Katherine Plumhoff
@kplumhoff.bsky.social
fiction @ places
elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee
2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social
reader @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
katherineplumhoff.com
valencia, es
elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee
2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social
reader @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
katherineplumhoff.com
valencia, es
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Katherine Plumhoff
@kplumhoff.bsky.social
· Feb 20
hi new wave of followers! i'm katherine! i write short fiction. i'm a 2025 fellow at smokelong so i read a lot of flash fiction these days. i'm organizing the european writers salon for europe-based writers to gather together and build community. i am american. i live in spain. i eat a lot of toast.
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
The Safekeep, which traces how private lives unfold under the long shadow of historical forces, speaks perfectly to our theme for this year -
'The Age Of...' in which we will explore what it means to live in and be shaped by an 'age' and how we, as writers, understand our own age.
'The Age Of...' in which we will explore what it means to live in and be shaped by an 'age' and how we, as writers, understand our own age.
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The Safekeep, which traces how private lives unfold under the long shadow of historical forces, speaks perfectly to our theme for this year -
'The Age Of...' in which we will explore what it means to live in and be shaped by an 'age' and how we, as writers, understand our own age.
'The Age Of...' in which we will explore what it means to live in and be shaped by an 'age' and how we, as writers, understand our own age.
come hang out with me AND YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN in Madrid in September!!
✨️ We are beyond delighted to announce that author Yael van der Wouden will join us on Saturday night in Madrid for our main salon in September.
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
come hang out with me AND YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN in Madrid in September!!
i scream, you scream, we all scream for *REDACTED UNTIL FRIDAY*
No spoilers, but this was the reaction when we told Ellen from @madridlitmag.bsky.social who our keynote for our Madrid salon in September is....
Early bird tickets and her podcast out later this week. Make sure you're signed up to our newsletter to find out what made her so excited!
Early bird tickets and her podcast out later this week. Make sure you're signed up to our newsletter to find out what made her so excited!
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
i scream, you scream, we all scream for *REDACTED UNTIL FRIDAY*
OH BABY you wanted to come to a @saloneurope.bsky.social event in 2026? we're giving you NINE CHANCES in FEBRUARY!!! i'm HOSTING ONE OF THEM!! DM me or EWS for booking details 💅
January 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
OH BABY you wanted to come to a @saloneurope.bsky.social event in 2026? we're giving you NINE CHANCES in FEBRUARY!!! i'm HOSTING ONE OF THEM!! DM me or EWS for booking details 💅
popped into a packed house at an open mic here in valencia and invited everyone to @saloneurope.bsky.social's vlc mini salon on feb 11 then listened to my dear friend read about lana del rey. good thursday.
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
popped into a packed house at an open mic here in valencia and invited everyone to @saloneurope.bsky.social's vlc mini salon on feb 11 then listened to my dear friend read about lana del rey. good thursday.
this is such a beautiful issue — i hope you'll spend some time with it this weekend <3
A new year brings us new work to admire 💫 Help us welcome our JANUARY ISSUE: buff.ly/xnuvf6J
Major thanks to our contributors!
WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass
ART Audrey Holmes
PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social
Major thanks to our contributors!
WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass
ART Audrey Holmes
PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
this is such a beautiful issue — i hope you'll spend some time with it this weekend <3
me 🤝 @aniking.bsky.social
finding the narrative potential in gay deer
READ THEIRS
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
finding the narrative potential in gay deer
READ THEIRS
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
Deer Run
Here comes that buck again. Long flank, long shanks, big crown of antlers. Hooves cracking the ice-glazed early season snow in the yard, and on the other side of the grass there is a huddling confluen...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
me 🤝 @aniking.bsky.social
finding the narrative potential in gay deer
READ THEIRS
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
finding the narrative potential in gay deer
READ THEIRS
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
truly one of the most life-changing craft-enhancing things that can happen to a flash writer, she says from experience. kudos to this year's class!!!
Help us welcome our 2026 Emerging Writer Fellows! We're so excited to work with these five talented writers for the next six months!
www.smokelong.com/meet-the-202...
www.smokelong.com/meet-the-202...
Meet the 2026 SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellows! - SmokeLong Quarterly
This year from January to June we are thrilled to provide The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship to five talented writers. Each of these writers will receive feedback from three senior SmokeLong edi...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
truly one of the most life-changing craft-enhancing things that can happen to a flash writer, she says from experience. kudos to this year's class!!!
like everyone else on this website, I'm sure, reading "The Lottery" in 9th grade English class (shoutout Mrs Harper) is what made me want to be a writer, and I'm chasing that feeling in every story I write.
thank you to my @smokelong.bsky.social family for this incredible honor.
thank you to my @smokelong.bsky.social family for this incredible honor.
And we're also crossing appendages for Katherine Plumhoff's "Good Sign of Future Happiness" for the Shirley Jackson Award!
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
like everyone else on this website, I'm sure, reading "The Lottery" in 9th grade English class (shoutout Mrs Harper) is what made me want to be a writer, and I'm chasing that feeling in every story I write.
thank you to my @smokelong.bsky.social family for this incredible honor.
thank you to my @smokelong.bsky.social family for this incredible honor.
look mom it's me
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
look mom it's me
YOU CAN HEAR KIK READ THIS ENTIRE PERFECT PIECE INCLUDING THIS LINE THAT /ABSOLUTELY/ GOT ME:
"This is just to say it takes time to learn to be the right kind of sister."
🧡
"This is just to say it takes time to learn to be the right kind of sister."
🧡
Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!
There's still life
Flash fiction by Kik Lodge
www.frazzledlit.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
YOU CAN HEAR KIK READ THIS ENTIRE PERFECT PIECE INCLUDING THIS LINE THAT /ABSOLUTELY/ GOT ME:
"This is just to say it takes time to learn to be the right kind of sister."
🧡
"This is just to say it takes time to learn to be the right kind of sister."
🧡
kyle is so good to me. i mean SO GOOD.
“We’d found the antlers, polished them, and kept them safe all winter as we mucked reindeer shit…”
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
kyle is so good to me. i mean SO GOOD.
THAT'S MY FRIEND
I find myself on this shortlist, and am so thrilled. I'm cheering hard for everyone on this list! Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!
Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
THAT'S MY FRIEND
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
2025 was a mixed year, but I am so proud of and got so much joy from all we achieved through @saloneurope.bsky.social
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
2025 has been a fantastic year for us. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us online or in person.
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025 was a mixed year, but I am so proud of and got so much joy from all we achieved through @saloneurope.bsky.social
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU: excellent title, unsettling movie, rich post-movie discussion fodder
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU: excellent title, unsettling movie, rich post-movie discussion fodder
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Love the lingering eeriness of this unsettling Arctic tale by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social:
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Love the lingering eeriness of this unsettling Arctic tale by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social:
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
This story by @kplumhoff.bsky.social “Good Sign of Future Happiness” begins like this and just keeps getting wilder:
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This story by @kplumhoff.bsky.social “Good Sign of Future Happiness” begins like this and just keeps getting wilder:
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
i interviewed @ambersparks.bsky.social for ow but wow (my limited series on feelings) and loved her rec for Lorna Simpson. that sent me on a rabbit hole — which led me to her screenprint "Detroit (Ode to G.)"
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i interviewed @ambersparks.bsky.social for ow but wow (my limited series on feelings) and loved her rec for Lorna Simpson. that sent me on a rabbit hole — which led me to her screenprint "Detroit (Ode to G.)"
i am in here, as is everyone i have a crush on ... we love to see it
I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
i am in here, as is everyone i have a crush on ... we love to see it
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Holy moly!! Read this stunner by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social (the whole issue is well worth your time!) Congratulations @kplumhoff.bsky.social on the publication of this exceptional piece!!! 💕🫂
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Holy moly!! Read this stunner by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social (the whole issue is well worth your time!) Congratulations @kplumhoff.bsky.social on the publication of this exceptional piece!!! 💕🫂
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
i have a story in this!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i have a story in this!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
"When your snoozed alarm goes off again, our faces are pressed together and the air between us is hot enough to steam shrimp."
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"When your snoozed alarm goes off again, our faces are pressed together and the air between us is hot enough to steam shrimp."
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
last night i walked into an italian restaurant where a friend's parents covertly slid me a kilo of hershey's kisses, smuggled in from los EEUU for my cookie party tonight. international cooperation does exist
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
last night i walked into an italian restaurant where a friend's parents covertly slid me a kilo of hershey's kisses, smuggled in from los EEUU for my cookie party tonight. international cooperation does exist
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Don’t miss this one by @kplumhoff.bsky.social . The pacing is perfect and she nails the ending!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Don’t miss this one by @kplumhoff.bsky.social . The pacing is perfect and she nails the ending!