News – Brook Bhagat

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Found a home for my flash piece, “Once Upon a Time I Died,” in the forthcoming issue of the darkly delicious Lotus-eater Magazine, based in Rome.

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September humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal:

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Good news from the gorgeous Lamplit Underground Magazine! My odd poems, “The Lady Scarecrow” and “My Nothing Burned Down to the Center of the Earth” are set to run in the October issue.

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August humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: August 2019

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Dan Morey’s uniquely whimsical and historical travel narrative about a day in Florence, Italy with his mother on Blue Planet Journal: Dwarves and Medici in Florence

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July humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: July 2019

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A flash fiction excerpt of my new story, “The Goddess Becomes,” just got published in A Story in 100 Words

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1Success Starts Here Freeway Style Desert Landscape

June humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: June 2019

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May humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: May 2019

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April humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: April 2019

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March humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: March 2019

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So excited to see my tiny flash piece up on Monkeybicycle!

The Same Woman (Scarlight)

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February humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: February 2019

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Thanks to Pandora’s Box Gazette and author Beth Boldman for featuring my micropoem, “Good Dream Bad Dream,” in her article about poetry on Twitter: Pandora’s Box Gazette

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January humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: January 2019

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My weird poems, “She Comes in on a Peahen” and “Downwelling,” are out today in the winter issue of Harbinger Asylum: Winter 2018

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December humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: December 2018

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Woohoo! Just got an acceptance for two of my oddest, tenderest poems to appear in the winter issue of Harbinger Asylum. Thank you Transcendent Zero Press!

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November humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: November 2018

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My flash piece, “The Goblin King Slips an Empty String,” just got published in A Story in 100 Words

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October humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: October 2018

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Whoopdie whoop! I’m so happy to see my “Jump (Magic Pants)” flashing in the gorgeous new issue of MoonParkReview, and especially honored by the illustration below, created for it by Lesley C. Weston (Pen and Gouache). Check it out if you love jumping, Dumpsters, pants, and/or the mother of bad words. MoonPark Review

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September humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: September 2018

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My poem, Open Letter to an Unborn Daughter (Fist Girl),” looks gorgeous in the Almagre Review’s issue five on race, class, and gender. Check it out: The Almagre Review

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My flash piece, “The Mammoth,” got a close-but-no-cigar shout out in the Flash Beast contest at The Molotov Cocktail

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August humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: August 2018

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My flash piece, “The Golden Thread Part Two,” just got published in A Story in 100 Words

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July humorscope up on Blue Planet Journal: July 2018

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My poem, “Open Letter to an Unborn Daughter (Fist Girl),” is forthcoming in the summer issue of The Almagre Review. This piece, for my grandmother, is one I’ve held close to my heart for a long time. I’m so glad to find it such a beautiful home!

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