Today’s story from the current issue of Story Magazine was “On the Edges of Sunlight,” by Alexandra Magearu. This is the kind of writing I deeply admire, but could never execute. Lush, breathtaking, dreamlike prose. A nightmarish, dystopian story that moves into something like hope.

@livesinpages.bsky.social is reading a story a day! @alexanderchee.bsky.social is reading a story a day! @kathyfish.bsky.social is reading a story a day! @joshuahebburn.bsky.social is reading a story a day! @caitluce.bsky.social is reading a story a day! you love to see it.

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

"You were mean to us, so we had to murder you" is the tactic this rancid, racist canned ham is going with, in case you were wondering if things were going to get better.

This was in 2022 and was such a surprise. Probably the closest I'll ever get to The Paris Review. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/06...

Good.

Ah! Congratulations, Angela! I am delighted to hear this! 💙

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

“If you call us the gestapo, we will have no choice but to act like the gestapo to stop you from calling us the gestapo.”

Honoured to be featured in WestWord's member spotlight. Shout outs to @kathyfish.bsky.social @taniahershman.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @mizuki-yama.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social And all at @retreatwest.bsky.social 👏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/westword...

Just let the masked, lawless, trigger-happy goons do their jobs!

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Just signed up for this September writing retreat with @kathyfish.bsky.social and Nancy Stohlman! Woo hoo! mailchi.mp/ac8585353954...

There are a few spaces left! A beautiful, restful place to write in Colorado this September. Join us! 🍁🦌🌲📚

In the interest of time, I'm only teaching three flashes tomorrow in my workshop but they are awesome and I'm swooning and I can't wait to read them to you and talk about them. 💙

Oh wow. Hey are you reading @patiencemackarness.bsky.social ? You ought to be. This is a gorgeous, moving piece of writing: "He guards his dust-shrouded kingdom. It is protected from housebreakers by an array of mortice locks, deadbolts, and alarms that he installed himself." The whole issue! 💙

Reminder if you've registered, you should have your Webex link in hand! Pls locate it and come ready to write at 1:00 pm Eastern tomorrow (SAT. 24th). Let me know if you can't find it in inbox, spam, or promotions. I'll forward it to you! Thanks again & see you tomorrow! 💙

I love pulling books off my shelves for stories to teach, then finding myself sitting on the floor and an hour's gone by...lost in this favorite from @robertlopez-bkln-1.bsky.social

Thanks, June, and YES. I love this story by Cathy Ulrich. See you on Saturday! 💙

One of the stories we'll be looking at in Saturday's workshop is "The Hole in the Center of Everything" by Cathy Ulrich. Amazing writer. threadcountmag.com/issue-12-spr...

Thanks to all who've signed up for THIS SATURDAY'S 3-in-90 workshop! The session link was sent upon registration. Please locate it and come ready to write at 1:00 pm Eastern on the 24th. We're going to write up a storm! (Let me know if you can't find the link, I'll re-send. Still time to join us!)

I do not have one woman in my friend group who is sleeping through the night anymore. I get up and wander from room to room. I don’t know what to do with my rage other than to show up every day, but it continues into the night.

Thanks to all who've signed up for THIS SATURDAY'S 3-in-90 workshop! The session link was sent upon registration. Please locate it and come ready to write at 1:00 pm Eastern on the 24th. We're going to write up a storm! (Let me know if you can't find the link, I'll re-send. Still time to join us!)

Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Well, congratulations to me. I’m 35 pounds lighter today than I was one year ago. This is largely due to walking three and a half miles every day with a fourteen pound pack on my back. Turns out, I walk REALLY fast when I’m mad. 💪

I unwittingly wandered into MAGA world online last night and folks, I'm sorry to report, they are as delusional and hateful and cultish as ever.

It's only going to get worse, I'm afraid.

C'MON TEAM, WE CAN DO IT

me: *painstakingly turns off every Smart Feature in Gmail* Gmail: DO YOU WANNA TRY GEMINI WANNA LET AI WRITE FOR YOU PAINT FOR YOU IT CAN KISS YOUR HUSBAND AND HUG YOUR CHILDREN IT WILL SUCK THE BEAUTY FROM THE WORLD AND STEAL YOUR SOUL AND LEAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIR BUT, HEY, IT SAVES TIME! me:

“go live,” bluesky??! This is the social media app for 40-year-olds who left Twitter when spaces was introduced and *didnt* opt for Threads

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.

‘the serpentine turpentine in a blue bottle / arranges the boy’ The language, the voice…! Unbelievable from @kathyfish.bsky.social in Frigg Magazine 🪟 friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...

"hardshoes to corkscrew" "hence kissing" "to crowd and offend" "now the formless going" the color of sound and the ballad of a phrase, set off and set not aside but in lieu of and "gormless" the whirl and wish of a heart from @kathyfish.bsky.social in FRiGG friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...

Wow, congratulations, @kossworks.bsky.social 💙

Delighted to be included in this collection of flash fiction writing tips, curated by @karenschauber.bsky.social. I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.

This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)

To add to my ever-growing collection of books by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Congratulations, Chloe! 💙

The latest issue of FRiGG - a great magazine - is now live by Kathy Fish, Kim Magowan, Michael T. Young, Michelle N Ross, and more. I look forward to reading.... @kathyfish.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social #writer #poetry friggmagazine.com

"...the gray, the gray / flat windows unshined / a happenstance boy / growing, the boy the clicketten with turpentine ears / to gesture and aloud / to crowd and seem unseemly...." Extraordinary writing by the very talented @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I have no idea what the response to this will be, but I have a three-part experimental / hybrid published today is FRiGG Magazine I would love for you to read. Fabulous issue, including flashes from @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross! 💙 friggmagazine.com

LOVE these, @kimmagowan.bsky.social and thanks for the mention in your author note, too! Honored to share space with your work. 💙

Wonderful craft books and prompts! Thank you, @kathyfish.bsky.social! 💙📚

Is anyone sleeping well these nights? And if so, how are you achieving this miracle?

"I believe Dixon’s real point to his essay ... is actually: Write whatever the hell you want" Yes, to this - WRITE WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT!! Wonderful wisdom as always from @kathyfish.bsky.social

I hate this title. “Craft Books on Writing” is what I should have said. Annnyway, this month I highlight three of my favorites. What is your go-to craft book? Or the book on writing that set you on the path? My first was Writing Down the Bones. 💙 open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

FINAL DAY of the Early Bird Special for my upcoming 3-in-90 workshops! Would love for you to join us! 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/threein90?ut...

January Newsletter: Writing Craft Books: The Importance of Gathering & Honing Your Tools open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

From 2019 article about the 3.5% rule from the BBC: "Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change." Sending love to Minneapolis and to peaceful protestors across the land. ❤️

We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Register Now: ALL New 3-in-90 Workshop Series! open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...