Ahem <tap tap> Is this thing on? Coming soon, I may have some exciting news to share about a thing I am doing with the unbearably cool @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social. Stay tuned…

Can’t wait to dip into this! Some time ago, I read Sam’s poignant “The Woman Whose Toaster Went to Her Funeral” and I’ve been itching to get my hands on his collection since. Some searching and book mail brought it to me yesterday. @samasherwriter.bsky.social

DM me your email if you’re interested in doing a flash nonfiction workshop series with me! The time has come and I’m starting my own damn business! Shares and support welcome 💕

Oh, wow. @graythebruce.bsky.social has written something so cool in his story "I Can Still Hear You Breathing" that both challenges and interrogates predictive text programs. Read it in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0426...

This rebellious, hopeful piece was exactly what I needed on this dreary Monday morning. By @brandonmcneice.bsky.social in @yourimpossiblevoice.com yourimpossiblevoice.com/detention-se...

Words failed me reading this amazing piece by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social . flash-frog.com/2026/04/06/l...

“There are fairytale castles where the boy finds refuge when sadness crabs towards him in the clefts of the night.” The beautiful, beautiful sadness of this piece by @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @nervetowrite.bsky.social www.nervetowrite.com/post/little-...

“Stella asks Malorie, Did you put him up to this? We know Theo likes to joke around, but this?” I can always count on a @marioaliberto3.bsky.social story, this one in @bulbregion.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Key-Party-by...

“If you can’t find the meaning, be the meaning.” - Cory Booker, in his Passover greeting.

I love a story about the misinterpretation of artifacts from the past. Or, err, text Good one from Stacie Turner in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social www.adventitious.net/stories/prof...

Whoo wee. Look at this latest one from @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social. The lyricism in it knocks me out. www.memezinelit.com/spring-2026/...

A wee bit of rebellion and revenge of the "live your best life" kind in Every Day Fiction today! See my story "Ten Things I Didn't Do When I Suspected My Marriage Was Over." Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for its always productive Summer Fitness program. everydayfiction.com/ten-things-i...

Thrilled to share a new short story by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social Read "When You Are Mugged in a Boston Tube Station on Your Way Home from Your Night Shift" (the title says it all). Here:

Great piece about class collisions by @writebrainedsarah.bsky.social in the new @smokelong.bsky.social issue. www.smokelong.com/stories/mout...

I have a love of horror fiction, and have all my life, so it's always a thrill when I am able to dip my toe into that world. My long-form piece, "The Anguishers," appears in Mobius Blvd. this month. #horrorfiction #horror #sci-fi #horrorshortstories www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFD8MCW

"I rise, smooth the eulogy against the podium; the wrinkles are deep. Echoing blue chasms of a painful, difficult relationship. My eyes are on you in the casket, all the judgement and unhappiness ironed from your face. You are someone else here, in the box. I could make you someone else."

I have a love of horror fiction, and have all my life, so it's always a thrill when I am able to dip my toe into that world. My long-form piece, "The Anguishers," appears in Mobius Blvd. this month. #horrorfiction #horror #sci-fi #horrorshortstories www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFD8MCW

Hahahaha! Also, 🫣😱. @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social at his best in the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social. fictivedream.com/2026/03/06/e...

Another collection of first-rate #shortstories for February. Our thanks to Ruth Gilchrist @kevingrauke.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social Diego Lama @rosefacchini.bsky.social and @jacqdoyle.bsky.social

Wistful, thoughtful piece by @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social. www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

Huge thanks to @thefantasticother.bsky.social for giving my weird little story “Slashed Beauty” a great home! fantasticother.com/issue-11-a-w...

Shine your flashlight off the pier and see what enters the beam of light 🔦 in "Beacon" by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social variantlit.com/beacon/

Can always count on @emilyrinkema.bsky.social to tell me a good story. This one in @fracturedlit.bsky.social . fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...

ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Energy Dissipating Capsule by Elizabeth Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/22/e...

"He’s told her this before, how flying is safer than driving." Energy Dissipating Capsule by Elizabeth Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/22/e...

What’s up, Bluesky asks? Just the appearance of one of my Maryland stories in a journal I really admire: @variantlit.bsky.social. variantlit.com/beacon/

Another wild ride provided by @travisflatt.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social ! bulbregion.com/Day-Five-of-...

My Aunt Tica asked me to break into the church hall to steal a glass ornament from the lobby tree, so I texted my sister and told her to meet me at the Waffle House, that we had a felony to commit. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social does my heart in again. In @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com

This story by @aniking.bsky.social in Virgo Venus Press nails the manic energy of girls driving themselves into a frenzy to stave off boredom. www.virgovenuspress.com/press/nancy-...

This piece by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social made me giggle. thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...

@kimmagowan.bsky.social great interview in Flash Fiction Institute today! I love the bouillon cube!

What a thrill to be part of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social comeback issue, and with such colleagues! You can check out my story “I Muse about Six Feet Under as I Wait to Speak at Your Funeral” here: heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/i-muse-...

This story by @craig7.bsky.social in @triquarterlymag.bsky.social handles such big things so quietly. It's beautifully done. www.triquarterly.org/issue-169/ri...

"Art creates empathy. Empathy creates kindness. Kindness creates strength. This is our purpose, and we will not stop. This is our mission, and we will not fail." So say the inspiring editors of Sky Island Journal. Read it (and my stories) at: www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...

What a great little piece using objects to draw character! By @parlorspider.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...

"Art creates empathy. Empathy creates kindness. Kindness creates strength. This is our purpose, and we will not stop. This is our mission, and we will not fail." So say the inspiring editors of Sky Island Journal. Read it (and my stories) at: www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Holy moly! What an honor to win Raleigh Review’s flash fiction contest. And look at the cool cover. @raleighreview.bsky.social

The hypnotic pattern of this story is perfect. www.peatsmokejournal.com/winter-2026-...

I just don't understand what has happened to my country, but watching what's going on in Minneapolis/St. Paul, it's clearly time to re-post this one: gargoylemagazine.com/elizabeth-ro... @peabody.bsky.social #gargoylemagazine

What better thing to take your mind off your head cold than flipping through great advice and observations by fantastic flash writers at the top of their games. @karenschauber.bsky.social #flashfictionwritingtips

All I can say is I'm damn impressed with how the guys at Sky Island Journal do business. Two of the kindest, most supportive editors I've worked with.

My long-titled, very short story that appeared in @emergejournal.bsky.social has been nominated! Read it here: emergeliteraryjournal.com/that-time-i-...

This knock-out full of Knock Knock jokes by @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

R.I.P. MTV.

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...