Hi folks, I've updated FFO's Submittable page with details about our call for resistance-themed reprints, which is opening on Jan 1st. The editor for this anthology is Jeanna Cammarano ( @wordrat.bsky.social) #writingcommunity #flashfiction ffo.submittable.com/submit

Hey hey! If you're not a subscriber then this one is now FREE FOR EVERYONE, costing you only 3-4 minutes of your time per average adult reading speeds! It has been a long year for all of us and you deserve to take those 240 seconds for yourself.

It’s a sci-fi Friday release! We have a brand new story from Matt Dovey, titled “Reflexive Benevolence Imperative,” in which a fish-ship and its human pilot contemplate the emotional toll of being first responders. #flashfiction #scifi @mattdovey.com www.flashfictiononline.com/article/refl...

And of course if you appreciate and want to help support my work as a writer, critic, and more, feel free to check out my Patreon and become a patron! www.patreon.com/c/quicksipre...

Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews Flash Fiction Online 11/25 (8 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social A huge issue from FFO in November, all of them part of a special "FamPunk" issue dealing with small stakes stories that still pack a big punch.

Critters in the attic is the last straw! Check out “Shedding the Weight” by Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu on FFO for another section of our Dec 2025 “Menagerie” issue! #literary #flashfiction #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/article/shed...

“No Laughter in a Vacuum” by @annaclark.bsky.social and “Dislocated” by @granades.com from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social

FFO’s submission schedule for the first half of 2026 is posted to our Patreon page. I just want to get this out there so you can work us into your new year’s writing schedule. More details to come on all of these. Happy writing! ✍️ #writingcommunity #flashfiction www.patreon.com/posts/2026-s...

You ever read a story you wish with all your heart that you had written yourself? Well, this is one of those. "Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings" by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social/ in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social.

The first story I wrote in 2025 is also my final story of 2025! "Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings" is the tale of a priestess and the woman she wants desperately not to love, told by a bitter goddess. It's about faith, all-consuming love, and also birds 🐦‍⬛ Out now at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!

Our first story this month is “Homonyms” by Laurence Klavan, a literary piece about a doomed snowshoe hare and her mirror - a middle-aged entertainment writer #writingcommunity #literaryfiction #flashfiction #wordplay @laurenceklavan.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/homo...

Hey, would you look at that! I actually have some NEW ORIGINAL FICTION out for the first time in fucking ages! Weird af community action/self care/mycelial SF for a thousand brief words. It's better for your brain than 3 minutes of doomscrolling would be!

Excited to see this gorgeous story out in the world! Congrats @beingcam.bsky.social

Did you know you can get a subscription or individual issues via our independent distributor Weightless Books? It’s true. Here’s a link to our December issue 😊 @weightlessbooks.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/flash-fictio...

So so excited to have a story in this issue of FFO!! I highly recommend checking out the whole issue; I read it last night and all the other stories are amazing!!

New month, new story! I am so excited to have a piece in the latest issue of FFO, one of my very favorite magazines. Do you like queer stories inspired by myth? Petty goddesses? Ovidian transformations? Being sad? Birdwatching? “Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings” was written just for you! 🐦‍⬛

AVAILABLE TODAY!! Our December 2025 “Menagerie” issue featuring stories from @laurenceklavan.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mattdovey.com @katefrancia.bsky.social Madison Ellingsworth, & Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu #writingcommunity #flashfiction www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

This is a good one everyone should give a read!!

Here's a Sunday read for you. Fun story, and it only takes a few minutes to read. Go, read. You'll enjoy it.

For a Black Friday mythological gift guide, check out V.H. Chen’s “Gifts from on High.” Released this week on FFO! 🎁 @vhchen.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #fantasy #family #giftguide www.flashfictiononline.com/article/gift...

It’s Thanksgiving week here in the US, a holiday estab by Pres Lincoln at a time of civil strife. FFO has a feasting, grandmother story of hope for you with “Hope Is the Thing with Circuits and Steel” by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska #flashfiction #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/article/hope...

FFer Read of the Day: "Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop" by @straith.ca in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...

Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!

To love in whatever form it takes: “Loxley Is One Thousand Bats” By Camden Clair is perhaps one of the gentlest moments in the whole FamPunk issue. 💗 Read it for free on FFO! @beingcam.bsky.social #flashfiction #fantasy #shapeshifters #loveislove #writing www.flashfictiononline.com/article/loxl...

Surreal meets tearful in Kate Horsley’s story “The Tao of Thorstein” about saying goodbye. #flashfiction #fantasy #family #caregiving www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

The whole issue works well together, and you can read all the stories in it here: www.flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob... You can buy the issue here: www.flashfictiononline.com/product-cate... & you can support FFO by becoming a Patron here: www.patreon.com/cw/flashfict...

"Mushroom Aesthetic" by Aggie Novak, meanwhile, tells the story or a foraging influencer who finds much more than she bargained for on her latest mushroom excursion, and who accidentally brings home something best left untouched in the hopes of profiting from it

It's an aching and sharp read, that in the middle of this nightmare there needs to be time for joy or else it's not really worth surviving. It's grounded in past loss and really does a lot in a short space. Very much recommended!

But the story explores how that isn't really enough, that they've lost sight of each other, trying to remain optimistic while ignoring reality and missing out on the chance to spend time with each other and experience joy or love. And they have to choose how they'll move forward

My favorite of the bunch is probably "Woodsong" by Arthur H. Manners, which finds a father and son trapped in an endlessly looping forest where monsters come out at night. They've been trapped for years, and are losing hope, despite that all of their energy is reserve for just surviving

Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews Flash Fiction Online 10/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social A tightly themed issue around the horror of nature and specifically people in forests, be they familiar or terrifyingly new. Lots of chilling and squirming moments included

My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!

OUT THIS WEEK: “Unfinished Conversations Package” by Chris Baker. Dad persona has so many things to share with you! @chrisbaker1337.bsky.social #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction www.flashfictiononline.com/article/unfi...

My story in Flash Fiction Online's FamPunk issue is now available online. Thanks again to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and guest editor @slashnburnett.bsky.social for selecting it! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/unfi...

Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -

I have a story in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social’s FamPunk issue guest edited by the incomparable @slashnburnett.bsky.social! Buy the issue or subscribe to FFO, & go subscribe to Emma Burnett’s Patreon for a sneekpeek at her book that’s out next summer. www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

Our midweek read is a freshly harvested fantasy straight out of my Xennial dreams of real Cabbage Patch kids. Check out “A Proper Mother, Unhexed” by Ashlee Lhamon, free to read on FFO #writingcommunity #fantasy #family #magic #cabbagepatch www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-pr...

COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO: “Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…” #flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

I’m pretty proud of this little drowned world ghost story over in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social :) www.flashfictiononline.com/article/drow...

An unsettling but furry fantasy opener for our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue: “Ursula” by E.M. Linden is free to read on FFO. The tension is all in the choices we make as parents… 🥺 #fantasy #parenting #flashfiction #writingcommunity @emlinden.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/ursu...

Absolutely love this tragic beauty of a story by @arthurmanners.bsky.social and the peace that only comes with acceptance, in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social magazine! #flashfiction #speculative #dystopia

Looking forward to reading the latest issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, on the theme of FamPunk!

November issues of @locusmag.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @lightspeedmagazine.com, The Dark, @smallwondersmag.com, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and Dirty Magick are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/11/

The stories in this issue are just the most incredible. They unpack so many forms of family in so many different worlds. Read and enjoy! @flashfictiononline.bsky.social #scifi #fantasy #fampunk

Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home! #writingcommunity #flashfiction @slashnburnett.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

👄OMG👄 This is so creepy and a perfect read for today.

Happy Halloween! I can’t recommend you read this one while eating, but I can recommend you read it over and over for every other waking minute of your day today

This story by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social ruined my whole morning, and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Perfect Halloween read.

HALLOWEEN RELEASE: “This Is What Mouths Are For” by Parker M. O’Neill is now available to read for free on FFO! Is it too much to call this horror delicious…? 😏 #horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading @parkeriswriting.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/this...