an @accumulatequiet.bsky.social project edited by @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social www.swiftslitmag.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mvassbsmac23"my love, you are a pinch of sugar turned in a metal drum, passed from my fingers to dissolve, placed delicate on your precious tongue" We're excited to have published five poems by the inimitable Kristina Erny in the most recent issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny https://swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny11 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvassbsmac23https://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mv4ryhmh7k2dOur nominations for @bestofthenet.bsky.social are here! We couldn't be more thrilled to have published these pieces and support them in this way. Be sure to go to our archive page and read (or reread!) them all: swiftslitmag.com/archive10 Sep 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ryhmh7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3muwvrir4y22m"Time only seems to slow down in a collision." "The Bruises on Tabitha's Arm" by Scott Coykendall is one of the great poems we published in our most recent issue. Read the full issue at the link in our bio! https://swiftslitmag.com/scott-coykendall07 Sep 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwvrir4y22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3msiunbzjss2y"They should make people anxiety jackets, she says, covering her ears." So proud to publish two fantastic flash pieces by @heyhaylimay.bsky.social in our summer issue. You can read both pieces here: swiftslitmag.com/hayli-may-cox https://swiftslitmag.com/hayli-may-cox07 Aug 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiunbzjss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mrqe4y4k6s2b"soon the older men could hear waves / inside the whale’s stomach, the cadences of their mother singing" "What Was Found Inside the Whale" by @readinstead.bsky.social starts off Issue Three of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff https://swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff28 Jul 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqe4y4k6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mplyj2jlqk2dOur third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com https://swiftslitmag.com/01 Jul 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplyj2jlqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mp22kljmi22mWe’re the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! Our summer issue is coming soon, and we’re always open for submissions - check us out here! swiftslitmag.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp22kljmi22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mnbekdubn22uThanks to @duotrope.com for interviewing our EiC @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social ahead of our third issue! Check out the full thing but here's a couple helpful answers to get you started - and don't forget we're always open to submissions! https://duotrope.com/interview/editor/39679/s-w-i-f-t-s-a-literary-magazine02 Jun 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbekdubn22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mle5zi4jq22r"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell08 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle5zi4jq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3ml4le5rhhs2d"but they are determined to exist, with the ancient / cloaks of their furred wings-kings of outlasting;" Read three poems from @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social from an Inger Christensen-inspired series: swiftslitmag.com/kristi-maxwell05 May 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4le5rhhs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mkqcz354yk2j"the voice did / want the rope to add up to something more / than rope" Read three poems by Lauren Mallett in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/lauren-mallett30 Apr 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqcz354yk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mkiqem2nlk2b"The water loved you so well, loved you through your whisper-thin topsoil / until you were saturated, birch and cedar and spruce roots / swimming in silt like migrated mangroves, / and you carried that love down / to meet the reaching sea." - @fklein907.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/frances-klein27 Apr 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiqem2nlk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mk6ie2n42k2q"When they asked me why I stole the flute, I said / because it was beautiful..." Read "My Statement" by Paul Hostovsky in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/paul-hostovsky23 Apr 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ie2n42k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mjzkjnftps2t"washing / the leaves & ashes from the street // tender & in a forgotten key that can't / be shaken out" Read two new poems by @cold-eternals.bsky.social in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/ryan-collins21 Apr 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzkjnftps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mhy7xrmsyk23Our second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com26 Mar 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy7xrmsyk23https://bsky.app/profile/swiftslitmag.bsky.social/post/3mhvnganuv22b“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer25 Mar 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:elsez7oldcmmsljwvklr45wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvnganuv22b