OMG Chris Fleming. The best.

I've just learned that Unsolicited Press has nominated "Pardon Me for Moonwalking" for The Maya Angelou Book Award. This prize was founded in 2020 to honor the legacy of the Missouri-born author. An thrill to be nominated!

"My sister is in and out of the hospital with stage 4 lung cancer. What are the odds? Alyce and I say. But we’ll never calculate them. Instead, we’ll dig a hole in the ground with sticks." TWO from Claudia in the mighty @bulbregion.bsky.social !

On sale for 25% off, through the end of March (National Women's Month) at www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/pardo.... Use code BURNITDOWN!

2025 Year of Womxn Ebook Subscription — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/ebooks/p/202... #ebooks

Opportunity knocks!

Inspiring words from @saralippmann.bsky.social! It's a good time to get out of our lonesome, petri dish heads! @writingcommunity.bsky.social @pw.org

Lots of cost cutting fervor around here, as we prepare info for our taxes. #howlowcanyougo #retirementprep My book budget is non-existent at the moment. HMU if you have a flash book or full collection/novel you'd like to swap! PS Here are my grandparents.

This is a thrill and a half. Gillian's series is just fantastic--her absolute delight in flash fiction is a joy to witness. Do what she says! ALERT: My book is 25% this month at @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social !! (With code BURNITDOWN)

Agree RE The Bulb Region, and this story is truly a corner! Check it out!

HOUSTON (IAH): "[ICE agents] standing in a circle in the middle of terminal A with some folk filming them + occasionally an agent is walking up + down the long lines of people. No evidence they are doing any work of a TSA agent...counted about 12 or so...only seen them pacing and cracking jokes."

Calling all readers! Electric Literature is now accepting applications to join our editorial team as a volunteer reading for Recommended Reading, EL’s weekly fiction magazine. Learn more about the role here: buff.ly/AdHjbhd

"His coma-dream of an alternate-reality self. Just a heating-system salesman in a hotel room, gazing off at an airport beacon, reckoning with his true nature." For the luvva Furio. I RAN to read this one by @eileentomarchio.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social. bulbregion.com/They-Filmed-...

The house is not mine. I am not myself. The dog that barks is not a dog. I’ve never met a leaf. Three Fires by Spencer Eckart in @bulbregion.bsky.social !! bulbregion.com/Three-Fires-...

Name a more iconic trio!! Make you wanna slap your mama! Nancy Stohlman, @pamelapainter.bsky.social and @kathyfish.bsky.social !! lithub.com/very-short-s...

"I didn’t tell him that my father, in his absence, had become like one of those words that could also mean their exact opposites. I didn’t tell him why I could be a father to him but not a husband to his mother." LORD! Wanna know what's good? @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social + American Literary Review!

And here's the micro-interview! mynachang.com/2026/02/05/a...

Absolutely LOVED being interviewed by Myna Chang, and I had so much fun answering her questions! I hope you check it out. 1/2

i had so much fun at my first #apw2026 i’m absolutely buzzing from all the great energy & i’m as hungry as ever to sign up some great new fiction. anyone #querying a family story with a voice that sparks off the page? something bighearted and biting? a literary procedural? find me on querytracker!

"I was a poor excuse of a man, temperamental, quick to anger, self-absorbed, in love with language and little else, laboring with my hands loading trucks but wanting something else I could not name...I can hear them clear, those older men...who sipped a pint and lingered."

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Name a more iconic trio!! Make you wanna slap your mama! Nancy Stohlman, @pamelapainter.bsky.social and @kathyfish.bsky.social !! lithub.com/very-short-s...

(For instance, if divorce is a bad thing and Mexicans are a bad thing, if divorce can hurt you and Mexicans can hurt you, then, Is sick Mexican? Is hospital Mexican? Is going to the principal’s office Mexican? Is jail Mexican? Is dying Mexican?) 😭

Proud and honored to get this far.

"When I ask the ChatBot to tell Star to stay, please stay, the ChatBot can tell me the etymology of stay, can ask me if I want the lyrics to the Burt Bacharach song, but can never, ever stop anyone from walking out the door." Read Anna's superb winning flash; start your day a lil disembodied.

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"I didn’t tell him that my father, in his absence, had become like one of those words that could also mean their exact opposites. I didn’t tell him why I could be a father to him but not a husband to his mother." LORD! Wanna know what's good? @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social + American Literary Review!

"I gobbled a chandelier one crystal at a time, slurped them like oysters, just to get her to kiss me at midnight. Easy, Mikey, they say. But there is no talking me out of Ella. Pedals, spokes, handlebars. I chop them into bits and lay them out." @keersteemack.bsky.social + @bulbregion.bsky.social !

What's more fun than writing flash fiction? 100wordstory.org/patricia-q-b... 2/2

The folks at @100wordstory.bsky.social had me answer some very fun questions about Pardon Me for Moonwalking! Get your copy at AWP Table T625 -- or at unsolicitedpress.com! 1/2

@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social guides her Substack readers to this article featuring the work of @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social Jo Withers + myself. A bite-size survey for flashers at all levels! THANKS!! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/b...

"Not English. Not any language on Earth. More like singing, a kind of singing with sounds, not words. Like a mix of flute, violin, birdsong, and humming." @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

Hey, Sad Jack 🫏 again. Since we open for free subs on the first of every month… we run out pretty quickly. Submit now at okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/ while there are still some left!

Proud to have two dreamy micros in this edition!

Proud to have two dreamy micros in this edition!

What should I name him? I’ve just been calling him Buddy.

@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social guides her Substack readers to this article featuring the work of @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social Jo Withers + myself. A bite-size survey for flashers at all levels! THANKS!! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/b...

One was a painter. He and his brothers painted government buildings in the Southwest. His brothers succumbed to substance misuse. He became a "dry drunk" and Catholic. The other was from San Francisco. A hopeful artist who became a teen father. A regular on the boxing/wrestling/weightlifting scene.

Lots of wonderful thoughts here from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social interviewing @tcboudreau.bsky.social for @fracturedlit.bsky.social - sexuality, freedom & this: "The sibling connection is a powerful one. These are typically the longest relationships in our lives." fracturedlit.com/flash-fictio...

You need this one. Weird and wondrous in the most tender of ways.

The folks at @100wordstory.bsky.social had me answer some very fun questions about Pardon Me for Moonwalking! Get your copy at AWP Table T625 -- or at unsolicitedpress.com! 1/2

That @barlowadams!!

Usual Monday night: Just me and my buddy and the submission queue.

"I didn’t make a move because it seemed like trying to kiss the moon, so when she leaned in and put her lips on mine it momentarily broke the tides of my mind." Dazzler. If you've not read it, it's time. @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social !! www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

"He would stay faithful to her, would keep his belt firmly tightened, would avoid college campuses and nail salons. And she would tie her hair in that bun he loved, and make her voice like trembling ash." Dark and immaculate crime vibes!

"He would stay faithful to her, would keep his belt firmly tightened, would avoid college campuses and nail salons. And she would tie her hair in that bun he loved, and make her voice like trembling ash." Dark and immaculate crime vibes!

It's the worm moon, and you know what that means: the new edition of @gonelawn.bsky.social ! Thank you, @owenwyke.bsky.social and @amygcb.bsky.social for including two of my weirdlings in this very special issue. 1/2

"Gillian O’Shaughnessy is Australia’s most celebrated flash fiction writer and a highly respected journalist and broadcaster. Drawing from a lifetime of storytelling—from radio to stage to page—Salt City Runaway is Gillian’s first book." Gorgeous book, gorgeous woman! Pre-orders are OPEN.