Whoa. This amazing story by @joybaglio.bsky.social in @onestorymag.bsky.social whose curation just seems unerring.

@jaimegill.bsky.social gets me every time. newflashfiction.com/appeasement/

Abso-effing-lutely! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social starting my week off right with a boost of girl-power in the new issue of @vestalreview.bsky.social. www.vestalreview.net/last-play-of...

There's always one piece that strikes the holiday melancholy with perfect pitch for me. This year it's this piece by James Keith Smith in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Once again I get to say thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their inspiring Summer Fitness which yielded "Making Sky." Thanks, too, to my Smokelong group for all their feedback and help getting this worthy to appear in such a wonderful home. gargoylemagazine.com/elizabeth-ro...

Many, many thanks to @peabody.bsky.social and Gargoyle Magazine for taking in these two flashes of mine. Great way to close out the year. gargoylemagazine.com/elizabeth-ro...

My co-resident and friend, @cgoldhammer.bsky.social, from Cuttyhunk Island Residency has a poem in The Threepenny Review! I love how she puts me into her settings with the images she chooses.

R.I.P. Tom Stoppard.

Wow. Check out this scary story by Chuck Augello in @wallstrait.bsky.social . This will by in my dreams tonight. www.wallstrait.com/post/the-whe...

When you are 89 and celebrating your 60th anniversary, you get to eat your caviar with a Diet Coke chaser.

Our nominees for the 2026 best microfictions anthology are here. The link is to all our nominations so far, with more to come so keep watching. Congratulations to all including today’s tiny gems. templeinacity.com/category/nom...

On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees! Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.

Thanks to the crew at Eckleburg for taking in "Headline News." And thanks to my Summer Fitness group at @smokelong.bsky.social for help with the early drafts. www.eckleburg.org/headline-new...

A jaw-dropping lesson in using the absurd to speak to painful reality. Phenomenal story by @jjlofflin.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com

Whoo-wee! Some great reading ahead of me. And the Sand and Gravel chapbook is soooo tiny and cute! @themissourireview @fionamckay.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social

Sometimes a story you wrote lands in exactly the right place. That's how I feel about "Keepsake" landing in @cowboyjamboree in their new issue Hidden Behind the Door that Sorrow Locked. FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html

A fantastic story. My step-dad died of complications from Agent Orange so this story hit me extra hard. I think this is a great example of spec fiction addressing issues & heartbreak in a way realism can't reach.

It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!

Beautiful writing about all the feels of being newly in college and independent by Jennifer Galvão in @therumpus.net. therumpus.net/2025/06/26/r...

This chilling story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is going to haunt me, I can tell. fracturedlit.com/the-touch-fo...

Reading Nov. 2 at 3pm ET, celebrating my first chapbook "Five Stories" w/: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social , @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social , Katherine Plumhoff , @cbigs.bsky.social , @fionamckay.bsky.social , @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings

Yay! @travisflatt.bsky.social has a chapbook coming out, and in celebration, he’s got a line-up of fantastic writers reading their work. It’s a free event on Sunday at 3 EST. It’s free to Zoom in, so come join the fun! www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings

Would you lose all respect for me if I confessed how much I love the Predator movies?

Oof, @jjlofflin.bsky.social What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com

I can't express how good the reading was for @oysterriverpages.bsky.social 8.1 issue was last night. Not just super talented writers, but super talented readers of their work, as well. You can check it out here: www.oysterriverpages.com/issue-81

Can anyone think of a more euphemistic name than Accurate Energetic Systems?

This story by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @rejectionlit.bsky.social got at the runaway brain that lives in all of us. rejection-letters.com/2025/03/12/a...

I caught this guy hanging around and he said I should throwback to my story in @fictivedream.bsky.social and since I would definitely lose in a fight with him, here it is: fictivedream.com/2024/10/18/a...

This story by @eteffi.bsky.social in Gulf Coast shows just how good “quiet” stories can be. gulfcoastmag.org/stories/stel...?

Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only… fabulistmagazine.com/press-me-to-...

Loved this modern cautionary tale by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @baltimorereview.bsky.social. baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

Whoof. Becky Hagenston’s story “Everything Must Go” in Washington Square Review has one of the most frightening thoughts I’ve never thought of before: what if the sky we are planning our escape to isn’t real. 🫣

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

A poignant space tale from @jaimegill.bsky.social in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. So good. www.oysterriverpages.com/black-sky-bl...

“Mrs. K is helping me fill this out because my s’s and b’s and p’s are messy and my h’s and n’s and m’s are lopsided.” Thanks to @oysterriverpages.bsky.social for publishing this little nugget. www.oysterriverpages.com/a-six-year-o...

What a lovely surprise to come home to! The print version of the Baltimore Review that combines the last four digital issues snuck into my mailbox. If you want to read my contribution, you can read it at the link below. baltimorereview.org/winter_2025/...

Get it! @chelseastickle.bsky.social I love this resistance story in Hot Flash Literary. hotflashliterary.com/a-good-sign/

@jenn-rossmann.bsky.social is at it again with her new story in @mrbullbull.bsky.social  mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

@lesliepwriter.bsky.social has got my heart in my throat with this stunner in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/lucky-enough/

The gut punch of this tiny @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social micro. Brimming with the resilience and fragility of living and then, oh. Oh. templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

Book mail! @danbillyc.bsky.social

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My @lascauxreview.bsky.social Prize-winning story! "You used to cook for four, now after the kids have gone to college, and the divorce is finalized, and you and your husband, you keep forgetting to put the ex in front of this yoking title," lascauxreview.com/if-you-didnt...

Starting my morning in tears with this stunner from @tracieadams.bsky.social in @dishsoapquart.bsky.social dishsoap-quarterly.com/7-29-25/must...

“I had a memory of holding his hand as a boy while our daddy told us we’d always be failures.” @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social with this searing little gem 🔥https://templeinacity.com/micro-fiction-elizabeth-rosen/

Did we gasp when we read this Elizabeth Rosen micro? We really did. And oh, the biting ache of it. templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

Jazzed to have a micro-fiction out in the new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

This stunner by @danbillyc.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social has me in tears this morning: pitheadchapel.com/roar/

Love this hilarious satire by @searchlightsoul.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social moonparkreview.com/issue-32-sum...