Thank you for including us! Greatly appreciated @duotrope.com @johnnyamericazine.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @littlefruitsmagazine.com #litmags‬

"Healing Potion" by Lisa Brodsky, a writer whose work bridges personal narrative, cultural memory, and social justice. She is completing her MFA in Creative Writing at Hamline.

I’m very excited to share that my new flash fiction novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press on 1 June. You can pre-order from V.Press or signed copies are available from my website. Set in 1890s northern England, it is inspired by a shocking crime in my family’s history.

Received my copy of 'Farewell to Emptiness' by Liz deBeer. It's a wonderful handmade chapbook of flash published by @thirtywestph.com! The collection creates a compelling and compassionate view into the world of work and resilience. Congratulations, @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social!

"Allies are not just contributors of material support; they are sources of legitimacy, shared purpose, and sustained political will." Ukraine understands that. Do we? ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social:

Happy to say that my story, ‘What Is Remembered,’ will appear on the FlashFlood journal website at around 21:25 (BST) on Saturday, the 13th of June 2026 (National Flash Fiction Day 2026). Huge thanks to the editors and everyone @natflashfictionday.bsky.social who make this curated journal happen.

FlashFlood is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our amazing editors for all their hard work. You can read more about our editors here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/the-editor...

Congratulations to Liz deBeer on the publication of her new collection Farewell to Emptiness (Thirty West Publishing House) @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #newbook #fiction #flashfiction. For more, please follow the link.

Updating the list! So far FlashFlood has accepted flashes from Spain, UAE, Australia, France, USA, Turkey, Nigeria, UK, Canada, India. Greece, New Zealand, Cyprus & South Korea! Subs close tomorrow (25/4) at 23:59 BST flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

Happy Pub Day, Mallory, Esénia, Mike, and Liz! The first 4 chapbooks of this chapbook imprint. @lowghost.bsky.social @mallorysmart.bsky.social @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social

Writing a book is miraculous. You’re telling me you had some idea in your brain and you spent months, nay, years to write it out? Wow! Wait…and then someone other than your parents/spouse thought it was good enough to put into a book…and people buy it!? AMAZING!

Technically for kids but *a lot* of adults could do with reading this.

🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺 This is my own trumpet I am blowing! Check me out amongst the great and the good. Came third. Totally beside self. Not cool about it at all fishpublishing.com/2026/04/18/f...

“This community loved the chapter.” — Cynthia Norwood. Power to the People, Y’all premieres today. River Run. Winston-Salem, NC.

🐙 Painted Octopus — By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick 🇮🇪 This Is Clever (14 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/04/17/c...

On May 2nd, Thirty West will be attending the Bucks County Book Fest for the 3rd time. Stop by our booth outside (and this year, with a tent) from 10-4 for some popular indie books from a 10+ year catalog. Maybe guest visits?? Find out in Doylestown Picture was from 2025; great day!

suuuuuuuuuper excited to be a featured poet in the latest issue of @thedodgemag.bsky.social! Check out my new poems! thedodgemag.com/spring-2026-...

It’s happening!! 🧡🧡🧡

More than pleased to have two new poems in the summer issue of The Stinging Fly. Thanks, Eds: Annemarie Ní Churreain & Lisa McInerney. Cover artist, Diarmuid Breen. Design: Eimear Gavin. The summer edition will be launched at @ilfdublin on 16 May.

Found poem

Let's spend a moment imagining that the next ten years will not be about advancing oligarchy and autocracy but about seeing "a new birth of freedom" blossom here and around the world..... We should imagine and commit to make it so, together..... My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/imagine-if...

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album from our record label, June Appal! April's pick is "Johnny Come Along: Old Time Fiddle Tunes from Kentucky" by John Harrod! Listen and download the album for your own price here: https://loom.ly/Ln1HVTg 🎵: June Appal Records, 2017.

Proof of Publication: ESCARAMUZA the debut poetry chapbook from Esénia Bañuelos Out on 4/24 Bonus pic at the end of another spring chapbook

I haven't had the most productive 2026 in terms of writing, but I have been good about publicizing my book (more to come), and have revised a 900 word story down to 405 words. #writinglife #flashfiction #debutcollection www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/pardo...

Ahem.

Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here?

"There may eventually be an agreement to end the war, mostly b/c the president is desperate to extricate himself from a conflict he blundered into. But it won’t be b/c Trump is such a terrific dealmaker. In fact, the man who made his reputation on 'Art of the Deal' remains world’s worst negotiator."

ICYMI today we're delighted to welcome back Robert Pope with his #shortstory About Aunt Alice. Please click on the link below and enjoy #readingcommunity

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks for standing by, Barbara. 😉 I can now confirm that there will be a second showing on April 19. And virtual tickets run all week. Tix at riverrunfilm.com/events/power...

Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii

'Your car sold fast. That afternoon, I dropped off your mattress at the shelter down the street. Left your clothes in one of those giant metal donation boxes at the edge of a grocery store parking lot.' Mackerel by Emmelie Cora #fiction #flashfiction flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album from our record label, June Appal! April's pick is "Johnny Come Along: Old Time Fiddle Tunes from Kentucky" by John Harrod! Listen and download the album for your own price here: https://loom.ly/Ln1HVTg 🎵: June Appal Records, 2017.

4 months into 2026, we're ahead of schedule & planning 2027. Please say hello (again) to Christopher Klingbeil & Ben Tanzer, who will kick off the year with poetry & stories, respectively. Next summer, we're happy to introduce Heain Joung to the TW family with her debut story collection. Exciting!

I will not stay silent while our President threatens to commit war crimes in our name. There comes a time when basic humanity transcends partisan politics. To my Republican colleagues: Now is the time to stand up and speak out.

I talked to The Times for a little profile of yours truly. Check it out:

“I think certainly covering this stuff over the last decade has probably negatively affected my mental health just because it’s pretty bleak most of the time. But I still get up and feel privileged in some ways to be able to cover historic events for a living. And to have the audience that I have.”

Minneapolis is so lucky to have @atrupar.com and I feel honored to have him as a mutual. Given what he does all day his facial expression must permanently stuck like this lol.

Excited to share that pre-orders are open for my debut chapbook, a novelette in flash called FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS! More about plot & ordering info: open.substack.com/pub/lizardst... @thirtywestph.com

Amna Nawaz sat down with Gisèle Pelicot to discuss her book, "A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides." https://to.pbs.org/4s553zn

We are open! Send us your bold, weird, wonderful words. Wordcount - 500 max, we love 100 word stories Deadline - 15 April No previous pubs Sim subs are fine Read past issues & award noms to get a sense of what we like. Be brave! Submission Guidelines | NFFR share.google/iEJhTIUa1xIR...

Publication month! 2 veterans, 2 debuts. One hell of a fine chapbook project for this new lil imprint. Starting at $8.99 per chapbook.

A country where Flag Officers are dismissed on the whim of a president or a secretary of Defense -- and where it's tolerated by those in a position to stop it -- is a country in decline

At the risk of being naïve. At the risk of getting egg on my face come June... I think Trump got shredded in the birthright citizenship case. And I think the Court only took the case TO shred him, and look reasonable by comparison. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

Celebrated this news with a Chinese takeaway and Zootopia 1 & 2 like a proper professional 👔

Features some Welkin-centric workshops coming up in May and June. Check it out!

"Sheerly Polite" by María Ordovás-Montañés, who enjoys writing true-life stories. Two-time Gotham Writers Stories Everywhere Contest winner, Five Minutes published, and award-winning Out There podcast contributor.

"The In Crowd" by Jim DeFilippi, a prolific, eccentric author.