Me too, my loves. Me too.

Survived the dentist and came home to this being announced, which is nice. My congratulations to all the nominees. www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

Love this fresh perspective from @mattkendrick.bsky.social on Show Don't Tell. Further down in his newsletter he continues with some examples and a prompt, which I'll be trying. I admire Matt's writing and teachings tremendously. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-tell-a...

"It’s dark enough, moonless; his body moves inside shadows cast by the structures, his indigo shape etching through the deeper, stilled black." So many stunning sentences in Hypnagogia by David Ryan, 3rd place winner, the @fracturedlit.bsky.social 2025 Elsewhere Prize. fracturedlit.com/hypnagogia/

Thank you so much @alkratz.bsky.social and Silverbacked Punk Press for believing in Songs from the Blimp Ruins (in visible ink and in Sensurround®, we think). Coming soon. 💙

I'm looking for readers for both @fracturedlit.bsky.social & @unchartedmag.bsky.social It's a laidback way to get involved with a literary magazine, and it will help level up your writing! We ask for 2-4 hours of volunteer reading each week, but I'm flexible with vacations and other commitments.

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Love working with Kat. She's straight to the point and has been a huge help as I write my first novel.

Fabulous journal. Great choice of contest judge in @danbillyc.bsky.social.

‘I would argue that this is what reading offers us: occasions for inappropriate, improbable identification. For powerful, reality-suspending identification with a character, a writer, an idea, an experience, a fantasy.’ —Kate Briggs, *This Little Art*

"I’d never been so jealous of a cigarette in my life, so envious of ash, to glow from the touch of her lips, to fall at her feet and be completely consumed." This is one of my favourite @barlowadams.bsky.social CNFs.

So excited to share “dead Mother Card,” up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...

I never actually think anyone will read what I write, but when there's a positive indication, such as this photo taken in a local high school, I get all jammed up.

Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for this publication in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Check out the whole issue, which includes stupendous work by @happilander.bsky.social, @amymarques.bsky.social, @pdforan.bsky.social and others! gooseberry-pie.com/obituary-sis...

So happy to join the team of readers at the brilliant @fracturedlit.bsky.social. Submit your "fiction that lingers long after the flash" micros and flash stories. I've admired this journal for a long time, and read every issue. Hope to read your words! fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit

I have a piece with ghostlighting and the horse we rode in on in it in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Thanks so much @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including this one in Issue 40. gooseberry-pie.com/on-a-ghostli...

I worked on my story, The Inn of Frozen Things, in @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social ky.social 's Settings Workshop. Tommy's a fantastic teacher. Thanks to his insights, my story was published by Atticus Review, then selected for the Wigleaf Top 50. I highly recommend signing up for his classes.

There's a wintry dusk hour when the snow glows blue and the mind stops scrabbling.

Reading THE DISAPPEARED by @andrewporter01.bsky.social was like sitting on the back patio with on old friend on a balmy summer evening, sharing a bottle of wine and catching up, talking about the small things, that are the big things, that are everything. 10 out of 10! No skips! ✨

I’ve got a new poem up @therumpus.net today. Thank you to Saeed Jones & editors for giving it such a wonderful home.

Exquisite read in River Teeth today. This one hit home for me. I look forward to these micro-essays every Monday.

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

Nicely done, Merriam-Webster. Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.

Delighted to be included in this collection of flash fiction writing tips, curated by @karenschauber.bsky.social. I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.

Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...

📚What a writer. See why @sarahillswrites.bsky.social has won almost every major flash fiction prize there is, including the prestigious Bath award twice. Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social Note the CW www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/

Great cause. Great writers. Looking forward to this.

I’m over the moon to have my new flash, “Cut Shapes Cut from Raindrops,” in the new issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social among so many incredible poems and stories. Feeling so lucky and grateful to have placed this piece here. #flashfiction gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

Good night, from six-month-old Clover, who is occupying my days and my heart.

"She has been this way since that wintered Tuesday in the long shadow of the war, the one they never talk about." Phenomenal writing from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review.

Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December

It's wonderful to watch @trentlewin.bsky.social soar, and to get the recognition he deserves for his work. Such a magnificent writer. We got to hang out in-person this year and he's a truly lovely guy.

I was thinking, what great advice for me today, when I read this on #CBCBooks. Didn't realize it was from my friend @trentlewin.bsky.social until I got to the bio. Thanks, Trent!

The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.

Happy birthday to @kathyfish.bsky.social. Feels only right that Kathy should be my #FlashFictionFamily pick for the day. Such a superstar of our community. Every piece is something special. A favourite? Impossible. But today I'm drawn to this stunner: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/pro...

Six months post-stroke, my mother points to the high wispy clouds floating in the blue, through the window of her care-home. "I want to be there. Let me go." I whisper, "Heaven, Mom? With Dad and Julie." She cracks up laughing. "No, home. That's north. I want to go home." And we laugh and laugh.

A tough one to write and "have out there," but I'm proud of this hybrid micro. Many thanks to Court Harler, Flash the Court journal, and @sfreligh.bsky.social, whose prompt spurred the piece.

Ten-week old Clover happily joined me on the paddleboard. She's a natural!

"I always wanted to know everything you thought of. Everything about the way you thought was beautiful, back then." =>Read "Bro Island" by Murgatroyd Monaghan - June CNF Honourable Mention. #OffTopicContest #CanLit… https://offtopicpublishing.com/2025/07/10/bro-island-by-murgatroyd-monaghan/

"I’ll look for you. Look for me. Let’s make something ugly and weird." Beautifully told, @barlowadams.bsky.social

"When I ran away as a 19 year old, I got into Minneapolis right after sundown. It was a very real moment for me. The sun leaving and saying you’re on your own now, kid." - Al Kratz @theburninghearth.bsky.social does a wonderful interview of @alkratz.bsky.social on his latest book, T is for Train.

Goodnight writers everywhere.

Clover, who is all fluff and fire, has joined my family. After only a day she owns my heart.

Fireflies, loon calls, and a waxing buck moon. My favourite place to write.

I'm stunned to be on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 list. I look forward to reading this list every year! My thanks to @laughingyeti.bsky.social, @samanito.bsky.social and the Wigleaf team, as well as @atticusreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it. Can't wait to read all the stories!