The past few weeks have been—well, y’all know how it’s been. It’s felt like trudging through rotten egg toxic sludge. BUT we’re coming out the other side, people! And I have THREE (!!!) pubs coming in October I’m absolutely stoked about. Here to finding sparkles and joy on crisp fall mornings. 🍂✨☕️

Another incredible piece with absolutely STUNNING writting by the one and only @jaimegill.bsky.social Jaime has such a way of crafting gorgeous prose that also feels innately relatable, no matter the subject. His pieces just stick with you. 💕

A wonderful writer, a wonderful story, a wonderful publication. Danger: your heart might be at risk on reading this. Do it anyway. And happy tenth birthday @nffr.bsky.social !

“like the lavender laundry detergent steeped in the threads of the blanket I used when I crashed on your couch” OOF @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡

Reading is resistance. 🫡💪

Do you want to have your heart broken? No? Then, don't read this story. If you're even a little bit masochistic, go read @ashdoeswords.bsky.social's story in @nffr.bsky.social this month 💔

Another talented friend sharing her words in one of the best places around!

"Because Thursdays were ours"😭😭 All the feels and some gorgeous sensory details in this flash stunner from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

If you feel like starting your month with a good cry, here are some beautiful words from the talented @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

"They smell like orange peel and oaky bourbon, same as your breath after three Old Fashioneds" Love how this piece from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social focuses on one sense to tell a story in such a creative way: newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...

‘…because we were just friends, good friends who made out sometimes on Thursdays after happy hour when I was too buzzed to drive.’ Gorgeous details in this new flash from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 🥃 newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...

Hey, it’s me! ✨🤩🎉💕 so proud to be a part of this issue alongside so many other INCREDIBLE writers.

Absolutely SQUEALING with joy to have a piece up in NFFR today! This whole issue is just incredible - congrats on 10 years @nffr.bsky.social 🍾🥂 newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...

Y’all I’m on a full ass tear today. Get ready because this one from @eleanorlennox.bsky.social is giving all the things. “They were so exquisitely calibrated, they could detect when a houseguest was secretly disappointed there was no skimmed milk.” 🥛 www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

Next up, an insanely immersive moment in time. If yall aren’t reading everything @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social has ever written literally what are you even doing. “…her Spanish verbs missing shoelaces, his English nouns wearing mismatched socks.” My god. www.frazzledlit.com/p/invisible-...

Catching up on reading today and whoooo buddy we’ve got some good ones. First, a killer piece by the always incredible @mmschreier.bsky.social I’ve said it before-as a Not SciFi Girlie(tm) MM consistently manages to remind me why I’m wrong. Every. Time. www.justkeepupmagazine.com/they-her-us-...

Love this one. Autumn doesn’t miss. www.chicagowrites.org/write_city/1...

This past week damn near took me out. A tsunami of anxiety, bonkers twists and turns at work, and a week of tough fiction Rs. Then I woke up this morning to a proof for a story I'm SO excited about, in a mag I absolutely ADORE and may I just say, thank you universe. I needed that. All is well. 🙌✨💕

I somehow missed that the absolute queen of sensory sad girl litfic shouted out my lil FlashFlood piece about a month ago…I bow to you, Madame. 🙇‍♀️🎉

Archive challenge day 4 - I don’t know what it means that I keep being drawn to these pieces that are giving “me in my mid-20s” but I’m living for it. newflashfiction.com/maggie-su/ @nffr.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social

Archive challenge day 3! The magic of this little delight is how grounded and relatable it is despite the absolutely absurd premise. I am also a sucker for unexpected grief pieces. This is firing on all cylinders for moi. newflashfiction.com/tiff-holland... @nffr.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social

Day 2 of the archive challenge. Adore this pointed little piece, framed in a fairytale retelling, that proves the Man vs. Bear argument has *always* been a thing. newflashfiction.com/evelyn-n-alf... @nffr.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social

Kicking off the archive challenge from @smokelong.bsky.social with this gorgeous little sensory piece that reminds me of a time where I could still take shots in grungy bars at 1am without needing three business days to recover. Ah, memories. @nffr.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/roaring-twen...

Spotted a writer buddy in the wild! Love this one from the always-talented @scmillsbooks.bsky.social 💧

I need a good, fast-paced psych thriller req and I feel like I’ve read them all. Preferably not detective-based (but I will budge on that in a pinch). Preferably solid prose-wise. Stuff like Alice Feeney, Lucinda Berry, Peter Swanson, Ashley Audrain, Shari Lapena. Drop ‘em if you got ‘em 📚 ⤵️

Speaking of reading, finally got my hot little hands on the latest 2024 Bath Flash Anth and whooooo boy I feel pretty dang honored to be amongst such micro greatness. 🥰🎉 These stories are damn good.

June decided to throw everything at me all at once, so I took a little time off from writing/subbing (without feeling guilty about it) and gave myself some grace. I have, however, been reading a ton, bopping around some different genres and having a blast.📚

Late to the party on this one but oh my God I have rarely read a more relatable few hundred words. @sarlynh.bsky.social does it again, plz don’t look at my notes app tho it’s unfit for public consumption 🤣

Stunner up from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social: jakethemag.com/im-sorry-for...

So so happy to have another little ragey piece up in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Also thanks to my amazing writing buds who shared before I could even get to it myself 🎉 Love yall 💕💕💕

I honestly don't even have the words to describe this piece, just go read it. Mizuki is just such a talent (and a fabulous human being to boot)- I am not surprised whatsoever to see Smokelong recognizing her brilliance. ✨

This piece is absolute perfection. Literary Choose Your Own Adventure. It’s brilliant it’s impactful, it will fuck you up.

So happy to have this little guy up in FlashFlood today alongside so many other amazing pieces 🤩🎉🐦

Gorgeous piece by the one and only @jaimegill.bsky.social the gave me big feels on this Sunday morning 💕✨🔭

It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 💜✨ Yes, yes, the rumors are true — we are OFFICIALLY launching here on Bluesky! In case you forgot, we’re a place to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores, not billionaires. Thanks for being here 🙌🏽

My husband is out of town all week and my brain is dancing with all the takeout I’m gonna order that he doesn’t like.

The After Happy Hour Contest Issue dropped today, and I'm in there! 🎉🎉🎉 Go pick up a copy and support this great mag - they were an absolute JOY to work with and there are some killer pieces in this issue. after-happy-hour.square.site/product/cont...

Oh hey I made the @notquitewrite.com prize longlist! This was my first time entering, but I feel duly initiated to the NQW madness - I listened to the podcast for results like a lunatic masochist only to get called DEAD LAST, after I’d given up all hope. 🤣 Touché, friends. Touché.

My unhinged little piece about a booze-fueled social media spiral is up at @havehashad.com! 💀 🎉 I am feeling some kinda way - I have honestly never been happier for the feral inner workings of my brain to be on display. Cheers, friends! 🥂

This tracks tho.

Taking a relax day today, so no writing/revising, etc. Currently watching Labyrinth, then playing some KH3, maybe finishing the novel I'm reading. The best kind of day. ✨

The endorphin high that hits when an acceptance from a mag you ADORE hits your inbox is seriously the best kind of drug. 🙌✨💃

Despite a wild ass and emotionally tumultuous week, I managed to send out a chunk of submissions, polish up an old piece, write and beta/polish a new 250 and a new 100. Take that, life. 👻 Really living in my "I cry a lot but I am so productive" era.

Drafted a lil 250 today that is either kind of good or an absolute pile of nonsensical garbage. I can’t for the life of me figure out which.

Uhh...where did May go? It's the 22nd? Pardon? I need to write some damn words. And submit them. But probably write them first. I think.

Go pick this up. 🎢🩸 Also, look at that cover. 💀

It is actually rude how good this is - @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social I bow to you my friend 🙇‍♀️ 🎉

Omg this cover is sick

Made sure to wait a couple hours, then check Submittable no less than 17 times to ensure I didn’t hallucinate, but it does in fact seem like I have gotten my very first skull. 💀💀💀 I absolutely cannot wait for this unhinged menace of a piece to go live at @havehashad.com 🎉

I'm absolutely stoked to be a part of my very first FlashFlood this year! 🌊🌊🌊 They are still open for a little while longer - get those micros in, people!