Do random checks on your works to see if others have also pub'd it under their own names. Our fave serial plagiarist showed up this morning. So far, the piece has only been pub'd under the original writer (who was notified by me), but give it time.

'Then I ran into your boss’s evil twin, and she mentioned you were fired for embezzling an elderly couple’s retirement fund,'

Will Musgrove up at hex ❤️

'I was on the phone with my brother when it happened; he’s apprenticing in ear-nose-throat. He’d changed rotations, went straight there from gyno. They’re all mysterious cavities, you know?'

Christina D'Antoni up at Fractured Lit ❤️

In case you ever wondered how obnoxious a whip-poor-will can be at 5 in the morning.

The book is available for preorder, right here: bookshop.org/p/books/best-m…

'it’s not enough to be acquainted with folks, we must care about them, no matter who they are.'

Yes. Review of Michael Czyzniejewski's latest collection in Heavy Feather Review. ❤️

'I stood out in the pasture, hot dogs and burgers sizzling on the grill, and watched the other boys smoke cigarettes and sip the beer Mr. Sutton provided. I waited. Each time, I waited and waited and waited.'

Yeowza. This, by Thomas Kearnes, up at Milk Candy Review ❤️

'I felt my spirit lifting up beyond the gym to the crisp purples and wild whites in the crimson Arizona sky. My body could give a new name to this place, this place where we wrestled.'

Dr. Jennifer Maritza McCauley (Mah-reet-za) up at BULL ❤️

1000x times I've told hubs to empty his pockets before they go into the hamper. This morning's haul from the bottom of the washer has netted me 2 pens, a screw, some small tool I don't recognize, a pocketknife, & 84 cents.

'so the essence of those babies would evaporate and then maybe the heavens would shower babies instead of cats and dogs.'

Mixed Bag up at hex ❤️

'I know there are secrets. They whisper to me at night and I dream of grandma’s opihi shell necklace,'

Melissa Llanes Brownlee up at Birch Bark Editing ❤️

'everything that’s ugly devours what’s beautiful and the longer you live the bigger beast you become and now alive and hungry we open our mouths'

The incredible Tara Isabel Zambrano up at American Literary Review ❤️

Join us in celebrating the publication of our third Anthology of flash and microfiction! We excited to share these stories with you at our first online reading event. This event is free and will take place on Zoom. 😁🎉

Register here: fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/a7be554…

Reading Scott Mitchel May's novel Awful People right now, & it reminded me of the incredible piece we pub'd of his last year.

& buy his novel! I am loving every page! Available at The Science of Malarkey here > malarkeybooks.com/store/awfulpeo…

15 issues of the magazine & 10 books published in 4 years. Contributors paid. Authors paid. Readers at live events paid. No fees charged. No donations requested. All emails responded to quickly. All orders fulfilled fast (except when I'm traveling). I'm proud of Stanchion. 🖤🤍

We are fast approaching the official release of the Mason & Dixon Companion! The Pynchon fan in your life (and there are probably more than you think) could really use a copy!

ugapress.org/book/978082036…

“Tiffany?” she said.

“‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’” I said.

“There are hundreds of people here. You can’t see them?” she said.

Zach Kocanda up at Grist Journal with a doozy. ❤️

'And now Ellee and I stand cheek fused to cheek, our smiles stretched but supple.'

Jessica Klimesh up at Whale Road Review ❤️

'When I was little, I liked to look at the moon and tell myself things like: This is the same moon that Cleopatra saw. This is the same moon that Jesus saw. I would use its presence as an unchanging anchor'

Amy DeBellis up at Your Impossible Voice ❤️

Say what now? Did they not know this was Pound? Did they not care? Did the bio not cause a pause?