Matt Barrett
@MBarrettWriter
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Stories: The Sun, Threepenny Review, West Branch, TriQuarterly, Wigleaf, Baltimore Review, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fic, Cutleaf. Soon: Prairie Schooner
Joined October 2020
Thrilled to see my story, "Horns," in the latest issue of The Threepenny Review!
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I have a micro in @FracturedLit today! Thank you so much to the editors for picking up, "First, They Fall":
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Grateful to @cutleafjournal for publishing my essay, "The Reunion" today! It was inspired by walks with my son on the Gettysburg battlefield and the impossible task of teaching a 5 year old about good and bad.
cutleafjournal.com
Our five-year-old son asks us for forgiveness. He apologizes for what he did this morning. He hangs his head and paces before our TV, even with his favorite
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So happy to come across & read this story @MBarrettWriter in @TheSunMagazine Just the kind of story that delights me--clean, heartwarming, beautifully told! Highly recommend! Congratulations again, Matt! Look forward to reading more from you!
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out!
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This is a wonderful story.
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out!
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The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out!
thesunmagazine.org
Once, my father drove from New Jersey to California by siphoning gas from strangers’ cars, then sent his van off the Pacific Coast Highway by laying a brick on the accelerator. His mother almost died...
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Huge thank you to our Blue Frog Guest Artist @JiksunCheung!! Each of these three pieces is absolutely stunning! 🙏🏼💙
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"Most of us understood—we had wanted to fly away at some point too, but my niece was the only one who had the balls to try and now had the broken bones to prove it." Wow, @kyleisamu! An amazing read and a truly worthy winner!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥇THE BLUE FROG 1ST PLACE WINNER!🥇 “Materials Needed” by @kyleisamu is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/DbRHAYpD1u
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Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett https://t.co/LtjzvRcE2T Beautiful story in @flashfroglitmag - the imagery is heartbreaking.
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*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…
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Only it didn’t have a broken wing, it was just too tired to fly, which happens sometimes, even to gulls who otherwise look okay, even when nothing seems wrong with their wings at all. Quiet, beautiful story of compassion 💙 @MBarrettWriter @flashfroglitmag
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/1HEAsuAKEz
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"So much of life is about waiting, I think, for what you know will happen next." @MBarrettWriter in @flashfroglitmag 👏👏👏 and stunning artwork by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/AFzBHEihiJ
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*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…
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Okay, but have you read this?! @MBarrettWriter this is… Everything. It’s Everything.🫶🏼 Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett
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*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…
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Huge congrats, Matt! Such a beautiful piece!!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/1HEAsuAKEz
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An absolutely stunning, bittersweet piece by @MBarrettWriter in @flashfroglitmag Go read it now! So honored to contribute a watercolor to this story 🙏 The original painting will be on the way to you soon, Matt!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/1HEAsuAKEz
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“He paused to catch his breath, a tube in his nose and IVs in his arms, administering God-knows-what to cure God-knows-what despite none of us believing in God at all.” Read this winning piece from @MBarrettWriter!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/1HEAsuAKEz
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My 3rd place story is live! Thank you to @flashfroglitmag, @EricScotTryon, and Gina Chung for accepting "Gulls of the Algarve" and thank you @JiksunCheung for the beautiful artwork!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung
https://t.co/1HEAsuAKEz
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🚨EXCITING NEWS! The BLUE FROG 3rd place winner — “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter — will publish tomorrow!! 👀
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“I’d describe the way my brother’s friend, Mark, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, pulling him close to his chest as my father said, Don’t…” A beautiful example of how a story can be told. Go read @MBarrettWriter in @forge_litmag
I have a story in The Forge today -- thank you so much to @fionamcp for selecting it, helping me edit it, and for the great interview questions! I'd love if you all gave it a look! https://t.co/KoXrQbfj7P
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Delighted to work with @MBarrettWriter again on this beautiful piece
I have a story in The Forge today -- thank you so much to @fionamcp for selecting it, helping me edit it, and for the great interview questions! I'd love if you all gave it a look! https://t.co/KoXrQbfj7P
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