How about a dark humorous sci-fi fantasy drabble? Here's one "Made to Order" in ScribesMICRO—Many thanks to the Editors for selecting my work! Hope you'll have a read: Issue 59's filled with a variety of tiny stories, humor, crime, sci-fi. www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-59.html

Finished reading "We Live Here Now" in 2 evenings by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social - a real page turner, won't say more. You gotta read it if you like dark, gothic, thriller, mystery, genre-bending. I loved it.

"Self-cleaning requires extremely high temperatures, which will trigger an automatic shutdown. During this time, you may experience reruns of bad decisions" Whimsical and imaginative! by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

"You can’t put a baby back once you’ve plucked it off a tree. Why else would you come to a baby orchard?" A deliciously dystopian story by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/just...

"In life, he was blind. In death, he sees everything, she says." Loved this piece. Brava, @csquareh.bsky.social

"In life, he was blind. In death, he sees everything, she says. She whispers thanks and asks him to make her indoor tomato plant to give her big juicy ones." Don't miss this tender story from @csquareh.bsky.social in #nffd2026 🌊

Wow I love this dystopian piece by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/term...

Grateful to have my story "Thereafter" included in FlashFlood - Many thanks to Editors @natflashfictionday.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/ther...

"Mother's starved, memories her sole company, once-agile body gone, the inevitable looming, so hand over heart where aggravation and love tussle, she calls back, says cell phones are unreliable, somewhere, somehow, they lost their connection." Another gem by @sudhab.bsky.social

Thrilled to have had a story accepted into the Flash Flood and to get a chance to be part of this festival of compressed creativity. I have some very talented neighbours on either side of me like @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social and @christyhartman.bsky.social - what an honour to be placed near them.

"As first formers, you daring us to drink our chemistry experiment leading to a glorious sickie together watching Rage, our hands thigmotropic on the couch" Always blown away by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/all-...

"Kick your legs and forget the one who gave you eyes." Poetic and surreal story by @ezhang77.bsky.social

"Desk-bound days, causing the spine to curve slightly, leaning into its history." Ingenious and vivid: an X-ray view of a life by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social [email protected]

Unleashing of cover, tadaaaaa.

Thrilled to share "Transformation" a weird piece in Bending Genres. Many thanks and gratitude to EiC @rgvaughan.bsky.social and editors @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/transformati...

"You’ll feel my spear once I dispatch this insolent tulip." Mighty and tiny poem by @tracyroyce.bsky.social in @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social

"The ability to shatter into oblivion the beauty you’ve just created. Before anyone else can take it from you or ruin it." by @anniejowrites.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

"There’s no denying that the man Joanne picked up two days earlier has morphed into her son, though as time passes, she will wonder." Stunning story by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social

"Then the white coat people, whoever they are because I’m out of it and not in a yummy way, enter the room grinning." What a nightmare and relief in this powerful piece by @tracyroyce.bsky.social in Dorothy Parker's Ashes journal!

Delighted to have "Sibling Rivalry" included in @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @blinkink50.bsky.social for the nomination and to guest editor @dseuss.bsky.social and series editors @megpokrass.bsky.social and Gary Fincke.

"I was so lonely I would leave my hands on the sides of the microfiche machines after turning them off so I could feel some kind of warmth." I love this perfect piece of writing by @fklein907.bsky.social 💙💙💙 milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/05/14/g...

I'm honored to have "Yellow" included in @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social release July 7th! Much gratitude 🙏🙏 to EiC @lynnmundell.bsky.social of @centaurlit.bsky.social for the publication and nomination, guest editor Diane Seuss for the selection and Editors @megpokrass.bsky.social and @GaryFincke

Thrilled to share a tiny funny story shortlisted in the annual contest @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social - Many thanks to EiC @jeffharvey.bsky.social and judge Dan Crawley: gooseberry-pie.com/how-our-brot...

Happy to share a weird funky story "A Man and A Balloon" in the amazing Ghostparachute journal, illustrated by Brett J. Barr - Many Thanks and gratitude to @brettpribble.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/april-...

Im so excited to be in this issue with a deer boy story, with gorgeous art by Brett J Barr! I also spy @csquareh.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @sfreligh.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social and more! ghostparachute.com/issue/april-...

“Neck the Neck” By Frances Gapper Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition gooseberry-pie.com/neck-the-neck/

“You Awaken to a Giant Eye in Your Neighbor’s Yard” by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition gooseberry-pie.com/you-awaken-t...

“Today Was a Good Day” by @suzannehicks.bsky.social Shortlist @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Annual Writing Comp gooseberry-pie.com/today-was-a-...

"A family of six jumping to their feet, fanning across the expanse, a whistle, hand signals. A child, a smile, sandcastle under construction, swaying seagrasses." Love the unsaid in this powerful piece by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social, first Prize winner in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

"and I said yes, because I’d seen the trees as I was walking to the station when I thought the world was a waste of time, and that was the one thing that gave me enough oomph to go to my fourth interview in a week" Brilliant story by @kiklodge.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Ecstatic to have my piece "Yellow" included in @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social - Much gratitude to Centaur Lit EiC @lynnmundell.bsky.social for the nomination, to Guest Editor @dseuss.bsky.social for the selection and Best Microfiction editors @megpokrass.bsky.social and @garyfinkc.bsky.social -

Hot Flash Literary's Best Small Fictions nominations!! @kathyfish.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social Deepthi Krishnamurthy @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff Congrats and good luck to all!!

Excited to share 3 micros published in the amazing @newworldwriting.bsky.social - Many Thanks to Editor @kimchinquee.bsky.social and team for this acceptance 🙏 newworldwriting.net/christine-h-...

We are thrilled to congratulate our Pushcart Prize winners! Dave Newman has won a Pushcart Prize for "The Last Thing That Happened Before I Became a Med Tech." newworldwriting.net/dave-newman-... Francine Witte has won a Pushcart Prize for "Plate Spinner." newworldwriting.net/francine-wit...

Excited to share this piece by Francine Witte!

Thanks for sharing this new story from Michelle Ross! We love it!

"We tiptoed between our dreams and our duty." Another gorgeous piece from Christine H. Chen @csquareh.bsky.social at @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/yellow-by-ch...

@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social last year’s November issue with terrific work by @lucindakempe.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social @luannecastle.bsky.social @anchalastudio.bsky.social Karen Zlotnik @csquareh.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/issue-23/

"My mother used to say I had quite the imagination. She didn’t mean it as a compliment." Love this tiny surreal piece by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross in @Ilanot Review: www.ilanotreview.com/flaw-and-fav...

It's always wonderful to read work by writers I hadn't read before. "Even now, the umbrella carries a faint echo of ceremony, a small shield between human and heaven" by @zaryfekete.bsky.social in @newworldwriting.bsky.social newworldwriting.net/zary-fekete-...

"Mom fell and got hurt. Or Mom got agitated and hurt someone else, perhaps another stumbling sufferer." by @tracyroyce.bsky.social -omg I can relate! Caregiving is so hard.

Big thanks to @fiveminutelit.bsky.social and EIC @susannabaird.bsky.social for featuring my flash CNF!

Christine Chen @csquareh.bsky.social is such a natural at the fragmented form, and this one's a stunner. Read "Raise the Red Lantern" in the inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary. hotflashliterary.com/raise-the-re...

"“It just reacts a little late,” he says, wiping away steam. “Like someone getting old.” A strange and fascinating read by Huina Zheng in Hot Flash Literary hotflashliterary.com/the-mirror-h...

"You press your lips against the moist paper heart of my mask." Beautiful piece by @Nancy Stohlman in Hot Flash Literary hotflashliterary.com/fever/

"They stuck their fists inside people and twisted things." Such as fabulous piece by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary hotflashliterary.com/a-good-sign/

"I probably should have spent less energy on changing my shape and more on changing my mindset." by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary hotflashliterary.com/my-body-my-c...

"My insides resemble a well-marbled steak." by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary - gut wrenching piece, I could relate so much! hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

Check out inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary founded by @jekwriter.bsky.social & Tina Carlson: "One thing remained clear, though: that women-identifying people needed a place where their voices wouldn’t get lost in an icy gale. Where they could, instead, be hot like lava." hotflashliterary.com