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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 8d

NOW AVAILABLE: FFO October 2025!! This issue is a collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor C.R. Langille. What better way to enter spooky season than by getting lost in the woods?! 💀

#writingcommunity #horror
@crlangille.bsky.social
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Flash Fiction Online October 2025

Flash Fiction Online’s October 2025 issue is a special collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor this month C.R. Langille. Stories this month include: “To Breach a C…

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · 21d

No one:
ULINE: here’s a 907-page wish book of office supplies…
#whytho #homeoffice

Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hooo boy, time to get to work on those subs!! 🙌
#writingcommunity

Duotrope @duotrope.com · Sep 1

Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...

Re-openings for September 01, 2025

Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Aug 2

Read "Dermoid" written by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides."

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Dermoid — Ghost Parachute

When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides. She plods to t...

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Aug 1

New story out today with Ghost Parachute’s August 2025 issue. Check out my slipstream clump of mischief—“Dermoid.”

#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles

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Dermoid — Ghost Parachute

When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides. She plods to t...

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jul 18

“Go to your nearest café and look to your left, then to your right. A hundred percent of those people are slathering me across sentences like adding more cheese to a risotto that’s already drowning in parmesan—without tasting, without thinking, without remorse.” 🤣

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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jul 3

My editorial for July 2025 and the kittens that inspired it… 🥹💗
Jury is out whether we’ll be able to adopt one but they are cute
#kittens #cats #flashfiction #writing

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jul 1

The month is yet young…
Although as a writer I found that a challenging theme because it’s not a comfortable feeling to tap into. So I get it 😊

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · Jul 1

Aww yeah, that subs open feeling!! What are yall working on? Is it flash fiction? We’re open for general subs and for our Regret-themed issue.
Guidelines here:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction

a man is dancing in a living room wearing a red sweater and khaki pants .

ALT: a man is dancing in a living room wearing a red sweater and khaki pants .

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 24

If AI takes away my em dash, I will start throwing in some ellipses, see if I don’t!!

a cartoon turtle with a red and yellow shell stands in front of a building

ALT: a cartoon turtle with a red and yellow shell stands in front of a building

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 24

Also, this was serious motivation to redo and fix up my author website. In case there are editors out there wondering if I’m a real person 🤣😅🫠

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’m sorry to pass this fever on to you!! I think most people in the worlds of fiction are who they say they are, but every now and then I come across a mystery actor

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is why I like to write historic fiction instead of sci-fi 😅

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 16

I think there’s so many ways to take this. Happy to be opening to literary and speculative pieces

Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · Jun 16

New special call for July!! 🎉
The theme is REGRET. Stories selected will be featured in our Jan 2026 issue, guest edited by Ai Jiang ( @aijiang.bsky.social )
You can find all the details on our Submittable page:

ffo.submittable.com/submit

#writingcommunity #flashfiction

Image is stock photo of pensive angle from a Prague cemetery, with a thought bubble that says “if only…”
Sub call theme: regret
Guest editor: Ai Jiang
Sub dates: July 1-31, 2025
Release date: Jan 1, 2026
Guidelines posted to: https://ffo.submittable.com/submit

Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 14

So encouraged by all the peaceful matches. The dream doesn’t die if we keep fighting for it. #nokings

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Jun 6

A new video for “Psycho Killer” for the 50th anniversary. We should do this for more songs…we remake movies, why not music videos?

#musicvideos #amlistening #oldies #psychokiller
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Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)

YouTube video by Talking Heads

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · May 28

Also it’s raining and I want a nap
#oldeenglishbulldogge

Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · May 28

Fell into a rabbit hole after tracking down a number of suspected AI subs and wondering whether people are real people, words are real words, how many em dashes are too many, etc. Are other editors checking for AI subs? Am I too paranoid?
#amediting #writingcommunity #frackinghell #slushpilewoes

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Apr 24

I have a story out today with The Bookends Review!! It started as a love story, but got deeper and more political the more I read about antebellum politics on the American frontier.
#writingcommunity #historicfiction #writing #shortstory #americanhistory

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When Walnut Stains Fade - The Bookends Review

“Mama,” Esther sang. “Guess who I saw riding up the road.” Her good eye held a tell-tale sparkle. “Stop, you,” Jane replied. To cover her discomfort, she took up her towel and whipped it lightly towar...

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Mar 31

9yo: I wish I got to live in the 90s and 2000’s. Sounds so fun!
😅
(She’s deep into 90s music at the moment.)

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Mar 28

Status

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thanks Jason! 🥰 I’ve learned so much too. Also, we miss you 😄

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Mar 5

I’m getting excited about this one and I don’t even know what gems will come in yet!

Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · Mar 5

📣 COMING SOON APRIL 1st!! We’ll be looking for Wilderness Horror, the theme of our Oct 2025 issue, guest edited by
@crlangille.bsky.social 📣
Check out our main Submittable page for info:
ffo.submittable.com/submit

#writingcommunity #horror #flashfiction #wilderness

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Becky Halsey @beckyhalsey.bsky.social · Feb 14

Currently in a loving mood to 50% of the country

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · Jan 30

Just set everything up in Submittable to start receiving stories again starting this Saturday, February 1st! TWO DAYS AWAY! The team is getting excited. We can’t wait to see what folks have in store for us. 😃
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity

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