Moon over Tunk Valley. No filters.

"Elephant on my Back" took a very long time to find its form and home. Thank you Complete Sentence for bringing it into the world. Thank you to a writing group member's wife, Evva Durkee, for the gorgeous illustration. Heartbreaking and healing at once. www.completesentencelit.com/post/elephan...

Ready to learn about flash narratives? Hone your craft? Use compressed writing to open up your longer manuscripts? Explore the possibilities in the next round of Fiercely Flash! #flashfiction #writing @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social

What an honor for STOP to make the @wigleaf.bsky.social Longlist! Thank you, Booth for loving this heartfelt story about my sister. booth.butler.edu/2024/01/05/s...

Throwback #caturday . #catsofbluesky Benny & Joon.

Here is the latest issue of Gooseberry Pie edited by Jeff Harvey . What an incredible group of authors in this issue! I'm proud that my FEATHERED FRIEND was shortlisted for the annual competition.

Benny & Boxes. What YOU doin'? #catsofbluesky

Benny sans boxes. He lives vicariously through himself. #catsofbluesky

Delighted to have a Vancouver Flash tip up today!

Benny & Boxes: no walls edition. #caturday #catsofbluesky

Some nights a mighty mule nap is better than dinner. ❤️ #nationalparkservice #packmule #rmnp #mulesofbluesky

Benny Outside of Boxes: Sphinx edition. #catsofbluesky

Benny's #caturday message for all.

Benny in Boxes: Outside the box edition. #catsofbluesky

Joon & Boxes: Fill in for Benny edition. "Come on now, can't we get some complete boxes around here?"

Benny & Boxes: When a cat just has to "make do" edition.

One week to go! Deadline midnight Saturday May 10. Send us your best and brightest under 1000 words and we'll give our favorites $2,500/$1,000/$500/$150 to finalists, PLUS publication in the June issue of SmokeLong. And we'll love them and talk about them for years. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

In which Benny contemplates giving up boxes for the lazy days of summer.

First outdoor backyard coffee of the season.

This time with my name spelled correctly! Interested in Flash Fiction? Or maybe you want to flesh out your story's worldbuilding? Register for this amazing weekend of writing, learning, and community at WriteOnTheRiver.org. See you there! #WOTRSpringWritersConference #WritingConference

Thrilled to be presenting at the Write on the River Spring Conference! Register for this amazing weekend of writing, learning, and community at WriteOnTheRiver.org. #WOTRSpringWritersConference #WOTRSpringWritersConference2025 #WriteOnTheRiverConference #WritingConference

Can't wait for us to be Still Fierce, Still Flash, Still Compressed and Courageous starting Thursday!

Dry Falls State Park. Got my Junior Ranger badge and everything! Imagining a 3.5 mile waterfall... Incredible!

Or friend David, visiting from the UK, is having a proper rural experience. Food trucks and live music in Okanagan.

Mighty Mule Buck. This boy and his morning naps. What a handsome man!

There we are, tiny people in the third photo...Wally World in the background.

Benny & Boxes, wide-eye edition

Absolutely hilarious!

The Mightiest Mule, Buck. Enjoying retirement from the National Park Service.

Benny & Boxes, boxapalooza edition.

Excuse me? Excuse me?!

Joon Bug & Boxes. Sister substitute edition.

Benny & Boxes. Zen edition.

Benny in Bins!

After sideways rain all last night, Spring says, "Hold my beer," this morning.

Could Buck be any more handsome? What a mighty mule ♥️

Sexy Benny. Where's that other leg? @pnwblueheelerguy.bsky.social

Benny in a break from boxes. #gingercats #bennylonglegs

Back to our basics. Benny & Boxes. Wild edition.

Joon Bug in boxes Benny doesn't fit in....

No matter where you live on this planet, you can participate in SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon. Sign up by Feb 28. We'll start letting people into the workshop tomorrow, Feb 27! www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

Looking forward to talking about the value of compressed storytelling with women veterans this Wednesday. Join us? Info in the photo.

Tap house Sunday afternoon.

Joon Bug in boxes, blue edition. 💙

I'm so excited to read this!

Holy cow. Right after they decided not to award winners in their fiction context ($27) and didn't refund the money! Just 10 finalists who got $100 each

Reminders! Reminders! General submissions (also multiple submissions) closing on Feb 15, reopening May 11. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction is open for entries now until May 10. Grand Prize: $2500! Paid Feedback submissions open, reading for the Sept issue. We're rooting for you.

Spent the day in Canada. Best way to while away my time during the yuckiness that is officially underway. #mapleleaf

Congratulations to the winners! I've read so many of these, and they are wonderful! I absolutely can't wait for the book to be available!

So excited that @merrickscaife.bsky.social made the short list in the Bath Novella in Flash contest! Fingers crossed for the big win!