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Pleased to share my teeny tiny PNW-themed story, published by the ever-lovely Foofaraw Press and their microfic imprint.

"Red didn't stand a chance against her, a rocket of the sea." Read the rest of Whale and Red's story in WHALE FALL by Elysia Rourke on September 15, 2026. Ages 10+ PREORDER NOW! #bookquote #whalefall #amreading #booksforkids #middlegrade #2026debut #debutauthor #nancypaulsen #penguin #preordernow

I'm happy to announce my sweet RomCom (a meet-cute at a hotel in Upstate NY during a blizzard) is out today at Micromance Magazine. You can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/microman... hope you enjoy it!

Kirkus Reviews calls WHALE FALL "Somber and uncompromising; a stark call to end animal cruelty." WHALE FALL by Elysia Rourke hits shelves September 15, 2026 from Nancy Paulsen Books. Ages 10+ #PREORDER NOW! #bookreviews #whalefall #amreading #booksforkids #middlegradebooks #2026debut #debutauthor

Do you delight in words and have climate anxiety? Me too. Me too.

Check out these great story reviews by Maria Haskins out at Locus. (And it's not just because she says nice things about my story "Stairs for Mermaids.") #amwriting #flashfiction

Congratulations on earning your skull @katherinegarrison.bsky.social!

Don’t ground me, Mom. I was only doing what the teachers asked! Congratulations @melissamaybe.bsky.social

You know it's going to be a good story when this is the first line: "Lawrence met the Sasquatch while peeing on a bush."

Hope you can make it to the end of this tense little drabble. Congratulations @nataliewriteson.bsky.social !

Some Stories We Tell Ourselves, Others We Don't is an emotional exploration on the "The things you find packing up an old house." Congrats @cuylermeade.bsky.social

So grateful FFF is again reprinting a slightly older story of mine - Notes For A Eulogy - especially as the ed had to recode his website to make the experimental formatting work! A short version of this came second in the Bridport Prize for flash, but I think it has twice the impact at 500 words.

Congratulations @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social!

Read this unexpected Dear John letter sent from the stars by our very own @mmschreier.bsky.social

🖤☠️MEET @corriehaldane.bsky.social, BRAVE NEW WEIRD AWARD WINNER🖤☠️ In "Hivemind", a grieving father is encouraged to share the news of his young son's death with his bees, an old tradition that initially provides comfort. But the bond he forms with his hive has unexpected consequences. ⬇️

“🥖” The Family Collection https://qb.foofaraw.press/the-family-collection/

Bet you won't guess what happens next. "I spread the void across my lap..." Read the rest of @corriehaldane.bsky.social's beautifully weird story at @ratbaglit.bsky.social!

A little story taco for your Tuesday

HONK HONK. Check out this good news!

Volume 12.2 from Bear Review dropped on Friday, and I'm so grateful to have two poems in this beautiful issue. ❤︎ bearreview.com/br/v12-2-sar...

Congrats @corriehaldane.bsky.social !

So pleased to have a story in the flower moon issue of the incredible Gone Lawn Journal! Thank you Owen and team! Be sure to check out the full issue 🌼🌙 gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Thank you Pithead Chapel, for publishing NO OBITS, inspired by a 1998 headline from the Bay Area Reporter to mark the first week since 1981 without new AIDS deaths. The new meds WORKED. Not a cure, but a reprieve. I try to capture that bittersweet moment in this tiny story bsky.app/profile/baya...

who else got a substack so i can start following urs especially @quillhollow.bsky.social buddies

Delighted to once again grace the pages of Sky Island Journal! Their attention to detail, love for what they do (postcards to all their contributors!!) and gorgeous design have rightly made them one of the leading lit mags in recent times. Read my flash horror “Tar” at: www.skyislandjournal.com

Wowsers! I’ve somehow found myself on the shortlist for the prestigious Dinesh Allirajah prize for short fiction. Fingers and toes crossed for the next week! @commapress.bsky.social

I spy me 🦝🎉

Beautiful work @corriehaldane.bsky.social

Who knew such a powerful punch could be delivered in so few words. Well done @corriehaldane.bsky.social!

Surprised and pleased to see my little sapphic lady knights story featured in Reactor's Short Fiction Spotlight. Never expected to see my name sharing a list with Stephen Graham Jones! 💀

Wrote a new Substack. mjhuntsgood.substack.com/p/the-pendul...

I’m so pleased that this poem found a home. Thank you to January House Literary Magazine for publishing it. 💚 If you like birds and wish you could fly sometimes you might like it! januaryhouselit.com/2026/04/17/b...

"I swear sometimes I rose a fraction, / like the moment a kestrel hovers mid-flight / before diving." Lovely piece by the lovely Katherine Garrison!

"I wanted to be a bird when I was little." Read the rest of @katherinegarrison.bsky.social 's poem only at @januaryhouselit.bsky.social

Check out my flash piece, "Our House," free to read at Small Wonders today! So glad this one's out in the world once more, as time returns again as my obsession du jour.

BWG was my first "yes!" and they're cool folks. Does your story want to come hang out with my story?

“There is someone in our house.” And it’s probably not who you expect. Read the rest of @eleanorlennox.bsky.social’s story at @smallwondersmag.com

"I'll love you in every lifetime." Is that a promise, or a threat? This is my favorite story I've ever written. I'm honored to see it (and hear it!) in Escape Pod.

"You deserve better. Momma’s gonna change your stars; get you a better life. You won’t be hungry or cold anymore." Read the rest of this brilliant post-apocalyptic flash story from the talented @mmschreier.bsky.social at @nycmidnight.bsky.social

Have you ever wondered what could you do if you were able to reverse three seconds at a time and do them over? Find out in my newest story "Three-Second Rewind" in Sally Port Magazine's April Issue! #amwriting #magicalrealism #shortstories #readmorewomen sallyportmagazine.com/2026-april-i...

"...now I’m on my way to help a man break into my own home." Read the rest of @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social 's remarkable little flash at Electric Lit.

I can’t recommend reading this story enough! It’s one of my favourites by @cuylermeade.bsky.social

After many requests, I'm finally putting together this hour-long workshop on how to put together the best opening lines for a novel to hook your readers and an agent. Spots are limited since I like to really interact with my students, please DM me or reply for your spot!

I am extremely honored to say my hybrid poem/speculative story "chimera" has been accepted for publication in FLASH IN THE COURT in August. I'm beyond thrilled and can't wait to share this piece I love so much with you. ♥️

Wow and I forgot to share this happened too! SO thrilled - thank you so much to @chris-doesitplay.bsky.social and @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!!

Delighted to see Train Man by @patiencemackarness.bsky.social from our last issue featured in @mattkendrick.bsky.social's #Mondettes newsletter. This month it was @mizuki-yama.bsky.social selecting the stories. Do subscribe for great flash, insights from top writers & a few writing prompts.

ARCs are out for the "Women of the Weird West" anthology! I have a drabble in this, but there are so many more fabulous stories and poems in here. Head to NetGalley to become an advance reader!

Thrilled FFF published this, forming a "northern alcoholic trilogy" with the preceding Wet Brain and Impossible Summer (all illustrated by my gifted friend, Khy). The near-drowning happened exactly as described, near the end of a relationship. The rest, luckily, did not. THANK YOU FFF and Kerri.

Congratulations on your first publication, @pupbayou.bsky.social!