open now to 45 of you who've never submitted to HAD before!

If you haven't yet, read this amazing piece by @djpoissant.bsky.social in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 💙

🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!! flash-frog.com/submit/

What Charlottesville hotels allow people with local zip codes to book a room? I know that many don't, but ahead of this storm, and already without power, some of us might need to relocate.

Hello, #AWP Bluesky. We are having a reading event at Old Major in Baltimore on Thursday March 5, 6-8pm. It is free. A lot of us will be there and we would love love love to see you. 💗🏳️‍⚧️⚡🌈

woohoo! Can't wait!

It is FRIDAY, and it is the first Friday of the month! That means tonight is FRIDAY NIGHT WRITES, the open mic night for writers of poetry, prose, and song at @ndbookshop.bsky.social I get to GUEST HOST tonight, so come see me and give us 5 min. of your best stuff. Signups at 6:45pm.🔥📖

Congratulations to all the writers on the NiF long list! Overjoyed to see my work listed here 🤞🏻😍👀

Great article on the improving potential for a grocery co-op in Fifeville. I wanted to donate to help their chances a tiny bit so I found their site: secure.actblue.com/donate/cvill.... Crossing my fingers this actually happens! www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...

Fifeville is another step closer to having a grocery store www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...

Good news!

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

An honor to be nominated for Best Microfiction for Tomato Season 🍅 www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-...

Inbox: “UVA Emergency Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER with a gun reported in area of Shannon Library 160 McCormick Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT” #uva

Registered for #awp26 in Baltimore this week, which feels like a big deal. See you there?

ULI Virginia is hosting Solving Homelessness in Charlottesville on November 19 virginia.uli.org/events/detai...

This is what we mean when we talk about the importance of opening lines in flash. "Emmie, my nine year old daughter, knows how to hotwire a Kia." bendinggenres.com/a-normal-kid/ Read this goodness from James Keith Smith: A Normal Kid. #flashfiction

Writing in Vermont in the fall (I highly recommend!) open.substack.com/pub/marijean...

new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com

I'm looking for a flash fiction piece published in a journal -- I don't remember where, or who, or even the title -- but it's about a mother whose daughter has become a vampire or a zombie and the mother is helping the daughter, at great risk to herself -- does this sound familiar to anyone?

Love this by @jekwriter.bsky.social and this whole issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social

Two hours for tweaking! So busy at the club. Running out of badges now — closes Midnight GMT. Thanks for entering. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Nothing jolts me out of a writing slump like my 90-year-old dad saying he's finished drafting his Netflix pilot.

I always love work by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social This is wonderful.

Seems to me like restaurants and businesses aren't closing due to a decrease in traffic or unhoused people. It must be something else. cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...

New on @dipitylitmag.bsky.social my flash Tomato Season www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-... Thank you to the editors for the love!💕

Downtown? Come to New Dominion Bookshop for the 7pm Friday Night Writes! I’m signing up to read at the open mic. #flashfiction

I made the submission window!

For anyone who'd like a specific feed of Flash Fiction People, the every wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social has created a really useful list 👇

The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/

It's interesting that some of the downtown businesses who believe they don't have shoppers because of unhoused people don't understand that they have lost shoppers (me, and my friends) because those businesses support criminalization of homelessness. We shop and eat at the other places often.

Hot Flash Literary is here! Read the whole thing hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/ Some fantastic writers in there. #flashfiction

"I have never been a great candidate for anything. I have mostly been a really good sport." Oh, man, what a great flash in the inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary, by the incredible, incomparable delight that is @kathyfish.bsky.social

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

Today I learned that sometimes a hawk with a very full belly will sit and digest and glare at you and your little dog, too. Thanks for the wildlife center for answering my panicked call.

ACTION ALERT: Tell city council to reject the ordinance to ban camping on city property! On Tuesday, September 2nd (tomorrow!), City Council will be considering an ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep on city property or to leave personal property unattended on city land. 🧵

We are looking for more submissions: poetry, flash fiction collection shares, and more! Check out our site guidelines. Thanks for your support!

"We wanted to know: if real teeth were traded for real babies, what could we get for false teeth?" Love this from @marijean.bsky.social - the sense of childhood naivety, and the deeper stories lying underneath

I love this!

My story False Teeth is in the summer edition of @tinymolecules.bsky.social Thank you to @sdobbie.bsky.social for believing in this story about girls growing up with grief and misinformation. www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent... #flashfiction

Elated to have an acceptance from @tinymolecules.bsky.social for the summer issue! #flashfiction

Sundress Publications is seeking members for our Reader Board. This is a remote, volunteer position with a possibility for renewal after one year. Apply by August 5, 2025. For more information, visit our website. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...

We might be in a cottage on a remote part of the Adirondacks but the fine ladies of Anna’s No. 5 made our anniversary dinner. Thanks, Cville City Market and ladies!

I'm part of a Flash Extravaganza with a prompt over on The Art of Flash Fiction by @kathyfish.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

In other news we went to El Tio on Ivy Road. Dinner for two, $20 and super delicious.

Current situation. It’s hot.

It is Friday the second because the first was the Fourth and so it is Friday Night Writes at @newdominion.bsky.social and I hope to read some flash fiction. See you there?

A story acceptance today, the first of the year. I'm back, baby.