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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for the message. They are now open through the 9th due to the late start.

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 7d

Due to a technical error, we opened subs a little late this month. They will be open from now through the 9th!

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 26d

We are taking a break from posting new stories for several weeks. We’ll be back on October 22nd with new work!

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)

Plum Mother by Michael Nickels-Wisdom

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 27

We have a wonderful new piece today from Michael Nickels-Wisdom! Check out “Plum Mother.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/27/p...

Our dog, dachsund-and-chihuahua, fell redly to us from her family tree. After the usual medical exam, shots, spaying, and licensing, she was with us for 17 years. But one day in her middle age, we …

Plum Mother by Michael Nickels-Wisdom

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 27

We have a wonderful new piece today from Michael Nickels-Wisdom! Check out “Plum Mother.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/27/p...

Our dog, dachsund-and-chihuahua, fell redly to us from her family tree. After the usual medical exam, shots, spaying, and licensing, she was with us for 17 years. But one day in her middle age, we …

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...

Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …

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Jane French @janefrench.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wow. I read then reread this.

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...

Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …

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Karen E. Bender @karenebender.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congratulations to former Iowa Summer Writing Festival student Brunda Moka-Dias, whose terrific flash fiction, "Bridal Wear" was just published in Lost Balloon magazine!
lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...

Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...

Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …

What We Left You by Alex Juffer

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 13

We have a great new piece today from Alex Juffer! Check out “What We Left You.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/13/w...

An accounting, since you tend to divide the world into what’s yours and what can never be. The silver sleeve of a Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tart packet on the kitchen counter, one left. Your daughter n…

The Moon, My Heart (Elena Zhang) | Tiny Wren Lit

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · Aug 17

My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...

Evocative micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 13

We have a great new piece today from Alex Juffer! Check out “What We Left You.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/13/w...

What We Left You by Alex Juffer

An accounting, since you tend to divide the world into what’s yours and what can never be. The silver sleeve of a Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tart packet on the kitchen counter, one left. Your daughter n…

Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 30

It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...

I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Aug 3

So happy to have this piece!

Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James

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Mitch James @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Super excited (and a little proud) to have new micro published with such a preeminent supporter of the super short form. Thanks to everyone @lostballoon.bsky.social !!

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 30

It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...

I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…

Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 30

It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...

I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 23

You are going to love our new nonfiction piece by Sharon Goldberg! Check out “Fireworks.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/23/f...

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 23

You are going to love our new nonfiction piece by Sharon Goldberg! Check out “Fireworks.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/23/f...

The Town Is Not Saved by Brandon Forinash

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 16

It’s Wednesday! That means we have a great new story from @brandonforinash.bsky.social! Check out “The Town Is Not Saved.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/16/t...

After the hostage townsfolk are freed, the bandits run off or gunned down in the street, and a fine speech given by the rotund mayor, after one last ‘adios’ dropped to a freckled/gap-toothed adoles…

The Town Is Not Saved by Brandon Forinash

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 20

Love this piece!!!!!

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you have a couple minutes, I'd love for you to read my flash piece in Lost Balloon. It starts at the end of the hero's movie and then tries to guess at what came next.

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 16

It’s Wednesday! That means we have a great new story from @brandonforinash.bsky.social! Check out “The Town Is Not Saved.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/16/t...

After the hostage townsfolk are freed, the bandits run off or gunned down in the street, and a fine speech given by the rotund mayor, after one last ‘adios’ dropped to a freckled/gap-toothed adoles…

The Town Is Not Saved by Brandon Forinash

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 16

It’s Wednesday! That means we have a great new story from @brandonforinash.bsky.social! Check out “The Town Is Not Saved.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/16/t...

After the hostage townsfolk are freed, the bandits run off or gunned down in the street, and a fine speech given by the rotund mayor, after one last ‘adios’ dropped to a freckled/gap-toothed adoles…