Go to the poetry reading! You know you want to!

"40 years gone and now here he is, sex-on-wheels Jimmy Bang, windows down, cruising slow, like we’re all still fresh and hot and ready for it." This is a delight - from one "too old for this shit" to another. Jimmy. Fucking. Bang @mynachang.bsky.social

ICYMI

“Commander Maeb Len knows that, more than anything, an army needs hope in order to struggle onward. They need a vision to fight for and faith that the future will be better than the past. Better than the present.” @clclark.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social!

“With my eyes closed, I see: constellations of my future—the hero, the lover, the companions, the enemies to slay.” Love the expertise on display in this story! @clclark.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !

This week’s guest is C.L. Clark! We’ll focus on the craft of short stories vs longer works – and getting them published. Huge thanks to C.L. for taking time to talk with us! @clclark.bsky.social

"None of the snakes were awake, but the music made you think something violent was going to happen. I suppose the violence was in the man, not the snakes." I love this story! All of Helen's stories are full of quirky happenings & gorgeous language. @helenmcclory.bsky.social

A story in Helen McClory's collection, "Lore," creeped me out so much I still remembered it years after I read it. It's in her wonderful collection, MAYHEM & DEATH. It's available at 404 Ink if you're in the UK. @helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social

Read the interview and look out for the book. Vanessa is an awesome writer!

Squeeee!! My book trailer is so cool❤️❤️❤️ @sfwp.bsky.social

#UnhingedPit #A #F

My personal experience as an educator with autism and parent of two autistic Level 1 and 2 children...I've not met one autistic child in my school system or my child's specialized school without an autistic parent, diagnosed or not. Not one. Take your Tylenol dear friends, genetics trump meds.

I *always* love @mynachang.bsky.social Flash Roundup but this month is spectacular. So much including from @scribblermiller.bsky.social @donnalgreenwood.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social @jennywong.bsky.social mynachang.com/2025/07/25/f...

Always look forward to Myna's roundup. She has so many great flash spec stories - plus links to some great craft articles/people. I'm very grateful to have my @smallwondersmag.com piece included as well as a micro by Bernie Jean Schiebeling. Do check it out!

So excited to see Root Myth in @smallwondersmag.com ! The whole issue is 🔥. Thanks to Cislyn and Stephen and the Small Wonders Staff! Oscar and and the other flutterflies are gathering their rose petal pages and dancing despite the storm.

Grateful to be featured on this kick-ass list with my Flash Flood piece about chickens. @mynachang.bsky.social 's lists are always 🔥

Looking forward to Timothy's book and 2026!

Today, @nffr.bsky.social "mini-reviewed" my novelette, Wild Plums, as well as books by Lorette C. Luzajic, Keith J. Powell, and @robertshapardbooks.bsky.social. I'm honored to be highlighted in such stellar company!

New micro up Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...

"On every aisle: awe. A hose like the one his mother watered the strawberries and roses with. A battery charger and jumper like his dad needed to get the old Ford running. A red wheelbarrow." Stirring CNF, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/we-drive-the...

The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you. @mynachang.bsky.social #nffd2025 I love this micro! The atmosphere heavy with singing and mice!

we birthed them all sleek as eels, our girls untethered by waves, they slip under, we wait for them to surrender to the suck-pull of the weedy lake bottom @aniking.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Fabulous with slippery, beautiful words.

I’m in the back seat of a Holden Monaro parked up the road from my place kissing a boy whose name I don’t remember when they say on the car radio John Lennon’s been shot. @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social A whole history lesson and family dynamic in a sentence. ❤️

...and cousin labors on the labors of our other cousins, men who take our family boats on to the waters of our home with tourists ready to do battle, rod against spear... @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Love the whole vibe so much and the way this comes together!

But what if this isn’t a story, what if it’s a string of beautiful, covalent adjectives and adverbs, that sound of the bell of a heart chilled by the lack of notice... @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

“One might pull through with a final moment of strength and pant in your hands, wet and droopy.” Amazing spec write by @scribblermiller.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

Zita says the faecoliths trapped in a diverticulum means he has to carry us little shits with him forever wherever he’s gone. Y'all, this line is amazing! (you should also read the whole thing) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

ICYMI!

"Gently relocate the orbs to your stomach incubator. You will feel them inside when they start to rock and peck, like undigested energy." A new masterfully weird micro from @scribblermiller.bsky.social in the Flash Flood! @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

The flash floodgates are open! My weird little robot chicken piece is floating down the stream already. Can't wait to jump in and read all the pieces! Thanks so much Ingrid, and all those behind Flash Flood!!

Look at this good thing!

"I hang up. I hang up. I hang up. I know that I hang up after minutes of frozen fear–my hand curled into the receiver, my fingernails cut into the plastic." Wow. @scribblermiller.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social!

A powerful piece of writing by @scribblermiller.bsky.social ❗❗❗

“His voice grinds into my ears like gravel stuck in a fan.” @scribblermiller.bsky.social showing us how trauma is timeless in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🔥🧡🐍

Yay, Janna! 🐍

Just wow

"The last thing I see is white, the color of ice and bone–but supple and fleshy between fangs, until I am gone. I am lodged in the reticulated stomach next to a mouse, who trembles and climbs into my lap." @scribblermiller.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

“His mouth is like the maw of the snake and I am swallowed into him. The mouse trembles in my lap again.” Awed by this brilliant piece… don’t miss @scribblermiller.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social ❤️❤️

"The last thing I see is white, the color of ice and bone–but supple and fleshy between fangs, until I am gone." Incredible work by @scribblermiller.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

From which came my fear of snakes and other things. Many thanks to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social and the @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop

It's my birthday! If you've been meaning to read some stories but haven't yet, I urge you to read one today! If you'd like to read one of mine, here's my @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette formatted as Goodreads reviews. It's about friendship, queerness, fandom, and books. Have a great day :)

"Follow your own instincts when it comes to deciding how deep to cut, what instrument to use, and how much blood to give. Your heart will guide you, and your angel within as well." New Vanessa Fogg story! And this is a dark little treat! @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

"His....newspaper and green onion smell. The unkind expression on his face that night in the mirror behind the bar. His workman’s hands and the way they had held her." Thank you, @camillethegriep.bsky.social, @anchalastudio.bsky.social, and the mighty @doesithavepockets.bsky.social! #flashfiction

Friends, in time for pride, my story of defiant queer love and stinky food. Hope you’ll read it. Thank you @haydensferryreview.bsky.social 🙏🏾🧡🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 haydensferryreview.com/sumitra-singam

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Q&A with @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social about the Speculative Poetry Initiative, an effort to bring further recognition to specpo through a permanent Hugo award! #PoetryHugo

Check out my angsty millennial story 🚀 📖

New author mini Q&A up today - featuring Kathryn Aldridge-Morris and her new flash collection COLD TOAST!

Really enjoyed meeting with @jasonsanford.bsky.social yesterday. Also, a story with vampires on Mt. Everest? Yes please!

Always the best way to spend the summer!