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Mike Keller-Wilson @Mike3Stars

Reader, writer, etc. Co-EIC @vastchasmmag (he/him)

Joined August 2012
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Looks like I'll be in great company for @nationalflashfd! Excited to share "Found Scraps of Masculinity" on June 13 (somewhere around 1:25 p.m. CDT)
National Flash Fiction Day@nationalflashfd
Apr 19
FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.c…

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vastchasmmag@vastchasmmag
20 Jul 2025
The yearning is over! Launch yourself into the new issue and face the uncertainty with these fantastic contributors. vastliterarypress.org/25q3/

25Q3

Editor’s Note It’s summer in the States, the thick heat of July, and I am yearning for a breeze, a stirring of something better swooping in. We’re sick of the oppressive heat, the oppressive …

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Red hot and still frosty! It's a great issue, so I'd hate for you to miss it!
vastchasmmag@vastchasmmag
12 Apr 2025
Issue 14 is here! Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂 vastliterarypress.org/25q2/
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4 Oct 2024
To start: Talk about RANGE! @DyaniSabin’s got a book coming out, Music Information Literacy, on advocacy and inclusion in music libraries. AND a stunner of a modern take on sleeping beauty in @SmallwonderSFF that you can read here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/ab…

Abstain from Spinning, beauty. - Small Wonders

Talia I am afraid to sleep. Talia I will not forget— / the spindle enchanted this body my body your body / lives of constant vigilance

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Can't wait to dig into this delight from Lukas Tallent and Bottlecap Press!
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Split Lip Magazine@splitlipthemag
3 Sep 2024
We're sending love to our EIC @MaureenLangloss today. She wrote a beautiful essay about loss and love in her latest blog. Grab your favorite comfort item and have a read: buff.ly/4e3AiEa
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Always good stuff from flash frog, but definitely don't miss this one
Flash Frog@flashfroglitmag
5 Aug 2024
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Submerged” by @OujiPegah is now up! Art by Marina Marinopoulos flash-frog.com/2024/08/05/su…
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21 Jul 2024
"it is as if we’re reminded by the vastness of the ocean how frail and powerless we are" An oceanside stunner by Felix Grygorcewicz vastliterarypress.org/2024/0…

On the Beach

there are no worries on the beach;we can flaunt our near-naked forms,as we build derelict sandcastlesthat we pretend will last foreveron a shore lit by our ancestors’ sun;we can find this ancient c…

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13 Jul 2024
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! No wait, that’s Issue 11 coming in hot! vastliterarypress.org/24q3/

24Q3

Editor’s Note The world is always ending. That’s part of what I think all these pieces are trying to tell us. This issue—perhaps more than any thus far—started around that particular theme an…

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15 Jul 2024
"savoring every birdsong as if it is my last" @DyaniSabin's "To the house wren that sang on my patio" in Issue 11 won't take long to read, but it'll lodge itself in your heart
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"we found better anthems, holier idols, but we never forgot where we started, in that middle-of-a-cow-pasture school" The things that make you and get outgrown and the things that it's impossible to leave behind. Damn, this one's real good.
Milk Candy Review@moonrabbitcandy
2 May 2024
We've got such a lovely new story from the wonderful @Chloe_Chun for you to read today! So powerful and good! 💖🐇🍬 milkcandyreview.home.blog/20…
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Ghost Parachute@GhostParachute
1 May 2024
Read "bitches be crazy, ain’t no thing as a free lunch, the man is out to get you" written by @lumchanmfa and illustrated by @KaylanStedman. tinyurl.com/4ep6bdcx

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Matt Kendrick@MkenWrites
24 Apr 2024
Thank you so much to @EmergeJournal and @DianeGotAuthor for publishing this piece about my chronic illness which is part of a wider essay I posted on my website earlier this year: emergeliteraryjournal.com/tr…

Trevor

by Matt Kendrick Trevor arrived on a Wednesday. He sidled in while I was sleeping and next morning he was there, squatting inside me. He was just like any other squatter. Unwanted. Unwashed. A sten…

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Christy Tending🏳️‍🌈🏴🍉@ChristyTending
23 Apr 2024
Hi loves, if you are able, it would mean the world to me if you would preorder my book. The world is tough for authors and small presses right now—your support is vital and deeply appreciated. ❤️
ELJ Editions@EmergeJournal
22 Apr 2024
HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE APOCALYPSE is a lyrical exploration of disobedience, grief, and healing. This memoir reckons w/climate grief, the impulse to fight for what we love, & how to turn dread into action. @ChristyTending’s memoir will subsume you. Preorder: elj-editions.com/high-priest…
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This was honestly real fun to make. My beta testers assure me it's pretty fun to play too.
vastchasmmag@vastchasmmag
23 Apr 2024
Are y'all still playing Connections? Did you know you can make a custom one that, for example, encapsulates the most recent issue by pulling words and themes from each piece? Well have I got good news for you! vastliterarypress.org/2024/0…
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21 Apr 2024
I don’t want to have been beautiful only when in a hospital gown – or in memoriam. —this poem, y'all 💔. Some humor and heartbreak by Patrick Schiefen in 24Q2
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14 Apr 2024
You've heard of connect four? Get ready to connect more! Jump on Issue 10 while it's hot vastliterarypress.org/24Q2/
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Yes, I did update my website and send it to my mom. Thanks for asking. mikekellerwilson.com/publica…

Publications & Awards | Mike Keller-Wilson

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Thank you so much for publishing and sharing this! It's a vulnerable one and I'm grateful it found such a caring home!
The B'K Magazine 🇵🇸@TheBKMagazine
23 Mar 2024
CW: Heart attack and spiders The call comes at 6:47 AM. I answer because Mom doesn’t call at 6:47. We do our weekly catch-up calls at 4:00 on Sunday afternoons. I’m stalling. Read more by @Mike3Stars in The B'K Volume 15, Issue 1: talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_ki…
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