I laughed and teared up at this amazing climate fiction story @angiemccullagh.bsky.social

I'd be grateful if you can send links for flash stories where climate change plays a role. I'd like my students to write these kinds of stories for an assignment, but I don't have many models. Thanks!

"The python flicks its tongue, unhinges its jaw, keen to swallow the charmer, who darts away with a phew!" Love this joyful, lyrical collaboration b/w Kathryn Silver-Hajo and Mikki Aronoff @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/09/14/e...

Links to pieces from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @dianegotauthor.bsky.social uthor.bsky.social

"She wallpapered the hallways with notes in every color of the rainbow—you got this, i believe in you, you are stronger than you think." Stunning @tracieadams.bsky.social I'll never see a sticky note in the same way. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"out here it’s either a corn year or a bean year and nothing about the flat-as-a-pancake terrain allows anything to sneak up on you." Love how this soars with hope and beauty @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"I need to sneak out of my own bed just to get downstairs and actually do the things that I need to do, so many things that a normal person should do without having to worry about a dog" Love! @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"I tell you that wait is a future word, and I’d appreciate you not using it." Stunning story. Nobody writes breakups like @francinewitte.bsky.social @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"The clouds are no longer rushing by but have flocked together like the sheep and there is less sunlight than before, although from time to time shafts of yellow illuminate the dry grass" Gorgeous & so thoughtful @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"you stand while this whole world whirls around you, muscles you didn’t know you had singing a wild chorus" What a gem @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

"I was fascinated by how Meg moved her body. A kind of authority combined with playfulness that I lacked." Contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social published an essay in @flightlit.bsky.social, and it's the perfect back-to-school read: buff.ly/uT3xegF

Thrilled! Huge thank you to @westtradereview.bsky.social ❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writer #litfiction

"the hour floodwaters will return with biblical accuracy and destroy your bedrock, rot home from beneath your feet." I love this Golden Shovel poem by Matthew E. Henry in the terrific new lit mag @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-e-he...

"Because all you have now is paper and pencil. Because no one says anything about your pages, shaded entirely black." Absolutely stunning @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social

After raising £4k for fuel poverty charities from the print anthology, the FUEL flash ebook—with 12 bonus flash stories—is on its way! That’s 87 brilliant, surprising prizewinning flash stories by writers worldwide, exploding the myth that there's a formula for a “winning” story. www.fuelflash.net

I can't wait. This'll be amazing.

"Koss is an unflinching poet, not afraid to handle love and pain so close together. . . Imagination abounds in these poems as does Koss’ sense of humor." Great review of @kossworks.bsky.social's stunning book by Matt Freeman bendinggenres.com/review-of-da...

"I view submissions as little presents in my inbox. I am legit thrilled every time a new one comes in. And I love seeing repeat submitters in the queue—I feel like we’re de facto friends." Terrific interview btw @mynachang.bsky.social & @claudineliterary.bsky.social mynachang.com/2025/09/05/e...

“My earnestness embarrassed me.” “Decades later, the chronology is a bit of a jumble. But not the pain I felt.” @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/claudia-monp...

Just signed up for the Emotional Depths panel discussion with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social and @dawnsteffler.bsky.social Can’t wait! ❤️

"A yoga studio. An envelope full of cash. Small details. A short walk. Bananas. Circumstances beyond our control." A searing micro @kathyfish.bsky.social in @reideasjournal.bsky.social reideasjournal.com/kathyfishfic...

"I was shocked. Too young to understand the contradictions stitched into all humans." A great profile of being purposeful but lost by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

Are you on drugs?” a student asked me the last week of class. “You smile so much.” I wore my smiles like Meg wore her wigs. Like Shelly wore her Marine officer face and navy slacks when she taught business. An astounding personal essay! Tender and raw and real.

Assistant Editor Tiny Elvis is here to warn you about the dangers of reading near the bath…sometimes you fall in

Submissions for Flight 2 are now also open! The first ten submitters will get editorial feedback on their submission. Submit here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...

Thrilled to be in the inaugural issue of the wonderful @flightlit.bsky.social. Grab a beer and enjoy! Thank you, Frances and Will.

"The defendant turns and she thinks he’s going to look right at her, and her ears get hot and she looks away, straight at the witness who is saying something about the bottle of wine" Stunning @emilyrinkema.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/08/29/j...

Looking for some gorgeous, powerful reads to stretch the lingering days of August and remember all the layers of you? 8 authors, 11 flash, micro or poems to choose from, like picking pebbles and sea shells on a beach. Little, accessible wonders. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...

Want to spend 90 minutes playing around with different voices? Come join me next Saturday at 9 BST for "I Hear Voices" where we'll ponder the levels of voice, the constellation of tonal influences, and stuff like authenticity and balance: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

An insightful review of a brilliant book by someone who KNOWS. Delighted to be teaching two pieces from #ColdToast to a class in Costa Rica. This review is great prep. @kazbarwrites.bsky.social is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

"He shows me the Bat Boy in the Weekly World News. This is what happens to boys who don’t listen to their fathers he shares with me." Two terrific micros @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

"The Heel lunges and punches the new guy, clearly an actual Face, five times in a row, stamping with each blow as the Face howls in pain." Deliciously entertaining @chelseastickle.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

This issue features brand new, never before seen work from: @mehpoeting.bsky.social @seanennis.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social

@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social's flash collection reviews are great. I love her passion for these books. Child Craft by @amygcb.bsky.social is one of my favorite flash collections. Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social, for reminding us of Gillian's gift.

Look. There is a lot of nefarious shit going done the United States right now but I spent a whole year of my life convincing this cat he would be better off inside my house than on the street. 4 years later, I give you the most loving cat ever. Investing in betterment works.

Beautiful piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social !

So grateful for 2026 Best of the Net nomination for "Papier-Mâché Sestina" published in Centaur. Many thanks, @lynnmundell.bsky.social. Here's the story: centaurlit.com/papier-mache...

"But in my dreams, you scamper on hardened hands and feet, whispering, “I’m alive.” I drape a leaf skirt over your bottom. Stroke your sun-browned face, your yellowed hooves." Gorgeous & heartbreaking @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in Centaur @lynnmundell.bsky.social centaurlit.com/goat-boy-by-...

Did you hear the news? "All and Then None of You" drops in one week from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social! That's 9/2! And you can still rsvp for a virtual reading on Sept. 5 or book launch Oct. 4. See links below!

"now here she was, one of ten Dairy Princess finalists having their busts carved out of butter." Bizarre, tender, lovely @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/fiction-emil...

In November, I'm facilitating a panel discussion with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social on "Emotional Depths" where we'll dig into needs, traumas & burdens as well interiority, tension and implication: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

Old and new friends @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @chiphouser.bsky.social @tom1walsh.bsky.social at the amazing retreat in the Rockies led by @kathyfish.bsky.social and Nancy Stohlman. Great combo of playing, going deep, and going weird with our writing. Beautiful bonding with everyone.

I'm also jealous!!! If you want more examples, I put together this list of speculative flashes for the discussion panel I did with Myna and Sharon Telfer earlier in the month. Feel free to use and share: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/_files/ugd/c...

In today's workshop we read TWO amazig pieces by @cherylpappas.bsky.social ("Homework" & "Spent") and they were blown away and inspired, both. Thank you, Cheryl!

Look at this lineup! Congratulations to all! 🌟

"Often in the night I wake to Mother pacing our bedroom. Candlelight on her gleaming teeth as she hisses, Monstrous girls. Hideous, dreadful girls. My sister’s sweet sleeping breath behind me." Amazing retelling of Cinderella @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @jmwwjournal.bsky.social

Note that one of the focuses of their new agenda is AI, no surprise. Using creatives. Just another embracing of theft by this depraved administration.

I'm having a terrific time at the Colorado writing retreat run by the amazing @kathyfish.bsky.social and Nancy Stohlman. Stunning setting, inspiring workshops, delicious food, great people.

"When I sleep, a centipede draws the curtains of my eyelids closed. At sunrise, fly-bites and buzzing wake me up. Each overslept minute marks one bite on my cheeks—I wasn’t born with freckles." Love this. Incredibly imaginative. @emilmorel.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social

A cluster of teens reading quietly is called a mystery. A pile of books gathering dust is called a hold shelf. A handful of change is called a budget. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/col...