An unwanted shadow. 
Read “Shadow Return,” by Kip Knott.
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‘How, in good conscience, could anyone cut down and sell off a whole universe, even if that universe is inhabited by only one soul?’ Such an inventive PoV for a flash… @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute 💐 ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...

Read "Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me..." tinyurl.com/mude5cc5

Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my new microfiction “Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to Brett J Barr for the great artwork! You can read my story and check out the entire issue here: ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...

Thank you to everyone at @vestalreview.bsky.social for including my new story “Shadow Return” in Issue 68. Check out the story, and the entire issue, here: www.vestalreview.net/shadow-return

today from Tom Snarsky! "*“Possible Epitaphs” is a cento that borrows lines from poems that I think would be good on a gravestone. Thanks to the sources of these lines..." https://www.havehashad.com/inq5u

“A Shadow of Myself” Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by @kiptain.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/a-shadow-of-...

Thank you to the wonderful editors at 101 Words for publishing my new microfiction “Echo Location.” Check them out at 101words.org. Aren’t we all just echoes of one another?

So proud to be included in this special issue of the winners, shortlisters, and longlisters of the 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition. Thank you to Dan Crawley @jhhwriter.bsky.social for shortlisting my story “A Shadow of Myself.” @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

@gooseberrypie.bsky.social special issue of the winning stories from our annual writing comp, along with the short and longlist. 40 fabulous stories in this incredible issue. 1: Kathryn Silver-Hajo 2: Louella Lester 3: Kik Lodge Five Honorable Mentions gooseberry-pie.com/special-issu...

today from Vic Nogay! https://www.havehashad.com/g6rgg

I wrote this poem for my mother during the pandemic. My mother is the one person who taught me that keeping quiet about injustices is not an option. Even now, at the age of 90, she is as vocal as ever. Happy Mother’s Day.

Here’s the third of three new microfictions that dropped this past weekend in Flash Boulevard. Click this link to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k.... Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces.

Here’s the second of three new microfictions that dropped yesterday in Flash Boulevard. Click this link to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k... .Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces.

Here’s the first of three new microfictions that dropped today in Flash Boulevard. Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces. Click this to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k...

Read the attached blog for the full details on the winning entries from this year's writing competition. Congratulations to everyone. Thanks to Dan Crawley for being our judge this year. gooseberry-pie.com/gooseberry-p...

Here's the shortlist for Gooseberry Pie's annual writing competition. The winning entries will be announced in early May with stories published in a special issue which drop of May 14, 2026. Congratulations to everyone! gooseberry-pie.com/gooseberry-p...

New work from Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social! Up now in our Spring 2026 issue: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th...

Thank you to everyone at @newworldwriting.bsky.social for kicking off their new issue with three microfiction stories by me. Here’s the third story. Click this link to check out the other two: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th...

Thank you to everyone at @newworldwriting.bsky.social for kicking off their new issue with three microfiction stories by me. Here’s the first story. Click this link to check out the other two: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th...

Thank you to everyone at @newworldwriting.bsky.social for kicking off their new issue with three microfiction stories by me. Here’s the first story. Click this link to check out the other two: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th...

#NationalPoetryMonth is in full effect now!!! Are you writing yet? For our second #FollowFriday, we want to highlight some of our favorite poets: 📝 Sara Matson (@saramatson.bsky.social) 📝 Kip Knott (@kiptain.bsky.social) 📝 Jill Bergantz (@jillbergantz.bsky.social) (+)

Here is an ekphrastic persona poem in the voice of Andrew Wyeth based on one of his “Helga” paintings, “Easter Sunday, 1975.” Thank you to tiny wren lit for publishing my collection of “Helga” poems in the chapbook ONE PROMISE OF GREEN back in 2023.

Read "Splinters" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Your letter consists of many fat letters explaining your fear of butter." tinyurl.com/4wjypjes

Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my story “Splinters” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social for the perfect artwork! Click here to check out the entire issue: ghostparachute.com

Really proud to have my new photo “Break Out” in the 10th Anniversary issue of @inkinthirds.bsky.social. Check out highlights from this amazing issue by going to inkinthirds.org.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since I lost my best buddy, Nestor. I went three months before I brought home my new puppy, Whitman. As I was going through Whitman’s papers, I was stunned to learn he was born the exact day Nestor had died. I guess some things are meant to be.

CELEBRATE the prerelease & beautiful cover of Girl, Drowning by Dana Knott, a collection of poems inspired by Elizabeth Siddal, a pre-Raphaelite model, muse, poet, & artist. Read about & preorder your copy at @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social at yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/girl-drowning-paperback.

Many thanks to Benjamin Drevlow for giving this piece a great home in the amazing BULL. mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Thank you to the editors of @januaryhouselit.bsky.social for accepting my poem “85 Seconds to Midnight” for their upcoming fall issue. Check out January House Literary Journal here: januaryhouselit.com/2026/02/23/8...

Thank you to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for being such a kind supporter of my writing over the years. Here are links to two new poems that dropped today: eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/b... eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...

Thank you to Aaron Burch for the skull and for including my story “Partly Cloudy to Mostly Haunted” in @havehashad.com. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/par...

Thank you to Natalie Welsh for including my poem “Carrion” in the new issue of @syncopationlit.bsky.social. Click this link to read the entire issue: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/volume-5-iss...

Here’s a complicated love story for complicated times. Many thanks to @havehashad.com for originally publishing this story back in 2021. ❤️ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/one...

Really pleased the my microfiction story “Jump Cuts” found a home in the new issue of Bright Flash Literary Review. brightflash1000.com/2026/02/08/j...

Thank you to 50-Word Stories for publishing my piece “Memento Mori” today. #microfiction #flashfiction #prosepoetry

Read "Charitable Donation" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "He looks everywhere for his shadow. It was just there a moment ago, staring back him blankly like it always does. Like it always did." tinyurl.com/2s4ks2m6

So glad that @antiheroinchic.bsky.social is back! And VERY proud that my story “Pill-White Light” is included in the new issue! Check out the full issue here: heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/pill-wh... #flashfiction #microfiction

Friends, it's been a while, but here we are with another beautiful, heart-rending issue. My gratitude runs deep to all of you for filling this space with your brilliant and hopeful voices. The light is so hard to find, but I think you'll find some of it here. heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/issue-3...

Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my story “Charitable Donation” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to @brooksiebooks.bsky.social for the incredible artwork! Click here to check out the entire issue: ghostparachute.com

January is over and we're delighted to thank #fiction authors: Scott Bolendz @fionajanemack.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Mathieu Cailler Eva Rivers Louella Lester and Anna Schachner. Pls. click on the link below to check out their stories fictivedream.com/2026/01/

I wrote this poem on January 6, 2021. How can it be that things have gotten worse in the five years since then?

The New Verse News, Saturday, January 24, 2026: newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/01/wint...

Check out my new prose poem “Lessons in Walking” that just came out today at @oneart.bsky.social. Thank you to @markdanowsky.bsky.social for his continued support of my writing. oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/13/l... #poetry #poetrycommunity #prosepoetry

ICYMI today from #MicroMonday we're delighted to bring you Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction. Please click on the link below and enjoy

I’m always proud to have work in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Thank you to the editors for including my new microfiction story “Catch and Release” in their MicroMonday series. fictivedream.com/2026/01/12/m...

"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy

Once again, our elected “leaders” have demonstrated their true faith. #reneenicolegood

It’s no coincidence that the acronym of my book of poems about the attempted insurrection of January 6, 2021, A MOB OF KANGAROOS, is AMOK. Click here for more information: eastridgereview.com

Starting the year off with my prose poem “Sundowning” in the newest issue of Unbroken: A Quarterly Journal of Prose Poetry. Thank you to the editors who made some terrific suggestions that brought the whole piece together. Check out the entire issue by clicking here: unbrokenjournal.com