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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that we publish 100-word CNF? We call them “short-shorts”! And today’s feature is @melissahung.bsky.social’s “Border Crossings, Macau to Hong Kong, 1957.”

We love its long, breathless sentence with an ending that cuts like a 🔪
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Melissa Hung

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Graphic of Editorial Intern: Megan Cobb

What do you love about Flash Nonfiction?
I love a good hermit-crab essay! Taking on a new shell to explore yourself is incredibly revealing and cathartic.

A piece from In Short that you love?
"Bra Shopping" by Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Issue 2

Favorite Author?
Anne Rice

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Graphic of Editorial Intern: Drew Hunter

What do you love about flash nonfiction?
"You don't need an extraordinary life or story to make an amazing piece! It's very accessible to a variety of readers and writers."

A Piece from In Short that you love?
"The Telstar," By Clifford Thompson, Issue 5.

Favorite Author?
R.F. Kuang and James Baldwin

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Meet the In Short team!
For more information about how to join our team and more of our members please visit our website.

Graphic of Editor-in-Chief: Steph Liberatore

What do you love about flash nonfiction?
"I Love flash's accessibility. It gave me a writing career when a writing career felt impossible."

A Piece from In Short that you love?
"Impossible to choose just one! Deb Fenwick's "Escape Route" in Issue 1 is the first piece we ever accepted. And I still remember the way it hit me: like a beautiful punch in the gut."

Favorite Author?
"Tie between Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Melissa Febos"

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for letting us know! I'll make sure Alt text is added on all posts in the future.

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

We love your work, Sean! Best of luck and thank you for sharing with us 😊

Sean Bw Parker @seanbwparker5000.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted that my painting Artists At Work (2024) has been nominated for the Best Of The Net Awards by In Short Literary Journal

Thank you @inshortlit.bsky.social!

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

@seanbwparker5000.bsky.social's "Artists at Work" worked wonders with linework and composition.

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Camellia Paul's artworks "Silvester" and "Callypigeon" absolutely stunned us.

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

Clifford Thompson's "The Telstar" knocked us out like a telepunch.
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Clifford Thompson

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

@mehpoeting.bsky.social's "The Quiet Part" wowed us with everything left unsaid.
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Matthew E Henry

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 6d

We're so excited to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology!
Stay tuned for a look into these great works 📸

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 9d

We are officially open for submissions through November 30th!! What are you going to send? 📸

In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 15d

ONE WEEK! Send us your:
✔️Flash cnf (1,000 words or fewer)
✔️Micros (400 or fewer)
✔️Short-shorts (100 or fewer)

Submissions open Sept. 30-Nov. 30.

Art Credit: Camellia Paul

In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 16d

Find more of his work at
www.mehpoeting.com/about

About — MEHPoeting

Matthew E. Henry (MEH )

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 16d

Today’s featured piece from Issue 3 is @mehpoeting.bsky.social's micro, “The Quiet Part.”

This one had us from the title, and the structure, the use of the |, and all the things the narrator doesn’t have to say aloud, had us 👀

Read it here: inshortjournal.com/matthew-e-he...

Matthew E Henry

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 22d

And order your own copy of Selected Misdemeanors, just out from @univnebpress.bsky.social here: bookshop.org/p/books/sele...

Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader

Essays at the Mercy of the Reader

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 22d

Today’s featured piece is Sue Silverman's “The Long Road Out of Eden.” We love the worm in the narrator’s strawberry, the perfect objective correlative.

Read Sue’s piece, an excerpt from her new book Selected Misdemeanors here: inshortjournal.com/sue-william-...

Sue William Silverman

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 24d

Starting today, we are sharing one piece from Issue 3 we love & why to help you get your subs ready!

Today’s featured piece is “Crack” by Brian McGuigan. We read this flash out loud in my 456 class and then sat in stunned silence a while after.

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Brian McGuigan

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Dr. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) @mehpoeting.bsky.social · Jun 1

"The Quiet Part," a bit of micro creative nonfiction, was just published in the latest from @inshortlit.bsky.social

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Matthew E Henry

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you for sharing The Quiet Part with our readers, Matthew. Gotta love experimental form!!📸

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · May 31

It’s Saturday & there’s a new issue of @inshortlit.bsky.social, which means that you can now read this micro piece about how my mom didn’t want to be an organ donor because of the Rapture. Thanks to Steph Liberatore for giving this piece the best home! 🙏

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Darby Price

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In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 24d

We LOVE [Terrible is the punishment of the Lord] Darby! Thank you so much for sharing your work with our lovely readers 📸

In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction @inshortlit.bsky.social · 28d

Hello Bluesky!
We are so excited to start posting content over here as well as our Instagram and X account!
More to come soon ;)