Lost Balloon
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Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
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Why I Don’t Have A Tattoo by Stuti Srivastava
I don’t have a tattoo because I don’t want one, I tell everyone. That’s a lie. I have wanted a tattoo since I first saw a person up close with a tattoo of their choice instead of “Amarendu’s wife” …
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We have a great new piece today from @stutisrivastava.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Don’t Have a Tattoo.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/14/w...
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We have a great new piece today from @stutisrivastava.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Don’t Have a Tattoo.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/14/w...
Why I Don’t Have A Tattoo by Stuti Srivastava
I don’t have a tattoo because I don’t want one, I tell everyone. That’s a lie. I have wanted a tattoo since I first saw a person up close with a tattoo of their choice instead of “Amarendu’s wife” …
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January 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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The very cool folks at @lostballoon.bsky.social published my flash nonfiction and gave me the best start to this year 🥰
We have a great new piece today from @stutisrivastava.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Don’t Have a Tattoo.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/14/w...
Why I Don’t Have A Tattoo by Stuti Srivastava
I don’t have a tattoo because I don’t want one, I tell everyone. That’s a lie. I have wanted a tattoo since I first saw a person up close with a tattoo of their choice instead of “Amarendu’s wife” …
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January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The very cool folks at @lostballoon.bsky.social published my flash nonfiction and gave me the best start to this year 🥰
We have a great new piece today from @stutisrivastava.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Don’t Have a Tattoo.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/14/w...
Why I Don’t Have A Tattoo by Stuti Srivastava
I don’t have a tattoo because I don’t want one, I tell everyone. That’s a lie. I have wanted a tattoo since I first saw a person up close with a tattoo of their choice instead of “Amarendu’s wife” …
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January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
We have a great new piece today from @stutisrivastava.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Don’t Have a Tattoo.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/14/w...
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“I watch him speak and wonder how long ago he stopped being the man I love.”
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social @lostballoon.bsky.social:
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social @lostballoon.bsky.social:
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“I watch him speak and wonder how long ago he stopped being the man I love.”
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social @lostballoon.bsky.social:
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social @lostballoon.bsky.social:
In case you missed it!
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Thanks so much to EIC @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the team at @lostballoon.bsky.social - excited to be in your wonderful magazine again.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Thanks so much to EIC @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the team at @lostballoon.bsky.social - excited to be in your wonderful magazine again.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
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@nomad-sw18.bsky.social has done it again. In @lostballoon.bsky.social “What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge.” 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks so much to EIC @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the team at @lostballoon.bsky.social - excited to be in your wonderful magazine again.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
It's a story born on a slippery descent in the Pyrenees, that evolved into a story about second chances and all the mistakes we'd like to turn back time on.
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
January 7, 2026 at 9:21 PM
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social has done it again. In @lostballoon.bsky.social “What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge.” 🔥🔥🔥
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"Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband. I slide and slide and collide into boulders, sharp edged branches, stinging nettles."
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband. I slide and slide and collide into boulders, sharp edged branches, stinging nettles."
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“Treacherous path. Treacherous husband. I slide and slide and collide into boulders, sharp edged branches, stinging nettles.”
I love the way this uses time and reads like poetry as the story unwinds.
I love the way this uses time and reads like poetry as the story unwinds.
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
lost-balloon.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“Treacherous path. Treacherous husband. I slide and slide and collide into boulders, sharp edged branches, stinging nettles.”
I love the way this uses time and reads like poetry as the story unwinds.
I love the way this uses time and reads like poetry as the story unwinds.
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Love this!
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
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January 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Love this!
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“Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband.”
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
lost-balloon.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband.”
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
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"What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge. I raise my arm to shush him, to stem this flow of didn'ts and didn'ts and didn'ts."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
lost-balloon.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"What I feel is as hard and as true as the stone I cannot dislodge. I raise my arm to shush him, to stem this flow of didn'ts and didn'ts and didn'ts."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social.
lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
lost-balloon.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Congrats to our nominee @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, who will appear in the anthology!!!
Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Congrats to our nominee @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, who will appear in the anthology!!!
We’ll have new work tomorrow! Don’t forget to read this piece!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
We’ll have new work tomorrow! Don’t forget to read this piece!
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wow, truly stunned to be on this list! congrats everyone! thank you @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social @dseuss.bsky.social and @lostballoon.bsky.social 🤍
Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
wow, truly stunned to be on this list! congrats everyone! thank you @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social @dseuss.bsky.social and @lostballoon.bsky.social 🤍
In case you missed it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Holy fuck @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social with this 🔥🔥🔥"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed because neither of us could handle that."
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Holy fuck @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social with this 🔥🔥🔥"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed because neither of us could handle that."
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“Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate. ‘You’re my best friend,’ we say.”
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
In the Dark by Chelsea Stickle
There are things that are easier to say in the dark. Things that bubble and ferment inside until we’re drunk with distended stomachs. Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostra…
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January 2, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate. ‘You’re my best friend,’ we say.”
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
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“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.”
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.”
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
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"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed" So beautiful @chelseastickle.bsky.social
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed" So beautiful @chelseastickle.bsky.social
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My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
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'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
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Ending the year with a good surprise. Thank you @lostballoon.bsky.social
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ending the year with a good surprise. Thank you @lostballoon.bsky.social