“She knows she is surrounded by people pleasers who cringe as they watch her wrinkle her expression on Zoom then work to move her face muscles back to neutral smooth.” @shemurph.bsky.social

“No one knows the hiding spot where I go when there’s too much noise,” —@salgal.bsky.social

“The morning was pleasant, so we kept walking, forgetting how quickly conditions change.” —Michelle Ross

Super thrilled that my story “My Dad who Lives in the Walls” has been nominated for Best Small Fictions! Thank you Gooseberry Pie and Jeff Harvey. gooseberry-pie.com/my-dad-who-l...

Massive thanks @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for this mom! And thanks @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for picking this crazy queer arthropod piece for the comp! Co breaths fellow nominees 🧡. Here’s my weird-ass story: gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...

@maireadwrites.bsky.social “It’ll take them the rest of the day, so we leave them to it and head to the hospital, to sit at my mother’s bedside and watch her sleep.” gooseberry-pie.com/when-my-moth...

Congratulations to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026 @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff @chrisscott.bsky.social

“But I don’t tell my son that because I don’t want to glorify chewing tobacco, driving erratically, or not wearing your seatbelt.” @thorntonforreal.bsky.social

Best MicroFiction nominees 2026 from @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Jen Wrightsmith Kalliopy Paleos @francinewitte.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Jane Yager Congratulations to all!♥️ gooseberry-pie.com/category/goo...

“On the morning after my mother’s funeral, I started on the walls with a color called Summer Grass Green…” @jekwriter.bsky.social

By @jekwriter.bsky.social “Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”

“My son has given up, we’ve gone too long, too far, and he lies down for a sunburnt rest, paddle tucked under arm.” — @stephieosaurus.bsky.social

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‘The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.’ Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹 gooseberry-pie.com/player/

“… I just start shouting part of the dream, what’s left of it, THERE’S A BUS IN A CITY, because for fuck’s sake, it’s almost gone, but another husband honks the horn twice, short, angry blasts, and …” @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

“… because the fact was I wanted none of this to be real—me in my black dress and lace spider-web tights that, it had occurred to me walking to Grace Cathedral, my stepmother would look at askance and …” @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/instead-of-g...

“And I was determined to not say a word about it to moshpit Melody or her third husband, Mitch. Not how they bathed every houseguest in their unctuousness, not how roses were the gift of the divine …” @rgvaughan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-roses-we...

“Freddy’s partially deflated blue balloon, drifting from behind the spare bedroom door when Grammy Ruth went in to vacuum, to drown out Grampa Earl’s voice ranting in the kitchen …” @tcboudreau.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/

“The heart roosts where it can.” Players + 2 by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/player/

“… and I couldn’t help but wonder if anything would ever be normal again or if this was my life now. Or if I was looking at this all wrong and it was actually …” Paint Fumes + 1 by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/paint-fumes/

“Wasn’t long before you said what you said, which later you’d say I shouldn’t hold against you because you hadn’t been yourself …” Michelle Ross in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/Transmogrifi...

“Meet me there, at the road where there are two diners across the street from each other, where the fields behind them lie open to the sky, begging for rain.” @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

Completely gorgeous piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

By @claudiamonpere.bsky.social “My father’s voice is silent, but not his lungs, which crackle, bubble, wheeze when he breathes.”

Player by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social “The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”

“In the morning we never hold hands. We never walk by that house. We never speak of what happened at that neighborhood barbeque…” @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

"I am kayaking with my son on the river that once caught fire and has never been allowed another personality" So much depth to this emotionally layered piece from @stephieosaurus.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

"A wishy-washy wave of partial kindness inflected itself within the row of syllables Matthew methodically released into the ear canal of the woman limbo-ed on hold" Love the use of sound in this piece from @shemurph.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/thank-you-fo...

"Our Papa preaches at New Word Presbyterian: “God will smite sinners,” he yells and pounds his fist on the pulpit" Brilliant use of a title to add an extra dimension in this piece from @salgal.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/three-truths...

"They start in the attic with buckets and bleach, their efficient brooms sweeping spiders into tiny binbags as sunlight spills through gaps in the broken shingles" Wonderful build to this from @maireadwrites.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social and what a group of three to end on ❤️

"it was at the exact moment Earl took a hard left and Jason wasn’t wearing his seat belt so he fell out of the car and landed in a ball" Love the breathless rush of this piece from @thorntonforreal.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...

So thrilled to be in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social again!!

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Issue 37 is here l! Covert art by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social with 12 outstanding stories by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social @salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social

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@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social last year’s November issue with terrific work by @lucindakempe.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social @luannecastle.bsky.social @anchalastudio.bsky.social Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/

“Before the others swallow him up in their stream, you glower, shout back You can’t direct me ‘cause I’m not in one of your plays, and grind your teeth as you glare at the sinews of his lanky, sandy body,” —-Mikki Aronoff gooseberry-pie.com/rebound/

This month's #Mondettes picked by @happilander.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025

“I’m getting married again, I tell him, after he sits, after I’ve opened the door to find this bedraggled man standing in pouring rain, holding a newspaper over his head” —Mikki Aronoff gooseberry-pie.com/Pareidolia/

"There is nothing funny about calling me or Donald Trump a fascist, and if you do, we will ship you to Guantanamo."

got chills today from this amazing Nathan Fako micro https://www.havehashad.com/iuwav

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“washing it down with her first pre-noon beer since college, feeling like she finally belongs when Pipewrench—that’s his name, I’m certain—outfits her with her own leather chaps, a matching fringed vest, and a flaming skull bandana,” @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/buffalo-buff...

“The rectangular box I lay at the bottom makes the hole look like a clock, with the top of the box marking twelve and the bottom of the box marking six.” @kiptain.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/by-the-numbe...

“I was just saying a word in real life that I’d only heard in movies, because the fact was I wanted none of this to be real” @kimmagowan.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/instead-of-g...

“But no, fucking Melody, with her green thumb and her horny hands in the fecund earth was the culprit.” @rgvaughan.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-roses-we...