Karissa Venne

MFA from @TheNewSchool. Writer w/ pieces out in: @okaydonkeymag, @FairlightBooks, @FrictionSeries, #PureSlush & @CapsuleStories.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

This flash is an ode to the loneliness of my early twenties. I don’t know about you guys, but there was so much crying. Thank you @okaydonkeymag for publishing this story!

[Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag]

Hi, folks! We've got such a fantastic new flash up on the site for y'all today, "The Blob" by @KVenne717. Be sure to check it out! You can read it here: https://t.co/CErTTuTlqu #flashfiction #shortstory

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — https://t.co/Xai0ODQttv — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work. Deadline extended to FEB 11!

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

@ConcernedApe ETA on this? My mobile app crashes after 30 seconds consistently.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

When I was 17, I was helicoptered off of Martha’s Vineyard due to a #crohns flare. Thank you @hippocampusmag for publishing this CNF flash. I’m so grateful and proud that it’s out in the world.
https://t.co/lfQKG8u6ib

[Fairlight Books @FairlightBooks]

This #ShortStorySunday, read 'The House on Ophelia Street' by @KVenne717 for a story about #homecoming and #friendship.

'Years of living on her own had taught her the world crawled with men lecturing women about what they couldn’t do, and all of it was bullshit.'

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

Thanks to @FairlightBooks, this little haunted house story found a home. It includes obsessive baking, a semi-creepy neighbor, and a painting that just won’t stop haunting the protagonist. Check it out!

[Fairlight Books @FairlightBooks]

Check out our new #ShortStory by @KVenne717! 'The House on Ophelia Street' is a story about #homecoming and #growth.

'She’d spent the tours in quiet resignation: resigned to her single studio-ed fate, resigned to the loss of her two-bedroom loft with her ex, resigned to it all.'

[Sonder Magazine @MagazineSonder]

Next up we have Karissa Venne @KVenne717 reading an excerpt from her flash piece 'The Rolls,' a gorgeously powerful piece about children baking rolls with their mother.

https://t.co/GHFq22QAno

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

You know when you’re anxious and not sure how to release it? I recommend cry porn aka the Denny episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

What a delight to receive this in the mail and read it with my coffee this morning.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

@hannah_birds @MagazineSonder Thanks, friend!

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

So excited to have a piece of writing in the next issue of @MagazineSonder!

[Sonder Magazine @MagazineSonder]

Karissa Venne (@KVenne717)
Shane McDonnell (@Shanemcd07)
Beth Kilkenny (@BethKilkenny)
Caitlin Lydon (@caitlydon)
Fiona McPhillips (@fionamcp)
Eoin Mc Guigan
Lucy von Stefenelli (@lucyvonstef)
Cheryl Vail
Conor Fallon (@ConorFallon6)
Luke Power (@PowerWrites)

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, routinely executes gymnastics moves considered so dangerous that other women won't even attempt them. Judges aren’t scoring her moves high enough. https://t.co/ibCjnhYUvi

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

Really loved this essay.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

Conclusion: this flash broke my pet-loving heart.

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

Our kitchen sink is a waterfall randomly and this must be a metaphor for something. Also, our landlord can’t come till Monday.

[Lucy Zhang @Dango_Ramen]

"I was chopping onions when the blob materialized in my kitchen."

The tragic fate of the blob
@KVenne717 in @okaydonkeymag

https://t.co/Voo71Y0MoE

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

Does anyone have any resources for creating a strong title? It’s one of the hardest parts of writing for me.

[Candace Hartsuyker @C_Hartsuyker]

"I imagined my Blob, capitalized in my mind now like a true name...Transforming into a small doughy person, greeting me with open gelatinous arms each night, and talking in a gurgling language only I could understand."

@KVenne717 in @okaydonkeymag

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

@C_Hartsuyker @okaydonkeymag Thank you!

[Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag]

Hi, folks! If you loved @KVenne717's terrific new story "The Blob" as much as we did (you can read it here: https://t.co/CErTTuTlqu), be sure to check out her other great work over at @FrictionSeries and @CapsuleStories! #flashfiction #essays

[Karissa Venne @KVenne717]

@okaydonkeymag @FrictionSeries @CapsuleStories Thank you!