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Stanley Stocker

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He/Him. PEN America/Dau Prize, Creative Power Award, Finalist Best Spiritual Award - Fiction. “Writing is an act of patient endurance; it is a spiritual pursuit, and curiosity is the god that oversees it all.” - Paisley Rekdal

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 17

Delighted to have a story "The Hunt" in the latest issue of African American Review. Thank you to editors Aileen M. Keenan and Nathan L. Grant. @hopkinspress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social

"The families of the old men would gather at Front Camp to see whether their people would be let go."

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

Things are coming together for my novella FES IS A MIRROR to come your way soon! Check out our first blurb from novelist Robert Jones, Jr. He thinks you will dig this!

On Fes is a Mirror by Chantal James
Out October 28, 2025 from Willow Books

I hate how quiet it's kept that Chantal James is one of the most brilliant writers writing. I read Fes Is a Mirror faithfully, amazed at the level of skill, of world-creation, and of wisdom contained within its pages. James is so careful with her characters, no matter how reckless their situations. She's so intentional with her language and every sentence is delicious. It's the kind of book you throw across the room because it pierces your heart, but you pick back up again and cradle because it's so beautiful. No lie: Fes Is a Mirror is a masterwork.

- Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets, finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · 1d

Look at Bezos making it rain, but not in a good way.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · 4d

This is wonderful 🌕

Na Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 6d

Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/moo...

Moon Boots

Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...

www.thesunmagazine.org

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泣鬼虫A R T🌻🎸 @nakimushiart.bsky.social · May 12

EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS! Round 2. I got urgent medical bills cause my physical health has been declining. I’m a disabled, black artist and feel like I don’t have to explain how hard that’s been over the last years. Please share and consider buying. Thank you everyone and sorry. 🥲💖 #commissions #art

A commission sheet page with my commission rules and prices, Full Body prices: $110, Background Detailed: $100-$200+, Simple: $15-$25, Additional character: $50+, Replicate any
Art Style: $25

A commission sheet page with my commission rules and prices, Half-body prices: $80-$85, Background Detailed: $85-$90+, Simple: $15-$20

A commission sheet page 3 with my commission rules and prices, Bust prices: $65, Background Detailed: $85, Simple: $10-$15

A commission sheet page with my commission rules and prices, chibi prices: $45-$65, Background Detailed: $45+, Simple: Free. Will do: NSFW, Furries, gore Won’t do: Loli/Shota, SA/R*pe

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Jul 12

My plan is to chillax as much as possible.

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Jul 12

I did an interview about keeping notebooks / diaries / journals in @kellymcmasters.bsky.social newsletter. Thanks again, Kelly, for allowing a member of the journaling tribe to share.

kellymcmasters.substack.com/p/show-me-yo...

SHOW ME YOUR DIARY

featuring writer Stanley Stocker

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Jul 12

Wow. That really is beautiful. For a second, I wondered if it was art and made of paper.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Jun 13

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PRACTICAL MEDICAL ADVICE FOR FEMALE SUBJECTS OF THE CAPE COLONY by Karen Jennings

Should you find yourself as one of the enslaved in a private home at the Cape, beaten for insolence, or for burning the beans, or any other such infraction, take care to call on the snuff shop of free...

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Joris Lombaert @j357l.bsky.social · May 8

The kids are ok.

Lwo tew a @levisatyrane.bsky.social · May 8

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 21

I see what you did there, Tim-Tim. Bravo.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 20

I have it on great authority that a villanelle is a villainous, nay, traitorous sonnet.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 17

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 17

Wonderful. I love the line about you and the caterpillar being appalled.

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 17

Yes, indeed. I loved that. Thank you for sharing.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · May 5

An invaluable guide to applying for writing residencies from Prince Shakur.

Also, if you are member of the global majority, please consider applying for the Baldwin for the Arts fellowship.

open.substack.com/pub/princesh...

How to Master The Writing Residency Application

An ESSENTIAL Checklist for fine tuning your application every time to make the process faster and to get more acceptances

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Apr 28

People on meds need love too, broski

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Apr 24

Please, please, please, I need your help!
(it's for next year's rankings...)
Does anyone have a copy of Best New Poets 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023 and/or 2024?
If not, could you please retweet?
Thank you so much! 🙏

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 24

okay. that made me laugh out loud.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 24

grow up.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 22

Same. It looks fantastic, but I just can't buy another streaming service until I cancel another one.

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 16

"Through the peep hole I saw a harried-looking white woman. Though she appeared younger than me, her hair was brittle and frizzed and her cheek bones stuck out painfully. She was curled over a package buried against her chest. It was wrapped in a blanket and had the form of a human."

Harli James @harlijames.bsky.social · Mar 16

New story out now! A postpartum woman struggles to believe what she knows is true about her child. ghostcitypress.com/february-202...

Thanks to Ghost City Review for publishing it.

February 2025 — Ghost City Press

Ghost City Review February 2025

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Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 16

Congratulations, Harli!

Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social · Mar 15

I have given in to that urge. Saturday morning writing from bed is now my thing. Which is where I came across the below. Thought of your work when I saw it. Grants for visual arts journalism.

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