Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one. www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...

A remembrance of my parents, who later in life decided to buy and attempt to run a country inn in Maine. Thanks to Matt at Atlantic Northeast for taking it on. atlanticnortheastmag.com/wp-content/u...

My flash piece “Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)” has risen from the ashes, reprinted here. Inspired by my “helping” my grandfather as a kid way back when, when he built a fallout shelter on his farm. Many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the showcase!

My small contribution to Atomic Bomb Literature, "Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)," will explode (again/reborn) tomorrow thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social !

The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls Tenement halls

Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.

New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out: #FlashFiction #ShortStory www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...

A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family. My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection. www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...

“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.” The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample. universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...

This is what happens when editors take your shit seriously.

“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.” The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample. universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...

A matter-of-fact dystopia piece that I can't get out of my head since reading it a few hours ago. Really nice craft from @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.

"You balance loving people and hating people in a really nice way." Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.

Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."

Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."

A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family. My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection. www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...

New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out: #FlashFiction #ShortStory www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...

Big thanks to @suddenflash.bsky.social for posting this new 100-worder of mine: #Flashfiction #Microfiction yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

A new 100-worder that no one else would touch, thanks to @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social

Yet Another Tiny Tale in Molecule: A Tiny Lit Mag, Issue 12. Scroll down to page 12 because it's "Harvest Time" #microfiction #flashfiction moleculetinylitmag.art.blog

A new micro fiction: fiftywordstories.com/2025/03/11/j...

I didn't take a crack at this theme. Here's someone who did and nailed it. Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via @punk_magazine

New Micro Fiction a second appearance in recent months in Suddenly, and Without Warning @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social #flashfiction #microfiction www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/

For the weekenders... a story of a Last Chance Guy. #flashfiction #shortstory www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...

New Story, "Tempus Skewered" #flashfiction #shortstory Check it out: www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...

Have been reading some Joy Williams short stories in "The Visiting Privilege,"; enjoying the skill and craft and brilliance. #shortstory Here's an interview with her from when the collection came out (2015): www.vogue.com/article/joy-...

Many members of the animation community have suffered unimaginable losses due to the LA wildfires – here is how to help displaced individuals in the animation industry. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY SO WE CAN HELP EVERYONE OUT!

"B and E," in Punk Noir Magazine, in a series edited by meproctor.bsky.social. Early readers: "weirdly creepy," "didn't know whether to laugh or cry," and "uplifting!" (a tad tongue-in-cheek, that). Check it out, lovers... #flashfiction #shortfiction punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/b...

Today's Punk Noir Magazine "Break-Up" is called, appropriately "B. and E." and comes courtesy of @jonfain.bsky.social ... punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/b...

Earlier this year, as part of a centenary celebration of William Gaddis's birthday, my short reminiscence of being a writing student of his at Bard College in the late 70s: electronicbookreview.com/essay/a-stud...

And like I always say, I'm a sucker for anyone who publishes my work. Check it out...

Story Contest Winner (May Flash Contest). shooterlitmag.com/2024/05/13/s...

My story, "They Who Stay" made the Best of the Bests list for 2023. All the stories from this year and years previous here: tylerdempseywriting.com/best-of-the-...

The TALES OF THE APOCALYPSE anthology from Three Ravens Press, including my story "All the World Was a Stage" is now available in e-book and paperback. Festive! Also includes a story by sci-fi legend Robert Silverberg. www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-W...

My chapbook of short fiction, "Pass the Panpharmacon! (Five Fictions of Delusion)" is now out from Greying Ghost Press: greyingghost.bigcartel.com/product/fain #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction

My story,"Shoe Shoe Sh'Boogie," is part of the lineup in the crime fiction anthology Crimeucopia - Crank It Up! from Murderous Ink Press. The short story collection is now available in paperback and eBook. Crank it up and check it out: www.amazon.com/dp/1909498521

Coming Soon

"Stats Are For Lovers" new story in Green Silk Journal www.thegsj.com/stories-3-fa... #shortfiction #shortstory

A short story for the season. "Fallow Ground" Brought out of purgatory by the reprint-whisperers at Defuncted Journal. Read it here: medium.com/defuncted/fa...

Very happy to have a pair of stories up and running at A Thin Slice of Anxiety this year: www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2023/02/fict...   www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2023/09/fict...

My story "Between Wilshire and West 6th" honorable mention for The Scribes Prize (microfiction) www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-34.html