Delighted to share "Beyond the Break," my micro in @thecitronreview.bsky.social. Congratulations to The Citron Review: A Journal of Brief Literature, which recently had several of its past pieces placed on the esteemed @wigleaf.bsky.social's 2026 list. TY Citron! citronreview.com/2026/06/30/b...

I’d love it if you read my new story “Secondhand” in the July issue of Ghost Parachute. Lots of incredible work there to discover!

Explore our new archive tag, Among Creatures—a home for stories and poems featuring the creatures we share our world with. I hope you enjoy exploring this growing category. #shortpoetry #microfiction #readersofbsky #writersofbsky #wildlife #animals 🦉🐗🐕🦔❣️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

Here's the old stone pier in the story below. Had no gates or warning signs back in the day so Ffion would have been way down at the far end, flanked by the Dragons' Teeth, looking back.

A #haiku of mine that was included in the @thepoetrypea.bsky.social podcast on creepy-crawlies curled fig leaf a pale green spider stitches edge to edge More wriggly stuff here - poetrypea.com/s8e39-creepy...

Looking for a brief escape from the noise? Check out “Port of Dragons” by @leighloveday.bsky.social in our latest issue. www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... 🐉🐲 #dragons #amreading #fantasy #shortfiction #microfiction #speculativelit #shortfiction #fantasyreaders #readersofbsky

“You’d wrapped me in bubble wrap like a precious heirloom, but my lungs needed crisp fall air and hints of bonfire smoke.” From "An afternoon bike ride" by Moira Richardson. @moirariom.bsky.social Just one of the many lovely gems in our May issue. 🍂🚲🦉 www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

#nextgenerationfinalist #memoir #flashnonfiction #lotsagenres elj-editions.com/scrap-salvag...

So thrilled to appear in this dream journal, thank you wonderful editor-people @nffr.bsky.social. Thank you also to the Group 10 word wizards in March Micro Madness @smokelong.bsky.social for their help with this piece.‬

Delighted to have a piece in this flip-book. The Reprise - Tidal (pg56, near the end). Remembering the Beach is a lament about coastal destruction, which began life in @mattkendrick.bsky.social 's Glorious Words course. inesmeow.com/magazine/

This is a DREAM COME TRUE! “[an] unflinching tale of captivity and resilience, and the power of stories.” — Kenneth Oppel, author of the bestselling Silverwing series. #WHALEFALL hits shelves September 15, 2026. PREORDER NOW! 🔗 in bio! #amreading #booksforkids #middlegrade#middlegrade #2026debut

A #haiku of mine (from Cicada's Cry 2020 Covid edfition) for #PoetryDayIRL my morning blackbird sings in the garden lilac; I know all the notes.

"Mighty as an orca breaching water and equally as silly in its lighter moments, this debut novel is a solid recommendation for fans of Rosanne Parry and Sara Pennypacker.” -- Booklist #WHALEFALL hits shelves September 15, 2026. Ages 10+ #PREORDER NOW! #bookreviews #amreading #middlegrade

For #StunDay x #BloomScrolling, a little filter fun from the iPhone app applied to the Nikon image #rose #flower #photography

Thanks @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social for including me in the 2026 anthology!

Two pieces I've published in the past month, both very short. If you give them a look, thank you! www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... www.activemuse.org/2026_Collect...

Happy to have a 50-word micro with an 11-word title in @templeinacity.bsky.social. Thank you to editor @eireneeleni.bsky.social! templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

#Iris in #mygarden for #BloomScrolling x #ColorADay #YellowThu #yellowthurs grab shot on phone camera #flower #photography

So, so grateful this poem found a home in issue 8 of @epistemiclit.bsky.social 🥹💗

So happy to have a teensy micro in issue 4 of @thehooletsnook.bsky.social 🌸 www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

Big thanks to EIC Giselle LeBlanc for publishing my tiny story The Umbrella at @thehooletsnook.bsky.social www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

@leighloveday.bsky.social Thank you again for contributing to THN! And honestly, we’re fully on board with the idea that dragons would improve any hometown. 🐉☺️ www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...

@iamagnat.bsky.social Thank you so much for sending this delicate, atmospheric haiku our way. We're grateful for the chance to feature it. 🙏🏼💫🌸😊

Issue #4 is now live! A heartfelt thank you to all our wonderful contributors for trusting us with their work and helping bring this issue to life. We’re grateful these poems and stories found their way to THN. www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issue 💫🙏🦉🌸🌿 #microfiction #shortpoetry #amreading

Two more days! We can't wait to share this one. In the meantime, there’s still plenty to explore at The Hoolet’s Nook. www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issue 👀 🦉🌸🌿🦉🌸🌿 #microfiction #shortpoetry #writingcommunity #readersofbsky #flashfiction #shortstories #haiku #poetsofbsky

Thank you for the shout out from @fictivedream.bsky.social — and for publishing the title story of my debut chapbook - the inspiration for the novelette 🧡🧡

I have a new story up on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social today — started in the @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Marathon!

Another micro up on 50-Word Stories — drafted in the @smokelong.bsky.social Micro Marathon. fiftywordstories.com

A #haiku of mine, published in 'Tea - All the Time It Takes' haiku anthology put together by Denise Fontaine-Pincince after the funeral - a single cup of tea

Such an honour to win the 100-word story competition! The @smokelongg writing community is amazing. 🤩 Congrats, all!

Appeared yesterday in ink in thirds.

Only three weeks until our next issue drops! This is our biggest one yet, and I’m so happy with how it’s coming together. For now, feel free to browse—our categories are a great way to explore different moods and styles. 🦉🌸🌿💫 #microfiction #shortpoetry www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issue

I didn't write today. But I read.

Thank you so much!

It’s happening!! 🧡🧡🧡

www.amazon.com/FLASH-FICTIO... #flashfiction #creativewriting #writingcraft

A #haiku of mine long-listed on The Haiku Foundation's Zoo themed Haiku Dialogue in March. panda enclosure — not everything is black and white (Read more of the long-listed haiku here thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog... )

A #haiku of mine published in the Covid edition of Cicada's Cry in 2020 my morning blackbird sings in the garden lilac; I know all the notes.

I have a new micro up today in Twisted Tongue Press! Many thanks to EIC Brenna Ebner and all at Twisted Tongue.

Publication day! I have a micro in this issue (tw: sexual assault). Many thanks to editor Charlotte Joyce Kidd, @tom1walsh.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and the Shadowcliff Retreat crew for supporting me while I wrote it.

That story you love? Don't give up on it! #amwriting

When you haven't written a new story in a while and then one sneaks up on you. #amwriting #flashfiction

A week since my first wee publication of 2026: 100 words about a creepy whirlpool in the #SciFanSat 'Spiral' issue. Loads of good stuff in here. Give it a whirl! Take it for a spin! Go round and have a look! Etc.

🌿🦉💫🌸 All responses have gone out! Thanks to everyone who submitted. Here is our breakdown for anyone interested: Fiction: 70 pieces (~29% accepted) Poetry: 170 pieces (~11% accepted) If you submitted and haven’t heard back, please let us know. #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortpoetry #haiku

Submissions are now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted—we’re in the final round of reviews and responses will follow shortly. Our next reading round opens on June 1. 🙏🏻🦉🌿✨🌸

Fact or Crap? A reflection on creative nonfiction substack.com/@dbliz/note/...

Gobsmacked! Mega thanks to @newwritersuk.bsky.social & all those who helped me with this one, incl @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @jrfenn.bsky.social, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, @finnegag.bsky.social, @yalanchang.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social.

Mentions like this are so appreciated! Thank you @iamagnat.bsky.social 🌿🦉🙏🌸

For the day that's in it #MothersDay #haiku This one of mine made it into the current Kokako Issue 44 another whist drive my mother, at eighty-five doesn't miss a trick

Delighted to have a micro in the latest issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social! Many thanks to EIC @dehardy.bsky.social, Claudine, and all the interns 🐈‍⬛ I wrote this one in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop 😊