We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

Thanks to @vestalreview.bsky.social for featuring @travisflatt.bsky.social's "Five Stories" on their site!

For anyone interested in the sweet, self-inflicted pain of writing a novel.

We've been at this business for years, but to encounter a way cool story in our submissions stack still brings an almost indescribable joy. We just accepted two more for our December issue. Keep 'em coming, please. www.vestalreview.net/guidelines #flashfiction

Toot away! You deserve it!

Vestal Review turned 25 this year! Thank you to all the writers, readers, and editors who have made the magazine a success in the last quarter century. Read us online at vestalreview.net!

Who wrote this anonymous, nasty, brilliant capsule view of a marriage in under 50 words?

If you're in North Jersey on Saturday afternoon, September 27, and also happen to be interested in writing a novel, by all means come to the Fort Lee public library! fortleelibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/how...

Please remember that VR is open not just for submissions but also for interview and review proposals and news of recently published flash fiction books! www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

Join Vestal Review contributor Francine Witte at an in-person launch for her new book, Some Distant Pin of Light (Cervena Barva Press) 9/6/25, 4-6 PM at the Parkside Lounge, 317 E. Houston Street, NYC.

The same way you get gruntled. 🙂

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Vestal Review is open for submissions again! They've already started coming in over the transom--keep up the good work! www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

You forgot "write"! 🙂

How to restructure the humanities: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-7/ Words @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @kimchinquee.bsky.social RENESHA DHANRAJ WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN TROY ANDERSON @danbillyc.bsky.social @theresegleason @claudiamonpere.bsky.social BRITTANY REDD TARA SHEA BURKE Art JACELYN YAP

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Suitably chilling! VR embraces genre work, too.

Great to be back on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social after not subbing for a long time. Big thanks to Richard Hearn for selecting my micro. #microfiction #flashfiction

Always up for a hermit crab form!

We’re kicking off July’s issue with brand new SF by Jacob Baugher. “Recitations” evaluates the efficacy of ‘thoughts and prayers’ #flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/article/reci...

So excited to share this interview I did with @h0lc0mb.bsky.social author of Wolfbaby!

For a five-minute news break via otherworldly stories, follow @vestalreview.bsky.social: striking prose and design in the longest running flash mag

Lovely flash by my workshop buddy @cberwick.bsky.social.

Day 6: @smokelong.bsky.social's The Archive Challenge — @vestalreview.bsky.social From Issue 1 of "the longest-running flash fiction magazine on the planet." “You should get battle pay for those stretch marks.”

In the spirit of ‘be careful what you wish for.' “It all began with rogue condiments.” The Shelf Life of Faceless Dolls and New Men by Phoebe Kate Foster (More digging in @vestalreview.bsky.social archives tomorrow!!)

A review of a story collection about the traps women try to avoid. Read “Review of First Law of Holes by Meg Pokrass,” by David Brady @megpokrass.bsky.social www.vestalreview.net/review-of-fi...

An interview with a flash fiction author focused on maternity and childhood. Read an interview with Susan Holcomb, conducted by Zoe Marzo vestalreview.net/interview-wi... @lifeandmars.bsky.social @h0lc0mb.bsky.social

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...

The lure of the corvine life. Read "Obligation," by Trina Young vestalreview.net/issue-66

Ejection. Read “To the Men Who Compliment Me on My Lack of a Gag Reflex,” by Nora Wagner vestalreview.net/to-the-men-who-compliment-me-on-my-lack-of-a-gag-reflex

A woman on Thanksgiving brings the latest guy over for scrutiny. Read "Turkey," by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social vestalreview.net/turkey

How to handle a drunk mom, take 3. Read "Summertime, and the Livin’ Is Easy," by Carolyn R. Russell vestalreview.net/summertime-and-the-livin-is-easy

The consequences of semelparity. Read "To Beget a Life," by Melissa Rudick vestalreview.net/to-beget-a-life

A heroin fix and something more from a stranger. "Whitman Was a Nurse," by Bryan D. Price. vestalreview.net/whitman-was-a-nurse

A woman dreams about sex dreams. Read "Interlopers," by Rebecca Orchard. vestalreview.net/interlopers

A whale of a tale. Read "Baleen Date," by Angie McCullagh. @angiemccullagh.bsky.social vestalreview.net/baleen-date

Not-so-rapturous existence. Read "Rapture Ahead," by Andrew Graham Martin. vestalreview.net/rapture-ahead

Love this story! Congrats, @leahbrowning.bsky.social! #flashfiction #flashfave

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A twisted relationship seen through monocular vision. Read "Back at the Dump," by Cristina Fríes vestalreview.net/back-at-the-...

How to handle a drunk mom, take 2. Read "Just a Few Drinks," by Leah Browning. @leahbrowning.bsky.social vestalreview.net/just-a-few-drinks

An artist’s troubled romance from spring to fall. Read "Requiem for Lost Time," by Oola Breen-Ryan. vestalreview.net/requiem-for-lost-time

How to handle a drunk mom, take 1. Read "Love, Alice," by Carly Berwick @cberwick.bsky.social vestalreview.net/love-alice

What happens on the ride home after a dance lesson. Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf. vestalreview.net/begin-again

Celebrating my birthday with the release of Vestal Review's summer issue! Honored to have a story in this gorgeous collection of flash fiction. Thank you Vestal Review for making my day extra special! @vestalreview.bsky.social

Grateful to @vestalreview.bsky.social for publishing my flash fiction story Baleen Date in its 66th issue. www.vestalreview.net/baleen-date

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)

Hurray for a new issue from @vestalreview.bsky.social! I have a brief interview with @lifeandmars.bsky.social in this one ♥️🌈🐺