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Nominations for Best Microfiction 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Congrats and good luck!
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
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Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
Dolph Lundgren, alien heroin and evil yuppies: Dark Angel is fun festive lunacy
Some people might prefer to watch Peanuts or Love Actually at this time of year. All I want is this underrated and bizarre action film
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
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Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
With Gratitude: Fifteen Prompts to Get Us Through the Rest of (Another) Tired, Old Year
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
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Another story I wrote after my visit to Texas 18 months ago. The first part of this story is true - there was a man like this at breakfast in a motel in Van Horn - but then it definitely becomes fiction! Published in The Phare.
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
The desert road is as long as a marriage
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www.thephare.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Another story I wrote after my visit to Texas 18 months ago. The first part of this story is true - there was a man like this at breakfast in a motel in Van Horn - but then it definitely becomes fiction! Published in The Phare.
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
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Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art!
#comelaydownink
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art!
#comelaydownink
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art!
#comelaydownink
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art!
#comelaydownink
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
Nominations for Best Microfiction 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Congrats and good luck!
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
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Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...
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I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
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Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
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Celebrating our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 in 2026!
Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind.
We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time!
We need art, too!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind.
We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time!
We need art, too!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Celebrating our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 in 2026!
Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind.
We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time!
We need art, too!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind.
We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time!
We need art, too!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King
"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"
stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/
#Poem #Poetry
"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"
stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/
#Poem #Poetry
October 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King
"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"
stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/
#Poem #Poetry
"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"
stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/
#Poem #Poetry
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"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...."
Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
Photo Story: Milkshake - 100Words
The afternoon sun and Lloyd Lovell’s bull-eyed stare were hot on Mandy’s back as she waited for the bus.
100wordstory.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...."
Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...
Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...
gooseberry-pie.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...
Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
Photo Story: Milkshake - 100Words
The afternoon sun and Lloyd Lovell’s bull-eyed stare were hot on Mandy’s back as she waited for the bus.
100wordstory.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
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So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂
"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...
October 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂
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2026 will be a big year as we celebrate our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲! We have some ideas percolating on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, but we'd love to hear 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮! Leave us a comment or DM.
We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
2026 will be a big year as we celebrate our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲! We have some ideas percolating on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, but we'd love to hear 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮! Leave us a comment or DM.
We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Wow 💥
- complex characters
- nuanced storytelling
- harrowing and tender
- delivered by an expert voice all the way
By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
#Auslit
#Books
- complex characters
- nuanced storytelling
- harrowing and tender
- delivered by an expert voice all the way
By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
#Auslit
#Books
October 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Wow 💥
- complex characters
- nuanced storytelling
- harrowing and tender
- delivered by an expert voice all the way
By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
#Auslit
#Books
- complex characters
- nuanced storytelling
- harrowing and tender
- delivered by an expert voice all the way
By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
#Auslit
#Books
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Submissions 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 2026 issue!
Why INK?
•No Fees
•All-inclusive
•Paying Market
•We respond to all subs
•Literary Prize Nominations
•Fast turnaround time
•Full-color Print Issues (& digital download)
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Why INK?
•No Fees
•All-inclusive
•Paying Market
•We respond to all subs
•Literary Prize Nominations
•Fast turnaround time
•Full-color Print Issues (& digital download)
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Submissions 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 2026 issue!
Why INK?
•No Fees
•All-inclusive
•Paying Market
•We respond to all subs
•Literary Prize Nominations
•Fast turnaround time
•Full-color Print Issues (& digital download)
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Why INK?
•No Fees
•All-inclusive
•Paying Market
•We respond to all subs
•Literary Prize Nominations
•Fast turnaround time
•Full-color Print Issues (& digital download)
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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"Kindness" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Kindness" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.
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"Sea Lake" by @sandrinado.bsky.social in case you missed it
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Sea Lake" by @sandrinado.bsky.social in case you missed it
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This story racked up 19 rejections before @yourimpossiblevoice.com took it. This BOTN nomination means a lot to me. Thank you @keithjpowell.com 🙏🏾
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This story racked up 19 rejections before @yourimpossiblevoice.com took it. This BOTN nomination means a lot to me. Thank you @keithjpowell.com 🙏🏾
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
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my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!
“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”
“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”
September 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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So excited for my piece to be featured in the latest issue of @trampset.bsky.social. Do check it out & the amazing work of fellow writers <3
"Do not let them into your heart, she tells me, a single child hoping for a friend, a teenager dreaming of her first boyfriend. Their love is like poison."
@lisobeltang.bsky.social's "China Dog"
trampset.org/china-dog-68...
@lisobeltang.bsky.social's "China Dog"
trampset.org/china-dog-68...
China Dog
by Lisobel Tang
trampset.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So excited for my piece to be featured in the latest issue of @trampset.bsky.social. Do check it out & the amazing work of fellow writers <3
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We’re free, free, free, with overgrown feathered bangs, hand-me-down tees on matchstick frames, sucking down raspberry Slurpees on steaming sidewalks . . . —"Sweet Dreams" by @carlyanderson.bsky.social
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams
August 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We’re free, free, free, with overgrown feathered bangs, hand-me-down tees on matchstick frames, sucking down raspberry Slurpees on steaming sidewalks . . . —"Sweet Dreams" by @carlyanderson.bsky.social
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams
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Long before language, when moonlight kissed the earth each green and lushy night, there were no words per se or even the mouths to say them.
And then there was the time by Francine Witte
For the full story visit 100wordstory.org
And then there was the time by Francine Witte
For the full story visit 100wordstory.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Long before language, when moonlight kissed the earth each green and lushy night, there were no words per se or even the mouths to say them.
And then there was the time by Francine Witte
For the full story visit 100wordstory.org
And then there was the time by Francine Witte
For the full story visit 100wordstory.org
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Thank you, @100wordstory.bsky.social for featuring my tiny sugary-but-not-sweet tale
Despite lick-smack-snap, despite sticky-tacky-sweet, despite red and white spirals on peppermint discs, despite green glinting gumdrops, despite chocolate-glazed fingers sucked just clean enough to grab one more sweet thing, she listened,
Despite by Tara Campbell
Full story at: 100wordstory.org
Despite by Tara Campbell
Full story at: 100wordstory.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you, @100wordstory.bsky.social for featuring my tiny sugary-but-not-sweet tale