Eirene Eleni
This is a storybook. All of us are in it. Here are some tales.
https://eirenegentle.com
https://templeinacity.com
Recent: Blood & Honey, Painted Pebble, ANMLY, Silly Goose Press, Suburban Witchcraft. Pushcart, best short fiction nom.
- Reposted by Eirene EleniWelcome to our new followers! Lit Namjooning is a labor of love run by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, Lakshmi, @jenwithwords.bsky.social, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social & @m-ixedbag.bsky.social. Check out our site & Issues 1 & 2 while we gear up for our 3rd year! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/about
- Reposted by Eirene EleniLet’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
- No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- This is such a good thread with multiple threads within it, all worth reading, please do.
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniCongratulations and good luck @gretchenfilart.bsky.social on your new venture as managing editor showcasing work of the Filipino diaspora issuu.com/thearchipela...
- Reposted by Eirene EleniMaybe I didn’t get any rejections today bc it’s Monday & no one is reading submissions or maybe I didn’t get any rejections today bc all my stories are being SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
- Reposted by Eirene EleniI know lots of people don't use Goodreads but I'm still on there. I added Sumitra's book @pleomorphic2.bsky.social but couldn't get the cover to load up. Anyway enough of that - I Ioved this novella-in-flash www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
- Polar Vortex is the name of my next villain.
- This is good. 👇
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniYesterday’s session on lit mag submissions grew out of a conversation with students last term about literary magazines and community, informed by the last year of cuts to the programs supporting humanities and literature. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniSUBS OPEN
- Oh, no! We didn't get enough submissions for a full issue. So, we're leaving submissions open until Feb 25. Send us your work on the theme of "repair." Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only. Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
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- Reposted by Eirene Eleni“Often, I watch discussions on social media in which someone asks: What radicalized you?…But the word ‘radicalize’ feels wrong, seems to imply an element of extremism, as though rage at this kind of blatant hypocrisy is the abnormal thing, when what is plainly abnormal is to accept it.”Omar El Akkad
- Reposted by Eirene EleniYou need to understand this and apply it to how you move going forward. Black people have for over 400 yrs.
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniAfter Covid the school I used to work at hired more psychologists that the teens could talk to about their anxieties. I thought what if your a different kind of teen, who do you talk to? It became a short story about an angel teen going to therapy after trying to pull her wings off. #WritingPrompt
- What's the strangest thing that's inspired something you've written? A flower inspiring a character? A food inspiring a scene? Etc. #WritingPrompt
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- Reposted by Eirene Eleni💯. People can live under intolerable circumstances for centuries. Life is not a movie. It promises no resolution. Every moment of justice won requires tireless effort, and every win requires vigilance and defense for eternity. Look at the backsliding on rights we were assured wwre settled law.
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniUrsula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018. First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniThis week: 1 rejection from a traditional old literary journal and 2 (2!!!!) acceptances from cool small exciting venues publishing shit I love. Maybe this is telling me something.
- Reposted by Eirene EleniSo pleased that this poem could be part of “joy” in @templeinacity.bsky.social Thanks to editor @eireneeleni.bsky.social #Oulens #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity
- Gorgeous, still, thoughtful poem fresh up from @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social in our Joy popup. It’s a treat to read it. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-c-...
- You know what to do, writers.
- IN THE MEANTIME subs are open right now for our spring issue (and maybe beyond.) Details in link. We’re always open for Joy and TiaC timely submissions. There’s so much to write about! Subs are free and writers of all stages and experience welcome templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
- Reposted by Eirene EleniIN THE MEANTIME subs are open right now for our spring issue (and maybe beyond.) Details in link. We’re always open for Joy and TiaC timely submissions. There’s so much to write about! Subs are free and writers of all stages and experience welcome templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
- Reposted by Eirene EleniWe’re hard at work building issue 4 of Temple in a City, filled with brilliant writers and writing. Look for it to emerge in February.

- This really is worth a read. It will fill you, gently.
- Gorgeous, still, thoughtful poem fresh up from @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social in our Joy popup. It’s a treat to read it. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-c-...
- Reposted by Eirene EleniGorgeous, still, thoughtful poem fresh up from @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social in our Joy popup. It’s a treat to read it. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-c-...
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniMy short story “Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?” Has just been published in Issue 4 of The Orange Rose Literary Magazine, and I’d be so honored if you gave it a read! theorangeroselitmag.com/2026/01/19/w...
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniThe first official review of my NiF is out in the world! Thanks @ninamiller.bsky.social and @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social! US orders: jakethemag.com/books/ Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
- My book review of “Mother Karma” by Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social is up @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social thehooghlyreview.com/category/asa...
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniSo excited to announce that our milestone 10th issue is being released in 10 days. Stay tuned 🧡
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- Reposted by Eirene EleniI say heart is heavy, angel of death all around / no wonder so many hearts just stopped this week