The second story for our 2026 Hard SF, invite only, anthology "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" has arrived from @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social. Settling down to read the draft now. Sydney Sackett and @dango-ramen.bsky.social are hard at work as well.

Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got! vestalreview.net/guidelines

A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻 Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home! flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...

I have a short essay out in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social written only a few months back, but those months feel like years. 😆 www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...

Happy new year and congratulations to our 2026 best small fictions nominations! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social

I swear my writing productivity post-baby feels like 1 word every 18 years.

Our winter 2025 issue is here! vestalreview.net/issue-67 We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +

I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜 matterpress.com/journal/2025...

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

I have a flash fiction story in @thebitterwolf.bsky.social! On the art of husband killing, birds, and tea ☕️ www.realbitterwolf.com/the-bitter-w...

It's a Halloween Gift for us! Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams is the #1 New Holiday Release! This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now! amzn.to/4nw7t7O

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

I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 😄 www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine! On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁 www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

I have a flash piece about a snake, baby, and...uncontained brain(?) in Barely South Review 🐍 barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...

I have a story in this beautiful issue of @iselemagazine.bsky.social 💕 On life, death, time, and all the things that pass 🕰️ iselemagazine.com/2025/04/30/lon…

I have a new flash story in @flashpointsf.bsky.social 🧠😊

Upon the last few days of our first #Flash405 writing contest of 2025, we're rereading @dango-ramen.bsky.social's flash fiction from our "Flux" issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v..., along with her "Flight" winners: expositionreview.com/2023/07/flas.... #ExpoContributor #ExpoFam #ExpoReview

Our amazing intern Evangeline Lim put together a great collection of pieces about love for your Valentine's Day! Check out work by @samforbreakfast.bsky.social @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @rpmirabella.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social & MORE!

Happy Valentine's Day from The Cincinnati Review! To celebrate the day, we've assembled a roundup of our miCRos about love, romance, and sex, including work by @amorak.bsky.social, @dango-ramen.bsky.social, @dinahcox.bsky.social, @davidwrites1.bsky.social, and others. Link in first comment.

Hello Bluesky! Migrating over here from Twitter. About me: I write fiction for fun, work on software updates and operating systems so I don’t starve, and watch anime (although way more back in my heyday).