In October we're going to explore the collision of the odd and the ordinary, and on October 25th, you can join us and Sage Tyrtle for the 2-hour webinar "Speculative Fiction as Metaphor"! Or book SmokeLong Fitness today and get this webinar at no extra charge! www.smokelong.com/product/spec...

We've been at this for a little more than 15 years, now, as a niche within a niche, and slow going. Perseverence is the key, but we're still a niche within a niche. Please visit us! And we love every submission. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Check out the gorgeousness in Unbroken Journal @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social. 'The River Burst its Banks' was born in @sagetyrtle.bsky.social 's amazing Loop and Spiral Workshop as a part of @smokelong.bsky.social A SmokeLong Summer. Thanks to Sage and everyone! www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47

Whoa! Check out this October issue lineup!

“Wow,” says the shorter man. “Amazing, really,” he says, taking a deep breath. He points at the wall under the crib. “She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says. ⭐️🙌⭐️

My family called this episode "A Hip Slam Poet Demonstrates Point of View", how does second person change the story completely? Check it out here and join me for my #WritingWorkshop Sept. 17 -- code POVFALL10 to save $10 USD:

Read Nora Esme Wagner's fantastic 'Animal Therapy' in the latest @smokelong.bsky.social - love the way this story is told through showing, not telling. Deft storytelling. www.smokelong.com/stories/anim...

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept! Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants: "Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection." newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

For those of you just waking up in the UK, sitting down to lunch in Goa, or enjoying your afternoon in Sydney, you'll be the first to read Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

New #Mondettes coming on Tuesday picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social - an amazing selection this month. If you want Kathryn's choices sent straight to your inbox, sign up here: mondettes.substack.com

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not? Gone Lawn 61, here you go! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Thrilled to have my story 'Flying the Nest' up at the gorgeous @lit-namjooning.bsky.social - Issue 2 is full of heart! Take a look when you have time :) literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

📢📢 Issue 2 is LIVE! Chock-full of literary deliciousness. We hope you will enjoy (and share!) literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue-2 #namjooning #happyrmday

Let's hear it for our fantastic fiction authors! 😍😍 #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

It's that week! Issue 2 will be out on Friday, Sept 12. Until then, enjoy our non-fiction titles and keep that interest piqued! #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

Coming soon to a lit mag near you, this eclipse season... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary #vibeyvibes

It's of course absolutley förbjuden for us to reveal anything related to the upcoming issue. You will need to wait until 7 September to see who's in it. And what a field! You'll gasp not a bit way through it! Really, you'll love it, and that cover art! Oh, satisfaction! You'll see, you'll see.

New @aniking.bsky.social: “when the last one crosses the threshold my living room is gonna be full up, bird stacked on bird stacked on shitting bird” 💙🐈‍⬛💙 www.claudineliterary.net/aniking

Read "Lark Song" written by @jennystalter.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "I emerge from us as a lark from depression-nest. You punched a hole in the wall near my head, breath full and chewy as wine, dangerous words through drunk teeth." tinyurl.com/45maxd3c

East Coast midnight (US). ✅ First Monday of the month. ✅ That means it's time for Claudine. 🎉 Welcome to our first issue. Enjoy, humans! www.claudineliterary.net

Submissions are open, but say you're in detention. Forget why you're there, we know what you've done. The point is you're breaking out. You've a gem to submit to Gone Lawn and the time is now. Do it! We're waiting just for you. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Relatable and genius. 🥢💚

Totally in awe of 'Naked Babies' by @juliastrayer.bsky.social up at Flash the Court. So understated, so hard-hitting. flashthecourt.com/2025/08/29/n...

Reposted with the video referred to attached this time because that’s how I roll ….

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

Love "Papier-Mâché Sestina" a gorgeous prose-poem by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 💚

Oh my, what an honour to be published alongside all these amazing writers! Pinching myself. Congratulations all, can’t wait to read Issue 2! ⭐️

Let's play with the UNTOLD stories in this #WritingWorkshop. Let's find the deleted scenes, the background characters, the unresolved aftermaths to create brand new stories. See you there? www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p796/a... #WritingCommunity #Writing #AmWriting

PSA! So much starting today. The Mikey is open for entries. Previously published and unpublished work considered. And we're finally open to applications for the 2026 fellowships. All through Submittable. smokelong.submittable.com/Submit

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

Going to extend this into today - anyone who'd like edits on a flash fiction or short story, get in touch. 10% off if I hear from you by the end of the day 😃

A very flash review- Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social published by Dalia UK

#61 is nearly filled, and we'll be closing for submissions at the end of July. If you've a stellar work that you think we'll flip our asterisms over, be sure to send it to us soon. Submissions will reopen on 1 Sept. (or thereabout), then the corn moon will make your sky happy for you on 7 Sept.

Day 14 Archive Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social Read this gorgeous micro by Tara Isabel Zambrano 'Bird Bones' in @gonelawn.bsky.social - LOVE the details used to conjure a story about love, loneliness and the imagination. 💚 💚💚 gonelawn.net/journal/issu... @gonelawn.bsky.social ROCKS.

Day 13 Archive Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social Read 'Dust to Dust' by Sarah Clayville (not of bsky?) I LOVE the way these characters are released from the weight of the past through acts of resistance. Gorgeous writing. 💚💚💚 @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 12 Archive Challenge!! @smokelong.bsky.social Read today's pick by the inimitable @kplumhoff.bsky.social who takes us on a rollicking journey of parenting, love, art, physics and sex 💚 @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

The best experience, truly thankful!

Day 11 Archive Challenge!! @smokelong.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Read ‘Fruit Trees’ by Allison Field Bell a beautiful flash about desire and forbidden love. The symbolism and imagery are gorgeous. @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 10 Archive Challenge!! @smokelong.bsky.social Read 'Empire' a micro by @mynachang.bsky.social a delightful tale about radiant mice who want to move in with an unwilling human, who eventually recognises their great worth. Gorgeous!! 🐭 @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Gone Lawn Issue 53 - Day 9 Archive Challenge!! @smokelong.bsky.social. READ ‘Green to the nubbing-cheat' by @mattkendrick.bsky.social. LOVE this piece — the use of inventive language to tell a dark, emotive story is out of this world! @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 8 Archive Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social Read 'Pieces of Night' by Kathryn McMahon @katoscope.bsky.social The use of language to convey the moon wife's 'phases' and the narrator's love, is brilliant. @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 7 Archive Challenge!! @smokelong.bsky.social Read 'The Man With A Stop Sign Sticking Out Of His Head' by @mattleibel.bsky.social - I love this absurd flash that riffs on road signs and the word 'stop'. This one's FUN and inventive. @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 6 Archive Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social Absolutely love this micro by @megpokrass.bsky.social about a man named Bob who opens his door and his heart to a small animal - what more could you want? Read 'Animal Loops' in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 5 Archive Reading Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social @gonelawn.bsky.social Read ‘Throwing the I Ching with my Father’ by Quinn Forlini (I can’t find her on Bksy). I love the way this flash captures a small moment, yet asks big questions about life & change. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 4! @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge! ❤️ Can't find Eliot Li on bky? Oof. This flash blew me away. The truth, the deft storytelling. Read: ‘Maybe I'm A Bad Father For Feeding Her Junk Food, But The Doctor Told Me To Do It' @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 3 Archive Challenge! @smokelong.bsky.social . Read this beautifully layered and tender story by @joelhans.com in @gonelawn.bsky.social! Striking artwork by Kathleen Frank. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Day 2 @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge! Read this fabulous flash @gonelawn.bsky.social by @djwolfinsohn.bsky.social - I love the exploration of death and grief, told in language that is both poetic and surreal. gonelawn.net/journal/issu... Brilliant artwork by @damicandrea.bsky.social

Day 1 @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge. Read this brilliant flash by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social at @gonelawn.bsky.social I love the structure, and the poignancy - and of course anything with limes has got to be fabulous. Gorgeous artwork by @susanbarryschulz.com gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

I'm thrilled to have a story in the lovely @lostballoon.bsky.social, a magazine I've long admired. Many thanks, @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing this story, born in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop.