Celebrating Mother's Day with Mother Earth! 🌎💚💙

Thank you to everyone who purchased my debut chapbook Farewell to Emptiness, a novelette-in-flash! @thirtywestph.com is heading for a 2nd printing. Thank you again! Join me on May 21st for a celebration of chapbooks with free raffle, entertainments, snacks! Details: pwnwriters.org/course/celeb...

Well, this is delightful!! A reader wrote a response to an essay I'd written in Brevity Blog about how fishing pelicans remind me of the publishing process. This thoughtful and amusing essay by Brutus Richmond is worth the read: brevity.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/a...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Make Rutgers a Sanctuary Campus: Petition by Rutgers YDSA. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...

Thank you for the shout out from @fictivedream.bsky.social — and for publishing the title story of my debut chapbook - the inspiration for the novelette 🧡🧡

Thank you so much Laura ! I’m honored to be an alum of @fictivedream.bsky.social - one of my favorite literary journals. 🧡💜🧡💜

Thank you Josh and TWPH! 🧡🧡

Is It Finally Spring? open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

It’s happening!! 🧡🧡🧡

Remembering Jean, my 100-year-old aunt: Our family believes her love of ice cream contributed to her longevity. open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Excited to share that pre-orders are open for my debut chapbook, a novelette in flash called FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS! More about plot & ordering info: open.substack.com/pub/lizardst... @thirtywestph.com

So proud to be part of this gorgeous lit magazine! 🌹 "Rose Petals" 💗 Thank you! @redrosethorns for sharing words that reflect both our outrage and our hope in Thorn & Bloom: Rooted & Ruptured, issue 5

@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS. Lu, a young waitress from upstate NY, is frustrated and unemployed. Her alcoholic father has recently died. The meat-packing plant where he worked will soon be demolished. Lu returns to the abandoned building one last time before it's destroyed.

Fact or Crap? A reflection on creative nonfiction substack.com/@dbliz/note/...

"Down the Shore" at The Philadelphia Inquirer included me in their "Shore Slam Book" Shout out to @amysrosenberg.bsky.social Want to receive "Down the Shore"? Subscribe for free at [email protected] (And submit your story as per the prompt) Thanks Amy!

Thank you @fiveminutelit.bsky.social truth is - I still wonder about it every time I look at the drawing

“Fishing with Pelicans: How to Hook a Publisher” in Brevity Blog. Inspiration while bird watching. brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/f... #pelican #bird #writing #publishing #inspiration @dintywmoore.bsky.social

Super excited to share that my first chapbook FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS will be released in April by @thirtywestph.com !!! It’s a novelette in flash set in Albany ,NY. Preorder info coming soon!!

Why Sing When the World is Crumbling? open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Feeling broken? Let’s create! open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Today in Flash the Court. Many thanks to Court, the EIC. Delighted & honored to share this one - which is a blurry line between fiction & nonfiction. #Flash #Watertower #Memories #Bus #wildeflowers #Younglove @flashthecourt @courtneyharler flashthecourt.com/2026/02/06/w...

Ever See an Iguana Missing a Tail? He's still a spectacular bad-ass. open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Retirement, Resilience, & Writing: "No Fear, No Fun" open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Delighted to be included in the January 2026's issue of @thehooletsnook.bsky.social ! Thx for reading my CNF: "Tropical Moments" & "Slippery Memories": www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... & www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... Enjoy all THN's Micros & Nanos!!

Thank you @litgarage01 for sharing my flash "The Man With A Shoebox"! So many great stories in this journal; I'm delighted to be included! literarygarage.com/the-man-with...

Sorry to hear #KelpJournal is closing. So many great stories published there like this recent one www.kelpjournal.com/post/fiction...

Laughing All the Way: Wintery Humor open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Beautiful essay Thank you to everyone who supports other creatives: brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/h.... #brevityblog @dintywmoore.bsky.social

Wow. Just read this powerful poem "How to Swallow Glass" by Ebenezer Mowete in RedRoseThorn. Hope others read and share: www.redrosethorns.com/post/how-to-... #poetry #glass #race #survive

Happy Thriftmas & Merry Crafting!! open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Aging, a process of regeneration, explored in my two Flash Stories published in Persimmon Tree, an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty. Thank you for checking out "Missing Pieces" and "Soiled Landing." persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...

Stressed? Five Fast Free Tips to Find Calm: open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Thrilled to be included in this edition of Bending Genres. So many wonderful works! Thank you for reading!! bendinggenres.com/at-the-edge/ @bendinggenres.bsky.social #flash #pool #swim

So pleased to be a part of this amazing issue of DIHP!!

Thrilled to be included in the December issues of Does It Have Pockets Lit Journal with many wonderful writers including @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social Fabulous issue! Thank you @doesithavepockets.bsky.social !!!!

Thrilled to be included in this cool new journal @flowlitmag.bsky.social !! Check out the stories - all have beverages as a theme

Tis the season! Gravy season is celebrated in Instant Noodles Dec. Literary Magazine. Lots of entertaining gravy stories in this issue, including "Cracked Pie Crust" - my microfiction story: instantnoodleslitmag.com/cracked-pie-... #instantnoodles #gravy #cat #turkey

Thank you Allison Mitchell for this lovely essay: "Kayaking with Dragonflies" open.substack.com/pub/lizardst... #Kripalu #Kayak #Dragonflies

Grateful to be included in Red Rose Thorn with two stories: "Who's That Girl?" and "Our Mole" Thank you for reading!! www.redrosethorns.com/redrosethorn...

Lots of misses to get some swishes. Recent Flash Writing Round-Up open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Life is like… Garbage? open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Pleased to share "Cappy’s Crabs" up at @suddenflash.bsky.social Check out my friend Marie's “Curse Word” too - Loved it! yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/11/capp...

Happy Halloween 🎃! Thank you for reading my flash in BULL! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Delighted to be included in @suddenflash.bsky.social yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...

Thank You to All the Peaceful Protesters! open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJW...

"A boy slams I-guess-his-brother’s head into the full-length three-panel mirror, leaving behind hand streaks..." Smudged Reflections by Liz deBeer @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/28/s...

Thrilled to be published in the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social -- such an honor. Thank you for reading! (This is fiction but based on an actual event when I worked at a department store years ago) bsky.app/profile/fict...

Friendship Gardens open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...

Seeking Hope as Summer Ends open.substack.com/pub/lizardst...