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Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 13d
It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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This is excellent news! The Joy pop-up issue was a burst of color and refreshment—and now it’s going to continue.

(P.S. I know plenty of you are writers…)
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Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
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TiaC Timely and JOY, always open If it's great and urgent now we'll publish it under TliaC Timely without waiting for a curated issue. And if it's joyful, send it our way. It may find itself in the ongoing JOY issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Our nominees for the 2026 best microfictions anthology are here. The link is to all our nominations so far, with more to come so keep watching. Congratulations to all including today’s tiny gems.
templeinacity.com/category/nom...
Best microfiction Elizabeth Rosen, Endeavor Slawka G. Scarso, And then she told Jack off Sumitra Singam, You-and-Kate in a field, loving me Vijayalakshmi Sridhar, I heard you became a father again Huina Zheng, The pin inside my body
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Did you know?
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 1d
Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
TiaC Timely and JOY, always open If it's great and urgent now we'll publish it under TliaC Timely without waiting for a curated issue. And if it's joyful, send it our way. It may find itself in the ongoing JOY issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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AND watch for our next full issue to drop in the first two weeks of December. We’ll reveal the contributors a little later but wow, it’s got angles and all kinds of interest. You are so talented, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Dare you to read these two poems and not smile. Welcome poet and playwright Ben Macnair to the Joy edition.
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Two poems, Cairo and a A poem about Christopher Walking by author Ben Macnair. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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This little @bscheib.bsky.social micro. Can you feel a little tear in your heart at the same time as joy? You know you can. Welcome to our new, expanding joy edition.
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Micro fiction The Offering by author Brigitta Scheib. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Here it is, the newly expanded Joy edition, down the hall and to the left from the Joy division, don’t confuse them though we do listen to them sometimes.
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JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Our strategy leans more confetti than Machiavelli
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Alt: Yay Surprise GIF a blast of what looks like shredded paper we’re pretending is confetti because it is kind of right?
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November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Here it is, the newly expanded Joy edition, down the hall and to the left from the Joy division, don’t confuse them though we do listen to them sometimes.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Great news! We need all the JOY!!!
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 1d
Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
TiaC Timely and JOY, always open If it's great and urgent now we'll publish it under TliaC Timely without waiting for a curated issue. And if it's joyful, send it our way. It may find itself in the ongoing JOY issue.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
This little @bscheib.bsky.social micro. Can you feel a little tear in your heart at the same time as joy? You know you can. Welcome to our new, expanding joy edition.
templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
Published in Temple in a City literary journal
Micro fiction The Offering by author Brigitta Scheib. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Dare you to read these two poems and not smile. Welcome poet and playwright Ben Macnair to the Joy edition.
templeinacity.com/two-poems-be...
Temple in a City literary journal
Two poems, Cairo and a A poem about Christopher Walking by author Ben Macnair. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
AND watch for our next full issue to drop in the first two weeks of December. We’ll reveal the contributors a little later but wow, it’s got angles and all kinds of interest. You are so talented, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
TiaC Timely and JOY, always open If it's great and urgent now we'll publish it under TliaC Timely without waiting for a curated issue. And if it's joyful, send it our way. It may find itself in the ongoing JOY issue.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
templeinacity.bsky.social
Our nominees for the 2026 best microfictions anthology are here. The link is to all our nominations so far, with more to come so keep watching. Congratulations to all including today’s tiny gems.
templeinacity.com/category/nom...
Best microfiction Elizabeth Rosen, Endeavor Slawka G. Scarso, And then she told Jack off Sumitra Singam, You-and-Kate in a field, loving me Vijayalakshmi Sridhar, I heard you became a father again Huina Zheng, The pin inside my body
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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WE HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU!
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I read Bird Swallowers by Sumitra Singham in @templeinacity.bsky.social, a fabulist tale of voicelessness, oppression and community. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-re...
I Read Stories: Bird Swallowers by Sumitra Singam
Bird Swallowers by Sumitra Singam in Temple In A City After the men cut their voice boxes out, women take to swallowing birds. This i...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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junegemmell.bsky.social
Still not got over being on this list. Thank you SO MUCH @templeinacity.bsky.social for believing in my little story. As I tiptoe into my late sixties I feel so privileged to have had my first short story published only a few years ago. There‘s such joy in later life, and I‘m living it! ☀️
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Nominations nominations nominations with a corrected typo because we are having a very mercury retrograde day just like cloudflare
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Best of the net 2025 Sumitra Singam, Bird swallowers Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate Kathryn Reese, Post-vespers Pushcart Prize 2025 Cole Beauchamp, If Only Emily Rinkema, Lou June Gemmell, The Homecoming Kendra Cardin, A change in the recipe S.A. Greene, Brian Wilson is dead and why can't I stop crying? Dominic Walsh, Slice of life, in Absentia
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Delighted to have this little micro in @templeinacity.bsky.social 's joy-themed issue.
And in fantastic company too!
Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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kathrynreese.bsky.social
I just re-read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social ‘s piece in @templeinacity.bsky.social …and wow. It just so accurately captures what it was like for me…
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 8d
Nominations nominations nominations with a corrected typo because we are having a very mercury retrograde day just like cloudflare
With apologies. templeinacity.com/temple-in-a-...
Best of the net 2025 Sumitra Singam, Bird swallowers Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate Kathryn Reese, Post-vespers Pushcart Prize 2025 Cole Beauchamp, If Only Emily Rinkema, Lou June Gemmell, The Homecoming Kendra Cardin, A change in the recipe S.A. Greene, Brian Wilson is dead and why can't I stop crying? Dominic Walsh, Slice of life, in Absentia
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Post-vespers is special to me so I I’m super thrilled about this.

Thanks @templeinacity.bsky.social 💚
templeinacity.bsky.social Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 8d
Nominations nominations nominations with a corrected typo because we are having a very mercury retrograde day just like cloudflare
With apologies. templeinacity.com/temple-in-a-...
Best of the net 2025 Sumitra Singam, Bird swallowers Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate Kathryn Reese, Post-vespers Pushcart Prize 2025 Cole Beauchamp, If Only Emily Rinkema, Lou June Gemmell, The Homecoming Kendra Cardin, A change in the recipe S.A. Greene, Brian Wilson is dead and why can't I stop crying? Dominic Walsh, Slice of life, in Absentia
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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If you haven't seen it yet, I had a very very short piece of autobiography in @templeinacity.bsky.social's pop-up "Joy" edition.

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#AuroraBorealis #Turning50
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The light , the light by author Patrick Johanneson. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Nominations nominations nominations with a corrected typo because we are having a very mercury retrograde day just like cloudflare
With apologies. templeinacity.com/temple-in-a-...
Best of the net 2025 Sumitra Singam, Bird swallowers Rachel Rodman, He Always Lied, I Always Told the Truth. And Then We Fell in Hate Kathryn Reese, Post-vespers Pushcart Prize 2025 Cole Beauchamp, If Only Emily Rinkema, Lou June Gemmell, The Homecoming Kendra Cardin, A change in the recipe S.A. Greene, Brian Wilson is dead and why can't I stop crying? Dominic Walsh, Slice of life, in Absentia
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Temple in a city nomination for Pushcart and Best of the Net (that one announced belatedly but submitted on time). Congratulations to all authors and look for more nomination announcements soon. templeinacity.com/temple-in-a-...
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Temple in a City literary journal award nominations, Best of the net, Pushcart prize
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November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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ICYMI and need a bit of light in the dark, @templeinacity.bsky.social published my micro, “The summer the sky burned, our town got a new pool and only opened it three times” as part of its special Joy issue last week. Give it a read? templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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The summer the sky burned, our town got a new pool and only opened it three times micro fiction by author Rachel Abbey McCafferty. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM