"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

yes that’s what’s stopping bookstores from doing this. a lack of courage

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

It’s very very frustrating to know that there isn’t much chance of any accountability for this behavior after Trump

🌟ICYMI🌟 Claudine’s review of Keith J. Powell’s “Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them! @keithjpowell.com This chapbook “is a tour de force of twenty-two stories about love, sex, and the gulf between the two.” www.claudineliterary.net/sweetnothing...

New Christmas story out today about cats and family and the holidays. Thank you to the editors! #flashfiction

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

As energy bills skyrocket for millions of American families, Trump is killing off production of our country’s largest source of renewable energy. Why? Because his Big Oil billionaire buddies want more of your money. It’s greed and corruption at your expense. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

On the Fourth Day of Christmas we bring you Adam Strickson, @rebeccaji.bsky.social and Pat Edwards. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/41189-2/ or via the link in bio to our homepage #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

On the Third Day of Christmas we bring you Oliver Comins, D.A.Prince, Beliz McKenzie. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-third... #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem #12DaysOf

ICE is making its way through Columbus. CRIS (Community Refugee and Immigration Services) is giving gift cards to families to keep them home and fed. If you want to join in giving, here is the link to the specific area and team handling it: crisohio.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/c...

I approach a table of Black guys eating lunch. I lift up my under armour shirt Exposing my big bright white belly. “I don’t have to apologize for this anymore.” They trade glances & one whispers that he’ll pray for me. I walk away victorious

For the first day of Christmas, we bring you @sarahmnatzaganian.bsky.social , @rgethin.bsky.social and Jenni Thorne. Read their work here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-first... #InkSweatAndTears #12DaysOf #FeaturedPoem #ChristmasPoem

Martin Fisher's 'Old Empress' reflects on how the passage of time is felt by an abandoned and technologically outdated ship. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/martin-fisher/ #InkSweatAndTears #FeaturedPoem #PoemOfTheDay

We're excited to share the amazing lineup for our cat-themed Pop-Up Issue. This 20-story issue will go live on January 2nd 🦝 It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜 1/3

Our charity anthology authors share the love! "What Come to Light is a brutally tender vignette on uncoupling and finding new meaning, told with lyrical panache." Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL... @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce our nominees for @pushcartprize.bsky.social ! Congrats to Jennifer Bannan, Valentina Gomez, @lawrencebridges.bsky.social, nicole fellah, Karan Kapoor , Lisa Novick & Richard A. Perez Jr.! Read their fiction, nonfiction & poetry here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring!

Steven Taylor's 'SPORTS NEWS' tackles the idea of worthiness which is projected onto both working class communities and victims of tragic disasters. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/steven-taylor/ #InkSweatAndTears #SportsPoetry #FeaturedPoem

Toby Cotton's 'Napsack' marries a scientific evaluation of the landscape with the whimsical world of the hundred acre wood. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/toby-cotton/ #InkSweatandTears #NatureWriting #WinnieThePooh

Well I made a list of books I couldn't forget this year... and left a few off (which means I will open the new year with another list! like a dog! ) nevertheless I'm leaving this here for those who love books and living like dawgs in the mind of Kafka! www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2025/12...

Congratulations and best of luck to our 2026 Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions Nominees! Jessica Barlevi @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social Devan Murphy Emma Raimondo Mathieu Cailler Laura Cronk @suzyeynon.bsky.social Nora Esme Wagner

Our nominees for Best Small Fictions: Barbara Reese Yager @fbereaud.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social James B Nicola #BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards

Geez it almost seems like this guy has always been in it for regular Ohioans rather than using politics as a stepping stone to a lobbying career Sherrod Brown discloses writing, teaching income after Senate share.google/MvR4COYKUz6S...

A big strong dean, tears in his eyes, came up to her and said “sir, you’re the best candidate I’ve ever seen, just A+++++ but I’m going to open myself up to a federal lawsuit by admitting we don’t hire white people. Except for the vast majority of our faculty who are white.

Finding new and exciting ways to jangle keys in front of our very bright and not at all cognitively degraded president

This flash award season, I'm struck by how often I am seeing the same names nominated over and over again. This isn't a knock on those extremely talented individuals or their work, more of a concern that things are starting to feel more like a clique than a community.

Can anyone recommend me some recent chapbooks they loved

if mick foley can stand on business anyone can and should

There is no floor. He’s a repugnant moral black hole of a person. We are all warped by our sheer proximity to such abject cruelty.

Developing: At least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah gathering in Sydney. Police say one shooter was killed and another is in custody. Video shows bystander Ahmed al Ahmad tackling and disarming a gunman.

congratulations to sean o’brien www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My first Pushcart nomination! I am beyond grateful and honored. Thank you so much @paranoidxtree.bsky.social for loving my story as much as I did 💚

My first nomination this year! So honored to be in the first group of nominations for Hot Flash! Thank you Jessica & Tina

I didn't publish a ton this year, but I'm really pleased with the pieces I did. Trying to branch out a bit more, writing increasingly for myself. It can be frustrating because it's much harder to find homes for some of them, but they feel more personal. I'm okay with that trade-off.

this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw

my time as host of #ShowUsYourDesk has come to an end, and i can’t think of a better final guest than the author who wrote my favorite novel of the year. please join @katefolk.bsky.social and me, live from @therumpus.net IG on tues, 12/16 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, for one last desk reveal! ✈️✈️✈️

The best scene in Jaws is when the boat guys sing a traditional sea shanty and Jaws pops out of the water and everyone is terrified but Jaws starts singing as well. There's this unspoken promise in the air that no one will eat anyone until the song ends.

Stealworkers

It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.

I love a fun little lore drop, like, for example: I once stayed in a relationship with a total asshole for 6 months more than was reasonable because - and unfortunately I’m very serious about this - he was way too much fun at karaoke

OFFICIALLY-LICENSED AI GOOFY: Gawrsh, buddy! It seems like you've got it all figured out! All signs points to you being gang-stalked by enough people to fill a theme park! I guess you're going to have to take matters into your own hands, ah-hyuck!

Guest editor @alvinlu.bsky.social said it best when he described Another Place by Addy Evenson as "a perfect and poisonous dose of Southern Gothic." What more do you need to know? bit.ly/492zcZE

Liam NOOOOO!

Fact: Wherever you are in the English speaking world there is a 100% chance you can find Forensic Files or SVU playing on TV.

CONFIRMED:

An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.

@bendinggenres.bsky.social Issue 48 is now live!!! Our Nov/ Dec 2025 issue is filled with hybrid flash, poetry and CNF, an amazing issue! Congratulations to all BG editors and talented writers! Happy Publication Day!!! #Writer #writerslift #writerscommunity bendinggenres.com

This guy is just the worst. Andy is truly an incredible piece of shit.

There's a media blackout on the FBI's new enemies list and cash fund for snitching on people harboring things like "anti-Americanism." What little coverage its gotten has been laughably bad: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-ene...