A little ghosty but what’s more haunting, the presence or the life dissolving in on itself? Tender and, well, haunting by @christinaltudor.bsky.social templeinacity.com/fiction-chri...

Unruly but good at heart describes like 95% of my writing Closing out 2025 with yet another ghost story So excited that this story I initially drafted in 2021 finally found a home. Thank you to editors at @templeinacity.bsky.social: templeinacity.com/fiction-chri...

Book mail! Patricia's stories are always so moving - can't wait to dig in to this collection! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees! Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.

Asking for a thing: what are your favorite hermit-crab stories? (Can be "that you've written" or "by somebody else")

95% of my publications this year have come from @smokelong.bsky.social!

‘…because you craved salt, flavor, feeling, something.’ That brilliant, insistent ‘because’… @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🃏 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

Super excited to have a piece in @tinymolecules.bsky.social! Thank you to @sdobbie.bsky.social for giving my unhappy wife story a home! Read "You Didn’t Leave Your Husband Because the Tarot Reader Told You To" here: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

"Because you told the tarot reader you don’t want to leave your husband, you can’t leave so can she spin your fortune into something new" Love this from @christinaltudor.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Great use of anaphora and 2nd person narration: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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Spooky season is a good time to read my speculative stories drafted in @smokelong.bsky.social fitness! Read about a mom turning into a tree in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social: themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/volum... Read about a mail order ghost in The Citron Review: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...

"Judy Blume novels taught me that having a body can feel pressing, unwieldy. Maybe she was right. Because now my body is all I can think about because maybe I’m too disabled to live in this climate-changed world, to survive in a world so hell-bent on destruction" Stunning CNF

Oh hey, that's me! Read my story & interview here: www.smokelong.com/stories/judy...

There’s a reason so many artists keeping saying they’d rather than die than use generative AI: it’s not hyperbole, it would be the death of creativity, and for most artists, that’s too unbearable to live with

Writer friends! Does anyone know of good journals to submit hermit crab flash to?

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” thru Dec. 15! 👥 We accept fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, experimental narratives, visual art, film & comics; give personalized feedback to work submitted by 10/31 & pay $50! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!

I think more people should be reading the short story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT 🤭

Couldn't have asked for a better home for this weird little micro about an unhappy mom and a family who adopts a pregnant hamster: themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/volum...

Congratulations, Christina 🎉

Perfectly in season, Christina hits a home run with this one. A ghost story. Mail order ghosts. You read that right.

I wrote a ghost story in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and it's published in the fall issue of The Citron Review just in time for spooky season! Read my flash piece about a cranky teenager ghost & grief here: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...

So excited to have a story in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social alongside so many talented writers. Give it a read!

What an issue! I just read every story—all so good.

Cover Reveal! September 15th! Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! Ten killer flash by ten amazing writers. And we're thrilled to feature new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in the SmokeLong Master Series. Cover art by Mario Loprete.

“The birthmark mutates like a shadow on asphalt. Like a thunderstorm, hovering and ominous, the birthmark darkens.” @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

I've been stuck in an airport all day with my flight being pushed back in 30-minute increments but I did get acceptances from @mrbullbull.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social Excited to have three new pieces out in the world before the end of the year!!

New flash at one of my faves @maudlinhouse.bsky.social !!! Stuck in an airport lounge with Ryan Reynolds and try to stay sober! WHEN THE GUY WHO PLAYED DEADPOOL WAS MY AA SPONSOR. Aiming to get at least one laugh out of you! maudlinhouse.net/when-the-guy...

The inimitable @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social "She’s not like the other girls—sorry, I mean women—they’ve been with." So so searing and good 🔥 www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

*Help needed!!* Looking for flash that fully embraces the dreamscape, especially pieces that do interesting things with time (jumping about, going round in circles, exploring alt timelines etc.) - who has examples for me, either your own or ones from others? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

Thrilled to have a new story up today at @flashfrog.bsky.social 🐸. Big thanks to EIC @ericscottryon.bsky.social for saying yes, to Sherry Shahan for the playful artwork (those sea slugs!!), & a shout out to @smokelong.bsky.social ASS '24 + @christopherallen.bsky.social for prompting this one. 🙏❤️

My piece "Birthmark" is on the @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social homepage for just a little while longer Give it a read here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

"Her ex-boyfriend said it would make it easy to pick her out of a lineup, would make it easy for him to track her down if she ever left him, which, of course, she did. " Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️

Ya'll should read my matchbook piece if you haven't yet! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir... Grateful to the editors for making it even better & giving it a home ❤️

Going to be riding the high of getting into the HAD call for the rest of the week

A literal dream publication of mine! I'm so excited that this story about bodies and belonging is out in the world. I hope you give a read. "Birthmark" is now live in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

I have a piece coming out in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social tomorrow and I can't wait for ya'll to read it 👀 👀 👀

Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for running the #ArchiveChallenge - it's been fun seeing old stories shared with new audiences! Special shout out to @adelegallogly.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @michellefb.bsky.social @christinaltudor.bsky.social @kimmurdock.bsky.social for your shares ❤️

Time to bring back the summoning circle for writers! 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 That email 🕯 or acceptance 🕯 you've been 🕯 waiting for 🕯 🕯 🕯️

I think I miscounted what day it is for the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge so I'm doing a bonus round to be safe! "Trip-trapping" by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social Every line of this story does heavy lifting. Read it here: newflashfiction.com/trip-trappin...

There is nothing like pressing the submit button to finally figure out exactly what is wrong with your story.

Day 13 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge. "Junior Year Abroad" by Kathleen McGookey in @nffr.bsky.social: newflashfiction.com/kathleen-mcg... A narrator trying to make sense of the world and not quite getting it right. Beautiful moments and descriptions from top to bottom

ok lmao which one of you did this mamdanitimes.com

Another surreal flash from @nffr.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge "Only a Skeleton" by Stephanie Devine: newflashfiction.com/stephanie-de... "I unzip my body, strip off my skin, and hang it over the back of a chair."

@smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge Day 12 - this one has killer descriptions: newflashfiction.com/nod-ghosh-3/ "When she says ‘please’, you pretty her into indigo happiness, and then you drop her on the ground. Her bamboo legs unfold, her skirt splayed, displayed like an open orchid."

Who's publishing weird shit these days? Because that seems to be the only thing I'm capable of writing.

Day 11 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge "Boilermaker" by JW Goll in @nffr.bsky.social and Best Small Fictions 2024: newflashfiction.com/boilermaker-... It's great place writing in just 4 paragraphs "Just breathing in this town should be called a boilermaker."

IKYMI: I had a micro in Ghost Parachute about what happens when the doctors can't figure out what's wrong with you. ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...

'“Listen to your body,” the acupuncturist had said, so I did.' An absolute stunner from @chelseastickle.bsky.social!

Today's @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge piece is "When You’re Gone I Practice for When You’re Dead" by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social: newflashfiction.com/when-youre-g... I love the title/opening line and the repetition of the narrator laying in the grass to show the emotion in the piece.

Day 9 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge. "Grandma" by L. Soviero is surprising, funny, and tender. So many of these stories in @nffr.bsky.social go in completely unexpected directions: newflashfiction.com/grandma-by-l...