Our swansong zine is now available to preorder (digital editions can be downloaded instantly) Subscriber and preorder issues will be posted out over the coming weeks. Copies from £3 www.ellipsiszine.com/fourteen/

"He was drunk on Natty Lite all summer cheering on the zebras like they were his illegitimate kids he suddenly took an interest in the second they became famous." Brilliant work by @chelseastickle.bsky.social today in @havehashad.com!

June marks the 10th year of Fictive Dream. Our sincere thanks to all who have supported us as #authors #readers #artists and #editors. To celebrate the occasion please enjoy our marvellous selection of forthcoming #fiction. Thank you to everyone for being a part of this wonderful journey.

Congratulations on ten years of @fictivedream.bsky.social, Laura! What an incredible achievement! I always love the stories you publish and look forward to reading them, and I hope Fictive Dream continues for many more years to come! #WritingCommunity #shortstories#flashfiction #WritingCommunity

Congrats to our frequent contributor Andrew Bertaina!

Thank you @doricliterary.bsky.social for giving this odd story of mine a home! 💜

“Overdue” by @dango-ramen.bsky.social! Although it has self-driving cars, a sperm bank that only accepts donations from Nobel laureates, & an XGBoost-based algorithm, this award-winning story is about a young couple facing a potential breast cancer diagnosis. doric-literary.com/2026/06/01/o...

Thrilled to be featuring your story today, Jessica. Thank you for sending it our way @jekwriter.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

"Overdue," by Lucy Zhang @dango-ramen.bsky.social, won the Doyle Short Story Award from the Nassau Review but . . . it was never published. Tomorrow, Doric Literary will rectify that by bringing you this terrific story!

Here's a flash piece about two young kids & the horrors of war. It's set on a beautiful Pacific Island in 1944. It was published Feb 2020 in the wonderful, though I believe now defunct, Firewords magazine. It has never before appeared online. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/saipan

Coming June 1: new fiction by @dango-ramen.bsky.social

🐦‍⬛Thank you! to judge Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social, and editors Meg Pokrass @megpokrass.bsky.social & Gary Fincke. Thanks also to Fictive Dream's Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for submitting Peor Es Nada to this great annual contest! Anthology out 7th July ✍️

If you’re looking for some new short fiction to read, my brand-new debut collection of micros & flash is now available. 12 stories for $10, or $7 for the digital download. Thrilled to see it out in the world! #flashfiction #chapbook bottlecap.press/collections/...

Before tomorrow's new edition, make time to read this beautiful story by our returning contributor Anna Vangala Jones (@anniejowrites.bsky.social), "Mae and Me," published in Doric Literary (@doricliterary.bsky.social). doric-literary.com/2025/08/15/m...

Just pointing out that a literary debut happened earlier this month & you might have missed it. "Comfort Zone" is Evelyn Cooper's first published work of fiction. It is about healing & being afraid to accept the kindness of strangers. doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/c...

There's some gorgeous fiction out there! If you haven't yet read "Golden" by @annemarieneary.bsky.social, bookmark it for some (absolutely harrowing) weekend reading! doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/g...

Have you tried a Reject-a-thon? It’s the most fun you’ll have hearing no: open.substack.com/pub/lexipand...

I’m thrilled to announce that my debut memoir, HOLY MOTHER!, will be published in fall 2027 by @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social. If you love books about spiritual rabbit holes or cults, this is for you. Endless thanks to my incredible agent @lmscovel.bsky.social, who made this dream a reality.

Here's a flash story I wrote in 2017. It's a weird one about sunbathers on a beach in Portugal but it is also about the changes in human nature as our resources (possessions, territory, etc.) diminish. open.substack.com/pub/courtlan...

Have you ever read a great story by O'Connor, Carver, Baldwin, Chekhov, Malamud, or any classic short story writer, then been inspired to write your next story under their influence? That's what we want. Send us that!

‪Fine reading for a Sunday Morning. "Golden" by @annemarieneary.bsky.social is about a woman, walking home, alone, at night, in a strange place . . . It will leave you breathless. doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/g...

Sunday mornings are perfect for reading a literary debut! Evelyn Cooper's first published short story, "Comfort Zone," is about a woman struggling to accept kindness and comfort as she flees an abusive relationship. doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/c...

“Amazing how nature manages to unsettle you.” @annemarieneary.bsky.social in @doricliterary.bsky.social

Now online at Doric Literary. "Golden" by @annemarieneary.bsky.social is a story that will leave you breathless. It's about a woman walking home, alone, at night, in a strange place . . . doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/g...

Today we are excited to present Evelyn Cooper's first published short story! "Comfort Zone" is about a woman struggling to accept kindness and comfort as she flees an abusive relationship. doric-literary.com/2026/05/01/c...

If you haven't read Daniel's story in @doricliterary.bsky.social yet, it's a masterclass in building tension and off-kilter atmosphere. One of my favorites in some time.

Easy. It's when I read this short story out loud-- doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/b...

And there it is: My little journal is alone at #2! Out of 1000s of fiction journals on @duotrope.com, @doricliterary.bsky.social has the 2nd fastest response time! Half a day. We respond to the average submission in half a day! Thanks to everyone who reports fiction submission response times.

Impressive work @courtlandavenue.bsky.social

I’m very excited to share that my new flash fiction novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press on 1 June. You can pre-order from V.Press or signed copies are available from my website. Set in 1890s northern England, it is inspired by a shocking crime in my family’s history.

"Golden" coming May 1 to Doric Literary. This new story, by @annemarieneary.bsky.social, is about a woman, walking, alone, at night, in a strange place. It will leave you breathless!

Coming May 1: The DEBUT fiction publication by Evelyn Cooper! In this story, an abused woman makes an escape. It is about helping, healing, and human connection. Find your comfort zone at Doric Literary.

reading short stories this morning & admiring lines I wish I’d written counts as writing

And there it is: My little journal is alone at #2! Out of 1000s of fiction journals on @duotrope.com, @doricliterary.bsky.social has the 2nd fastest response time! Half a day. We respond to the average submission in half a day! Thanks to everyone who reports fiction submission response times.

I wrote this story as a study in movement. It won a contest & was later published in a Canadian print only journal. It has never before been available online - until today. Set on a Greek island, it has backpackers, Amstel beer, & dance moves anyone can do. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/jorans-song

At Doric Literary, we've made a bit of money through an editing gig, on the side - so we've raised our payment rate! It is still a very meagre honorarium but we hope this is the start of a trend.

Perfect Sunday reading. Young kids on a train bridge. What could go wrong? My grandmother told me this story decades ago & I've filled in some details. First published in @existerejournal.bsky.social in 2022. Now available online for the 1st time. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/when-the-t...

Congratulations to #ExpoContributor Jaqi Howard on having CLOVER selected for @bestofthenet.bsky.social! ☘️🥳

A story in @doricliterary.bsky.social about space and the weight of a shooting star

You can read a review in @locusmag.bsky.social

Highly recommend this beautiful #flash fiction about enduring love by @tracieadams.bsky.social 👇 I’m one of the lucky cohort who got to see an early draft of this in @smokelong.bsky.social workshop, too. It came together with such power & sad truth!!! Bravo, Tracie & congratulations 👏🎉🙏

"She gathered drawings he’d made in first grade, a stuffed bear named Neil, baby shoes, and told the funeral home to put them in the casket." "Apogee" by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

"I stopped telling them when Bear came to the back deck, swatting the bird feeders, scattering seed like spilled time, then extending his heavy paw and asking if I wanted to dance." "The Bear Who Loved Me" by @tracieadams.bsky.social doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

Writers: Please, please, please keep a spreadsheet and track your submissions to literary journals! No litmag wants to see the same (unrevised) story twice. This is us at least once a week:

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Perfect Sunday reading. Young kids on a train bridge. What could go wrong? My grandmother told me this story decades ago & I've filled in some details. First published in @existerejournal.bsky.social in 2022. Now available online for the 1st time. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/when-the-t...