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Switch’s nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026!

"𝐋𝐢𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐧𝐞
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐛𝐲 𝐙𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫-𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞
"𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐲

www.switchonline.org

2026 Best of the Net Nominee: “Harrowing,” by
MaxiJane Frazier.

“You arrive in Red Cloud, Nebraska, at noon, like an agent awaiting a secret communiqué. The tour guide tells you about Willa Cather’s real-life friend, Annie Pavelka….”

www.switchonline.org/items/harrow...

Enjoy the latest micros now up on Switch, work by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
@joannavtheiss.bsky.social
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Kathryn Petruccelli
Cheryl Snell
Tim Conley
Liz deBeer
Kris Wilcox
Karen Walker
Frances Gapper
Mileva Anastasiadou
— More to come!