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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · 2d

You’re back in the 8-0-8 @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

Congratulations on your a-maz-ing story collection!

Photo of book cover of BITTER OVER SWEET by Melissa Llanes Brownlee.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks @charhamrick.bsky.social for the engaging questions. And I also did learn a lot from your writings @charhamrick.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @kristinatabor.bsky.social and Janet Murie @emergejournal.bsky.social @dianegotauthor.bsky.social
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THE NITTY GRITTY INTERVIEW WITH RONITA CHATTOPADHYAY – Reckon Review

The eight pieces in Ronita’s collection explore feelings of grief and confusion as a young girl at the death of a dear friend, her first loss, and how the experience might influence future losses.

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 17d

I’m happy to say my first poem ever is in the Writers Resist Fall 2025 issue. Thanks to @kbgressitt.bsky.social and the entire WR staff for making the biggest wish of teenage-me-poet come true. Thanks also to @smokelong.bsky.social where this story (and pretty much every story of mine) was drafted.

They Tell Us – Writers Resist

www.writersresist.com

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · 19d

Tagging @charhamrick.bsky.social and @kristinatabor.bsky.social and @ronita.bsky.social and Janet Murie.

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · 19d

If you ever have an opportunity to work with editor @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, jump.

Here are five interviews with the five of us included in GRIEVING HOPE, a unique volume of five chapbooks.

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Conversations on Grieving Hope - Diane Gottlieb

Hi all! I am so very excited to bring to you this month not one interview but five!! Earlier this year, ELJ Editions published a GORGEOUS volume of five micro-chapbooks (for those not ensconced in the...

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 24d

weekly talk story about @bambooridge.bsky.social Pop-Up hosted by @mistahdonald.bsky.social and @expositionreview.bsky.social's FLASH 405 announcement coming this Friday...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Online Pop-Up For Blood Work and Keep Your Eyes Peeled For The FLASH 405 Winners — Melissa Llanes Brownlee

I don’t know how everyone is doing out there but I hope you are okay and giving yourself space. Hugs. I wanted to let you know that I was invited to be a part of Bamboo Ridge’s Pop-Up Reading to cele...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Open ‘em. Break ‘em down. Maybe even walk through a door or two into your next story!

Nice tip @dawnsteffler.bsky.social!

Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · Sep 7

Open all the doors.
Wisdom from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social via Vancouver Flash Fiction! #writinglife #flashfiction #writingcommunity

Early on, open up all the "doors" of your flash fiction: front door, back door, bathroom door, closet door; even the secret door. Saving things for later only stunts and hamstrings your story. The more you have to play with in the drafting, the better the chances are that your story will evolve in surprising ways ... and lead you to places unexpected.

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Such a great interview!

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!

Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 3

👻

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 3

“No shame auntie.”

Oof!

New story by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a new micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social! Thank you Diana Hardy for including me in your inaugural issue!!

www.claudineliterary.net/melissallane...

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh, Mandy!

New story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · Sep 1

@bradymicheller.bsky.social put a lot of editorial love for these stories in the latest House of Arcanum! Check out "Every Day is Halloween" for Mandy's story.

www.houseofarcanum.org/current-issu...

Every Day is Halloween... — House of Arcanum

www.houseofarcanum.org

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Later, after the officer fishes the red hat out of the lake—adrift like flotsam on surface tension….”

New story by @dawnwriter.bsky.social.

Dawn Miller 🇨🇦 @dawnwriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thrilled to have a story in the September issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social ❤️Thank you @kimmagowan.bsky.social #flash #flashfiction #flashpack #shortstory #flashlit #writing #writer #litmag

Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/09/01/v...

Words:
@aaronburch.bsky.social
@dawnwriter.bsky.social
CHARLES GROSEL
@patrickobrienstrickland.com
@gsmithgoodin.bsky.social
ALLISON ZHANG
E. FERRELL
CHRISTOPHER NOTARNICOLA

Cover art:
AL KRATZ

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Sep 3

This title! And that ending! 😍

New story by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social

Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · Sep 1

Huge thank you to Sundog Lit and Eric Rasmussen for really seeing this story and loving it as much as I do. It was a complete pleasure working with Eric and I totally love this lit mag! They are awesome!

Dawn Tasaka Steffler

The Menopausal Woman Can’t Understand Why Anyone Would Want to Be a Woman If They Didn’t Have To Dawn Tasaka Steffler The Menopausal Woman startles from a dream: a person in drag is tossed from a c…

sundoglit.com

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks for these links. I hadn't seen these yet. Really solid point made in the video.

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking forward to this @marioaliberto3.bsky.social!

Michelle R. Brady @bradymicheller.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sept 1 at www.houseofarcanum.org!! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Really admire how the definitions add depth to this wonderful story by @charhamrick.bsky.social.

www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ29/Hamri...

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Fiction: Charlotte Hamrick: All the Little Organisms

www.macqueensquinterly.com

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 17

🤣

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yes! Yes! Yes!

@marioaliberto3.bsky.social and Tampa are a good match.

As is your Dad’s poet hat and YOU!

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 15

Oh, the thighs in this story!

Good one, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social!

Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · Aug 15

New story with the bad ass @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. A modern take on the play Women of Trachis, where Dejanira, fearing Hercules's infidelity, is tricked by the dying centaur Nessus into believing his blood is a love potion.

Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social · Aug 15

Flash fiction "A Centaur's Blood Is Always Poison" by Mario Aliberto III

“The preposterous size of his legs, pumping up and down, striated where the muscles met and sweat ran in rivulets, had dominated her fantasies the last few weeks.”

www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/a-ce...

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.✨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · Aug 13

So glad to have this support @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social. I am (obviously) biased but this book is special with @kimsrogers.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social @kristinatabor.bsky.social and Janet Murie and Ed @dianegotauthor.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social

The Hooghly Review @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our founding editor, Tejaswinee, with THR contributor @ronita.bsky.social, one of the writers featured in Grieving Hope, ed. @dianegotauthor.bsky.social. It was our pleasure writing a blurb for this beautiful collection. Get your copy from the ELJ Editons website: elj-editions.com/grieving-hope/

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 6

Me too!

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 6

So many great lines to quote from this story, many maybe not appropriate to share here. But this will give you an idea of the story’s tone.

“Ah, I’m a teetotaller myself!” Reynolds said sliding off the bar. He tapped a nostril. “Except the odd snoot toot of Columbian booger sugar.”

Just read it!

Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · Aug 6

New flash at one of my faves @maudlinhouse.bsky.social !!! Stuck in an airport lounge with Ryan Reynolds and try to stay sober! WHEN THE GUY WHO PLAYED DEADPOOL WAS MY AA SPONSOR. Aiming to get at least one laugh out of you!
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When the Guy Who Played Deadpool Was My AA Sponsor

I took a seat at the bar inside the Delta lounge at Tampa International next to the last person I wanted to see. Ryan Reynolds. Hawaiian shirt and swarmy Hollywood smile. Seriously, I wasn’t in the mo...

maudlinhouse.net

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Kim Steutermann Rogers @kimsrogers.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’ve got tears in my eyes from laughing!

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