We're Krista Lee Hanson fans, enjoying her original flashes as well as her long-form work (see comment below) www.short-reads.org/in-the-waiti...

I notice a girl taller than the rest, her long, silky blonde hair pulled back and ribboned at the crown of her head. She kicks her knee up and spins around with her baton. Her smile shines. What if I could smile like her? So much longing to belong @m-s-reagan.bsky.social @short-reads.org

You'll definitely start an inventory of your past kisses after you read this flash essay by Kristina Patterson via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/kissings/

"'Do you sense anything?' the dentist asks, pricking at my gums with her tiny metal sickle. I shake my head no, but honestly, I’m never sure what I feel." Love this essay by Linda Button via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/numbing/

What a gorgeous flash essay by Beverley Stevens via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/out-the-fron...

I love this flash essay by Kristina Patterson via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/kissings/

Heartbreaking flash essay by Helen Collins Sitler via @short-reads.org. 💔 www.short-reads.org/i-want-a-do-...

Love this piece by @sarifordham.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...

I love this flash essay by Julie Parker via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/the-night-i-...

I love this flash essay by Sammi LaBue via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Sun). www.short-reads.org/what-are-you/

"I ask her if she remembers 'challenging' Rachael Ray to cook the beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes, a memory so vivid that it must be tucked somewhere the dementia can’t get it." Wonderful flash essay by @brendanomeara.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/racing-racha...

I love this piece by @brendanomeara.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/racing-racha.... #writingcommunity #flashcnf #amreading

A @short-reads.org original. By @michaelcopperman.bsky.social, get a napkin.

"Madame was a grown-up, a teacher, une femme. Didn’t she know anything about keeping the secrets of the body secret? Didn’t she care?" Great flash essay by Shala Erlich @shala-24.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/une-femme/

Thank you to @dintywmoore.bsky.social and Team Walrus for creating the conditions for this to emerge and to @hattiefletcher.bsky.social and the Short Reads team for giving it a home. ‪@shala-24.bsky.social‬) via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/une-femme/

Great flash essay by Brad Snyder via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Dillydoun Review). www.short-reads.org/twin-a-and-t...

Short Reads (@short-reads.org) is a finalist for the Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut. Celebrate with us on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...

@short-reads.org There’s something simultaneously satisfying and thought provoking about a good segmented essay. This one reminded me of that. www.short-reads.org/artifact/?re...

"Close your eyes. Think about how amazing it is that your daughter knows who she is at such a young age. If only you’d known that much. If only you’d been so perceptive, so mindful." A moving short essay by @wendyfontaine.bsky.social in @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/crushed/?ref...

Congratulations to Short Reads (@short-reads.org), a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut! www.short-reads.org

Honored that our literary journal, @revelliterary.bsky.social, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut. Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review! Zoom ceremony: loom.ly/2ueBC50

Revel is honored to be named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut. Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review! Join us for a virtual celebration on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...

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@short-reads.org has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love. www.short-reads.org/celebration-...

In this week's Short Reads, by Krista Lee Hanson, heroic things moms do for their kids. www.short-reads.org/orb-weaver-s...

Hard-hitting flash essay by Mark Hendrickson (@markhpoetry.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in Variant Literature). www.short-reads.org/small-town-b...

Wow, this essay. I drove past that Confederate flag before filling my gas tank in Paducah last week, and I'm finding comfort in sharing the road with @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social and her witness of resistant beauty.

In this week's Short Reads, Jeanette Mrozinski (@jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social) finds hope in a very unlikely place, and maybe we all can, too. www.short-reads.org/literally-any/

for now, she is Margot until she presents her passport at the border, when she will become someone else, though only for a moment, because she has been, always will be, Margot powerful essay about hope by @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/literally-any

So excited to share the wild vibes of trying to be a creative at the end of the world with @short-reads.org readers. www.short-reads.org/literally-an...

Got this devastatingly beautiful flash piece by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social in my inbox this morning via @short-reads.org. Give it a read!

I had no idea when I wrote this piece, "Still," about the death of my beautiful son that it would live forever (or what seems like it). So now Eric and his big energy, his light, live on too. 🩷 Thanks so much to @short-reads.org or giving it another round. www.short-reads.org/tag/casey-mu...

Heartbreaking flash essay by Casey Mulligan Walsh ( @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/still/

Great to see this stunner by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social, (1st featured in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social), now brought to you by @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/still/?ref=s...

Powerful, gut-punch of an essay by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today: short-reads.org/still/ #writingcommunity #flashcnf #amreading #motherhood #grief

A personal favorite by Casey Mulligan Walsh ( @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/still/

….a breeze caresses my cheek in what is surely a hug from beyond … flash essay by Casey Mulligan Walsh @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/still/

"I’ve been trying to remind myself lately that we are all human: plumbers, street fighters, kidnapped princesses." Sarah Carson goes on a quest in today's Short Reads: www.short-reads.org/an-open-lett...

This @short-reads.org piece today is a pure delight. www.short-reads.org/an-open-lett...

I have a new piece in @short-reads.org today! It’s about a grief I can’t seem to stop writing about. Thanks so much to the wonderful editors 🙏. www.short-reads.org/would-have-b...

"I think about how all of us hurtle headlong into the unknown as we let go—and let others go." Today's Short Reads, by Anne Visser Ney, finds a moment of sweetness in the midst of worry and grief. www.short-reads.org/of-peas-and-...

Great flash essay by Jackie Domenus (@jackiedwrites.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in Foglifter). www.short-reads.org/faster/

The wonderful folks at @short-reads.org were generous enough to share my flash essay “Faster,” originally published in Foglifter Journal!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We’re looking for original (as yet unpublished) flash nonfiction work for upcoming editions of the weekly Short Reads email. Deadline: April 14th. Max word count: 1,250. Guidelines: www.short-reads.org/submissions/ PS: Bonus points for anything that makes us laugh.

I can't recommend this flash essay enough. Short Reads is the gift that keeps giving. www.short-reads.org/dig/?ref=sho...

I like this flash essay by Lorri McDole via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/dig/

Love the short essays on Wednesdays from @short-reads.org (sign up to get them in your in-box for free if you don't yet). I'm enjoying their CNF flash prompts this month too. #flashfebruary Take a look if you need some inspiration: flashfebruary.substack.com

Celebrating Valentine's Day with an essay "Heart First" originally published in @short-reads.org last year. Hint - it's about Paris. www.short-reads.org/heart-first/ #WritingCommunity

Love Katy and miss Ninny 💕💕