We are overjoyed to announce The People's Mic upcoming dates! The People’s Mic is more than an open mic; it’s a community gathering rooted in care, creativity, and connection! Join us for an evening where poets, storytellers, and musicians share space and truth. #OpenMicNight #CommunityGathering

I got a BOTN nom! Many thanks to JP @trashcatlit.bsky.social.

Rewatching “The West Wing” and sighing.

Book mail! Congrats @pdforan.bsky.social. I know I’m in for quite a ride if I’m already misty-eyed after reading the Author’s Note…

History will remember this time as The Great Embarrassment.

Switch is open for submission until June 15th! Send us your intriguing, your enigmatic, your lovely microfiction. We publish stories up to 300 words. See submission requirements at switchonline.org

Made my day.

@mikiesherrill.bsky.social Do better.

A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors apnews.com/article/auth...

I’ve not seen this before. I don’t know what this is called, but I had to pull over and get pix.

So America gets raped for it’s 250th birthday. I can’t with this shit.

Today is the day✨ Lit Mags Unite Against ICE! Come meet us at Starr Bar in Bushwick from 6-9pm for our open mic event with @epiphanylit.bsky.social & the Eckleburg Review✨ RSVP and get all the info here: buff.ly/opRd3Oq

Bruce should add this to the repertoire.

Got tired of screaming into the void about people posting screenshots here from X and TS just to comment on them. Now I just block anyone who does it. Feels good.

They really, really want their Reichstag Fire, don’t they?

Desperate.

Thank you, Virginia!

A milestone of sorts: I have now lived longer than my dad.

Yeah, fuck that guy.

At long last, can we all finally agree that he is an absolute moron?

Recommended viewing on Netflix: The Man in the High Castle.

Our spotlight today is from @bmerklee.bsky.social 🦝 We loved how this very relatable story takes a surprise turn and there is not a word out of place. Accomplished, tight writing. Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/empty-nest/

Believing the book of Revelation is true should preclude one from serving in government or the military.

Sure, let’s blow up shit for Jesus. Makes all the sense in the world.

Grateful to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for reprinting my story “Empty Nest” in this fab issue!

I guarantee all this shit is raining down on Minnesota because Tim Walz had the balls to call Trump and his minions “weird”.

My novella-in-flash -- If Bluebirds Fly -- has been highly commended in the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash competition. Congratulations to all the winners! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judg...

Just four more days until this issue launches! 🦝 @jaimegill.bsky.social uses a tension building structure to show how life is often far worse than the movies @bmerklee.bsky.social's MC deals with a lost relationship but ends up with something considerably more intense

Congratulations to the 3 Winners of our 2026 novella in flash award! 1st prize Victoria Melekian, runners up @bsherm36.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social & highly commended @fionajanemack.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social & Bill Merklee www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

Just once, when Mike Johnson quotes the Bible to justify some government BS, I wish someone in the room would shout, “SO WHAT?”

We're working on exciting new fiction for March 1 but can't stop savoring this beauty from @bmerklee.bsky.social. You can't live 119 years and not have secrets! doric-literary.com/2026/02/01/m...

Tonight’s feature presentation.

Tonight’s feature presentation.

This story’s gonna stay with me awhile.

Second story out this month, marking the return of Anti-Heroin Chic. Thanks to EIC James Diaz for having me back. heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/make-du...

Thrilled to have a new, longer story up at Doric Literary. Many thanks to editor Dave Gregory. doric-literary.com/2026/02/01/m...

Coming February 1 to Doric Literary: @bmerklee.bsky.social channels Vonnegut in this absorbing adventure telling the story of life on a US Navy Destroyer in 1942.

for Alex Pretti

Second acceptance of 2026! Big thanks to editor James Diaz @antiheroinchic.bsky.social .

Go Fanone.

First acceptance of 2026! Thrilled that my short story “Message in a Bottle” will appear in @doricliterary.bsky.social next month. Many thanks to editor Dave Gregory.

Actually, Greenland should “obviously” be part of Canada. But Canada is too polite to say so.

@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Bootlicking cowards.

Six Feet Under

That’s some straight up Nazi shit coming out of the State Department.

Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/