"The boy is clever. He is awkward. Although he loves jazz, he never joined the middle school band" Great character micro from @tomljanovic.bsky.social. I set a challenge like this on my Lyrical Writing course; I'll be using this as an example from now on. love it! templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

My heart is cracking…

#TheWelkinGenrePrize Entries open two weeks today!!! Spread the word. And get scribbling!! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

I read a couple of things when I was on vacation that I don't want you to miss. First up, @franwilde.bsky.social 's ferocious mermaid poem in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social took my breath: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-me...

Man, this poem by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social feels so relevant for writing. You can be a novelist, short story writer, poet. You can write sci-fi, romance, horror, anything you want. Don't let anyone ever tell you what you can write or what kind of writer you are.

Issue 8 #Microfiction BEFORE THE GROUND GETS TOO HARD by @tomljanovic.bsky.social “Start again. It’s so easy for them to start over. A new car, confidence, penis pills, and a profile on Tinder.” epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

Issue 8 #Microfiction OTHER MOMS STAND IN AN IMPENETRABLE CIRCLE OF BACKS, another by @tomljanovic.bsky.social “Screams and spilled Stanleys hit the pavement. In the rearview mirror, I see the circle break and my son laugh.” epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

New blog post alert! About losing friends and riding the waves when they come. tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/u... #writingcommunity

The fierce stare in this photo is powerful and the starkness of black and white enhance that emotion. I'm honoured to have it paired with my micro "Before the Ground Gets Too Hard"

Issue 8 #Microfiction BEFORE THE GROUND GETS TOO HARD by @tomljanovic.bsky.social “Start again. It’s so easy for them to start over. A new car, confidence, penis pills, and a profile on Tinder.” epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

As someone who only irons recreationally when I'm making a quilt, I find this portrait of a mother to be fascinating and beautiful and sad. And I'm obsessed with the accompanying artwork. #FlashInTheFeed by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/f...

"The male default position—rip it out by the roots. Start again. It’s so easy for them to start over." Ooh, that ending! epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

"They don’t make eye contact during school pick-up." epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

Microfiction is my favourite kind of fiction!

Ah the performative gestures of [Insert husband here] - great story w such a satisfying ending by @kristinwrites.bsky.social "[Insert husband here] brings home flowers every Friday night and never notices how much I sneeze as I prepare them in the vase." epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

It’s coming

Thank you eds @melruthwrites.bsky.social & @kristinwrites.bsky.social for this Righteous Rage issue, a sub call I felt in my bones. My story's a tribute to my Aunt Barb, a lifelong fighter for justice. 🙏🏽 my @smokelong.bsky.social buddies & editors for your feedback. epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

special shout-out of thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social fam & @theprideroars.bsky.social for their support of earlier drafts of this story—u keep me going, skeeps! 🙏🙏🙏 epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

Had the pleasure of reading this one earlier on and now it’s in the same Rage issue of @epistemiclit.bsky.social with my microfiction. Read @sugarpigblog.bsky.social “Little girl me”

The turn in "Before the ground gets too hard" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social is delicious! "But I don’t want to start again. Why would I? Now that I’m free." epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

"Bell rings. Mason stands still. Six-year-olds stream out from the classroom breaking around him, like a rock in the river." Felt this story from @tomljanovic.bsky.social @epistemiclit.bsky.social in my gut! epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

talk about an ending that lands 🙀! love the powerful voice in this @tomljanovic.bsky.social 👏👏👏 epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

✨A new episode has arrived!✨ Although the pirate can steal time and give it away, there is one thing she cannot do with it… Watch Episode 8: A Hurricane Brews from ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’. 🕰️ youtu.be/oLALJ2ppRgs #thetimepiratewhowaitsashore

Many thanks to the editors at @epistemiclit.bsky.social for publishing my micro story, “What Remains.” I really appreciate what this issue is trying to do, and I can’t wait to read my peers’ pieces! #writesky #microfiction #flashfiction #write #fiction

So grateful to be in the Righteous Rage issue with two micros. A brand new one “Before the Ground Gets Too Hard” and a reprint from @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social “Other Moms Stand in an Impenetrable Circle of Backs.” Big thanks to Melissa!

I discovered a new micro pub! 50 Give or Take published "Outcast" resurrected from the Twitter heyday of #30Words30Days

“One protester carries a sign that declares No Inter-Species Marriage, and another sign says What’s Next? Frogs Marrying Toasters?” 🤣

Anyone else love the breadsticks at Olive Garden? But only fresh-baked! I swear they make them so you can’t bring them home and reheat. 🥖feature in my story “The Planetarium Used to Be my Favourite Place” 🪐 thenewriverjournal.org/t-l-tomljano...

What a tight piece of storytelling. Congrats to @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social

This made me laugh out loud. If I’m told to up my protein one more time, I will effing lose it.

Ok this is so gorgeous. I got actual tears in my eyes when I got to Sunday. They’re not going away.

Always a treat to read @sugarpigblog.bsky.social work.

I loved this story by Dominic Varvaro. Equal parts humour and charm in an ode to Moms, particularly ones who are terrible cooks.

Happy #MothersDay

Gorgeous, heartbreaking story by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The New River Journal “How the keratin weakens and nails split and break, and press-ons shred delicate nail beds.” 🧡🧡🧡

Today, in The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social , read 'Smiley Face, Bus Emoji' by @tomljanovic.bsky.social "They were in the middle of Highway 99. The red brake lights of hundreds of cars stretched around the bend and into the horizon." theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/05/smil...

A wonderful story from @tomljanovic.bsky.social you'll need a tissue.

Today, in The Pride Roars, read 'Smiley Face, Bus Emoji' by @tomljanovic.bsky.social "They were in the middle of Highway 99. The red brake lights of hundreds of cars stretched around the bend and into the horizon." theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/05/smil...

A story I wrote inspired by riding the bus for 4 hours a day while pregnant with my first. Happy #mothersday weekend.

I’ve no words… it’s just so wonderful holding an actual… book… with my words and photography in it. Wow. Thank you @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social and Francois Bereaud for making a writer girl’s heart flutter today.

new new: “Tilt,” by Sarp Sozdinler: wigleaf.com @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

ICYMI My latest story “The Planetarium Used to be My Favourite Place” is in the groundbreaking digital lit publication The New River Journal. This magazine has interactive video game 🎮 poetry! thenewriverjournal.org

I love storms too and this piece brought me right back to running outside shrieking with joy at the pounding rain and lighting. Read @lmbayley.bsky.social latest.

Very excited for this. Now to get cracking on those audio recordings.

THE BIN IS OPEN! Go check out 'Southend Fallout' and all the other amazing stories in this issue. Thanks to @therelphian.bsky.social and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social for all your hard work curating these lovelies! I've just been reading and they're all great! trashcatlit.com/southend-fal...

Had the privilege of speaking at the launch of the 50th issue of The New River Journal about my #flashfiction "The Planetarium Used to be My Favourite Place." I'm at the 56:50 point. The story started in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social WBTL workshop. www.youtube.com/live/EUYirWO...

I'm thrilled to have contributed to this issue with an e-poetic adaptation of Abu Bakr Sadiq's poem "Memory Demands Space."

 Check it out here: thenewriverjournal.org/abu-bakr-sad...

Attention lovers of digital literature, e-poetry, and literature in general. The New River Journal just launched its 50th issue. Here it is: thenewriverjournal.org Go read, share and enjoy! Relevant tags: #elit #DH #literature #poetry

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social never misses with her fever dream slices of life.

My flash fiction is in the 50th issue of The New River Journal: "In T.L. Tomljanovic’s “The Planetarium Used to Be My Favorite Place,” a bride-to-be, who’d rather be at Olive Garden than her wedding rehearsal, reflects on happier days at the local planetarium."