that reminded me of this

I absolutely love this story by @ambersparks.bsky.social Recently, I saw a very grumpy call for submissions that listed all the things they did NOT want to see in their queue and this story fits a couple of those. Be open to brilliance and innovation, editors, and you will be rewarded.

Hey, I'm leading a two-hour generative writing session on Sunday, Sept. 28th through wonderful Cleaver Magazine! Would love to see you there. I have fun things planned! cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

One of the greats has passed. Robert Redford was a celebrated actor, director, and someone who held a mirror up to America. His work will live on, but we Ordinary People will feel The Sting of his loss for years. Rest among the stars now, and when you see heaven, may a River Run Through It.

Honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by ruining the lives of anyone who accurately quotes Charlie Kirk

It’s really funny that you can amass hundreds of billions of dollars, and still Be desperately uncool and dull. I know that’s gotta hurt.

Hot damn!! 🔥

JR Fenn's quietly disquieting and beautifully lush flash, "Cassandra" is up at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social today, and I really hope you will read it and share it!

Bookmarking the excerpt & so want to read the book! "Masad shows the highest regard for science fiction, both the people writing it and for its potential to hold a mirror up to our world (though I would say, in this case, the mirror is more of a prism, endlessly refracting light and meaning)." 💙

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

✨ New SmokeLong issue! We've got CNF by AIMEE BENDER and an incredible assortment of flash writers!! ✨

"We writers are told to include lots of rich detail, but what if we don’t? What kind of story emerges from that spareness?" I really love the ideas in this newsletter by @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"Your reader’s brain will seek out story and poetry and if you trust in that and your own inimitable voice enough, they will likely find it" Wonderful wisdom and brilliant prompt as always from @kathyfish.bsky.social

My September newsletter, on stillness & white space, in which I highly recommend Han Kang's The White Book...

My free September newsletter... open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

Let's welcome ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with some book news ❤️ Contributor @writesloud.bsky.social was interviewed about her new collection FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT from @stanchion.bsky.social in @wirobooks.bsky.social 👏 buff.ly/PzLiHUC

Such a lovely thing to read on a migraine day. Thank you, @pamschmid.bsky.social ! Thanks for taking part in yesterday's workshop. 💙

I feel so upset by the fact that so many of these same people fetishizing mourning right now have ignored the gun deaths of thousands of children, have just allowed their memories to disappear like smoke in the public mind

Welp. There were go...holy shit.

Hi friends! The workshop is in less than two hours now. Please let me know, like, right now, if you haven't received the link. 😅Thank you! 💙

The alleged shooter, the one Trump announced he'd caught this morning, is reportedly a 22 year old, straight, white, Christian male, a Trump loving MAGA, the son of a cop turned evangelical minister, from a Trump loving MAGA family of gun nuts. Seems Charlie Kirk radicalized Charlie Kirk's killer

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

‘I have never been a great candidate for anything. I have mostly been a really good sport.’ This one hits hard. The always superlative @kathyfish.bsky.social

“‘That’s a lot of me,’ I say.” Oh, this excellent flash by the wonderful @kathyfish.bsky.social! 🔥

To those of you who signed up for THIS Saturday’s (the 13th) 3-in-90 workshop, you should have received your email with LINK to the session by now. Please locate it and be ready to write at 1:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. If you’re not seeing the email, check spam or promotions folders. Thanks! 💙💙💙

I woke up to an acceptance! My first piece with no punctuation born in @kathyfish.bsky.social Flash Extravaganza! Thank you, Kathy!

Wow, fantastic. Well done, New Mexico!

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Okay, the five awesome moves are paywalled (sorry) BUT before that, there are workshop announcements and I introduce you to three new kids on our literary block that are worth your attention! open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

He follows me all over the internet and I keep snubbing him....😢

Nothing sums up America under Republican rule like turning a place of history and strength into a strip mall food court.

This ⬇️ is the vibe right here, humans! Let’s gooooooooo!

Still time to join us, friends! Next Saturday, the 13th: "Writing Emotion from the Inside Out," my 3-in-90 workshop! Go here for info & to register: www.fastflashworkshops.com 💙

Thank you, @freemanpoet.bsky.social for the sweet review of my @diodeeditions.bsky.social book in @bendinggenres.bsky.social, and thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social for your ongoing support and for publishing it! Please check it out and share if you have a moment.

Still time to join us, friends! Next Saturday, the 13th: "Writing Emotion from the Inside Out," my 3-in-90 workshop! Go here for info & to register: www.fastflashworkshops.com 💙

I think what has me so interested in experimentation these days is a deep desire to subvert artificial intelligence, which can only gesture at innovation. I think? Anyway, I am trying to stay one step ahead of it, to write things as uniquely and unquestionably human as I can.

“Your uterus,” she announces, “is not happy.” “I know,” I admit. “I have been sensing its unhappiness.” New @kathyfish.bsky.social is always a delight. I love this one, especially the use of dialogue and humour. SO GOOD AS ALWAYS! A must read.

Good morning to everyone who isn’t pretending to be an FBI informant today.

Never mind those pesky clouds, look there! You can see the corn moon all glowy behind them. The corn moon is here for you! Love the corn moon, it loves you. Late summer is beautiful, is it not? Gone Lawn 61, here you go! gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Absolutely gorgeous and moving piece, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social "At the Dead Sea, I slink across the rocks and lower myself into the black liquid. I float there on my back, staring up at the sky. I don’t think about Uncle Henry. Not even once. I don’t think about his death or his life."

“The doctor touches my hand. ‘You’re going to be a whole new woman.’” an “*April in Paris* Doris Day,” a “great candidate,” a “really good sport” and the kind of surprise that can and can’t (but can) be sized up @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

"I wouldn’t mind being a whole new woman."

“Uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix,” Dr. Doris Day says. “I say we take them all.” “That’s a lot of me,” I say. “Oh, you’d be surprised how little it is!" Awesome story by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary tinyurl.com/3ubv7uv2

Hey friends, I’m teaching a two-hour workshop Sept. 28th for wonderful Cleaver Magazine ! I have lots of fun things planned! Register here: cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

we're live baby! send em if you got em 🙏

Hey friends, I’m teaching a two-hour workshop Sept. 28th for wonderful Cleaver Magazine ! I have lots of fun things planned! Register here: cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

"My insides resemble a well-marbled steak." by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary - gut wrenching piece, I could relate so much! hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

Christine Chen @csquareh.bsky.social is such a natural at the fragmented form, and this one's a stunner. Read "Raise the Red Lantern" in the inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary. hotflashliterary.com/raise-the-re...

Check out inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary founded by @jekwriter.bsky.social & Tina Carlson: "One thing remained clear, though: that women-identifying people needed a place where their voices wouldn’t get lost in an icy gale. Where they could, instead, be hot like lava." hotflashliterary.com