Thank you editor @keithpowell1955.bsky.social for featuring "The Things You Will Do" in today's issue of @doesithavepockets.bsky.social yourimpossiblevoice.com/the-things-y...

Tuesday #flashfiction: The Things You Will Do—a breathless moment of grief and guilt by @andreamarcusa.bsky.social!

So thrilled and grateful to be in this!

Thrilled to be shortlisted in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 's six sentence story competition. Thank you editor, Jeff Harvey! gooseberry-pie.com/heat/

Barbara Westwood Diehl Mikki Aronoff @sudhab.bsky.social @bonniemeekums.bsky.social Kate Faigen @andreamarcusa.bsky.social @maxiejanef.bsky.social @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social

@annietan.com nice meeting you on the #6 train!

So thrilled to finally receive my issue of Moon City Review. Thank you @MichaelCzyzniejewski for including my story along with so many other great names in flash fiction.

ICYMI. FBOMB Global Flash reading. Hosted by Francine Witte, readers @megpokrass.bsky.social Mileva Anastsiadou, @kiklodge.bsky.social, @swethaamit.bsky.social, @sudhab.bsky.social, Mikki Aronoff, @andreamarcusa.bsky.social and JT youtu.be/b7tgLsBerfQ?...

Nothing will hold you back as thoroughly as the fear of not being good enough. Confidence and a willingness to fail top talent most days of the week. Do it now. Try. Whatever it is. Or I guarantee you will watch people less prepared and not as skilled live your dreams while you wait for perfection.

Yay!!!!! We are beyond thrilled!

Thank you Sunlight Press editors Rudri Patel & Beth Burrell for featuring "Saltwater Taffy" in your latest issue.

Thank you Hooghly Review editors,Tejaswinee & Ankit, for featuring my story, "Mourning Doves" in your current issue.

“F-Word” by @andreamarcusa.bsky.social “I lived for that table, for the moments when I slipped ice cubes into boys’ pockets…” gooseberry-pie.com/f-word/

Thank you, Gooseberry Pie editor, Jeff Harvey, for featuring my six-sentence story, "F-Word" in Issue 30 gooseberry-pie.com/f-word/ @jhhwriter.bsky.social

Box opening! New @mooncityreview.bsky.social!

"I feel them needing something from me that I cannot give." A study of grief, communal loss, memory, and the power of joy, new in #fiction from @andreamarcusa.bsky.social : www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/andr... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Thank you, editor Cami Griep of Does It Have Pockets, for publishing "The Slide" in your March 2925 issue! www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/andr...

So thrilled to be part of this gorgeous issue!

Presenting the cover of Moon City Review 2025, due out at AWP at the end of March! Featuring a dope painting by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and this sharp design by Shen Chen Hsieh. Complete author list and pre-order link coming soon!

Just received copes of my new chapbook, What We Now Live With, available at Bottlecap Press! Thank you editor Craig Mullens for believing in my work. bottlecap.press/products/liv...

Thank you National Flash Fiction Day Anthology editor Diane Simmons for nominating the flash piece, "Something New to Worry About," for Pushcart Prize. Wishing the best of luck to the other nominees. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

ICYMI Fbomb flash reading youtu.be/HgkwmPXkLtk?...

@francinewitte.bsky.social Another fun night! Thank you Francine!

Our Founding and Managing Editor Meg Pokrass is also here on Bluesky. @megpokrass.bsky.social

It’s time! Best Microfiction open for magazine editors' nominations! Now until 12/15. This year's anthology judged by @DawnRaffel. Edited by @megpokrass & Gary Fincke. Editors: Sub 5 stories (up to 400 words each). #flashfiction #microfiction tinyurl.com/5aakrphh

Thank you Centaur Lit editor Lynn Mundell for featuring "A Sparrow Will Listen," in your fall issue. centaurlit.com

Thank you Sky Island Journal for featuring "A Full Load" in your fall 2024 issue. It's an honor to be part of your remarkable publication and community. www.skyislandjournal.com

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #725,534!

Wow! I get this cool banner for my contribution to Best Microfiction 2024, available July 8. Thank you Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, series editors, Grant Faulkner, guest editor, and to Milk Candy Review for the nomination! To order best-microfiction.square.site/product/best_m….

Thank you editors at The Phare @thephare for including "Runt" in your winter issue. And thank you @saralippmann in whose @SmokeLong workshop this story emerged. www.thephare.com/runt

Thrilled that my story, "U.S. Threat Forecast," originally appearing in Milk Candy Review, was selected for Best Microfiction 2024!

Thrilled to be part of this distinguished group of writers nominated for "Best American Short Stories!" Thank you Ruby editor April Bradley and best of luck to all the nominees!

Thank you, editor John Teal, for including this flash fiction piece, "Her Fight," in the most recent issue of Heavy Feather Review heavyfeatherreview.org/2024/01/11/h...

Oh! My Prattlefog & Gravelrap newsletter is almost up to 2000 subscribers!!! That would be an amazing early 2024 boost. Can you help me get there by the end of the day? RTs, likes, quotes all welcome - thank you! #FlashFiction #WritingCraft

Such a great way to kick off #NewYear2024! The publication of the #flashfiction story, "What it Takes" in @LiteraryRuby . Thank you editor April Bradley and Happy New Year! rubyliterarypress.com/issue-four/i...

I think, given the way most people receive writing instruction in schools, many of us have been trained to view the value of writing based solely on the PRODUCT that results from it. The essay for a grade, the Tweet for likes, the cover letter for work, etc. The PROCESS is what makes you a writer.

Thank-you Litro editor Catherine McNamara for featuring "Flowers Are Often Rooted in Dull Soil" in Litro this week! www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/...

It will never not be amazing when the exact right word appears in a story draft and thus rearranges your understanding of the material by its presence. One of the moments of surprise and awe I’m always writing toward, but also almost impossible to force.

This week's miCRo is THREE flash essays, our first triple-feature, by @joekap64.bsky.social. Spanish moss, a herd of AR-15s, and gospel music all help build a complicated picture of the south.

"Mold Culture" by @gabriellegriffis.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social Brilliant! "She decided to culture the house and preserve the mold that grew in her petri dishes, anticipating blooms of fuzzy pink and blue colonies. She wanted to see the microorganisms that were digesting her childhood."

Thank you, Flash Boulevard editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for featuring these three flash fiction pieces in FB's latest issue. flashboulevard.wordpress.com/blog/

Thank you, editor Layla Murphy, for featuring this article on writing inspirations with Cleaver @karenrile @cleavermagazine www.cleavermagazine.com/dont-fear-th...