www.smokelong.com/stories/anot... The joy of being part of @smokelong.bsky.social fitness is that you get prompted to read stories long after they were published. This one by @elissafield.bsky.social is amazing.

Declan’s first sight of the ocean, first time hearing the roar. Made lots of dog friends. #Declanthecollie #dogsoftwitter #writersdog #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Me: Ok, Declan, you can go. Just stay away from the cats. Declan: Sure, yeah, I will. Also Declan:... {Get a puppy they said, it’ll be fun} #Declanthecollie

Drinking my coffee, reading submissions… and my little border collie puppy, Declan is wrestling a coconut. He’s herded it soccer style, chawed at it… but fought and fought to be able to pick it up. A hard battle, won. #Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #dogsofinstagram #writersdog

I love this one by @emilyrinkema “I’m ten minutes late to the interview to be my mother’s daughter. I’m confident, as her actual daughter, her only child, that I’ll have a leg up…” @VariantLit @lascauxreview.bsky.social lascauxreview.com/the-interview/

I wrote this girl’s story this week — an absolutely PERFECT filly bred from my aunt’s favorite mare, one of my grandfather’s favorite accomplishments… that ended sadly. Thanks so much to workshop friends @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness & Flash Pack friends who gave early feedback. #elissafield

Solid napday! This crazy baby doubled his nap time today when he discovered the joy of snuggling next to me. My arm went numb! What a 💕 love! Such a happy boy. #Declanthecollie #derpface #dogsofbluesky #writersdogs #saturdaynapday #writinglife #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Declan, learning the ropes on his 11th day: Turns out, sometimes we do laundry. His bigger excitement — for which there are no pictures — is he just had one of his first nose-to-nose greetings with one of the cats. #writersdog #dogsofbluesky #elissafield #Declanthecollie

I see you made toast. On the list of nice things about Declan is he is very gentle about food. #Declanthecollie #writersdog #dogsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writinglife #bordercolliesrock

All the cute things Declan does, and here I am obsessed with his rabbity, chunky feet. #Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writersdogs #dogsofbluesky

All the things I should be doing, but my view? Meet Declan. #Declanthecollie

I just said, "I LOVE YOU" aloud to an empty room. Me, I was talking to me. After days of searching, I just thought of the perfect keyword (courtyard) to locate a really important scene I KNEW I had written but could not find on my laptop. Huge sigh of relief. #writinglife #novel #elissafield

Y'all. I think I CLOSED FIVE TABS. I know, I know. Should take a break now, huh.

One of the coolest things abt being a submission editor for @smokelong.bsky.social is I'm just as excited to see work I spotted in the queue succeed as I am w stories of my own. I fell in love with 2 stories while reading for The Smokey--thrilled they’ll be published in this issue, out next week! 🔥🔥

O. M. G. Looks like a puppy is coming our way, end of June. Now I’m down to that challenge that hits me with every story: what name that fits this little character. We’ve chewed through family names (Fitzgerald, George, Ricky, Jimmy)… right now, Ryder is sticking, but we’ll have to see.

Ah, one of the best parts of summer is the start of SmokeLong Summer. I’ve met some of my favorite writers in @smokelong.bsky.social workshops — lots of you friends, & lots of editors who’ve published my work.❤️ the daily chatter & 2 new stories already #writingworkshop #flashfiction

Last day of the semester, baby! One of the best and hardest and longest years, way emotional about all the close ties I built w students. Celebrated by waiting in line for half an hour to get this magnificent barbacoa burrito from @guatamigos’ food truck — a fantastic local Guatemalan restaurant.

I just submitted a little something. First submission in 5 months. So you know I'm stuck in, arms crossed, staring at it in Submittable, waiting for something to happen like it's a firework fuse or something. Cheers, to all the submitting writers out there on this HOT last weekend of May!

Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc

Great to see some of my favorite stories made it through tho the short list! Congratulations and kudos to all who submitted! Love reading such fabulous work! (and shhh, don't out your story since final judging is still underway)

Happy to see my little story, "Hitchhiker 49," in the new issue of The Citron Review! Thanks to JR Walsh and everyone there for including me. Proud to have my work in such a great issue, alongside so many talented authors.

Gorgeous writing @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025. Still reading & thrilled to be included with superb writers @lmariharris.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social @kellypedro.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social @ Huge thanks @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social

Very excited that my fiction collection is on @mooncitypress's list of finalists! Dream publisher for this collection.

Very excited that my fiction collection is on @mooncitypress's list of finalists! Dream publisher for this collection.

Very excited that my fiction collection is on @mooncitypress's list of finalists! Dream publisher for this collection.

Dazzling writers & friends #AWP2025 @smokelong.bsky.social reading,@marioaliberto3.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @amymarques.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social

Signing ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY for the brilliant @elissafield.bsky.social at #AWP2025 at @chestnutreview.bsky.social booth. Just a few years ago, I was walking around AWP in Tampa dreaming of a moment like this. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE (SO MANY!!!) WHO BOUGHT A COPY!

@smokelong.bsky.social table @elissafield.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @christopherallen.bsky.social

@smokelong.bsky.social off-site @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social

Flashpack!! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social @amymarques.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social

Excited to be reading at this on Friday! Hope to see you there!

AWP goers: I’m signing copies of my latest not-yet-released story collection I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES at the always-friendly-and-fun SmokeLong Quarterly booth (656) at AWP LA - Thursday 10-10:30 🐻 🖊️ 📕 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social

Look! They're real people, not just those lovies on screen running @smokelong.bsky.social workshops! So much fun to see them this week at Booth 656 and then the offsite reading #AWP25

Woot! I've been busy enjoying friends in LA, here early for #AWP2025, so haven't checked out Bluesky in days.... So excited to see this. Can't wait to see @smokelong.bsky.social and so many #flashfiction people in person in the coming days!

Can't believe LA is just around the corner! I hope to meet up with so many of you in person at #AWP2025. Post in the comments if you will be there - feel free to share booth/table numbers or reading locations/times so we can all look out for each other. I'll be circulating to/helping at some tables.

Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social for making “Grace” a part of the family. Warning to dog lovers—it’s about love and loss.

Well this is lovely!! On the cover with some other Irish writers, and in time for St Patrick’s Day, too ☘️

O M G I LOVE THIS! "It seems obvious to me that our daughter, Tessa, cannot sleep with the dead squirrel, which she has named Dickie. It's a dead squirrel and she is a three-year old child. In no world is it okay..." @emilyrinkema.bsky.social wigleaf.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

I wrote this about caring for my beautiful dad. Love to all the beautiful dads. 🍋🍋🍋 rubyliterarypress.com/issue-five-i...

Catching up with @elissafield.bsky.social whose writing is always 🔥🔥🔥 www.peatsmokejournal.com/winter-2025-...

Damn. And just when I'd gotten good at Instagram... But no no it's okay, I'll catch up here on Bluesky. Thanks to the huge crew who already found me here. Shout out below if we're friends and I missed following you back. www.instagram.com/elissalfield/

As the @acatfromgreece.bsky.social made it to Bluesky, I may be down to one 14-year-old FABULOUS border collie keeping my account open on twitter. But pretty much, we're all here now, yeah?

I read a much earlier version of this @elissafield.bsky.social story and I’m delighted to see this fantastic final version out in the world!! 🦌

earth itself baking animals out of holes. Tree roots flaming calderas, a thousand degrees beneath the soil. Rabbits, snakes, foxes, coyotes, streaming down over tops of my boots, boots that had gone unmelted already four tours of the Middle East. @elissafield.bsky.social @psmokejournal.bsky.social

Someone asked for the link I shared last month, that bit of story... "Saddleback" @psmokejournal.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2y36bu94

Love these writers!

“the black-dark, wraith rider intimidation of swaying tamarack and western hemlock and feathermoss pine rocking close and away, close and away, the backdrop of some punk rock bass nightmare” This amazing story from @elissafield.bsky.social

Couldn't be more excited for today's Short Story, Long story!! An absolute fave new story from @peter-witte.bsky.social, with some of my fave art I've gotten to showcase yet, from @jiksuncheung.bsky.social.

Of all the things I've written, my story out @psmokejournal.bsky.social this week was an absolute broken-hearted obsession. Love to see the comments coming in. Author's note on the story gives the incident that inspired it. tinyurl.com/2y36bu94

...That fire season was just one fire after another, thousands of houses lost. All the rescuers – firefighters, pilots, volunteers, neighbors – struggling to get people and animals out. And that one mare who kept going back to rescue her paddock mates. tinyurl.com/2y36bu94