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Joanna Theiss
@joannatheiss.com
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Writer of weird things sitting with a cat in Washington, DC
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if you are among the few staff critics reviewing books, films, music, art, &c, it is your professional duty to take a chance on things. Attend a random screening, pick up a self-published book, follow whims and offer full-throated generous praise for anything that makes an impression on a shoestring
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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psmokejournal.bsky.social
Announcement: We are OPEN for art submissions until December 15th! What's up your sleeve?
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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iamchrisscott.bsky.social
Really thrilled to have a piece in the fantastic new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. It's called "God Is Trapped In The Verizon Helpbot." Thank you to @eireneeleni.bsky.social for giving this one a home, and I hope you like it.
Temple in a City Literary journal
Flash fiction God Is Trapped In The Verizon Helpbot by author Chris Scott. Published in Temple in a City Literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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crankypacifist.bsky.social
Oh hey! I saw pictures of the Oscar Wilde memorial in Dublin, and all I could think about was poor Constance—pregnant and naked and cold and pushed to the side—so I wrote a tiny ekphrastic thingy that TIAC was kind enough to publish!
@templeinacity.bsky.social
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Temple in a City literary journal
Letter, Constance, Regarding the Sculpture of Constance Lloyd Wilde Holland at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Statue in Central Dublin] by author Jay Parr. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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sagreene1.bsky.social
I am so honoured to have my story, 'Brian Wilson Is Dead And Why Can't I Stop Crying?' included in this amazing third issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. Thank you, Temple, and @eireneeleni.bsky.social for being such an amazing and lovely editor!
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Temple in a City literary journal
Flash fiction Brian Wilson Is Dead And Why Can’t I Stop Crying? by author S.A. Greene. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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templeinacity.bsky.social
Feel the wind, everyone. Read it and soar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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litsadremousis.bsky.social
My new micro fiction story "Oedipus Sings Smooth Jazz" just came out in Temple in a City lit mag @templeinacity.bsky.social.

Occasionally, a girl must write about an ex. Or more often than that--your mileage may vary.

Enjoy!😘

#BookSky #WriterSky #FictionSky

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Temple in a City literary journal
Flash fiction Oedipus Sings Smooth Jazz by author Litsa Dremousis. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Today is the day!! Thank you, @templeinacity.bsky.social! Loving this entire issue templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
Temple in the City literary journal
Flash fiction Static by author Rachel M. Hollis. Published in Temple in the City literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Gorgeous work by @crankypacifist.bsky.social who is a dear soul, in @templeinacity.bsky.social (which is run by a dear soul) “Oscar, in death as in life, ever the fulcrum of the V, the focus of endless scandal,”
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December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Thoroughly delighted to have a piece in Issue 3 @templeinacity.bsky.social
This started in a prose class taught by @francinewitte.bsky.social with advice from Mikki Aronoff
"When You Get Old, You Become a Silly Goose"
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Temple in a City literary journal
Flash fiction When you get old you become a silly goose by author Joanna Theiss. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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addisonzeller.bsky.social
Émile Bernard, Funeral of Van Gogh, 1893
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
The Lewis Chessmen

These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀

From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.

📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
My photo collage shows a selection of bishop and warder chess pieces finely carved from creamish-coloured walrus ivory, dated c. 1150-1200 AD. Found in a large gaming hoard on the Isle of Lewis. On display at the British Museum. Photo top left: Two bishops and a warder. All standing. The bishops wear long garments, mitres, and hold a crozier with both hands. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment and a conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces. He’s armed with a sword and kite-shaped shield inscribed with a lozenge shaped cross. Photo top right: A so-called ‘berserker’ warder chess piece. Standing, wearing a long garment and hood, armed with sword and a shield decorated with an interlaced saltire. The warder has large, wide-open eyes, and large upper teeth which bite the top of the shield. Height 8.2 cm. Photo bottom left: A standing warder and two seated bishops, one of which is partly obscured by the warder. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment and conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces, is armed with sword and shield. The seated bishops wear long garments, mitres, and each holds a crozier and book. Photo bottom right: A warder and a bishop, both standing. The bearded warder wears a long pleated garment, and conical helmet with neck, ear-pieces and ornamented head-band. He is armed with a sword in right hand and kite-shaped shield in left hand. The bishop wears a long garment with cloak, and mitre, and holds a crozier in his left hand and a book in his right hand.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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willmusgrove.bsky.social
Good advice from Natalie Goldberg.
"When I teach a beginning class, it is good. I have to come back to beginner's mind, the first way I thought about writing. In a sense, that beginner's mind is what we must come back to every time we sit and write. There is no security, no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago, we will do it again. Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we ever did it before. Each time is a new journey woth no maps." - Natalie Goldberg
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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There comes a time in every writer's life when all her characters are simply aspects of her cat's personality
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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debjitduttaart.bsky.social
What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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slooterman.bsky.social
Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Very excited to be included in the issue!
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 6d
Issue 3 contributors.
L. Acadia Mehreen Ahmed Hilary Ayshford Samantha Backlund-Clapp Robin J Bartley Lanie Brice Chris Cottom Ivan de Monbrison Litsa Dremousis David Gaffney Ezra Gatlin S.A. Greene Alaina Hammond Rachel M. Hollis Amy Marques Rob Moore Jay Parr Juanita Rey Chris Scott R. P. Singletary Calla Smith Joanna Theiss Christina Tudor Dominic Walsh
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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🤠‼️ REAL LITTLEPUSS NEWS 🤠‼️

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 2026 — LittlePuss Press
So much is happening at LittlePuss Press, including a new ANNUAL BOOK SUBSCRIPTION: Become a Friend of the Puss!
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December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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bulbculture.bsky.social
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡

We want to read your previously published wonders!

Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!

Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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bookshop.org
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
It's happening! (Get in.)
librarything.com LibraryThing @librarything.com · 14d
"With sharp prose, wry humor, and poignant insights, this collection explores themes of love, regret, and hope in a chaotic world."

Enter to win a copy of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social's "Pardon Me for Moonwalking" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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welkinprize.bsky.social
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
THE WELKIN MINI. For micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2026. 1st prize = £75, 2nd prize = £40, 3rd prize = £25, HC = £10.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Love this piece in @bendinggenres.bsky.social by Jill Crammond

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It’s Your Own Fault
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November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM