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Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award! www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

Happy to see three @mooncitypress.bsky.social authors/friends in this new @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and Michelle Ross! A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too! www.bestmicrofiction.com

Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social, whose story that originally appeared in @mooncityreview.bsky.social has been selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026! Thanks to Guest Editor Diane Seuss and series editors @gary79.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social! www.bestmicrofiction.com

New @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, the Larry Brown Short Story Award Issue. Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, and their entire staff! pitheadchapel.com/2026/01/01/v...

@flightlit.bsky.social is awesome! Thanks so much!

Killer new flash by @courtneyb77.bsky.social at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social!

This month's Ghost Parachute is killer! Kudos to @brettpribble.bsky.social for curating! ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb... Authors in the comments.

This is a fantastic issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social! Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, and their entire staff, and to all these talented writers. pitheadchapel.com/2025/12/01/v...

Congrats and good luck to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 Best Small Fictions nominees! @mynachang.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, @kellypedro.bsky.social, @erinvachon.bsky.social, Nora Wagner

Don't forget to preorder the amazing My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, coming in early January from @mooncitypress.bsky.social! www.uapress.com/product/my-f...

Thanks to Meg Pokrass for featuring me today at her amazing substack, Prompts of Resilience! I had such a blast making this happen. Thanks, Meg, for all you do for flash! pokrassprompts.substack.com/p/response-s...

Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social is live! What a lineup of amazing authors and stories, including this years Grand Microfiction Contest winners! I got to interview @ktherr.bsky.social about her mind-blowing micro. Just so much amazing work here! www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

Thanks to @ketchiklein.bsky.social and @fklein907.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Polecatz" for a @pushcartprize.bsky.social! Nice company here with @seanennis.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!

Congratulations to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees: @kelliborges2.bsky.social, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, Julia Coursey, @amymarques.bsky.social, and @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social. Good luck!

Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social. Good luck!

Time to preorder My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today! www.uapress.com/product/my-f...

Thanks to Brian Mihok, @marcelleheath.bsky.social, Jeannie Hoag, and everyone at @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this new camping story, "Happy Birthday." Psyched to be in this journal!

Thanks to @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for publishing my apocalypse story in their new issue!

Thanks—on Thanksgiving!—to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social (and Hema Nataraju and Lakshmi Iyer and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social) for nominating me for a Pushcart Prize!

Thanks to @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social, Angela Brommel, and everyone at @thecitronreview.bsky.social for nominating me for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!

Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and everyone at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing this new piece, "Hello." Stoked!

Lovely book mail today from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @sfwp.bsky.social!

Cover reveal! Introducing The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by @joelhans.com, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award. Set to release February 3, 2026: Preorder link coming soon. Fabulous cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.

Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social and @jhhwriter.bsky.social for nominating my story "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." for The Best Small Fictions. In such great company here, too! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social, etc.

Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, and everyone at Greentower Press for putting me in the new Laurel Review! I get to be with @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, @aimeeparkison.bsky.social, @webbish6.bsky.social, and so many other friends and talents!

Picked up these two gems by @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social when he visited Springfield this past weekend!

Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon! Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.

Cover reveal: My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Moon City Poetry Award! This book will be out from @mooncitypress.bsky.social on January 6. Preorder link coming soon! Art by Elisabeth Anderson with design by Shen Chen Hsieh.

Got to read at Northwest Missouri State this past week with my friend and colleague @jennifermurvin.bsky.social! Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, Daniel Biegelson, and the whole Maryville gang for being the BEST hosts!

Missouri Poets Laureate David L. Harrison, @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social meet up in Springfield!

I get to read on Thursday at Northwest Missouri State University with my colleague, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, for the indisputably cool @lukerolfes.bsky.social and @jgallaher.bsky.social and their wonderful writing community. Can't wait!

Kudos to @keithlesmeister.bsky.social and his staff. Cutleaf is a really nice journal.

New Ghost Parachute! Kudos, @brettpribble.bsky.social! Author tags in the comments!

Good book mail today thanks to Lydia Millet!

Awesome new piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute, with equally fantastic art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social! ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

Congrats to my student Taylor Ward on their publication in @dogyardmag.com!

Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, and the entire @pitheadchapel.bsky.social staff on another fantastic new issue! pitheadchapel.com/2025/11/01/v...

Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his team at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing this new story, "The Screams of the Jellyfish," in their October issue! Thanks, too, to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and @courtneyb77.bsky.social for the early eyes. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

Two stories by @catemcgowan.com up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

A fab new micro by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross in The Ilanot Review! www.ilanotreview.com/flaw-and-fav...

What a visit at Missouri State with poet and alum Amber Isaac, who met with students, visited old haunts, and gave a killer reading from her new book, Peppermint. Thanks to Sara Burge for the intro and to the Springfield Regional Arts Council and the MSU Department of English for sponsoring!

So happy to be in this remarkable issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Thanks to @lesliepwriter.bsky.social and her students. Nice to be alongside friends Gary Fincke, @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social, @woodardwriter.bsky.social, and many other talented writers! www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...

My bud James Tadd Adcox with some stories in New World Writing. newworldwriting.net/james-tadd-a...

I love this new @kimmagowan.bsky.social story up at New World Writing! newworldwriting.net/kim-magowan-...

A gem by Michelle Ross in New World Writing.

New story, "Becoming a Member," up @south85journal.bsky.social! Thanks to @lesliepwriter.bsky.social and her crew for giving it a home, and to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for looking at an early draft. www.south85journal.com/becoming-a-m...

@amygcb.bsky.social at Ghost Parachute. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

New @sherrieflick.bsky.social up at Ghost Parachute!

I have a new story up at Eckleburg, "Ashley, Kelly,, and Courtney," that you should check out. Thanks to Rae Cline for giving this one a home!