Nicole Brogdon
@nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
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Writer, esp flash fiction. Reader.
I have an energetic new short-short story published today in Fictive Dream Micro Mondays. Itâs a delight to work with editor Laura Black!
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MicroMonday #55
We Moved to the Country for the Quiet, But by Nicole Brogdon The cicadas chirped maniacally and the mosquitoes buzzed like angry violins, tiny bodies carrying West Nile virus. Two writhing snakes hâŠ
https://fictivedream.com/2026/05/04/micromonday-55/
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Admiring this exquisitely paced, sensitive, heartbreaking đ prose by Chip Houser @ChestnutReview.com
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https://chestnutreview.com/chip-houser-to-eddy-wondering-why/
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Still chiseling miniatures, learning more about beginning-middle-end.
@100wordstory.bsky.social
accepted another of mine, titled, âPast midnight, the chicken falls on her from above.â Than you to them!
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Thank you,
@fictivedream.bsky.social
, for accepting my micro story, âWe moved to the country for the quiet, butâ. Itâs a pleasure to work with this fine lit magazine and their editor Laura.
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Thank you,
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for accepting my microstory, âWe Moved to the Country for the Quiet, Butâ. Itâs a pleasure to work with that little magazine & their editor Laura.
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Emily Rinkema- Fiction
Tiny Little Babies My sister Sarah texts me our secret emoji codeâsquirrel, Portuguese flag, martini glassâwhich means no questions, I need you now. Weâve only used this once, when Mom showed up at...
https://flight-literary.ghost.io/emily-rinkema-fiction/
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Wowed by this highly inventive story by
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
, @ Flight lit magazine. âWeâve only used this once, when Mom showed up at my apartment with a bottle of bottom shelf gin and a male hooker named JeffâŠ.â Loving speculative layer + sister layer.
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No Kings event this past weekend in Austin Texas was hopeful, inspiring, upbeat.
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The Fence is Always Hungry
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via Your Impossible Voice Journal. Innovative dystopian fiction, by talented, imaginative Claudia Monperre: âWe feed it raw chicken three times a day, but it is never enough. The fence is always changing.â WOW!
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https://yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-fence-is-aâŠ
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My 100-worder landed in the pinnacle of 100-worders,
@100wordstory.bsky.social
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Pocket Dad - 100Words
Nicole BrogdonOnce, I was small and he was a giant, making me jump for the razor strap hanging above the toilet, to whip me.
https://100wordstory.org/pocket-dad/
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My prose poem â100th Birthday Partyâ đ„ł is live @ TimberJournal winter 2026 issue. Thank you đ Timber! & Thank You đđœ t
o @josehernandezdz.bsky.soci
al for his generative prose poem workshops, where Iâm writing, then publishing some quirky pieces!
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Bernhardt the Therapy Dog by Nicole Brogdon
My father wanted âa dog with big balls.â So he brought home an ex-police German shepherd, brown with black saddle markings, a Nazi dog. âBernhardtâ, his tag read. Dad the animalâs chest until he luâŠ
https://wensumlit.co.uk/2026/02/01/bernhardt-the-therapy-dog-by-nicole-brogdon/
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Happy that Wensum Lit in the UK published some of my very southern fiction, âBernhardt the Therapy Dogâ. Thank you, Wensum!
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Itâs all over now.
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The literary Journal JMWW accepted my flash fiction, âNew Dadâ. Thank you. And canât wait đ to see it all dressed up, performing in print.
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In-person, w my writing-buddy & friend, Kelli Short Borges, who is visiting & hiking & taco-ing w me this day in my hometown of Austin Texas. Such a talented editor and writer! And a warm wise woman with big ears and big smarts. What would we do w/o our writer friends?
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New Halloween story of mine, âTo Ms Deathâ, rests here, in
@tangledlockslit.bsky.social
Journal. Iâm grateful to editor TeresaBerkowitz!
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To Ms Death
Short Fiction by Nicole Brogdon
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2025/10/30/to-ms-death/
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Thanks to Thin Skin Jrnl, my dark humor abt parenting , âMy Growing Boyâ, sits in these pages;â:https://thin-skin.com/flash-fiction/my-growing-boy/
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My Growing Boy - Thin Skin
Babyâs father slips from bed at seven, dons a clean blue button-down that highlights his eyes. Tangled in sheets in a pale nightgown, I stink of milk, Baby Boy belly-down on me, chests rising and fall...
https://thin-skin.com/flash-fiction/my-growing-boy/
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Epater Lit, p 29, my story âMaybelle in the Middleâ.
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Thank you, Epater Lit magazine, for publishing my story, âMaybelle in the Middleâ. Nice to see it on white-on-black background! I wrote this story to help me process the death of a best friend five years ago.
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No Kings March, Austin Texas. Such good energy!
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www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47
Check out my funny prose poem, âThe Bad Doctorâ in the fine Unbroken Jrnl. Thank you, editors Dale Wisely & Ken Chau. And Thanks again,
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
for his generative workshop that prodded this poem to life!
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Unbroken | Issue 46 | Summer 2025
Prose poems for y'all.
https://www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47
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My prose poem, âThe Bad Doctorâ was accepted by Unbroken, & Iâm so tickled. Thanks to generative prose poem workshops with âȘ@josehernandezdz.bsky.social. Love his laid back presence and the class readings and prompts.
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Happy Anniversary to me and this guy. 33 years of luck, love, picnics, and adventures.
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Nicole Brogdon
Claudia Monpere
9 months ago
Old and new friends
@nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
@chiphouser.bsky.social
@tom1walsh.bsky.social
at the amazing retreat in the Rockies led by
@kathyfish.bsky.social
and Nancy Stohlman. Great combo of playing, going deep, and going weird with our writing. Beautiful bonding with everyone.
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I took another of
@kathyfish.bsky.social
enriching 90 mins classes yesterdayâfr 3-in-90 flash fic classesâgood price point, when u sign up for packet of 3âon creative revision ideas. Surprising, fresh, do-able, write-in-class and leave inspired! I recommend highly!
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Kathy Fish
9 months ago
TODAY at 1:00 pm Eastern! Thanks to all who signed up! Be sure to locate your email with session link (sometimes they go to spam/promotions). Let me know if you're not seeing it. See you SOON! đđđ
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Itâs really hard for me to post here, to focus here, on flash fiction, when parts of this country are burning. Kudos to anyone whoâs fighting the good fight. And practicing any art form, speaking and expressing truth & soul.
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I have a gritty southern story, âDead Daddiesâ, in the lovely new issue of
@susurrusmag.bsky.social
. Thank you to the editors for such good editorial care. Iâd be honored if youâd read my story. Thank you!
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/dead-daddies
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Dead Daddies â Susurrus
https://www.susurrusthemagazine.com/dead-daddies
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Susurrus
9 months ago
Welcome to another special Issue Twelve, dedicated in loving memory to CJ's late aunt. View it here:
susurrusthemagazine.com/issue-twelve
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Thank you
@librelit.bsky.social
& editor Mart Buchanan, for showcasing my therapy-culture-infused flash, âSelf-Helpâ.
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reposted by
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Check out âGOAT Boyâ, 250 w, by moi, @ the lovely, admirable
@centaurlit.bsky.social
. Based in part on true story of a child who survived in the cold Andes through the care of goats. Thank you editor
@lynnmundell.bsky.social
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Goat Boy by Nicole Brogdon | Centaur
https://centaurlit.com/goat-boy-by-nicole-brogdon/
about 1 year ago
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Pleased with my Fictive Dream & editor Laura Black for their fine treatment of my recent surreal story, âSome Good News About Jesusâ. Thank you! Feels good to take some risks when I write. Please read.
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Some Good News About Jesus
by Nicole Brogdon HAVE YOU HEARD? Jesus is in town. Isaw him last nightâSaturday, on Dirty 6th. I was trying to get into Midnight Cowboyâringing that door buzzer everybody lovesâwithout my IDâŠ
https://fictivedream.com/2025/04/27/some-good-news-about-jesus/
about 1 year ago
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Austin Texas. Prickly pear cactus.
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Thank you,
@fictivedream.bsky.social
, for accepting my risk-taking story, âSome Good News About Jesusâ. Canât wait to see how it reads in print!
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My new microstory, âTractorâ, w teenaged dance energy, is in @MicromanceMag. Thanks for your youthful spirit, this opportunity, & colorful graphics, Micromance!
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Tractor
By Nicole Brogdon
https://open.substack.com/pub/micromancemagazine/p/tractor?r=2wbuv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 1 year ago
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Hereâs my new story, âSwallowingâ, in Bloodletter Mag. Love their conceptâfeminist horrorâ & love their engaged editor, Anna Laura Falvey.
bloodlettermag.com/swallowing/
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Swallowing
At Moontowerâs Crawfish Boil, Iâm grooving with this girl from Idaho, the 80s cover band blasting âMore Than a Feelingâ through our bods. Sheâs got tortilla-colored freckles, and she looks me in theâŠ
https://bloodlettermag.com/swallowing/
about 1 year ago
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You meet the strangest people, at airports!
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Very early birthday gift fr fellow Anne Tyler super-fan, my buddy Cass, whoâs read ALL of Tylerâs booksâa feat in itselfâ& gifted me the new one: âI even bought if fr a REAL bookstore! But I read it first, & loved đ it.â Happy to start reading it tonight.
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