formercactus
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(Sep 2017 - Dec 2018) We were partial to the odd, the experimentally unexpected, the grotesquely heartwarming. Managed by Lana & @WillemMyra Peace out, peeps!
your heart or other BS places
Joined September 2017
Let's talk about money. Writers should always get paid. Also, we need to stop pretending like having one or three jobs isn't a hell of an obstacle in terms of time & energy. The starving writer thing isn't fun. It's okay to want to get paid and sleep well knowing rent is covered.
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The end is such because it's unavoidable. Tomorrow or next year or (unlikely) next century--it's pulling you, teleologically, toward itself. Have you consciously accepted that yet? How has it changed your everyday life? Will it change it at all? #TuesdayThoughts?
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2+ years since we had to unfortunately close down, we still receive submissions. It puts things into perspective. We're grateful, but saddened for not being able to fulfill such expectations.
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Today I am grateful to @formercactus and @bestmicrofic for including me among such talented and beautiful work. What you’re all doing for the genre of micro fiction is truly remarkable.
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So excited that my microfiction piece (nominated by @formercactus who were gracious enough to give it a home in the first place) will be in this anthology. I couldn’t be more honored to be among such talented writers in this growing genre. 💕
It's up now, the list of Best Microfiction 2019 winners as selected by @Danchaon! Congratulations to all of the contributing magazine editors! The competition was fierce! All of the writers will be getting an e-mail letter from us soon. #flashfiction
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So grateful to have two poems in the final issue @formercactus They support art that is alive, beating heart.
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My sweetie @SimonPinkerton had some hilarious stuff out in the world, and I loved this @formercactus story: https://t.co/NH0YEm2Cqx
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The wild country took a hold of my spirit. Then it got my mind. The opposite of a people-person is a nature-hermit. Used to steep, slippery hills and lone trees, I could no longer breathe in air wi…
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And @ErikFuhrer, whom I could never find on Twitter before now whilst adoring his work, had this killer piece in @formercactus: https://t.co/zLNhlYgRVL
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At the top of the Empire state building sits a small child on top of her father’s shoulders, crooning over the edge of his head, toward the rim of the sky. She wants to swallow the sun’…
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Happy holidays to all our snow-adverse desert-bound cacti friends!
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If you love @katoscope's wonderful Christmas story "Star of Wonder" as much as we do (you can read it here: https://t.co/0hpocb2imr), you should check out her other great work in places like @ndrmag, @formercactus, @SynaesthesiaMag, @Cheap_Pop, and @AtticusReview. #flashfiction
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Thanks to the editors of @formercactus for giving “Everyday Inconveniences” a home! https://t.co/Rb2UuNSy5M
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Love, under a microscope, is just tiny shells and fragments of sea glass. There’s a name for organisms that live in found shells like I do, organisms with soft bodies. Some might call me parasitic,…
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My flash fiction "Misery Poker" which started in @kathyfish's Fast Flash Workshop. Issue #14 ended up being @formercactus' final issue but I am still very proud of this flash and it's placement in this magazine!
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I draw the diagram of the Schism of 1054 from memory. My red Five Star notebook clashes with the pink tablecloth and a retractable pilot pen doesn’t quite fit the motif set up by the maid of honor …
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@moomooseum The only experience I had before AD-ing: reader, then guest editor for one issue of @formercactus. They were crazy enough to ask me to jump straight into the deep end. Without them, I would have never had the courage to send my CV to @Cheap_Pop (and be cool about it)
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ON THE SITE TODAY: #IfMyBook with @WillemMyra and his new collection, Kennel-born, out now from @thirtywestph. https://t.co/Wbxb0HVUvY
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I was so pleased to have a piece published in @formercactus this year. It was one of my bucket list journals for a long time. I will miss them. Thank you again to the editors for giving this odd little tale a home.
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No one wanted to talk about the elephant in the room, except for the children who would talk of nothing else. We had adopted it when it was a baby, when we believed we could have no children of our…
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Super proud of the job my son, Damon @King__Deezus did adapting my short story into a short film. This was a school project for him and potentially could be entered into festivals. Thanks again to @formercactus for publishing the story. Feedback welcome. https://t.co/DituRAfiXW
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🎶On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 12 LIT lit mags 🎶 @MastersReview
@CraftLiterary
@formercactus
@okaydonkeymag
@moonchildmag
@outcastlit
@gingercollect
@LoveisL08414683
@habitatlitmag
@HairTrigger20
@RansackPress
@honeyandlimelit
#FollowFriday
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