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

2️⃣ Tuesdays til launch! 🌊 I'M THE UNDERTOW Fun Fact Countdown

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.

New story on Short Story, Long today, from @mrscavedowrites.bsky.social ! "She told her parents where she’s going, of course she did. She is a good girl, so the way she told them was by asking them permission, rather than coming out with it directly."

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

When selecting our @bestofthenet.bsky.social nominees, we think of our favorite pieces that recognize and embrace the opportunities of digital media, experimenting with form, genre, and content. We’re beyond thrilled to have Jaqi Howard’s comic CLOVER selected for inclusion!

Tenth time is a charm! This makes me feel like other things I thought might never happen might actually happen.

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 👏🎉🙏

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

I also had a whole book come out from @jacklegpress.bsky.social

And a creepy and creeping story of blood and darkness in @undertow.bsky.social

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

Next a flash piece about childhood friendships and monsters in Ghost Parachute

Saturday thread of stuff I've published so far this year! For your reading pleasure (or displeasure if you do not like it): First up: a creepy story in @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social about how you can't go home again

"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...

"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...

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:

So happy to receive my copy of the Ghost Parachute anthology! It’s gorgeous and I think I know almost all of the wonderful writers in here!

DEADLINE TODAY: We have one day left to raise $13,000 of our $35K goal. Help us keep Electric Literature free for all—give what you can by midnight tonight, April 15! Donate Now: buff.ly/Rmfmh3v

Tune in tomorrow Thursday 4/16 at 7 pm CDT for a HAD call for longer flash. Only 100 spots available so you gotta be quick! -Hannah Smart

Sitting out back as the sun goes down, watching the carpenter bees guard their high territories, until the skies begin to darken and the birds go quiet, and I doze off, only to awaken to see the first bat zagging past the branches of the trees, which have lost all color and become still silhouettes

They’ve been protecting the city from zombies rising up for the last 200 years, encasing the undead in super strong honey.

been a minute, but super excited to feature Tyler Barton back on the site again today! "Knowing there will always be audiences for Sunday, this is about Sunday. For this day of the week we have this name. Sunday, which resists visitation..." https://www.havehashad.com/u73e6

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...

I've gotten two really kind notes about TACOMA today, which have just totally made me day/weekend, which I say not to brag (ok, definitely *some* to brag) but as reminder, to myself and also to whoever needs to hear it: REACH OUT AND LET ARTISTS KNOW WHEN SOMETHING THEY MADE MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU

Insider tip: Statistically speaking, Doric Literary is due to send an acceptance any minute now. Our last acceptance went out on February 12, so we’ve exceeded our longest dry spell by 3 days.

It’s my pub day!! I appreciate the support of this literary community. Get your copy today! Thank you to AV @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

⚡️Fast Flash Review: Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever by the brilliant Timothy Boudreau published by Stanchion Books. @tcboudreau.bsky.social @stanchion.bsky.social

ICYMI: this story, published on 1/1/26, takes place over Easter weekend. It's a highway romance marked by cheap motels, Old Style, and a three-song piano concert in the Old Market in Omaha. One song is by the inimitable @dawestheband.bsky.social.

A fast resonse is great, but let me add as someone who has published in Doric Literary, that the editor is thoughtful and meticulous. Sure, I would say that, he accepted my story, but it's true. This mag has a bright future.

Doric Literary has risen . . . . . . to number 2 on the @duotrope.com Fastest Fiction Response Times chart!

Icymi and want to read it: I have a new story over at @doricliterary.bsky.social

We're hoping that people of all faiths agree: today is for reading. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

While astronauts on a moon mission ride in a rocket named for a Greek deity, you can read a story about space in Doric Literary. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

Doric Literary has risen . . . . . . to number 2 on the @duotrope.com Fastest Fiction Response Times chart!

someone told me Geese sounds like if The Sheepdogs went to art school and now I can't unhear it www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

If you're also getting emotional about space and exploration, here's a story I wrote about one of my favorite NASA missions:

ICYMI we're thrilled to be featuring Ultrasound Q & A by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy

While astronauts on a moon mission ride in a rocket named for a Greek deity, you can read a story about space in Doric Literary. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

We're hoping that people of all faiths agree: today is for reading. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

Doric Literary Accountability Post: 1st quarter 2026. We have a 3% acceptance rate & 9 out of 10 submissions are responded to on the day they're sent. We publish fiction: 1000-8000 words. No fee to submit. We pay a tiny honorarium. See link in our profile for submission details.

I like Substack. I'm just not sure what to do with my own Substack. So, here's a story I published in 2019 which is no longer available online. It's about dumb young boys, messing around and nearly killing themselves on a beautiful summer day. It's all true. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/gasoline

I'm teaching an 8-week Zoom workshop on flash essay beginning April 15th. Still a couple spots open if you want to join: substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you are in mid-Missouri, make sure you check out nightjar! I'm thrilled to be included in the Unbound Lit Crawl reading on 4/16 and hope to see you there! Support the arts or die!!!!

Doric Literary Accountability Post: 1st quarter 2026. We have a 3% acceptance rate & 9 out of 10 submissions are responded to on the day they're sent. We publish fiction: 1000-8000 words. No fee to submit. We pay a tiny honorarium. See link in our profile for submission details.

New fiction, and falling stars, by Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social at Doric Literary! It's about astronauts, shooting stars, & an ill-fated mission to Mars but it's also a classic short story about a grieving mother, searching for peace in a cold galaxy. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

New fiction at Doric Literary! In "The Bear Who Loved Me," by @tracieadams.bsky.social, a grieving widow is visited, each night, by a bear who knows her husband’s signature dance move. Read this right now: In ten minutes you can learn a lot about love! doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

Icymi, I have a new story at @doricliterary.bsky.social about space and loss and seeking

this story was so much fun to write! a story of heads that you'll consume using your own head, creating a concentric system of heads; an infinity mirror of heads within your head. You're welcome