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2020 publishing thread to thank the places that gave my work excellent homes! Grateful for editors and readers, and friends in such a hard year for so many people.
"We knew she’d become a stranger by the way she’d look right at the camera, never smiling, but her eyes danced on the molten flash, a secret slowly revealed." @BendingGenres
https://bendinggenres.com/we-knew-shed-become-a-stranger/
https://bendinggenres.com/we-knew-shed-become-a-stranger/
"Our four-year-old tells stories, usually unprompted, about his old house, this former life he had before he was with us." @AtlasAndAlice https://atlasandalice.com/2020/03/27/fiction-from-tommy-dean/
"We all live poorly here."
http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2020/06/here-by-tommy-dean.html @nationalflashfd
http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2020/06/here-by-tommy-dean.html @nationalflashfd
"We weren’t supposed to be home, both of us feigning sick, underwear down around some of our ankles." Written in @kbcarle workshop! @NewWorldWriting https://newworldwriting.net/tommy-dean-uncertain/
"I stood outside this little shop of decorative mirrors and I watched the crowd seethe and twist like a basket full of riled snakes." Written in @sfreligh class! @reflexfiction https://www.reflexfiction.com/swirling-eddies-of-smoke-flash-fiction-by-tommy-dean/
"It’s wet, windy, a dismal start to Spring, but my son is digging a hole with a school bus yellow plastic trowel we purchased when we first took over the house, because we thought we’d keep up with the landscaping." My first CNF!
https://pitheadchapel.com/the-maintenance-of-well-cared-for-things/ @PitheadChapel
https://pitheadchapel.com/the-maintenance-of-well-cared-for-things/ @PitheadChapel
"On those days that neither of us felt like living, we bought candy cigarettes and Twinkies,..." My 1st big contest win! @LascauxReview
https://lascauxreview.com/candy-teenage-gospel/
https://lascauxreview.com/candy-teenage-gospel/
"The day the blimp arrived, hovering over our house, our parents decided to kick out all of the windows and start over." The start of a fantastic partnership with @EmergeJournal! https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/slipping/
"His dad told him to face his fears, so Kenny stalks the bees that zoom around his backyard, waiting for them to land." A micro I wrote 5 years ago! @rejectionlit https://rejection-letters.com/2020/07/09/lurking/
"The bricks of the blood-stained streets glistened like roasting hams, but all the glazier could smell was the rotten fruit of unpicked orchards and lonesome vineyards." My 41st submission to @AtticusReview! https://atticusreview.org/if-even-the-angels/
"Faith stands in the back yard, listening to the tree limbs creak, wondering what it would feel like to have one drop on her neck." The start of my Faith series! @moonrabbitcandy https://milkcandyreview.home.blog/2020/08/13/conjuring-distant-planets-by-tommy-dean/
"You think about all the things your sister has stolen from you:" @EllipsisZine https://www.ellipsiszine.com/better-than-by-tommy-dean/
"I’ve run out of places to put my wet clothes on those nights I visit the river." Written in @sfreligh class! @trampset https://trampset.org/swirling-mud-thicker-than-smoke-97b76763b9ab
"SHE holds the jagged, pulpy tooth in her palm; the splash of blood and spit contaminating the bathroom sink." So proud to be in @Little_Fiction flash issue! http://littlefiction.com/beta/2020Flash_TommyDean.html
"Knocking on doors in the middle of the night had become essential." https://pitheadchapel.com/knocking/ @PitheadChapel is a special place for me!
"o decide who would jump first, we fell into an old habit of rock-paper-scissors." Written in @kathyfish alumni reunion! https://www.vestalreview.net/rock-paper-scissors/ @VestalReview
One of my favorite stories I've ever written found a special place in @monkeybicycle
http://monkeybicycle.net/naming-the-darkness/
http://monkeybicycle.net/naming-the-darkness/
"Those fucking boys were at it again." Written in a @kajtanaka @BendingGenres workshop!
https://bendinggenres.com/evidence-from-the-door-recorder/
https://bendinggenres.com/evidence-from-the-door-recorder/
My longest story of the year! Dillinger and fathers and sons! https://www.lindenwood.edu/files/resources/righteousdapperfamous.pdf
"On those nights when our parents fought, we crawled into their closet and closed the door." Written in a @sfreligh class! @NewWorldWriting https://newworldwriting.net/tommy-dean-temporary-housing/
"When they come, hold your hands above your head, don’t look them in the eye, and don’t spit on their shoes." Maryland Literary Review https://www.marylandliteraryreview.com/fiction/when-they-come/
"All-night loops of QVC, and the turtle shaped tumblers. Insulated. BPA free, with no returns" Written in @kbcarle class! @dailydrunkmag https://thedailydrunk.com/posts/f/loneliness-leads-to-bad-habits?blogcategory=Short+Story
"There’s a line, quite invisible but present that demarcates the years before and after parenthood." @pasttenyears https://www.past-ten.com/single-post/TommyDean
