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'Once again, reading kept me going this year. I started the year recovering from an operation and seeking somewhere new to live.'

Our creative editor James McLoughlin is back once again with another instalment of The Year in Books:

https://t.co/HbORQq5mMO

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'She’d been flying the Bush before she could drive, and her father’s caution had become her own. “Your problems aren’t out there,” he’d say, and then point to his head, “They’re in here.”'

Thrilling new fiction in the Alaskan skies from Kyle Wagner:

https://t.co/rwO1sve46j

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'She’d been flying the Bush before she could drive, and her father’s caution had become her own. “Your problems aren’t out there,” he’d say, and then point to his head, “They’re in here.”'

Thrilling new fiction in the Alaskan skies from Kyle Wagner:

https://t.co/rwO1sve46j

[Josh Mcloughlin @JoshMcloughlin]

We all love libraries and books but what about IMAGINARY libraries and books? For @EngelsbergIdeas, I wrote about lost libraries, the Bible, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Donne, Borges, Márquez, Harry Potter and Star Wars https://t.co/2iegz4DROH

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Dark, funny, and poignant - two beautiful new poems from Elliot Engelsbel

https://t.co/Sst1mDhkGm

#poetry #writingcommunity #litmag

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"Marcus Lord is not Louis Gaskin or is he."

Superb new fiction by Cal Massey.

https://t.co/JLUrQjJKJW

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"Mere seconds after the collapse
The weight of the bridge forces the bow of the ship
To sit on the bottom of the river
In a pile of steel and silt, where our hearts also sit"

2x new poems from Michael Salcman that burrow into tragedies broad and intimate

https://t.co/qYvS5i7SKe

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“A microsecond passes,
I’m in memory’s territory—
a glazed light over alien shapes”

Dazzling new poetry by @marcfrazier45.

https://t.co/t2Bhia1wOu

[Marc Frazier @marcfrazier45]

https://t.co/2r3vHDwLU0
Three poems just published in this UK mag. Thanks Josh.

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“A microsecond passes,
I’m in memory’s territory—
a glazed light over alien shapes”

Dazzling new poetry by @marcfrazier45.

https://t.co/t2Bhia1wOu

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"Mere seconds after the collapse
The weight of the bridge forces the bow of the ship
To sit on the bottom of the river
In a pile of steel and silt, where our hearts also sit"

2x new poems from Michael Salcman that burrow into tragedies broad and intimate

https://t.co/qYvS5i7SKe

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"Marcus Lord is not Louis Gaskin or is he."

Superb new fiction by Cal Massey.

https://t.co/JLUrQjJKJW

[Jon Doughboy @doughboywrites]

But look! here come more stories, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive—

A new story out yesterday @NewCritique ICYMI

https://t.co/NE9o0XSxFw

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‘As the lights of Jean, Nevada, approached like a far-flung galaxy, Ray—eyes still closed—started counting using his fingers. He stopped at seven—the number of people he’d stabbed in his life.’

Excellent new fiction from @beneaththeneon :

https://t.co/TVpMq7Lkn7

#shortstory

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'I have personally nursed Victor Frankenstein from the moment we plucked his body off a shattered fragment of sea ice.'

New fiction from Mark Thomas 🧊

https://t.co/gyF5nbLPJh

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“Yes, here
the year is ending
like something no one has the heart to say.”

Four gorgeous new poems by @willthompson237.

https://t.co/cKIFwyNxJa

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Delirious and darkly comedic new fiction from @doughboywrites , in a tale that explores desire, tension, and control.

https://t.co/x0bDgTy6kH

#fiction #newwriting

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Delirious and darkly comedic new fiction from @doughboywrites , in a tale that explores desire, tension, and control.

https://t.co/x0bDgTy6kH

#fiction #newwriting

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“Yes, here
the year is ending
like something no one has the heart to say.”

Four gorgeous new poems by @willthompson237.

https://t.co/cKIFwyNxJa