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Publishes 6-sentence stories 2nd Thursday every month. No more than 400 words. Submissions always open. Never a fee. Editor, Jeff Harvey (@jhhwriter.bsky.social) https://gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 3h

“Freddy’s basketball in the garden, that Grampa Earl kicked into the woods—“Why don’t they teach that goddamn kid to take care of his stuff?”—because the mower wouldn’t start.” — @tcboudreau.bsky.social

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Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20h

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 1d

In this new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social w/:
@kimmagowan.bsky.social
@louellalester.bsky.social
@brettpribble.bsky.social
@cherylpappas.bsky.social
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
@joanleotta.bsky.social
@kiptain.bsky.social
Mikki Aronoff
@rgvaughan.bsky.social
Sarah Lynn Hurd
@tcboudreau.bsky.social

Issue 36 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Louella Lester, Find More of her work Here Stories Monarch is a new awards anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. G...

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Lori Cramer @loricramerwriter.bsky.social · 1d

"...but there are holes in the dream now (was I a dancer?) and if I don't tell someone soon, they'll multiply."

Read @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social.

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Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...

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Nicole Sune Sbitani @nsune.bsky.social · 1d

This beautiful story by @sarlynh.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social hit me right in my emotional core. Highly recommend!

sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to share my newest piece in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Issue 36: "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?"

Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my work alongside that of so many other remarkable writers!

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Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash by Sarah Lynn Hurd You might be flat on your back, picking at loose fibers in a worn Turkish rug you inherited from your mother, who managed a Pier 1 I...

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 1d

“At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English.” — @brettpribble.bsky.social

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Forgiving Jesus - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash by Brett Pribble At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English. He apologize...

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 1d

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new story in awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Many thanks to Jeff Harvey for publishing this micro, and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social fpr the prompt that generated this micro. (And Mike is in this issue too, yay!).

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English."

This powerful piece of writing by @brettpribble.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social today. Thank you to editor @jhhwriter.bsky.social for publishing it.

gooseberry-pie.com/forgiving-je...

Forgiving Jesus - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash by Brett Pribble At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English. He apologize...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Meet me at the diner under the storm about to rage."

My lord, I love this story so much! @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

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A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 2d

Read!
@louellalester.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cherylpappas.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @joanleotta.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Mikki Aronoff
@rgvaughan.bsky.social @sarahlynwrites.bsky.social
@tcboudreau.bsky.social

Issue 36 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Louella Lester, Find More of her work Here Stories Monarch is a new awards anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. G...

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 2d

"and so I decided fuck the funeral, I just couldn’t deal..."
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, packing an entire emotional world in six sentences ⚡

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social today. Thank you to editor @jhhwriter.bsky.social for publishing it.

gooseberry-pie.com/forgiving-je...

Forgiving Jesus - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash by Brett Pribble At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English. He apologize...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"Freddy’s graduation card, 'Grampa and Grammy love you so much, always so proud of you',...."

I love how @tcboudreau.bsky.social put this story together! Amazing writing in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my six-sentence story, "Keepsakes," which was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop

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Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

"...or she might be wandering in a field, brushing hands over long grasses, floating on her back in an endless ocean,...."

Big love for this gem by @sarlynh.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to share my newest piece in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Issue 36: "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?"

Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my work alongside that of so many other remarkable writers!

gooseberry-pie.com/where-do-you...

Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash by Sarah Lynn Hurd You might be flat on your back, picking at loose fibers in a worn Turkish rug you inherited from your mother, who managed a Pier 1 I...

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 2d

"On one side, heavy clouds hang low and make a bruised music; on the other, a pristine blue sends light as clear as glass."
Love this by @cherylpappas.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

A bittersweet gem from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

OH! Transgressive work from @brettpribble.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! gooseberry-pie.com/forgiving-je...

Forgiving Jesus - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Vitaliy Shevchenko on Unsplash by Brett Pribble At night, Jesus visits my bedroom, not a Middle Eastern Jesus speaking a foreign language, a white Jesus speaking perfect English. He apologize...

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

Read @tcboudreau.bsky.social's latest in today's @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/

Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...

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Eileen Frankel Tomarchio @eileentomarchio.bsky.social · 2d

This is wonderful, Cheryl. Congrats on the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social pub! ⛈️🙏💃🏻🖤

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

"Meet me at the diner under the storm about to rage." A dazzler from @cherylpappas.bsky.social, giving Rumi, in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social !

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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 2d

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...

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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my story “By the Numbers” in the newest issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Click here to check out all the stories in this amazing issue: gooseberry-pie.com/issue-36/

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my six-sentence story, "Keepsakes," which was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop

gooseberry-pie.com/keepsakes/

Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...

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