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wordsthathop.bsky.social
Just "B"
@wordsthathop.bsky.social
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flash writer | Contemporary YA WIP | educator | computer & application techie | long-distance runner🏃🏼‍♀️👟| kitchen witch Words in Emerge Literary, HAD, Flash Flood Currently reading American Short Fiction (Fall 2016)
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 21h
Oohhhh I see!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 22h
This is gross. I hate AI so much!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 22h
What time at night do you cut off eating? I'm trying to get a handle on my late-hours snacking.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 1d
For those of you who write and submit prose poetry, could you point me to your favorite lit mags where you've submitted your poems? I generally don't write #poetry (more of a #flashFiction writer), but I have a prose poem that's appx 150 words that I'd like to get out there in the world.

Thank you!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 1d
Just registered!

#writingCommunity #flashFiction
smokelong.bsky.social
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 9d
Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Bright yellow typewriter image on pale jade background. Text overlay:Join us for PROMPTEMBER, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live, write-in, scribble-till-your- scribble-t hands-hurt events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Nov 8 to Dec 14. ABSOLUTELY FREE. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-promptember-2025. SmokeLong logo.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 1d
Excellent stories! Give it a read!

#writingCommunity #flashFiction
broadripplereview.bsky.social
Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 1d
The inaugural issue of Broad Ripple Review is live. We are proud to feature work by L.B. Browne, Angela Townsend, Margaret Dunn, Dorit d’Scarlett, and Sofía Carbonell Realme.

Find it at: broadripplereview.com.

Please share!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 2d
Yep. They're hypocrites!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
It's mind-boggling that the cult doesn't have a problem with the dodging and deflection. I would never be able to trust someone that does this as frequently as maga poliiticians do.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
I read this in high school! Broke my heart!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
One of the worst presidents ever. He did so much damage that we've never recovered from.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
It drives me nuts that they can't answer with a direct response. It's always a rant about something not related or circle round and round without saying much of anything.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
That's how I feel too. I have a lot of political followers. I feel kinda bad because most I will never follow back. For the most part, I only follow writers and artists.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
This short story by Anna Hundert, "Queen of Calvary", is so damn good. So many poetic-like lines woven throughout. I wish there was enough time in the world that I could become this kind of writer. Sigh. Give it a read! #writingCommunity

www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
Queen of Calvary — M E N A C E
www.menace-mag.com
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 3d
As you get older, there aren't as many "first times" as there are when you're young. But last night, I had four firsts... first time walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame, first time eating at the Shake Shack, first time going to the Pantages Theater, and first time seeing Les Misérables. Fun night!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 5d
Building more homes isn't going to fix the problem of rich people & corporations snatching up homes as an investment. They either a) Fix it up and sell it for a profit that no one but the rich can afford, or b) Rent at a premium few can afford, which in turn drives up the prices of all nearby homes.
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 8d
The birds flying overhead approve 😉
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 8d
The geese approve!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 8d
My. What large pumpkins you have!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 8d
You know what to do. So do it! Good luck! #writingCommunity #flashfiction
havehashad.com
HAD @havehashad.com · 10d
Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"
The theme is "LUCK". In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th. Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry". POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap. PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece. Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under. Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry". All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 8d
In the various @nycmidnight.bsky.social challenges I've competed in, I've gotten my fav genres (comedy, fairy tale, historical, romcom) 1x each, and my least fav…horror 3x & thriller 3x.

Am I cursed?!

Will that stop me from registering for the Dec. 5th 250-word challenge? Nah!

nycmidnight.com/250
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
nycmidnight.com
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 9d
That's so wrong lol!!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 10d
His wording was so odd. Almost like he was reading from a bad AI script!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 10d
Oooohhhh!! What pillow?
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 10d
OMG!! This is nuts!

Bravo to those who intervened!
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Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social · 10d
Maybe not. I think when you grow up filthy rich, you end up with a more centric point of view and a "how can I make more money" mindset (even at the detriment to others). I think many of us who grew up poor or in the working class would have a much better chance of becoming givers & philanthropists.
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