Today is Thursday is some parts of the world, and we have a new short fiction piece by Madison Lee Patterson. "His body was ropey and pale, eyes desperate...." dogthroat.com/post/taken-b...

Dog Throat says go for the toad option.

Hello! We're very pleased to announce our nominations (in reverse alphabetical order by title) for Best Small Fictions/2025 Greg Lemon, @rachelsavagewrites.bsky.social, @hayleym29.bsky.social, Salvatore Difalco, Barlow Crassmont. Many thanks to all!

Well... I've finished the nominations for 2025 Best Small Fictions, and will get the details out soon. Thanks everybody! More info soon.

It's Tuesday (they say) and we have a new piece up. A vacation like no other. "My children panic and tear at the earth with their fingernails." - Mar Ovsheid dogthroat.com/post/vacatio...

Column "Average Dead Average" by Michael Templeton (from Wander Lines) “Now that AI is taking hold of the general intellect and the human capacity to think and create...there will be no one around who is capable of recognizing mediocrity as mediocrity.“ www.bloodhoneylit.com/wander-lines...

From the archives: "...covered with lace and her eyes the only visible part of her face, my mother with a bulletin cooling the heat of a sermon, of sinful thoughts, a flag above the grave..." - Jeff Burt dogthroat.com/post/deliriu...

@bigjosh84.bsky.social has a beautiful new piece up at DTJ today, a lovely melding of divine and grit, populated by angels and whiskey. Thank you Joshua! "We drank to the lost, the half-believed, the saints whose miracles gnawed like maggots on the bones of the world."

Okay! Listing of the day. Thanks @duotrope.com ! And subs are open. Come on down with your flash and micro. Looking forward to reading your work!

I admit I am a social media stumblebum so if I already posted this one, please forgive and allow me to pull from the archives a piece for your enjoyment, then meet me after work for a whiskeybeer. dogthroat.com/post/heart-a...

Hello and Happy New Year! Our submissions are open. dogthroat.com

"It wasn't the rising that got to us. Tall and lanky, he walked with a lurch even before he died the first time." New work by @tachment.bsky.social today. Check it out and enjoy. Thank you Julia! dogthroat.com/post/two-mic...

"She couldn’t send it out the door this way, this mundane thing taken to an extraordinary event." Lovely new work from Hayley Phillips, @hayleym29.bsky.social Take a read/see here: dogthroat.com/post/deliver...

"Words don’t always mean what they say, though: our paperboy, who rides his bike like a bull, says he’s a rebel but he’s not. He comes when he’s called, just like his dog." - Cheryl Snell, today at DTJ. #flash #fiction #micro #cookies

Black Friday is here they say. Well, we don't try to sell anything here at DTJ, just give you weird and wonderful stories. So no BlackF deals. We do have an interesting piece by Barlow Crassmont to share, one of the winners of our flash contest earlier here. #flash #fiction - Happy DTJ Friday!

Read our new poem by Joshua Walker! Follow him over at @bigjosh84.bsky.social! We're really excited to have his work over in our yard!

Today, Tuesday, fresh off the press: "You know, like when you rob somebody and they refuse to rob you back." - Time Off by the wonderful Brad Rose @moomoocamus.bsky.social #flash #fiction #micro #stay #blessed dogthroat.com/post/time-of...

We are OPENING for previously published submissions in ONE WEEK. 💡 November 24! 💡 We're so excited to read all of your incredible work!

Hey folks. New work from Eliza Souers Valle out today. "And not for a moment do I consider how many Eves before me spit out the fruit’s tender flesh and skin at the taste of the truth" #flash #micro #prose #poetry dogthroat.com/post/anomiac...

Are we going to post all year about how the writers on #chillsubs named us their top fiction magazine? Why yes, yes we are. This is one that makes us so very proud as it's voted on my writers, the reason we got into this in the first place!

All three of my dogs tell me subs are open and I agree. #fiction #flash #micro #prose #poetry and hybrid.

Dog Throat is pleased to announce that we've nominated The Rapture Machine by Joshua Walker for Best Micro Fiction (under 400 words) 2026. Thank you Joshua for sharing this piece with us. @bigjosh84.bsky.social dogthroat.com/post/the-rap...

"The surgeon palmed the money before he sliced the tissue and scooped out the rot." - Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social It is live! Thank you Luanne!

According to the weather report and the Mayan calendar, subs are open. dogthroat.com

To share for you a piece by Trilety Wade on this Saturday. Enjoy! #fiction #writer #WritingCommunity

It is November 1st in our time zone which means that subs are open for #fiction #micro #prose #poetry - fire your word missiles our way. dogthroat.com/guidelines

Thanks everybody for your submissions. Now publishing on a rolling basis, subs open 1-21 of each month (except July and December), end of month for production. We get back to you within 3 weeks. #flash #fiction #prose #poetry #micro Keep fueling. And #stay #blessed dogthroat.com

Ok you all took Sunday off — but it’s Monday now, so let’s see some subs! Poetry, CNF, Fiction, and Visual Art on theme #INTEGRITY

Say. Subs are (what) open come on down with your word juice and scars. #fiction #prose #poetry #micro dogthroat.com

It's a Brad Rose Sunday morning in this hemisphere. dogthroat.com/post/do-the-...

I invite you to read and share this stunning piece by Michael Borth. From this reading, I am immersed in spirits that both heal and curse.

The world is mostly round they say, and in the time zone we use, it's October 1st. This means subs are open. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry - you're invited. Oxford commas optional. #stay #blessed dogthroat.com/guidelines

Oh yes, we open for submissions on Oct 1 with our new (rolling) publication schedule. Looking forward to seeing new odd time stories and getting to know folks though their works. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry indeed. Check the lines that guide here: dogthroat.com/guidelines

Good morning /pm /evening /madrugada. Subs opening Oct 1. Oh yes, change coming to DTJ with different publication cycles, and faster response times. Plus, new web site. #flash #fiction Details at the link thing. No puppies were abandoned in this update. Thanks for your support and #stay #blessed.

Our December issue is open for submissions! Poetry, visual art, and music. Free to submit using our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/33695...

Got it, understood: Any more bully trouble and you’re gonna spill saliva and seriously jab the president...

By the one and only Trilety Wade, dark and odd #flash #fiction for our dark and odd times. dogthroat.com/post/you-can...

I came across this lovely odd story by Samuel Zagula in @outlooksprings.bsky.social - really enjoyed it. Take a look! www.outlooksprings.com/stories/a-to...

And, finally, our #Poets of Issue 6! Yoda Olinyk - www.instagram.com/doulaofwords/ Anastasia Bortsvadze - www.instagram.com/anastayinath... Rabab Ahmed - www.instagram.com/havealittlem... Rachel Woodgate - @vignettes.bsky.social Megan Munger - www.instagram.com/megmungerpoet/ Continued —

Just came across this piece by one our contributors @louellalester.bsky.social and it socked me. You too. Take a read /see. newflashfiction.com/she-would-ha...

Check out what's happening at The Sunlight Press and find out who is judging our Fall Flash Fiction contest! bit.ly/3JE7Ejb

Yes. I know I mentioned this earlier, but also me to share it again. @rachelsavagewrites.bsky.social (1st place in the #flash #fiction contest). The web site's getting updated and all is well. Look's a bit different. Thanks world and #stay #blessed. #WritingCommunity dogthroat.com/post/the-nig...

We’re live. #IndieLitMagGala2025 is now open for nominations. From now until Sept 15th, help us spotlight the indie presses and lit mags doing the real work. Thank you for every name you send our way—it helps us lift another corner of the scene. 📍

Good evening world of sky. Please enjoy this quiet, contemplative piece from the #flash #fiction contest by @zaryfekete.bsky.social. It focuses on an everyday object, and in doing so in an introspective, poetic way, makes the ordinary sacred. dogthroat.com/post/on-the-...

And this evening we have When Harvey Arrives by the one and only Greg Lemon. Why, it'll knock the jellyfish right out of your casserole. #flash #fiction #fun for all including #WritingCommunity and those inside a book looking out. dogthroat.com/post/when-ha...

Good morning. For a dive into the mystical and the sensual, we have this #fiction piece by @ccarrel.bsky.social, 3rd place in our recent #contest. Take a read on the feral side. It's a treat. #WritingCommunity dogthroat.com/post/tangled...

A story not for the timid, Barlow Crassmont gives us a risk taking narrative with a relentless pull toward an ending that likely steps on a few toes. And hey. That's what we like around here. 2nd place in the #flash #fiction contest. #WritingCommunity dogthroat.com/post/any-day...