“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.” Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. Read below: buff.ly/8hktzOb #writingcommunity

“…and what if his parents were waiting, arms outstretched, instead of the door locked, no lights on except for his sister’s room, and she looked down at him from her window for a moment before dropping the blind like…” @dawnwriter.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

What a great story @dawnwriter.bsky.social!

Delighted to have a story in BULL Magazine @mrbullbull.bsky.social Thank you to the wonderful editors 🥰#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #flashpack #writer #writing

"Fingertips snag on a ripped seam, and he pushes until stitches release and the shark’s insides fall apart just like the silvery body of the trout his dad cleaned when the three of them camped by the lake before everything changed." Superb work! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @westtradereview.bsky.social

Thrilled to have a piece included in @westtradereview.bsky.social Fall 2025 collection!🥰 #flash #flashfiction #flashpack #flashlit #poetry #cnf #writing #litmag #shortstory

We’re excited to present the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by @jrigamonti.bsky.social, Michelle Bitting, and Joseph Byrd among others; fiction by @dawnwriter.bsky.social ; CNF by Candace Kelsey and John Jacobson Read it below: buff.ly/CauWXGD #writingcommunity

Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring Motel on the Edge of Everything by Dawn Miller. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...

Thrilled to have a piece in the Fall Issue of The Citron Review! 🥰 citronreview.com #flash #cnf #flashlit #writing #writer

Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only… fabulistmagazine.com/press-me-to-...

“Even the jogger—the last person to see the girl alive—who passed her on the bridge right there—right there! —on the CCTV camera video later aired in a loop on the local news—only remembered an indistinct presence …” @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/blur/

Gorgeous piece by @andreabishop.bsky.social in @psmokejournal.bsky.social

Thrilled! Huge thank you to @westtradereview.bsky.social ❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writer #litfiction

Happy to have a new micro in scaffold lit! www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

I have a story in Ghost Parachute today alongside this beautiful artwork by Brett J Barr. Will be reading the whole September issue on my back porch for the next hour with coffee. ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

New micro from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social !

When the moms and dads come to the door, the dads say, You look just like your mother. The moms whisper to the dads, Yeah, like trash. Wow! Fantastic story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in House of Arcanum!

New story out by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in Sundog Lit!

Time froze. It felt like it froze, but I swear it actually froze, too. Did it advance in normal time for the rest of the world, all while we stood there, time standing still? Wonderful story by @aaronburch.bsky.social in the newest issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social

Incredible story by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social today. Haunting and gritty and so real. I will be paying much more attention to my surroundings today…

Thrilled to have a story in the September issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social ❤️Thank you @kimmagowan.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #flashpack #shortstory #flashlit #writing #writer #litmag

Learn more about Claudia here: claudiamonpere.com And read recent work of hers here: pitheadchapel.com/we-drive-the...

Looking forward to this @marioaliberto3.bsky.social!

Powerful piece by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #flashlit #flash

Do you need something satisfying to read that will take you away from this hellhole for about 3 perfect minutes? Here is my recommendation, courtesy of @danchaon.bsky.social and @wigleaf.bsky.social: wigleaf.com/201302him.htm

I can’t get enough of these sunsets! #countyliving #pec #sunsets #lakeontario #canada

Read "Ten Years After Mom Left, and It’s Jazz Night at the Hideaway" written by @dawnwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyburton.bsky.social. "Under the club’s high-top table scarred with strangers’ initials and circles—like wedding rings..." tinyurl.com/38v69c8z

This is searing @dawnwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute “I take a sip. “I need—” “To relax. Have fun.” He squeezes my shoulder.” 🧡🧡🧡

Summer sunsets! #summer #pec #lakehouseliving #lakeontario

Delighted to get this gorgeous collection in the mail today! @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Thank you @megpokrass.bsky.social @garyfincke @dawnraffel.bsky.social and Milk Candy Review🥰#microfiction flash #shortstory #flashlit #flashfiction #writer #writing

Happy Canada Day! #canada #truenorthstrongandfree 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️

Thrilled to have my story published in @theforge.bsky.social on the longlist amongst so many writers I admire 🥰Congratulations to all on the LL and the Top 50! #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing

Thrilled to receive this gorgeous anthology in the mail! Honoured to have 2 stories included 🥰Many thanks to @karjon.bsky.social and @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social #nationalflashfictiondayanthology #nationalflashfictionday #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #shortstories #writer

Front garden is starting to look ok! #summer #garden #ihateweeding

Join us on June 1st! Micro vs. Prose Poem with @erinvachon.bsky.social Erin Vachon! www.smokelong.com/product/micr...

Had so much fun chatting with @kellypedro.bsky.social and her students about the joys of writing flash! #flash #flashfiction #writing #shortstory

Awesome @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ! #flash #flashfiction #short story

What a thrill to see my story on The Smokey shortlist!! 🥰 Congratulations to all on the shortlist and longlist! #flash #flashfiction #shortstory #flashlit #writing #writer

Releases July 7!! Delighted to have a story in @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2025! Huge thanks to @megpokrass.bsky.social Gary Fincke @dawnraffel.bsky.social and to Milk Candy Review for the nomination 🥰#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #microfiction #writing

Researching how to put together a unified short story/flash fiction collection and have found some amazing articles (esp in the AWP archives!) Would love to hear any tips from people who’ve created a collection(not linked)! #awp #shortstories #flash #litfiction #craft Pic for cuteness!❤️

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Thrilled to see my title on @smokelong.bsky.social The Smokey Long List! Congratulations to all on the list!! #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory

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I’ve officially tapped out—can’t eat any more Belgium chocolate!! But this Belgium chocolate mousse was divine… Another great day exploring Ghent in Belgium

We might need a few more days to respond to submissions this week because you adorable people are killing us. First day reopening general submissions. Eeeek.

So honoured and couldn’t be happier to join the fantastic team @smokelong.bsky.social ! One of the top lit mags out there❤️ Can’t wait to read your work—send us your best!! #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #writing #writers #litmag

Beautiful day in Bruges, Belgium! 🇧🇪

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Reopening to submissions. We pay up to $150 for stories published from the general submissions queue, and $300 for the special Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller call, from which we will also be nominating for the Shirley Jackson Award www.smokelong.com/reopening-ge...