To celebrate 4 years (4 years!!) of THE NITTY GRITTY, our Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick interviewed the fabulous writer, Jamy Bond. Come see!

Happy to share that my story, “The Kings of Ghost City,” made the 2026 BAMS Distinguished list with some very talented writers. Thank you @meaganlucas.bsky.social and @reckonreview.bsky.social for taking a chance with it!!

A huge, HUGE (!!!) thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and the team at @reckonreview.bsky.social for publishing my creepy-ass, lead-paint story, “Communion.” (Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.) reckonreview.com/communion-fi...

Learning about incredible works of literature past their initial publication dates is a goddamn joy, like what just happened to me with @cwblackwell.bsky.social's "The Kings of Ghost City," c/o @reckonreview.bsky.social. Holy hell, it's a precise, outstanding story. reckonreview.com/the-kings-of...

New fiction today! Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA. @barrettbowlin.bsky.social

Mondays don't always suck. New work up with @reckonreview.bsky.social - thanks to all who selected this and to @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social Drew Coles for his great edits. reckonreview.com/as-it-shatte...

And like that my Friday is perfect. Thrilled to have work forthcoming in @reckonreview.bsky.social - a story I reworked A LOT before sending out and then had it tightened up even more with great suggestions from @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social Drew Coles - look forward to sharing in June😎 ‪ ‪

New fiction today! Keith Woodruff lives in San Antonio. His flash/micro appeared in lovely places like Wigleaf, Does it Have Pockets?, JMWW, Identity Theory, HAD, & is forthcoming in Pithead Chapel & FlashFlood. Read in BSF 2017 & 2019. He was awarded a 2018 Pushcart. @keithwoodruff.bsky.social

Reckon opened for subs this month and I am extremely excited about what's come through. 📚 Keep subbing folks. We're here for a bit @reckonreview.bsky.social #litfic #booksky #fiction

I'm beyond thrilled to contribute to @reckonreview.bsky.social as a Wind & Root columnist. Many thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and Charlotte Smith Hamrick for this opportunity! reckonreview.com/chronically-...

A long-awaited new story from @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social, in @reckonreview.bsky.social ! 1/2

Thank you @reckonreview.bsky.social for accepting and publishing this story!

“'Hi, camel,' I say, in the voice I use for animals, for those I need to calm down, for those I need to love me. I decide to give him a name. 'Chad, you sweetie.'” Chad, Vivian, Pete, the shout of the wind & @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/what-we-lost...

New Wind & Root today from our newest columnist Jessica Cory. (We're so excited!!) Head over to Reckon to read, CHRONICALLY WRITING: Making Time to Write with Chronic Illness

You have to treat yourself to this story that's like sitting on a porch with a master storyteller I dare you to read a paragraph like this and not nod like you're listening. reckonreview.com/the-exact-mo...

New Fiction today from Lori Sambol Brody. Lori Sambol Brody lives in the mountains of Southern California. Her short fiction has been published in Smokelong Quarterly, Wigleaf, Tin House Flash Fridays, the New Orleans Review, Craft, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.

New Fiction today from Peter Robbins. Peter Robbins’ work has appeared in The Great Smokies Review, Mountain Xpress and other venues. His latest story is forthcoming in Rock and a Hard Place.

New Wind and Root today from Acie Clark. Acie Clark is a multi-genre writer from Florida and Georgia. His debut collection, Small Talk, was selected for the New Southern Voices Poetry Prize and is coming from Hub City Press in Sept. He lives in Arkansas.

New fiction today from Braulio Fonseca. Fonseca is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Florida State University and the Managing Editor of The Southeast Review. His work has appeared in Slab Magazine and elsewhere. Come read "Signs of Life"

New Wind & Root today from Sandra K. Barnidge

New nonfiction today from Lacey Rodriquez. reckonreview.com/i-know-now-w...

New Wind & Root from the brilliant Mary Thorson, come see.

New hard-hitting fiction up today over at Reckon. Check out "Two Teenage Girls Last Seen Leaving a Friend's Party" by Pam Avoledo. reckonreview.com/two-teenage-... @pamavoledo.bsky.social

New Nonfiction today from J.R. Welch reckonreview.com/sometimes-a-...

New fiction today from Noreen Graf!!

New Wind & Root from writer Jim Roberts over on Reckon today! Come see!

The coffin lurched sideways, nearly yanking free, and for one nightmare instant I pictured it skidding straight into the hole, Big Daddy tumbling out in front of all those cousins. AFTER THE REQUIEM | William McCarter at Reckon Review

Thanks for giving this piece a home. My heart is in this one.

New creative nonfiction today at Reckon. Come visit and read "Mothering, 21st Century Edition" by Alina Zollfrank @zollizen.bsky.social

Head over to Reckon to read our new story, PITCH CHRONICLES | Fiction by David Agyei-Yeboah

Please head over to Reckon to read this gorgeous new Wind & Root essay from special guest Laurel Hightower.

Im always drawn to a strong sense of place, which to me means that the setting of story is so integral to the characters and events that it couldn't happen anywhere else. Today's story by @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social is an excellent example of that. 📚 #litfic

A hot month ahead for @reckonreview.bsky.social #litfic

New fiction from Wilson Koewing. Head over to Reckon to read "Bolinas."

New CNF today. Head over to Reckon to read "H.O.M.E." by Mireya Gonzalez-Looby.

In case you missed it, Reckon Review (@reckonreview.bsky.social) is open for submissions. 📚 The best way to tell if your work is a good fit is to read the magazine. Buuuuuuttttttttt if you're really looking for guidelines....🔽 #gritlit #amwriting #litmag

New fiction for you today. Head over to Reckon to read "Raven Complaint" by Scott T. Hutchinson.

So very, very proud to nominate stories from Patricia Quintana Bidar, V.J. Hamilton, and Catherine Parnell for the Best Small Fictions anthology. Please visit reckonreview.com/award-nomina... to read them.

New Wind & Root today from columnist (and our very first contributor) Stuart Phillips. Head over to Reckon to read.

It’s so cool to start off the new year with a short story published in @reckonreview.bsky.social , one of my favorite short stories magazines! Thanks to everyone at RR for the opportunity to publish in your pages! reckonreview.com/were-in-an-emergency-fiction-by-e-a-aymar/

We're starting 2026 with a bang. Head over to Reckon to read "We're in an Emergency" by the brilliant @eaaymar.bsky.social