Flash Fiction Online
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We publish a new story at least once a week at flashfictiononline.com. Ebooks for our monthly issues are available on the 1st of the month.
Published & edited by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social
We publish a new story at least once a week at flashfictiononline.com. Ebooks for our monthly issues are available on the 1st of the month.
Published & edited by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social
To love in whatever form it takes: “Loxley Is One Thousand Bats” By Camden Clair is perhaps one of the gentlest moments in the whole FamPunk issue. 💗 Read it for free on FFO!
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#flashfiction #fantasy #shapeshifters #loveislove #writing
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Loxley Is One Thousand Bats
Loxley is one thousand bats.The animals embrace each other, nestling in the shape of something semi-human.The first time Loxley burst into a thousand night creatures in front of me, I laughed and c…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
To love in whatever form it takes: “Loxley Is One Thousand Bats” By Camden Clair is perhaps one of the gentlest moments in the whole FamPunk issue. 💗 Read it for free on FFO!
@beingcam.bsky.social
#flashfiction #fantasy #shapeshifters #loveislove #writing
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@beingcam.bsky.social
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Surreal meets tearful in Kate Horsley’s story “The Tao of Thorstein” about saying goodbye.
#flashfiction #fantasy #family #caregiving
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#flashfiction #fantasy #family #caregiving
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The Tao of Thorstein Codbiter
I’m certain Mom will shit a brick about the Vikings, so we take baby steps on the morning of the big reveal.First, I load up a tray with pancakes – her favourite ever since she got sick and I quit …
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November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Surreal meets tearful in Kate Horsley’s story “The Tao of Thorstein” about saying goodbye.
#flashfiction #fantasy #family #caregiving
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#flashfiction #fantasy #family #caregiving
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The whole issue works well together, and you can read all the stories in it here: www.flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...
You can buy the issue here: www.flashfictiononline.com/product-cate...
& you can support FFO by becoming a Patron here: www.patreon.com/cw/flashfict...
You can buy the issue here: www.flashfictiononline.com/product-cate...
& you can support FFO by becoming a Patron here: www.patreon.com/cw/flashfict...
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"Mushroom Aesthetic" by Aggie Novak, meanwhile, tells the story or a foraging influencer who finds much more than she bargained for on her latest mushroom excursion, and who accidentally brings home something best left untouched in the hopes of profiting from it
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Mushroom Aesthetic" by Aggie Novak, meanwhile, tells the story or a foraging influencer who finds much more than she bargained for on her latest mushroom excursion, and who accidentally brings home something best left untouched in the hopes of profiting from it
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It's an aching and sharp read, that in the middle of this nightmare there needs to be time for joy or else it's not really worth surviving. It's grounded in past loss and really does a lot in a short space. Very much recommended!
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's an aching and sharp read, that in the middle of this nightmare there needs to be time for joy or else it's not really worth surviving. It's grounded in past loss and really does a lot in a short space. Very much recommended!
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But the story explores how that isn't really enough, that they've lost sight of each other, trying to remain optimistic while ignoring reality and missing out on the chance to spend time with each other and experience joy or love. And they have to choose how they'll move forward
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
But the story explores how that isn't really enough, that they've lost sight of each other, trying to remain optimistic while ignoring reality and missing out on the chance to spend time with each other and experience joy or love. And they have to choose how they'll move forward
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My favorite of the bunch is probably "Woodsong" by Arthur H. Manners, which finds a father and son trapped in an endlessly looping forest where monsters come out at night. They've been trapped for years, and are losing hope, despite that all of their energy is reserve for just surviving
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My favorite of the bunch is probably "Woodsong" by Arthur H. Manners, which finds a father and son trapped in an endlessly looping forest where monsters come out at night. They've been trapped for years, and are losing hope, despite that all of their energy is reserve for just surviving
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Flash Fiction Online 10/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
A tightly themed issue around the horror of nature and specifically people in forests, be they familiar or terrifyingly new. Lots of chilling and squirming moments included
Flash Fiction Online 10/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
A tightly themed issue around the horror of nature and specifically people in forests, be they familiar or terrifyingly new. Lots of chilling and squirming moments included
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Flash Fiction Online 10/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
A tightly themed issue around the horror of nature and specifically people in forests, be they familiar or terrifyingly new. Lots of chilling and squirming moments included
Flash Fiction Online 10/25 (5 originals) @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
A tightly themed issue around the horror of nature and specifically people in forests, be they familiar or terrifyingly new. Lots of chilling and squirming moments included
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My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!
COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
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“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
The Last Ofuton in Orbit
After my grandmother died, I was left with the ofuton and the spirit inside it.It had been hers since before lift-off, stitched by hand on Earth, brought to the orbiting colony in the old days when…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
My amazingly talented friend and publication buddy @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social had a beautifully unique, nostalgic piece published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social last week—everyone should go read!!!
OUT THIS WEEK: “Unfinished Conversations Package” by Chris Baker. Dad persona has so many things to share with you!
@chrisbaker1337.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction
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@chrisbaker1337.bsky.social
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Unfinished Conversations Package
<DAD PERSONA> 05/11/29 15:1750% COMPLETE…75% COMPLETE…PERSONA GENERATED! COMMUNICATE FREELY WITH PARENTAL SIMULATION!Hey Dan! Thought you’d get a kick out of this Far Side cartoon. I lo…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
OUT THIS WEEK: “Unfinished Conversations Package” by Chris Baker. Dad persona has so many things to share with you!
@chrisbaker1337.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction
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@chrisbaker1337.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction
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My story in Flash Fiction Online's FamPunk issue is now available online. Thanks again to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and guest editor @slashnburnett.bsky.social for selecting it! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/unfi...
Unfinished Conversations Package
<DAD PERSONA> 05/11/29 15:1750% COMPLETE…75% COMPLETE…PERSONA GENERATED! COMMUNICATE FREELY WITH PARENTAL SIMULATION!Hey Dan! Thought you’d get a kick out of this Far Side cartoon. I lo…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My story in Flash Fiction Online's FamPunk issue is now available online. Thanks again to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and guest editor @slashnburnett.bsky.social for selecting it! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/unfi...
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Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -
Samovar, Baffling, Flash Fiction Online, and Diabolical Plots: Review by Charles Payseur
Samovar 7/28/25 Baffling 7/25 Flash Fiction Online 7/29/25 Diabolical Plots 7/25 July also saw the release of a new issue of Strange Horizons’ sibling publication, Samovar, which features short spe…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -
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I have a story in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social’s FamPunk issue guest edited by the incomparable @slashnburnett.bsky.social! Buy the issue or subscribe to FFO, & go subscribe to Emma Burnett’s Patreon for a sneekpeek at her book that’s out next summer.
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Flash Fiction Online November 2025
Flash Fiction Online’s November 2025 “”FamPunk”” issue is a collection of family-centered speculative fiction, selected by our guest editor this month Emma Burnett. We…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I have a story in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social’s FamPunk issue guest edited by the incomparable @slashnburnett.bsky.social! Buy the issue or subscribe to FFO, & go subscribe to Emma Burnett’s Patreon for a sneekpeek at her book that’s out next summer.
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Our midweek read is a freshly harvested fantasy straight out of my Xennial dreams of real Cabbage Patch kids. Check out “A Proper Mother, Unhexed” by Ashlee Lhamon, free to read on FFO
#writingcommunity #fantasy #family
#magic #cabbagepatch
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#writingcommunity #fantasy #family
#magic #cabbagepatch
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A Proper Mother, Unhexed
The chief difficulty in being a garden witch is that the cabbage patches occasionally sprout babies. Odelia didn’t know this when she started garden witchery, only that cabbage, in parts or w…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our midweek read is a freshly harvested fantasy straight out of my Xennial dreams of real Cabbage Patch kids. Check out “A Proper Mother, Unhexed” by Ashlee Lhamon, free to read on FFO
#writingcommunity #fantasy #family
#magic #cabbagepatch
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#writingcommunity #fantasy #family
#magic #cabbagepatch
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-pr...
COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
The Last Ofuton in Orbit
After my grandmother died, I was left with the ofuton and the spirit inside it.It had been hers since before lift-off, stitched by hand on Earth, brought to the orbiting colony in the old days when…
www.flashfictiononline.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
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I’m pretty proud of this little drowned world ghost story over in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social :)
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Drown-Haunted
Content Warning My mother had a shrine to God in the basement before the flood came. Candles. Statuary. The golden tabernacle. Stained glass looked out on concrete foundation, no portal to a drier …
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November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I’m pretty proud of this little drowned world ghost story over in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social :)
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An unsettling but furry fantasy opener for our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue: “Ursula” by E.M. Linden is free to read on FFO. The tension is all in the choices we make as parents… 🥺
#fantasy #parenting #flashfiction #writingcommunity
@emlinden.bsky.social
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#fantasy #parenting #flashfiction #writingcommunity
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Ursula
Naturally, my first thought is that the bear has eaten my child. My second is to blame myself. I put my daughter to bed early, went to read my book. I should have been hovering in the dark beside h…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An unsettling but furry fantasy opener for our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue: “Ursula” by E.M. Linden is free to read on FFO. The tension is all in the choices we make as parents… 🥺
#fantasy #parenting #flashfiction #writingcommunity
@emlinden.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/ursu...
#fantasy #parenting #flashfiction #writingcommunity
@emlinden.bsky.social
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Absolutely love this tragic beauty of a story by @arthurmanners.bsky.social and the peace that only comes with acceptance, in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social magazine!
#flashfiction #speculative #dystopia
#flashfiction #speculative #dystopia
My sci-fi horror flash story "Woodsong" is now free to read over at Flash Fiction Online. Can a father and son, lost for years in a nightmarish woodland, finally find their way to something beautiful? @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...
Woodsong
It hit me last night, as a chorus of woodsong filled our hiding spot: we’re never getting out of here.But even if I want to lie down and die, I’m clutching one last thread of hope. It’s all I have …
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November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Absolutely love this tragic beauty of a story by @arthurmanners.bsky.social and the peace that only comes with acceptance, in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social magazine!
#flashfiction #speculative #dystopia
#flashfiction #speculative #dystopia
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Looking forward to reading the latest issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, on the theme of FamPunk!
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Looking forward to reading the latest issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, on the theme of FamPunk!
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November issues of @locusmag.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @lightspeedmagazine.com, The Dark, @smallwondersmag.com, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and Dirty Magick are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/11/
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
November issues of @locusmag.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @lightspeedmagazine.com, The Dark, @smallwondersmag.com, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social and Dirty Magick are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/11/
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The stories in this issue are just the most incredible. They unpack so many forms of family in so many different worlds.
Read and enjoy!
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social #scifi #fantasy #fampunk
Read and enjoy!
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social #scifi #fantasy #fampunk
Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
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#writingcommunity #flashfiction
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Flash Fiction Online November 2025
Flash Fiction Online’s November 2025 “”FamPunk”” issue is a collection of family-centered speculative fiction, selected by our guest editor this month Emma Burnett. We…
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November 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The stories in this issue are just the most incredible. They unpack so many forms of family in so many different worlds.
Read and enjoy!
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social #scifi #fantasy #fampunk
Read and enjoy!
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social #scifi #fantasy #fampunk
Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
Flash Fiction Online November 2025
Flash Fiction Online’s November 2025 “”FamPunk”” issue is a collection of family-centered speculative fiction, selected by our guest editor this month Emma Burnett. We…
www.flashfictiononline.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
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👄OMG👄 This is so creepy and a perfect read for today.
HALLOWEEN RELEASE: “This Is What Mouths Are For” by Parker M. O’Neill is now available to read for free on FFO! Is it too much to call this horror delicious…? 😏
#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
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#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
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This Is What Mouths Are For
We snatch the centipedes off the boulder and crack their carapaces, sucking the insides out. There are rules to our eating. Guts slide, wriggling, into four mouths and down four throats. All this u…
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October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
👄OMG👄 This is so creepy and a perfect read for today.
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Happy Halloween! I can’t recommend you read this one while eating, but I can recommend you read it over and over for every other waking minute of your day today
HALLOWEEN RELEASE: “This Is What Mouths Are For” by Parker M. O’Neill is now available to read for free on FFO! Is it too much to call this horror delicious…? 😏
#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
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#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
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This Is What Mouths Are For
We snatch the centipedes off the boulder and crack their carapaces, sucking the insides out. There are rules to our eating. Guts slide, wriggling, into four mouths and down four throats. All this u…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happy Halloween! I can’t recommend you read this one while eating, but I can recommend you read it over and over for every other waking minute of your day today
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This story by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social ruined my whole morning, and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Perfect Halloween read.
HALLOWEEN RELEASE: “This Is What Mouths Are For” by Parker M. O’Neill is now available to read for free on FFO! Is it too much to call this horror delicious…? 😏
#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/this...
#horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/this...
This Is What Mouths Are For
We snatch the centipedes off the boulder and crack their carapaces, sucking the insides out. There are rules to our eating. Guts slide, wriggling, into four mouths and down four throats. All this u…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This story by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social ruined my whole morning, and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Perfect Halloween read.