So pumped to be part of Issue 3 at Adventitious alongside so many talented writers. Kings_Gambit.exe gives chess, classic Black Mirror, and existential dread. I can't wait for you all to read it!

Loved this flash by @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social and what it says about how we keep/lose our humanity in desperate situations. Nice accompaniment to read with the very depressing Kolyma Tales.

Please share as widely as possible. This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not. Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

A friend used my "For Love and Country" www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/063/ in her HS English class & I came in as a guest speaker to talk craft, influences, and the writing industry. Great discussions, from generally wanting to be seen and fit in, to Eva's agency and her final decision.

It's the Big Day for COMMON BONDS 2! If you missed on our crowdfund and long "late pledges" tail, you can now get COMMON BONDS 2 from (most of) your favourite retailers 💙 🧡 Massive thank you to all of our backers who made this possible Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/yilbsiz3a6

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9150... “Mr Nobody Against Putin is about how you lose your country [...] and what we saw when working with this footage is that you lose it through countless, small, little acts of complicity."

Saw this sweet video of two besties: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... They fit right in with my story "Pastport to Franchesca and Luna of Brooklyn" in Common Bonds 2 www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

TMI vampires just need themselves a heavy bleeder

Thoughts to My Flu It's 70F outside and snowing inside. No snowmen, snowball fights, or unique snowflakes. These 4-cornered white rectangles crumpled with my DNA blanket the floors and drape over the stuffed trash bin. It's Siberia in here. I shiver under a mountain of covers and make more snow.

Kiddo's HW makes for nice story/worldbuilding prompt:

Lessons from improv: "What's better than being a person, is being a bear with a person" -Quote from fellow team member that cuts deep. Find the person/thing that makes you better.

So honored my "PastPort to Franchesca and Luna of Brooklyn" is included among this collection of heartfelt stories. PastPort celebrates a different kind of lifelong love built on devoted friendship.

Our March 2026 "Transformations" issue is a milestone for us! This is our 150th issue!! 😃 To celebrate all the growth and changes we've made over the years, we've assembled stories that feature visceral transformations. #flashfiction #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

“It’s better to be inspired by people than in competition with them.” -Shannon O’Neill Which modern/peer writers are you inspired by?

Writing thou art my drug, bringing me these highest of highs

The free version of duolingo keeps getting worse. I aint paying for your AI slop! I did the lesson yesterday and today see it used up one of my streaks as if I didn't. Pft, as if I care about the streak. The world's freezing over, duolingo. Read the room.

"The grass is always greener where you water it." Share your fav flash published by someone else and lets talk about it! Props if it's not at a big zine too so they can get more visibility. Lets water these stories into the light!

Can you prove you're not a robot? Seems to get harder all the time. Goes well with my short story "CAPTCHA" cosmorama.site/fiction/capt...

Fun and scary foretelling of our future. The MC would enjoy this song glorifying robots that ends with: "It's a pity that those robots are not us": www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zH...

Huzzah!! 🎉 Wonderful picks on this roll-up!! Including some FFO stories and some FFO authors with stories elsewhere 😊

Some amazing spec fic inspires me to write, some makes me feel they've done it, and I never need to write again. To read/watch anything that makes me feel either of those is a gift. What shows have made you feel this way? Saw Pantheon and it made me feel the latter in the best of ways.

The Fatherland by James Russell Lowell

bsky asking for my bday? Not cool. I'm getting older I get it, you don't have to rub it in!

Winter Fear by Kay Ryan Is it just winter or is this worse. Is this the year when outer damp obscures a deeper curse that spring can't fix, when gears that turn the earth won't shift the view, when clouds won't lift though all the skies go blue. - Here's to hoping it's just winter.

Haiku for the sad state of my phone: Nokia brick phones, you were true perfection. Others never last. I thought the front was bad and then I saw the back. Thoughts and prayers for my phone to make it another year! Pic taken with partner's phone

AVAILABLE TODAY!! Our December 2025 “Menagerie” issue featuring stories from @laurenceklavan.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mattdovey.com @katefrancia.bsky.social Madison Ellingsworth, & Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu #writingcommunity #flashfiction www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

it's that time of the year again! this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!

Ever had an amazing experience with an editor on an accepted short (or longer) story? Let’s talk about it! For me, the best ones have made me feel like it's a conversation about my story.

Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

If you want an angsty Christmas, check out Titanic Voyage! (I toyed with the idea of doing a December read-along, but I think people are too busy and don't want to have angst. I promise your heart gets mended at the end, though!) #WriteStuff bsky.app/profile/juli...

I've got 38 different holidays right here! Check out Lollipop Celebrates: Deluxe Edition! Available at www.adventuresoflollipop.com or as an e-book from my Ko-fi site www.ko-fi.com/adventuresoflollipop . #writestuff

I suppose I shoudl share something Christmasy... #WriteStuff #SelfPromo

#WriteStuff Here's my web site: trishwilsonauthor.blogspot.com

Was duolingo this ridiculous before the AI takeover? To think it can use amazing literature to help improve language learning but chooses to do this. At least I use the free version so am not financially contributing toward this company.

The tetris game but it's redesigned as a fridge where you need to get all the dishes to fit with the groceries. Make different versions for the holidays too.

Know thyself.

Paint me like one of your french boys

Please tell me this is a sign we're out of the bad simulation finally.

Got noms? Below my eligible works for 2025 awards. Comment and I'll hook you up with what's not free Tongues to Wild and Tame: www.havehashad.com/hadposts/ton... Museum of Monstrous Curiosities: www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22... For Love and Country: www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/063/

That feeling when a reviewer really gets your story. Is this what meth is like? sffreviews.com/2025/10/20/r...

The real fantasy in Batman and Iron Man isn’t the tech or the bad guys.

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

The gift of the internet was also its curse.

Discovered the touching poem "Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49238/.... Pairs well with my HAD short Tongues to Wild and Tame: www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...

As a city lover, I appreciate how these poems show the power of cities imprinting on one's body and soul.

It's Black Speculative Fiction month! All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own. 1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a... 2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2

A fascinating way to think of numbers (and people by extension). In particular, what it says about the those who like 1 because it means they mirror what they encounter.

Who hasn't had free speech on their mind lately? What would your last word(s) be? Can we join together as a group so our 1 or 5 words can become more.

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥 enter before October 10th to win! @erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... *US entrants only

Nothing like reading “we’re happy you…” and feeling hope/excitement for 1 ms before the “however, we will not.”