Our story of the week is Harlequins Upon Our Doorsteps by Mizuki Yamamoto.

The very best of The Forge is very very good indeed. Let’s all start tucking into these stories, linked in the comments

We are all so proud to have published these brilliant stories and are cheering them on!!

Our 2025 Pushcart Nominations! Best of luck to all of these brilliant authors!

I’m not big on resolutions, but I love a good goal. In amongst other reading I’m hoping to read the complete works of Dorothy Parker and Paule Marshall this year, in as close to chronological order as possible. I’ve never really read either before, excited to get going!!

Our story of the week is A Reconstruction of the Lost Film "The Life of General Villa" by Cody Harrison.

Happy to have a micro fiction included in this solstice project by Necessary Fiction! Such a neat idea and so many great, very short meditations on the season. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...

Day 3 of our gathering brings @tmcallister.bsky.social, @feed-me-poetry.bsky.social, @sidsibo.bsky.social, Kathleen Hellen, @philippabowe.bsky.social, Kathryn Edie, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Michael Colonnese, David Capps, & @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...

Our story of the week is Vacancies by SK Stringer.

Delighted to have a short story up at The Wild Umbrella today amidst many other great pieces!

Our story of the week is It Shall Prosper in the Thing by Andi Shapiro.

Great mag, great judge!

Our story of the week is Beyond Guernica by R.A. Morean.

My awesome friend Michelle is starting a bookstore that will also function as a community space supporting kids and veterans! She’s got such a brilliant, detailed plan and more enthusiasm than anyone I’ve ever met - I’m excited to see it all come together. @bradymicheller.bsky.social

Our story this week is The Genocide Unfolds on My Phone, the winner of our 2025 Forge Flash Nonfiction Contest! Congratulations to Acree Graham Macam! @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social

I love this story so much!

Our nonfiction story of the week is Qurbani Eid by Rahad Abir.

This was so fun! Michelle is a fantastic conversational partner!!

Our story of the week is Artist Statement: Leech 1 (salvaged materials) by India Choquette.

I interviewed Victoria Chen who gave the best answer to the question, What did you buy yesterday? #LitMag @theforge.bsky.social #LitInterview #Writers #SmashLits

Wrote a little joke here for all of us with middle schoolers in our lives. All of these made me smile - take a minute if you need a Halloween boost!

Rereading some favorite ghost stories in preparation for the big day Friday - including this charmer by @saracrowley.bsky.social ! Delightful.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Prejudice and Love Poems by Harli James.

So excited to have had the chance to do this with the fab @bradymicheller.bsky.social!! She’s a brilliant, funny, and empathic interviewer and we had such a great chat! Looking forward to listening to all the others asap!!

EEEEK!!! I couldn't wait to share these amazing people's stories with you! Up on all the apps. New episode every other week, but 3 now to get you hooked. 😆https://michellereneebrady.podbean.com/ Let's rediscover each other one book at a time! @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Faker by Brittany Micka-Foos.

I became a Whitaker fan thanks to Valerie Waterhouse - fitting to enjoy this with her brilliant afterward! “Malachi’s 1939 memoir is more tightly controlled…. ‘What is the use of life?’ when uncertainty is all around, she asks, supplying the book’s unifying theme.” @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social

I published such a smart and sassy story by Victoria Chen. You should read it. "Everyone was saying they were a people pleaser due to childhood neglect. Everyone was an asshole. I was waiting to be inspired."

Our story of the week is On Backsliding by Victoria Chen.

Such a delight and honor to read these stories - congratulations and can’t wait to see them go live!!

Hearty congratulations to the winners of this year's Forge Flash Competition, Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social ! 🎉🔥 Their pieces will be published in November. The full results are here: forgelitmag.com/2025/10/04/2...

“I’m exhausted and grumpy and can’t exactly explain at work, sorry, there’s this ghost girl who likes to punch me so I’m not getting enough hours.” New from my brilliant buddy Sara Crowley!! Give yourself a first-day-of-October treat!

I'm so chuffed to have a little flash of mine in Ghost Parachute. Also, damn, look at the amazing line up! 🤩 #FlashFiction #👻

The incomparable Yume Kitasei has done it again!! A brilliant novel about sisters willing to sail to the ends of the earth to find each other, through a world transformed by climate disaster. Immersive and funny as well as being simply beautifully written. Don’t miss it!!! @yumewrites.bsky.social

We have LIFT OFF!!! Bradford author Malachi Whitaker's 1939 light dark n witty 1939 memoir is relaunched by @bhousepress.bsky.social for the first time since the 1980s. @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordtanda.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social With a big thanks to @neglectedbooks.com

Our story of the week is Little Prayer by Emerson Archer.

If you're in San Francisco, come see us at Litcrawl! It's going to be a great time!

On this beautiful equinox, this beautiful story by Mae Juniper Stokes. A bit of bad-ass fable for your morning! “On the walk there, through the syrupy blue of winter at dusk, a coyote had crossed her path. Yellow, dog-sized, but with the self-assured immediacy of something undomesticated.”

Our story of the week is Dog Ears by Mae Juniper Stokes.

Our next virtual launch from the Recovered Books series at @bhousepress.bsky.social will be for Malachi Whitaker's unique memoir, And So Did I, on Tuesday, 14 October, at 7PM BST. Our special guests will be Catherine Taylor and Valerie Waterhouse. Register on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

l've been waiting for this memoir since I first read Camille's work and finally it's here and I have the time to read it properly! It's a stunner - achingly gorgeous writing that drops you straight into her world. Poetic language that doesn't pull its punches. Go find yourself a copy!!

SAVE THE DATE Join Boiler House Press for the FREE online launch of Malachi Whitaker's light, dark & witty 1939 memoir, And So Did I. 14/10/25. 7pm BST. 8pm CEST. 2pm EDT. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... @bhousepress.bsky.social

Our story of the week is The Source of Love by Brecht De Poortere.

Our flash contest is now open and I’m already enjoying reading some great work!! Full details on our site, free spots available for writers who need them. Send us something fantastic!!

Our story of the day is Fragility by Milena Nigam.

Full details on our website! We’re very proud to be able to offer some free spots - first come, first serve, so get your work ready! Very much looking forward to reading!!

@reactorsff.bsky.social has a first chapter of my new book, Saltcrop, if you want a sneak peek!

Oh! This flash essay by @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social is so good. #CNF #Essay. #💖 #WiseWomen #Flash #FlashNonFiction

I’ve got a brief interview about my writing process up with my essay in Pictura! Writers of chaos, this one’s for you.