"... all she would have done to keep her children safe and alive, all she'd tried to do, all she'd given up, yet how blind she'd been, how weak and scared her version of love had been in the face of the world and its whispering voices."
Frog Heart by @joybaglio.bsky.social @ikeproject.bsky.social
ENTER "FROG HEART" GIVEAWAY (by 4/24)! Ploughshares is doing a giveaway, free to enter! Winner receives my new "Frog Heart" chapbook (by @ikeproject.bsky.social) & Ploughshares issue where the story first appeared! To enter, go to @pshares.bsky.social's Instagram post, or here: tinyurl.com/mpt5j26r
THIS APRIL! Excited to share my short story "Frog Heart" - a fairy tale about parenthood & trying to save the ones we love - originally in Ploughshares - in its new form as a standalone chapbook, thanks to @ikeproject.bsky.social! Pre-order & read about it here: asterismbooks.com/product/frog...
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Happy Pub Day!
“Beware the frog king who lives under the river and visits the ponds of this valley; he will take your children.”
Congratulations @joybaglio.bsky.social on the publication of Frog Heart.
Available @asterismbooks.bsky.social
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Celebrate Short Story Month
• Buy a short story collection.
• Read a short story.
• Write a short story.
• Recommend your favorite short stories to your friends.
• Buy a story from IKE: A Publishing Project, such as Frog Heart by @joybaglio.bsky.social. Available @asterismbooks.bsky.social
Getting everything ready for the Portland Indie Book & Art Fair (PIBAF) hosted by Buckman Journal at Honey Latte Cafe on June 27, 2026. I just unboxed a new acrylic book display, picked up fresh postcards, and even ordered a nifty dual-purpose header to top it all off. Come join the fun.
Congratulations to @joybaglio.bsky.social on winning a Pushcart Prize for her extraordinary short story “We Are Sorry for Your Suffering,” first published in One Story Magazine. Joy’s work continues to astonish with its emotional precision, imagination, and depth — this honor is so deeply deserved.
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Preservation by Maria Lioutaia
After seventy years of successful preservation, Lenin’s body is deteriorating faster than the morticians and biochemical scientists can manage.
Celebrate Short Story Month with us—one chapbook at a time. Links in bio.
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“Some houses keep their secrets longer than the people who lived in them.”
William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” endures as a quiet Southern ghost story—of memory, decay, and the woman a whole town thought it understood.
Celebrate Short Story Month with us—one chapbook at a time.
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It’s Independent Bookstore Day, and we’re celebrating the places that make independent publishing possible. Indie bookstores champion the books that algorithms overlook. To every indie bookseller who has taken a chance on our chapbooks: Thank You! Support independent bookstores. ❤️📚
