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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My friend John Penoyar was the inspiration for my new story up at Flash Fiction Mag today. It's called "Still Life with Floating Apple." Hope you enjoy it. flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/09...

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@marioaliberto3.bsky.social is one of the most supportive people I know In the flash lit scene and I think we should all listen to Mario. 😌❤️ Grab a copy of Family Night from @masonjarpress.bsky.social here: masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/...

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"FAMILY NIGHT is a lyrical gut-punch, like being kicked below the belt by a prima ballerina. Ani King invites you to have a seat at the table and engage with a cast of outcasts and upstarts, misfits and outsiders, as they share their stories of broken hearts and broken dreams. Exploring themes of identity, connection, and vulnerability with an unmatched urgency, from magic rabbit daughters to wasp mothers to coyote girls, King's collection renders the human condition bare in undeniable poetic prose." --Mario Aliberto III, author of All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'She pulled the scissors from the scissors jar and said to herself, do not cut your bangs, and with this magical incantation, she began to trim.' I wish I could do humour like Mary Guterson! Read 'Bangs' in the latest issue of @moonparkreview.bsky.social - moonparkreview.com/issue-37-fal...

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Bangs

By Mary Guterson The day was not going as planned. But then, she realized, she’d forgotten to make a plan, so there was no use blaming the day for the way things were going. She had only herself to…

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are beside ourselves with glee to bring you Issue 93 of SmokeLong Quarterly. 12 amazing flash narratives by 12 amazing writers and cover art by Victoria Ojo. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thinking about starting SmokeLong Fitness in October? You can register now annually or monthly. SmokeLong Fitness has made flash writers 83% more adorable since 2022, and we are absolutely not a cult. #notacult www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

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SmokeLong Fitness — The Community Workshop - SmokeLong Quarterly

In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join...

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi y’all! You know what would be rad? If you came to my remote launch party for Family Night on Oct 24 @1pm ET. More info in the alt text and at the registration link below. aniking.net/launchparty/

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Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Speaking of lake life: Thanks, @megpokrass.bsky.social, for sharing my little ode to a loon in your latest hint fiction contest. These prompt exercises are always so much fun. pokrassprompts.substack.com/p/winners-of...

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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Who’s terribly camera-shy and did this video anyway? It me. Pls clap.

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@lit-namjooning.bsky.social best paired with a rum and ginger. Coming to an internet near you in Sept 12. Read on your fave window seat, stare out often and contemplate the meaning of things 🧡

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Six weeks to go til Family Night drops! I can’t wait to share the stories in here and I’m really grateful this is happening!

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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The last story in my new chapbook w @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social was published by @smokelong.bsky.social. It's a story I couldn't put the truth in w/o making it fiction. It's abt someone very real who, thru his passing, began my fiction writing journey www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/well-b...

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We'll Be Birds - Lisa Thornton 4.25 x 5.5 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS

Deftly switching between past and present, the seven stories in Lisa Thornton’s We’ll Be Birds have as much to do with memory as anything. In “All God’s Creatures,” an older man loses track of t...

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 05/09/2026

If you’re seeing this message, that means the big Sad Jack in the sky hand-picked you to submit to OKD! Submit for free (while supplies last) at buff.ly/chQ4jpz.

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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’ve been looking forward to this going online! Fictive Dream is a dream journal. Thanks for believing in me.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions nominees!

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"Mojave Drive" by Margaret Dunn
"Jigger" by John Dufresne
"On Trees and Treefrogs" by L.A. Strycker
"Sutures" by Murray Dunsmore
"Mouth-Feel" by Sarah Juma

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What an honour and pleasure it was to read for Issue 3 of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social , out on Sept 12! These pieces are quietly stunning. You’re going to love it

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Relaxing Ocean Waves

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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 01/09/2026

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Announcing the WelkinPress Best Small Fiction nominations for 2026: @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social @thisisguan.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social @melissafitz.bsky.social @authorgreene.bsky.social Links to their brilliant pieces below 👇

Welking Press. Best Small Fictions Nominations 2026. Gillian O’Shaughnessy. Guan Un. Jo Gatford. Melissa Fitzpatrick. Randal Eldon Greene

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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@smokelong.bsky.social Do you know about The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest? It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations. We want it all. Deadline Nov 15. 250 words or fewer. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This CNF by @pennypriddy.bsky.social from @pitheadchapel.bsky.social archives is the kind of brilliance I expect and adore from Mollie-- poetic, repeated images spilling like stream-of-conscious, a voice raw & deep speaking straight to our hearts #archivechallenge pitheadchapel.com/pulling-muss...

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Pulling Mussels from A Shell

Mollie McLean I gave my baby away and God gave me a Walkman. A year before she was born all I wanted was a band, a boyfriend, a day at the beach. She came to be at the beach. All thin…

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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Inside the bedroom, the boy storms against schist and shale. The policemen wait and wait, for quiet, they wait. You need to come out, son.” This one by @belindarowe.bsky.social broke my heart. I want to wrap my arms around this boy forever. I adopted a kid like him. I’m gonna go call him now. 🥺

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you, Ani!! 🫶🫶🫶

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“The boy longs to ask the policemen if he can bring Mr Onions with him because a kitten hardly takes up any space at all, not like the gazillion thoughts hurtling around in his head” another stunner by @belindarowe.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 🖤💔🧳

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Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

There are spots left in our Break the Rules Workshop! Come write with me & @aniking.bsky.social 💙 Please share widely! 🥰 www.fieldworkswriting.com/breaktherules

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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My brother's new CNF flash is up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social check it out. I know these people. Funny and sad. Good stuff. "I see where I might have lost you. I see our ghosts; I’d like to say goodbye to them. I cannot kiss a ghost, but I can kiss you if you let me." "The Weather" by Lucas Flatt

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Our parents didn’t believe in the Easter bunny. They said it wasn’t the real story. And instead of us kids chowing down on chocolate eggs we were in the chook shed grading the real ones. Another beauty by Frankie McMillan in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/08/17/g...

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Good Friday at the Chickadee Poultry Farm by Frankie McMillan

Our parents didn’t believe in the Easter bunny. They said it wasn’t the real story. And instead of us kids chowing down on chocolate eggs we were in the chook shed grading the real ones. Pick…

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@adelegallogly.bsky.social's haiku in @freshtrout.bsky.social is gorgeous and moving, in so few syllables. 💚

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

'We kids were drawn to the backs of things. Back of Jack Koo’s shop, wooden crates of rotten bananas, clouds of tiny flies. Back of Solly’s car yards, wrecked parts, oil sumps, then to the backyard of the richest family in the street.' By Frankie McMillan. Terrific! centaurlit.com/past-jack-ko...

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Past Jack Koo’s shop: A faux pantoum by Frankie McMillan | Centaur

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"The truth is, I’ve had time to think about my past, to stare it in the face. The truth is, I’ve set it adrift." My lord, a brilliant piece of writing by @belindarowe.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com 💙💙💙

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love when writers treat revision like a beautiful transformative process, not 'critique,' and this piece was so cool ✨

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I might submit again to @paragraphplanet.bsky.social - if you haven't submitted to them before, try it. It's a great place to publish your tiny micros - 75 words only

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“If you please, signorina, lower more your hat. The bright light, the deep shadow, it is everything.” @belindarowe.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com with this amazing piece of surrealism. Also, this is how you do a title 🧡

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So stoked to be a part of the Okay Donkey family - my anticipation has been fizzing and sparkling! Many thanks to @stevexisxok.bsky.social for working with me (an incredible experience) and to the team at @okaydonkeymag.com for their awesomeness. All the loves 💚 okaydonkeymag.com/2026/08/21/s...

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Shall a Man That Doeth Violence Flee to the Pit? by Belinda Rowe

My beach towel floats down near a man sculpting fine white sand using a pink bucket and spade. Squinting, he says, Buongiorno, signorina, what you think of David with head of Goliath? Incredible, I…

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"I spent more and more time watching the sun go down alone, lying in the grass or climbing the tree that shed helicopters in fall." Go read "In the Blood" by @suzannehicks.bsky.social. Then, go hug your sibling. Art: “Crows” by Anita Dime

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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Allison Field Bell and Ani King are hosting a flash workshop! It's a nine-week combination workshop where we’ll learn three of writing’s most sacred rules and then smash them to pieces. Find out more here: www.fieldworkswriting.com/breaktherules

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'The rifle rested in his lap like a pet that could find no more comfortable place in all the world. Gun oil reek from cleaning. One in the chamber, Semper Fi mother fucker, hoorah!' What an absolute ripper by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social - thanks for sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social!

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We’re now reading for our September issue. Coming Aug 28 new work from @javert.bsky.social @williamtaylorjr.bsky.social Jack Fisher, Tymber Wolf, Casey Jo Gram Weimers, Zebulon Huset, @elissafield.bsky.social Julieanne Larick, Liz Berkstresser @mbvalente.bsky.social & @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social 👀

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Do you know about The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest? It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations. We want it all. Deadline Nov 15. 250 words or fewer. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

'It’s tied to a steel barrel with rope and whimpering, chastised by Chef for something, and waiting to die: she will not die, says Boy.' Read this fabulous voice-driven tale by @stanjwild.bsky.social in @wallstrait.bsky.social

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