Just had my first legit hot jalapeño in, like, 10-15 years. I wanted to force it to tell me where the other rebels are, but in my heart I knew I had already moved on to the Fresno. 🌶

We will be open for submissions 1 to 15 Jan. For inspiration, read our winning stories from last issue by @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @belindarowe.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @theodora.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/issue-39/

I miss Canadians.

'I re-read The Great Gatsby – among others – all the time, and every time I do, I’m amazed by how much the authors are layering in there, despite how short the books are.’ Susan Choi, author of Flashlight, Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... #fscottfitzgerald

FLASH SALE! - Get 3 Months/$1USD. Get thoughtful short stories emailed to you every month; stories that ask questions about marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your “purpose.” buff.ly/QTgEejb

What an incredible project! Great job!

Every time I hear a snippet of my audiobook I'm just so impressed with the actress who read it. Thanks Hope! The way you brought my characters to life was magical, and I really enjoyed working with you! ❤️

“From Hagen: 'Another part of me worries that we’re moving more and more toward a world where we’re not even looking to be moved or amazed anymore. We’re just looking to be distracted. If distraction is the goal, the loudest and most persistent ‘artist’ will win...'" #litfic

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

Jerks, all glowed up, out today (again) from @tortoisebooks.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/jerk...

I had started working on a new book, but a different book is fighting its way to the front. So much for planning... #litfic #writingcommunity

How do you find the next book you want to read? #litfic #readingcommunity

Sale ends tonight at midnight. Just sayin.

We offer 3 monthly subscription clubs: indie press paperback fiction, signed first-edition literary fiction, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy (bimonthly). For a limited time, sign up for a 3-, 6-, or 12- month book subscription and get this subscriber-exclusive tote bag! literatibookstore.com/monthly-book...

Use the link in our bio to submit your poems and get a response in ONE WEEK! Those selected get published in our annual anthology. #callforsubmissions

If you are planning on purchasing books as festive gifts this year, might I suggest a gander at my delightful selection of reading lists?

"If Fleabag had a lovechild with Ottessa Moshfegh and raised it on hospital vending machine food and hot gossip—Afterward would be it." ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks, Nessa! #Fleabag #OttessaMoshfegh #NessasBookReviews

✨️ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ✨️ Get those manuscripts ready - we are opening for submissions in December! Send us your best literary fiction, non-fiction, history, essays, memoir or biography, especially if it has an Irish focus. For full guidelines on how to submit, go to www.lilliputpress.ie 📚

Lots of scary statistics about how people are reading less. What are publishers doing in response? Anything?

More press for The Weight of Snow and Regret, my novel about the closing of the last poor farm in Vermont in 1968. #litfic www.theconcordinsider.com/2025/11/25/w...

✍️ The submission window is OPEN at ELA Literary Magazine ✒️📚 Check out our website for details: ela-literary-magazine.squarespace.com/729158575509 We can't wait to see what you come up with! ❤️🔥❤️🌶️ #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ShortStory #Writer #Romance #litfic #SubmissionsOpen #litmag

Omigod...so frustrating! Can you read this signature to see who is the artist? #namethisartist #art

Have you read this? It's pretty amazing... what did you think? #litfic #Alaska #Arctic #SethKantner #OrdinaryWolves

I feel so honored to be part of history by having my flight canceled. #humbled

Check out our Literary Fiction Panel at Books on the Banks at 1:30 pm on Sat. Nov. 15 in Room 1SB. Join @katherinehowe.bsky.social Lynne Hugo, Esinam Bediako, me, & our moderator Isa Fernandez. It’s sure to be a lively talk! #bbtbcincy #booksbythebanks #bookfestival #literaryfiction

"It's funny, ferocious, and full of gravel. The story ends with a truthful reveal that I don't find often in writing today." - review of AFTERWARD Thank you! #litfic

Another great essay from Joe Ponepinto. #litfic #booksky

Book delivery!! ❤️❤️❤️ @tortoisebooks.bsky.social @boondock60mm.bsky.social #litfic

Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/

Someone I followed about a month ago, who has posted many times since then, just messaged me to ask why I unfollowed them. I was kind of surprised they even noticed, but the truth is I did it because they didn't follow me back. That's fine, no sweat, but I'm here for something more mutual. ✌️

"Unputdownable..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 stars) Thanks, Karen of Boys' Mom Reads, for the wonderful review of Afterward! It means a lot that you enjoyed it so much. #litfic

Nerve to Write is open for fiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash fiction, full-length stories, and more!

"'I know about Kyle.' I looked at the ground. 'Yeah, I figured everyone does.'" - Afterward, by Bristol Vaudrin #LitFic #IndieAuthor #AmReading

I feel like this also sums up some of my past relationships.

Thanks to Annie Bloom's Books in Portland, Oregon, for carrying my book, AFTERWARD. Please support them for supporting small presses.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Our amazing local indie bookstore @powells.bsky.social is having a sitewide 20% off flash sale! Just sayin', it's a great time to pick up my book!

When I started writing my book, Afterward, it came from a seed planted twenty years earlier—a partly true story. It grew out of my anguish at hearing it, as I filled in the empty spaces and asked, “What if?” I’d be grateful if you’d take a look—buy it, borrow it, or leave a review. ❤️ #litfic

Every Sunday morning at 9am! #pdx

Tragedy and Comedy: The Two Faces of Story Structure If the protagonist is going to succeed, then you want to bring them closer and closer to failure. If they are going to fail, you want to bring them closer and closer to victory. darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/t... #writingcommunity #booksky

There's still time to register for @thewriterscenter.bsky.social's free event this Friday at 7pm EDT where @samuelashworth.bsky.social, Afabwaje Kurian, & Madison Smartt Bell will be reading in tribute to Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-winning novelist Percival Everett! buff.ly/TRQgBnS

😮 I can think of a few other things.

Portlanders "put the city’s quirky & irreverent reputation on display...in an 'emergency' edition of the annual World Naked Bike Ride...Crowds have [been] donning inflatable frog, unicorn, axolotl & banana costumes as they face off w/federal law enforcement who often deploy tear gas & pepper balls."

The "crazy," "out of control" "bad people" causing "anarchy" today outside the ICE building. I tell you it's "like living in hell." Especially with that scary guy in the chicken suit. #resist #pdx

The Booker Prizes account has posted 6 short films with actors reading from the books on the shortlist. This is my favourite of the films.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition is open. Creative Writers! Want to win some powerful coaching and more? The prize is coaching from Fiona Fenwick, one-year free of Brain.fm , editing with @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social , and an interview on our site! www.oncreativewriting.com/writers-spar...

"Please read and be ready to be moved by this work!" - Amazon 5 Star review of AFTERWARD #litfic 💙📚🖋️