I'm honored that my story, Sherry's Migraine Drops By Unannounced was nominated by Courtney Harler of the wonderful Flash the Court for Best American Short Stories! 🙏🙏🙏 Here's a link to the story:

"He and his crew are not white like movie ghosts. They’re a beautiful shade of light blue, blending to rainbow." Read this stunning new flash from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!!! 💜

Thank you for all the love you’ve shown my work in 2025 and Happy New Year @fictivedream.bsky.social! 🎉💜🤩

We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @belindarowe.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @theodora.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/issue-39/

"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.

Mikki Aronoff and I are thrilled that our collaborative story "Outlook Good!" was nominated for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social by Boudin Journal!! Thank you @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social and colleagues for this honor! Here's a link to the story: www.mcneese.edu/thereview/20...

Woohoo!!! I'm so excited for this nomination. Mikki and I had such fun collaborating on this piece. Thank you @fictivedream.bsky.social and good luck to all! 🥳💜🎉

Thank you @fictivedream.bsky.social and Laura Black for this honor! I'm thrilled to share it with my amazing friend and collaborator Mikki Aronoff. 🎉🙏💜

I love this story so much, @sudhab.bsky.social! Congratulations on the nomination! 🎉

Im thrilled to have a story featured in this issue!!

Thrilled to be included in another wonderful issue of @bendinggenres.bsky.social. 🙏 🙏 🙏

Woohoo! My flash about high school friendship, complete with secret messages and savage printing presses is live in the smokin’ second issue of Hot Flash Literary! Thank you, @jekwriter.bsky.social and Tina Carlson for selecting “Cloverleaf.” 🔥🔥🔥 hotflashliterary.com/cloverleaf/

This is a tough one. So many amazing, supportive people in our community, but three who make my daily writing life a joy are @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social and Mikki Aronoff. Sorry this is a day late but thanks for this fun idea @mattkendrick.bsky.social! 💜

"My first boyfriend was kind, his voice soothing, quiet, no rocket blasts shoving molecules out of their way like at home." I love the understated tension roiling in this new CNF by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social!

Hah! Thanks so much for reading and sharing, Claudia! 🥰

Thank you reading and sharing, Pat! 💜

“What Sasha Knows to be True About Kissing,” is live @bendinggenres.bsky.social alongside some favorite flashers! First drafted in workshop with the wonderful @sfreligh.bsky.social. Thank you @amymarques.bsky.social, David O’Connor, and @rgvaughan.bsky.social! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼 bendinggenres.com/what-sasha-k...

Extra! Extra! Get your copy of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social's "Pardon Me For Moonwalking" today. Seen here in chilly Providence but available in places far and near! 🍄 🎧 🦋 🐍

"to the girls of the Spring Hill Girls Flag Football team this game means everything..." Love this little micro with a big heart by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in @vestalreview.bsky.social.

Thanks so much for sharing, Pat!

I'm grateful to MacQueen's Quinterly for nominating "Pillow Talk" for The Best Small Fictions 2026. Thank you, Clare MacQueen for showing the story such love and to @megpokrass.bsky.social for your editorial support! Here's a link to the story ICYMI. www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ28/Silve...

Excited to share "Outlook Good!" written with Mikki Aronoff and published in the wonderful Boudin: The Spicy Online Cousin of The McNeese Review! Such fun collaborating on this. Thank you, Vallie Lynn Watson for selecting the story!! 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 www.mcneese.edu/thereview/20...

Thank you so much for sharing and for your lovely comments, Dan! Nice to see you back on bsky! 🙏💜🙏

Here's my second story in @nffr.bsky.social's 2025 flash fiction prize issue. Boundless gratitude to Valerie Fox and colleagues for selecting "My Brother, the Salmon," which got its lungs in workshop with the wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social! 💜🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💜 newflashfiction.com/my-brother-t...

I'm honored to have two stories in @nffr.bsky.social's 2025 flash fiction prize issue! Here's the first. A huge thank you to Valerie Fox and colleagues for selecting "Liberado," which started out in a workshop with @megpokrass.bsky.social. 💜🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💜 newflashfiction.com/liberado/

Read "Kara’s Breasts Have Their Say" written by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "We’ve been hanging here with K for a lot of years and though we’re generally an easygoing pair, we’re pretty irked about the ‘trial separation.’" tinyurl.com/5bc4vsmd

Aww, I’m so touched, Kara! Thanks so much for sharing my story about your namesake!!!

“Kara's Breasts Have Their Say" is live at Ghost Parachute! Thank you, @brettpribble.bsky.social and colleagues for selecting it and Brooksie C. Fontaine for the fab illustration! I'm honored to be in such great company in this wonderful issue. 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼 ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...

I'm so excited to have "Sarasota Trailer Park, 1958, black-and-white glossy" featured in today's MicroMonday @fictivedream.bsky.social! Thank you @lmbayley.bsky.social for sharing!

I'm thrilled to be featured in @fictivedream.bsky.social again! Thank you, Laura Black for showing this story so much love. Gorgeous illustration too.This piece got it's start in a workshop with the wonderful @sfreligh.bsky.social. 🙏💜🙏

I'm thrilled to have work in Switch Magazine once again. Thank you editors for showing "Slip Sliding Away" so much love! Thanks, too, to @megpokrass.bsky.social in whose workshop this piece got its start. 🙏💜🙏 Read the issue here: www.switchonline.org/about-1

Wonderful work from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com! ⬇️

“His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opened with a swift beheading. His wife is flustered by the absence of the sun, but he pays her no mind.” Read this gem by Matt Kendrick! ⬇️

Thank you, James, for sharing and for your kind comments! 🙏

Thanks so much for sharing, Megan! 🥰

Thank you for sharing and for your wonderful comments, @mattkendrick.bsky.social. I love how you put it-an homage layered with story. 🙏💙🙏

Super stoked to have my flash "Ablaze" live in the gorgeous autumn issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. I hope you'll give it a read! Thank you @sdobbie.bsky.social for giving it the perfect home! 🔥🍂🍁🧡🪦🎃 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

"The word sun is watermelon, juicy and sweet. The word violin tastes like warm, velvety chocolate sauce." Read @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in the Ilanot Review! ⬇️

ICYMI! My collaboration with Mikki Aronoff in @fictivedream.bsky.social this month. 💖💖💖

“Next stop, this sweat-glued geezer, oozing bad breath and booze, topples onto the seat next to me,” @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/boston-to-ne...

Thank you for sharing, Jaime! So glad you enjoyed. It was great fun! 😊

I'm honored that @mattkendrick.bsky.social asked me to do the October Mondettes selection. But how challenging it was to choose only ten!! Ten beauties. I hope you'll give them all a read! 💜

My heart is heavy knowing this will be the last issue. I'm honored to have had work in @literaryruby.bsky.social multiple times and I'm grateful to @april-bradley.bsky.social and colleagues for all you've done for the flash writing and food writing communities. Big love and goddess speed!! 💜💜💜

So excited to have a collaborative story co-authored with the brilliant Mikki Aronoff up at @fictivedream.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Black for selecting "Everyone's Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly" for publication! 🙏💜🙏

I couldn't be more thrilled to have a collaborative piece with the brilliant Mikki Aronoff live at @fictivedream.bsky.social! Thank you, Laura Black for showing the story so much love. Inspired by this marvelous painting by Jawad Saleem 🌜✨ 💫🌛

Thanks so much for sharing, Pat! ☺️

I'm delighted to have a new micro live in this fab issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social. This one got rolling in a @megpokrass.bsky.social workshop. 🚌 🚌 🚌 gooseberry-pie.com/boston-to-ne...

Thank you, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for nominating "The Stand" for Best of the Net!! And congrats to all the nominees! 🙏🙏 Here's a link to the story: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-stand-by...

Honored to have a micro live at the fabulous "Flash the Court" today! Thank you Court Harler for selecting the story and Laura Barry for the stunning photo. This one started out in workshop with the wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social. 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼 flashthecourt.com/2025/08/08/s...

Thanks so much for sharing, Pat! 💕💕💕