Dan Crawley
Writer. Giver of care. Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) | The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree Press) | Blur (Cowboy Jamboree Press).
Stories appear in very nice places.
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- "His billfold contained a single photo, a smiling younger man, himself, and a handsome German Shepherd." Wow, this micro! Amazing sensory details and perfect last line by @mrsfanster.bsky.social in @identitytheory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "The debt comes due in waves of exhaustion, in joints that grind like rusted gears,...." And: "Depression pats your cheek. Not gentle. Not cruel. Just there." Wow, an extraordinary piece by @wordsbyalice.bsky.social in @flaremagazine.bsky.social 💙💙💙 flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/1-p-m-on-a-s...
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- "A wolf howled, then it cut to a commercial, and the words dribbled from my lips. ‘I’d do anything to be her.’" I love this stellar piece of writing by @megpokrass.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "The man feels a tremendous relief." Big love for this perfect little gem by @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social 💙💙💙 hexliterary.com?p=2677
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- "...he gets down on one knee in front of Kelly and she knows that she’s supposed to play along, go with it, because they’ve done this before,...." This story! Wow, perfect all the way through. Remarkable writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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- Reposted by Dan CrawleyHappy Mother’s Day!! I hope all of you who mother someone get a little bit of peace today. My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections
- "A shaken blue lamp covets dust, the gild of your laughter." I love this brilliance by @alinaetc.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "I nod—my heart singsongs at Ah Ma’s attempt at praise one centipede-step at a time—" This is awesome! I love this piece of writing so much by @csquareh.bsky.social (congrats, Christine!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/secret-recipe/
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- "...and you’re reaching out to stroke my antennae wondrous, hushing your hairdresser’s done such a great job,...." That last line!!! A brilliant, masterful piece of writing by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social (congrats, Sumitra!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...
- "...and Maisie understood suddenly that it had been there all along, hiding in corners,...." Wow, this phenomenal story by @proliffany.bsky.social (congrats, Tiffany!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/chitin/
- "Trust that pale shoots will push their way through earth, that small green stems will fork into two leaves, that leaves will grow,...." Big love for this piece of writing by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social (congrats, Kathryn!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/how-to-plant...
- "...all to the soundtrack of yet more crickets." I love this perfect piece of writing by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social (congrats, Dawn!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/girl-you-ain...
- "Before the summer girl sang, they hadn’t known they had souls, hadn’t known they could be serious." I love this brilliant piece by @eileentomarchio.bsky.social (congrats, Eileen!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/goat-song/
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- "...and we know the stories,...." And: "I’m too quick across the lot, dragging the heaviest bag,...." And: "...and sang, screamed, voices echoing across the lake,...." My lord, extraordinary pieces of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in Flash Boulevard @francinewitte.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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ICYMI. FBOMB Global Flash reading. Hosted by Francine Witte, readers @megpokrass.bsky.social Mileva Anastsiadou, @kiklodge.bsky.social, @swethaamit.bsky.social, @sudhab.bsky.social, Mikki Aronoff, @andreamarcusa.bsky.social and JT youtu.be/b7tgLsBerfQ?... - "...and you, a girl asking, 'Will you do it for me? Do you have clippers?'" I love this brilliant piece by @aniking.bsky.social (congrats, Ani!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "...so I watch and listen as Lydia speaks—a slight squawk to her voice—about the international bucket of water (larger than an ocean or sea)...." Big love for this gem by @jekwriter.bsky.social (congrats, Jessica!) in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/this-is-very...
- Reposted by Dan CrawleyOur issue with the winners of our annual writing contest is live! These are all well-crafted stories which leave me with hope.
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- Yay @andrewporter01.bsky.social! Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉
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- "Women with red hair, she said, are fearless. I think of the flood and the ships sinking all around her." My lord, I love this piece of writing by @jesselkercheval.bsky.social so much! 💙💙💙
- "When you look out the window, it is snowing, the panes frosted and opaque, so cold they burn." I dig this story! And a perfect last line. By Nora Esme Wagner in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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- Reposted by Dan CrawleyWhat a great day to get your submission into our Terry Allen/Juarez incited anthology, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE. Verse, cnf or fiction about southwestern road trips, Mexican brothels, border crossing, star crossed lovers, robbery and murder all circle the mark...
- "The warning right before the ruin." Big love for this award-winning brilliance (Congrats, Melissa!) by @melissabowers.bsky.social 💙🎉💙
- Truly stunned to have won the Copper Nickel Editors' Prize in Prose. It was already such an honor to be published—this feels a bit like a dream! THANK YOU to Teague Bohlen, Wayne Miller, and everyone at Copper Nickel! What an incredible experience. copper-nickel.org/from-the-ash...
- "I lean back in, but your hand is on my chest. 'Let’s just leave it there. Then we’ll always want more,' you say." Wow. Masterful storytelling by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- New Flash with the lovely @lostballoon.bsky.social “In the back of the car, you show me your chest, and I show you mine. We agree that they are both concave and too much alike. We are eight years old, and we are often left to our own...” lost-balloon.com/2025/05/07/i...
- Reposted by Dan CrawleyA Literary Mixer hosted by @stillsquirrel.bsky.social and me, 26 June in Brighton Come along! An optional paddle before and an optional pub after and jollity in between …
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- So many AMAZING writers! Huge congrats to all! 🎉🎉🎉
- @mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists: @sudhab.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Famous Chukwuemeka @elissafield.bsky.social Carrie Grinstead @joelhans.bsky.social @abbymanzella.bsky.social @magicmikewrites.bsky.social Matthew Purdy @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social Zachary Vickers
- "I feel a bit like a Victorian medium asking at a séance, 'Who is here with us?'" This is a perfect little micro by @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social in @identitytheory.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.identitytheory.com/in-flight/
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- "But my body yearns for jasmine, the red mash of cherries on the picnic table, the glitter of water over stones in the stream." Wow, I love this brilliant piece (so many amazing details) by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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- Reposted by Dan CrawleyFeeling anxiety these days? Ha, dumb question-- who isn't? Consider joining me for a workshop in which we use our anxiety to write angsty, memorable stories! open.substack.com/pub/megpokra...
- Reposted by Dan CrawleyNeed a morning break? Check out the wonderful story “Teapots” by Jenny Severyn, just posted on Bright Flash Literary Review.
- Reposted by Dan Crawleyrecently proofread my essay in the forthcoming @autofocusbooks.bsky.social anthology + this particular line made me smile 🥲 publishing "Unfinished" was a way of embracing my identity as an essayist a little over three years ago + it's funny how that line predicts so much of what I've written since
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- "So, yes, the leaves, the colors, were part of this gardenly symphony, part of the soundtrack to life." I really love this extraordinary piece of writing by @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "'No, Ma.' He chuckles before his tone turns pensive. 'It’s pure old gravitational force that keeps them together'—then after a breath—'I hope that’s enough.'" Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
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- "Finishing off my beer, I consider slinging the bottle at the building, imagining it smashing into fragments." Big love for this phenomenal story by @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "Someone thought it would conserve energy. Someone says it was an honest mistake." Oh my god, I love this piece by @amymarques.bsky.social so much! In Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
- "Armando’s neck gimbals as he scans the room for Chynoweth. He knows her story…. has vowed never to comment, never to leave her exposed. It’s how the marriage works." This story is some awesome writing by @karenschauber.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙
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- "Ribbon after ribbon. Apple after apple. The whole day, time unraveling, unraveling." I really love this exceptional piece of writing by @maureenlangloss.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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- "...and it’s when she says the word that she knows we are there, that she sees us, or maybe hears the leathery slap of our wings as we fill her room and watch her,...." My lord, this remarkable piece of writing by @fionamckay.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
- "My stinging breath smothers me, my life stuck solid as stone in my throat." I love the details in this phenomenal story by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
- "Expectant energy crackles in the air between her and her phone. Okay, okay. Fantasize. Treat this like the TV show." Big love for this gem (perfect last paragraph) by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙
- "None of us will remember who asked, what ever happened to Dibby, first. Maybe the one who still lays on the court and counts planes and the muscles that wheeze when he tries to stand." Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙
