"don’t go and start blowing your payload quite yet"... but go forth and click to read.

Here's the latest work over at my sister's place, Dog Throat Journal. Forward into the clock mind. #fiction #flash #stay #blessed

Well, I see I'm not the only one who's noticed this. And alas, I'm not the snarky pop culture type (because I can't stand pop culture), and not into obnoxious quips. So I hang here, watch the inanity flow for a few minutes, before I log off and go do something productive. Cheers.

Over here at Dog Throat Journal HQ, we have new work from Grace Mattern. Weird and wonderful and poignant "She uncoils a story: the ER, clotted lungs, groceries she abandoned, premeasured needles...." #flash #fiction #writing dogthroat.com/post/the-com...

Gracious Glorious🖤Gratitude When you are GRATEFUL for simple and ordinary things in life. Great things ease into your life unexpectedly. #GRATITUDE #GRATEFUL #InspirationalQuotes #Quote #Quotes #Inspiring #Positive #Positivity #Uplifting

New work up today, No Attachment "Enough to crack the shell of the machine, to reattach an umbilical cord." - Dolo Diaz dogthroat.com/post/no-atta...

Part 3 (of 13 short parts) of The Thirteen Faces of Ruth Tarver is here, or over there somewhere. I had only one rule when I wrote all of this: 1. Don’t worry about the rules. and 2. Don’t worry about contradicting yourself. Now go forth and multiply.

I saw a reference to an article about the "proper" way to construct a narrative. Ouch. That seems so squarespace. Do it your way. And stay blessed. #WritingCommunity #Writing #fiction

The start of my first serial. Ruth Tarver and the Russian poet confront adventure, betrayal, revenge, corruption, and prison. They embrace love, smack bad guys with shovels, and refuse to fear the private men. A lot of fun, but it does make the professors over on B Street seethe. #writing #fiction

One again I #slip on my doubts when, dressed in blackness, they insist to take me to a backyard boneyard for the crime of loving the wrong parts of humanity, like those who plead insanity before breakfast, and those who think dogs make better companions than humans. #vss365

Today is Thursday is some parts of the world, and we have a new short fiction piece by Madison Lee Patterson. "His body was ropey and pale, eyes desperate...." dogthroat.com/post/taken-b...

I'm with you...

"There is so little time to teach you about the wild. I still have to show you how to grin, for the world. How to make it obey, how to remove it from its axis and bounce it the July street. Slap it, balance it, make it only spin for you." - Kristen Reece mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Hello! We're very pleased to announce our nominations (in reverse alphabetical order by title) for Best Small Fictions/2025 Greg Lemon, @rachelsavagewrites.bsky.social, @hayleym29.bsky.social, Salvatore Difalco, Barlow Crassmont. Many thanks to all!

Well... I've finished the nominations for 2025 Best Small Fictions, and will get the details out soon. Thanks everybody! More info soon.

Oh, we have a lovely piece from @bigjosh84.bsky.social - zowza..

Okay! Listing of the day. Thanks @duotrope.com ! And subs are open. Come on down with your flash and micro. Looking forward to reading your work!

They say Florida tides carry grief out to sea and splash your feet with a renewed confidence in the goodness of all things. They say the evening breeze pushes your soiled optimism through the water until all your pain is rinsed. It’s too close to the edge of the country for episodes, they say, but..

I admit I am a social media stumblebum so if I already posted this one, please forgive and allow me to pull from the archives a piece for your enjoyment, then meet me after work for a whiskeybeer. dogthroat.com/post/heart-a...

"It wasn't the rising that got to us. Tall and lanky, he walked with a lurch even before he died the first time." New work by @tachment.bsky.social today. Check it out and enjoy. Thank you Julia! dogthroat.com/post/two-mic...

"She couldn’t send it out the door this way, this mundane thing taken to an extraordinary event." Lovely new work from Hayley Phillips, @hayleym29.bsky.social Take a read/see here: dogthroat.com/post/deliver...

"Words don’t always mean what they say, though: our paperboy, who rides his bike like a bull, says he’s a rebel but he’s not. He comes when he’s called, just like his dog." - Cheryl Snell, today at DTJ. #flash #fiction #micro #cookies

"Instead of sitting in my mother’s living room, 31, drunk, & jobless, I would be twenty-one, sober, & doing something responsible and worthwhile & American, like fighting in a war somewhere, & everything would look like a 1940s comic book." @mikemchone.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Read our new poem by Joshua Walker! Follow him over at @bigjosh84.bsky.social! We're really excited to have his work over in our yard!

Today, Tuesday, fresh off the press: "You know, like when you rob somebody and they refuse to rob you back." - Time Off by the wonderful Brad Rose @moomoocamus.bsky.social #flash #fiction #micro #stay #blessed dogthroat.com/post/time-of...

Congratulations to @illepitaph.bsky.social, @geoliminal.bsky.social, Elisabeth Sheffield, Peter Grandbois, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, and @molarawood.bsky.social—this year's Pushcart nominees!

Our latest issue finds us rushing through time and space courtesy of new work from @geoliminal.bsky.social Elisabeth Sheffield, @israelbonilla.bsky.social Roberto Ontiveros, @supernaturalfeat.com @juliaevem.bsky.social Stephen Cicirelli, Jaryd Porter, Joyce Meggett, @addisonzeller.bsky.social

Damn metaphors. dcreed.substack.com/p/death-of-m...

Hey folks. New work from Eliza Souers Valle out today. "And not for a moment do I consider how many Eves before me spit out the fruit’s tender flesh and skin at the taste of the truth" #flash #micro #prose #poetry dogthroat.com/post/anomiac...

All three of my dogs tell me subs are open and I agree. #fiction #flash #micro #prose #poetry and hybrid.

Dog Throat is pleased to announce that we've nominated The Rapture Machine by Joshua Walker for Best Micro Fiction (under 400 words) 2026. Thank you Joshua for sharing this piece with us. @bigjosh84.bsky.social dogthroat.com/post/the-rap...

According to the weather report and the Mayan calendar, subs are open. dogthroat.com

"The surgeon palmed the money before he sliced the tissue and scooped out the rot." - Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social It is live! Thank you Luanne!

Thank you Keith at @yourimpossiblevoice.com - great to be part of the YIV vibrancy!

When we were young, before #domestic gods sold us to the pacified habit of age, we romped with old fashioned deities who smoked unfiltered cigarettes and injected #vss365 three times a week, mostly for kicks, but also in the quest for enduring fame, or for some, an early passing.

Here's 3 short pieces for everybody. Thank you Ben at @mrbullbull.bsky.social - I'm very pleased to be on the pages!

Thank you Ben at @mrbullbull.bsky.social for publishing my three short pieces. It's great to be on the pages of Bull! Confrontation Sacrifice Who Buy Tickets To The Resurrection mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

It is November 1st in our time zone which means that subs are open for #fiction #micro #prose #poetry - fire your word missiles our way. dogthroat.com/guidelines

Thanks everybody for your submissions. Now publishing on a rolling basis, subs open 1-21 of each month (except July and December), end of month for production. We get back to you within 3 weeks. #flash #fiction #prose #poetry #micro Keep fueling. And #stay #blessed dogthroat.com

Micro-fiction "Solo at Midnight" by Robert L. Penick “While you rock the glass in your hand, the scars smooth themselves out and nearly disappear. This is good therapy, you think.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/solo...

I invite you to read and share this stunning piece by Michael Borth. From this reading, I am immersed in spirits that both heal and curse.

The world is mostly round they say, and in the time zone we use, it's October 1st. This means subs are open. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry - you're invited. Oxford commas optional. #stay #blessed dogthroat.com/guidelines

Oh yes, we open for submissions on Oct 1 with our new (rolling) publication schedule. Looking forward to seeing new odd time stories and getting to know folks though their works. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry indeed. Check the lines that guide here: dogthroat.com/guidelines

My favorite: Instructions for Breathing "And each breath is a middle finger through the dirt of everything trying to bury you."

@pacificalit.bsky.social is seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our upcoming issue. If you haven't heard, PLR is an independent mag based in Seattle. For guidelines on how to submit, check out their submissions page: www.pacificareview.com/submissions/

It's true, we are! So, uh....send us stuff? 👉🥵👈

Sunsets are lovely, especially this kind.

Came across a couple of short pieces by Daryhl Covington that I wanted to share. Take a look! www.outskirtslit.com/daryhl-covin...

The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!

We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!

lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
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