What’s not to love about this beauty?! Read it y’all, now!

"But instead, she pulls me into her chest with a gravitational force so strong it crushes my lungs, and I’m back in our backyard." This is a phenomenal piece of writing by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Feeling so lucky to have a new story up in @emergejournal.bsky.social, alongside some incredible writers. Show the new issue some love y’all!

Carved this piece out of me, and I’m excited to finally share it. Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social @ericscottryon.bsky.social Gina Chung and @jiksuncheung.bsky.social for giving this the home of my dreams!

“Until then, I’ll lick my lips and watch the sugarcane fields burn.” “The air outside burns too. A new color, Sugarcane Ash, coating my hair and every windshield.” @kyleisamu.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-ways-we-...

"I ask him if he can take me driving since Mom is working. Chad doesn’t work and neither do his words, not before noon, and he grunts." Wonderful build of character and emotion in this brilliant #FlashFiction from @kyleisamu.bsky.social

You’re gonna want to read all of these stories!!

‘Chad doesn’t work and neither do his words, not before noon, and he grunts.’ Brilliant storytelling from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. Just love that loaded final line 🛣️ ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

“I meowed in response. I was five—thirty-seven in cat years, and cats didn’t speak Japanese or need parents. Benji, cats are seen not heard, Grandpa barked.” Stellar micro series by @kyleisamu.bsky.social. Read it here: variantlit.com/the-ways-we-...

I forget there are 15 volcanoes surrounding me, five of them active, one of which destroyed my cousin’s home. Auntie Mel blamed Pele. I told her the gods have better things to do. Damn!! Read these amazing micros from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social!!

Thank you @variantlit.bsky.social for giving these three micros a home, alongside some crazy talented writers! Read Issue 20 now! variantlit.com/the-ways-we-...

“They threaten to call Bruce the manager who’s usually doing Roberta the lifer waitress in his office upstairs or is passed out drunk in the wine room.” You gotta give this piece by @sfreligh.bsky.social a read!

"Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by." Love this story by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

"We are frenzied miners, Blue Raspberry Frost vibrating through our veins, hoping our fingernails strike gold." 🔥 Phenomenal story from @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. #FlashFiction

Did you read this story by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute?!?! Why the hell not? Get on it!!!!

New micro up Ghost Parachute! Check out everyone!! It's an amazing issue!! ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

We’ve worked hard to bring you these wonderful poems and works of prose. Enjoy and share!

This is one of my favorite stories, you should read it! 🫶 @kyleisamu.bsky.social

"We are frenzied miners, Blue Raspberry Frost vibrating through our veins, hoping our fingernails strike gold." This brilliant piece of writing by @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙

“Chad teaches me how to take man-bites, drive with my knees, and headbang to Metallica all at the same time. I’m pushing 80 mph. Maybe it’s the extra jalapeños but we’re on fire, melting white lines and green signs.” @kyleisamu.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

A dream publication in Ghost Parachute! Honored to be among such talented writers, check out the March issue now ❤️ ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

“I imagine having a child like her: the hot heart of an animal, all hunger, blood galloping around the ring of their body…” By one of my faves @aniking.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. Every moment in this piece sounds so sweet, aches so good. pitheadchapel.com/nervous-thing/

So delighted to be a part of this issue, Pithead Chapel is a dream publication for me!

Wow! I’m shocked, thrilled, delighted!!! Thank you so much @bathflashfictionaward.bsky.social!!Huge thanks to judge @sfreligh.bsky.social 🥰 and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop friends 🥰

OMG!!! I have completely lost the plot over here. Speechless!! Thank you @sfreligh.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Wow! ❤️🙏 Huge congrats to the other winners, SL & LL writers.🌟🌟🌟 And mega thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for the 2023 'Going There' intensive that prompted this story.❤️

“I’ve found roly polies by the fistful. Swarms of soil mites piled up like tiny sacs of tears.” @kplumhoff.bsky.social never disappoints—a juicy, poignant piece of art now up in @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/cluster-by-k...

An absolute stunner, Mario. And that ending!

"Koss writes one of the fiercest collections that I have read in a long time. Their voice is wry and self-aware, like the grounded friend you wish you had met a long time ago." Wow! This brilliant review of @kossworks.bsky.social's collection by @erinvachon.bsky.social 💙💙💙

What an honor, to have “Quantum” included in the stellar lineup at @fictivedream.bsky.social this year ❤️ Huge thanks to editor Laura Black, and to the wonderful @sfreligh.bsky.social for the workshop that brought Willy to life! fictivedream.com/2025/02/27/q...

Who’s hungry?!

Truly grateful to be on this list, and I can't wait to read the other stories!

Yay, @kyleisamu.bsky.social!! 🖤 🖤 🖤

First post on here and it’s a big one! Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and Gina Chung for this honor. Big congrats to Alison Morretta and @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social too! I can’t wait to read all the stories 💙🐸