Chelsea Stickle (she/her)’s posts

You know what's creepy? Getting an ad for something that you thought about but never said out loud.

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Something you never typed

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It read my texts and then extrapolated some medical information about side effects. Super creepy. And I'm so careful these days.

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Jun 8

I finally finished it! 😭😭😭

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Jan 22

I think I scared off a date by having tattoos? He didn't even see them. Dude, I'm a writer who plays bass and has worked in a kitchen. You knew that. Of course I have tattoos.

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Mar 29, 2022

Fun fact: I'm now an Assistant Fiction Editor at

@PitheadChapel

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Nov 14, 2016

John Oliver just suggested we donate to organizations in the names of our Trump supporter family members. #LastWeekTonight

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Sep 30, 2019

Marcia: "I'm bored. You're boring me." That's what I'm going to say the next time a man is back on his bullshit. #SuccessionHBO

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Apr 11, 2020

At 10:17 AM I got a form rejection for a story. At 10:40 AM I got an acceptance from a dream journal for the same story. In case you need a reminder: art is subjective.

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"You're tacky and I hate you" lives in my head rent free.

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Aug 18

Since I've read 100s of submissions this week and last week, I decided to put together a list of common issues. Obviously these are just my opinion, and certainly versions of this list have circulated here before. Take what you need and leave the rest.

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Mar 4

I just got my first acceptance of the year! And what an acceptance!

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Apr 19, 2019

Jake: "And then I found that 1940 census." Holt: "But that was 1940." Jake: "Yeah, I'm taller than the greatest generation!" #Brooklyn99

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May 25, 2022

Someone on here once said their best stories are the hardest to place. And as my favorite story without a home gets rejected again, I remind myself of this. Someone will love it.

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Apr 6, 2019

Nathaniel rented horses. I'm going to miss the fuck out of him. #CrazyExGirlfriend

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Nov 21, 2018

Caught up on #LastWeekTonight and I would watch a full length version of The Wax and the Furious. John Oliver really knows how to spend HBO's money. 😂

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Apr 20, 2020

Carolyn's advice about grief "Don't be embarrassed about it, will you?" is good advice for us all. #KillingEve

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Jul 19

My bookcases are finally installed! Tell me how you like to organize your books! (Don't say by color because that's not happening here.)

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May 23, 2022

I did it! I finished my first floral hoop! There are a million mistakes, but I actually finished! Holy cow

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Jan 1

Oh shit. I have a book coming out this month!

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May 5

After many years of submitting, I received a lovely Friday acceptance from

@CottonXenomorph

! 🔮🐍

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Apr 1, 2019

Dan: "If you wanna go Dutch on the abortion, hit me up on Venmo. And don't make it private. I want people to know I'm a gentleman." #Veep

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Sep 8, 2020

My chapbook, Breaking Points, is the Editor's Choice and will be published in fall 2021!

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Black Lawrence Press

@BlackLawrence

Sep 8, 2020

The results are here! The winner of the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition is ... bit.ly/3jYbf9D

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@TanyaZilinskas

This is what happened to me today. It's bonkers.

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Feb 2, 2019

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Thanks #RussianDoll for validating my life philosophy.

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Oct 4, 2018

Dennis, no one gives a fuck about why you're back. #SunnyFXX

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Sep 24

First pumpkin bread of the season! And I used the skull pan!

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May 27, 2019

Carolyn: "It was never going to be bloodless. You'll get over it." #KillingEve

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Jun 15

Thrilled to make the

@Wigleaf

longlist for the first time this year! Thanks to

@FracturedLit

for running this micro!

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@laughingyeti

Jun 15

The @Wigleaf Top 50 2023 & the Longlist are up! Thank you to our Guest Selecting Editor @VenitaBlackburn & to our Readers & Associate Series Editors! Just another way to celebrate writers, readers, & journals—all for very short fictions—all for the magic: wigleaf.com

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Sep 25, 2022

This is happening! My second chapbook EVERYTHING'S CHANGING is coming at you this January from

with stories of strangeness! Embrace the weird this winter!

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Thirty West Publishing

Sep 25, 2022

@Chelsea_Stickle is the author of the chapbook Breaking Points (Black Lawrence Press, 2021). Her fiction appears in Cheap Pop, CRAFT, Chestnut Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency & others. A Best Microfiction 2021 & Wigleaf T50 nominee, EVERYTHING'S CHANGING drops Jan 2023

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Oct 21, 2021

I held my book for the first time! My name is on the cover and my flash heroes blurbs are on the back! Flipping through the pages, my stories flashed by and it all finally felt real. 😭

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Aug 31, 2020

My chapbook is a finalist in the Black River Chapbook Competition, and I'm in complete shock over it.

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Mar 12, 2018

My shipping heart loves this scene. #Timeless

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story made the

Top 50? Thanks to everyone at HAD for publishing it, the Wigleaf readers and editors, and

@kathyfish

for selecting it for the Top 50! 🍪

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May 13, 2019

Eve: "Ignore him. He's an asshole." Good advice for us all. #KillingEve

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Aug 18

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1. The title isn’t doing enough work. 2. The piece is more of an idea than a story. 3. Starting too late in the story and the opening paragraph has too much unnecessary detail. 4. It’s at least 30% too long. 5. The voice is muddled.

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Apr 21

It's finally done!

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6. There are no stakes. 7. Nothing happens or changes. 8. You didn’t stick the landing. 9. It’s a couple drafts away from being finished. 10. The piece’s aesthetic doesn’t match the mag.

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Dec 6, 2017

I love it when Kelly Doty shakes her head and enthusiastically shouts, "Stop tattooing!" Dave Navarro better watch his step. #InkAngels

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Jan 24, 2021

@CeaseCowsMag

story is actually on this list right? I'm not hallucinating this? 📸🌇

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Best Microfiction

@bestmicrofic

Jan 23, 2021

Best Microfiction's 2021 judge Amber Sparks @ambernoelle has made her selections. Congratulations to the winners and the magazines who published these incredible micros! Here are the winning stories. Thank you so much to the nominating editors. bestmicrofiction.com

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Nov 28, 2021

May all your stories find the right people.

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Mar 24, 2022

A) This what I look like. B) This is what my

@BlackLawrence

chapbook looks like. C) I'll be signing it tomorrow (Friday) at the Black Lawrence Table #343 from 4-5.

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Apr 9, 2022

Yesterday my mother said something shitty about queer people. I made a joke of how ridiculous her point was. It was the first time I was wearing my ace ring in front of her. One day she'll ask about the ring. I will lie. I don't owe her that piece of me.

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Mar 22, 2019

Jake: "People with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims of a crime than perpetrators." Once more for the people in the back! #Brooklyn99

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Jul 29

My plans for the rest of the year

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Dec 5, 2022

Woke up from my nap to an unbelievable acceptance! I had lost all hope!

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Aug 23

I read this one slowly & it was worth it

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Jan 6, 2022

I just slept for 12+ hours and I'd forgotten how amazing it is to be unconscious.

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Jun 13

What the actual fuck, Submittable?!

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Mar 22

Probably my favorite unclaimed story just found a home at

@thecitronreview

! I'm so thrilled! I hope you all enjoy this gay ghost story!

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Apr 14

You know what's adorable about bunnies? They're communal eaters. So when I eat, George eats because we're family.

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Aug 29

Whew! Finally! My rejection streak has ended! That went on a LONG time.

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Mar 19, 2018

"This is giving me a headache and a panic attack." Same, Lucy. Same. #Timeless

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Aug 23, 2022

Sometimes I think I write weird shit, and then something like this pops up on my timeline.

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Emi Kusano

@emikusano

Aug 21, 2022

The Sheep human Contest in France. This is the festival I need right now.

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Oct 15, 2021

A story I'm really attached to is in

@ChestnutReview

today! If you've ever had to pretend you're fine when you're not, this one is for you. chestnutreview.com/cr_v3_n2/aita-

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Dec 1, 2022

I wasn't expecting this nugget of good news today! Thank you so much to everyone at Fractured Lit for this nomination! I'm thrilled! If you like Ghost Girl Ballet, you should know that it has a special place in my forthcoming chapbook Everything's Changing! 👻🩰

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Fractured Lit

@FracturedLit

Dec 1, 2022

So excited to announce our @bestmicrofic nominations! Congrats and good luck to @PunyFingers @emarianaranjo @Chelsea_Stickle @JaredPovanda @EricScotTryon Nicole Tsuno!!!

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Jan 6, 2018

George: "I like your very normal body. It's brave." Rebecca: "Bleh." #CrazyExGirlfriend

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Jan 17, 2020

George is celebrating #FeetsFriday.

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Apr 7, 2021

Woke up to a dream acceptance from

@CraftLiterary

! When the side effects of the vaccine wear off, I'm going to cut a rug*. *in my own house. I'm still not going anywhere.

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Nov 11, 2022

I'm excited to be doing more

@pidgeonholes

! Send us your weird!

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Pidgeonholes

@pidgeonholes

Nov 11, 2022

We are psyched to welcome our long-time fiction first reader Chelsea Stickle @Chelsea_Stickle to our team of editors as an Associate Fiction Editor!

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Jan 7

My book exists! 😍😍😍

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Thirty West Publishing

Jan 7

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There it is

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Nov 25, 2021

So editors are sending rejections on Thanksgiving. I guess I'm grateful for my rhinohide?

Oct 21, 2017

Nathaniel: "When I'm around you I stop thinking about myself and start thinking about you. It's confusing." #CrazyExGirlfriend

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Aug 1

A week ago I saw Barbie, and today I finally fucking finished this cross-stitch. It's 7x9. I started it in December. I'm a much better embroideress now. I'm still proud of this one!

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Nov 4, 2017

Stop cutting me to my core, #CrazyExGirlfriend.

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Nov 4, 2017

"I have to go get breakfast with Hector to distract myself from the fact I'm an aimless cynic w no plans for my future." #CrazyExGirlfriend

Sep 6, 2020

Excited to say I have a story coming out in

@lostballoonmag

next month! Lost Balloon was one of the first places I read flash online, so it'll be really cool to see my work there.

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Jan 27, 2022

Going through a break-up of sorts, so let the mourning begin. I'm at the point where I would be getting drunk, if I drank. Instead I ordered food, I'm listening to one of my favorite records and I'm trying to figure out the right comfort watch. Then maybe cooking tons of food?

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Oct 4, 2021

My chapbook will be released on 10/26, and since I don't have a publicist, I've decided to share a photo of one of my plants or a homemade pastry every day until release day.

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Jul 29

Fucking good writing advice.

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May 10, 2020

I think that's the first insulting rejection I've ever gotten. If you can't say anything nice, you can send a form rejection. You don't have to personalize it.

Jun 12, 2017

I think John Oliver now needs a nightly episode to cover everything that's happening. #LastWeekTonight

Jan 18, 2021

Everyone was right about Deaf Republic.

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Holy shit I got reviewed in

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"Stickle gives her characters strength through their oddities and shifting shapes and gives her readers new insight into our world. Magical realism at its best." Emily Webber reviews Everything's Changing by @Chelsea_Stickle smokelong.com/review-everyth

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May 19, 2022

So this is why I was screaming the other day! I'm honored my chapbook made it this far with such an awesome press!

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Thirty West Publishing

May 19, 2022

Congrats to @RComanelea @SaulLemerond Jin Cordaro @ErinCarlyle4 Sean Winn @Seanennis110 @Lsax_235 @Chelsea_Stickle & Curtis VanDonkelaar for making the Wavelengths Longlist! All 9 of these stellar authors are totally on our wavelength. A winner will be picked in June!

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Dec 1, 2022

It's been a rough day, but this has been lighting me up through it. Thank you to

@BendingGenres

for the lovely nomination! Congratulations to the other nominees! May have to make crepes to celebrate!

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Robert Vaughan

@rgvaughan

Nov 30, 2022

Nothing like last minute! Our nominees for ⁦@bestmicrofic⁩ 2023. Thanks, editors! ⁦@megtuite⁩

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Jan 14

Today Everything's Changing is released into the world like the wild mushroom that grows unexpectedly when you really need it. I'm honored that

Everything's Changing by Chelsea Stickle — Thirty West Publishing House

has published my second chapbook!

thirtywestph.com

A chapbook of fiction, out January 2023

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Jul 13, 2022

Lovely acceptance from

@fivesouthlit

today! 🎉🎉🎉

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Apr 5, 2021

Got an acceptance this morning and a vaccine appointment tomorrow! I believe in this week.

Apr 19, 2021

My chapbook is available for pre-order from

@BlackLawrence

at a special pre-order price! My mind is still blown by this fact.

Jul 25, 2022

George is at the emergency vet. Please cross your fingers for us

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The one time Jonah isn't being awful, he's going to get fucked for it. Irony. #Veep

Jan 2, 2020

Got my first acceptance of the year! And to a dream journal! Holy fuck! I feel like my brain is broken.

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Jun 1, 2022

My story got shortlisted by Pamela Painter over at

@AuroreLebas

! Check out what happens when a man promises the moon! 🌘

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Brilliant FF

@AuroreLebas

Jun 1, 2022

Chelsea Stickle's story, More Beautiful Than the Moon, has been shortlisted by Pamela Painter. Read her flash fiction on our website: brilliantflashfiction.com. Congratulations, Chelsea.

May 17, 2016

#Petrafied has to be one of the best hastags #JaneTheVirgin has ever used.

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@TaraSkurtu

"I confess I want the clarity of catastrophe but not the catastrophe. Like everyone else, I want a storm I can dance in. I want an excuse to change my life." -Franny Choi

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Nov 15, 2017

Finally! Someone standing up for the canvases! They're real people who have to wear the art for the rest of their lives. #InkAngels

Aug 1, 2019

This story is live at McSweeney's! mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-m

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Jun 25, 2019

I submitted to a place where, if they accepted me, I would throw up.

Jun 3

Told a friend that I was worried my manuscript isn't good. She said, "It's probably not as bad as you think it is." I'm not worried it's bad. I'm worried it's mediocre. Mediocrity is harder to root out. No one will tell you if something is mediocre.

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@SNeurotypicals

Pretty sure this is why I stopped talking so much around middle school. Nothing I said was right, so I said almost nothing and that worked better.

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May 19, 2022

Made these chocolate cake whoopie pies with peanut butter buttercream and ganache in anticipation of getting my booster today.

Jan 13, 2022

This sounds awful. I love it.

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Netflix

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Jan 13, 2022

Welcome to Murderville, a new series starring Will Arnett as a detective who, in every episode, has to solve a murder with a new celebrity guest star as his partner. The catch is: the guest star is never given a script so they have to improvise their way through the case!

May 17, 2022

One of my wildest micros ever is in

today! Thank you to

@robhollywood

and everyone at Cheap Pop for selecting it for the environment issue! I'm thrilled to be a part of it! 🍄

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CHEAP POP

May 17, 2022

"We use mushroom caps for the Eucharist. We adapt hymns. We brew stews. We’ve never been happier." "Worship What Keeps You Alive" by @Chelsea_Stickle cheappoplit.com/home/chelsea-s

May 11, 2020

Villanelle's brother said, "seystra" just like in Orphan Black 😍 #KillingEve

May 17, 2022

Started my ADHD evaluation today and the psychologist said it sounds like I have ADHD and Autismy symptoms. Not even a little surprised. But more than a little pleased she brought up Autism by herself. Someone appreciates my weird beautiful brain.

Dec 3, 2021

I have written four stories in four days.

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Nov 2, 2018

Jonah: "Can I finish complaining about healthcare inequality now?" Amy: "No." #Superstore

Mar 15, 2022

Thrilled my story found a home at

! I'm excited to read the other environment stories!

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CHEAP POP

Mar 15, 2022

3 weeks from today on 4/5 we launch our ENVIRO ISSUE. New stories Tuesdays/Thursdays. Behold! @BespokeChaos @mfitzwrites @YetmanShanna @willmcmn @Erin_Calabria @lumchanmfa @kimsrogers @ggriffiss @MynaChang @vivianszhu @simon_nagel @skytale_writer @Chelsea_Stickle @olivekingery

Oct 23, 2022

Can't believe I managed to finish this! Happy Spooky Season!

Apr 4

Last night I got an acceptance from

@GhostParachute

for one of my favorite micros! I was worried this one was too weird. Thanks to

@nancystohlman

, whose workshop I wrote this one in!

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