Kik Lodge
@kiklodge.bsky.social
Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, 2026) SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO (Alien Buddha Press) Words in Milk Candy Review | Ghost Parachute | Smokelong | Bending Genres |
Hosts literary open-mics | Vomits at AI @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
Hosts literary open-mics | Vomits at AI @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
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The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
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Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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Spot-on tips from @mattkendrick.bsky.social 👇. Well worth bearing in mind if you're subbing (& ofc you are!) to @welkinprize.bsky.social & @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro (100w max) comps, & the #NFFD anthology (500w max) - all now open. Keep it fresh & make your ending ring! #FlashFiction
Sent out a few NQAs this morning. Sorry if one of those lands with you. I'm having to be very selective because I've received so many entries! My main reasons for saying no have been (a) not doing enough to stand out and (b) not quite landing the ending, so if you send a second piece (please do!)...
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Spot-on tips from @mattkendrick.bsky.social 👇. Well worth bearing in mind if you're subbing (& ofc you are!) to @welkinprize.bsky.social & @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro (100w max) comps, & the #NFFD anthology (500w max) - all now open. Keep it fresh & make your ending ring! #FlashFiction
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Delighted to see the buzz over @frazzledlit.bsky.social, even the people who have been rejected are happy because they know we respect and take care of every piece we receive.
What a great experience running this mag with @jmcm.bsky.social
Thanks again to all who came through the door!
What a great experience running this mag with @jmcm.bsky.social
Thanks again to all who came through the door!
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Delighted to see the buzz over @frazzledlit.bsky.social, even the people who have been rejected are happy because they know we respect and take care of every piece we receive.
What a great experience running this mag with @jmcm.bsky.social
Thanks again to all who came through the door!
What a great experience running this mag with @jmcm.bsky.social
Thanks again to all who came through the door!
Blooming gorge to have a piece accepted by the dazzling @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🙌💐
Frazzled Lit *Closed* (@frazzledlit.bsky.social)
We are Frazzled Lit! 🥓 🔥
Looking for Flash, Poetry, CNF and Prose.
Eds @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
https://ko-fi.com/frazzledlit
socials by Laura
🇬🇧🏴...
frazzledlit.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Blooming gorge to have a piece accepted by the dazzling @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🙌💐
« A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker » Beautiful micro by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🙌
Player - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Paul Arky on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker: chipped keys, case body cracked, chunks of wood missing, and stil...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
« A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker » Beautiful micro by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🙌
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The December 2025 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...
ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...
December 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute
ghostparachute.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The December 2025 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...
ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...
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‼️ Contest details are up!! 👇🏼👇🏼
We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸
flash-frog.com/contest/
flash-frog.com/contest/
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
‼️ Contest details are up!! 👇🏼👇🏼
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“My ex-boyfriend Jack (Jack from Buffalo, not Jack from Encino) swiped three cases of poppers from Eddie’s Porn Emporium on Hollywood Boulevard and I started selling them out of the trunk of my Pinto”
@jhhwriter.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/jeffharvey
@jhhwriter.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/jeffharvey
Jeff Harvey | They Come and Go
www.claudineliterary.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“My ex-boyfriend Jack (Jack from Buffalo, not Jack from Encino) swiped three cases of poppers from Eddie’s Porn Emporium on Hollywood Boulevard and I started selling them out of the trunk of my Pinto”
@jhhwriter.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/jeffharvey
@jhhwriter.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/jeffharvey
Oh yes. This is ouchy gooooooooooood. @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social
Kim Magowan | Instead of Doing Something Juvenile, Like Slashing Your Tires, After You Dumped Me for DeAnna Vacario
www.claudineliterary.net
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh yes. This is ouchy gooooooooooood. @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social
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On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
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Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
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Best Friends on a Night Out, painting by Lucy Manfredi (b. 1974).
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Best Friends on a Night Out, painting by Lucy Manfredi (b. 1974).
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Fuck Black Friday! Support indie publishers and bookstores! A collection or chapbook makes an excellent Christmas present...
These guys create beautiful books and are such a big part of the literary ecosystem — if we want small publishing to exist we have to keep it alive!
These guys create beautiful books and are such a big part of the literary ecosystem — if we want small publishing to exist we have to keep it alive!
To everyone who’s bought a book from us recently: thank you.
We’re reaching for just 10% of our subscribers and followers to buy a book from us, which would sustain our work in a big way.
If you haven’t yet, and you can, we’d love your support.
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We’re reaching for just 10% of our subscribers and followers to buy a book from us, which would sustain our work in a big way.
If you haven’t yet, and you can, we’d love your support.
brokensleepbooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Fuck Black Friday! Support indie publishers and bookstores! A collection or chapbook makes an excellent Christmas present...
These guys create beautiful books and are such a big part of the literary ecosystem — if we want small publishing to exist we have to keep it alive!
These guys create beautiful books and are such a big part of the literary ecosystem — if we want small publishing to exist we have to keep it alive!
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We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
Kicking bottoms, this Mairead
Very proud that my story about deep cleaners is out in Gooseberry Pie today 😁 gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/
Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories
gooseberry-pie.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Kicking bottoms, this Mairead
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In two weeks! Come join us! Get your work out there in 2026!!
I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
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Buy tickets – Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom
Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom, Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Curious about how to move from publishing standalone flash to a body of work? This 2-hour workshop breaks down everyth...
www.tickettailor.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In two weeks! Come join us! Get your work out there in 2026!!
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
m.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
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JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
JMWW Submission Manager
jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, hybrid work, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
jmww.submittable.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
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1.) Write a poem on the back of a receipt
2.) Fold the poem as many times as you can
3.) Stick the poem in the middle of a snowball
4.) Roll the snowball poem down your nearest hill
5.) Repeat this process until Spring arrives
2.) Fold the poem as many times as you can
3.) Stick the poem in the middle of a snowball
4.) Roll the snowball poem down your nearest hill
5.) Repeat this process until Spring arrives
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
1.) Write a poem on the back of a receipt
2.) Fold the poem as many times as you can
3.) Stick the poem in the middle of a snowball
4.) Roll the snowball poem down your nearest hill
5.) Repeat this process until Spring arrives
2.) Fold the poem as many times as you can
3.) Stick the poem in the middle of a snowball
4.) Roll the snowball poem down your nearest hill
5.) Repeat this process until Spring arrives
Loving this warm and gooey sense of community @smokelong.bsky.social ❤️
Starting Nov 8! That's this coming Saturday! Promptember is free. Yep. A huge number of write-in and open mic events Nov 8-Dec 14, and this one is on us. Come write with us. Events are planned for various timezones. Do one a week, three, or all if you never sleep. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
www.smokelong.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Loving this warm and gooey sense of community @smokelong.bsky.social ❤️
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If you’re baking and using brown sugar, and some of it shakes out in small clumps, here’s my go-to kitchen pro tip…
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you’re baking and using brown sugar, and some of it shakes out in small clumps, here’s my go-to kitchen pro tip…
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
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Everyone cheer I sold 75 books at the Virginia Cat Festival this weekend! Meow!!
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Everyone cheer I sold 75 books at the Virginia Cat Festival this weekend! Meow!!
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Paragraph Planet, the #writing website, has been publishing one story on its home page every day since 2008. That's [*quick calculation*]......LOTS of stories. Submit today! paragraphplanet.com/submission.php
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Paragraph Planet, the #writing website, has been publishing one story on its home page every day since 2008. That's [*quick calculation*]......LOTS of stories. Submit today! paragraphplanet.com/submission.php
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Still open for ~10 more applications!
I say this with excitement: our short story/flash fiction editor, @egreenberg.bsky.social, will be looking for a few new readers to join the 2026 SS/FF reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Still open for ~10 more applications!