Thrilled my story, Blue Car, Red Truck will appear in the Ghost Parachute anthology with so many of my favourite authors. Thanks @brettpribble.bsky.social & Brett J Barr for the beautiful artwork 🚙🚒 ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

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Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Excited to finally share the cover for my debut novel A LITTLE UNWELL out with Hachette on 28th April 2026. Pre-orders available from: geni.us/ALittleUnwell ✨❤️

A little story in @frazzledlit.bsky.social I’d love to know what emotion it leaves you with. www.frazzledlit.com/p/what-doesn...

Who wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...

Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!

Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞! inkinthirds.org/submissions/ Give us something different! Give us the feels! Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us chew on the lasting lines of love. #comelaydownink

i wrote this piece long ago + @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness. grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍

I rarely share long(er) poems on here, but I'm floored by this one by Daniel Kuriakose

Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...

Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

Another story I wrote after my visit to Texas 18 months ago. The first part of this story is true - there was a man like this at breakfast in a motel in Van Horn - but then it definitely becomes fiction! Published in The Phare. www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...

Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞! inkinthirds.org/submissions/ We are always looking for new art! #comelaydownink

Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥 #writingcommunity #microfiction

Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵‍💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...

I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡 epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...

Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December

Celebrating our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 in 2026! Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind. We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time! We need art, too! inkinthirds.org/submissions/

NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King "But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles" stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/ #Poem #Poetry

"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...." Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity 100wordstory.org/photo-story-...

So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂

2026 will be a big year as we celebrate our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲! We have some ideas percolating on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, but we'd love to hear 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮! Leave us a comment or DM. We are always looking for new art! Subs now open. inkinthirds.org/submissions/

Wow 💥 - complex characters - nuanced storytelling - harrowing and tender - delivered by an expert voice all the way By Her Hand, Marion Taffe #Writingcommunity #Auslit #Books

Submissions 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 2026 issue! Why INK? •No Fees •All-inclusive •Paying Market •We respond to all subs •Literary Prize Nominations •Fast turnaround time •Full-color Print Issues (& digital download) inkinthirds.org/submissions/

"Kindness" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.

"Sea Lake" by @sandrinado.bsky.social in case you missed it

This story racked up 19 rejections before @yourimpossiblevoice.com took it. This BOTN nomination means a lot to me. Thank you @keithjpowell.com 🙏🏾 Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡 Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...

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So excited for my piece to be featured in the latest issue of @trampset.bsky.social. Do check it out & the amazing work of fellow writers <3

We’re free, free, free, with overgrown feathered bangs, hand-me-down tees on matchstick frames, sucking down raspberry Slurpees on steaming sidewalks . . . —"Sweet Dreams" by @carlyanderson.bsky.social https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams

Long before language, when moonlight kissed the earth each green and lushy night, there were no words per se or even the mouths to say them. And then there was the time by Francine Witte For the full story visit 100wordstory.org

Thank you, @100wordstory.bsky.social for featuring my tiny sugary-but-not-sweet tale

Delighted to have my story, Lucille Ascends, take 3rd place in the latest @flash500.bsky.social competition! flash500.com/flash-fictio... It came from a writing exercise set by the wonderful @noranadj.bsky.social at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social last year (where so many good things begin) ❤️

We sat on the balcony, my parents and I. —"Torn Apart" by @vaniadyawrites.bsky.social https://www.fiveminutelit.com/torn-apart

"We wanted to know: if real teeth were traded for real babies, what could we get for false teeth?" Love this from @marijean.bsky.social - the sense of childhood naivety, and the deeper stories lying underneath

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"In my eardrums waves thrum, roaring against the silence." This brilliant piece of writing by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.fiveminutelit.com/sea-lake

“Just as an empty shell recounts its swirling sea, there is memory here.” This amazing write by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social So poetic and evocative 🌊🧡🧡🧡

Delighted to have this piece up at @fiveminutelit.bsky.social about my hometown. 🌊

It’s truly an honor to be included in the fabulous August issue of @centaurlit.bsky.social! Huge thanks to editor @lynnmundell.bsky.social for publishing “We Don’t Meet in Buda” alongside a fabulous lineup! ❤️❤️ centaurlit.com/we-dont-meet...

They sit quietly, their hands spread out flat. The mother faces them, pursing the lips someone said were just like Grace Kelly’s. Nail Party by Laura Wettersten For full story visit 100wordstory.org

My grandmother wrapped my thumb with a piece of thread, the tip of my finger growing redder with each turn of the fiber. —"Remedy" by Sua Im https://www.fiveminutelit.com/remedy

Receipts, sticky notes, promotional pens, junk mail. My husband never throws anything away. —"Upendings" by @mhypponen.bsky.social in case you missed it https://www.fiveminutelit.com/upendings

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My new non-fiction drabble is out today! It's so great to be part of Five Minutes again! Come read about one of the most memorable five minutes of my life and while you're there check out all the other amazing drabbles Five Minutes has to offer! www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...

Friends I have a piece up in a dream journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social today about the relentlessness of motherhood (and a public toilet sign). Hope you’ll read. Thanks @kbonilla.bsky.social for seeing something in it 🧡🧡🧡

We're looking for more photography and art! Upcoming issue, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤: (𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥/𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫) Vol 6, i.2! #VisualArt #photography Fill our inbox with something that gives us the 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑳𝑺! Look at our past covers and give us something new and different!