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Gretchen Tessmer

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Poet-girl who lives in the deep woods. Beside a lake. And a River. And another Lake (the kind that buries the woods in feet of snow all winter). Poems/stories in Nature, Bourbon Penn, F&SF, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Asimov’s and others.

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I’m embarrassed to admit how much I look forward to each new cover reveal 😂😍

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Bourbon Penn 33 cover reveal. Early release available now to subscribers!

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💯 Just my personal observations, but I believe a LOT of people are moving offline with their reading habits (myself included) and that visibility issue is real when you’re not exposed to a sm feed as much.

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Lol well this exercise really took off after you reposted didn’t it? 😂 Also *fist bump* for Bourbon Penn stories 😍💞

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Lol that was a fun one! I wanted an option to just hang out with Evangelina in the kitchen indefinitely- her snacks sound delightful.

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Eeeeeee! Choose Your Own Adventure estate law style? Yes please 🤩

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A story/poem is never late nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to (and might mean everything to someone, even if only on the 100th repost) ❤️

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My Asimov’s contributor copies arrived in the mail rather unexpectedly yesterday (this poem has been sitting in the wings for a year now 😂). But “Granny Gardener” is finally free to whisk through time, dynasties and dirt! @asimovssf.bsky.social

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No rush, of course, since subs will be open until 6/15. But still, I’ll be dropping hint-hint reminders here until I see ALL my favorite names show up in my inbox 😍 (and that’s a long list btw so assume you’re on it) Send me your pretty verses, poets! 🥰

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P.S. The “Strange Mixology” theme is not meant to be exclusively drink related (I want to see potions and spirits of all kinds and flavors, s’il vous plaît) but just so you all know my drink of choice (described to perfection by this little coffee table book entry 😂) #Yum

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I’m super excited about this project so make sure to send in your pretty verses when subs open. I’ll be back 4/1. In the meantime, I hope your dashboards/feeds are all blessed with cute animal videos and random scientific/historical facts that make you go “wait what?” in a good way 😂💕 3/3

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The only reason I’m mentioning it now is that I’ll be guest editing the next issue of ETTT (on the theme of “Strange Mixology” 💫🍷🧪?) with subs set to open 3/17 (slainte, m’dears 🍀🍻)…during Lent. So yeah, poor timing for my hiatus 😆 But details will be up on the website once subs open 2/3

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So for the last several years, I give up any public facing social media for Lent and I rarely mention it (because it’s personal and, let’s face it, I’m pretty much a ghost on here/Twitter/Insta anyway 👻). It’s cleansing and a lovely reset and sometimes even restores my faith in humanity 😂 1/3

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Our words are next door neighbors 🤗 Looking forward to reading yours ❤️

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Love this ❤️ There’s something raw and wild about those first poems that is reminiscent of children as well (and which I miss tbh - my newer poems are so tame by comparison 😂)

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Oh wow this is such a lovely msg to find waiting for me. Thanks, Allan! ❤️

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ALL THE MUSHROOM POEMS 🍄😍 But I’m pretty sure you already know about those 😂

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Lol so I just logged onto Bluesky to repost my Christmas-ish BCS story, “Half-Spent Was the Night” from last year and this is the first post I saw on my feed 🥰 Great minds, @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ❤️ Merry Christmas to those celebrating!!🎄🎁💞

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Confession: I may be a secret fairy princess and I def live in the Land of Moss & Tree 😍🤩

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Haha will do! I might even have my packet together later today (that’s the goal I’m setting for myself, anyway 😂)🤞🏼

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Congrats on an awesome year, Deb! 👏🏼 Make sure to send me your poems (as always) ❤️

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That’s such a lovely/melancholy (in a good way) poem, Brian! ❤️

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Oh nice! Congrats on an awesome year, Jordan 🥳👏🏼 Also that title card for “The Wreck of Medusa” looks amazing 😍 And aahhh thank you so much for the shout out!! You’re seriously the best 😊

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Can confirm Apparition Lit has quality print copies 😍😍😍

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Oh I love your choice of emojis 😂👏🏼 Thank you!

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Aaahhhh thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it ❤️

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