writer, educator, seeker of truth (she/her) Co-EIC @vastchasmmag; words in/soon @FugueJournal @BULL_magazine_ @jmwwjournal š¦@jenippensen
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18 Oct 2025
Feeling a need to connect? Check out our new issue!
18 Oct 2025
Itās here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.Ā
Itās got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea youāve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.
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4 Oct 2025
You won't have to be lonely much longer! Our fall issue comes out later this month, but we'll spend the week revisiting those lovely folks from issue 15.
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9 Aug 2025
Hi @USRepMikeFlood, I live in your hometown of Norfolk, NE and believe these women absolutely represent our values: freedom of expression, bodily autonomy, safety, democracy, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to name a few.
7 Aug 2025
These attention-seeking activists donāt represent Nebraska values.
Americans have the right to protest, but here in our state, people show their faces when they debate serious issues.
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20 Jul 2025
Check out the new issue of @vastchasmmag š¤
20 Jul 2025
The yearning is over! Launch yourself into the new issue and face the uncertainty with these fantastic contributors.
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22 May 2025
We are REELING! Grateful to be a part of recognizing Thadās fantastic work and excited to jump in with the other selected works.
ALT "Things We Do for Loved Ones" by Thad DeVassie selected for Best Small Fictions 2025 is displayed in white on a dark raspberry background with a line-drawn donkey.
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21 May 2025
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21 May 2025
SELECTED FOR BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025!!!
@ThadDeVassie's donkey kick of a flash from Issue 10, āThings We Do for Loved Ones,ā was selected by the wonderful BSF team!
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12 Apr 2025
This issue is š„, among other things. Many thanks to our contributors š¤
Check it out!
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 thereās a word search š
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3 Apr 2025
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Today's listing of the day is: Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag. duotrope.com/magazine/vast-cā¦ #WritingCommunity
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20 Mar 2025
One of my favorite people and favorite writers: @mike3stars I missed it when this came out in December, but I think we need it now more than ever.
It's a quick read and worth your time. "a flowering, multiplying thing" in Gastropoda. Digest this:
gastropodalitmag.wixsite.comā¦
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10 Feb 2025
I asked the introducer of Nebraskaās anti-trans bathroom bill how she knows I was assigned female at birth. She conceded that she doesnāt know. The reality is, this bill would turn every public bathroom into a battleground where ppl are harassed and reported based on stereotypes.
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31 Jan 2025
This is what a president sounds like
30 Jan 2025
Our hearts break for the families who lost loved ones in the tragic plane and helicopter crash at DCA. Michelle and I send our prayers and condolences to everyone who is mourning today, and weāre grateful to the first responders who are doing everything they can to help under extremely difficult circumstances.
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30 Jan 2025
Print your own red card, available in multiple languages.
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18 Jan 2025
I do hope youāll check out the latest issue of @vastchasmmag š¤
18 Jan 2025
Time to grab life by the art: Issue 13 is out and itās ready to take charge, to split the world down its center. Dive in!
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21 Dec 2024
Join me in celebrating these contributors!
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21 Dec 2024
It seems like thereās a lack of opportunities to celebrate great nonfiction, but weāve got some bangers to nominate and god damnit Best American Essays youāre gonna take them and enjoy it.
ALT Best American Essays Nominations 2025 āForeign Bodyā by Lauren Harr āBecause you didnāt hit meā by Marina DelVecchio ācapturing a real live black hold in HDā by Christa Lei āSubstituteā by Eryn Sunnolia āCracks in the Ceilingā by Colleen Ellis
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16 Dec 2024
We love our contributors and we love celebrating them š¤
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29 Nov 2024
Iām not really here much anymore, but oooh boy
29 Nov 2024
13 Things you do that screams āchildhood traumaā that needs urgent professional help:
1. Over-apologizing:
A lot of times, that comes from growing up in environments where you had to tiptoe around people's emotions, so you'd rather take the blame preemptively than deal with conflict.
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15 Nov 2024
āI believe the highest calling for which we are put on this earth is to serve our fellow man, and Iām convinced that really successful leaders have to think that way.ā - MG Joseph P. Franklin, Building Leaders the WP Way #bmdbookclub #beingmissiondriven
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7 Nov 2024
Maddow: "What they want least of all is to realize that half the country went to bed sad tonight but then woke up tomorrow fired up with a new sense of purpose knowing that apparently this is what we're on this Earth to do as American citizens in this generation."
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