Yes, this.

Feeling heartbroken on a Friday night? Send something in: brokenheartsliterary.com I plan to start posting in April so get your submissions in. Responses coming soon to those who submitted this month.

'I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of my husband Henry, he was a habit after all, so I put him on a strict diet of seeds, bits of fruit and veg, with mealworms as a treat for good behaviour, hoping he’d lose enough weight to fit into a small cage.' www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-lest...

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-alli... 'The tattoo is serpentine, coiled around your wrist. Inked onto your skin overnight, it floats above green river veins like a ghost. Ma beats you until bruises blot it out. Tattoos lead to wanting, and worse, to thoughts of escape.'

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-card... 'Summer's angel, unseen and unheard for ninety-eight years. Great wings tattered but unwearied, hustling for their girl. Sent forth from heaven's glossy gates, to keep safe Summer, cradle to grave.' - Kendra Cardin

Damn this is so good. I can’t believe I’m in the same issue.

More than a hairdresser. A heartwarming piece from @amymarques.bsky.social who also illustrated this entire issue❣️

“Paati swirls her morning kaapi in her davara, tilts it into her mouth without touching it to her lips. I think of olives bobbing in V-shaped glasses, red kisses on the rims.” “I imagine Casino Woman in a hotel bed ...” @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in CRAFT www.craftliterary.com/2026/02/20/c...

Thrilled to share a new short story by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social Read "When You Are Mugged in a Boston Tube Station on Your Way Home from Your Night Shift" (the title says it all). Here:

A wee bit of rebellion and revenge of the "live your best life" kind in Every Day Fiction today! See my story "Ten Things I Didn't Do When I Suspected My Marriage Was Over." Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for its always productive Summer Fitness program. everydayfiction.com/ten-things-i...

“Clouds towel off the morning sun and we breathe a sigh of relief in their shadow. We do not stay long.” A brief beautiful tale from beneath the surface by @tomljanovic.bsky.social!

Paragraph Planet. A beautiful little corner of the internet. Writers… check it out.

Coffee break made fantastic by seeing this story published with the wonderful @neitherfishnorfoul.com. this is a comnination of the three little pigs and my recent anxieties about moving house, part of a current collection of fairytales. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-oake...

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-gait... 'Mum says a flittermouse got in. Don’t tell them nurses. Wants me to believe her fairy tales. Not under her bed, behind nightstand, bookcase, inside closet, amongst curtains. Not roosting in the ensuite.' @jennygaitskell.bsky.social

Always a treat to read David Henson’s work

Incredible fractured fairy tale that was rejected 12 times before Fictive Dream. 12! for this masterpiece. Gives me hope.

I am delighted to be featured on @megpokrass.bsky.social Substack earlier this week talking about the rejections! megpokrass.substack.com/p/believing-...

What @pleomorphic2.bsky.social said

@tomljanovic.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com “Dirt pillows above the crust of grass and roots as we emerge from tunnels blinking and trembling beneath the blinding gold of an old god.” Simply divine writing 🧡🧡🧡 www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-toml...

Issue Six is live, you lucky things www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issues/issue...

My micro myth born from a writing group with the wonderful @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @lorimbarrett.bsky.social found a home. Thank you, Jack! p.s. I’m stunned by the gorgeous painting paired with my work by @amymarques.bsky.social

Every day, I think I cannot hate Trump and his government more than I already do and every day I’m proven wrong.

"Last week, a man called me an 'entitled jackass.' I smiled. In that moment, I became his mirror, reflecting the parts of himself he hasn’t yet forgiven. His horn was his confession. My lane change was his redemption arc."

This is poetry

"For those fortunate enough to be inside, the searing heat was uninviting..." => Read "All Eyes Looked Up" by Ruth Rosenhek - February Fiction Contest Honourable Mention #OffTopicContest #Fiction #ClimateChange

ICYMI My ode to hockey a son growing up too quickly published @paragraphplanet.bsky.social

Had a sneak peak and @amymarques.bsky.social art is dreamy. I can’t wait to share her art alongside my words.

What an honour this was and what a delight to see the conclusion of the contest on my birthday 🎂

I am absolutely delighted to have won. Thank you so much to @theprideroars.bsky.social for this opportunity and for allowing so many incredible voices to be heard. I am stunned as the stories I have read over the past few days have all been so strong. Well done to all! Keep writing x

A richly layered story. Congrats @meanerharker.bsky.social!! 👏

"I remember a hollowness inside me that had nothing to do with food." Check out my latest tiny story, part of the Feast or Famine collection curated by @tomljanovic.bsky.social over at Mythic Picnic Tweet Story. x.com/MythicPicnic...

My cherry blossom trees are in bloom

@theprideroars.bsky.social In joint second place: 'Aiden Carthy Walks on Water' by Karen Arnold & 'Liberty Lullaby' by Anne Dorrian. Congratulations to both. We're grateful to @saloneurope.bsky.social for gifting each writer with a 1-month membership🥰 theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...

A snapshot of my kid and an ode to sport. I never thought I’d end up being the hockey mom with a cowbell in the crowd and yet here we are…

The highly commended list is up! Congrats @noranadj.bsky.social @therelphian.bsky.social and Jenny Kingsley Emem. Your stories are 🔥🔥🔥

Every story on this list is powerful

I dtarted this story during the fever dream days of COVID when I spent afternoons walking and staring at plants in my neighborhood. I’m so happy to be part of the DIHP community now.

Good things are coming my way—acceptances from @paragraphplanet.bsky.social @neitherfishnorfoul.com @templeinacity.bsky.social

New flash up on X in an amazing collection by Mythic Picnic, curated by the amazing @tomljanovic.bsky.social x.com/MythicPicnic...

Let's talk about X. You've probably sworn never to return to the dark side, but there is a rebellion brewing by the name of Mythic Picnic and we're bringing hope back to the galaxy one glorious story at a time. If you dare, check out Feast or Famine, a collection of micros. x.com/MythicPicnic...

for the evening crowd...

"She wondered how long she could keep this up. Emotions usually rose inside her quickly and dissipated just as fast, like little sparks that ascend from a crackling fire and disappear into the night sky." => Read "Semblance" by Jennifer Kapler - February Fiction Contest Honourable Mention

The shortlist is here!!!

My email is an endless stream of “upgrade to get access to—“ I don’t want it. I want to downgrade. I want to get less access. I want the opposite of what you’re selling.

The bones of the new website for The Broken Hearts Gallery Literary are up. Check out the two dozen heartbreaks we received last year and find out how to submit your own: ttps://brokenheartsliterary.com/

✨A new teaser/trailer has arrived!✨ Not all things happen as they should. Episode 6: The Doctor with a Golden Watch from ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ - COMING SOON!! New episodes are released on the 15th of every month. 🕰️ youtube.com/shorts/rx8l_... #thetimepiratewhowaitsashore

“Regardless, you’ll be made to feel that it was all your fault for leaning in too hard (you childless monster), and/or not leaning in enough (you lazy baby factory).”

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to the lionesses of The Pride Roars @delgeo14.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @ninamiller.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce the Longlist for our inaugural Flash Competition. Thank you again to all who sent their beautiful work our way. Find the longlisted titles on our blog: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/03/flas...

We’re delighted to welcome Hilary Ayshford @hilary55.bsky.social & Joyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social to the team ❤ Find out more: rawlit.weebly.com/masthead.html