A silvery morning, and new issues of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, @brettpribble.bsky.social's Ghost Parachute, Flash Boulevard and @centaurlit.bsky.social to enjoy!

New @pitheadchapel.bsky.social! Congrats to editors @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, etc., for another great issue! pitheadchapel.com/2026/05/01/v...

Absolutely stunning work by Jaime Gill in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. It seems we lived in San Francisco at the same time. So many lost. pitheadchapel.com/no-obits/ 2/2

Our May Issue is live!!! pitheadchapel.com/2026/05/01/v... cover art DEEMS ORTEGA fiction REBECCA TIGER JAIME GILL SOPHIA HYLAND-WOLZAK MICHAEL ANTHONY RANFONE nonfiction HOLLIE WARREN prose poetry AMANDA CHIADO

"We had tried to cauterize our separate childhood wounds with skin and sweat... In the van, with “Beast of Burden” blaring, we tried to numb ourselves and feel something better at the same time." @tracieadams.bsky.social burning it up in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 🔥

“language woven like a nest where we set our brittle songs” Gorgeous prose poem by @russellbrakefield.bsky.social in the new issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social

“‘Was I not enough?’ he asked.” @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/explaining-t...

“If it meant nothing, then there was nothing to mourn.” “… I had my own ways to celebrate our love. If that’s what it was.” @tracieadams.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/beast-of-bur...

"We seemed more tired, disorganized, too easily annoyed. But wasn't that what love looked like sometimes? The baggy eyes, the cloudy minds." Read @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/explaining-t...

Drove to Santa Clara to hear some great writers read flash. Great discussion from editors of @smokelong.bsky.social and @pitheadchapel.bsky.social on what makes a piece click in the submission queue, too.

“Ophelia wrings her wet hair in the shower and asks Hamlet if he can turn the TV down. She shakes when she takes her pills, memorizes a rhyme: small one, red one, blue one, new one.” —Hannah Ahn, “Ophelia” @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/ophelia/

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Memoir feat. @grantamag.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social @thebookishmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Thanks to @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for including my CNF in this gorgeous April issue. Thanks also to my @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness peeps for all the help with this one and to my mentor @mattkendrick.bsky.social for helping with the final edit. pitheadchapel.com/beast-of-bur...

"I didn’t go to the funeral because I didn’t want to intrude on his wonderful family" Brilliant piece of CNF in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social from my brilliant mentee @tracieadams.bsky.social that makes such a powerful use of anaphora repetition

our new issue! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... SERGE LECOMTE MEGHAN PROULX MATT BARRETT @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social JENNA CROWDER ERIK KLASS TRACIE ADAMS @tracieadams.bsky.social SHERI VENEMA @sheriven.bsky.social HANNAH AHN RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD @russellbrakefield.bsky.social CHOISELLE JOSEPH

“What would I know of bones? Mine exchanged every night for incense/gold leaf/fur.” @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social (no less) with this mothering stunner 🧡🧡🧡 pitheadchapel.com/birthright-b...

New flash in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social ! @smokelong.bsky.social workshop-born of course! 💕 pitheadchapel.com/motherhood/

My first journal publication has found its home in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social🖤 This essay is part of a longer arc of writing toward my forthcoming book and I’m deeply appreciative and honored to be part of this issue. Grateful. 🙏🏾 Linked below.

I’m so proud to be featured in this issue! Thanks so much to the @pitheadchapel.bsky.social editors!

Ain't no party like a hot tub party. Pithead Chapel published my story Public Relations Professionals Hot Tub Night in their new issue! pitheadchapel.com/public-relat...

new flash in here about motherhood and sea turtles 🐢so happy to be amongst these gorgeous stories! pitheadchapel.com/nursery/

“Hands shaking so—not from alcohol but fear of regret—they had to give you an illegal Valium so you could sign consent.” —Patricia Caspers @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/please-pleas...

“I name her Ramona, and I don’t know if there’s a line.” “I reapply Ramona’s bandages, treat her with topical creams and manuka honey. I imagine her to be over ninety years old. I imagine her looking up at me.” @dallonwrites.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/nursery/

“I try to imagine not knowing ‘what to do with my time.’ ‘Sounds nice,’ I say. She looks at me critically. ‘You’re running out of it, you know. Time,’ she says.” @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/motherhood/

First published nonfiction. ‘The Bread’ at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social — Mediterranean Gothic without ghosts. Just bread, superstition, and a son who learned cruelty could look like intelligence. pitheadchapel.com/the-bread/

Our March Issue is live! pitheadchapel.com/2026/03/01/v... Cover Art by KYLE MERCER Fiction by CHARLIE KIEFT PHEBE KIRKHAM KATHRYN REESE @kathrynreese.bsky.social DOUGLAS BAKER Nonfiction by AMY TURN SHARP AUSIÀS TSEL @ausiastsel.com Prose Poetry by SEAN CHO A. LILY CROWDER MATT POINDEXTER

New Issue! Words: @dallonwrites.bsky.social , @alexmiller77.bsky.social , @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ,CHRISTOPHER NEGRI, KIMBERLY BRYANT, @liamcarnahan.bsky.social , EMMA HEATH & EVAN MURPHY, DAVID MCARTHUR, PATRICIA CASPERS, ANNE DUNCAN, SPENCER ECKART pitheadchapel.com/2026/02/01/v...

We are beyond thrilled to share that we have three pieces selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026!! Congratulations to everyone on this list, and especially to @irrellavent.bsky.social , @francesorrok.bsky.social , & L. Soveiro

Our first issue of 2026 is officially live! pitheadchapel.com/2026/01/01/v...

All my other favorite stories, in order of reading... Four Words by @mbvalente.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/four-words/

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social Congratulations to all the winners: 1st: Anju Sharma 2nd: MC Schmidt 3rd: Cathy Adams 4th: Lyndsay Hall 5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)

“Mr. Palm Beach” may be my weirdest story yet, but it’s a good kind of weird, I promise. What do you think? Thanks to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and everyone else at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for giving it a great home! #AmWriting #ShortStories #MagicalRealism pitheadchapel.com/mr-palm-beach/

Our December issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is... Words: J. CONDRA SMITH @rebecca-turkewitz.bsky.social @willwilloughby.bsky.social NICK REES GARDNER MAX LIN JASON FRALEY Cover art: DEEMS ORTEGA

We're chiming in today to announce our Best Small Fictions nominees! Congratulations and good luck everyone!

Please join us in congratulating our Pushcart nominees! Good luck everyone!

We're proud to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2025! Please join us in congratulating these stellar writers. Good luck everyone!

It's an honor to make top 10 in flash fiction and in the top 100 overall! Thank you for your work, Brecht, and thank you to our amazing writers and readers who make this possible.

Our November issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is... Words: NINA Y. MORAGON HAL WRIGHT @meliseliz.bsky.social RACHEL EPHRAIM MAGGIE LEVANTOVSKAYA @mooninabucket.bsky.social JENNY CHU CAROL ROSE LITTLE Cover art: SUSAN POLLET

Hello dear writers! Today is the last day to submit to our annual short story contest (submissions close at midnight EST). We can't wait to read your work with this year's judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social! pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Writers, don't wait! Our annual short story contest closes November 1st. pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Time flies! Less than one week remains to send us your best short story. Details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Less than two weeks remain to submit your best unpublished short story to our contest! There are two fee-based submission options that support prizes and costs of running Pithead Chapel (and our general submissions are *always* free!). pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

There's still plenty of time to submit to our annual short story contest! If you're curious, submission fees support winning prizes, guest judge honorarium, and the cost of running the journal (and as always, general submissions are open and free). See all details at pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

The October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-10/ Words: @bizzycoy.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social JEFFREY FEINGOLD SARAH HARLEY ELIZABETH HASHIMURA BETH GILSTRAP SARP SOZDINLER YASHASVI VACHHANI Art: NATALIE NEE

Six weeks remain to send us your best short story! Read all details here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

If you're proficient in social media and possess a love for literary writing, get involved by volunteering for Pithead Chapel! Find application details at pitheadchapel.com/social-media-editor

Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/09/01/v... Words: @aaronburch.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social CHARLES GROSEL @patrickobrienstrickland.com @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social ALLISON ZHANG E. FERRELL CHRISTOPHER NOTARNICOLA Cover art: AL KRATZ