Short story writer. Poet. Fan of ghosts, monsters, and local legends.https://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mrn7ctvbpc27Proud to have my #poem "Absence" featured in the July/August issue of Eclectica. Read here for free: shorturl.at/ANy5O "In front of me, a seagull, the last inhabitant of this island, ascends from the wet rocks, four meters into its flight, then five, then six." #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers https://shorturl.at/ANy5O27 Jul 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn7ctvbpc27https://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mrfjzga75k2c“So you, my little boy, my little girl— we will go along together, chat together. At midday you will eat before me, at night we will rest in the same place. […] And Heaven’s treatment will seem most kind.“ —Sugawara no Michizane (845 -903) #poetry #Japanesepoetry #family24 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfjzga75k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mqu5stlvtk2f2nd baby came early, so I’m a little behind, but thank you to Synkroniciti for the Featured Artist writeup! This magazine does so much for its #artists and #writers. #litmags #litmagspotlight shorturl.at/5txTn https://shorturl.at/5txTn17 Jul 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu5stlvtk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mqcfw4ygrc2gFive days left to submit to Molecule! Send us your micro-masterpieces. #Poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction, plays, interviews, #bookreviews under 50 words all welcome. moleculetinylitmag.art.blog/how-to-submit/ #microfiction #micropoetry https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog/how-to-submit/10 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcfw4ygrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mq5myloot22gIssue 102 of Streetcake Magazine is live! A have a weird little poem in here called “Gray Area.“ Check it out: shorturl.at/oVCgu. “You are the fading dome light, the fuzzy signal, the static as I drive through the valley…” #poetry #experimentalpoetry #contemporarypoetry https://shorturl.at/oVCgu08 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5myloot22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3moftcoicds2tNew issue of Synkroniciti is out, this time on the theme of Expectations. As always, the design and layout (and, of course, the art and writing inside) is gorgeous. The cover alone is worth the price of admission! Check it out here: shorturl.at/TZmce #litmags #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art16 Jun 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3moftcoicds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mo4hukcofc2eSo, I try to read every #litmag and anthology I'm featured in. Some of them grab me, some don't. Whims of the Wilderness did. #Poetry readers, you could do a lot worse than to sign up for their free newsletter or subscribe if you can spare it. Let's keep this one alive. shorturl.at/D8yXU https://shorturl.at/D8yXU12 Jun 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4hukcofc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mo22i6zdjs22Nice reflection from Julia Madsen of @gothicquill.bsky.social on the preciousness of time, why #writers do what we do, and the hunt for meaning and connection in the age of AI and vapid-content overload. #writingcommunity shorturl.at/3hlG8 https://shorturl.at/3hlG811 Jun 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo22i6zdjs22https://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mnzcxbwp4s26Calling all micro-geniuses. Molecule is now open to submissions of #poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction, #plays, #bookreviews, and #interviews, all in 50 words or less. Always free to #submit, closes July 15th. #litmags #opentosubmissions shorturl.at/wctUP https://shorturl.at/wctUP11 Jun 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzcxbwp4s26https://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mnkl5tjtxk2nThrilled to have my poem "Ripples from a Stone Dropped in the Sewer" featured in beautiful Issue 2 of Whims of the Wilderness: shorturl.at/TPpu5 #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers https://shorturl.at/TPpu505 Jun 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkl5tjtxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mm5pmjpcd22v"A fragment of the night, kicking, kicking, at the gnawing teeth of the earth." -Henry Dumas, from "Fon" Dumas' short #fiction is incredible. Available for borrow on Internet Archive (shorturl.at/zDWbn) and in this cool edition from Coffee House Press (shorturl.at/FD5Xk). #shortstories https://shorturl.at/zDWbn18 May 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5pmjpcd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3mlllp3ebi22lThrilled to have 3 #poems featured in the 23rd issue of Spirit Lake Review! "From Two Pound Pumpkin under Tractor Wheel": "Cornstalks sway in a scarlet sunset, the earliest of the year. An old barn shivers with cold. Somewhere, someone is burning dead leaves." Read the issue: shorturl.at/evMZD https://shorturl.at/evMZD11 May 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlllp3ebi22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dgbarlekamp.bsky.social/post/3ml22laye6223"The sound pierces the wind... It resounds like notes of thunder made by children instead of gods... There is silence...the silence of an empty lung about to breathe in... A moanful resonance, a bluish sound, a wail off the lips of a wet night, sweeps over them..." -Henry Dumas, from "Echo Tree"04 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:q5ntv25kpvwpowo76vzectvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22laye6223