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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 30m

Thank you, Kathy!!!!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

New micro is in the latest issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Lots of great writers in this issue.

This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom.

www.south85journal.com/to-the-empty...

Cover of the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of South 85. A seashore under cloudy skies.

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 4h

Ah, Bluesky, where a post about a new story is met with crickets, but a throwaway observation gets shared over and over again.

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 9h

I love the alliteration in your micro!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you so much! I appreciate you reading it.

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Dana!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, also, to editors Kenzie McGregor and @lesliepwriter.bsky.social!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

New micro is in the latest issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Lots of great writers in this issue.

This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom.

www.south85journal.com/to-the-empty...

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South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased as punch to present the new issue: deluge | drought

Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA!

Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!)

www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to know I'm not alone in this specific misreading!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Season two ended in such bonkers fashion it breaks my heart that we'll never know what they had up their sleeves for season three.

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 2d

How my brain works:

Saw a bumper sticker this morning that read, "Proud to be a Catholic," only I read it as, "Proud to be a Cataholic," and was like, "Yeah, I love cats, too!"

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 5d

So sorry for your loss, Celeste.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 6d

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 6d

This is so lovely, Cheryl!

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Now that the @nationalbook.bsky.social finalists have been announced, revisit my @bombmag.bsky.social interview with Ethan Rutherford from April:

bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

BOMB Magazine | Ethan Rutherford by Benjamin Woodard

Whaling ships, spectral visitors, and the haunting pull of the sea.

bombmagazine.org

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 7d

I also talked with Ethan about his debut collection 12 years ago: numerocinqmagazine.com/2013/07/07/m...

My God, what have I done? | Interview with Ethan Rutherford --- Benjamin Woodard | Numéro Cinq

One of the great things about writing fiction is that you can sit down and ask yourself: where do I want to go today? The answer for me is always: out to sea. But the challenge, of course, comes when ...

numerocinqmagazine.com

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Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Now that the @nationalbook.bsky.social finalists have been announced, revisit my @bombmag.bsky.social interview with Ethan Rutherford from April:

bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

BOMB Magazine | Ethan Rutherford by Benjamin Woodard

Whaling ships, spectral visitors, and the haunting pull of the sea.

bombmagazine.org

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 9d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Craig Engler @craigengler.bsky.social · 11d

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