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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 1d

new new: TWO MICROS, by Judah Crow: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 2d

We LOVE a story on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🤩 Managing Editor Wendy Olsen published an observant piece in @wigleaf.bsky.social we know you'll love too. Catch it here:
buff.ly/mnHO9RK

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 6d

Oh my heart this story by @wendyoleson.bsky.social ! The contrast between the child’s gentle, innocent perspective and the violence/danger in the story works so well. Very powerful piece. I don’t want to give too much away. But read it!

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 12d

new new: 2nd of season! "The Boy Waits," by Wendy Oleson: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 6d

new new: "Kingdom by the Sea," by Zehra Habib: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 8d

I just read The Boy Waits by Wendy Oleson @wendyoleson.bsky.social at @wigleaf.bsky.social

Good, clever, killer ending: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 7d

Honored and excited to be the Selecting Eddie the @wigleaf.bsky.social Too 50 2026!

Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 7d

It is my pleasure to share that @andrewporter01.bsky.social will be the Guest Selecting Editor for the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2026! Andrew Porter's latest book, The Imagined Life, has received many accolades and has been called, "One of the best books of the year," by Esquire.

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 12d

@wendyoleson.bsky.social

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 12d

new new: 2nd of season! "The Boy Waits," by Wendy Oleson: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 13d

September sub window: OPEN 🪟

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 18d

new new: first of season! "Lobotomy," by Philip Walker: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Aug 31

We agree!!!!!

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Cori @crescendoofpeace.bsky.social · Aug 30

Beautiful story, beautifully written, deeply felt.

Well worth the read.

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · May 2

new new: "The Pink Lady, The Honeycrisp," by Maureen Langloss: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Aug 29

We’ve hit our submission cap. See you in the last week of September 🌟

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Do you need something satisfying to read that will take you away from this hellhole for about 3 perfect minutes? Here is my recommendation, courtesy of @danchaon.bsky.social and @wigleaf.bsky.social:

wigleaf.com/201302him.htm

Chaon: 'That's Him! That's the Guy!'

Fiction by Dan Chaon

wigleaf.com

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · Jul 8

Big thank you to SmokeLong for challenging us to commit to two weeks of reading and sharing daily flash. Diving into @wigleaf.bsky.social's archive has been both inspiring and rewarding. <3

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Jul 8

Day 14 of The Archive Challenge! So far we count 27 participants who've posted every day! And 21 journals older than 10 years! That's a lot of love for the old folks! If you started on the second day, your last day to post will be tomorrow! Thank you, everyone! We'll choose a winner tomorrow!

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · Jul 9

Not quite sure if yesterday or today was the last day of the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge, so JUST TO BE SAFE here's a little one from the @wigleaf.bsky.social Hint Fiction issue by Ben White
wigleaf.com/201008ied.htm

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · Jul 8

Today's @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge story (the last?) from @wigleaf.bsky.social is this tiny little one by @kimchinquee.bsky.social

Maybe it's bc my parents listened to REO Speedwagon or bc of the particular moment it captures, but this one hits hard
wigleaf.com/201002speedw...

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Hi, Natalie," I said. "Where's Janine?"

"I ate her," Natalie said without looking in my direction.

Last day of @smokelong.bsky.social's #ArchiveChallenge

Taking it back to year one at @wigleaf.bsky.social with this agile, intricate character study by Tai Dong Huai.

wigleaf.com/200810natali...

Dong Huai: 'Natalie'

Wigleaf fiction by Tai Dong Huai.

wigleaf.com

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · Jul 7

Today's @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge story from @wigleaf.bsky.social is this one from @horse-updates.bsky.social

I like the way this one uses little touches to illustrate the edges of the fuller, more complicated live of the characters
wigleaf.com/201902electr...

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Five years after that, I cried wildly with a good friend on the floor of a Radisson Blu bathroom."

The anaphora here makes the closing line twinkle all the brighter.

@martamaranda.bsky.social in '18 @wigleaf.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge Day 13

wigleaf.com/201804five.htm

Evans: 'Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty'

Fiction by Marta Evans

wigleaf.com

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Pancakes" from @kristintenor.bsky.social in '23 @wigleaf.bsky.social threw me right into the moment and didn't let up once.

"She doesn't know why her mother walked barefoot to the neighbor's pond that day..."

@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge Day 12

wigleaf.com/202301pancak...

Tenor: 'Pancakes'

Fiction by Kristin Tenor

wigleaf.com

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Stephanie Yu @stephanieyu.bsky.social · Jul 5

Wrote something while on vacation and got a prize for it 🥲 thank you Wigleaf and thank you jet lag! wigleaf.com/202409sydw.htm

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · Jul 6

Today for the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge, as we journey through @wigleaf.bsky.social :

A neat little list story from Ling Ma in 2011. It's fun going back and seeing the stories big names published as they were coming up:
wigleaf.com/201110lifepl...

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · Jul 5

"A strange vibrancy came upon us—the Betta a ruby glint in the corners of our eyes."

This story of a drowning marriage by Emma Smith-Stevens in '14 @wigleaf.bsky.social so effortlessly laces metaphor with meaning.

@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge Day 11

wigleaf.com/201409august...

Smith-Stevens: 'An August in the Early 2000s'

Fiction by Emma Smith-Stevens

wigleaf.com

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Jul 5

BIG CONGRATS 2025 MythicPicnic winners, Sophie Hoss and @stephanieyu.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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