"When the flames have given up the ghost, collected ashes are carried to the waves..." - James Penha #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @jamespenha.bsky.social

Of hands, Robin Shepard says that "They must earn their scars like tender red trophies.." #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

Take a #rift. Fill it with dances of dogs and the smell of cactus. Seal it with a promise to see your brother as brother, sister as sister. They belong to all of us. Leave dividers to wither their rage. Call clouds sunny and hurricanes breezy. Buy a new hat. Slap the world silly. Rejoice. #vss365

In this hybrid piece, Jacob Hatfield reminds us that "And the dog you get is good for a day, but God does he turn.." #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @jamesjacobhatfield.bsky.social

"They came with painful spirits - bent and ragged. They came – Unknowing. Angry. Dismissive. To maintain peace. After making one promise too many. Keeping too few..." - Thomas Elson #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

Hey! One of my favorite pieces, Barlow Crassmont letting us know that "My shame has branded me with a scarlet letter linked to my passport.." #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @barlowcrassmont.bsky.social

"Deficiency bloomed and ample bled from bites into dearth and paucity.." - Pamelyn Casto #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @pamcasto.bsky.social

Whoa.. we get a lot of consequences from William Kitcher when "The heart attack victim’s foot comes off the brake and the car continues to cruise toward the intersection..." #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

In case you're wondering, I changed the Dog Throat icon to Chulo. He's one my three dogs, and the leader of the pack. He loves to run in the hills and is friendly to everybody. Here's all three of them after a hike, somehow lined up by size.. Victor David @victordavid.com

"A gull with its beak open collided with a bit of Diane, the bit lodging itself against the gull’s tongue.." - Laton Carter #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

Our August issue is open for submissions! Poetry, music, and visual art: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit

Why “Righteous Rage”? “Be it seething, quiet and calculated, or outright riotous, our rage is sometimes the strongest indicator of our morality and our worth, the value we place on those things we stand for.” - Editor’s note by @melruthwrites.bsky.social epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

"I’ve seen the machine, and I know its gospel: every button is a story, and every story is a lie that once made someone live.." - Joshua Walker #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @bigjosh84.bsky.social

"Reading anonymously is liberating. I’m an advocate for putting the work itself above all other concerns.." - Victor D Sandiego #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity @victordavid.com

Very grateful to @claudineliterary.bsky.social and @dehardy.bsky.social for publishing this tiny story that sat like a claw in me. www.claudineliterary.com/eirenegentle

"The lining of the brain is coated with possibility. The ostinato of thought pushes across an expanse..." - William V. Ray #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

"With parted lips, my tongue tastes dead flowers and wheat." #writing #micro #fiction #writingcommunity

"Longing for air and sunlight, I was so bored I used to feel as though I was covered in fine ash, on the point of changing into peppery sneezes." #writing #essay #duende #writingcommunity

Born a Whale by Jackie Roberti

Chris Lawrence @chrislarry33.bsky.social has new work up today where we are "circling back on the roadmap for my decommissioning". Thank you Chris! #fiction #writing

We operate on UTC and therefore it's May 1 which means submissions are open. Leave your car in the dumpster. We are online and ready. dogthroat.com/guidelines

Hello all fans of DTJ and the oddly beautiful Brad Rose. @moomoocamus.bsky.social Today, you'll need to see for yourself what Brad has been up to, but remember: "You’ve got to eat the piranhas before they eat you." Thank you Brad!

Today we not one but two new micros from Louella Lester, one of which deals with what happens after "another six cigarettes and three large tumblers of scotch" Thank you, Louella! #fiction #flash #micro #writingcommunity #stay #blessed

Four issues so far, and one in progress! Thank you again to everyone who submitted for Issue 5. In the meantime, head over to our website to learn more about The Four Faced Liar and secure a copy of Issue 4 www.the4facedliar.com

Kicking off today with a coke bottle. Wizard, that is. "If the keeper wills it." Thank you A.J.! #flash #fiction #writing dogthroat.com/post/coke-bo...

We concur with this reviewer....

Not one, not two, but three micros by Mercedes Lawry. Enjoy! #flash #micro #fiction #writing #writingcommunity

Here we have two micros by Matt Zambito for your micro dose of goodness "Sacrifice my right hand for burning family flags at half-mast" #flash #fiction #writing #writingcommunity

Fresh off the press today, a delightful story by Joseph Kerschbaum who shows us "the wrong words said like pipe bombs and the right words like handwritten letters never delivered." #fiction #flash #micro #writingcommunity #writing

We have new work by Tom Stevens that brings a somewhat frightful, even dreadful sense of the divine. This piece speaks to me in painful and articulate tongues.

In this piece, Asif Raheel shares with us that The Man Who Borrowed Silence "Some days felt almost sacred. Other days, completely empty. Most days, both." Beautiful work from Asif. See it here: dogthroat.com/post/the-man... #fiction #flash #philosophy #insight

Hey did you know we have a Substack page in addition to our main web site? Maybe a little crazy because I'm up to my armpits in things to do, but it's fun putting some of your work up there in order to reach more people. Zappity.

Up today, new work from Roy N. Mason who asks if these things are wonderful days of your life, or mourning of moments forever gone.

The train was late getting out of bed this morning, but even so, @eireneeleni.bsky.social let us know that they "blamed the explosion on a freak rogue cowhunk solar storm" New work up at DTJ today! Thank you Eirene! dogthroat.com/post/where-f...

David Anson Lee has a new piece up at Dog Throat Journal HQ in which people remember things they never lived, and laughter gnaws at the edges of midnight. If you click, you will see it. So click onward, friends before time runs backwards again. #fiction #flash #prose #poetry

Over here at Dog Throat Journal HQ, we have new work from Grace Mattern. Weird and wonderful and poignant "She uncoils a story: the ER, clotted lungs, groceries she abandoned, premeasured needles...." #flash #fiction #writing dogthroat.com/post/the-com...

At Dog Throat Journal, selections are not made by committee. It's just me, Victor David, who reads every piece that zips in through our submission portal. If that sounds good, this is to let you know that Feb subs are open. #writing #flash #fiction #writingcommunity Ocho (in the pic) says hi.

New work up today, No Attachment "Enough to crack the shell of the machine, to reattach an umbilical cord." - Dolo Diaz dogthroat.com/post/no-atta...

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...