"All the way down, he keeps describing the most secure way to climb. ‘Three points of contact,’ he yells..." Funny sad piece by @taracampbell.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/05/25/m...

Beautiful poem by @ewenglass.bsky.social @jmwwjournal.bsky.social #poetry #writingcommunity

SIGNED BOOK NEWS! "The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian" by Jon Richardson. In this candid memoir, Jon reconnects with his younger self. Chewits, Oasis, Baywatch. It's all in there! Out in October. Pre-order a SIGNED copy (£3 off) HERE www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Today reminds me of the day I went on a safari. Somebody forgot the corkscrew, and for several days we had nothing to survive on but just food and water.

“Hannah fidgets in her chair. Will Annie’s son ever be quiet? He’s not stopped talking since the three of them sat down to eat. It would have been better if she’d gone straight home […]” From Bereft of Reason by Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/bereft-of-...

What do you call it when your brother-in-law hits your rental car, a Volvo station wagon parked in his driveway, backing into it with his car, and everyone in the family knows who did it, but no one tells you? Great piece by Sophie Wahl @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/b...

'My mother is an Easy-Spray Iron, her days the heat-resistant ironing board.' Fabulous piece by @dawnwriter.bsky.social @jmwwjournal.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/f...

Poetry: Flannel Nightdress by M. M. Adjarian The mama you recall, the one that came before the one you called your mother, loved her long and faded nightgowns,

I'm absolutely thrilled that my story has made it onto this year's longlist 🎉 Congratulations to everyone who entered & the best of luck to my fellow longlistees. #fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

"Michael was the kind of altar boy who stayed behind after Mass to wipe down the chalice rims and straighten hymnals." #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity The Corpus by Derek Santos flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...

'Nothing was real under the heavy clouds that muffled the night into a nearly textureless fog.' #fiction #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity Cuttings in the Night by Dana Lapides flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...

'Mother of two, early middle age, loan officer, married.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity Tax Day by Christine Sneed flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...

I’ll be joining Laura on Monday,18th to talk about my novella-in-flash ‘Chasing the Dragon’. There’s a discussion every month with a different author! Sign up details below. Come and join us👇👇☺️☺️

I am honored, flattered, by the article by @laurabesley.bsky.social at FlashFictionMagazine about my short story "Arlene the White Oak Tree."

'Dad throws the pot of mac and cheese in the sink and turns on the tap, filling the pot until the macaroni floats to the top like an aquarium of dead goldfish.' So much love & sadness in 'Pickle Juice' by @kellypedro.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social #flashfiction flash-frog.com/2026/04/13/p...

‘I’ve been watching you,’ she said. ‘Oh?’ ‘That’s right. You write extremely fast.’ Great quirky little piece by Dan Tremaglio @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/04/27/m...

"‘I’ve been watching you,’ she said." Thanks, Lady by Dan Tremaglio, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/04/27/m...

'“Hey dude,” I ask, tentatively. Men our age don’t really know how to talk to each other. “You doing okay?”' Great #flashfiction by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social @major7mag.bsky.social #fiction #mixtape #writingcommunity www.major7mag.com/post/by-the-...

'Bright lights flash as pain erupts through your skull. You squeeze your eyes shut. When you open them, the stars are gone, but your body feels woozy. Hollow.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity A Punch on the Nose by Damon Yeargain flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'Captain Edward Peterson of the King’s Own Highlanders doubled over and puked up his meager breakfast.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity A Cry in the Darkness by Graeme Copland flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'I tell her exhaustion can do strange things, anxiety folds memory, time is a trick the brain plays. She shakes her head.' Love this line & the whole piece is great with a fab flip at the end. #fiction #flashfiction Safe and Sound by Michael Anthony Ranfone flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'Guy announced his engagement at a Shell station while pouring Monster into a Big Gulp. He wore a ring pop.' GUY MARRIES THE MOON by Michael Anthony Ranfone #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity

And thanks to everyone for sending their stories in! #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity

So pleased you enjoyed this tiny gem, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing @laurabesley.bsky.social‬ #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

'The sky is an endless, merciless blue. A man swaggers down a dusty street, breathing in township air—stale, thick with poverty, carrying the faint stench of dogs dead too long in the sun.' Densely atmospheric piece! #flashfiction Close Shave by Ethel flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'Emigration for a refugee woman is like carrying the child of a rapist.' Such a phenomenal piece. Creative Nonfiction: Pregnant With War by Yuliia Verba (translated by Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko) #cnf #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

Poetry: Tahoe of the Mind by Sam Kerbel The gauze of interplay leaves out time For mutually assured destruction What it is, may be a riddle, Or a secret known to less than few

'You talk about the childhood joys of ripping out the stamen and sucking the nectar from their fragile flowers.' Great piece which explores identity and belonging. Honeysuckle by Sophie Isham #fiction #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

'It was a sleepy afternoon. I was lying on my bed, the kind of day that didn’t feel like anything big could happen—strange considering I was leaving tomorrow.' This one pulls at the heart strings... #fiction #flashfiction The Last Time I Looked Back flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

"The “CELEBRATE SMOKING” banner had already been tied in place above the entrance to Orcus College’s auditorium when I showed up shortly before the coronation." #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Smokers by Fred D. White flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'I see you continue to stubbornly linger, so I shall tell you about Tom, the gravedigger.' This took a totally unexpected turn! #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity The Unrequested Grave by Joel Bryant flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

That moment when you have an idea about what to do with your story and you know it's going to make a squillion times harder to write, but you also know now you've had that idea, it's the only way. Yes. That's where I am. #amwriting #writingcommunity

'My husband and I holler to each other from parallel sandbars, announcing our finds: moon shell, conch, auger, sand dollar.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Shells by Lynn M. Rice flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

FlashFlood is open & has reserved spots for unpublished writers. For more details please see our guidelines: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

Immensely interesting. Glad you enjoyed The Last Shaman, Laura, and thank you for reading @laurabesley.bsky.social‬ @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

For this #Worldartday why not pick up "The Two Roberts" by the brilliant @damianbarr.bsky.social? The novel, longlisted for the @walterscottprize.bsky.social, is a searing exploration of art, class, and sexuality. Damian joins us next month, and you can too: bit.ly/DamianBarrtickets

It’s April 16, 2026, and today’s mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt is #hammer! As in hammer of the gods. The prompt feels appropriate for today, because it's Thursday; a day of the week named after the Norse god Thor!

'You sit in a single seat and stare through the small crack of the open window, inhaling hot air through the blue particles of an N95 mask.' #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Compose New Message by Adrienne Weiss flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'To get through her shift, Shelly liked to turn into something in the waiting room, and that night she was a scuffed floor tile under a man’s chair.' Phenomenal story by @kimbundy.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity In Case of Emergency flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'Lena hit the brakes and swerved onto the shoulder, barely avoiding the car that had braked in front of her.' #fiction #flashfiction #amreading #writingcommunity A Professional Opinion by Carol Huebsch Reeves flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'He pierced his right palm with a shaft of bamboo, made the sign of mourning on his chest, and walked into the forest.' Fascinating slice of history by @livimichael.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #hisfic #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m...

'She wonders if this woman has the same sort of power, to predict the weather with her body.' Great #flashfiction by @andrewcareaga.bsky.social #fiction #shortfiction #amreading #writingcommunity

'Your car sold fast. That afternoon, I dropped off your mattress at the shelter down the street. Left your clothes in one of those giant metal donation boxes at the edge of a grocery store parking lot.' Mackerel by Emmelie Cora #fiction #flashfiction flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'It was one of those drinking games. You go around the table, and each person says which memory they’d borrow from a parent to embody.' Breathtaking story by @djpoissant.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #amreading #writingcommunity

Please share: There's a new lit mag on the block accepting flash! HELD, run by MFA students at the University of Guelph, has reopened and we're accepting flash, poetry, fiction, and CNF! Our Issue 4 theme is Transit. We pay! heldmagazine.ca Subs are open until March 16.

ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

'Spatial Log April 5: Our vessel landed on the planet at approximately 1100 hours after a system error.' Sci-fi is often a reflection/critique of current life. What is this piece saying? #fiction #flashfiction #amreading This Wretched Planet by Rose Thomas flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

'You haven’t slept in nine days. You can’t risk it because every time you close your eyes, you’re being hunted.' 2nd person pov is great for this piece exploring who is the victim & who is the monster? #fiction #flashfiction Don’t Stop Blinking by JJ Thomas flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...