@PStephensWrites

Writer, teacher, and mom from South Mississippi. Founding editor @TheItchLit

Joined February 2026
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Megan @ Sugar Pig@sugarpigblogOct 25
I am super thrilled (after six previous declines) to have finally found myself in @gonelawn. Please take a read gonelawn.net/journal/issue67…
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Jesse Binger@jessebingerOct 25
Thrilled to be up at @theitchlit with "Like Lucinda" #noir #gritlit
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@theitchlitOct 25
A beat-up Fairlane. Too much Pabst. A bad idea that gets worse. Jesse Binger’s (@jessebinger) “Like Lucinda” is live at The Itch, and damn, this one lingers. Read it: theitchlit.com/fiction/like-…

Like Lucinda — The Itch Lit

Jeannie has a voice like Lucinda Williams.

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Wrote a story about a wedding I went to as a kid. There was a raccoon in a cage in the yard. We poked it with sticks. It’s not southern gothic if it’s just your raisin’. 🤷‍♀️😂 Anyway, submitted it to a literary magazine.
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My 8th graders asked a grand total of 452 questions today. Tomorrow: I’m counting how many times they say my name.
Paige Stephens@PStephensWritesOct 22
267 questions from my 8th grade students by lunch. && Counting.
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267 questions from my 8th grade students by lunch. && Counting.
Paige Stephens@PStephensWritesOct 22
166 Questions by 9:38 am. One class down, 2 to go.
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166 Questions by 9:38 am. One class down, 2 to go.
Paige Stephens@PStephensWritesOct 22
Clicking every time an 8th grader asks a question today. It’s barely 8am.
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Clicking every time an 8th grader asks a question today. It’s barely 8am.
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A hamburger, a donut, and princess peach walked into the zoo…
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“I love you. And you love me. It just makes sense.” -My daughter. 🫶
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“I’m alphabetizing my M&Ms” -8th Grade student.
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Stanchion@StanchionZineOct 12
I am hemorrhaging money running Stanchion right now. If anyone would like a phenomenal book or magazine issue (or a handful of them) please consider buying something. I've seriously published some remarkable work.
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@theitchlitOct 10
The Itch is always open for submissions! -Flash Fiction -CNF -Poetry -Micro -Hybrid/Experimental I’m looking for work that pesters and lingers. Pokes at my bruises and then follows me home. theitchlit.com/submit

Submit | Share Your Story Today — The Itch Lit

Discover thought-provoking fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Submit your work to The Itch Lit, a platform for compelling stories that stay with you.

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Getting popped with bacon grease is a Southern woman’s rite of passage.
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@theitchlitOct 10
We’re proud to announce The Itch Lit’s inaugural Pushcart Prize nominations! Congratulations to: -Lise Hosein -Sarah Watkins -Justin Lacour @TrampolinePoet1 -Mandira Pattnaik @MandiraPattnaik -Shira Musicant -Shrutidhora P Mohor @shrutidhoraPM
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I just wrote 825 words about a house I’m personally offended by. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever turned into a piece of writing? Not the most profound. The weirdest. I want to know. #WritingCommmunity
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Sat down to write about the matriarchy. Wrote about a circus, a side piece, and the mildly venomous bearded dragon instead. #writerscommunity
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Words & things & stuff & doodads.
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“You just nerded out on southern phrases for like 10 minutes.” I don’t understand the problem, sir.
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Motherhood is basically just: me—eating the last ice cream sandwich in the shower.
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