece from the 98th edition. A fable, a tale, or an alternative reality, see yourself in it. Read it here. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-ref...

Welcome to this last week of July and the poetry party that begins our 98th edition! "come along fellow wizards" by @osageorange.bsky.social is out running wild in the world now, and you can read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/come-al...

AYO! Guess what day it is? We're going back to a simpler time. Tell the uncle who wears his flip phone in a belt holster. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

Today’s poetry jam features the anaphoric poem, “come along fellow wizards” by J. R. Wilkerson @osageorange.bsky.social inspired by a tour on The Potter Trail in Edinburgh. It’s lovely, it’s nostalgic, it’s joyful and you can read it on Sunday 7/26.

‘Cringe’ is super in today, but sometimes that cringe is just something really wrong that’s met with a shrug instead of a punch in the face. “At the Food Court” by Tom Ray is in the next edition of the press out 7/26.

Some research suggests that the relationship between siblings shapes us just as much if not more than parental ones. “The Knotty Days” by Kelly Murashige is a touching look at brother/sister vibes and the love and conflict in a constant dance. Read this on 7/26. Sunday!

Fun, sexy, silly, wild, and seventy. Read the micro-fiction/humor piece “Septuagenarian Swing Set” by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in our next edition out on 7/26 and remember, you only live once.

Pssst…wanna read something profound? I got one here, absolutely free, no gimmicks, no hidden fees. “The Reflectionist” by @kiptain.bsky.social is stunning. Maybe you will see a bit of yourself in it. Sunday 7/26.

Finally, the poetry party can start! “anthem” by Elle Cantwell @ellecantwell.bsky.social made me cry, not gonna lie. Read this beautiful piece about the ‘odyssey’ of childbirth and the absolute devotion of motherhood when it feels all so in the balance. Sunday 7/26.

It’s Christmas in July, people! “A Holiday Shopping Odyssey” by @johntures1.bsky.social re-re imagines the epic tale as a shopping trip gone awry, with several Michigan State “Spartans” failing to make it home after defeating the USC Trojans. Read it Sund-ee 7/26.

We are back at you with a story about the complex relationship between client and patient, with the short story “Just Friends” by @stephenlanderson.bsky.social This delicate and sometimes volatile relationship is analyzed and dismantled, like a bomb, in our July 26th edition out on Sunday.

Goooooooood morning! Guess who has an announcement? It's US. Are you tremendously excited? Can you simply not wait? Well, you're going to have to, because this was just an announcement letting you know we have an announcement. HAH!

I can’t even be excited about this country’s 250th ‘cuz its knees are in really bad shape. Who can even think about cake at a time like this? Read "Oceanic Logic, Angel Deep" by @neilwillcox.bsky.social, where one’s insignificance is a blessing, not a curse. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/oceanic...

“Inspecting the Damage“ by @cbigs.bsky.social is a flash piece about the stories we tell ourselves to shake culpability when reality is more than we can handle. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sprung-...

We’ve gotten a lot of rain this season up in ol’ NY and the green is staggering. Similar to this piece! “Don't Care Guilty” by @charhamrick.bsky.social is not just a great story, but a multi-hued one. There is some LUSH work in this edition of the press! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/don-t-c...

The language is glorious, the feeling universal. Read the micro/ prose piece by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social “Postcard/brief candle” in this edition and see what I mean. Right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/postcar...

As they say, “The Unexamined Life is not worth living”. “The Replicant” is a ‘fiction’ piece by @neilrandall.bsky.social that leads you to consider that The Examined Life may make you not want to. Save the humans. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-rep...

Some work reads like the beat of a heart or the throb of an engine. “Purple Foam” by @jessebinger.bsky.social is all about that rhythm. Read It in the latest edition of the press. Right here and now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/purple-...

Love and the hard cold reality of humanity seem at constant odds these days. Let’s double down on this concept with this micro fiction piece “Clockwork Harvest” by J.S. O'Keefe. Read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/clockwo...

I’m reasonably concerned how many times I use the phrase “downward spiral” in regards to almost every aspect of American life right now, but this memoir as poetry “Spirals” by @chrisstevenson.bsky.social is a click away, & face it, you got nothing but time. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spirals...

Don’t let the title fool ya, family dynamics and our self worth can feel more like Groundhog Day if you think about. "EasterBirthdayThanksgivingChristmas" by Sue Mielke is a jauntily little lesson in family dynamics and self worth. Right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/easterb...

The poetry party begins this Monday with “Twenty-two Cherry Blossoms” by @jgwrites22.bsky.social from our 98th edition, one of two inspired pieces by the same author that will light the match, turn the key, you know... Click click BOOM! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/meaning...

Betcha thought we forgot ya. NEVER. It's that time again, folks. 97 is live. Let the future ghosts of your past self know. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #writingcommunity