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A flash journal interview with Brian Mihok, matchbook's editor. It is an open and generous look into the journal's editorial process. more here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/100224...

New craft essay on creating characters through what they notice in a scene! "I’ve been thinking a lot about noticing, how our worlds are shaped by what we see and what we don’t see, what we actively look at and what we try to ignore." tommydean.substack.com/p/the-detail...

Subs open for @lit-namjooning.bsky.social on June 3rd! Need some ideas? Check out this prompt! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

"I tried and failed to shoot webbing from my wrist, so instead I found my childhood home on the horizon and placed a palm underneath it." I love this story by @willmusgrove.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"I was so lonely I would leave my hands on the sides of the microfiche machines after turning them off so I could feel some kind of warmth." I love this perfect piece of writing by @fklein907.bsky.social 💙💙💙 milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/05/14/g...

Some news! Hermit Crab Flash Fiction Workshop Sunday, 9/27, 2026 1–5pm (ET) Online $80 In this highly generative four-hour writing workshop, you’ll write three flash using found forms. Lots of feedback, lots of work, lots of fun! Click here for the sign-up info: www.cherylpappas.net/events

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ICYMI: Scott Garson answered some questions on behind-the-scenes process at Wigleaf. Here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/948782...

What should've but didn't, is still standing despite the odds. Ain't it something, the simple fact we're still here, and with something, however small, to offer the world. Boiled down to a plea to just hold on until the good light hits. Submissions are open. heroinchic.weebly.com

"We lie on chaises in the backyard at two in the morning because it’s the only time we can breathe deep." Big love for this gem by @kristintenor.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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A real pleasure to read and review this new craft book from @litakurth.bsky.social. Such a great guide for anyone who's writing memoir flashes, but there's also so much wisdom here for any type of writer.

🌟 Mark your calendars! 🌟 JMWW is reopening flash submissions June 1! We cap at 40 submissions/reading period so don't delay. I'd love to see (or not "see" since we read anonymously 😅) your work in the queue.

It never gets old to me.

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"He’ll have to tell her all about the experiments with the feather and the anvil." I love this brilliant micro by @taracampbell.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I’ve been teaching Raymond Carver since my first semester of teaching college English courses (20 years ago). Hearing students say how cool and different these stories are from anything they’ve read before is still a thrill. Born on this day in 1938, one of the best to do it.

Gave myself a migraine staring at the computer so I quit and went to the lake

"She said she just wanted some silence. That it felt like there was a leaf blower on in her brain all the time. I nodded." Wow, this extraordinary piece (and that last paragraph!) by @christinaltudor.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.craftliterary.com/2026/05/15/t...

For 73 weeks in a row, Sunday morning has meant a poem (this week's being an unreleased one from Lesle Lewis) and a free writing prompt (from me). @pizamapress.bsky.social neonpajamas.substack.com/p/073-poem-p...

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We talked to Rebecca Tiger about her journey to Blood+Honey, her advice for submitters, what sets a story apart for her and why some really good stories don't end up published. Read it here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/101428...

happy birthday Robert Creeley 🎈

The next Welkin workshop is "The Backwards Gaze" on Thursday 28th May at 7pm BST. A reminder that if you're a low income writer and would like to join any of these workshops, you can apply for a free place: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

A weekly(ish) reminder that Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for Issue 4: Instant Karma. Creative interpretations encouraged!! We accept work up to 500 words by women-identifying writers. Learn more: hotflashliterary.com #flash #women #literary

Big congrats @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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"The boy is clever. He is awkward." My lord, this is a brilliant piece of writing by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙 templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

"...if you regret the words you said to me more than those you withheld,...." This extraordinary piece of writing by @loricramerwriter.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"even trees hold their memories hushed, ringed in their bodies,...." I love this phenomenal poem by @jenwithwords.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙 templeinacity.com/poetry-by-je...

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"If you’re on the side that says flash fiction is mere decades old, Magowan is one of our most trusted pioneers. Her stories feel effortlessly funny, like a friend delivering savage one-liners,...." A brilliant review by @erinvachon.bsky.social on @kimmagowan.bsky.social's new collection! 💙💙💙

ICYMI: Michelle Ross on 100 word story's editorial process, including what sets a story apart— smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/959650...

Very cool! Big congrats @suzyeynon.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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It's @barbarabyar.bsky.social's birthday on the 27th, but she wants to give YOU the present! Share this post to be in the draw for a free copy of IN THE DESERT. Draw will be next Wednesday. If you can't wait & don't want to chance it, get yours: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...

It’s here, and it’s Here. Welcome to the latest Temple in a City, packed with poetry, micro, flash and CNF. We called it Here because we are, all of us, right now. Everyone whose words are here, everyone who reads it, we are here, right now. And that’s spectacular. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

"What if we were to trust and fill each mailbox to the brim with our love letters until they overflowed into the streets?" Big love for this extraordinary story by @anniejowrites.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 💙💙💙 bulbregion.com/Unsent-Love-...

Always happy to say good shit about @thedrevlow.bsky.social's work because he always writes good shit. CJ Poetry Review, Good Garbage: Benjamin Drevlow's Trash Poems For Trash People, www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/drevlows-tra...

This month's #Mondettes picked by @aniking.bsky.social is on the theme of "embracing the animal as a way to bring out the human." ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Ten fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2026

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"A civilization grew out of my eye. Their written language a divine loneliness. And they named constellations from my eyelashes and worshipped gravity,...." This remarkable piece of writing by @ezhang77.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social 💙💙💙 hexliterary.com?p=3307

"My mantra, as a writer and teacher has always been: 'Whatever gets you to the page.'" I love this piece by @kathyfish.bsky.social so much! 💙💙💙

"Oh love, don’t apologise—I understand. It’s not you it’s me, right? I wonder, though, could you maybe just hit send sometime?" Big love for this tiny piece of writing by @cake-girl.bsky.social in @thehooletsnook.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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"So I turn my thoughts inward to focus on becoming the thing that grows after a long, fallow period,...." Wow, this extraordinary piece of writing by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @antiheroinchic.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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