From my kid’s markers to god’s eyes

My 400-word story "Alaska Was Just Incredible," is an Flash Friday Editor's Pick @litromagazine.bsky.social. If snarky/satirical fiction is your jam, read on #writingcommunity #shortstory #fiction

The gamification of war.

#AWP26 was fab! Cannot wait til next year in Chicago!

“If deep reading cultivates empathy,” Joel Halldorf writes, “the attention-fracturing, dopamine-hitting, scroll-spurring design of digital media often undermines it”:

This week, for the first time ever, Fiction on the Web will exceed two million visitors in a year! 🎉 🎊 🎈 Each story typically gets read by 2-3,000 people.

I learned so much at the Kenyon Summer Workshop - and two years later, our cohort is still meeting every six weeks! #writingcommunity

Another Tr*mp lie exposed. Those so-called “persecuted”white South Africans are heading home, put off by our school shootings and immigrant arrests. Bye!

This is terrifying. And critical that we take time to distinguish between different types of bias. Anti-semitism is not the same as anti-Black violence, anti-immigrant violence. To fight all of it requires different solutions.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” -Prez Dwight Eisenhower (A REPUBLICAN IN CASE U FORGOT)

These signs in doorways all over Portland Maine #NoIce

Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2026

Never, ever forget. And never stop asking: why no charges? No arrest? Sickening.

Thanks to everyone who organized #AWP26! I attended remotely, tech was great, in person next year!

Attending #AWP 2026 remotely. At a session this am Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine bemoans the failure of literature to change the world, citing the # of writers who focus on relationships & internal conflict without any political context. 100% agree w/critique. You? #writingcommunity

It just came! My very own copy of Russ Lopez’ fabulous new collection, “Provincetown Stories.” #Provincetown #writingcommunity

Reader comments on Wednesday's short story: "Wow. The avoidance of looking at oneself is powerfully depicted in this story." "I loved this story. I’m sure it will speak to many people. The ending is perfect." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/02/bloo...

Start the week off right with some exclusive video content from Writer’s TV! From recent virtual events to archived conference panels, there’s something for any writer to watch. AWP members can check it out today!

New story up @charliefish.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #Writers

Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan AP: Zero NYT: Zero WashPost: Zero Reuters: Zero Politico: Zero Axios: Zero

KEEP HOPE ALIVE. I have been using that expression freely for a long time, and was reminded today that it was Jesse Jackson's. RIP.

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#Provincetown is proud of its heritage as an art colony. But young artists can’t afford to live here. I write about the housing crisis in this week’s Indie:

Renee Good’s Brothers Testify After Fatal Minneapolis Shooting www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Proud to have been one of the 9,200 people who submitted that name to the contest. Lol blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...

I'm participating in the Publishing for Minnesota auction. Proceeds from the auction will support organizations providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need. www.32auctions.com/organization...

No words.

Via DAVID BROOKS @nytimes.com: “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.” - JOHN ADAMS 1798

How can anyone read this headline and look at this image of a little boy in a floppy-eared bunny hat and not be horrified by what America is doing? www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Thanks to @charliefish.bsky.social for accepting my story "Bloods Runs Thicker Than Truth" for publication! I'll post the link when the story goes live in Feb but meantime check out other good work here #writingcommunity

"Trump’s behavior has become so reckless, so self-absorbed, so obviously contrary to American interests — as even Republicans have long defined them, let alone Democrats — that the question must be asked: Is America now being ruled by a mad king?" - Thomas Friedman NYT

Excited to be in conversation with Daniyal Mueenuddin TOMORROW at Exile in Bookville about his new book This Is Where the Serpent Lives! It starts at 7pm and it’s free to reserve a spot, which you can do below… Hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-on...

Debating #AWP in person or remote which would mean missing events like this but saving a ton of $. Anybody with remote option experience? Still worth it?

Great policy, great announcement. Dems, clone this man's social media team.

Wait. Didn’t an anti-government protester just get executed on the streets of the U.S.? Someone known to be good? Is there some country out there that could vow “strong action” if we don’t stop gunning down our own citizens? Asking for a friend.

Roughly 80% of immigrant-owned businesses along key corridors in Minneapolis and St. Paul have closed in the past week as employees and customers stay home in fear of ICE agents detaining them.

Agreed. A magnificent micro.

I am late to this party. But I'm now subscribing to /reading @thedriftmag.com and I love the content. Bonus: clear communications with writers.

Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?

❤️ this

Thumbs up to @raleighreview.bsky.social for running fee-free contests. A rare and beautiful thing in the #LitCommunity. raleighreview.org

This is good news for the #LitCommunity #WritersOfBluesky. 1st mag to publish George Saunders!

Looking for a publisher? Good news! The 2026 AWP Award Series is accepting submissions of full-length manuscripts in poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and the novel, now through February 28!

“Is running the United States not enough? I mean, if you’re looking for a challenge, try a sit-up.” — Jimmy Kimmel

I'm not ready to submit for 2026, but if you write realist fiction and are looking for a publisher, this looks like a very good choice.

I love the whisper of kelly green and acid green on this spindly little tree in the woods. Hope the ribbons and bows are still there in May.

ICYMI today we're featuring Vesuvius by Scott Bolendz #MicroMonday #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy

Never read this by @kathyfish.bsky.social - so glad I did! It will haunt me.