“We talk about our families of origin. About the ways in which they shaped us and unshaped us. The parents and grandparents who did or didn’t let us play with Barbies or Tonka trucks.” @jackiedwrites.bsky.social | The Queer Love Project open.substack.com/pub/queerlov...

“…the only competition we have is the writers we were yesterday. There are a lot of books out there, a lot of spaces to inhabit, and a lot of roles to play. There is room for all of us.” - @eburtonwrites.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/writinge...

Come listen to me read some weird flash stories alongside Delco and Friends writers this Sunday hosted by Blue Stoop! Books will be sold by Celia Bookshop Open mic to follow

“Is this you? I suppose it is, but not the same me from this time last year. I feel more like a tree that’s dropped all its leaves, branches mostly unchanged, new growth just beginning to flush.” @jadjosey.bsky.social | @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/rep...

I will be stopping by the stoop at Blue Stoop in Swarthmore, reading with several amazing writers! Books will be sold, I’ll have stickers AND the favorite dry erase magnets to be given with every purchase of my flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES www.bluestoop.org/events/delco...

“Dads peer over Mandy’s head to see if her mom is dressed in her sexy cat outfit like last year, only for the other moms to respond to the dads’ disappointment with whispers of overdose, poor dear.” @marioaliberto3.bsky.social | House of Arcanum www.houseofarcanum.org/current-issu...

“The bottle of Remy Martin I’d charged at the corner store looked cruel, wildly out of place besides Moisés’s medications and half-eaten bowl of cereal on the table.” @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social | @literaryruby.bsky.social rubyliterarypress.com/issue-six-is...

On November 7th at 7pm EST, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be in conversation with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social over Zoom to celebrate the launch of BITTER OVER SWEET, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social! Make sure to register here: buff.ly/CtKtA0k

weekly talk story about my Bitter over Sweet (@sfwp.bsky.social) book launch with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, and my recent (and not so recent pubs) in @mrbullbull.bsky.social , @claudineliterary.bsky.social and Mojo www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

I have the EXTREME pleasure of hosting @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social as they discuss all things craft and wonders found in BITTER OVER SWEET (@sfwp.bsky.social)! When: November 7, 2025 at 7PM EST Where: Zoom Register here: www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Fastest way to my heart ✔️ Good food ✔️Good friends ✔️Plantains ✔️Mango Sticky Rice ✔️and always more mango

Fast Flash Review: Child Craft by Amy Cipolla Barnes, published by Belle Point Press. @amygcb.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social

Join @lauraparnum.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @christinarosso.bsky.social, and I as we read stories exploring the 5 senses A Novel Idea to celebrate the paperback release of @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social’s A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS Register here: anovelideaphilly.com/events/

Captured rare footage of me out in the wild enjoying yesterday’s Philly Bookstore Crawl including the required breakfast shot AND posing with my book, THESE WORN BODIES at A Novel Idea

I’m not surpried by the NEA’s decision to cancel and delete the efforts of Creative Writing Fellows but I am disappointed by the clear determination that creatives are once again not valued or given any kind of grace for the time it took to fill out the application.

Over on How I Learned, a new featured essay by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social.

I have a new essay up exploring How I Learned about my great-aunt Mo’Bradie! Thank you @blaiseallysen.bsky.social for the CNF workshop, for providing the prompt in which this piece was born, and for giving my essay such a wonderful home! open.substack.com/pub/howilear...

TONIGHT! Join us for the virtual book launch of @writesloud.bsky.social collection: FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT (@stanchion.bsky.social) Readers include: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social, @toddedillard.bsky.social, @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social, and me! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

Question writer friends: Do you outline or do you just dive into the novel see where the words take you?

A Very Flash Review: Avitus B. Carle, These Worn Bodies published by Moon City Press @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @mooncitypress.bsky.social

WITHOUT DIBBY MUNSEN, a flash based on what happened to a boy my father once played basketball with back in the day, has been nominated for BEST OF THE NET! Thank you so much @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing and nominating my story! And congrats to my fellow nominee, @djpoissant.bsky.social

Hey there's a new feature on IG that is allowing me to see people I follows' locations down to the actual street they are on. It's very scary, especially for anyone who has been stalked or really for any woman or person in a marginalized group. Please go to your settings to shut off location sharing

Reminder! My online book launch is August 19th! ❤️ And joined by a 🔥🔥🔥 lineup: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @toddedillard.bsky.social @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social RSVP (and get the link): www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

You ever get the feeling that you might be on to something great, that the writing is finally flowing out of you after so long, just to look up and see your greatest critic has also returned with that familiar look of judgment????

You know the reading MUST be good if a swarm of wasps go to war with you over the book! Lucky for me I won the battle and can’t wait to read @writesloud.bsky.social’s latest from @stanchion.bsky.social

THESE WORN BODIES and I are hitting the streets once again! We’re returning to our forever favorite indie bookstore A Novel Idea on Passyunk in celebration and exploration of the 5 senses through literature alongside Nicole M. Wolverton, Laura Parnum, Nova Ren Suma, and @christinarosso.bsky.social!

Hey dogs, back with another book review by our managing editor @praxmar.bsky.social! We covered the gorgeous collection, THESE WORN BODIES by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social. dogyard is open for submissions! Check out the review and submissions tab on dogyardmag.com! #review #bookreview #submit #writers

Some afternoon company while I read BLOB: A Love Story by Maggie Su

An interview with a flash fiction author with a touch of strange. Read an Interview with Avitus B. Carle, conducted by Mandira Pattnaik @avitusbcarle.bsky.social www.vestalreview.net/interview-wi...

Check out the latest issue @vestalreview.bsky.social including my chat with @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social about all things flash and THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)

TONIGHT!

Though my time in New York was short, I had so much fun reading with such incredibly talented Writers AND a surprise Francine Witte spotting! Sending all the thanks and lovings to Sunday Salon (but on a Saturday) for having me!

So NONE of my NY friends are gonna be in town this weekend?!?!?

There’s a party happening @fracturedlit.bsky.social in celebration of their FIRST Chapbook! Come join the party with readings from winner, Steven Sherrill, @sherrieflick.bsky.social, and ME! When: June 12 Time: 7:30 PM ET Where: Zoom Free to attend! Register here: loom.ly/vMCX65c

THESE WORN BODIES and I will be making a quick trip to New York to read with some amazing writers hosted by Sunday Salon! New York friends, will I see you there?

NEW YORK! I’ll be headed your way THIS WEEKEND to read from my flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES, alongside some incredible writers hosted by Sunday Salon! When: Saturday, June 7, 2025 Where: Von Bar Time: 4:30 - 6:30 PM (EST) Hope you’ll come celebrate with us!

Congratulations to all the winners and writers whose stories appeared on the shortlist for WestWord’s 2025 Hermit Crab Flash Prize! I had so much fun reading all the stories presented here and hope you’ll take the time to read and celebrate them too ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/westword...

Pssst New York THESE WORN BODIES and I are headed your way in the near future

don't miss out on this!!! I absolutely cannot wait to talk about the beautiful weirdness of the flash genre in general with @avitusbcarle.bsky.social but especially with the wild gorgeousness packed into THESE WORN BODIES!

@kcmeadbrewer.com and I talking all things experimental and weird in flash? Yes please! Where: Head House Books When: June 5, 2025 Time: 6:30 PM (EST) Purchase your $5 ticket to join us talking about flash and THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) www.headhousebooks.com/evening-avit...

Thank you everyone who attended last night’s virtual craft chat with @writesloud.bsky.social @thewriterscenter.bsky.social! Next event will be in-person at Head House Books with @kcmeadbrewer.com! When: Thursday, June 5th Time: 6:30 PM www.headhousebooks.com/evening-avit...

There’s still time to register for tonight’s craft chat @thewriterscenter.bsky.social featuring @writesloud.bsky.social and myself in celebration of my flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES! When: May 22, 2025 Where: Virtual (Zoom) Time: 7PM EDT Register Here! writer.org/event/avitus...

congrats to Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social & Gillian O'Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for getting their stories into the 2025 edition of Best Small Fictions !! read these two stories below:

AWWWWW YEAH!!!!! Bringing the apocalypse to the 2025 Best Small Fictions anthology!!!!!! Special thanks to the editors of BSF and @xraylitmag.bsky.social where this story was originally published!

Sooooo I just realized that THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) has been out and about in the world for SIX MONTHS!!!! Happy belated 6-month (pub day? Bday? Anniversary? How does this work?) to my first of 🤞🏽hopefully 🤞🏽many books! Grab a copy here: www.uapress.com/product/thes...

“Robin and I are coping well with the end of the world, by which I mean we usually wake up by eleven and agree that eleven is not bad at all. We start our day with reading: Robin prefers Plato, while I prefer Garfield” Julia Rose Greider | @okaydonkey.bsky.social okaydonkeymag.com/2025/05/16/a...

So many incredible small fictions in the 2024 anthology I can’t put it down! And thank you @okaydonkey.bsky.social for nominating my flash, LIKE REAL WOMEN DO, for inclusion and @ambersparks.bsky.social for selecting me to be one of many for The Best Small Fictions 2024!

Thursday night! Zoom with us!

I’ll be stopping by the @thewriterscenter.bsky.social to talk all things flash with the wonderful @writesloud.bsky.social in celebration of my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES! When: May 22, 2025 Where: Virtual (Zoom) Time: 7PM EDT Register Here! writer.org/event/avitus...

“…but what you really want—and you’ll never tell her this, because you cannot bear to hear what she’ll say—is the thing that might destroy you, what can pierce, what can wound…” @jadjosey.bsky.social | @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...