It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with, gently move your mind away. Do this as many times as you need.

Disability: The Revolution! Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025 If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you. See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution

I'd be grateful if you can send links for flash stories where climate change plays a role. I'd like my students to write these kinds of stories for an assignment, but I don't have many models. Thanks!

Attention! (Fun to write that, that’s all). Pleased and proud to share that my story made this fancy longlist. As you were.

Excited to share this. My feather of a story is in one of my fave journals.

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Hey all, if you're looking for editing and mentoring services, I've compiled this extensive list of recommendations. I can’t personally vouch for all of the writers/editors on this list, but you might find it handy. Also, let me know if you'd like to be included! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

So excited to be included in this lineup. Thanks @psmokejournal.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️ Looking forward to reading the other stories.

Love this story! Quick, worthy read.

This story! Powerful, heartbreaking, unique, & memorable. Highly recommend. By Chanel Sutherland @csuther.bsky.social granta.com/descend/

"Before the summer girl sang, they hadn’t known they had souls, hadn’t known they could be serious." I loved this story by @eileentomarchio.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. gooseberry-pie.com/goat-song/

"I get up when it’s still dark because, if I wait until after the Tuscan sun rises, it will be too hot to bake a cake." This shortie by @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social stretched my heart. Recommended read. fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...

Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social is back in the house on May 17th! And we can't wait. These sessions are always exhilarating. Bring your drafty drafts. www.smokelong.com/product/high...

AAAAH!! Look, everyone! I made THE LIST! Again. SO excited. (Thank you Hugh). Oh, and if you don't subscribe to his newsletter you're missing out. Great stories (I mean, other than mine 😊), music rec's, random interesting stuff. But don't blame me if you get less work done.

"They’ve passed beyond the lake now and the boy feels better until the car swerves a bit, sliding a few inches across the road in a layer of rain." Nothing Mechanically Wrong by @andreabishop.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/04/20/n...

"Though it’s getting harder to remember the sound of his mom’s actual voice, he can easily picture the back of her head, hair loose and long..." Nothing Mechanically Wrong by @andreabishop.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please follow and enjoy

Can't think of a better home for little Henry than @fictivedream.bsky.social. 🥰 6-minute read.

We're delighted to welcome Andrea Bishop with her short story Nothing Mechanically Wrong, out tomorrow @andreabishop.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity

Loved this story by Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social. "Carl says he’ll report him to the RSPCA. I want to laugh, but I won’t go out-of-character, not even for The Libertines." www.smokelong.com/stories/full...

And this. "Monday, everything is in its place: There’s the sofa across from the picture window so you can keep one eye on your crime shows and the other eye on the hummingbirds." Beautiful story. By @lmariharris.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/13/a...

Getting caught up on stories I missed during my time away and obsessed with so many goodies in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Starting with this gem, both tender and biting, by @jedwardkruft.bsky.social. fictivedream.com/2025/02/22/m...

Fancy joining us for a literary shindig in Brussels? Tickets are on sale tomorrow! 🤸🏽‍♂️🤸🏽‍♂️🤸🏽‍♂️ @saloneurope.bsky.social

Love this story by @lmariharris.bsky.social in Harpur Palate about caring for a home-economics egg baby. "I name my egg Betty and draw sleeping eyes, a little open bird mouth, and little swirls for curls in black marker." harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/harris-l-mar...

The most frequent comment I get from writers is, “I’ve been trying to write this story for so long and your prompt opened the door for me.” 💙https://open.substack.com/pub/artofflashfiction/p/registrations-open-upcoming-workshops?r=4e5y2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Story Skeleton: The Classics is now live! We are thrilled to be able to share this with the world 😁🥳✌️🌍 Plot-point breakdowns and craft analysis of 21 classic novels. Think book club for authors 📚 www.amazon.com/Story-Skelet...

Amazing news. Looking forward to learning from Finnian. Bring on February. Bring on the scars. Thanks @smokelong.bsky.social Thanks @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social

I can’t express how much this means to me. Thank you @turnandwork.com for taking the care and time to do this. ❤️

Enjoying my first #canlit book of the year. This was incredible! Engaging from start to finish - yes, horror elements but more of a coming home, family drama with such relatable family dynamics. Absolutely wonderful book.

Recommend checking out this story by @elissafield.bsky.social. It's 🔥. www.craftliterary.com/2025/01/10/a...

My mom found a wrapped salt water taffy whilst out and about. She evidently didn’t read the memo about strange candy, cause she ate it. It turned out to be an edible, with a hero’s dose of THC. To say my 80-yr old, 5’2, never-smoked-pot-in-her-life mother is stoned is putting it mildly. OI VEY

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Macro-Congrats to all the nominees. Looping back to trampset.org to catch the couple stories I missed when they came out. I know they'll all be yummy.

"Perhaps a grief counselor could explain the physics behind the recent change in the weight of air in our apartment." @andreabishop.bsky.social makes grief palpable in this gorgeous short. mastersreview.com/new-voices-q...

Proud of this short story up at The Masters Review today. I hope you'll check it out if you can spare the 4 minutes. mastersreview.com/new-voices-q...

Day 4 of our Christmas giveaway is a 2-parter! First up, I'm offering an AMA roundtable for 4 people! Got burning publishing Qs? Need suggestions on lit mags? Want to say hi to Fitzwilliam? Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The 4 winners will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm.

Beautiful story from @andreabishop.bsky.social 🥹

Proud of this short story up at The Masters Review today. I hope you'll check it out if you can spare the 4 minutes. mastersreview.com/new-voices-q...

Attention Poets: 📣 The Fiddlehead’s 2024 Poetry Contest is closing soon! Don’t miss your chance to enter our final contest of the year. You could win $2000 dollars plus publication in our Spring 2025 issue! Deadline to enter: December 2, 2024 thefiddlehead.ca/contest

This is such a fantastic story by @spencerwriting.bsky.social in trampset. I recommend making time to read.

Wow. It’s a writerly stampede. Hello.

Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

Wow. It’s a writerly stampede. Hello.

OKD contributors! If we’ve ever published you, please reply with a link to the piece and we’ll add you to an OKD starter pack (and, of course, boost your work). ✍️

After 50 years Green Mountains Review is ending their run. The university cut funding. If you and/or your institution have an interest in taking over this wonderful publication please contact Liz Powell, editor emeritus at 802 310 0200

We've got TWO (2!) Submission Calls coming in the next ~24 hours! • tonight, Thursday, 11/2, 6pm ET — guest editor, Evan Nicholls • tomorrow morning, Friday, 11/3, 11am ET — guest editor, @anniejowrites.bsky.social sub call language in screenshots & alt description