"In the ravine after school, we chain smoke and practice puckering our lips and blowing rings, the dank soil dampening our thin shorts" Wonderful sense of the collective narrator here from @linalau.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Thrilled to have a piece in Gooseberry Pie (@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social) this issue! A little bit of nostalgia for simpler times. gooseberry-pie.com/we-forge/

billionaires landing on the red planet at last leaving us in peace #SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

Short short contest at @hippocampusmag.bsky.social! 250 words of CNF. Submit!

For fellow flash writers!

I was not prepared for this child, a burst of movement and thoughts. —"Recharged" by @linalau.bsky.social in case you missed it https://www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged

Passing on some writing advice from my then five-year-old in case it's helpful to anyone in this new year

Received feedback on a flash piece this morning with comments that it is close, and suggestions to clarify and tighten, and WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS IN MY OWN WORK?!!!

Happy to share my newest micro memoir at Five Minutes. Full of questions my kid asks. Seriously. How DO birds sit on eggs without cracking them? www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...

Can't begin to describe my excitement about making the long list! Congratulations to all.

It's delightful scrolling here amid so much writing brilliance.

Get your micros in!

It's like a breath of fresh air over here.

Grateful to @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for re-publishing my first ever flash cnf piece, when I wrote about my husband's emergency brain surgery.

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