New Micro by Jay McKenzie! "Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..." fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/

(3/3) ...plus Claire Gallagher in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com ‬ in @offbeatlit.bsky.social and Ella Mae in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

“Echoes” in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/echoes/

“That weed is downright stealing the space of what’s ours. You know what I mean.” I did, and she knew it." Beth Cho Little in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

honored and excited to have my flash story "China Plate" forthcoming in @fracturedlit.bsky.social and shortlisted for their Gods & Monsters Challenge! Congratulations to the winners, and excited to read their work 🖤 fracturedlit.com/fractured-li...

Wenyi Xue's "god bless america," an incisive critique of u.s. imperial power + christian hegemony. Xue's work can also be found in @eunoiareview.bsky.social, @fracturedlit.bsky.social, and more.

"The men are dying . . . beautiful boys ugly-cry too." On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/

Maybe this exquisite corpse that ran in Fractured a few years ago? @fracturedlit.bsky.social

Includes links to pieces by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @susmitab.bsky.social @amadolaila.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social @dallonwrites.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social & more!

If you have a bit of publishing experience and you'dl ike to read for @fracturedlit.bsky.social or @uncharted.bsky.social , please let me know! Volunteer positions are open, and we're flexible on assignments! Usually just 3-4 hours per week or less!

Ooh @judehwriter2.bsky.social @adhocfiction.bsky.social @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social run a chapbook contest, @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @vpresslit.bsky.social

(2/2) ...and fiction from: Lena Kinder @happilylenaaa.bsky.social‬ in @flashfrog.bsky.social Kay Nguyen in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Bella Gibb and Zoe Ballering in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social David O’Dwyer in TSS Publishing #indieauthors #shortstories

wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings, including @burningword.bsky.social @bluestemmag.bsky.social @muleskinnerjournal.bsky.social @weirdlitmag.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social Cagibi Lit, Hive Avenue, and more

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Flash Fiction feat. @theoffingmag.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

...and lights-out short stories from: Wade Harris and Alex Gurtis in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social Emma Burger in @xraylitmag.bsky.social Deb Waters @debwrites.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social in Relegation Books (2/2)

"He moves like a twister surging through a pasture." I'm in awe of this story by Thomas Kearnes. And I say that without exaggeration because I was the first reader for it. I was unsettled after reading it the first time, and I still am. @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/shame/

Just, amazing 🦅: fracturedlit.com/birds/ @fracturedlit.bsky.social

Featuring: Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social Uncanny @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Apex @apexmag.bsky.social Hex @hexliterary.bsky.social Porter House Review Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com +

For @fracturedlit.bsky.social, Caren Beilin and I talked about grudges, the Oulipo, concision, and fucked up art. Her novel Sea, Poison is out on 10/7 from @ndbooks.bsky.social! fracturedlit.com/too-sick-too...

super excited to have found my lucky way onto the @fracturedlit.bsky.social Gods & Monsters Challenge shortlist! 🖤

Anthology 5 winner by Deborah J. Hunter! "I was on our excuse for a back porch, no one ever put in screens, and it smelled like oranges under my finger nails." fracturedlit.com/dog-years/

Still reading this piece from months ago and tasting it in my mouth because it’s just that beautiful

Chiara will never know the weight of their fruit, the juice squeezing between your toes as you squash the grapes ... @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social ! So much sensory beauty against such loss from climate change.

"The searing wind sweeps up the dust as we shut the door behind us." Looove this one by @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...

New Anthology 5 flash by Genevieve Eichammer! “The birds are always watching,” Mama used to say. We had a bird cage in nearly every room of the house. The parakeets in the living room seemed more at home than I did." fracturedlit.com/nest/

Honoured my piece, Bakunawa and the Seven Sisters is on @fracturedlit.bsky.social ‘s shortlist. It mixes Filipino and Chinese mythologies! fracturedlit.com/fractured-li...

I am so honored and excited that my story was chosen for this anthology! Thank you, Fractured Lit, for your positivity, support, and enthusiasm throughout the contest (and in general!) ✨ And I am such an admirer of #TaraIsabelZambrano, too!

Aw poor you, Katie. Maybe you could find something on here to read in the next 30 mins while you wait. @fracturedlit.bsky.social has some lovely stuff! And it’s flash so it won’t take long! 😘😘

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying General Flash Fiction feat. @therumpus.net @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

"From Clay, God" is a nasty little monster of a story that snuck onto the #shortlist at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Gods & Monsters contest. I have collected over 30 rejections so far in 2025, and this is a wonderful wink of recognition I sorely needed. #amwriting #weirdlit #flashfiction

“… how he’s never seen any place as beautiful, the ice clear and aquamarine, how it glows as if lit within. How you get so cold it hurts, but only for a moment, how quickly the numb kills the pain.” @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/well-finally...

“How the blue never ends.” Oh, wow, this poignant beauty by @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social!❤️💔

Got myself a weird lil’ mixed up fairy tale on the @fracturedlit.bsky.social shortlist! 🐺🌜 fracturedlit.com/fractured-li...

New Anthology 5 Winner by Anna Cabreros! "My sister Jane and I make the ideal jigsaw puzzle partnership. She’s more organized than me, the one who categorizes and compartmentalizes, but I have all the patience." fracturedlit.com/jigsaw/

This month's #Mondettes picked by @jenwithwords.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Jenny made these brilliant picks 🪴Two fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2025

Includes links to pieces by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social @laughingyeti.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @emmapwrites.bsky.social @sylviasays2.bsky.social

A barnburner by @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social! fracturedlit.com/what-to-do-i...

A shot of light in the dark: my flash story "From God, Clay" was longlisted for @fracturedlit.bsky.social Gods & Monsters Challenge. This story is about grief, creation, and parenthood. I'm so honored. Let's keep making monsters. #amwriting #horror #weirdfiction fracturedlit.com/fractured-li...

"For once, I don’t want to know what you’re thinking." #flashfiction

Metafictional brilliance!

@fracturedlit.bsky.social’s Flash Fiction’s open contest closes today, July 13. Listen to my interview with judge @gwenekirby.bsky.social here: storyaday.org/episode277/

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Anthology 5 winner by @nancyalvarado.bsky.social "Do you want a bite, Linda?” you call out cheerfully from the living room. You’re settled into your recliner, hunched gleefully over a cinnamon roll." fracturedlit.com/wife-2-0/

So happy to have a story on this list!😊

Congratulation to the writers on our Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Longlist! We're fighting over the shortlist now! fracturedlit.com/fractured-li...

…’See, I’m practically glacial. He gentles the blanket they’d brought from home around her matchstick frame…’ So moving. A fabulous rendering without a whiff of melodrama. @kelliborges2.bsky.social

"He tells her how he’s never seen any place as beautiful, the ice clear and aquamarine, how it glows as if lit within." So beautiful from @kelliborges2.bsky.social In @fracturedlit.bsky.social

What a piece