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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · May 27

Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does.

Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.

Love, Distilled by Elizabeth Fletcher

If grand romantic gestures were my measure of true love, I never would’ve married my husband. He is nothing if not practical. He bought me a basic calculator our first Christmas together so I wouldn’t...

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 20h

Toastettes were where it was at

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 20h

A passerby interrupted a conversation I was having about a friend’s death to tell me “Smile! You’re at the beach.” And I smiled out of conditioned politeness. This happened in 2018 & I still feel ragey at the guy & myself.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 20h

yes

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 23h

Exciting news!
My local indie just called to say my copy of the new novel by @ambersparks.bsky.social has arrived.

This is your reminder that preorders are a little treat for your future self.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 1d

It’s agonizing. I’m so sorry. 💔

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social read “Blueberries for Sal” made me cry into my morning tay.

Of Poetry Podcast @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social · 1d

Of colliding climates of grief, of the hidden qualities of stanzas, of not fiction but possibility, of Blueberries for Sal & Italian squares & how words work with the world & writing heavy things lightly & more!

Episode 79 with @sarahgreenpoet.bsky.social is here! @uakronpress.bsky.social 🎙️📚💙

Episode 79: Sarah Green (Of Dictionaries, Salvage and Destruction, and the Longing to Make Something Good)

Sarah Green, author of The Deletions (University Akron Press, 2025) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: The Deletions (Editor’s Choice, Akron Poetry Prize) Sarah Green is the…

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful intrigue!

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 1d

What a lovely spot for rambles with the dogs.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sorry for your loss, compounded by a hard year. 💔

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 5d

Guess what? We're opening for poetry and prose submissions later this month! Official date coming soon!

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful, Kip.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

Noooooooo

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

Flying to CA to stay with a Twitter friend for a few days before I head to a training.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll be doing the same later this week ☺️

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

TY!

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

All clear 🎉

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

Sitting in my car gathering every ounce of courage for semi-annual oncology checkup. The #scanxiety is real.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

Sitting in my car gathering every ounce of courage for semi-annual oncology checkup. The #scanxiety is real.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations! 🎉

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats on the publicity, Melissa!

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 8d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 8d

Love that feeling when you finally see it.

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 9d

For the past 3 mornings, Bowie has dug this bandana out of his basket & brought it to me. Dapper boy.

A tan goldendoodle sits wearing a plaid bandana of yellow, orange, green & teal

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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 9d

Boo. And not in a fun, spooky season way.

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 9d

The wordplay & propulsion is terrific!

Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 9d

I missed it too & the thought of moving elsewhere is just <ugh>