Posts in support of the Unlikely Stories on-line magazine of art & literature and Unlikely Books. Unlikely Stories was founded July 1, 1998. https://www.unlikelystories.org/ Posts by Jonathan Penton #TNRThttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtmcrrxa7s26Please meet Unlikely newcomer Matt Morris, who brings us two poems on Cary Grant impressions, marks on each sheet, and how Bukowski gave a good shit about poetry at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/ode-to-bukowski-and-indiscreet-charade #poetry #litmag #smallpress21 Aug 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmcrrxa7s26https://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtjty2rnt22sAfter a long absence, Karl Koweski is back in our Unlikely pages, with two poems on this clown car existence, Huddle House waitresses, and Hibachi dreams at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/cuck-of-the-wok-and-clown-car-existence . And check out yesterday's post, in which Frankie Metro interviews Karl! #poetry #smallpress #litmag20 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjty2rnt22shttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mthcnapbos2tThis week we’ve got Frankie Metro’s thorough, thoughtful, and often oppositional interview with “the Polish Hammer,” poet and novelist Karl Koweski at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/an-interview-with-karl-koweski #interview #poetry #fiction #smallpress #litmag19 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthcnapbos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtfpt7ni3c2dI will be reading poems at Nomad Used Bookstore in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans this Friday night, August 21, at 6:30pm! They're going to have poets running all day from 3pm to 9pm. Hope to see you at 501 Seguin St, Unit A! #poetry #nola #neworleans19 Aug 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfpt7ni3c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtervulkd22uCheck out these three poems by Unlikely newcomer Dianne Casey on the house that ran on high blood pressure, seams that won’t confess, and cooling into usefulness at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/we-fed-it-anyway-the-sentence-finishes-itself-and-what-i-did-instead #poetry #smallpress #litmag18 Aug 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtervulkd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtegw4625k2qLooks like my spouse Rosalyn Spencer and I didn't get picked up for an #awp27 panel. I thought we had great submissions, but everyone does. We're planning to go anyway, and I'll be reading at at least one offsite, and am likely available for yours if you're interested!18 Aug 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtegw4625k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mtcb6k22es2xMeet Unlikely newcomer Tim Hanson, who brings a shocking fictional “CV” of a teacher and her mass shooting experiences in “Curriculum Vitae” at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/curriculum-vitae #cv #fiction #smallpress #litmag17 Aug 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcb6k22es2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mt2rghlqss22Next week at Unlikely Stories Six, things are gonna get pretty weird.14 Aug 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2rghlqss22https://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mt2qaorqls2qAfter a long absence, Rudolfo Carrillo is back to our Unlikely pages, with two sonnets on the friendship of the night, rustling in his head, and the long road into the west at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/sonnets-61-and-64 #sonnets #poetry #smallpress #litmag14 Aug 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2qaorqls2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msya2eqpns2iMeet Unlikely newcomer Drew Dannewitz, who brings us three poems on flames that refuse the law, avoiding the mirror, and things holy and cheap at the same time at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/not-tonight-wholesale-communion-and-letters-to-moths #poetry #litmag #smallpress13 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msya2eqpns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msvpo2ng2k24Frankie Metro is back, writing about his experiences at the Weird Theater awards hosted by LuvWolf Films, in which Weird, Horny, and Wholesum films were explored and somebody got kissed over a burrito at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/a-review-of-luvwolf-films-weird-theater-72526 #review #film #filmreview #denver #smallpress #litmag12 Aug 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvpo2ng2k24https://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mst73r6v3s2wPlease welcome Unlikely newcomer Swarnadip Chatterjee, who brings his story “Vengeance” on creeping out students, terrifying trysts, and the cockroaches coming for us all at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/vengeance #fiction #smallpress #litmag11 Aug 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst73r6v3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msqwjejmh22uCheck out “Orange Moon,” a short piece of creative non-fiction by Unlikely newcomer Penny Frances on the difference between a clear spring-blue sky and a military prepped for Armageddon at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/orange-moon #cnf #creativenonfiction #smallpress #litmag10 Aug 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqwjejmh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mso65ax34c2pMeet activist and performer Caeli Higgins, who brings us her story, “The Thousand Still Inside,” on her efforts to improve the lives of incarcerated persons at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/the-thousand-still-inside #creativenonfiction #cnf #smallpress #litmag09 Aug 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso65ax34c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msj6glyjmc2fPlease welcome Unlikely compatriot Jessie Arrietty, who brings her poem “Interrogative” on flaring yellows, expired eyelids, and cycles driven insane by rain at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/interrogative #fiction #smallpress #litmag07 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj6glyjmc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msh35csjis2xthe #awp27 acceptances will only come when you're not thinking about it and right now you're thinking about it06 Aug 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh35csjis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msgnlijw5c2tCheck out “Nothing But Glass, Snow,” a projective poem by Unlikely newcomer @garthmartens.bsky.social on lethal concentration zones, the dirt on your cheek, and innumerable warty caps at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/nothing-but-glass-snow #poetry #litmag #smallpress06 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgnlijw5c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mse7xeeip22dEven if you've got more wages and can afford to buy more of these new and useless goods... https://youtu.be/Kw83i-g12VU?si=u8aGaEyowPPO6PUk05 Aug 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse7xeeip22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mse4dhmzjs2jFrankie Metro continues to interview literary luminaries in his ICYMI column! This week is Sedona Lynn, author of “Says the Speck,” at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/an-interview-with-sedona-lynn #interview #smallpress #litmag05 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse4dhmzjs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3msbl3gquec2sCheck out “Strategic Hypostasis,” a piece of science fiction by Unlikely newcomer Zachery Brasier on huge patches of white, sudden heart failure, and other symptoms of the end of the world at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/strategic-hypostasis #fiction #smallpress #litmag04 Aug 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbl3gquec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3ms72k3ouik2oPlease welcome Unlikey newcomer Shubhaa Forrest who brings her short story, “Hansel and Gretel revisited,” on embroidered green crocodiles, the disappointment of children, and haunting Parliament at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/hansel-and-gretel-revisited #fiction #smallpress #litmag03 Aug 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms72k3ouik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrzyut7tf22rPlease meet Unlikely newcomer Cindy Rinne, who brings us ten samples of her gorgeous and sophisticated textile works at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/ten-textile-artworks-august-2026 ! Thanks to Leona Strassberg Steiner for putting this exhibit together! #textileart #visualart #litmag #smallpress01 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzyut7tf22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrxiibbjkk2nTOMORROW at 2pm, I'll be reading at the Latter Library on St. Charles in New Orleans! I'll be reading with the excellent Jennifer Polson Peterson, Emily Goldsmith, and Ed Ruzicka at Gina Ferrara's Poetry Buffet Series! I can't wait! https://www.facebook.com/events/2312419456172135/ #nola #neworleans #poetry31 Jul 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxiibbjkk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrxhy7uxos2jHowie Good is back to the pages of Unlikely with three prose poems on screaming quietly, the descendents of wolves, and the end of the American century at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/sail-on-sailor-beside-the-golden-door-and-the-z-train #prosepoetry #poetry #smallpress #litmag31 Jul 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxhy7uxos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mruzjyexdk27Check out “Searching for God (Or Some Reasonable Facsimile),” a poem by Unlikely newcomer Bart Edelman on new truths, serious business, and that thundering voice at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/searching-for-god #poetry #litmag #smallpress30 Jul 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruzjyexdk27https://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrsjoee4bc22Unlikely’s Chief Rock’n’Rolla Frankie Metro is back, with ICYMI, Part VII: an interview with old-school internet poet Newamba Flamingo! Check it out at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/an-interview-with-newamba-flamingo #interview #poetry #smallpress #litmag29 Jul 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsjoee4bc22https://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrnis2fvlk2qUnlikely newcomer Patrick Barney brings us “The Syllogism Machine,” a short story on the artists who resisted “Unification" and the sad ends they came to at https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/the-syllogism-machine #fiction #sciencefiction #smallpress #litmag27 Jul 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnis2fvlk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unlikely-stories.bsky.social/post/3mrl2nr4tq22qNormalize abnormality.26 Jul 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:c75j47cyqtodhvv4gnuk467g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl2nr4tq22q