Melissa Llanes Brownlee
Native Hawaiian writer living in Japan
melissallanesbrownlee.com
Bitter over Sweet tinyurl.com/5hd7u63r
Hard Skin tinyurl.com/yc53
Kahi&Lua tinyurl.com/3ryfzvwh
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- Welcome 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
- ✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨ After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com Preorders are now available: bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
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View full threadSo happy for you!! Love this book!!
- Thank you again, Melissa!! 🩵🩵🩵
- Sending much love out to @lumchanmfa.bsky.social , @debbierobson.bsky.social , and @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for taking the time and space to sit with this collection and write their amazing blurbs. And endless gratitude to the wonderful team @bullcitypress.com Thank you!!! 🩵🩵🩵
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- "... I try not to dance as I throw chunks of the wood I cut earlier in the morning, but I swivel a little, and uncle screams *stop being one mahu and get back to work, or else and* ..." @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-40-feb...
- Hi! The world is still shit but how's everybody doing?
- @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is the mushroom sprouting from the shit 🍄🍄🟫💩. Hope you’re all reading and namjooning away
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- Story up in the marvellous Ghost Parachute. Thank you to the creator in chief @brettpribble.bsky.social 🫡🫶
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- Starting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚 wab.org/event/bright...
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- Read "Subdermal" written by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "The doctor has put in two neat stitches, black nylon bunny ears sticking out as if the girl has been wrapped up." tinyurl.com/79zvfbfm
- Flight 3 takes off tomorrow! Right now, our editors are working on preparing a very cool interview with Brewer's Choice feature artists @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social all about their collaborative process
- MY BOOK! MY BOOK! MY BOOK!!
- We've hit the first goal milestone and I just want to deeply thank everyone who has donated or shared! I am hoping to keep this going to truly help my parents rebuild, but this is so incredibly kind!
- Today is the publication date of my first novel. What an honor to work with the amazing @stanchion.bsky.social. Please consider ordering a copy and, if you’re in San Diego, come celebrate with me this Sat! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- Excited to have a flash in @soflopojo.bsky.social today--along with so many greats, including @swethaamit.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, @ckrich.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-40-feb...
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- Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart? I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
- This guy is so good.
- Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart? I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...
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- Free micro submissions at The Offing, open until March 1, 10 to 560 character (not word) micros: @heyflashvillage.bsky.social #LitMags #WritingCommunity theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit
- Free micro submissions at The Offing, open until March 1, 10 to 560 character (not word) micros: @heyflashvillage.bsky.social #LitMags #WritingCommunity theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit
- ICYMI, BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social was featured in @electricliterature.com's list of "15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter!" buff.ly/2MV0xvC Get BITTER OVER SWEET right here: buff.ly/JdBXDs8 @susanschulman.bsky.social
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- The weekend is the perfect time to curl up with @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's collection, BITTER OVER SWEET! buff.ly/NNjm8aL @susanschulman.bsky.social
- I have a tiny thing in Issue 4 of Poems for Tomorrow (scrolling required). Thanks, editors, for giving it a place to live. poems4tomorrow.wixsite.com/poems-for-to...
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- My first story of 2026 is up in Necessary Fiction! Thank you so much EIC @shimmer.bsky.social Himmer and guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for picking my story.
- Love this list of books not to miss from @electricliterature.com - #smallpress books by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @davidtromblay.bsky.social @tsvoboda.bsky.social @hayneswrites.com and others! electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
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- "It wants to trace its knife sharp fingers through notebooks filled with the hundreds of I won’t draw in my notebooks during class lines you had to write because you were caught drawing in your math, English, social studies, science notebooks again and again..." (FAB @lumchanmfa.bsky.social book!)
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- Very cool new interview with Joel Hans about his upcoming collection, THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD! Coming in Feb from Moon City Press! @joelhans.com @mooncitypress.bsky.social
- What a great interview by @mynachang.bsky.social with FF contributor @joelhans.com! Check out his story that become the collection title! And then be sure to check out his book this Feb! flash-frog.com/2023/12/25/t...
- Very cool new interview with Joel Hans about his upcoming collection, THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD! Coming in Feb from Moon City Press! @joelhans.com @mooncitypress.bsky.social
- new new: "Who You Used to Love--" by Kathryn Reese: wigleaf.com
- "She tugs the singlet so that it sits a little lower than her jade pendant & wonders if her breasts would bleed sugar for the right girl or if that only happens when the Queen commands her senses." Stunning mashup of lyricism & a text exchange with Persephone. So original @kathrynreese.bsky.social
- new new: "Who You Used to Love--" by Kathryn Reese: wigleaf.com
- If you're looking for your next favorite #smallpress book, make sure to check out @electricliterature.com's winter reading list which features @adamalsirgany.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, and our 2025 Literary Awards Runner-Up, Terese Svoboda! buff.ly/2MV0xvC @susanschulman.bsky.social
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