We are delighted to have new microfiction up on our website by: Kathleen McGookey, Mary Biddinger, Keith Parker, and Lynn Kozlowski. You can read their work here: www.switchonline.org/about-1

Noah Falck @noahfalck.bsky.social h

Switch is open for submission until June 15th! Send us your intriguing, your enigmatic, your lovely microfiction. We publish stories up to 300 words. See submission requirements at switchonline.org

Réka Nyitrai @pizamapress.bsky.social

Rick Barot

Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke

For #worldbiodiversityday, a poem that first appeared in Magma Poetry

Peter Gizzi, from Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Innovative Poetries (2008)

"Wowed" by Lesle Lewis is in the latest issue of Washington Square Review

“If you’ve Fallen in love with trees I know your heart” ― Nanette L. Avery

There were so many things I used to do Dorothea Lasky

Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild

#astronomysky #science Galileo Galilei #BOTD invented the telescope in 1609 — a wood-and-paper tube with eyepiece, covered in leather — which he used to discover Jupiter's moons, the phases of Venus, and lunar craters.

WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏

My mom sent me a link to this bookshop website that curates interesting and unusual books. Great looking selection, here. societyforunusualbooks.com

Andrea Cohen

Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...

Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner

art is hope

Mascot # 2

Mascot #1

Speaking of taping things up, here is the text of the note which playwright Lillian Hellman kept on the door of her work room to keep guests from interrupting her writing time.

Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.

(How do we explain our fascinations? Our obsessions? We’re drawn. Isn’t that enough?) Love this lyric essay by @jilltalbot.bsky.social in @sonorareview.bsky.social

Switch’s nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026! "𝐋𝐢𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐧𝐞 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐛𝐲 𝐙𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫-𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 "𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐲 www.switchonline.org

New work from Mary Grimm in our October 2025 issue! newworldwriting.net/mary-grimm-m...

Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing the 6 sentences that is “Subway Was Real When You Worked There” 🥪🌽🚙 Read them and these other fabulous stories in Issue 37 here ⬇️ gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/

fresh bats flying your way from the watery depths! spotlighting stories from @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, @lmanusos.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, & @angelaliu.bsky.social ⚡🦇 don't want to subscribe to my free tiny letter? weird choice! but you should still read these stories, so here's the link:

🚨 Come join us!!! @cbigs.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social

"Did Women Ruin Men Blaming Women For Ruining Things?"

2026 Best of the Net Nominee: “Harrowing,” by MaxiJane Frazier. “You arrive in Red Cloud, Nebraska, at noon, like an agent awaiting a secret communiqué. The tour guide tells you about Willa Cather’s real-life friend, Annie Pavelka….” www.switchonline.org/items/harrow...

Enjoy the latest micros now up on Switch, work by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @joannavtheiss.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @angelines.bsky.social Kathryn Petruccelli Cheryl Snell Tim Conley Liz deBeer Kris Wilcox Karen Walker Frances Gapper Mileva Anastasiadou — More to come!

PSA: Did you know you can support your favorite writer without buying their book? Get it from the library! We still get paid - and often the library will get the book if you request it, which you can usually do on their website. Spread the word!

"Practice talking like your voice is running a 100-meter dash against other voices..." New fiction: "How to Become an Auctioneer" by Matt Leibel www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/leibel/ho...

@feralpoetryandart.bsky.social is open for submissions of poetry and art until August 31st. Send us your wildest creations. feralpoetry.net/submissions/