Best Microfiction 2026 is here! We’re so proud to see work by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social and @mattleibel.bsky.social that originally appeared in -ette! Congratulations also to -ette contributors Kathleen McGookey and Devan Murphy!

Happy to announce that my short fiction chapbook, "My Personal Brand", won the Eggtooth Editions Any Genre Chapbook Contest, and will be published later this year. Here's the announcement and an excerpt:

New totally normal story about a robot in a marching band. Thanks to @flashfrog.bsky.social and @lindamayhawkins.bsky.social

This comes out July 7. Cool to be included, insane lineup of good writers here. www.bestmicrofiction.com/books/2026.h...

New story about a time-trapped cowboy in @bulbregion.bsky.social! Big thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

The 13th issue of Socrates on the Beach is up. Thank you to the writers and translators. socratesonthebeach.com

Pleased to have a new story about life in a very odd small town in @leanmag.bsky.social the magazine for “non-protagonist-centered fiction”

new story "How to Go Through the Drive-Thru Car Wash Without Your Car"

Excited for this nomination from the excellent (and awesomely-named) @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

Really excited to have my story, "How to Buy a Snowglobe", published in @ettereview.bsky.social, chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!

I wrote about Garrett Caples’ “Proses” for this list of fave story collections 2025. A lot of good ones here. Two more I snuck in in the last few weeks: “Farthest South” by Ethan Rutherford and “The Woman Dies” by Aoko Matsuda.

Congratulations and best of luck to our 2026 Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions Nominees! Jessica Barlevi @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social Devan Murphy Emma Raimondo Mathieu Cailler Laura Cronk @suzyeynon.bsky.social Nora Esme Wagner

Here’s a little story I wrote about watching movies in (and out of) a theater. Thanks to David Galef and team at @vestalreview.bsky.social

Our winter 2025 issue is here! vestalreview.net/issue-67 We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +

Psyched for this nomination! Thanks to the editors & congrats all.

Excited for this nomination! Thanks to @joshdale.co and team. Read my piece here:

New episode just dropped! @melaniehoopes.bsky.social talks w @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social (“Dear Dolores”) & @mattleibel.bsky.social (“How to Buy a Snow Globe”) about work that has recently reconfigured them. Original music by @chesterjankowski.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/60GB...

Excited to share my story "How to Buy a Snowglobe" in the very cool-looking new issue of -ette. Thanks to @noramaynard.bsky.social and @bybethhahn.bsky.social for showcasing my work, and to @melaniehoopes.bsky.social for performing my story and interviewing me for her podcast!

-ette Issue 6: Roulette is now live! www.ettereview.com/fall2025/ Spin the animated wheel and check out new work by: Laura Cronk @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social Emma Raimondo

Here's a new "how to" piece up at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social I really enjoyed reading all the pieces in this issue--a nice respite from, well, everything else that's going on.

I have two new "how-to" stories up in the excellent @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

new piece up at @thirtywestph.com about dreams, which I've always been warned to avoid in my stories.

Some more Short Story, Long contributor lists (from Brittney Uecker, @mldon31.bsky.social, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @jeffchon.bsky.social, @magicmikewrites.bsky.social) of best & fave stories for the century (so far). Some really great, fun reading lists here. (A cpl of YOU even make appearances!)

Received my copy of the new issue of Post Road, including my story "Crushed". Looking forward to reading the rest of the issue...

It’s 4/20, and I seem to have written a kind of Mayor McCheese fan fiction. Check it out along with other funny stuff from @defenestrationmag.bsky.social

I have two new micros in this issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. The whole issue is a quick read, worth checking out.

New story up at Post Road! Crushes, Bond villains, beetles, human statues, and the Hatpocalypse

Check out this wild, Cartesian historical story by my friend Sharon!

My story “How to Find Real Love on a Fake TV Show” is up at Hunger Mountain Review. Thanks to the editors!

This story anthology is now available in paperback--featuring 101 very short stories, including my story "The Wedding Photographer Photographer", originally published in The Florida Review! Excellent cover!

Excited to have my story “How to Become an Auctioneer” included in this. Thanks to @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social and @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social. Congrats to the other winners!

Thanks to @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for nominating my story "How to Become an Auctioneer" for the Best Microfiction anthology. You can read it here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/leibel/ho...

I've put everything I know about beards, neckties, and hats into these three pieces in the new issue of the awesomely-named Miracle Monocle! louisville.edu/miraclemonoc...

Y'all should really read @mattleibel.bsky.social's "Martha." One of the more bonkers and fun, but also (sneakily?) emotional and moving, stories I've published so far on Short Story, Long. ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/martha-by-...

New story--this one is a bit wild, but we need more wild, I think...

new fiction--I tried to imagine a better world than this one, then put it behind the kitchen of a dim sum restaurant. jakethemag.com/how-to-trave...

"Practice talking like your voice is running a 100-meter dash against other voices..." New fiction: "How to Become an Auctioneer" by Matt Leibel www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/leibel/ho...

New story up at The Normal School. www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2024/05...

I have a new story about weddings, art appreciation, and voyeurism up at the Florida Review today: floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/article/matt...

Hi, I have a new little story up at Bending Genres. Two-minute read: bendinggenres.com/the-ice-scul...

Hello! have a new short story up at Maudlin House: maudlinhouse.net/puff/