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

Our nonfiction story of the week is Red Clay, Pink Stucco by Seth R. Merritt.

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

Our story of the day is Fragility by Milena Nigam.

Our story of the day is Fragments by M.C. Schmidt.

Our nonfiction story of the week is The Horizon is a Line That Separates by Elizabeth Grey.

Our story of the week is Why I Still Wash Used Saran Wraps and Dry Them on the Dish Rack by Christine H. Chen. @csquareh.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Places I'll Never See Again by Andrew Bertaina.

Our story of the week is Dust Bridges by Garima Chhikara. forgelitmag.com/2025/07/28/d...

Our nonfiction story of the week is Lose, Reject, Discard by Michelle Ross.

Our story of the week is Priest Seeds by Jonathan Wlodarski.

Our nonfiction story of the month is The Money I Get for my Body by Elissa Lash. @elissalash.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Agnes and the Cemetery Bus by Susan Rose April.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Common Ground by Kristina Garvin. @kristinagarvin.bsky.social

We're extending our celebration through this weekend to give more writers the opportunity to submit their work! We will close end of Sunday, or when we hit our cap.

Another incredible and moving essay from the wonderful @nancyhuggett.bsky.social. Up now on @theforge.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is What Remains by Nancy Huggett.

Our story of the week is Throw Us with the Lobsters, Out to Sea by Alison L. Fraser. @catholicked.bsky.social

Our short story of the week is One Evening by Aren LeBrun. @arenlebrun.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Liechtenstein by Sarah Kartalia.

We are saddened by the passing of Nahid Rachln. She was kind enough to send us this beautiful flash back in 2017, when we had only been publishing for a year. She lives on in her work 🙏 forgelitmag.com/2017/01/23/t...

Our story of the week is Circle by Mileva Anastasiadou. @happilander.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Accomplice by Grace Kendall.

Our story of the week is In the Style of Banshees Keening by Emma Burnett.

Our story of the week is The Election Goes Badly by Dawn Tasaka Steffler. @dawnsteffler.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Skull Valley by Shauna Friesen.

Our story of the week is Visitor, by Drew Townsend.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Hair Care Chronicles by Lori D. Johnson.

Our story of the week is Recital by Philip James Shaw

Our story of the week is Red Fox Family Night at the Movies by M.G. Kipp

Our story of the week is Oraculum by Christina Ladd. @christinaladd.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Oil Man by Victoria Cano

Our story of the week is If This Were One of Those Stories by @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story is The Word for Rain by Sandra Carlson Khalil. forgelitmag.com/2025/02/24/t...

Our nonfiction story of the week is I Check Yes on Form CC-305 by Jennifer Gravley. @jygravley.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Smoke by Kirk Vanderbeek.

Our nonfiction story this week is When the Tearing Comes, If It Comes by Abby Manzella. @abbymanzella.bsky.social

Congratulations and best of luck to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2024! You can read them all at www.forgelitmag.com. @paigekaptuch.bsky.social @willmusgrove.bsky.social @abhisheksg.bsky.social @arthurmandal.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is And So She Runs by @salenacasha.bsky.social and was a finalist for the 2024 Forge Flash Nonfiction Competition.

So excited to appear in Forge this week! And you can Read me! :) it's under 1000 words so a quick one ♡♡♡

Our story of the week is The Mainland Girl by @mirrigd.bsky.social (This piece was a finalist for the 2024 Forge Flash Fiction Competition, and was selected by senior editor Sommer Schafer)

Our nonfiction story of the week is Something That Happened by Chelsea Dodds. @chelseadodds.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Oh Danny Boy by Roberta Beary.

From all of us at The Forge, a very Happy New Year to you! Submissions are OPEN. Editors-of-the-month, @saracrowley.bsky.social & Sommer Schaffer are hoping for your bravest and best. More details here: forgelitmag.com/submit/ #theforge #writingcommunity #greatwriting #amreading

Our story of the week is Ken & Sirina, by K.A. Polzin.

Our nonfiction story of the week is October by Kyla Hanington

Our story of the week is Cold Weather Protocol, by Erin Striff. @erinstriff.bsky.social forgelitmag.com/2024/12/16/c...

Our story of the week is Bronze World by G.D Holloway