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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you!

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T Guzman @tguzman.bsky.social · 7h

"furthermore, that our children, far from being perpetrators, are victims, too. Perhaps victims in a different sense than Ryan Gottfried, who we are relieved to hear has regained consciousness" by @kimmagowan.bsky.social from Milk Candy Review.
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Subject: We Are All Appalled ~ by Kim Magowan

We are all appalled. That’s the crucial thing we want to convey here. We, like all members of our parent community, are appalled by what happened on Saturday night, and furthermore, that our childr…

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 1d

I have a new story in awesome @bendinggenres.bsky.social, alongside many writers I love. Can't wait to read this issue!

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Karen’s Features

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Eileen!

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Thanks Eileen! I didn't realize this was up!

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Eileen Frankel Tomarchio @eileentomarchio.bsky.social · 1d

"Some slogans made no sense. A product could not be, logically, both 'new' and 'improved.'"

A brand new delight from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in the super new issue of @bendinggenres.bsky.social 🤩™️

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 1d

A gem by Michelle Ross in New World Writing.

Michelle Ross ~ People in Elevators - New World Writing Quarterly

People in elevators are anxious. This is partly because people in elevators are going somewhere, and the elevators are not that somewhere. But it is also

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new story in wonderful New World Writing! Many thanks to Kim Chinquee for taking this one:

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Kim Magowan ~ A Series of Lukes - New World Writing Quarterly

What first gave us the idea is that Gwen was a lead in the school play, and her character would only love men named Ernest. So we decided that for the next

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Josh!

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 7d

“But what did I know? I was just saying a word in real life that I’d only heard in movies”

New micro from @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

I have a new story in awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Many thanks to Jeff Harvey for publishing this micro, and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social fpr the prompt that generated this micro. (And Mike is in this issue too, yay!).

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

I have a new story in awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Many thanks to Jeff Harvey for publishing this micro, and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social fpr the prompt that generated this micro. (And Mike is in this issue too, yay!).

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 7d

"...that reminded me of my dad helping me put on my wobbly ice skates, before he left my mother for terrible Claudia,...."

I love this stellar piece of writing by @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Dan!

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 7d

"and so I decided fuck the funeral, I just couldn’t deal..."
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, packing an entire emotional world in six sentences ⚡

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Timothy!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 7d

A bittersweet gem from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Patricia!

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 13d

A great @kimmagowan.bsky.social story in the new Ghost Parachute!

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks to Ghost Parachute and @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing my story in their 9th Anniversary Issue! Congrats them! Thanks to my pal @courtneyb77.bsky.social for her art, and to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the reads. I'll post other stories soon!
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Fish Commercial — Ghost Parachute

I was sitting on the bed in my hotel in Amsterdam when the fish commercial came on. Geena was in the bathroom. I had the TV on because I was nervous—she’d only been in there a minute, but it felt like...

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 14d

"Instead of watering blown-out peonies, crocheting baby socks, and shopping at Home Depot, doing the things we were meant to do together, I was drowning my grief by fucking a series of bad men."
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ⚡⚡

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks Timothy!

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 15d

Read "My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar" written by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls."

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My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 15d

"I’m relieved he ordered something easy, because though the dream has assigned me the role of bartender, it hasn’t accompanied that with any mixology knowledge."

I love the way @kimmagowan.bsky.social writes! This stellar piece of writing in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you Dan!

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to have a new story in the kick-ass 9th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, alongside so many flash fiction superstars. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for including me in this incredible issue!

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar — Ghost Parachute

Though really, in this dream, it’s more a saloon than a bar, with swinging doors that slap the walls. I’m behind the bar, so I assume I’m the bartender. We’re all in old-timey clothes. I’m wearing a l...

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