Thank you @doricliterary.bsky.social for giving this odd story of mine a home! 💜
Lucy Zhang
Ryan was a one-of-a-kind. Please read his poetry and other written works. I am especially fond of his poems here: heavyfeatherreview.org/2019/07/20/b...
My story "Ox Predilection" was the runner up to the McGovern Center Community Award in Fiction, now published in the Journal of Medical Humanities! 🐂
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Coming June 1: new fiction by @dango-ramen.bsky.social
Lucy Zhang
Lucy Zhang
sometimes the word for tender isn’t tender there is a knife in the dishrack, sharp, facing the open kitchen. i take the blade in my palm. a hawk claws inside a river. i feel buzzing in the we…
Piece up at @hfr.bsky.social!
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Congrats to our frequent contributor Andrew Bertaina!
"Overdue," by Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, won the Doyle Short Story Award from the Nassau Review but . . . it was never published.
Tomorrow, Doric Literary will rectify that by bringing you this terrific story!
I have a story up at the wonderful @hfr.bsky.social today! Many thanks to the editors 🙏🙏. Thank you for checking it in here :
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Vol. VII: “Flux” was a Best American Essays notable issue and features @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social winner @dango-ramen.bsky.social, as well as multi-genre pieces by @charlesjensen.bsky.social, @mariannelchan.bsky.social, @jessyrandall.bsky.social & many more: tinyurl.com/ExpoV7Flux.
Doric Literary
Doric Literary
We are almost done reading for our spring submission period, and we'd love to see what you've got!
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Heartbroken to learn of the passing of our great HFR colleague Ryan Bollenbach. Rest in peace, buddy. @dango-ramen.bsky.social, @jeffchon.bsky.social, Bill, and I won’t ever forget you and the good times we shared.
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A PEDESTRIAN GUIDE TO THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE SYSTEM Seventh Edition (Revised) Compiled by: Dr. Rachel Wallace, Urban GeographerPublisher: Small Compass PressPrice: Free ROUTE 1: THE GRIEF-FOLD …
Plugs Years ago, ahead of my work trip to London, you went to RadioShack to purchase the type G plugs needed in the U.K. “Must you insist on this much preparation?” I asked and you raised your brow…
Vol. VII: “Flux” captures moments of change—gradual and sudden, subtle and profound, intensely personal and immensely public. Yet time still flows, carrying readers with it through the stages of life,...
“Overdue” by @dango-ramen.bsky.social!
Although it has self-driving cars, a sperm bank that only accepts donations from Nobel laureates, & an XGBoost-based algorithm, this award-winning story is about a young couple facing a potential breast cancer diagnosis.
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And truth be told, I thought if breast cells had the potential to escalate to terminal illness, then I might as well let them do as they please—one less distraction for Kiran, one less destiny for …
