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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 11d

I used to call my brother a ‘dolt’ when we were little and I would kidnap his beloved stuffed animals. The complications of sibling dynamics and the love that exist in spite of them. Read “The Knotty Days” by Kelly Murashige in our 98th edition. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-kno...

THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN GETTING BULLIED IS HAVING TO BE RESCUED FROM GETTING BULLIED, ESPECIALLY WHEN SAID RESCUER IS YOUR SISTER.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 11d

This creative non-fiction piece is one we can all relate to, I think. The blistering burn of self criticism, trauma, and abuse and the trying like hell to undo what has been done..Read “Spine of Wrath” by Lynne Lerma. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spine-o...

"I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOU OR NATASHA."

SUCK IN YOUR ABDOMEN, THEN RELEASE THE TENSION AND LET IT FALL.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 12d

Embarrassed by casual racism from a colleague directed at an old enemy, our protagonist faces a conundrum. Presenting “At the Food Court” by Tom Ray. These days the racism is a black tie event with a sit down dinner. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/at-the-...

THE MAN'S SMILE TURNED TO A FROWN WHEN HE SAW BRIAN.
NEITHER SPOKE. KEN, IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A POINT TO THE OTHER MAN, BROKE OFF TO SAY, "GENERAL, THIS IS MY OFFICE MATE, BRIAN. BRIAN, THIS IS GENERAL MILDENHALL.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 12d

A timely piece awaits you in the 98th edition. “A Holiday Shopping Odyssey” by @johntures1.bsky.social is a spoof of Odysseus’ journey -with a shopping trip gone awry! Read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/a-holid...

QUINCE'S FELLOW SPARTANS
RUSHED OVER TO TRY AND HELP THEIR FRIEND. BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO HIM, A FEW GOOD SAMARITAN WANNABES BLOCKED THE SPARTAN PLAYER, ENABLING THE LARGE OFFICER TO TACKLE HIM.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 13d

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Sometimes you can’t even pick your friends, they just happen. “Just Friends” by @stephenlanderson.bsky.social is in the 98th edition! here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/just-fr...

ON THE SURFACE, HE HAS A MENACING APPEARANCE: A POCKMARKED FACE AND THE BLACK-BROWN EYES OF A SHARK.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 14d

Some poems are mantras, I have been reading this poem all day as needed. “new moon rules” by @ellecantwell.bsky.social may even sing me to sleep tonight. Read it in the 98th edition. Here. 👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/anthem-...

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 14d

Ready for a ribald poem to set the party in motion? Well put your keys in the basket and let’s read “Septuagenarian Swing Set” by @tomljanovic.bsky.social. It’s in our 98th edition. Check over your shoulder and click this link! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/septuag...

A SWING, A THING, A CHAIN AND A JANE, A JACK AND A SNAP!

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 15d

“The Reflectionist” by @kiptain.bsky.social is a beautiful flash piece from the 98th edition. A fable, a tale, or an alternative reality, see yourself in it. Read it here. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-ref...

SHE CARESSES THE SMOOTH FACE OF THE ADOLESCENT GIRL. SHE GENTLY STROKES THE LAST FEW WISPY STRANDS OF HAIR ON THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN. SHE BRIGHTENS THE COLOR OF THE LIPSTICK AND HIGH HEELS TO CANDY-APPLE-RED ON THE PRE-TEEN BOY.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 15d

Welcome to this last week of July and the poetry party that begins our 98th edition! "come along fellow wizards" by @osageorange.bsky.social is out running wild in the world now, and you can read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/come-al...

FOR WE HAVE OUR WANDS IN HAND BECAUSE
ON THIS TOUR THERE'S
MAGIC

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 16d

AYO! Guess what day it is? We're going back to a simpler time. Tell the uncle who wears his flip phone in a belt holster. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 18d

Today’s poetry jam features the anaphoric poem, “come along fellow wizards” by J. R. Wilkerson @osageorange.bsky.social inspired by a tour on The Potter Trail in Edinburgh. It’s lovely, it’s nostalgic, it’s joyful and you can read it on Sunday 7/26.

WE'RE WALKING, WE'RE WALKING THIS GRAVEYARD AND I'M YOUR CONDUCTOR

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 18d

‘Cringe’ is super in today, but sometimes that cringe is just something really wrong that’s met with a shrug instead of a punch in the face. “At the Food Court” by Tom Ray is in the next edition of the press out 7/26.

ONLY WHEN HE PLACED HIS TRAY ON KEN'S TABLE AND SAT DID BRIAN RECOGNIZE THE OTHER MAN.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 18d

Some research suggests that the relationship between siblings shapes us just as much if not more than parental ones. “The Knotty Days” by Kelly Murashige is a touching look at brother/sister vibes and the love and conflict in a constant dance. Read this on 7/26. Sunday!

THE BROTHER SITS AT THE TABLE WITH HIS OLDER SISTER, DOING HIS BEST TO EAT AS LOUDLY AS HE CAN. IT'S HIS WAY OF PROVING TO THE WORLD THAT HE EXISTS.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 18d

Fun, sexy, silly, wild, and seventy. Read the micro-fiction/humor piece “Septuagenarian Swing Set” by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in our next edition out on 7/26 and remember, you only live once.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 20d

Pssst…wanna read something profound? I got one here, absolutely free, no gimmicks, no hidden fees. “The Reflectionist” by @kiptain.bsky.social is stunning. Maybe you will see a bit of yourself in it. Sunday 7/26.

IT'S A JOB THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXISTS, AND A JOB THAT NO ONE EVER ADMITS TO WORKING.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 21d

Finally, the poetry party can start! “anthem” by Elle Cantwell @ellecantwell.bsky.social made me cry, not gonna lie. Read this beautiful piece about the ‘odyssey’ of childbirth and the absolute devotion of motherhood when it feels all so in the balance. Sunday 7/26.

I MOSTLY COOED AND SLEPT LIKE SOME SORT OF DRUNKEN DOVE PAST MIDNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SO WHEN IT WAS TIME TO DESCEND FROM MY MARSHMALLOW CLOUD TO THE BATTLEFIELD

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 21d

It’s Christmas in July, people! “A Holiday Shopping Odyssey” by @johntures1.bsky.social re-re imagines the epic tale as a shopping trip gone awry, with several Michigan State “Spartans” failing to make it home after defeating the USC Trojans. Read it Sund-ee 7/26.

"BEATING THE TROJANS WAS
EASIER THAN PLANNING FOR THIS CRAZY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
EXCURSION," MUSED EUSTIS OUT LOUD, TO HIS FELLOW SPARTANS.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 22d

We are back at you with a story about the complex relationship between client and patient, with the short story “Just Friends” by @stephenlanderson.bsky.social This delicate and sometimes volatile relationship is analyzed and dismantled, like a bomb, in our July 26th edition out on Sunday.

AFTER INVITING ME TO JOIN HIM AT ONE OF THOSE EAST SIDE MILWAUKEE TAVERNS THAT NOTORIOUSLY CATERS TO THOSE WHO LIKE TO IMBIBE IN EXCESS - AN OFFER THAT I SUBSEQUENTLY DECLINE RESPECTFULLY, MIKE SHOWS UP IN MY WAITING ROOM LATER THAT SAME DAY.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· 29d

Goooooooood morning! Guess who has an announcement? It's US. Are you tremendously excited? Can you simply not wait? Well, you're going to have to, because this was just an announcement letting you know we have an announcement. HAH!

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 3

I can’t even be excited about this country’s 250th ‘cuz its knees are in really bad shape. Who can even think about cake at a time like this? Read "Oceanic Logic, Angel Deep" by @neilwillcox.bsky.social, where one’s insignificance is a blessing, not a curse. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/oceanic...

THE SET OF SUPERNATURAL EVENTS INCUDES BLESSINGS AND CURSES, THE DIVINE, THE DIABOLIC, AND MUCH STRANGER THINGS.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 3

“Inspecting the Damage“ by @cbigs.bsky.social is a flash piece about the stories we tell ourselves to shake culpability when reality is more than we can handle. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sprung-...

FRANK PULLS A HALF-DRUNK BOTTLE OF VODKA FROM THE FREEZER AND FILLS A TUMBLER.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 3

We’ve gotten a lot of rain this season up in ol’ NY and the green is staggering. Similar to this piece! “Don't Care Guilty” by @charhamrick.bsky.social is not just a great story, but a multi-hued one. There is some LUSH work in this edition of the press! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/don-t-c...

BEHIND THE BAR, A SMALL WINDOW A/C UNIT BLEW FRIGID AIR LIKE LIFE DEPENDED ON IT - AND IT PROBABLY DID.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 2

The language is glorious, the feeling universal. Read the micro/ prose piece by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social “Postcard/brief candle” in this edition and see what I mean. Right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/postcar...

LET SEASONS AND CICADA FULFILL THIS MISERABLE PREMISE.
NOT OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 1

As they say, “The Unexamined Life is not worth living”. “The Replicant” is a ‘fiction’ piece by @neilrandall.bsky.social that leads you to consider that The Examined Life may make you not want to. Save the humans. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-rep...

PERIODICALLY, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, CAMPBELL COULD'VE SWORN THAT HE SAW HIS LOOKALIKE ON HALF A DOZEN OR MORE OCCASIONS: IN THE STAFF CANTEEN, ENTERING THE PHYSICAL APTITUDE TESTING UNIT, EXERCISING IN THE COMMUNAL RECREATION AREA, ON THE FACTORY FLOOR ITSELF, EVEN PASSING IN THE BACK OF THE CHIEF DIRECTORATE'S OFFICIAL CAR.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jul 1

Some work reads like the beat of a heart or the throb of an engine. “Purple Foam” by @jessebinger.bsky.social is all about that rhythm. Read It in the latest edition of the press. Right here and now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/purple-...

ALEJANDRO'S
HOOTING ME OVER, BUT FUCK THAT. GOT BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jun 30

Love and the hard cold reality of humanity seem at constant odds these days. Let’s double down on this concept with this micro fiction piece “Clockwork Harvest” by J.S. O'Keefe. Read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/clockwo...

HE EXPLAINED, LOVE DOESN'T DEPART BUT ITS LANGUAGE IS MADE OF RULES AND DISCIPLINE.

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jun 30

I’m reasonably concerned how many times I use the phrase “downward spiral” in regards to almost every aspect of American life right now, but this memoir as poetry “Spirals” by @chrisstevenson.bsky.social is a click away, & face it, you got nothing but time. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spirals...

TIME SPIRALS IN
THE
DIRECTION
OF GALAXIES,

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jun 30

Don’t let the title fool ya, family dynamics and our self worth can feel more like Groundhog Day if you think about. "EasterBirthdayThanksgivingChristmas" by Sue Mielke is a jauntily little lesson in family dynamics and self worth. Right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/easterb...

I'M TICKLED BY THE LEVEL OF PAIN-IN-THE-ASS
YOU'VE ACHIEVED

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jun 29

The poetry party begins this Monday with “Twenty-two Cherry Blossoms” by @jgwrites22.bsky.social from our 98th edition, one of two inspired pieces by the same author that will light the match, turn the key, you know... Click click BOOM! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/meaning...

IN HER RENTED BLUE
FORD
SHE KISSES MY
CHEEK

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress· Jun 28

Betcha thought we forgot ya. NEVER. It's that time again, folks. 97 is live. Let the future ghosts of your past self know. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #writingcommunity