What? “A Word?” Wednesday is back baby and it’s a good one! Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social and KSR sit down and chat away about her new release, “Unrivered” music , and much more. Click the link for more! youtu.be/YeDjy3J-pYs?...

Let’s let gorgeous poetry close out this lovely edition of the press. “Supplication” by @skimperil.bsky.social is one lush & luxurious use of language. Along with another gorgeous poem by the same author, we’ll have to scrape you off the floor after reading. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tell-me...

Gearing up for a cozy 82 degree October weekend with some hot and steamy poetry by Albert Rodríguez. “The Map of Your Treasure” is ready for you to peep in our 89th edition. Spit on your glasses so they don’t fog up. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-bre...

Complete honesty here, I had to look up this title to see what it meant. Once I did, the story appeared to me like a magic eye poster. Read “Tiddalik" by Michael McStay and let the image shimmy into your mind as well. 89th edition! Right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tiddali...

We have some wildly great micro in this edition. Case in point, “Notes for a Community College Commencement Speech” by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social is part of “Six Little Ones”. It’s some real talk about choices or if we even have one. Read it here. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/six-lit...

Remember when air travel was glamorous? Beautiful tailored outfits, delicious meals, cigarettes! Read “Gate to be Announced Shortly“ by Daniel Birch in our 89th edition. We pay waaay too much for inconvenience these days. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/gate-to...

We suspend the reality of death daily to just live in this world, “THE SAUSALITO WOMEN'S CLUB“ by Trevor J. Houser explores loss, friendship, and the threads that hold us together after it all goes dark. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-sau...

It’s rough being a rockstar! Late nights, constant paparazzi, oodles of money, endless parties. Sounds like being an RF editor! "Stage Banter from Mid-Missouri’s Finest Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band" by @johnwaddy.bsky.social imagines the dream realized. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/stage-b...

Everything happening for you all at once and still you expect to be inspired and inspiring? "This Is Not A Story" by @karenc.bsky.social is a wonderful tale about a horrible timeline! Read it here. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/this-is...

As we embrace this beautiful Autumn season, what’s better than fiction about nature both human and otherwise. “Deer in the Headlights” by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social is out now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...

Cheers to the women who came before who paved the way for all writers by either giving birth to them or inspiring them to BE writers. May we never let them vanish from history. Read “ Hearty Stock” by @kelliborges2.bsky.social in the 89th edition of RF! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/hearty-...

As we watch the world fall down in pieces around us, how prepared are you to tell the humans from the vampires? “Target Practice” by Eliot S. Ku is a fiction or reality or something in between. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/target-...

Mornin' kids! Looks like it's about that time again. Our 89th issue is live right now. Tell your favorite trophy collector. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

We're closing out the day, the week, the sneak peek at issue number 89 with a poetry party. A kind of end-of-the-world type poetry party. Seems fitting these days. This is from "Supplication" by Stephen K. Kim @skimperil.bsky.social and you need to read it on Sunday!

Learning where you come from can be humbling or empowering or all sorts of things at the same time. "Hearty Stock" by Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social is a wonderful flash exploring these ideas from the POV of a 5-yr old girl who just might be wiser than all of them! Look for it 9/28!

I admire how writers of microfiction can say so much with so few words. "Target Practice" by Eliot S. Ku has an awful lot to say about life, expecations, and disappointments. All in just over 200 words! Look for it on Sunday!

I haven't traveled by plane in ages. And while this work of flash from Daniel Birch did make me laugh, it did not make me want to run right out and book a flight to anywhere! This is "Gate to be Announced Shortly" and it's live on Sunday!

Thank you, Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social , for this desperately needed purging of all the crazy that’s been going on in 2025. "This is not a story" will be live on Sunday, 9/28. Consider reading it a bit of self-care!

Sometimes a deer is just a deer. Sometimes it's a stand-in for an ex. Or for yourself. I guess it depends on the deer. Check out "Deer in the Headlights", a moving work of autofiction by Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in our next edition. Sunday!

Death comes for us all. But when you know it's coming, you have time to worry about those you'll leave behind & how they'll remember you. "The Sausalito Women's Club" by Trevor J. Houser is a devastating flash that explores this dance between expiration & remembrance. 9/28!

Take a trip with us down a dark, lonely back road where unexpected things can happen to unsuspecting rock bands. This is "Stage Banter from Mid-Missouri's Finest Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band" by John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social and it's live on Sunday!

If you like micro fiction, we have a real treat for you in issue 89! Six, count 'em, SIX micros from @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social , including this gem "The D Poem". I give the whole group an A+! Check them out on Sunday and decide for yourself!

Oh hey guys! Check out this incredibly talented group of women who get a little raw in honor of the launch of @melissacuisine.bsky.social “All and Then None of You“ Thank you to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social & all who read & attended! Barbara Byer @sugarpigblog.bsky.social youtu.be/9ppaCmBD6WE?...

I think my favorite new genre of poetry is Comedic & Romantic. This little bite will give you a taste of what I'm talking about. This is from "Verses about me—I hope—in her Snoopy diary" by Albert Rodríguez & you can read the whole poem on Sunday! 9/28

Let's finish out the week and this look back at issue 88 with a piece that is actually 3 micros in 1! "Glitch" by Mikki Aronoff is 3 linked stories that together paint a poignant picture, all for you to behold! Check it out! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/glitch-...

Calling all hopeless romantics who believe in happily ever afters written in the stars! Have we got the flash for you! This gorgeous little piece is "Seeing Stars" by @judepickledplum.bsky.social‬ and don't waste any more time. Go read it now, right here!👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/seeing-...

Sometimes a person just really needs a happy ending, if you know what I mean. But some of us ladies also need an emotional connection to get all the way there! Follow Sarah Rhinestone on her quest for that elusive O in "Union Station" by Sam Hendrian. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/union-s...

Gonna run out of characters from the title alone here. But I promise, these poems by Tobias Seim are worth the read, including "if you color the bars of a bar chart gray and make them all identical in length, you got yourself a nice digital prison door" www.roifaineantpress.com/post/jumento...

What? The rats are running the show? Yeah, that tracks. "Ratterkind" by Eric Daric Valdés is a dystopian satire that is what "Ratatouille" might have been if Remy wanted to take over the world instead of becoming a world renown chef & you can read it now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/ratterk...

Who would have thought a poem describing the various organs of the body could be so exquisitely beautiful? But "Tides of the Body" by Anne Whitehouse is just that. It's one of three poems by Anne out now in issue 88! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/four-el...

Issue 88 is chock full of excellent poetry. And the 4 poems we have from the amazing @poetrybyallison.bsky.social are no exception. This is from "Hands" and it is simply gorgeous. Go read all of them! Right now! Right here! 👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/maybe-p...

According to the retailers, it's practically the holiday! Let's prepare for what can be the hardest time of year for some & read "Going Down Easy" by @adschw.bsky.social. But not if you're about to get on a plane. Trust me, wait until you land to read it! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/going-d...

Here in the US and Canada, so many of us come from somewhere else at some point in our ancestry. "Fields" by Agata Antonow is a beautiful flash that gives a peek at one aspect of that experience through the eyes of a young girl. It's live now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/fields-...

Happy Hump Day! One day closer to the weekend! And with that happy thought, let me introduce you to "The Black Window", a dark piece of flash fiction by @brettpribble.bsky.social that will have you seeking out a nice sunny spot to warm your soul! Live now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-bla...

Let's close out the day with a little vengeance, shall we? This delightful morsel is from "Selkie" by Ashling Meehan-Fanning. If you like poetry, vengeance, Scottish mythology, or any combination of the 3, check it out now! Live in issue 88! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/selkie-...

Welcome to a nightmarish workplace, in which a less-than-human figure takes the blame and bears the consequences of failure. This is "Hence the Dummy" by Árón Ó Maolagáin & it's live now in issue 88! Read it here! Read it now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/hence-t...

Another day, another poetry party. And this one is hosted by the formidable @wvsutra.bsky.social ! "the dingle" explores themes of nature and death and we're all better off for reading it. Please, enjoy. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-din...

We have 3 poems from @jefferyallentobin.bsky.social in our latest issue. This bit is from "Small Repairs", a poem about how patching up a house, a little here, a little there, is only stalling the inevitable. Yep, this is definitely just about home repair! Right?

It's hard to ignore politics these days because everything is political. But even if you have had your fill of it today, I highly recommend "Me & We" by Rob Rosen, a story of a father and son, debating the future of society as a whole. Check it out!

Let's start this week partying! Poetry partying! And these 3 poems from KG Miles are the perfect way to do it! This little bit is from "Topless Funeral" and you need to read it. You need to read all 3! Live now!

You heard her, people! And she even gave you the link! You have no excuse!

Oh, hello! Issue 88 is hot and fresh on your plate. Tell your grandma to update her recipe book. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

Every time I start to feel the craziness of the world crash into me like a volcanic enema, I ‘touch grass’. Come back to the dirt with “Fields” by Agata Antonow in our 88th edition. The glory of our wonderful writers will save us all. Sunday 8/31.

One of our Lazy Kings turns 55 next week and can’t get over the fact she is eligible now for a senior discount all while still looking and acting like a senior in college HA HA! (KSR wrote this) “At 49” by @jefferyallentobin.bsky.social tells all about the ‘joys’ of aging. Sunday 8/31.

Do you believe in ghosts? “Banshee” by Ashling Meehan-Fanning is a haunting poem that will have you roaming the halls of your mind, rattling chains. You won’t be able to shake the feeling. Enjoy on Sunday 8/31.

“Glitch” is micro that will fit right into your literary pocket like a fine leather wallet and is as sharp as the perfect pleat. Read this piece by Mikki Aronoff in our 88th edition on 8/31.

RF coming at you with a poetry party that is more fun than should be allowed. @wvsutra.bsky.social‘s work is incredible. “the dingle” is case in point. Join us in the luxury of a brilliant moment that is exceedingly rare these days. 8/31. Sunday.

Poetry! Get yer poetry here! Like a carnival barker from hell, RF brings you the incredibly cool poetry of Tobias Seim @seimtobias.bsky.social‬. Read many of his poems, including “‘jumentous’ means resembling the urine of a horse, especially in odor” in our next edition of the press. 8/31!

"Ratterkind" by Eric Daric Valdés puts readers at the forefront of an ineffectual government in a crumbling democracy as genetically engineered, highly intelligent super-rats slowly take control behind the scenes. Sound familiar? Sunday 8/31.

Ah, the elusive orgasm. Now that I have your attention, read this piece "Union Station" by Sam Hendrian in our 88th edition. This piece is romantic yet realistic, and I firmly believe that both can exist in the same space. 8/31!