Danielle Barr
@daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social
Literary fiction author/Driftwood Press short story winner/The Milk House/HAD/Okay Donkey/Petrichor Prize Finalist/ Rep: Iris Blasi at Arc Literary Management
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A year ago today I finished my first novel.
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
Reposted by Danielle Barr
I’ve been dying to put this description somewhere for years. Now it’s the first line of my words flash over at BULL today!
"Naked men look like frogs, pinched in at the waist with wide shoulders. Rupin undresses and I think of dissecting frogs in science, pickling formaldehyde and sharp-singed nostrils." - Danielle Barr mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
September 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’ve been dying to put this description somewhere for years. Now it’s the first line of my words flash over at BULL today!
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August Spec Flash Roundup!
With
@smallwondersmag.com
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
@flashpointsf.bsky.social
@factorfourmagazine.com
@naturefutures.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@okaydonkeymag.com
@escapepod.org
@molotovlitzine.bsky.social
@yourimpossiblevoice.com
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With
@smallwondersmag.com
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
@flashpointsf.bsky.social
@factorfourmagazine.com
@naturefutures.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@okaydonkeymag.com
@escapepod.org
@molotovlitzine.bsky.social
@yourimpossiblevoice.com
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Flash Roundup * August 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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“Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch…? Arriving in the form of a dildo, the joke that is also the question becomes a double entendre: Can you take it?”
I find the dildo thing pretty appalling so I wrote a bit about why
Why A Bunch Of Real Dicks Keep Throwing Fake Ones | Defector
Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch about it? Arriving in...
defector.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch…? Arriving in the form of a dildo, the joke that is also the question becomes a double entendre: Can you take it?”
PS- She did 😭🥹
A crazy week. After notifying agents of the results of a literary contest (announcement soon!), there was a rush of requests and a (non-offer) request for a call. I have to believe my future agent already has my manuscript in their inbox 🤞🏻
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
PS- She did 😭🥹
So proud of this zombie story about mother trauma over at Okay Donkey this week! Grateful for the chance to share it!
"...and—between you and me—the secret best thing about mamas is that they're temporary."
"The Way My Mother, Who Refuses to Die, Is Like A Ford Taurus" by @daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"The Way My Mother, Who Refuses to Die, Is Like A Ford Taurus" by @daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
The Way My Mother, Who Refuses to Die, Is Like A Ford Taurus by Danielle Barr
My mother died of a massive stroke, but she swears she didn’t. Dropped down dead right there at the breakfast buffet, then climbed back up to her feet—pardon me, she said to the coveralled man behi…
okaydonkeymag.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So proud of this zombie story about mother trauma over at Okay Donkey this week! Grateful for the chance to share it!
Finished novel number three today. Sent it off to my agent. Now turning off my brain for a long as possible 😮💨
June 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Finished novel number three today. Sent it off to my agent. Now turning off my brain for a long as possible 😮💨
😂
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
😂
Happy pride month. Don’t be a Karen.
June 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy pride month. Don’t be a Karen.
If you’re interested in reading the first chapter of my latest novel, check it out at L’Esprit!
If you’re an editor and wanna see the whole thing, I hear @irisblasi.bsky.social can hook you up!
If you’re an editor and wanna see the whole thing, I hear @irisblasi.bsky.social can hook you up!
Danielle Barr's NOTHINGBERGERS is the first chapter of her new project, and a Finalist in our 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration. Find it in Issue Six!
@daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social
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#litmag
#shortstory
#novel
#excerpt
#creativewriting
@daniellebarrwrites.bsky.social
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#litmag
#shortstory
#novel
#excerpt
#creativewriting
Nothingbergers
I’m not sure whose bright idea it was to stick the old water tower next to the graveyard–how many boil water notices had there been on account of somebody’s mawmaw leeching her corpse juices into t…
lespritliteraryreview.org
May 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you’re interested in reading the first chapter of my latest novel, check it out at L’Esprit!
If you’re an editor and wanna see the whole thing, I hear @irisblasi.bsky.social can hook you up!
If you’re an editor and wanna see the whole thing, I hear @irisblasi.bsky.social can hook you up!
Oh no, not 50%! 🙄
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Oh no, not 50%! 🙄
Do I..do I write absurdist literary fiction?
This is an excellent discovery.
This is an excellent discovery.
April 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Do I..do I write absurdist literary fiction?
This is an excellent discovery.
This is an excellent discovery.
A year ago today I finished my first novel.
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
April 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A year ago today I finished my first novel.
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management.
I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!
Reposted by Danielle Barr
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Reposted by Danielle Barr
Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :
Love the imagery in this one 😮💨
Little dose of apocalyptic summer to combat any lingering winter chill. This week, enjoy "NOT U NOR HIM 2 PARADISE" by Sosie Chery.
Read it on our site: dishsoap-quarterly.com/3-25-25/para...
Read it on our site: dishsoap-quarterly.com/3-25-25/para...
March 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Love the imagery in this one 😮💨
Reposted by Danielle Barr
is ur child texting state secrets in a Signal chat?
ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details)
smh - Secret Message Hahahaha
tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis
idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat)
gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg
ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details)
smh - Secret Message Hahahaha
tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis
idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat)
gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg
March 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
is ur child texting state secrets in a Signal chat?
ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details)
smh - Secret Message Hahahaha
tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis
idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat)
gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg
ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details)
smh - Secret Message Hahahaha
tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis
idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat)
gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg
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The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
March 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
You spend months and months wondering when it will be your turn and then suddenly it just…is?
March 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You spend months and months wondering when it will be your turn and then suddenly it just…is?
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yesterday got away from me and I didn't post Danielle Barr's story. a shame! it's great, super fun.
"None of the brown paper bags are big enough, so I bear hug it while I shimmy sideways out the front door."
https://www.havehashad.com/qoo7g
"None of the brown paper bags are big enough, so I bear hug it while I shimmy sideways out the front door."
https://www.havehashad.com/qoo7g
At the Sex Shop Off the Highway, on Valentine’s Day by Danielle Barr
“It’s called the Butt Plug Challenge,” says the cashier. Purple silicone, eighteen inches tall, at least, as big around at its widest as my thigh. “Surely not,” I say back. “People don’t actually…
www.havehashad.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
yesterday got away from me and I didn't post Danielle Barr's story. a shame! it's great, super fun.
"None of the brown paper bags are big enough, so I bear hug it while I shimmy sideways out the front door."
https://www.havehashad.com/qoo7g
"None of the brown paper bags are big enough, so I bear hug it while I shimmy sideways out the front door."
https://www.havehashad.com/qoo7g
I forgot to post here but..
Yesterday my little weird about a sex shop me and my best friend used to hang out in in Huntsville, Alabama went live on @havehashad.com
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/at-...
Yesterday my little weird about a sex shop me and my best friend used to hang out in in Huntsville, Alabama went live on @havehashad.com
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/at-...
At the Sex Shop Off the Highway, on Valentine’s Day by Danielle Barr
“It’s called the Butt Plug Challenge,” says the cashier. Purple silicone, eighteen inches tall, at least, as big around at its widest as my thigh.
“Surely not,” I say back. “People don’t actually d...
www.havehashad.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I forgot to post here but..
Yesterday my little weird about a sex shop me and my best friend used to hang out in in Huntsville, Alabama went live on @havehashad.com
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/at-...
Yesterday my little weird about a sex shop me and my best friend used to hang out in in Huntsville, Alabama went live on @havehashad.com
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/at-...
Why did Cletus Berger’s mama throw herself off the water tower, + why’s the whole town so tight-lipped about it? + could country icon Law Leylow’s illicit affair w/a teen really be THAT bad (it can)? Small towns’ long memories+ loose lips can only hold these secrets so long.
#questpit #q #litfic
#questpit #q #litfic
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A crazy week. After notifying agents of the results of a literary contest (announcement soon!), there was a rush of requests and a (non-offer) request for a call. I have to believe my future agent already has my manuscript in their inbox 🤞🏻
January 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A crazy week. After notifying agents of the results of a literary contest (announcement soon!), there was a rush of requests and a (non-offer) request for a call. I have to believe my future agent already has my manuscript in their inbox 🤞🏻
Why did Cletus Berger’s mama throw herself off the water tower, + why’s the whole town so tight-lipped about it? + could country icon Law Leylow’s illicit affair w/a teenager really be that bad? Small towns’ long memories+ loose lips can only hold these secrets so long. #p2ppit #a #litfic
January 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM