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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 15h

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 Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between.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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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 17h

Delighted to be featuring The Almost today, Kelli. Thank you for sending it our way @kdiannerule.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 21h

New flash fiction, "The Almost." Romance, no regrets, and early morning bus routes.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

"Heather’s Rake. A romance, picked it up from the dime store. The title, a herald, strewn across the top in ribbons." The Almost by Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, Emily, I'm glad he's okay!! ❤️

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Read this nostalgic little gut punch of a CNF by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social !!

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 5d

Chuffed to be in this issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with my CNF “Friday Night Is”. Thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the beta (if we’d been at uni together you would totally have been Shell or Kez, babe)
Thanks @dehardy.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

So good!! 🔥🔥🔥

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Aww, the feeling is definitely mutual!

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, Sumitra, thank you for sharing and for your kind words! ❤️🙏

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Dan! ❤️🙏

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for sharing, Emily! And thank you for being such a great workshop mate! ❤️🙏

Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Laura, for selecting this story! So happy to join the pages of Fictive Dream! ❤️🙏

Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks so much for reading and sharing, Linda! ❤️🙏

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 6d

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 7d

New flash by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in the brand-new Ghost Parachute!

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Making Love Is A New Subject — Ghost Parachute

I haven’t made love in ages, which isn’t true. But I often say, well, many things. I often say that the truth isn’t in the truth but in what feels like the truth. I haven’t made love in ages, so I fli...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 7d

Damn, this is good. GP is always so good, but this issue! 🔥

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 14d

"You punched a hole in the wall near my head, breath full and chewy as wine, dangerous words through drunk teeth"

Love this beautiful micro @jennystalter.bsky.social Wonderful artwork from @amymarques.bsky.social as well:

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Lark Song — Ghost Parachute

I emerge from us as a lark from depression-nest. You punched a hole in the wall near my head, breath full and chewy as wine, dangerous words through drunk teeth. I take flight under pink spring sunris...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you, Matt! ❤️ 🙏

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 20d

“Wow,” says the shorter man. “Amazing, really,” he says, taking a deep breath. He points at the wall under the crib. “She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,” he says.

“She’s a baby,” says CT.

Absolutely brilliant story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 21d

I’m so proud of this story and to have it in the amazing @okaydonkeymag.com! It’s about parental expectations and a baby with a Sharpie—I hope you like it!

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 21d

"'She starts by calculating the weight of the earth,' he says.

'She’s a baby,' says CT."

"13.1 Septillion Pounds" by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 23d

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“and I don’t tell her I know why all I got for my birthday was pants from the church drive so small they pinched tight around the middle because her bottles and cigarettes cost us her whole paycheck.”

gooseberry-pie.com/superpower/

Superpower - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Bradley Allweil on Unsplash by Jenny Stalter Mom says love is the most powerful thing on earth, and that’s how she’ll quit drinking, which is called self-love, and that’s how she found me a n...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 23d

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 24d

Subbing to lit mags like

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 29d

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 29d

Read new issue of Gooseberry Pie

Beth Konkoski Chad Foret @charhamrick.bsky.social Jane Yager @jennystalter.bsky.social
Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social

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Issue 35 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Jeff Harvey Stories Gooseberry Pie’s nominations for Best of the Net 2026: Check out Flash Fiction Institute a new flash fiction educational and community hub offering virtual classes, craft ...

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read this ridiculously cool and totally hilarious story by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!

Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and Benjamin Drevlow for publishing this karate story of mine today! Grateful!

mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Karate Obligations | MrBullBull

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Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 1

@nffr.bsky.social had a call on the theme “Ten”. I was a teen in the 90s. Only one thing came to mind. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾 newflashfiction.com/i-know-somed...

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