My story about knitting and hope is out in the world! I wrote this in a moment of frustration and feeling powerless, and it was my way of staring my despair in the face and saying "No." I hope it's a reminder that creating, resisting, connecting, they may feel like small acts, but they mean so much.

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Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

Love the inventive structure and slicing prose of this flash by @acsaville.bsky.social at @smallwondersmag.com. smallwondersmag.com/piece/ragesc...

Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling - Small Wonders

Yarn: 500 yards of your own wool. This is the hardest part of the whole pattern. It’s been building up inside you, day by relentless day.

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"There was a time when you drank by my side, battle-slicked and hearty, your laugh shaking dust from the rafters. You were sun and flame, Baldr’s son. I am but a shade without you."

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"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand has a familiar build, but its ending took us by surprise. Come to the mead-hall. Watch for the heron:

Just read this, it is a delight.

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You've already dealt with "The Nightmare Delivery Service" - even if you weren't the one contracting them for delivery. They meet everyone, eventually. Why not send them to someone else? Angela Liu's story is a quick read that lingers, like a bad dream:

What if, the portal kept coming back? What if you lost a bit of yourself each time you went through? What if you kept doing it anyway? Indulge in some what ifs with today's poem, "Dopamine Vortex" by Julia Ember:

dopamine vortex - Small Wonders

I ran through the portal looking / for what I’d lost of myself

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'Mechanical World' published on the cover of Issue 18 of @smallwondersmag.com 🦉⭐️⚙️ Still so incredibly proud of this drawing, how I visualised the idea, and the fact that it got featured on the cover of such an awesome magazine 🥹🖤 #fantasy #whimsical #digitalart #coverart

You've already dealt with "The Nightmare Delivery Service" - even if you weren't the one contracting them for delivery. They meet everyone, eventually. Why not send them to someone else? Angela Liu's story is a quick read that lingers, like a bad dream:

The Nightmare Delivery Service - Small Wonders

We know your name and what time you sleep. You know us only by sound, the tapping in the radiator at night, a voice like old bells.

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"Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand has a familiar build, but its ending took us by surprise. Come to the mead-hall. Watch for the heron:

Drinking the Heron - Small Wonders

In the autumn of your death I go to the mead-hall, for there the Allfather says the heron of forgetfulness roosts. You cared not for the promises of gods and sages, but I go all the same.

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For all the knitters among us, and also the non knitters who will recognize the knowing nod in this story.

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 2d ago

Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

Have you ever read a story and thought, “oh, we are the same?” Even when the sameness is a consuming rage and the ritual of knitting, it’s like getting a hug. Well done, Amanda 💕

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 2d ago

Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

I really loved this speculative story in the shape of a knitting pattern!

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 2d ago

Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling - Small Wonders

Yarn: 500 yards of your own wool. This is the hardest part of the whole pattern. It’s been building up inside you, day by relentless day.

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Great story. #amreading #flashfiction

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The taste of "Ashes and Buttercream" will linger with you for a while after you read this story by Malina :

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