Always a wonderful feeling to put on my out of office for winter hibernation!!! Spent the afternoon looking ahead to 2026 and I'm excited for: 1) The @welkinprize.bsky.social winners (as tough as picking that will be: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

weekly talk story of @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social noms from @fracturedlit.bsky.social, Ghost Parachute, @thesunlightpress.bsky.social and Twisted Tongue Press with a shoutout to @smokelong.bsky.social latest issue... www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Sara Hills's work. Wow.

Beyond thrilled to have my first narrative poem (!!!) in the world and pinching myself that it's up this fantastic new issue from @smokelong.bsky.social. Huge congratulations to my issue mates. I love your stories so much! 🌟🌟🌟 www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/

"Sometimes, after slipping a story between her teeth, Ma tells me she wishes I were never born" This first-prize winner from @smokelong.bsky.social is a real stunner. The writing here is so wonderful specific and creative: www.smokelong.com/stories/love...

This story by @kplumhoff.bsky.social “Good Sign of Future Happiness” begins like this and just keeps getting wilder: “Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.” From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/stories/good...

Hey, in case you missed it, the new SmokeLong is out! So many excellent flash stories plus a little interview by me.

Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

The new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social is out and there are so many gems, including Claire Y. Guo's Love; Sigh that starts: "Ma collects birth stories as lozenges and swallows them when she is tired." Read this contest winner: www.smokelong.com/stories/love...

Now the grading is done and I have some time to celebrate the publication of my new flash fiction in @smokelong.bsky.social, “Conflagration Kills Five.” It’s the magazine’s Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller pick for 2025. There’s an interview, too! www.smokelong.com/stories/conf...

new flash in @smokelong.bsky.social! boys! burgers!

Read "Love ; Sigh" by Claire Y. Guo, the winner of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25 and her interview that accompanies the micro here. Claire is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Read "Love ; Sigh" by Claire Y. Guo, the winner of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25 and her interview that accompanies the micro here. Claire is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

It's sign-up time for Fitness, SmokeLong's year-round community workshop. Jump in at the beginning of any month, paying monthly. Or try Fitness for Jan/Feb. If you're a returning participant, you can book annually. Come write with us. We're not a cult. www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

Check out my story, “Conflagration Kills Five” in the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social ! Thank you, @kplumhoff.bsky.social for sharing your favorite line. Can’t wait to read your story (and the others in this issue) once I’m done grading!

This issue. We are so proud. Read up.

Who wants something nice for a weary Wednesday? Quote post this post & tag 1, 2 or 3 other writers who inspire you / support you / are amazing human beings. I'll pick a winner at random. Poster + nominees win a free recording of one one of my workshops: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...

Yay!!!!

Just fell in love with this story by @nadiaborn.com in the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/stories/the-...

Holy moly!! Read this stunner by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social (the whole issue is well worth your time!) Congratulations @kplumhoff.bsky.social on the publication of this exceptional piece!!! 💕🫂 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.smokelong.com/stories/good...

i have a story in this! and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!

Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social is live! What a lineup of amazing authors and stories, including this years Grand Microfiction Contest winners! I got to interview @ktherr.bsky.social about her mind-blowing micro. Just so much amazing work here! www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

Yay, Tracie!

...and our interview here! ✨

Read Claire Y. Guo's winning micro...

It's good to remember that there are things worth celebrating–like this *incredible* issue of SmokeLong. We received an overabundance of stunning work for this year's Micro Contest. Check out all the winners, including my interview with Mikey winner, Claire Y. Guo. ✨

Another amazing issue, y’all! Check it out!

Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

Issue 90 cover reveal! Out on Monday. Including the winners of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 🏆

Overjoyed to be a finalist!! I didn’t write as much as I hoped this year, but “the sentence tree” may be my favorite. ✨ And major congrats to winners Claire Y. Guo, @ktherr.bsky.social & @lapharr.bsky.social!! And fellow finalists Vaneeza Sohail, Max Steiner & @valeriehughes.bsky.social!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social I am so honored to be in your absolute GRAIL of a magazine alongside such amazing writers. Somebody pinch me.

I have a story in this one! Looking forward to reading the whole issue.

Issue 90 cover reveal! Out on Monday. Including the winners of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 🏆

Yay!

We have winners! The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest was a bear this year. So many excellent micros. These are our top 7 and will be published Monday in Issue 90! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Congratulations, Fiona!

"...going for the jugular..." Nora Esme Wagner is our featured author this week! www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

We have winners! The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest was a bear this year. So many excellent micros. These are our top 7 and will be published Monday in Issue 90! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!

Yay!!!! Congratulations, Ani!!!!

"...going for the jugular..." Nora Esme Wagner is our featured author this week! www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

A big round of applause please for our top 25 micros in The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25! If you see your work on this list, please feel free to celebrate on social media but please do so without identifying your title(s). Anonymous judging is ongoing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Congratulations, Timothy!

Congratulations, Liz!

A big round of applause please for our top 25 micros in The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 25! If you see your work on this list, please feel free to celebrate on social media but please do so without identifying your title(s). Anonymous judging is ongoing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!!

Yay!!!!!