“In the morning we never hold hands. We never walk by that house. We never speak of what happened at that neighborhood barbeque…” @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

Player by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social “The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”

Thanks for publishing @mrbullbull.bsky.social

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social Happy Birthday

We’re leaving for Madrid Spain tomorrow. Received a non-lucrative renewable 1-year visa and we’re going to give it a try, might become permanent. Still publishing @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social I think Gooseberry is la grosella or uchuva. If anyone knows, let me know.

This is a disgusting act of cowardice on the part of ABC. The First Amendment has no meaning to authoritarians. That the FCC is applying this kind of politically-motivated pressure to the free media is unconstitutional & should terrify us all.

@whaleroadreview.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social thank you for publishing Dad Calls her Gazelle www.whaleroadreview.com/harvey/

Issue 40 features work by @ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social @bethcastrodale.bsky.social @rita-tiwari.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social @beekaekae.bsky.social @nfako.bsky.social...

I'm delighted to have a new micro live in this fab issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social. This one got rolling in a @megpokrass.bsky.social workshop. 🚌 🚌 🚌 gooseberry-pie.com/boston-to-ne...

Thank you so much @jhhwriter.bsky.social and @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Thank you so much ‪@lit-namjooning.bsky.social‬ for nominating my CNF piece "Is That All There Is?" for a 2026 Best of the Net award. What a wonderful surprise!

Plumeria is so wonderful

Thrilled to hear @jekwriter.bsky.social story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social included in Best of the Net 2025 bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...

“…‘sometimes you’ve just got to take it on the chin.’” @stillsquirrel.bsky.social & @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...

SoFloPoJo #38 - August 2025 www southfloridapoetryjournal.com

Issue 33 is live with 15 extraordinary stories from 14 wonderful writers gooseberry-pie.com/issue-33/

Many thanks to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my new microfiction “Detritus Diary” in the new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social.

@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social, @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social and I set a flashy table together. Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for publishing The Third Best Dinner Set 🙏 gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...

'My son is a water-soaked bean in a Ziploc…’ Experiment by @angelines.bsky.social This diminutive tale’s left me feeling like I’ve seen a whole sun-drenched film. #flashfiction gooseberry-pie.com/experiment/

We’re ready to read your submissions. gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/

Quick update on @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Submission guidelines. Submit up to 3 stories in one doc and submit via online submission manager Moksha: gooseberrypielit.moksha.io

San Diego summer

I'm stunned to be on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 list. I look forward to reading this list every year! My thanks to @laughingyeti.bsky.social, @samanito.bsky.social and the Wigleaf team, as well as @atticusreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it. Can't wait to read all the stories!

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Congratulations 👏❤️🔥

I have a new story about the northern lights and Rocky up at Monkeybicycle, one of my all-time favorite journals.Check it out! Link to story: monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…

Thank you @trampset.bsky.social for publishing “Miss Jasper.”

Enjoy the latest micros now up on Switch, work by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @joannavtheiss.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @angelines.bsky.social Kathryn Petruccelli Cheryl Snell Tim Conley Liz deBeer Kris Wilcox Karen Walker Frances Gapper Mileva Anastasiadou — More to come!

Our June issue drops tomorrow! Featuring Gordon Taylor, @jhhwriter.bsky.social Ace Boggess, @justinkarcher.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Jordyn Damato, Rowan Tate, Sabyasachi Roy, & Angela Townsend. 🔥

Thank you Suzanne

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 has been won by Mizuki Yamagen for her story "Between Chamisa and Rengyō". Read/listen here to see why we chose it from hundreds of entries: www.smokelong.com/stories/betw... @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social

Thanks Claudia for reading ❤️

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Issue 32 of Gooseberry Pie Lit is live with 15 awesome slices. 7 were on our annual writing comp shortlist. gooseberry-pie.com/issue-32/

Pride

Congratulations to @charlotteham504.bsky.social and Rachel Smith for having their work selected for Best Small Fictions 2025! gooseberry-pie.com/best-small-f...

Thank you Dawn❤️

I'm a reader for the amazing @lit-namjooning.bsky.social and we open on June 3! Need some inspo? Here's a playlist! (Love me a playlist). There's the inimitable Asha Bhosle, Neil Finn, and a heap of Aussie singer-songwriters. Listen! Write! Sub! (Also do all this in a very chilled and mindful way)

The sensational @aniking.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!

Thanks for reading Pat!

"Tiffany who says, “Fuck yeah, this is going to be so rad... whose wide shoulders and biceps tense into tight lines when she holds the magazine out" Who can resist Tiffany? Perfect buzz cut of a story by @aniking.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/love-buzz-cu...

"As my body segments, pairs of hairy legs sprouting from each one, spiracles to breathe breathe breathe your oily-sweet pheromones in either side, the bartender hands me a shot glass of tequila with a gusano in it..." Do not miss this! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

‘…maybe it’s the memories of the tequila nights in my dorm bed, your annelid curves cupped in my hot hands, your nails chittering down my back…’ One that gets right under your skin! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, first prize in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🦂 gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...

“each segment of the creature’s body pulsed with a beautiful brown sheen; and, second, that her own breath now synchronized with the rippling motion of its many limbs” from @proliffany.bsky.social’s piece and just wow this is stunning.

"When the summer girl sang [...] they forgot the fence that held them, her voice an open gate, a sweet prod, a spur" Great use of anaphora and such a brilliant example of the ABDCE form. Love this beautiful story from @eileentomarchio.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/goat-song/

"when the wind is a whisper instead of a howling curse; when the sun’s light is no longer a cold prison searchlight but a warm lantern" So much resonance in this little gem of a list / how-to story from @writesofkathryn.bsky.social: gooseberry-pie.com/how-to-plant...

Big thanks to @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for the honorable mention, I’m so dang stoked!! This story is a love letter to 90s lesbian soft jocks, including a real Tiffany. gooseberry-pie.com/love-buzz-cu...

"For dinner, Mom warmed up a can of SpaghettiOs, and while we ate, she read her latest library book, Five Easy Steps to Your First Million. ... 'With a million dollars, I’d take you kids to London, and we’d meet the queen.'" Tuesday #flashfiction from Jeff Harvey!