It’s one thing if you enter the woods, it’s another if the wilderness shows up at your doorstep! 😰 Check out “A Touch of the Wild” by Anne Wilkins, our wilderness horror release this week #writingcommunity #horror #flashfiction @annewilkins.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-to...

oh right here's the link for people wanting to check it out: www.flashfictiononline.com/issues/septe...

Leo Rein's story is a funny take on murder mysteries and Beth Goder tells a lovely tale about a sentient interstellar market. Not a bad story in the bunch!

Short SFF Reading Update Flash Fiction Online 9/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social Solid issue, with a neat take on gender and choice in Nadia Radovich's "Silence, in the Doorway, with the Gun" (I like how it's also a Clue solution)

Enter the woods with our October wilderness horror opener, “To Breach a Citadel” by Jeannie Marschall. You are small compared to the entities that thrive here 💀 #writingcommunity #horror #flashfiction #foundfootage #wilderness @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/to-b...

Story release day! “This Is What Mouths Are For” is my answer to the question: what if everything was creepy and gross? Despite the fact that revising this story made me nauseous, I’m very, very proud of this one.

Delighted to have my sci-fi/horror story "Woodsong" appear in the October issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, which features tales of the deep, dark woods. www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

The Wilderness Horror issue of FFO @flashfictiononline.bsky.social is LIVE, my dears! May I coax you into the deep, dark woods with me?? www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

New issues of Dirty Magick, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, @locusmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, @smallwondersmag.com, are here for the month of October, and many of them are spooky! weightlessbooks.com/2025/10/

NOW AVAILABLE: FFO October 2025!! This issue is a collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor C.R. Langille. What better way to enter spooky season than by getting lost in the woods?! 💀 #writingcommunity #horror @crlangille.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

I missed this very sweet review of my story when it came out: "If you need something beautiful to make you feel a bit better about the world, read this." 😭 Thank you Sara!

Sharing this Jaiya John quote as a reminder…We open for submissions tomorrow! “Art is very dangerous thing to oppressors.” Share your resistance with us 💪 #flashfiction #writingcommunity #jaiyajohn #resist #artasresistance #theypersisted

I am sorry; I merely wrote down what I saw. Tomorrow, friends. TOMORROW, THE TREES COME FOR US 👀🖋️

I had a hand in creating this and that cover by Mary Esther Muñoz is perfect.

Ebook and Wordpress formatting playlist for October 2025. Get ready! Less than 48-hours until we release our collection of wilderness horror, guest edited by @crlangille.bsky.social Our cover art this month is by Mary Esther Muñoz 💚 #writingcommunity #flashfiction open.spotify.com/playlist/5Iy...

Punny closer to September: In “The Forest Through the Teas,” author Wendy Nikel goes all in on the wordplay to give Grandma Hyacinth a distinct voices. Check it out now on FFO! #flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy @wendynikel.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

TUESDAY RELEASE: “The Things You Bought for the Robot” by Stefan Alcalá Slater is LIVE and free to read! This story gave me feelings about a pair of robot slippers of all things… 🥹 #writingcommunity #flashfiction #sciencefiction www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

We are set up to open for subs starting October 1st. Although this is an unthemed call, the team discussed what is likely to work / not work for us this time & that info has been added to our Submittable #writingcommunity #flashfiction #litmag #submissions ffo.submittable.com/submit

Author Beth Goder returns to FFO with “Emerald Gears,” a story in which the setting is also the main character. What is the antidote to a life of wandering and bargaining…? Could it be poetry? #writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi @bethgoder.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...

Our midweek fiction is “Out of Print” by Wen Wen Yang, a story about a story, a tale of a Chinese female character wondering if she will ever escape the fate a hapless writer created for her. #writingcommunity #flashfiction @muteddragon.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/out-...

Our end-of-week release is “Yet Another Unforgettable Luncheon” by Leo Rein, a satire of cozy mysteries. Mind the rat poison and double-check your RSVP’s, we have one sleuth that needs a break! #writingcommunity #flashfiction #cozymystery #agathachristie www.flashfictiononline.com/article/yet-...

More guest editor news! 📣 Emma Burnett, our guest editor for our Nov 2025 issue, has a new story out today at @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #writingcommunity #shortstory #speculativefiction

C.R. Langille, our guest editor for Oct 2025, has a Kickstarter happening right now for her latest anthology. Please consider supporting her project. And stay tuned next month for our wilderness horror issue! #writingcommunity #horror @crlangille.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/crl...

FANTASY REPRINT RELEASE: Guan Un’s “The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild’s First Dragon.” What stories do we tell the next generation? What will we be remembered for? @thisisguan.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #fantasy www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

My flash "The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero" is free to read @flashfictiononline.bsky.social today! What happens after a hero grows old ... and has to babysit his granddaughter? (My first reprint!)

@eleanorlennox.bsky.social's prose is always so effortless and this story in particular is SUCH lush, beautiful work.

We are so excited to be including this story! I think everyone who read it on our team was awed and inspired in equal measure

You can read all the stories from our August 2025 “Relationships” issue FOR FREE by following this link! Break up your day by slipping in moments of fiction 😌 #flashfiction #writingcommunity #amreading www.flashfictiononline.com/issues/augus...

I have a reprint out in this, with many other fabulous authors! "The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero, or the Grandchild's First Dragon" is about what happens after you save the world, and have to babysit your grandchild. Now available to order at the link below!

Happy release day to the authors in our September 2025 issue! This month, we selected stories with a bend toward word play and meta-fictional commentary. 🤓📚 You can get your copy now at FFO! www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas... #writingcommunity #flashfiction Cover art by Alexa Guariglia

September issues of Dirty Magick, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, The Dark, @locusmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @smallwondersmag.com are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/9/

Our closer for August is “The Color of Things” by Eleanor Lennox. A piece that gives you a one-sides glimpse into a failing relationship against a backdrop of jungle. Big White Lotus vibes! #flashfiction #writingcommunity @eleanorlennox.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

My story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Come for the jungle, stay for the climax of extreme Midwestern passive aggressiveness 😁https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-color-of-things/

Did you know our cover artist this month, Molly Mendoza, has prints available through Nucleus Portland? Check out her work here: www.nucleusportland.com/search?q=Mol... @mollymendoza.bsky.social #art #supportthearts #writingcommunity #flashfiction

Our Friday release this week is Stephen Granade’s heartwarming SF story “Dislocated.” We love how a large cast serves to build out this world and show the inner heart of the main character 💕🙌 @granades.com #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction www.flashfictiononline.com/article/disl...

August Spec Flash Roundup! With @smallwondersmag.com @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @naturefutures.bsky.social @hexliterary.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @escapepod.org @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com 1/3

This story is quite a ride. #amreading

It’s new story day for me! “Dislocated” in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social is about a support group for sufferers of long teleportation sickness and certainly has no resonance with real world events. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/disl...

This, by @lkardos.bsky.social, is one of the best pieces of speculative fiction I’ve read this year. Every sentence is exact and aching. Really, really well done.

for the morning crowd. I have a story out in the lovely @flashfictiononline.bsky.social. this story holds a special place in my heart, and I hope you’ll give it a read!

📣 Tuesday release: “The Body, Electric” by Lauren Kardos is free to read on FFO today. Content warning: immortality that’s as crumbling & inconsistent as the world we live in! #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction @lkardos.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

Today, we have a historical, satirical, fantastical story from Angela James. “I Was Made for Loving You” imagines Gene Simmons from KISS as a Peter Pan figure. It’s wacky and fabulous! #writingcommunity #flashfiction #satire #historical #literary #KISS www.flashfictiononline.com/article/i-wa...

My 70s Gene Simmons story just dropped! Thank you @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and thanks to my @smokelong.bsky.social , @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @kmelkes.bsky.social for earlier feedback and for generally enabling my foolishness! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/i-wa...

a dream to have a story in one of the first flash fiction magazines that entered my regular reading rotation years ago. check out this gorgeous issue pronto!

New story! This one comes particularly from past worries about authenticity when doing the very natural thing of adapting behaviours around different people, taken to the extreme.

“Zephyr” by Sofia Rhei from @samovarmag.bsky.social, “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter” by M.J. Pettit from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/08...

FRESH FICTION: “No Laughter in a Vacuum” by Anna Clark. Ever feel like you don’t know who you are? This story is about relationship to self #flashfiction #fantasy #writingcommunity @annaclark.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Regret call! We are thrilled it was met with such enthusiasm. We are now CLOSED for subs until our Oct 1st un-themed general sub call. Happy writing! ✍️ #writingcommunity #flashfiction

"If regret had a texture, it would be a layer of crinoline." @lisafox10800.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

"If love had a texture...if regret had a texture" - gorgeous prose by @lisafox10800.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social