If you hadn't heard, we are open for submissions for Print Issue 2. Print Issue 1 has a release date for March 2026

Today's story is "Here Comes the Sun" by Autumn Bettinger. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/here-comes...

We are now open for Print Issue #2! *Free* November subs on *short stories* are filling up fast! Everything else will be free to sub as long as we remain open. #submissioncalls #opensubmissions #cnf #micro #drabbles #flashfiction #weirdfiction #writing #writers #ratbag #ratbaglit

Today's story is "I Dream of Meta Sheep" by C.M. Gilbert. @cmgilbert67.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/i-dream-of...

Today's story is "The Clock Strikes" by K. L. Mill. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-clock-...

Today's story is "Secret Ingredient" by Mike Range. @mikerange.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/secret-ing...

Today's story is "Thirteen Rats in a Bag" by Nissa Harlow. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/thirteen-r...

Rat Bag Lit @ratbaglit.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls. #CallforSubmissions

Today's story is "The Paw Does Not Hesitate" by "Patrick G. Roland. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-paw-do...

Today's story is "The Residents of Hazelwood Drive Grapple with the Responsibilities of Community" by Laura Cody. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-reside...

Today's story is "The White Widow" by Louise Walton. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-white-...

Today's Story is "Thirteen Hours" by Nico Martinez Nocito. @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/thirteen-h...

Today's story is "A Taste for Time" by Leigh Loveday. @leighloveday.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/a-taste-fo...

Today's story is "It Was An Honest Mistake" by Gerrit van Eck. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/it-was-an-...

#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros #drabble #drabbles #submissioncalls

We tricked you! Our earlier story wasn't the only one today. So here's a treat. Our second story of this spooky day is "The Guisers" by J.S. Apsley #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-guisers

Here's a treat - well I guess not if you're naughty?

Rat Bag Lit @ratbaglit.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Micro Fiction: Scary Santa (some fees). #CallforSubmissions

Today's story is "Down the Lane" by Lene Macleod. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/down-the-l...

Today's story is "A Fair Trade" by Katie Dee #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/a-fair-trade

Today's story is "The Unholy Chime" by Alethea Paul. @aletheapaul.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-unholy...

Today's story is "Pratender" by A.R. Yemruk. @ar-yemruk.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/pratender

Today's story is "Transform" by R.S. Mot. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/transform

Submission call open October 31st - only open for three days.

Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...

Today's story is "A Missive to the Witches of the Scrywort Community" by Alexandria Bellani. @alexandriabellani.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/a-missive-...

Today's story is "Ghost in the Machine" by Chris Krechowiecki-Shaw. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/ghost-in-t...

Today's story is "The Hate or the Blade" by C.W. Reeve. @cwreeve.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-hate-o...

Today's story is "I am the Monster Beneath My Own Bed" by Sam James. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/i-am-the-m...

Today's story is "Thirteen Devours the First" by Raymond Brunell. ratbaglit.substack.com/p/thirteen-d... #drabble #drabbles #triskaidekaphobia #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine

Today's Story is "Town Ghost Country Ghost (Village Quest 2)" by Anthea Jones. @writeranthea.bsky.social ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost... #Micros #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine

New call, top secret, very hush hush DON'T TELL SPLINTER! While the Cheddar Master's away, the rats will play... Now reading for the theme: Evil Rubber Duck duotrope.com/duosuma/subm... #openforsubmissions #submissions #ratbaglit #literarymagazine #submissioncalls #writer #writingcommunity

You've been loving our rat feedback. Now you can guarantee you'll get your own. For a fee send us your work and you will receive rat-themed madness in the form of a detailed, but unhinged rejection letter and the happy feeling that you've supported our lit mag. Plus, you might be published, too.

Last call for those micros (under 300 words) and "Funerary Raccoon" drabbles! #writer #writers #writing #literarymagazine #litmag #ratbag #ratbaglit #submissions #micros #drabbles #drabble #fiction #callforsubmissions

We are live on substack! Posting a new bite-sized story every weekday. Today's story is "The Ghost I inherited" by Christy Hartman. ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-ghost-... #Micros #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine

Rat Bag Lit is on Substack. Our first digital publication will be posted tomorrow 10/15. Follow us to see a full message from Ratty! Ratbaglit.substack.com #ratbaglit #ratbag #litmag #publication #fiction #microfiction #flashfiction #drabble #writingcommunity #writers #writer #substack

Ratty is certainly up to SOMETHING...he said he'll clarify later in the week! In the meantime, what do you think this could possibly mean?! #ratbaglit #ratbag #literarymagazine #litmag #ratpack #publication #fiction #microfiction #flashfiction #drabble #writingcommunity #writers #writer

#submissioncalls #litmag #Literarymagazine #ratbag #ratbaglit #drabbles #micros #fiction #writer #writing #writers #writingcommunity

Rat Bag Lit @ratbaglit.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Micro Fiction. #CallforSubmissions

In an unrelated note, google is telling us it can be raccoons or racoons? Anyway, still accepting Micros (any theme) and Drabbles with Funerary Raccoons as a prompt until we reach our cap. #drabbles #micros #ratbaglit #submissioncalls #ratbag #writingcommunity #writers #writer #writing #fiction

Submissions open untill we reach our cap. Micros up to 300 words: no theme. Drabbles: theme "funerary raccoons" (do with that what you will!). 🐀 #ratbaglit #ratbag #fiction #microfiction #flashfiction #drabble #writingcommunity #writers #writer #writer #submissioncall #opensubmissions #litmag

Technically what we have is RR Professionals, but we fully support or human counterparts.

Meet our next editor, Ms. Ratburn, who's mind is constantly in the gutter. #ratbag #ratbaglit #drabble #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #litmag #writer #nanofiction

Meet Death of Rats another one of our editors. #ratbag #ratbaglit #drabble #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #litmag #writer #nanofiction

Submissions are coming in fast, filling up, and closing soon! #SubmissionCall #Drabble #Litmag #Ratbag #ratbaglit #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #writer #writers #writingcommunity #nanofiction

About four hours until it opens. You can submit two drabbles! But we can only take so many subsmissions! #SubmissionCall #Drabble #Litmag #Ratbag #ratbaglit #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #writer #writers #writingcommunity #nanofiction

#ratbag #ratbaglit #drabble #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #litmag #writer #nanofiction

Meet our next editor (and scrib nibbler): Nicodemus! #ratbag #ratbaglit #drabble #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #litmag #writer #nanofiction

Our next editor is Rizzo - no, not THAT Rizzo, but they are still awesome and a valued member of the Rat Pack!! #ratbag #ratbaglit #drabble #drabbles #writing #writers #microfiction #writingcommunity #submissions #literarymagazine #litmag #writer #nanofiction

We were not a part of this study and cannot be certain of its veracity. But we aren't against submitting ourselves to be subjects if anyone wishes to expand the study... www.instagram.com/p/DNz8MXh3FR...