Love @welkinprize.bsky.social contest run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social. For one thing, it's a drabble, which is probably my fav form. For another, it's free to enter!

Wonderful to see the uplift created by this, so I decided to pick a group today, one tomorrow + another on Sat to keep it going. Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like

Thank you so much @thedrevlow.bsky.social for publishing my latest weirdness in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 'Obituary / Bryant Farmer (1975-2025)'

A short story published in WestWord. Originally written in Flash Face Off in @writershq.bsky.social and brought into being in Amanda Saint's Slow Story workshop. westword.substack.com/p/a-few-ston...

Oh hello hi! I wrote a NiF. My totally unbiased cousin said this! I’m having a launch on zoom and you should come because I will reveal the truly awful line drawing I did that led to @nmals.bsky.social amazing cover! Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I made the short list! 🎉

I hear the mountains calling... 🏔️ A flash about hitting the slopes in mid-life.

After 6 years of writing about the trades in my day job, I made the cover story! 'The Real Impact of the Underground Economy in B.C.' is on page 9 and free to read. bcbuildingtrades.org/media/tradet... #writingcommunity #freelancewriter

Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...

"She meets other Ladies with The Call to Adventure. Some try to help her where they can, but some are threatened by her Adventure. Her Adventure might diminish their own Adventures. Are there even enough dragons for all the Ladies to slay?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

One of my favourite forms of storytelling (novella-in-flash) by one of my fav storytellers. Preorders available.

This month's #Mondettes picked by Shome Dasgupta ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...

A fairytale for modern times by @hilary55.bsky.social 😉https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-people-said-hilary-ayshford.html

Raw Lit deserves your vote! It is so beautiful and @delgeo14.bsky.social is the most considerate editor!!

Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December

Who brings this joy to you @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @prairievixen.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @cake-girl.bsky.social @ramccafferty.bsky.social @kristinwrites.bsky.social @deniseb.bsky.social @kawalker.bsky.social @sgscarso.bsky.social Patrick Johanneson templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

Latest horror drabble up @blackharepress.bsky.social Check it out! blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-m...

I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.' www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...

I didn't know that e-books cost libraries more than print. I love my Libby app, but I'm going to try borrow hard copies whenever possible moving forward. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I am in this awesome #Writing #Craft book! Check it out:

A haibun I wrote about our little neighborhood park in Mount Pleasant. Thank you, @coldmoonjournal.bsky.social! coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/tea-...

My #WritingCraftArticle for November is an exploration of the speculative. What it is. Why it's great. What it can teach us. And what to bear in mind: 🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙‍♀️🧞🧟 prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/holding-a-...

Thirty days to write 100 words. Simple!!! Hope lots of you will consider sending in entries 👇

““It is the ones who don’t tick you should watch out for.” This line gave me chills. A stunning hybrid piece by my talented friend Sumitra.

Happy Halloween! 👻 🎃 This is my favourite scary story, written in 2nd person because I think that’s the voice of psychos. flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2022/03... #horror #flashfiction

ICYMI: I am deeply honored to receive my second Pushcart nomination, from @theprideroars.bsky.social, for my raw and personal essay, "Exploding into Parenthood." "To bring a child into the world, you must explode." Read it here: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/expl...

SO happy to be part of Your Impossible Voice with this rage-filled #FlashFiction piece:

New blog post: tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/p...

🌟 Workshop highlight: Generative writing prompts tailored especially for emerging marginalized writers. Come write, learn, and strategize with Mandira Pattnaik. Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...

“A last ditch swing of the lasso as the slowest grains of sand eke from her egg timer.”

In Your Orbit / Fiona McKay theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-y... Life Within A Dormant Bough / Nina Miller theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/03/life... Price v. Price / T.L. Tomljanovic theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/pric...

Powdered Scrambled Egg and Prosecco / Joyce Bingham theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/03/powd... Exploding Into Parenthood / Megan Hanlon theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/expl... The Almost Mother / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

This is pretty cool, but what’s even better is being part of a group of women that support one another.

Six Reasons Why Jewelry Thief Seems the most Viable Career Option for a Middle-aged Stay-at-home Mom 1. Husband’s pristine set of power tools and multi-position ladder are available and waiting.

I've been so excited about this! My short story "Homing" will be featured on BBC Radio 4 on 7th November, Read by Charlotte McCurry www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Like cats? Like horror? Have I got a story for you... #HappyHalloween #flashfiction

It's such an honor to be on this list of contributors. Happy Nine Year Anniversary to the wonderful Ghost Parachute. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and the whole team. ❤️

A new story from two writers who I've admired separately now collabing on a piece together. It's brilliant. Of course, it is.

I love the different voices collaborating here

"...that reminded me of my dad helping me put on my wobbly ice skates, before he left my mother for terrible Claudia,...." I love this stellar piece of writing by @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/instead-of-g...

Read! @louellalester.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cherylpappas.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @joanleotta.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff @rgvaughan.bsky.social @sarahlynwrites.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social

Experiences like this need to be shared again, and again, and again.

Reading Andy's work feels like being enveloped by a warm hug.

New blog post: collaborating on my first Exquisite Corpse with the talented @delgeo14.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/e... #writingcommunity #womenwriters

“Is this another symptom of perimenopause? Like vaginal dryness and invisibility?” My contribution to the exquisite corpse is my current go-to rant. #fuckthepatriarchy #writingcommunity

An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow!

I’m very excited for this

A little teaser warm-up exercise for my Snapshot flash workshop (11-12th October) over at Flash Fiction Magazine… flashfictionmagazine.com/authors-only...

Another beautiful and brilliant story from Jaime Gill. And you get to hear his voice reading an excerpt!