Yaaaasssss! When @gabino.bsky.social sends this as part of the rejection: “I wanted you to know this is a bit too short for us, but I loved the voice and your opening line made me go, "Hell yeah, that's opening line."

It’s out in the world, looking for more readers like this one! @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social

“Perhaps Amen lies in the hillside with all the waiting cicadas, their hushed breaths rasping through tiny spiracles.” @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social writing and ideas take my breath away. www.thimblelitmag.com/2026/04/18/m...

"It was a great party until someone left a hash knife in the daiquiri mix and turned on the blender." These flashes from James Keith Smith in @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social are so good. farewelltransmission.net/2026/06/thre...

Head's up! New micro out in Scaffold. Thanks to editor Steve Gergley! www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting... #microfiction #scaffoldmagazine #afterimgone

"Don’t think of the lamb as a sacrifice." What a stunner by @lmbayley.bsky.social in Raw Lit. rawlit.weebly.com/9_6.html

First review is in from the always-hip-and-happening @turnandwork.com! A million thanks to Hugh for his support of us creatives out here. Give Turn & Work a follow to keep up with all the is new and interesting in the creative sphere!

This one by @jennamartintrinka.bsky.social in Flash Flood got me good: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/debu...

Mark your calendars! You are cordially invited to the Zoom reading for my chapbook Survival Skills on July 2nd. There will be some kickass writers reading for it. Info 👇 www.sandandgravelpress.com/liz-rosen-ch...

“What do I do?” www.vtmag.com/post/vt-writ...

Get your copy now at www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/elizab...

“Is this one of those things you wish you could un-know?” he asks.” Because @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social www.whaleroadreview.com/rinkema/?fbc...

"When my father starts storming, the only thing to do is to take shelter, so my mother gathers me to her and conceals me inside her shame. She urges me through the concertina fence of her should haves, and once inside, I turn and turn like a dog flattening a bed."

“Even a rotten tomato holds hundreds of harvests…” This amazing cnf from @pegahouji.bsky.social tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/_...

The warning is a story; the story is a warning. Keenly sharp, powerful new #fiction from Elizabeth Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/eliz...

This kind of inventive, gorgeous writing from @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social, in the always awesome @doesithavepockets.bsky.social, is the kind of work that makes me want to keeping writing. 🙂

Available here: www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/elizab...

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If you haven’t been on the frontlines, let @nomad-sw18.bsky.social tell you all about it. epistemiclit.com/issue-eight/...

It’s a damn fine day when you find out you’ve made the long list for a Smokey. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Sometimes a story ends up exactly where it's meant to be. Thanks @antiheroinchic.bsky.social! (and to my group in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness where this was born). heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/my-moth...

"YOU PAVED OVER THE GRASS THEN WOVE RUGS TO SOFTEN THE CEMENT." Wow. This wonderful, thoughtful story by Audrey Coldwell in @chestnutreview.bsky.social just gave me something to think about the rest of the weekend. chestnutreview.com/audrey-coldw...

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...