heartbreaking @smokelong.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu...

So much momentum, then that ending. @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu...

Wow

Love this ( and “Mr. Dorn” was my grandfather’s name!)

Gorgeous, heartbreaking

Love the dialogue! @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu...

"I was always falling asleep on dates..." @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu...

"so obsessed with the passing of time, his heart could be a sundial" @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu...

I'd love to consider your manuscript, to help shepherd you to your writing dreams/goals!

"you want a different kind of circling, something faster..." pidgeonholes.com/archive/volu... @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social

If you're not already reading flash fiction, this contest is a great reason to start!

Oh wait, my FlashFlood piece is up (my timezone miscalculation! 🙃). This story was sparked by a SmokeLong Quarterly workshop prompt about the perspective of an audience member during an eulogy. Thanks for reading

Do you want a tampon? @smokelong.bsky.social @pidgeonholed.bsky.social pidgeonholes.com/2022/12/some...

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

Micro vs. Prose Poem with Erin Vachon on June 1st! Book A SmokeLong Summer 25 or SmokeLong Fitness before May 23rd and all the events of A SmokeLong Summer 25 are included. Or book separately. www.smokelong.com/product/micr...

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Great new work from Jeffrey Hermann!

Dropping EVERYTHING to send a piece of flash in! 😁

I look forward to FlashFlood every year! Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for the quick acceptance. Do send in your entry, up to 300 words, and join the stories floating in the flood 👇🏽👇🏽

Hi, adorable writers. I'm doing a webinar this Saturday, April 26th at noon ET for Chill Subs--"Submitting to SmokeLong: Better Practices" and you can come. It's free. Register here: tally.so/r/w5VrOo

Love this!

Hey remember when we found out that top national security officials were using commercial messaging apps to plan operations, rather than secure government channels, so they could illegally sidestep official records acts? So long ago, lost in the mists of time.

Love this!

Honored, delighted, and still stunned to have a story up at @wigleaf.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to both Wigleaf and @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness, where the story was born!

Join Ghost Parachute for a reading at The Count’s Den in LA for AWP! Thursday, March 27th. 7:00–7:50 PM. 1039 S. Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Readers: @amymaxmen.bsky.social, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @kimsrogers.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman.

Beautiful.

TOMORROW NIGHT! I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES! Thank you @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and @mooncitypress.bsky.social for hosting me!

@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @avitusbcarle.bsky.social is reading at Missouri State University tonight at 7 p.m. in 0001 Hill Hall! Free and open to the public. Thanks to the Missouri State University English Department and the Springfield Regional Arts Council for supporting this event!

Making sure the literary community over here sees this news on Twitter from Pidgeonholes, a lit mag I have always admired & enjoyed. 🧡

News about Pidgeonholes, a well-regarded journal seeking new leadership.

Drag yourself away from social media for a few minutes and send SmokeLong a micro or four. The deadline for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest is Nov 15, midnight NYC! That's sooooon. Please share! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

"Dad says I hate the fucking Nazis, you know we fought against the Nazis, and Mom says you never fought no Nazis, Jimmy, and Dad says well my dad did, but he was an asshole" Stunning story @aniking.bsky.social winner @smokelong.bsky.social summer fiction contest www.smokelong.com/stories/fami...

Please share! Just 3 days left now! Which is plenty of time to get your entry or entries in to The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest! Micros under 250 words. $1000 grand prize. All finalists paid and published. Guidelines here: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Please share! Just 3 days now! Which is plenty of time to get your entry or entries in to The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest! Micros under 250 words. $1000 grand prize. All finalists paid and published. Guidelines here: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

If you live in one of these 10 states (AZ, TX AR, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, OH), today is THE LAST DAY you can register to vote. Even if you think you're registered already, double check to see if your registration is still active. Please do this, it only takes a few minutes. Pass it on.

Honored to appear in Third Wednesday. This was started in an @smokelong.bsky.social class (SmokeLong Fitness) thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2024/09/10/m...

So looking forward to this!

I’m honored to appear in Necessary Fiction’s summer flash series!

Y’all, I’m so honored and super excited about this!

Y’all I’m so excited (and a bit blown away) to be a part of this toc. And I 💯 ordered Skin Thief by Suzan Palomino within a minute of finishing the interview.

Great experience!

Moving new flash

In all the wild and inevitable excitement surrounding #TheMikey, don’t forget that we are still open to general submissions, which are always free and will be published in the December issue alongside The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition winners and finalists #FlashFiction⚡💛⚡

Tonight!! Please come and support our readers and help make the first UEA New Writing Live of the year a stellar event! ⭐️🎤🎉

Every so often, I send out a mini newsletter to low-income writers about free submission opps, & free / reduced-price workshop places etc. If you've got anything you want passing along, let me know: [email protected] #Writers #WritingWorkshop #WritingComp #FlashFiction

It's FlashGiving time! Nominate an organization and possibly win $100 yourself! Nominate, share, and like to be in the drawing. Deadline Nov 20! #flashgiving #WritingCommunity www.smokelong.com/flashgiving-...

Grim news indeed. Another literary journal gone

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Completely over the moon to have a micro in Passages North today! I wrote it in @Smokelong.bsky.social Summer, and it made the shortlist for the summer workshop contest. Thank you to Jennifer Howard for a lovely introduction that made me feel so seen. #flash 🦞🦞🦞 www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...