Avitus B. Carle (she/her)
@avitusbcarle
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Writer of the weird and experimental. Words in @MoonCityReview, @FracturedLit, @fivesouthlit, and @EtteReview. These Worn Bodies - @MoonCityPress Fall 2024
Philadelphia, PA
Joined March 2014
My debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@MoonCityPress), is officially out today! This book has been such a wonderful journey and I’m so excited for my bitty stories to make their way to all of you ❤️ Here’s to this collection being the first of many!
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“He kissed me hard, his tongue spiced with our last shot of tequila in the car, liquid courage, pushing me down on to the course, the ground smoother than any yard, any playground…” @lumchanmfa | @FictiveDream
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Brain: It feels good to be writing again Spirit: It feels good to be writing again Heart: It feels good to be writing again Hand: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IT HURTS
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“Some said riptide. Some said cramps from eating clam cakes and not waiting sixty minutes before swimming. Some said jellyfish. Some said shark. A shark no one saw…” @KathrynKulpa | @havehadhavehad Image: Yoann Boyer
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Well it’s official, this little one is officially 35! Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes and wouldn’t you know it I managed to write today! Happy birthday to me ☺️
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RT @okaydonkeymag: We also want to shout out once more @avitusbcarle and @jeffyamaguchi, whose OKD-published pieces appear in Best Small Fi…
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“Sometimes Billy is an Elephant. Sometimes not. When Billy is an elephant, he is trunk and tusk and floppy ears, and he never forgets that he loves me. Today he is not an elephant.” @francinewitte | @press_roi
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“Google fishers and learn that there are vicious predators, giant killer weasels living in the woods around you. Agree you will keep your new cat indoors. Consider staying indoors yourself.” @emilyrinkema | @MudRoomMag Image: J Cruikshank
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“The nurse darts a sympathetic look at me. I want to prove her wrong like I want to prove to your father I wasn't a careless mother.” @whirlwindtots | @SoFloPoJo Image: Zara Walker
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The deadline to submit to WestWord’s 2025 Hermit Crab Prize is almost here! £6 submission (~ $7 USD) £23 with feedback (~ $29 USD) Story Max: 650 words (excluding titles) Deadline: February 23, 2025 And I’m the guest judge! Send me your words!
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“Thankfully, you don’t see the sales lady’s face—perplexed at first, and then disapproving—when I’m the one taking a seat on the sofa and you’re the one entering the dressing room.” @DawnSteffler | @InShortLit
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“In the name of love, I try to befriend you, make love to you online so you would fall in love with me, recite poetry together with me, you and I, when the sun goes down in the evening…” @Ahmed2Mehreen | @SoFloPoJo Image: Mansab Ali
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“I put the orange in the freezer, because I didn’t know what else to do. The rest of her school lunch I threw away, but it seemed important somehow to hold on to the orange.” Cheryl Pappas | Hunger Mountain Image: Lucas George Wendt
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My birthday month is here!! If you love weird, experimental, super short stories, then grab a copy of my collection THESE WORN BODIES (@MoonCityPress)! Tell friends, family, leave a review on any book tracking app, and let’s celebrate flash together!
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RT @xraylitmag: best small fictions nominations !! these are stories we published last year, all under 1,000 words shouts out & big thanks…
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SECOND: The signing of my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES, is officially on the #AWP25 schedule!!!! Stop by @MoonCityPress (booth 657) Friday, March 28, between 11am and 1pm PDT to have your copy signed!
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“this is not a horror film and the boy tries to concentrate on his homework and not the fact that his mother is getting slowly drunker and sadder as the hours limp on, until at the end he begs her to get off the living room floor” @JaimeGill | @trampset
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“Someone once told me that perimenopause is like a train crashing over an already seeping oil spill. Insomnia and hot flashes and mine and Craig’s divorce and zero call-backs and the cherry on top was Mom’s diagnosis.” @lkardos | @lostballoonmag
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“Tiptoe by the buzzing hornets' nest big as the deer’s missing head. Duck if you hear gunshots. The path you want is not much of a path. It’s easy to miss. Look for it. Be ready.” Michelle Ross | @matchbooklitmag Image: Johannes Plenio
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