Oh Jack, what fab news! So excited to see your name and your NFFR story on that list!
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Oh Jack, what fab news! So excited to see your name and your NFFR story on that list!
Join us in celebrating the two NFFR stories by @jackmmorris.bsky.social and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...
Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!
Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...
Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!
Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Join us in celebrating the two NFFR stories by @jackmmorris.bsky.social and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...
Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!
Links to their stories here:
newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
newflashfiction.com/a-few-words-...
Thanks to the editors @dseuss.bsky.social, Meg & Gary!
It’s wild! I was so pleased to write and finish a story at all last year - and to really be pleased with end product - and then to have it published by @NFFR was 😍 let alone nominated. So to be published in the blinkin’ anthology 🫣🤩
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It’s wild! I was so pleased to write and finish a story at all last year - and to really be pleased with end product - and then to have it published by @NFFR was 😍 let alone nominated. So to be published in the blinkin’ anthology 🫣🤩
That’s fantastic! Congratulations! Maybe spread the word among your NFFR colleagues if you haven’t already?
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
That’s fantastic! Congratulations! Maybe spread the word among your NFFR colleagues if you haven’t already?
NFFR (@nffr.bsky.social) just did one on the theme of “10.”
September 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
NFFR (@nffr.bsky.social) just did one on the theme of “10.”
"[This story is based on] the aftermath of my father-in-law’s death. Though the rituals were performed for thirteen days, the tenth day was very emotional. That was when we said a final good-bye to the departed soul. That night my mother-in-law was made to sleep alone."
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"[This story is based on] the aftermath of my father-in-law’s death. Though the rituals were performed for thirteen days, the tenth day was very emotional. That was when we said a final good-bye to the departed soul. That night my mother-in-law was made to sleep alone."
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
Vijayalakshmi Sridhar #NFFR
"I have a very strange brain that associates everything back to numbers. Numbers are immensely soothing to me as a person who grew up with a bewildering sensory, emotional and interpersonal world. Numbers never trip you up, they never do anything unexpected."
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I have a very strange brain that associates everything back to numbers. Numbers are immensely soothing to me as a person who grew up with a bewildering sensory, emotional and interpersonal world. Numbers never trip you up, they never do anything unexpected."
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social #NFFR
"A few months ago my toddler pointed to her closet and told us there were ghosts in there. When you’re a new parent, you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decode your child's statements. With this story, I tried my best to cast this fleeting moment in plaster."
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"A few months ago my toddler pointed to her closet and told us there were ghosts in there. When you’re a new parent, you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decode your child's statements. With this story, I tried my best to cast this fleeting moment in plaster."
Andrew Martin #NFFR
Andrew Martin #NFFR
"For flash fiction, there’s a messy, resonant moment that usually comes to mind as inspiration. With such a tight word count, the tension has to be created from the first sentence, sustained through the slice of story, and end with an ambiguity that isn’t too frustrating."
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"For flash fiction, there’s a messy, resonant moment that usually comes to mind as inspiration. With such a tight word count, the tension has to be created from the first sentence, sustained through the slice of story, and end with an ambiguity that isn’t too frustrating."
Elana Lavine #NFFR
Elana Lavine #NFFR
"In the US there have been attempts to censor everything, including the weather, and I was looking at the website for NOAA, one of the federal agencies under attack, and came across a list of meteorological terms, and that gave me the shape for the final story."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"In the US there have been attempts to censor everything, including the weather, and I was looking at the website for NOAA, one of the federal agencies under attack, and came across a list of meteorological terms, and that gave me the shape for the final story."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social #NFFR
"Despite my difficulty with numbers, I find them comforting. My first son was born early and had to gain weight to catch up. Recently, I found the log of times I’d fed him and how much he’d had. The numbers would just float away if I didn’t write them down immediately."
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Despite my difficulty with numbers, I find them comforting. My first son was born early and had to gain weight to catch up. Recently, I found the log of times I’d fed him and how much he’d had. The numbers would just float away if I didn’t write them down immediately."
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
Rebecca Klassen #NFFR
"The origin of 'Lights out at Ten' is a documentary about long-term mental health patients. While some were fully institutionalised, others talked reflectively about their old lives and seemed to be holding on to a sense of self. I thought that was an interesting headspace."
Neil James #NFFR
Neil James #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The origin of 'Lights out at Ten' is a documentary about long-term mental health patients. While some were fully institutionalised, others talked reflectively about their old lives and seemed to be holding on to a sense of self. I thought that was an interesting headspace."
Neil James #NFFR
Neil James #NFFR
"Writing is a form of resistance. It might not feel like what you’re writing is important in the face of all that’s happening in the world, but always remember there’s a reason fascists burn and ban books. Words are powerful."
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Writing is a form of resistance. It might not feel like what you’re writing is important in the face of all that’s happening in the world, but always remember there’s a reason fascists burn and ban books. Words are powerful."
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
@sagreene1.bsky.social #NFFR
"Writing is engagement with the things and people that anxiety yearns for you to turn away from. I’m the last person to give advice about writing, but to write during anxious times is, paraphrasing Didion, to tell the stories we need in order to live."
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Writing is engagement with the things and people that anxiety yearns for you to turn away from. I’m the last person to give advice about writing, but to write during anxious times is, paraphrasing Didion, to tell the stories we need in order to live."
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
@mitchellgauvin.bsky.social #NFFR
"If your cup is feeling empty, find something that fuels your creative soul. Read everything you can get your hands on. Spend time with people you love. Writing will always be there waiting for you when you’re ready to come back to it."
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Don't miss this! Beyond their marvellous stories, our 10th anniversary issue contributors weigh in on their inspirations, mentors, writing in anxious times and what to make of themes.
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
newflashfiction.com/on-mentors-w...
a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman 's face with multiple faces coming out of it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"If your cup is feeling empty, find something that fuels your creative soul. Read everything you can get your hands on. Spend time with people you love. Writing will always be there waiting for you when you’re ready to come back to it."
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Great advice from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social #NFFR
Absolutely SQUEALING with joy to have a piece up in NFFR today! This whole issue is just incredible - congrats on 10 years @nffr.bsky.social 🍾🥂
newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...
newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...
Thursdays Smell Like You by Ashleigh Adams | Issue #38
They smell like orange peel and oaky bourbon, same as your breath after three Old Fashioneds.
newflashfiction.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Absolutely SQUEALING with joy to have a piece up in NFFR today! This whole issue is just incredible - congrats on 10 years @nffr.bsky.social 🍾🥂
newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...
newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...
I had a great experience working with NFFR from submission to publication. Make sure to follow and check out their past issues for the best in flash fiction.
September 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I had a great experience working with NFFR from submission to publication. Make sure to follow and check out their past issues for the best in flash fiction.
Big ❤️❤️to NFFR for reading and posting. I enjoyed my days editing there so much!
Love this interview between two past editors of #NFFR - @theburninghearth.bsky.social & @alkratz.bsky.social
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
A is for Al, my interview with Al Kratz is live at TBH. We talk about his book T is for Train, writing, and life.
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Big ❤️❤️to NFFR for reading and posting. I enjoyed my days editing there so much!
Love this interview between two past editors of #NFFR - @theburninghearth.bsky.social & @alkratz.bsky.social
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
A is for Al, my interview with Al Kratz is live at TBH. We talk about his book T is for Train, writing, and life.
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
A is for Al: An Interview with Al Kratz
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! I’m so happy you’ve stopped by for this interview with my friend and writing group fellow, Al Kratz. Al and I met several years ago via an online Bending …
constancemalloy.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Love this interview between two past editors of #NFFR - @theburninghearth.bsky.social & @alkratz.bsky.social
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
Al has a new book out, T is for Train. "It’s part travel writing, part memoir, part writing craft, part we don’t know what to call it." Sounds an ideal mix!
All the best, Al and Connie 👋🏼
“Grandma gets her episodes at least once a month. She’ll grow out her jaws and if it happens on a rainy day..”
@smokelong.bsky.social
#archivechallwnge
This one in #nffr is very Angela carter with a twist of Ben Loory( two of my favorites!) newflashfiction.com/katerina-kis...
@smokelong.bsky.social
#archivechallwnge
This one in #nffr is very Angela carter with a twist of Ben Loory( two of my favorites!) newflashfiction.com/katerina-kis...
Little Red Riding Hood by Katerina Kishchynska
Grandma gets her episodes at least once a month. She’ll grow out her jaws and if it happens on a rainy day, claws will tear out of her fingers.
newflashfiction.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Grandma gets her episodes at least once a month. She’ll grow out her jaws and if it happens on a rainy day..”
@smokelong.bsky.social
#archivechallwnge
This one in #nffr is very Angela carter with a twist of Ben Loory( two of my favorites!) newflashfiction.com/katerina-kis...
@smokelong.bsky.social
#archivechallwnge
This one in #nffr is very Angela carter with a twist of Ben Loory( two of my favorites!) newflashfiction.com/katerina-kis...
“The sugar is white and Jessie’s in black. There’s a black wreath on the door and a deep black hole opening up under Jessie’s feet…”
@smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge
This lovely triptych by Kathryn Kulpa in #NFFR made me want to write…
newflashfiction.com/special-feat...
@smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge
This lovely triptych by Kathryn Kulpa in #NFFR made me want to write…
newflashfiction.com/special-feat...
Jessie’s Life in Three Surnames: A Triptych by Kathryn Kulpa
Jessie wakes to the smell of manure being spread. Every day. Or maybe only growing season, but it feels like every day. When her father and brothers come in from the fields and Ma has one of her sick ...
newflashfiction.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“The sugar is white and Jessie’s in black. There’s a black wreath on the door and a deep black hole opening up under Jessie’s feet…”
@smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge
This lovely triptych by Kathryn Kulpa in #NFFR made me want to write…
newflashfiction.com/special-feat...
@smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge
This lovely triptych by Kathryn Kulpa in #NFFR made me want to write…
newflashfiction.com/special-feat...
I’m not part of the #NFFR fam yet, but hoping to try and get something together for your tenth anniversary issue, so hopefully that’ll change soon ☺️
June 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’m not part of the #NFFR fam yet, but hoping to try and get something together for your tenth anniversary issue, so hopefully that’ll change soon ☺️
Delighted to see 6 #NFFR stories selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50 longlist 🎉🎉 - links in the comments
Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Delighted to see 6 #NFFR stories selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50 longlist 🎉🎉 - links in the comments
Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
Huge congrats to all the writers in the #NFFR family whose stories were selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50!
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@pamelapainter.bsky.social
@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
wigleaf.com
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@pamelapainter.bsky.social
@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
wigleaf.com
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Huge congrats to all the writers in the #NFFR family whose stories were selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50!
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@pamelapainter.bsky.social
@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
wigleaf.com
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@pamelapainter.bsky.social
@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
wigleaf.com