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I hate Word and Google Docs, but given what we do here, it's basically required. For the last few months I've been working on a way to edit stories with writers without them having to sign-up for anything, but still be able to review, comment, accept/reject edits. I'm so close to the finish line.

DRUM ROLL!!!! Announcing the longlists for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Congratulations to the writers of these 50 wonderful pieces. Please feel free to celebrate wildly but don't reveal which piece is yours as judging is still ongoing! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

Today we are spotlighting @chrisdotydunn.com with People Always Look for Each Other 🦝 We loved the quiet, building menace in this speculative short, the imaginative "traps". Reader Leigh said "strong imagery and a beauty of a mic drop from the narrator" trashcatlit.com/people-alway...

My pro career has died a death lately, i cant find paid work anymore, but if you like my artwork and can support me making more in my slow chaotic way heres my patreon, thanks! patreon.com/c/AlexDuneBr...

BREAKING: Pride Month Extended Indefinitely

For the evening crowd...

A double story day for me! Happy Pride, y'all! 🏳️‍🌈

You. Have. Less. Than. TWENTY-FOUR hours. Entries close at 3pm BST tomorrow 30th June. That's 3PM BST 30th JUNE. If I could underline and bold 3PM, I would!!! Those of you still scribbling, pruning, polishing, you might want to switch your settings to turbo mode.

Three days to submit to the Summer issue of Forgotten Ground Regained

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New story day! "People Always Look for Each Other" is now live with @trashcatlit.bsky.social!

Many thanks to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for publishing my story, “Waxcap.” Utterly delighted to be in the bin, and reading the other stories now! 🍄‍🟫 🦝 #flashfiction #writesky #write #trashcatlit

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Exciting news, reader peoples - we are launching our newest issue TOMORROW. Eleven flash and shorts celebrating plantlife coming to your screens 🦝🌳 Look out for the announcement and link to the issue. #flashfiction #shortstories #writing

Today's story is "Wreck Beach" by Jill Bonfman. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

Two days left to submit stories to [RECORDED]! 👀 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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Help us create a cursed Lovecraftian Mad Lib for a future Drabblecast transmission. Reply with your most absurd answers. NOUN: ADJECTIVE: VERB: ADVERB: NAME OF PERSON: FAMOUS PLACE: NAME OF SCHOOL: LOCAL PLACE:

50% off all ebooks until July 4th in dishonor of Amaz*n. Use code COMPOSITE at www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks.

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Today's story is "A Practical Taxonomy of Animals for the Purpose of Husbandry by Dr. Arthur Talbot" by Angela Benham. @authorabenham.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

Our June Call is OPEN! Theme: Macabre Word: Bones Genre: Dark fiction 500-1200 words. All details: midnight-writers.com#midnight-mag... is

The khōréō magazine KS is live @khoreo.bsky.social and they are doing such important work in speculative fiction from immigrant and diaspora writers. If you have some coins, send them their way, and help them keep going! Boost the signal! 🧡🧡

It’s just one wonderful week until our very first Whimsy! If you’re joining, early bird entry is open until 11:59pm tomorrow. See you on the 1st! 🦙🪶 whimsyfiction.com.

I'm doing an AMA today on r/fantasy -- come ask me about poetry, fiction, my cat, the myth of good posture, or anything else! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

Excited to be in Trash Cat Lit's summer issue!

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

Lukin's Law: if a magazine has an elaborate and detailed "Submissions" page but doesn't say a word about payment, that's not an innocent and cutesy oversight. Politely asking them to clarify would be a waste of time. [Source: *hours* of carefully scrolling and re-reading that I will never get back]

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"You, But Only Sometimes" by Leah Ning is free to read today! www.patreon.com/Crep...

You can now purchase the Dinosaurs Survived! stickers as full sets of 5. Each set is $25 You'll save $5 if you bought each set individually. Plus you get a free Dinosaurs Survived! logo sticker for free!!! #sciart #paleoart www.emmalerae.com/store/p91/Di...

The Berlin Zoo named their baby Hippo Brötchen. :) (Bread roll 🥖)

Share some good news today, large or small? Here's mine: MA legislature passes a Freedom to Read Bill, to help prevent book bans & protect librarians statewide! (Last year MA was 6th in the nation for # of books challenged.) #sharegoodnewstoo

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Reprints, reprints, reprints! Our upper limit on reprint flash fiction is a little more flexible - 1100 words. We'll be opening for your reprint gems this week!

Said a spokesperson for chimps and elephants, "Fuck you, we're not a problem to solve" www.npr.org/2026/06/07/n...

It drives me nuts how many people interchange accessibility with catering to my preferences. I rely on accessibility to get up a flight of stairs. I am not demanding all stairs be removed and force everyone to use a ramp just because I need it.

“Pre-gen AI. Guaranteed correct.”

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

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Very honoured and grateful to @underreviewlit.bsky.social for nominating me for a Pushcart Prize 2026. I love Everyone Has A Plan, my story about love & kickboxing. It's also the story that landed me my first hring as a screenwriter, so I'm even more grateful. www.underreviewlit.com/issue-11-win...

A very stupid (complementary) take about a future influenced by GenAI. Enjoy!

A very stupid (complementary) take about a future influenced by GenAI. Enjoy!

You guys it’s out! Listen, I had the worst day yesterday and I could use some love so go listen!

Join us for the next round of the Not Quite Write Prize and kickstart your flash fiction addiction! Compete within a community of likeminded creatives, and write a compelling 500-word story based on our prompts to win thousands in cash plus publication! To sign up, head to notquitewriteprize.com

Reprints, reprints, reprints! Our upper limit on reprint flash fiction is a little more flexible - 1100 words. We'll be opening for your reprint gems this week!

Are you a queer author? Could you use $100 to help you with your writing journey? Apply for our LGBT+ Writer's Grant today! Or, y'know, anytime this month. 🏳️‍🌈 Full details here: sliceduppress.com/lgbtwritingg...