THN's September issue—stories and poems short enough for a #coffeebreak, deep enough to linger. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #shortpoetry #storieswithheart #quickreads #drabbles #haiku #shortreads #flashfiction #takeabreath #poetrylovers #readersofbsky #writersofbsky 🦉❣️📖

@jenwithwords.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social @epistemiclit.bsky.social @leighaplin.bsky.social @pamavoledo.bsky.social Welcome to our little corner! Grateful for your follows and reposts—it means a lot to have you here. 💙🦉🙏 #gratitude #followerappreciation

As a thank you to our followers, you can submit now, before the official October 1st opening. 🙏🦉✍️📩 You MUST include: •Subject line: submission category + the code word “FEATHER” •Email body: your Bluesky handle All other guidelines apply—find them here: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....

Thank YOU for trusting us with your work, Adele. We’re thrilled to share your debut piece in the nook! 🦉🙏❣️

Cosmos along the sidewalk.

We're all aflutter! Our new issue has landed—featuring #microfiction and #poetry by: 
 @adelegallogly.bsky.social @loricramerwriter.bsky.social @feistybluegecko.bsky.social @arielmgoldenthal.bsky.social @stevenlempriere.bsky.social & many more!🦉❣️ www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #quickreads

Thrilled to be part of Wild Greens Magazine's "Time" issue, with this flash "Impatient Room" (at the end of the magazine). Love the art work as well as the writing in this journal. www.wildgreensmagazine.com

thank you @claudineliterary.bsky.social for including me in your first issue! www.claudineliterary.net/dianepayne

Here’s what one reader thought about @loricramerwriter.bsky.social's lighthearted & #whimsical #drabble “Confidant.” Haven’t read it yet? Hop over and take a look: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... A reminder: even a short comment can mean the world to an author. ✍️❣️🙏🦉 #shortfiction #quickread

Thank you, Melissa. Delighted to appear in this fine-looking edition.

Delighted to feature in @fictivedream.bsky.social on this MicroMonday with a 100-worder prompted by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in her opening workshop for March Micro Madness from @smokelong.bsky.social

Delighted to have my #FlashFiction “Sparrowhawk” published, today, at @yourimpossiblevoice.com Thank you to @keithjpowell.com, Managing Editor. yourimpossiblevoice.com/sparrowhawk/ #FlashLit. #ShortFiction

A treat to be featured on 50-Word-Stories, a site I love to read daily. fiftywordstories.com/2025/08/27/a...

An oldie, but one of my favourites--it received a commendation in the Polish International #Haiku Competition back in 2011: ashes to ashes the north star still burns G.R. LeBlanc #micropoetry #shortpoetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #onebreathpoetry

Thanks to haikuniverse for sharing this little piece, inspired by my daughter’s harder/younger season of handling her dad working nights. haikuniverse.com

✨New at THN: Our Favourites (searchable tag) First up: “Moonlight Becomes You” by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social Darkly elegant, with a hint of #gothic. 🦇🌕🖤 Read it here: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... More to come soon. #microfiction #haunting #readersofbsky #eerie #shortreads

Happy to be the daily story on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for the second time. www.paragraphplanet.com

Very grateful to: @indalauryn.bsky.social @syncopationlit.bsky.social @jackmmorris.bsky.social @jmorelli1230.bsky.social for the recent follows and reposts. It means more than you know! 🙏🏼🌿🦉💫 #writingcommunity #kindredspirits #gratitude #microfiction #shortpoetry

A warm welcome to our newest followers: @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @randileeander.bsky.social @saguaroscott.bsky.social ‬—and to the other kindred souls who’ve recently found their way to the Nook. We’re so glad you’re here! 🦉🙏🌿💫 #gratitude #writingcommunity #kindredsouls #readersandwriters

A peacock butterfly inspecting the wildflowers in my garden, before the rains close in #inmygarden #scottishsummer #inmygardentoday #naturephotography

A crow on a chimney.

Thrilled to see my micro "Clinging" up on The Hootlet's Nook - an online journal microfiction & poetry. Check out my Micro. Thank you Hootlet's Nook! www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... @thehooletsnook.bsky.social

Don't miss “A Guide to Decorating for the Newly Married" by @chriscottom.bsky.social—currently featured at The Hoolet’s Nook. 🦉💫✍️❣️ www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #gutpunch #microfiction #shortreads #readersofbsky #shortfiction #freereads #writersofbsky #heartfelt **Submissions are open.

To @adelegallogly.bsky.social, @ayaraywords.bsky.social and all our recent followers—thanks for being here—your interest in The Hoolet’s Nook means a lot! 🦉🙏🏼❣️ #gratitude #litcommunity #readersofbsky #writingcommunity #microfiction #shortpoetry #poetrylovers #storieswithheart

We’re thrilled to share the very first official issue of The Hoolet’s Nook! A gathering of #poems, #microfiction, and gentle reflections—we invite you to read and linger. #SUBMISSIONS are open through July 31st! 🦉✍️📩 #readersofbsky #free2read #writersofbsky www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe...

Happy to have a drabble in @thehooletsnook.bsky.social . Thanks to editor G.R. LeBlanc. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe...

We’re all caught up on #submissions sent before May 1st and have finalized selections for our June 15th issue! We’re also shifting gears again—our next submission window will run June 1 to July 31. Read more about what’s changing here: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #poetry

🦉🥵 From our archives: "It's Midnight in New Delhi and Boiling Hot," a micro by Ani Banerjee. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #shortfiction #readersofbsky #shortstories #shortreads #quickreads #freereads #familydynamics #multigenerationalhouseholds #oldhouses #traditionalvalues

Healing Ink, by Gabbi Grey: “She whispers in my ear. How she loves me. How brave I am. How she doesn’t care about the scars. I’d enter a thousand more burning buildings to save a wretched and ungrateful feline if she would hold me.” www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #paranormal #microlit

I've a poem, "After the Storm" in "Stick Figure Poetry" - stickfigurepoetry.com/issue-17/#af...

Same heart, new rhythm. Read our full update here: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... 🦉❣️✍️ #submissions #microfiction #drabble #dribble #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #flashfiction #creativewriting #poetrywriters #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #fictionfriday #tinywords #shortfiction #heartfeltstories

🦉🌟Crickets, starlight, and a touch of mystery—revisit this #microfiction gem from our archives: WAITING FOR HER RETURN, a #dribble by @louellalester.bsky.social www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #editorpicks #atmosphere #writersofbsky #flashfiction #quickreads #readingcommunity #shortstories

I have a micro up @dogthroat.com today. Thanks @victordavid.com dogthroat.com/issue/2025.0...

#quoteoftheday #quotesofbsky #aprilvibes #newbeginnings #natureheals #outofyourhead #MartyRubinQuotes #springtime

A huge congratulations to @veronicawriter.bsky.social for being featured in the debut issue of Juice Press Mag with her flash fiction story Love&Mango!!! 🎉💫👏 juicepressmag.wixsite.com/juicepress/l...

A big thank you to all our Bluesky followers! ☁️💙 Grateful to connect with fellow creators and kindred spirits here in this peaceful corner of the sky. Wishing you a wonderful April overflowing with inspiration and creativity. ✨🌸☀️🌱🐝 #creativity #writersofbsky #writingcommunity #inspiration

Thanks for the follow @taslinpollock.bsky.social! Waving hello from my little corner of Bluesky. 👋✨🦉

Completely captivated by this line—‘as tides stain the shore, the boardwalk a tongue of splintered wood.’ ❣️ Gorgeous writing, @bsherm36.bsky.social.

I have a micro up at Hoolet’s Nook. Thanks. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe...

Don't miss the powerful words and voices we’ve featured this month! 🦉📝 www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poems #fictionfriday #microfiction #shortpoetry #dribble #drabble #writersofbsky #readersofbsky #shortfiction #coffeebreak #freetoread #tinywords #heartfelt #poetrycommunity #flashfiction #emotions

Much gratitude to @kyalo.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social @ithinkiwrite.bsky.social for the follows! 🦉🙏💫

🦉🙏❣️🙂 Thank you very much to @lindadaunter.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social and @chrispark456.bsky.social for the follows and the reposts.

From our archives—the very first story we published back in October. Don't miss this one: Knit One, Purl Two, by Julie Brandon. 🦉❣️🧶 www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #drabble #storieswithheart #family #knitting #fathersanddaughters #heartfelt #readersofbsky #emotionalreads #memory

So honoured to be chosen for this by judge Joanna Miller. Big thanks to Ian @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this bimonthly comp and to @norami.bsky.social and several non-BlueSkyers for their help. Congrats to my fellow SLers; see y'all next time I hope (literally, cos I'm the judge).

It's Friday!!!! Don't miss these wonderful additions to THN! 🦉✍️❣️💫 www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poems #microfiction #dribbles #drabbles #writersofbsky #opensubmissions ##fridayfiction #freereads #flashfic #writingcommunity #readersofbsky #quickreads #shortreads @karenschauber.bsky.social

Delighted to have my tiny story “Safety in the North” published at @thehooletsnook.bsky.social, today. Thank you to Gisele LeBlanc, Editor. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #flashfiction #microfiction #drabble #100wordstory

#Micropoetry conveys deep meaning with few #words and subtle nuances. Visit our Micropoetry page for selections by Charles Rossiter & Kyle Hemmings, showcasing this art form: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #poetry #haiku #senryu #shortpoetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #poets #blueskypoem

Don't miss this poignant tale about love and its ever-changing nature: www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... by @veronicawriter.bsky.social 🦉✍️💔 #fictionfriday #microfiction #heartfeltstories #quickreads #readersofbsky #flashfic #shortstories #relationships #loveandloss #shortfiction #freereads

A quote to remember on days when it’s hard to find things to be grateful for: “Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.” ~Amit Ray #quotesofbsky #dailyquote #gratitude #life #breathe #AmitRayquotes #hanginthere #thelittlethings

Huge thanks to the lovely people at The Hoolet’s Nook!