“'Hi, camel,' I say, in the voice I use for animals, for those I need to calm down, for those I need to love me. I decide to give him a name. 'Chad, you sweetie.'” Chad, Vivian, Pete, the shout of the wind & @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/what-we-lost...

“Everything’s eerily quiet like this is the apocalypse, an apocalypse where we have to deal with a f—ing camel” in @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/what-we-lost...

New Fiction today from Lori Sambol Brody. Lori Sambol Brody lives in the mountains of Southern California. Her short fiction has been published in Smokelong Quarterly, Wigleaf, Tin House Flash Fridays, the New Orleans Review, Craft, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.

Today, SugarSugarSalt Lit Magazine re-published my bit of memoir, "Hospitality," a recollection of a family meal at a newly integrated Howard Johnson's in the early 1960s. sugarsugarsaltlit.substack.com/p/hospitalit.... #memoir #nonfiction #writing #sugarsugarsaltlit #jimcrow #southcarolina

Poignant @jenwithwords.bsky.social

"..so angelic are the days to lead me to keep walking, however if I stumble, nonetheless to keep leaning toward the duck here and the duck there.." There is this place in us all. Read this gorgeous, vulnerable, lyric CNF by Shome Dasgupta.

“Incessant taps—I know that familiar pattering, and I know to lift my tongue only to the knitted skies ahead.” sugarsugarsaltlit.substack.com/p/it-goes-li...

I was reading this today. Get on it!

😍🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

"If you carve the words in sadness, know them like the ink you bury, like the veins that rise to the occasion." Undoing: The Book of Being Here by @jenlrouse.bsky.social in The Constant Hum of Elsewhere, published by Harbor Editions @smallharborpub.bsky.social (congrats, Jen! ♥️)

New nonfiction today from Lacey Rodriquez. reckonreview.com/i-know-now-w...

Flash fiction by @lmariharris.bsky.social is like a precious gem, rare & worth the wait. So good to read her again! theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/d...

New Wind & Root from the brilliant Mary Thorson, come see.

I have both & they are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

In a very new experience (for me!) I participated in a panel discussion for Best Small Fictions with some really cool writers like Scott Garson and Meg Pokrass. About endings and short fiction. Watch or don't!! www.youtube.com/live/OTB7dxC...

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN APRIL 1 - 7 substack.com/@charlotteha...

Thanks to @emergejournal.bsky.social & @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for including my CNF in their new issue. Love this journal! emergeliteraryjournal.com/storm-warnin...

New Nonfiction today from J.R. Welch reckonreview.com/sometimes-a-...

"One summer we played Workin’ Together time and again, Tina’s husky, soulful cries floating up to the bald sun" Great evocation of character and relationship in this one from @charhamrick.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

New fiction today from Noreen Graf!!

“If she had listened. If she had not done that thing. If she could slip through the keyhole like a ghost.” I‘m blown away by this… @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social in @epistemiclit.bsky.social epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

Many thanks to Gooseberry Pie for accepting my micros. Love this journal!

New creative nonfiction today at Reckon. Come visit and read "Mothering, 21st Century Edition" by Alina Zollfrank @zollizen.bsky.social

A beautiful, lyrical micro memoir for you today. Submissions open 3/1/26! SugarSugarSalt Lit Magazine - Excavating words. @https://open.substack.com/pub/sugarsugarsaltlit/p/todays-special-by-heain-joung?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

“I’ve heard this episode at least five times, but Chauncey yells out possibilities anyway, not one of them the least bit matchable…” So funny! Karen Craigo in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/in-2025-my-h...

”We are already gone but we’re still here, still chasing an Intermezzo, a pleasant break, a quick fix before we get back to work and life…” Mileva Anastasiadou In @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🌟 gooseberry-pie.com/sign-of-the-...

“Those were my stories you stole.” @kossworks.bsky.social in @GooseberryPie99 💛✨ gooseberry-pie.com/obituary-sis...

“…the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signed up for.” @pdforan.bsky.social in @GooseberryPie99 ✨💛 gooseberry-pie.com/on-a-ghostli...

One of my favorite writers with a nuanced & engrossing story.

New CNF today. Head over to Reckon to read "H.O.M.E." by Mireya Gonzalez-Looby.

I reactivated my account to share this extraordinary story about obsession by @dluntz.bsky.social - I hope a few someone’s will see my share & read it. A quote to follow…. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

A pleasure to be your issue mate!

It’s so cool to start off the new year with a short story published in @reckonreview.bsky.social , one of my favorite short stories magazines! Thanks to everyone at RR for the opportunity to publish in your pages! reckonreview.com/were-in-an-emergency-fiction-by-e-a-aymar/

We're starting 2026 with a bang. Head over to Reckon to read "We're in an Emergency" by the brilliant @eaaymar.bsky.social

“Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead." — Tennessee Williams SEND US YOUR SUFFERING WORDS. SUBS ARE OPEN. reckonreview.com/submissions/

A pleasure to be your issue mate!

We back at it, folks. On the docket from the fiction side — small-town murders, car-slinging crushes, and tricky corvids. #amreading #litmags

“They say the moan of his sax is sexy but she knows it’s lonely.” The Sax Player by @charhamrick.bsky.social in Flash Frontier flashfrontier.com/december-202...

Sharing the opening poem, “Pseudo Myth” from MORE FLOWERS, out with @triohousepress.org on February 1st, 2026! 🌺 #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Just saw this great idea. Staunch & consistent supporters of myself & others: @melostrom.bsky.social , @pdforan.bsky.social , @kathyfish.bsky.social 💛❤️💚

Helllooooo! Does anyone actually read this app? I have poetry, fiction, & memoir recommendations for your book lover gifting. Support independent press!

We are excited to share our nominees for Best Microfiction 2026: Margo Griffin & Amanda Ashworth! Best of luck & big hugs to these brilliant writers. See reckonreview.com/award-nomina... for links to their stories.