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Marcelle Heath
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Short story writer

Author, Is that all there is?
Editor, matchbook

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"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused."

New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social

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November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Hey, vote for us!

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Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Need some writing inspiration? ✏️ Check out these notebooks by @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social featuring flash prompts from contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social! buff.ly/UpOj2s9
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."

New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social

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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Oct 20
"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."

New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle

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October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."

New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle

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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Oct 6
"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry."

New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social

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October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Douglas Fir, more than four years old at this point, volunteer from neighbor’s tree. A lot of development in the past year, it is about 6 inches bottom of container to apex.

Pseudotsuga menziesii

#bonsai
#douglasfir
#pseudotsugabonsai
Small Douglas Fir bonsai in round gray container, twisted and slanting right. Gray bench and background siding.
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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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.
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year:

"Tether" by Meghan Phillips
"Queen" by Nora Nadjarian
"Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall
"The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend

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September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists."

New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social

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Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls | matchbook
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Pine bonsai recently wired, informal upright

Different information if it is Sylvestris or Virginiana

#pinebonsai
#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
Pine bonsai, red-brown oval container, gray background and base Pine bonsai wired, red-brown oval, gray base and background, informal upright
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Chameacyparis obtusa ‘Verdoni’

Hinoki cypress bonsai

Started in 2022, under 1 foot tall including container

Tom Benda family oval container

#bonsai
#hinoki
#hinokibonsai
#cypressbonsai
Informal upright, slanting to left Hinoki cypress bonsai, under 1 foot tall. Rust brown small oval container from Benda family. Gray background.
September 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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If you don’t have anything good to say, then say it in the group chat.
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Picea mariana bonsai

Black Spruce bonsai

Placed this a bit too high when potting it this past spring, plan to fix it in the future, not yet wired.

Japanese pot, mokko-ish, from Shuho, purchased at Kaede Bonsai.

#bonsai
#picea
#piceamariana
#blackspruce
#blacksprucebonsai
Black spruce bonsai in black mokko bonsai pot, gray background. Picea mariana
September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Morella californica bonsai

Pacific Wax Myrtle

Progression from purchase in May 2023, repot in January 2024, now September 2025, one wiring and removal, and pruned on four occasions.

Bruning round pot.

#bonsai
#myrtlebonsai
#broadleafevergreenbonsai
#pnwbonsai
Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background Pacific Wax Myrtle Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background Pacific Wax Myrtle Morella californica bonsai, broadleaf evergreen slanting left in round green Bruning pot, grey background, more growth Pacific Wax Myrtle
September 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much."

New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang

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Means of Survival | matchbook
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August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I went to the deep sea and everyone knew you
August 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Aug 11
"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."

New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall

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August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Pinus mugo

Mugo pinus bonsai acquired this summer (Kyodai Bonsai) for future development—haven’t worked on it yet, good setup by others.

#bonsai
#pinusbonsai
#pinusmugo
#bonsaidevelopment
#pinebonsai
Mugo pine bonsai in brown oval container, significant deadwood on left upward, foliage on lower right.
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed."

New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall

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Meditation on Immigrant Moraine | matchbook
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August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Larix kaempheri

Japanese Larch acquired this summer (Kyodai Bonsai) for future development

#bonsai
#larix
#larch
#larchbonsai
Japanese Larch bonsai, upright and unwired, brown plastic oval bonsai pot. Gray siding background.
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · Jul 28
"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."

New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

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Speed | matchbook
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August 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Hey if you are or have been a participant/attendee/admirer of the Portland Book Festival or other Literary Arts programming please consider signing on to this divestment ask!! lithub.com/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival
We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…
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July 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."

New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

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Speed | matchbook
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July 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM