Hello Hades 2. We will be spending a lot of time together.

New illustration for a story up on Flash Frog. Enjoy!

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

👀 took pics of my hand painted yoga bunnies last night for my Etsy shop. Some of the pics came out more suggestive than I’d realized. 🐇

Hi, I’ve opened up commissions for flash illustrations. I will read your flash or micro and draw a picture for you to use on your social media (or wherever) to help it stand out in the scroll. If you’re interested, please fill out the little form on my website. www.thirteenthstory.com/services-2

🚨SEVEN DAYS left to submit your general submissions. In July, we are open for ghost stories only! 🚨

Fourteenth book of the year read, and it is a fairly new one (books 12&13 were short story collections from a few years ago). Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Irish/Ireland). If you’re interested in a tense sibling story (brothers), contemporary dating story, or peripheral chess story give it a shot.

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “We Found a Dead a Body” by @bodhi-jet.bsky.social is now up! Art by @thirteenthstory.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/06/16/w...

"now one is skittish, head down and flank twitching, only looking at me when I call his beautiful name and only then for a heartbeat" Wonderful breathless micro from @thirteenthstory.bsky.social

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Fruition #animation #WomensArt

Great anthology of small stories here.

Nipper Sunrises // #AlbanyNY

Sometimes I combine my love of drawing and my love of writing in strange ways. I’ve made a bunch of tiny paintings I call Love Letters. You can peruse them in my Etsy shop anytime. www.etsy.com/shop/thirtee...

When five holds on Libby are ready at once.

When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson, eleventh book read this year. Excellent characterization. Bonkers and enthralling storyline. If you liked I’ll Give You The Sun, this hits the same notes, which is a great thing. #books

Finished my tenth book so far this year, which is a great pace for me what with a day job and all the art making. I’d recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Convenience Store Woman. It is about what it says in the title, and it is delivered with spectacular cadence, curiosity, and charm.

Call for submissions! 🗣️ The Offing’s Essay department is seeking new works! Follow the link to submit today! theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit

yin and yang octopus #artwork

one of my favorite combos… #watercolor #ink

This ten word story won first place in the Tadpole Press snow moon min contest. Happy to share it here, too. www.tadpolepress.com/winners-apr-... #microfiction

Guess what? It's the first of the month, so free subs are back open until we hit the cap! 🌸 Share your best flash fiction or poetry with us today: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/

Quote with your red art 🌹

goat cheese is aptly named #lunch

FYI…

Hello. #art #procreate

All I’ve been doing lately is working and writing. And this drawing. I hope you are all well. #art #procreate

ten words #microfiction #writingcommunity

Queen of Hearts is having a day. #art #procreateartist #cards

a flickering light illuminates the situation #microfiction #writingcommunity

This one comes from a small workshop exercise. We were tasked with eliminating words, in order, from an existing paragraph (in this case, a passage from Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis). It becomes unrecognizable from the source. #microfiction #editing #writingcommunity

this one gets a title (and a simple illustration in comments #microfiction #writingcommunity

Thrown (24 words) #microfiction #writers

A story is longer than it’s word count. #microfiction

Everyone attaches their own meaning to this, which is so great. For me, I was inspired by how it feels to write lyrically, summoning and spinning the stars from the sky. I call it The Songwriter. #procreateartist #art

Some ten word stories feel like the first sentence of a piece, where the rest isn’t needed. #microfiction

Many years ago I lived in Florida and painted this illustration of how lonely it all felt. Gorgeous beaches, though.

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today? Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

are ten words enough #microfiction