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Hayley Shucker

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work in Los Angeles Review, Reed Magazine, Door is a Jar, Silly Goose Press, etc

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Free writing prompts using some iconic films from Dolly and Tim! (Bonus examples and prompts for paid subscribers!) These films get so much right about character and you can use them for your writing too!

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/working-9-to-5-while-shivering-with

Plus Orion was being lovey. @superhayleykaystuff

#writingprompt #firstchapters #dollyparton #timcurry #writingtips

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Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman craft analysis is up on my Substack. See how Hoffman enchants the reader from the very first line.

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/practical-magic-by-alice-hoffman

And let me work my magic on your writing. I give feedback on opening pages or short stories. More info on my website haykeyshucker.com

#practicalmagic #fiction #firstchapters #practicalmagic2 #craftanalysis

@superhayleykaystuff

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I interviewed Christina Tudor about her debut chapbook Call My Body A Cautionary Tale! We talk girlhood, how writing processes grief, and how putting the collection together while severely ill made this book possible! Read of Listen now. Photos courtesy of Christina. Aren't her two kitties adorable!

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/interview-christina-tudors-debut

Book releases October 23rd through Thirty West. Pre-order link in post.

Book Launch October 28th at Kramer's in D.C. (but follow @christinaltudor for updates on upcoming virtual events)

@thirtywestph
@christinaltudor
@superhayleykaystuff

#bookrecommendations #writingcommunity #authorinterview #flashfiction #booklaunch

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Happy August! Here are this month's shout outs!
#poetry #fiction #firstchapters #literature #writingcommunity

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/august-2026-roundup

@slevy43
@christielauryn
@turneytalks
@dubonmad1
@chris_kads
@laurieember
@david_wryan
@elissalfield
@dawnsteffler
@lumchanmfa
@ella.b.winters

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Today's post looks at the first pages of two different stories (and very different writing styles) from One Story issues. See different ways to pack emotional punches and get your reader on the edge of their seat! I got my subscription to @onestorymag at AWP and I love it!

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/hot-takes-2

All their issues have the first page excerpts (what I've used for the post), so you can read that before picking a back issue to buy.

Finished reading Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Review will be in the August round up. Started reading The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop (who also narrates it) and already loving it.

Those of you looking for feedback can purchase it on my website xoxo. hayleyshucker.com/feedback

Cats and selfie for the algo. @superhayleykaystuff

#firstchapters #shortstory #writingtips #writingcraft #writingcommunity

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This week I cover That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye. It's a work of literary fiction that celebrates the uncanny. In these opening pages, I explain how NDiaye uses the horror tropes of atmosphere and unsettling behavior, such as smiling, to create tension.

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/that-time-of-year-by-marie-ndiaye

#fiction #literaryhorror #firstchapters #writingcraft #writingcommunity

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New post. Short and bitter. Holding vigil for 3 lit mags closing. Read lit mags like there is no tomorrow because, for some of them, there won't be. Sharing a pic of my issues of @stanchionzine and @doorisajarmag so they know they had readers.

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/bitter-news-in-the-lit-world

Sharing my two pieces in print at Stanchion and Door is a Jar. I only recently became a read of The Hyacinth Review, but the sting that 3 lovely publications are leaving soon is a lot. Links to support these mags in the post. They still have issues coming out for sale!

Also sharing some collage poetry I created recently and Orion's belly.

@superhayleykaystuff

#literarymagazine #firstchapters #fiction #writingcommunity #publishing

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It's here! Interview with @aniking_author discussing Family Night, their flash fiction collection. Listen or read the interview with Ani King & preorder! They give so many tips for writers as well as book and lit mags to check out, all linked in the post. Your summer reading guru provided.

1. Image for the article featuring the cover of Ani's book, Family Night
2. Ani King's author photo
3. Ani discusses gender
4. Horse Girl discussion excerpt
5. Image for "feels like rain" written by Ani King and art by Kelly Emmrich published in @paranoidxtree
6. Ani's framed copy of "feels like rain"
7. Ani tells us about being a submissions editor at @smokelongq
8. Ani's cats, which they described as "glorified couch pillows who occasionally scream for food" in our interview.

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/interview-with-ani-king-about-their

#flashfiction #firstchapters #authorinterview #fiction #familynight

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MEET THE VIRTUAL WRITERS WEEK TEAM 💚📚️✨️⁠
We are beyond excited to welcome this group of @slcwritingmfa and @slctheatremfa students and alumni as our Virtual Writers Week 2026 Teaching Artists. 🎭️📖⁠
These incredible creative professionals will help to guide, instruct and inspired our virtual cohort of teens this summer! ☀️⁠
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Drop a comment below👇️ to help us welcome this year's team! Heres to Virtual Writers Week 2026!! 👏💚💯⁠

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I'm baaacckkk! You can now submit your first chapter or a short story for feedback from moi.

Quick Deets
$50 for 5000 words
4 weeks response time (average)

Full details on my Substack or website!

https://hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/feedback-is-live

https://hayleyshucker.com/feedback/

Don't you want writing notes from this crazed individual? I would if I were you. @superhayleykaystuff

#writingtips #writingfeedback #firstchapters #shortstory #novel

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Kaleidoscope is one of our favorite words and coincidentally this story is one our favorite fiction pieces! @superhayleykaystuff

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“When You Find the Secret Tunnel Hidden Behind the Panel” by Hayley Shucker

Visit our website to read the full piece in A Curious Moon Issue II: A New Moon
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#smallpress #emergingwriters #read #writers #writersofinstagram #womanowned #queerowned #literarymagazine #litjournal #writing #writingismagic

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