We still have this.

As ravishing as a Turner painting, the sky was.

Morning light

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Photography is really perception. As with all art, the objective of photography is not the duplication of visual reality, but an investigation of the outer world and its influence on the inner world.... All of my photographs are photographs of myself. - Ansel Adams

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"At the gate, the twine is pressed into your palm. The balloon claps in the breeze, a whispered nothing in your ear." Big love for this gem by @marthawrites.bsky.social in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Thank you, Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social , for this desperately needed purging of all the crazy that’s been going on in 2025. "This is not a story" will be live on Sunday, 9/28. Consider reading it a bit of self-care!

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Come listen to me read some weird flash stories alongside Delco and Friends writers this Sunday hosted by Blue Stoop! Books will be sold by Celia Bookshop Open mic to follow

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"The wanted cartoonist remains on the loose,...." And: "Five times a day the coffee is ballroom dancing in my stomach...." Brilliance here by @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @havehashad.com 💙💙💙

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Happy Fall Equinox...

Oh hey guys! Check out this incredibly talented group of women who get a little raw in honor of the launch of @melissacuisine.bsky.social “All and Then None of You“ Thank you to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social & all who read & attended! Barbara Byer @sugarpigblog.bsky.social youtu.be/9ppaCmBD6WE?...

Sandwich terns fishing in the surf off South Beach, Tenby. Adult passing fish to juvenile. Credit to my son for the photos.

Submissions open for winter and spring editions. One is almost full but we may squeeze in a couple more. Send what you love in micro flash poetry letters or art. Let it out. Share with the class. Be the kid you were before you got realistic. That kid’s real too templeinacity.com/submit-writi...

It's true, #writers. According to Duotrope we have one of the fastest response times, at no. 20, in the biz! Check us out and give us a try. thedisappointedhousewife.com/submission-g...

"I think of my own mother up there, a neutron star bursting into radio waves." Big love for this gem by @ezhang77.bsky.social in @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"Leela sending us out here feels like her forcing us into an irritable hug one last time." My lord, this extraordinary storytelling by @anniejowrites.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Francis Ponge on plants at night 🖤

"‘What sort of books do you like?’ I ask. He replies: ‘We’re not readers, we’re characters in someone else’s plot.’" I love this brilliant story by @francesgapper.bsky.social in @expositionreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙 expositionreview.com/flash-405/wh...

"In another life, Cassie is selected as part of an astronaut class. Her mother is so excited. So scared. Her father takes deep breaths, holds them in his chest, and congratulates her." Big love for this award-winner by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in @expositionreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"...and why am I not doing the things I need to make me happy, and better yet, now that I think of it, why am I not just a dog?" Big love for this piece of writing by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"You tell me, I’ll never change, and you leave and I’m standing there like I’m a candle. A flame from the very top of my head." I love this brilliant piece of writing by @francinewitte.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"In this context, we wonder if our fellow parents are familiar with the 'Observer Effect,' which postulates that there is no neutral way to 'see' a scene." I dig the way @kimmagowan.bsky.social put this story together! In Milk Candy Review! 💙💙💙

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Excited to be running Irreal, Surreal and Just Plain Weird #FlashFiction at this year’s WordFest, & to be on the open mic panel with the BRILLIANT @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social & Sue Walker! Loads of workshops, talks & performances to choose from. #Sussex #literaryfestival shorehamwordfest.com

"...and Janine Dankworth, your allotted therapist for today, because it says so on her badge, says she’s not the one who decides, it’s the powers that be,...." I love the way @kiklodge.bsky.social writes! This stellar flash in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 💙💙💙

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept! Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants: "Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection." newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

“Food is alive. Food is us.” The upcoming issue will be our last. Submissions are now open until October 15. Thank you to all who’ve written, read, & edited. RUBY’s spirit continues in a hybrid cookbook antholgy. rubyliterarypress.com/submissions/

The sky is raining popcorn! The carpet’s crying, the parrot won’t speak. Someone must have forgotten to traduce Josef K. This is a mission only a flood of submissions can cure. Go ahead and make us suffer. Extra credit if there are wiggles in there. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Whatever’s coming

Hey, I'm leading a two-hour generative writing session on Sunday, Sept. 28th through wonderful Cleaver Magazine! Would love to see you there. I have fun things planned! cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom

A flock of swifts flew low above my head as I crossed the parking lot to work. They all screamed “it’s going to be okay it’s going to be okay it’s going to be okay.”

"We writers are told to include lots of rich detail, but what if we don’t? What kind of story emerges from that spareness?" I really love the ideas in this newsletter by @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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This morning’s view.

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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom

So grateful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for the world she nurtures, the wonder (and hope) to which she commits language and being, and her relationship to poetry as life. ❤️

"...but remember where it used to be, just beyond the last row of cypress and between the alder and the dogwood—the patch of blue, the undeniable sea?" I love this extraordinary piece (the sensory details!) by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"You claim we loved the cat too much to let her go, the cat stays longer if we don’t know she’s gone, you say,...." Big love for this brilliant story by @happilander.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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