matchbook literary magazine
matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
https://matchbooklitmag.com
- "Winter prairie is hard on everyone, especially rabbits." New CNF: "Weed Killers" by Chel Campbell aka @chelcampbell.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/campbell/...
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- "If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..." New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre aka @ruthjoffre.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/joffre/on...
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- "If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..." New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre aka @ruthjoffre.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/joffre/on...
- "If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..." New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre aka @ruthjoffre.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/joffre/on...
- Subs close tomorrow at midnight! (Jan 12)
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- Subs are open until Jan 12! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
- Reposted by matchbook literary magazinei wrote this piece long ago + @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness. grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
- "It's a Saturday in the middle of July on a white porch with an old friend. Towels along the clothesline. She’s ten years younger, so I’m always asking about her sex life." New CNF: "Mechanical Pencils by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
- "It's a Saturday in the middle of July on a white porch with an old friend. Towels along the clothesline. She’s ten years younger, so I’m always asking about her sex life." New CNF: "Mechanical Pencils by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
- Our submissions open Jan 5 and will be open a week until Jan 12!
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- "She left suddenly. That's what we said when the police asked." New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
- "She left suddenly. That's what we said when the police asked." New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
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- "Daryl disappeared while we were gathering wood. He’d stayed back to prep dinner. We returned to an empty camp." New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
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- "Daryl disappeared while we were gathering wood. He’d stayed back to prep dinner. We returned to an empty camp." New fiction: "Happy Birthday" by Michael Czyzniejewski aka @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/czyznieje...
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- "When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused." New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
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- "When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused." New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
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- "The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode." New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
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- "The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode." New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
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- "The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs." New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
- "The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs." New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...
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- "I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry." New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
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- "I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry." New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...
- Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year: "Tether" by Meghan Phillips "Queen" by Nora Nadjarian "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall "The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend @mcarphil.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @kanandgall.bsky.social
- "Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists." New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...
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- "You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones." New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...
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- "You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones." New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...
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- "Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much." New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
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- "Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much." New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...
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- "Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed." New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
- "Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed." New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...
- A new lit mag ratings system unveiled at @chillsubs.bsky.social If you like matchbook, do us a solid and rate us! www.chillsubs.com/magazine/mat...
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- "She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances." New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/gottlieb/...
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- "She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances." New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/gottlieb/...
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- "The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough." New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
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- "The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough." New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
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- “The coat closet at Aunt Belinda’s was always colder than the rest of the house.” New fiction: “So Then We Planted Her a Rosebush” by Kathryn Kulpa aka @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/kulpa/so-...
- Congrats to Gabe Durham aka @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com for his mb piece "Gourd Girl" being selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 Long List! Read it here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/durham/go...
- Subs close this Monday!
- Submissions open! Until June 30. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
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- Submissions open! Until June 30. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
- **Submissions open tomorrow, June 23!** Keep tabs on our guidelines page for when the link goes live: www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
