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A literary magazine that showcases the wonderful, weird, and wild aspects of the human condition. 🌿 EIC: Melissa Ashley Hernandez 🌿

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 14

Issue four subs are open! With the toxic theme of Foxglove, we want your subs to revolve around POISON.

Submit your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions

#opensubmissions #Halloween2025

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Carmella Camden watched herself on the mounted TV, hair teased ridiculously high, covered in flashy jewelry...

“Highway to Desire” by Jude Deluca, pdf pg. 55

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

"Warren Road Bridge" by nat raum, pdf pg. 40

Image description: A bridge made of steel girders at night.

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Everything turned on a dime in his imagination and then he mentioned the girl on the trestle.

“The Railroad Trestle” by G.D. McFetridge, pdf pg. 11

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

📚 Mexican White Boy - Matt de la Peña
📚 The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
📚 In the Midst of Winter - Isabel Allende
📚 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

The last #FollowFriday of #HispanicHeritageMonth also falls on #BannedBooksWeek (and during #NationalBookMonth too) which means we're showcasing a triple whammy today! Here are some banned books by Hispanic authors (go read them!):

📚 The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo
📚 Bless Me, Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

It is beautiful, remote, and mysterious - its intrigue only amplified by its macabre reputation.

“Aokigahara: The Sea of Trees” by Matthew Neuteboom, pdf pg. 9

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

"Rose Tinted Photoset" part II by Jake Buchanan, pdf pg. 35

Image description: A red tinted photo of trees, the ground and the sky.

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 12d

It was too late to be a live
//
action figure in a world that didn't move

“Effort” by Marc Darnell, pdf pg. 17

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 12d

🎉 Ana Hazel (instagram.com/anahazelauthor)
🎉 Rosália Rodrigo (instagram.com/rosalia.rodr...)

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 12d

Second to last #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday! This week is Hispanic authors with recently published works!

🎉 Tamika Burgess (instagram.com/tameeksb)
🎉 Jared Lemus (@jaredlemus.bsky.social)
🎉 Pedro Iniguez (@pedroiniguez.bsky.social)
🎉 Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro (@carolinaflorezc.bsky.social)

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 15d

Rumors and jokes were enough to stoke paranoia that festered the longer they remained underwater.

“Swim With the Fishes” by Joe Szalinski, pdf pg. 37

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

LAST DAY TO SUB your poisonous pieces to our Halloween issue 4! "Foxglove," aka poison, aka toxic, aka danger. The possibilities are endless!

Sub your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, & nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions

#opensubs

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 18d

"once street sign" by Alan Bern, pdf pg. 43

Image description: A silhouetted street sign.

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#TMPMagazine #TheMinisonProject #art

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

3 DAYS LEFT! Our Halloween issue 4, "Foxglove," is the perfect place for your writing and visual art about toxicity, whether that be tangible poison or otherwise!

Submit your poetry, art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

🎉 Danny Lavender (instagram.com/dannylavende...)
🎉 Laura Moreno Garcia (instagram.com/lgarcia_anim...)
🎉 José M. Loza (instagram.com/jmloza_art)
🎉 Nancy Ruizu (instagram.com/nr_ceramics)
🎉 Kenny Cuellar (instagram.com/soykennycuel...)

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

It's #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday! Here are some Hispanic visual artists to check out! (And don't forget that we accept visual art submissions for WWM!)

🎉 Yazmín García (@sagrarioartestudio.bsky.social)
🎉 Patricia Abrego (instagram.com/abregoartwork)

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 20d

LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to our Halloween issue four! Our theme is "Foxglove," aka our poison issue ☠️

Submit your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions by 9/30.

#opensubmissions

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 21d

That cold patch
could be a ghost

“The Haunted Nursery” by Robert Beveridge, pdf pg. 18

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 22d

A woman smells cigarette smoke wherever she goes / No one can explain the odor /

“Inheritance” by Candice Kelsey, pdf pg. 8

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 24d

"Solitary Places Photoset” part 1 by Aster Percolides, pdf pg. 23

Image description: A leafless tree in a forest

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 26d

🎉 Lisa “Rubi G.” Ventura (instagram.com/poeta_rubi_g)
🎉 Roberto Tejada (instagram.com/rbttjd)
🎉 Jonathan Fletcher (@jmfletcher15.bsky.social)
🎉 Lizeth De La Luz (instagram.com/desahogar_po...)

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 26d

First official #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday, here are some of our favorite Hispanic poets!

🎉 Nathaly Camilla Genao (@natcgwrites.bsky.social)
🎉 S. Salazar (@writessalazar.bsky.social)
🎉 Nathan Xavier Osorio (@nxo.bsky.social)
🎉 Daniel Ruiz (instagram.com/danielruizpoet)

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 28d

I told you, didn’t I that I’d never really disappeared just gotten better
at hiding

“During the Pandemic, The Beast of Bray Road Comes Out of Retirement” by Jessie Lynn McMains, pdf pg. 53

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 29d

The rocks hewn by rain, hand--
There are no bones, the coyotes have taken them.

“Finding the graves” by Sam Calhoun, pdf pg. 8

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Alexander Casillas @alexandercasillas.bsky.social · Sep 16

Being mentioned as a FAVORITE AUTHOR for Hispanic Heritage is INCREDIBLE! 🫶🥰
Read all of our books!!!

Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 13

🎉 Alexander Casillas (@alexandercasillas.bsky.social)
🎉 Clara Elena García (@claraelenadice.bsky.social)
🎉 Jasminne Paulino (instagram.com/jasminne.notes)
🎉 Abel Zavala (@abelzauthor.bsky.social)
🎉 Jose Hernandez Diaz (@josehernandezdz.bsky.social)

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