“But, eventually, for safety, the hole’s sealed shut.” 🤯 Read this and watch how @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social packs a lifetime wallop in @100wordstory.bsky.social

This post, including one of her stories, Is dedicated to the memory of Lorraine Collins who came to the festival for every year since 2023 and was booked this year. Lorraine died in a car accident last week and we will miss her at the festival very much. www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

"For years, doctors shone torches, scientists ordered scans, the child sitting patiently throughout, occasionally lifting his palm from his forehead with a tiny suction-cup pop." Wow, what a stunner @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social 100wordstory.org/where-it-lea...

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

If you were into @identitytheory.bsky.social’s March Equinox micro issue, send us something to read! We are always open for micro subs and are reading for the June Solstice issue now. And if you haven’t read our latest yet, what are you waiting for??

‘You arrive at the clinic on a cold night, lampposts flickering against the Vantablack sky. Moon and stars, gutted.’ The unstoppable force that is @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Wow, that ending…! 🎊 fictivedream.com/2026/04/03/u...

We are open! Send us your bold, weird, wonderful words. Wordcount - 500 max, we love 100 word stories Deadline - 15 April No previous pubs Sim subs are fine Read past issues & award noms to get a sense of what we like. Be brave! Submission Guidelines | NFFR share.google/iEJhTIUa1xIR...

'The boy is born with a hole in his head. Between wide-eyed baby blues, only a cavernous black.' Phenomenal micro by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #amreading #writingcommunity

This is just fantastic.

Incredible story by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social. Will take 30 seconds to read, but will stay with you so much longer.

“If a tattooist had inked wildflowers, escaping its dark gap” this gorgeous piece by micro master @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

Yay! Absolutely thrilled to have a new story in the amazing @100wordstory.bsky.social today. Big thanks to Michelle Ross for taking this one, and @livnorman.bsky.social, @laurabesley.bsky.social and @marthawrites.bsky.social for their eyes on the first draft 🌼🌿🌺 100wordstory.org/where-it-lea...

“Does she make you happy?” he asked. “Of course.” “You don’t seem any happier.” Gorgeous new story from @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 👨‍🍼 pitheadchapel.com/explaining-t...

New, new from the @welkinpress.bsky.social - in the lead-up to the Welkin Genre Prize, I'll be teaching 6 one-hour generative workshops which delve into Welkin micros past to inspire some Welkin micros future! 1st one is on Thursday 7th May. Details / book: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops

‘The third little pig knew she had to move out.’ Love the multiple choice structure to this flash from @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com 🏠 www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-oake...

‘At the closet, he releases the bits of time into a mason jar, twists the lid back on, and shakes the container…’ Loveliness from David Henson in @neitherfishnorfoul.com 🕚 www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-hens...

‘Shush, she says. Tired.’ What a voice in this flash from @jennygaitskell.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com 🐁 www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-gait...

‘I recognize the haunt by her milk-shot eyes. She is wolfen this time.’ Oof, the glittering language in this one from @mynachang.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🗝️ fracturedlit.com/changeling-b...

‘Months later, when she's still raw-torn and searching and so wrenchingly unsure of herself…’ A tiny beauty from @therelphian.bsky.social in @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 💔 paragraphplanet.com

I once published a story in the wonderful @sonorareview.bsky.social after it was rejected 101 times. The fabulous Meg Pokrass interviewed me about that journey: open.substack.com/pub/megpokra...

‘…until I find you asleep in the long, dry grass with dragonflies drinking the sweat off your arms.’ Just love the heartbreaking structure of this new flash from @thorntonforreal.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 🚜 bulbregion.com/You-and-Me-a...

if you’re trying to “save time” as a writer by using AI, i suggest you find another profession. it takes time to write well, time to write exciting books. it takes time to write one good poem. i’ve spent years on a single poem. the time spent learning one’s craft is everything

‘…there is an instant ionic bond between you and the girl… as you trade stories about rodent salt stones and Himalayan salt licks.’ Such a beautifully-rendered relationship in this new one from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 🐀 emergeliteraryjournal.com/oats-and-tas...

Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Salt City Runaway from @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social! 👏

⚡Breaking news!⚡ Three more rooms have just become available at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social in Bristol this summer. Choose from a double bedroom, a bunk bedroom, or 3 singles—perfect for sharing with friends! See our website and booking form for more details! ❤️

‘That night, before dinner, I set out an extra plate.’ A sweet ghost story from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in the new issue of @emergejournal.bsky.social 🍽️ emergeliteraryjournal.com/my-ghost/

‘Last Saturday I nearly picked a Gavin Dad we’d taken to Caister-on-Sea for August Bank Holiday. He’d been whizzy at frisbee, okay at sandcastles, but by Saturday teatime he’d burnt himself candyfloss pink.’ @chriscottom.bsky.social knocking it out the park in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🐹

‘She’d find them in her kitchen cupboards, in the bathtub, even once on the ironing board in her basement. Oh, that’s not very safe, let’s get you down!’ Love how the chaos unfolds beneath this veneer of charm. @jekwriter.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 👶 flash-frog.com/2026/03/23/d...

⚡️Fast Flash Review! Rock down to electric avenue and pick up this brilliance by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social immediately! @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

How did I miss this when it came out? Love how @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social uses boxes to tell this important story slant "When the day comes, when our front doors are slammed in our faces, we shoulder a backpack of belongings—barely enough to show we ever belonged" fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/

We hide. In boy-sized boxes we call bedrooms. We while away the hours tuning transistor radios, searching and searching, until, amid the static, we find it: the welcoming shimmer of a synthesiser, a voice that sounds like want." Stunning @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/

Throwing this piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social into the #FlashInTheFeed because I've only just come across it and it feels so important: fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/

‘The girl with the posy of buttercups is impossible.’ In honour of @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s birthday, revisit this beauty in Scrawl Place 🗺️ scrawlplace.com/2024/10/24/a...

So wonderful to have this year’s edition of Best Small Fictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social in my hands - and to be included…! Sandwiched between my favourite flash from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social and a story from @abigailmyers.bsky.social that has blown me away…! Thankful 🙏

‘The boy sputs and starts sentences like a lighter that won’t flame.’ Started my day by reading some stories from Best Small Fictions 2024, and discovered this gem from @cdonosowriter.bsky.social in @thecitronreview.bsky.social 💬 citronreview.com/2023/06/30/q...

Congratulations to all the selected writers and stories! 🤩 Can’t wait to get this year’s @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology in my grubby mitts 😁

‘He wiggles to the surface, hanging by his fingers, peeking out my pocket at colorful grocery produce.’ Wonderfully fantastical but still so very human writing from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 🍒 100wordstory.org/pocket-dad/

"At first, I barely notice it’s missing. Then, I see it on my commutes: walking a shadow-dog; getting in shape for a marathon" from "After another 12-hour Day..." from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social; such a richly inventive piece www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...

Check out the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Annual Writing Competition! Very excited to be this year's judge. You can read my prompt and more about the competition. Yay! 🎉🎉🎉 gooseberry-pie.com/gooseberry-p...

‘This story's hair looked nice today, but no one said.’ When I grow up I want to write like Cathy Ulrich. Read this one in @wigleaf.bsky.social 🥃 wigleaf.com

Congratulations to all the selected microfictions! I spy a shadowy slip of a story among them 👤 Thanks to @joannacampbell.bsky.social, @debdanthewriter.bsky.social, @devaneemily.bsky.social and @daveswann.bsky.social for all their hard work behind the scenes at @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ❤️

‘…it’s important to me to keep trying to write about the hard things…’ So true, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social. Great interview between her and Brenna Womer in @smokelong.bsky.social, about her prose poem, ‘Worm’ 🪱 (CW: sexual violence)

‘What is lost in the river is all the things thrown or dropped or tossed…’ Beautifully done by Cathy Ulrich in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💍 flash-frog.com/2026/03/09/r...

Always loads of fun! Get your @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ticket now 🎟️ 🎉

‘Who still looks out from a moving carriage on tea plantations, holy rivers, red-dust fields and red-haze sunsets…’ How all the details in this @nffr.bsky.social story from @patiencemackarness.bsky.social bring it so brilliantly to life… 🛤️ newflashfiction.com/train-man-by...

‘It’s real, he says. As real, she nods, as the London rush hour, that will take them home this evening, on their separate ways.’ Just love this richly atmospheric flash from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🚬 newflashfiction.com/bamboo-silk-...

‘you jimmy the joystick and imagine testing the bath water with your elbow…’ Wonderfully off-kilter story from @nadiaborn.com in @nffr.bsky.social 👶 newflashfiction.com/the-claw-mac...

Anyone noticed anything different about us (the Welkin) just recently? 🧐

‘Like time was a possession she kept in her pockets…’ Just love how @ezhang77.bsky.social frames this one in @theoffingmag.bsky.social 📞 theoffingmag.com/micro/there-...

‘…the way my hands got shakier each time I performed the trick, how the horse ran in narrower and narrower circles on the furrows on my hand.’ A tiny marvel from @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute 🐎 ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...