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Bill Merklee @bmerklee.bsky.social Writer of very short things.
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Tom Bradley Jr. @tbradleywrites.bsky.social Indie author of the Noelani Lee #Mystery Series.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social Online magazine for flash and short fiction.
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SHIFTINGS & OTHER COORDINATES OF DISORDER (Pinhole Poetry, 2024).
LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA (Bull City Press, forthcoming 2026)
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