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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 9h

thing is, i know at two absolutely beautiful Belgians, so I blame the French

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 9h

also Franco-Belgians

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 11h

chancha

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ya ya yanina @yanina.bsky.social · 12h

Open call:

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 13h

if you can't wait that long ...

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 15h

best contemporary novel I've read in at least a year

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 16h

a year ago today ... next year in Berlin?

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 21h

ALSO!

a new open submissions call for an on-going series where you can express you literary beefs ...

details/guidelines here:

oleada.io/publication/...

Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

oleada.io

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 21h

AND coming up this week ...

— poetry from @robmclennan.bsky.social

— an extract from DELIVERYWOMAN ( @influxpress.bsky.social ) by @evawyles.bsky.social

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 21h

last week @ minor lits ...

— @noonanerik.bsky.social in conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa

minorliteratures.com/2025/10/07/l...

— @desperatelit.bsky.social Prize short-listed fiction from @matthewkinlin.bsky.social

minorliteratures.com/2025/10/09/b...

Beyond Grandeur — Matthew Kinlin

Rhinoplasty. Cheek implants. Ultra-sonic assisted liposuction. A purple exoskeleton was admitted to the clinic last week. His name is Robert and he’s the oldest twink in Cheshire. They washed his s…

minorliteratures.com

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

« — Et tu sais bien que c'est ma hantise. D'être incorporée par toi dans un interminable roman que je prendrais pour la réalité. Car tu es un inépuisable inventeur d'histoires, et cela a fini par déteindre sur moi ... »

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

(mournfully)

"well, lah-di-dah "

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

« — Et tu sais bien que c'est ma hantise. D'être incorporée par toi dans un interminable roman que je prendrais pour la réalité. Car tu es un inépuisable inventeur d'histoires, et cela a fini par déteindre sur moi ... »

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 2d

it was a poster on rollers

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 2d

« Mais la vie te prive de ton amour, Gabriel, et tu fais ce geste sublime d'enterrer ton œuvre avec ton amour, la littérature même n'a plus d'importance, c'est l'amour, l'amour que la mort scelle dans l'absolu, qui renvoie la littérature à sa futilité. »

— Jourde

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 2d

big fan of these ominous ads

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 2d

send us your gripes, complaints and pet hates ...

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 2d

got beef?

oleada.io/publication/...

Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

oleada.io

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 3d

from the river to the sea

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 3d

they seem to be alternating on gender, so next year?

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond Grandeur — @matthewkinlin.bsky.social

minorliteratures.com/2025/10/09/b...

Beyond Grandeur — Matthew Kinlin

Rhinoplasty. Cheek implants. Ultra-sonic assisted liposuction. A purple exoskeleton was admitted to the clinic last week. His name is Robert and he’s the oldest twink in Cheshire. They washed his s…

minorliteratures.com

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 5d

“[Literature is] a dance around silence, an attempt to get closer to what we are not saying”: A Conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa — @noonanerik.bsky.social

minorliteratures.com/2025/10/07/l...