Thankful, overjoyed, stunned… I could go on… to be selected second place for this year’s Smokelong Workshop Prize among so many awesome finalists.

Hooray!! This is a good, good day. Many hoorays for us! (The fellows, not a royal us.) I'm so happy and thankful to @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor, and to be amongst this company!

A highlight of my year, this review!

“Do you have a [hot face]?” So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !

Day One of our solstice gathering features writing by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @raymondbrunell.bsky.social, @eileentomarchio.bsky.social, @janewords.bsky.social, Talya Byrd, Carol M. Quinn, Tanya Kornilovich, and Joe Kalovac. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...

I'm thrilled my CNF "Potato Boy" is up @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. Fun to take the accompanying photo in my granddaughter's doll house. Many thanks to EIC Olga Katsovskiy @theweightofaletter.bsky.social & the lovely @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/c... #flashfiction

What a bonkers good list of stories! So grateful to be on it and you can check my bitty story out here: www.claudineliterary.net/aniking

Honored to have my chapbook, Give Stories, reviewed in Claudine!! 🎉🐈

New story up at @dishsoapquart.bsky.social 🎉🥳🧴🚗🌕

Thanks for everyone who came to @travisflatt.bsky.social chapbook release! Great turnout, so many talented readers!

Yay! @travisflatt.bsky.social has a chapbook coming out, and in celebration, he’s got a line-up of fantastic writers reading their work. It’s a free event on Sunday at 3 EST. It’s free to Zoom in, so come join the fun! www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings

Keep sending us your poems and prose! We'd love to see more weird stuff in the poetry queue. If you're not sure it makes sense, but couldn't imagine it any other way, our submissions are open! variantlit.com/submit/

Reading Nov. 2 at 3pm ET, celebrating my first chapbook "Five Stories" w/: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social , @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social , Katherine Plumhoff , @cbigs.bsky.social , @fionamckay.bsky.social , @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings

Come hang out and celebrate @travisflatt.bsky.social!

www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.

Reading and launch party for Five Stories by Travis Flatt We've got: Kleopatra Olympiou, Fiona McKay, Ani King, Katherine Plumhoff, Coleman Bigelow, Lucas Flatt, Mario Aliberto, and Liz Rosen (NOV.2, at 3PM NYC time) www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings

It's incredible how much @travisflatt.bsky.social can pack into this 360 word story, creating a little miniature world of fully-fleshed characters and seasonally appropriate strangeness.

This is happening! Has already happened, actually. Check it out! 👀

New CNF up at Aesterion Lit. www.aesterion.com/fall-2025-1

Very happy this bonkers little guy found a good home at @templeinacity.bsky.social ! 🗡️🐉👖

Haven’t been on here in a minute. Here’s a thing I wrote about werewolves. And epilepsy.

@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge Sizzling wordplay in @danbillyc.bsky.social "Hotline" from @gonelawn iss. 50 "Rotary phones (filched from the Radio Shack on the corner) jangle their urgent bells, so leisure time takes a break." gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge Adventurous, fun, bombastic micro from Myna Chang. "Empire" in @gonelawn.bsky.social "The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you." gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Many folks have a favorite color. Some even wear that color every day. But what do you do when your child develops a strange affinity for the color blue? An almost disturbing affinity? Go read "Amy's Blue Period" by @travisflatt.bsky.social to find out! 👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/amy-s-b...

Thank you @travisflatt.bsky.social , Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @thaddevassie.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, @donmexlar.bsky.social for your work Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge Is writing creating imaginary images in the reader’s mind? “What if All the Oceans” by @christopherallen.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social iss.34. “Are rocks alive? I’m ashamed to say I had to look that last one up.” gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

It’s gorgeous, y’all. Check it out. A new @aniking.bsky.social story in the @expositionreview.bsky.social Spring issue! expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...

I took a risk on this weird short, and I’m kinda in love with him. Thanks @thetemzreview.bsky.social !! 🛸🚀👽

ISSUE 31 IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.thetemzreview.com/issue-thirty...

Belated thanks to the folks over at @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness for helping me bring this little weirdo to the world.

See! I’ve been slacking. Here’s one to make you laugh (and possibly wince) by the fantastic @olangela.bsky.social Over at the fantastic @mrbullbull.bsky.social

Funny and sad and wonderful new story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social up today at @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/i-regret-to-...

Damn. Give this a look.

Whoa. This hits like a right hook. Check it out.

Story about awkward dads, stepdads, and sons up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social today!!

Thrilled to find myself in this wonderful new issue.

Good stuff here, everyone!!! 😱 Recommended for folks who like flash fiction or horror movies.

Excitement! Emotions!! Hooray!!! 🎉

@variantlit.bsky.social Issue 20 coming soon to a screen near you! It’s a prose buffet for all appetites, from snack-sized to substantial: micros, flash, and short fiction from @kyleisamu.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @suzannemartinez.bsky.social

Big congrats to @kyleisamu.bsky.social on winning the Blue Frog!! And welcome to Bluesky 👋🏼 #flashfiction

Oh, wow. This looks good. Congratulations, Mario.

❗️❗️❗️COVER REVEAL❗️❗️❗️ ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY My debut chapbook of flash fiction with @ChestnutReview has a cover, and I love it! We will be doing a book launch on zoom to celebrate. Details coming soon.

Hooray!!🎉 Congrats, everyone!

Well, m’wife suggested we play Baldur’s Gate 3 together. This is a big first. (She claims the last game she played was The Oregon Trail.) Let’s see if I get any writing done in the foreseeable future.

Haven’t been on here in months. What’d I miss, y’all?

Exciting! @bendinggenres.bsky.social issue Thirty-Seven is here! All kinds of great authors and hybrid goooooodness! 😎🥳 bendinggenres.com

Hooray! Big thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for publishing my hijinks! 🥳🥸

So, I’m not the only brilliant writer in this set of twins. Behold. New story from Lucas C. Flatt in Flash Fiction Magazine. “Seize the Bucket.” flashfictionmagazine.com

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The Turkeys” by Travis Flatt is now up! Art by @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2023/11/27/t...

Going to the airport for my first book release party. A story anthology from Forest Avenue Press called Soul Jar feat. disabled authors. ✈️😎🥳