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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 7d

FYI: Blood + Honey Submittable porthole is ready to roll for Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground. @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social
Poetry Editor: @hubbsd.bsky.social
Guest Poetry Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social
#poetry #poem #poetrysubs #litmag

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats to our 2026 Best of the Net nominees!!!!

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · 15d

General submissions are now OPEN for Issue #6, scheduled for publication December 15, 2025 @ 6 PM CST. Send us your poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art!!!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 21d

BIG thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and EIC @thedrevlow.bsky.social for accepting my two micros, "Black Cherry" and "Ghost"!!! 🐂

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 21d

"Kill me softly with your lipstick mouth, glistening like bloodhoney—haunted by spirits— under the slow burn of this bar light sun."
@davidestringel.bsky.social
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D. Ruefman @ruefmanwriter.bsky.social · 27d

If you’d like to read my new flash fiction story, check it out in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social issue 5!

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#FlashFiction #stories #LiteraryMagazines

Vicious Fishes — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Daniel Ruefman “Two days after Dovishaw went missing, Tony Banister’s third grade class lined up on the bridge over the spillway along the southern shore of Lake Guyasuta.”

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Zary Fekete @zaryfekete.bsky.social · 28d

Snapshots from my life in Hungary. You can read the entire piece in the latest issue of @theargylelitmag.bsky.social

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 15

@kathrynreese.bsky.social in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social with 5 food poems in her particular, startling vernacular “collateral scattered as cumin seeds/for flatbread.”
“its once silken, oil-bathed skin blistered and creased”
“You abandon your babe to the mother-tree-god”
🧡🧡🧡🔥🔥🔥

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Zary Fekete @zaryfekete.bsky.social · Sep 16

If you have done youth work... you have met someone like Adrian. You agonize and you love them. Thank you so much @theargylelitmag.bsky.social ! You can read the entire piece in the latest issue. #WritingCommunity

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a.d. 🌖 @godstained.bsky.social · Sep 16

forgot to share yesterday but I'm excited to have 3 artwork pieces in this issue 🖤

The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · Sep 15

Surprise! Issue #5 of The Argyle just dropped!!! Many thanks to all our amazing contributors, especially digital artist Paul Warren for yet another awesome cover.

Enjoy!

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The Argyle Literary Magazine

The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and distur...

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Elizabeth Murphy @ospreysview.bsky.social · 29d

Happy to see my story Intersections in issue 5 of
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Intersections — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Elizabeth Murphy “… their relationship one of convenience, he merely the provider, up until now, bankrupt in all the ways that matter, the damage done, the only hope that at least his lover Carte...

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Andrew Careaga (writer) @andrewcareaga.bsky.social · 29d

Hey, #writingcommunity. A couple of short stories by me made their way into @theargylelitmag.bsky.social’s recent “Gastronomy” issue. Check out “The Things My Father Used to Eat” and “The Things Our Mother Made Us Eat.” www.theargylelitmag.com/theme-04-gas...

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The Things My Father Used to Eat — The Argyle Literary Magazine

Fiction by Andrew Careaga “And now, I think, perhaps that was why he ate those strange organs with such vigor. Perhaps they were some curandero’s remedy, some potion, some magic to inoculate him fro...

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · Sep 16

Subs open Oct. 1
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Special Velvet Underground Issue! Excited to be Guest Editor alongside Blood + Honey Poetry Editor @hubbsd.bsky.social
Tell us how the never-ending drone of an electric viola warms your heart🎵🎵🎵🎻

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · Sep 15

Featured CNF "Junkie Horror Story" by Amanda Izzo

“As soon as we turned the corner, I apologized to the Edie Falco look-alike on my new roommate's behalf, and in the same breath immediately inquired about that free government dope.”

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Junkie Horror Story — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Amanda Izzo “As soon as we turned the corner, I apologized to the Edie Falco look-alike on my new roommate's behalf, and in the same breath immediately inquired about that free government dope.”

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Kelly R Samuels @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social · Sep 15

New prose at @theargylelitmag.bsky.social Thank you to David for selecting “Cleaning Other People’s Houses,” a piece about my mother.

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Cleaning Other People’s Houses — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Kelly R. Samuels “I could try and find those houses, now, but I think I would fail. It’s not their exteriors that I remember. Just their rooms, before, and then after—the stillness and shine.”

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Jessie A @jessieatkin.bsky.social · Sep 15

New fiction, "Heart Less," out in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social

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Heart Less — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Jessie Atkin “All that is required is a retina scan and a thumb print and a, “please have a seat in the waiting room,” message flashes across the screen along with a registration number.”

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Hannah Flynn @hannahflynn-poetry.bsky.social · Sep 15

The latest issue of the @theargylelitmag.bsky.social is about one of my favourite topics: Food!

It features two of my #poems, "Butter" and "Lasagne": a gastronomic exploration of my experiences of 'dinner party' politics in the north and south of England.

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A picture of a slice of pie, above text reading: Two Poems, Poetry by Hannah Flynn, "You took me to your nan's house once. / She made us apple crumble and butter pie. / She was horrified I didn't want custard.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · Sep 15

Inspired by artist Maurice Fitzgibbon, Seamus Ó Flúileachán Chief Executive of (the fictitious) Dublin Municipal Council, has the solution to homelessness - performance art.

My very tongue in cheek story features in Issue 5 of
@theargylelitmag.bsky.social.

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Life Is Art Is Life — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Margaret Cahill “Not everyone can paint,” he said, “but everyone has the potential to be a performance artist.”

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Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · Sep 15

I have 5 food themed poems in this issue of The Argyle!

Mine are here www.theargylelitmag.com/theme-04-gas... but there’s so much good stuff in this issue, check it out!

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · Sep 15

Hello! Some new spooky speculative flash from me in the new issue of @theargylelitmag.bsky.social out today!

Crowds — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Chris Scott “There are other videos from other people -- copycats, some call them -- in similar circumstances. In locations that should be humming with crowds, but are suddenly completely, weirdl...

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · Sep 15

The whole issue looks rad. Thanks to The Argyle for including me!

The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · Sep 15

Surprise! Issue #5 of The Argyle just dropped!!! Many thanks to all our amazing contributors, especially digital artist Paul Warren for yet another awesome cover.

Enjoy!

www.theargylelitmag.com

The Argyle Literary Magazine

The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and distur...

www.theargylelitmag.com

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · Sep 15

I've got a speculative CNF piece in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social Gastronomy Issue today. I wrote this in an @avitusbcarle.bsky.social workshop. Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social friend @lmbayley.bsky.social for feedback.. Check out the whole delicious issue!

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Goodbyes Are Often Hard to Swallow — The Argyle Literary Magazine

Micro-Fiction by Traci Adams “My stomach packed her bags, and we didn’t even have a chance to talk about it. I don’t blame her. I would run away too if I had suffered that kind of neglect. “It was a...

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Kathi Crawford @kathicrawford.bsky.social · Sep 15

Excited to be in this issue: www.theargylelitmag.com/nonfiction-3...

Versions of My Mother — The Argyle Literary Magazine

by Kathi Crawford “I don’t need to grieve the mother I wish you could be. I am with you in the hospital when you die, and you want me to be there because you love me.”

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Joanna Theiss @joannatheiss.com · Sep 15

I've got a new story up at @theargylelitmag.bsky.social in Issue 4: Gastronomy! This started in a @francinewitte.bsky.social class, so many thanks to her for making me think about food 🍝🍲🥗

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Homemade — The Argyle Literary Magazine

Flash Fiction by Joanna Theiss “This is an experiment of people who forgot the love of meal-making, taking a shy step towards re-making home.”

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · Sep 15

Surprise! Issue #5 of The Argyle just dropped!!! Many thanks to all our amazing contributors, especially digital artist Paul Warren for yet another awesome cover.

Enjoy!

www.theargylelitmag.com

The Argyle Literary Magazine

The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and distur...

www.theargylelitmag.com

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · Sep 13

Very excited, working on updates to the website for The Argyle's September launch on 9/15. Here is a sneak peek at the cover art by the always AMAZING Paul Warren.

SEE you in a few days...

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