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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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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was just listening to a reading and heard the most incredible flash, layered, quietly stabbing me in the gut. The kind of story you type into the chat as soon as the author is done, where was that one published? James Keith Smith @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social in @vestalreview.bsky.social

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

both of us tilted-–how blue the sky was that summer, how thick and far away the clouds—and I told you that if we believed it, you could fly, saying, “Wheee!” at the right moment I'm always there for sister memories because sister memories are the best Nicole Brogdon in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Family Night the unboxing!!! Out with @masonjarpress.bsky.social who are so amazing. This is the queer, trans flash book of my dreams. I’m so fucking grateful to have it out in the world. youtube.com/shorts/RX4rj...

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Unboxing Family Night by Ani King (Masón Jar Press)

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To celebrate Travis Flatt's new chapbook, some of my main squeezes are reading shit that'll blow your socks off. @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social In Two Days! Saturday, Sept 29 @ 6:00 PM EST Wanna play footsie? DM/ message @travisflatt.bsky.social for link.

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Coleman Bigelow @cbigs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. Come hear ye the incomparable stylings of @travisflatt.bsky.social. SATURDAY (19th) at 6pm EST. Join for his book launch Such Late Night Radio!!! DM Travis for link. With readers including @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social list continues…

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I broke words apart and then thought of other words in order to feel less pain. Schizo became split became pea became soup became warmth became snow became the time our family walked around a lake in Bled, Slovenia Regina Landor in @short-reads.org

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Skipping Stones

by Regina Landor | Trying not to sink.

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Listen up! On Saturday, September 19 at 6 PM ET, @travisflatt.bsky.social is launching his new chapbook, Such Late Night Radio. I'll be reading at this celebration, and so will many of my favourite writers, like @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social ...

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Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What are you doing SATURDAY (19th) at 6pm est? Join @travisflatt.bsky.social for his book launch Such Late Night Radio!!! DM Travis for link. Lots of cool readers @lmbayley.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and more!!!!!

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fabulous interview about her upcoming collection, AI and her September Trampset flash story, "The Night the Mongols Arrive to Sack the City," her usual whipsmart mix of dark hilarity and tenderness and just humanity in general. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social.

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Of cliffs and crones and those midlife moments in between. @dawnsteffler.bsky.social captures this so beautifully @lit-namjooning.bsky.social !

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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“But she had to teach them how to not need her so much, didn’t she?” What a gorgeous piece of writing by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Engine idling hands clenched eyes scrunched closed sweat dripping down her back. And her three chicks in the backseat overtired. Her too. Peak time for seagull chorus, Mom Mom Mom Mom Mom" Gorgeous! Love love love the voice. @dawnsteffler.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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Of All the Landscapes her Life has led her Through by Dawn Tasaka Steffler

this is her favorite; there’s something about the windsweptness of this coastline. Scruffy trees bent from wind the sharp smell of cold. On a cliff overlooking the ocean she has created a sort of nest...

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

As many of you know, I've been writing menopausal women stories and essays for a while. And this one has my whole heart in it. I hope you check it out, as well as all the other tremendous authors in the issue. Thank you Literary Namjooning for being a perfect home for this little ocean zucchini. 🫛🌊

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Of All the Landscapes her Life has led her Through by Dawn Tasaka Steffler

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue3

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Huge congrats to all our Best Small Fictions nominations! 🐸💙 @travisflatt.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, Kelly McElroy, Jennifer Todhunter

Green and black flier listing Best Small Fictions nominees: Travis Flatt, Miriam Gershow, Kelly McElroy, Jennifer Todhunter

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Issue 3 vibes…calm with hints of dark & stormy. Intrigued? Do come back on Sept 12! #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We toured the birth rooms and found baths with high-speed jets. Flatscreen televisions. But such violences cannot be cushioned. My news feeds show masked men dragging another man out of his home in Minneapolis, half-dressed. All of the ICE agents, unholstered @erinvachon.bsky.social Pithead Chapel

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

if the rest of the class didn’t notice your bodily indiscretion before, they sure as hell do now. Is black-bike shorts giving you the side-eye? Who is he to judge? Hilarious. So glad you reclaimed this as CNF... hard relate. lol. @tomljanovic.bsky.social in Sugar Sugar Salt

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Radiant Heat By T.L. Tomljanovic

You always remember your first time.

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"She always knew there was a mean girl inside of her. But apparently, inside of her, there’s a girl who’s afraid to open her piehole" Love this from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social; a Russian doll of a story in every sense: 100wordstory.org/therapy/

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Therapy - 100Words

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

WHOO! @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ALL THE CONGRATS!

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Excited to be the new NF Editor position at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. It has been a pleasure shadowing @stateofkate.bsky.social. Can't wait to see what you do next! And heartfelt appreciation goes to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the opportunity. Thankful for the mentorship but also the friendship ❤️

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Writing Room Org UK @writingroomorguk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I love this post. I was fiction editor of Ambit Magazine for many years and know exactly what it is to be haunted by some beautiful or intriguing or boldly written work which didn't quite make it for whatever reason! Keep sending - editors need your work - and we're sorry if it doesn't quite make it

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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Please know that I am haunted by some stories we have declined. Please know that sometimes one sentence in your story that is not quite right for us lands in my jaw and will live there forever. Please know I realize you are sending us your heart.

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SUPER EXCITED to read at the launch of one of my favorite flash writers, TRAVIS FLATT! Come listen! It'll be amazing, just look at that line up!

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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

(pt.2) Such Late Night Radio is my June 2026 chapbook. Events have kept me from properly release/launching until now. It's a slipstream chapbook about sensual sentient swimming pools and grocery store battlefields. Be excited for these readers! Zoom link coming soon. Keep an eye out.

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Hey,” the one closest to her right shoulder said, nudging her. “Kiss it.” For the last #archivechallenge , a piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social that is making me weep. Sometimes you're not safe no matter how closely you follow the rules. mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

At the gun show, you come back from wherever you had disappeared to, eating grilled Italian sausage with roasted peppers and onions on a roll from a paper shell. You talk with your mouth full about how gun safety starts with getting over the fear. @elissafield.bsky.social @trampset.bsky.social

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

5 years ago this collection was published by the amazing @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. These stories took decades to write, and is my core of my heart. Always indebted (with great love) to the best editor around @vanwinkle.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.amazon.com/Wind-Swirls-...

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The Wind, It Swirls

The Wind, It Swirls [Crawley, Dan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Wind, It Swirls

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

How I read all midterm polls now.

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The berries that are fully ripe—dark, plump, sugared—release easily from their thorned branches. Those same thorns scrape our arms as we reach for the fruit, which seems right to us. This shouldn’t be easy. Anna Levy on blackberries - last week in @riverteeth.bsky.social Beautiful Things

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The breeze settled like breath, slowly filling the room with sharp green scent of basil—clean, fresh, electric Helaine Fiedler on Basil, this week in @riverteeth.bsky.social Beautiful Things

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Lori Cramer @loricramerwriter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"...though for a little longer she'll believe they're talking about someone else." Read @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 100wordstory.org/therapy/

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Therapy - 100Words

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"And inside of her is a sad girl drawing pictures of a happy girl who still lives with her mommy and daddy ..." @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 100wordstory.org/therapy/

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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

‘She always knew there was a mean girl inside of her.’ Brilliant new 100-word micro from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in the always-brilliant @100wordstory.bsky.social. Love the combination of that structure with that title… 🧍‍♀️ 100wordstory.org/therapy/

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Therapy - 100Words

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A story like a Russian doll

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"And inside of her is a sad girl drawing pictures of a happy girl who still lives with her mommy and daddy,...." Big love for this extraordinary piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Nothing is going as it should. Green keeps drawing cards, even when it’s not his turn; Red is trying to bite the head off one of Yellow’s pawns; Blue’s fingers are so big that he keeps knocking over his own pawns; and Yellow has drawn his saber. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @trampset.bsky.social

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I listed a half dozen things he might choose: money, politics, cold plunging, the way he looked at Kyle’s teacher during conferences last week, why he won’t get a colonoscopy, his salmon-colored shorts. And the hits keep coming... @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in Hawkeye

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We dip, squeeze, wash, return. Calculate what we have shared and what we have kept to ourselves. In kissing scenes, never kiss. In food scenes, never eat. But the penetration was real, make no mistake about that. Direct and unflinching @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @thin-skin.bsky.social

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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

'She always knew there was a mean girl inside of her. But apparently, inside of her, there’s a girl who’s afraid to open her piehole.' Wonderful layering by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity 100wordstory.org/therapy/

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Therapy - 100Words

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thrilled to have a story up in one of my big white whales, @100wordstory.bsky.social ! Thank you Michelle Ross ! Huge thank you also to @rgvaughan.bsky.social for letting me into @neonpajamas.bsky.social 's humor workshop a day after it started, where this story began. I’m such a fan of Ben!

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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Matt Kendrick is the winner of The Villager Challenge 2026 for his inspiring commitment to the flash community. The prize ($200) will be passed along to two more people. Matt has already chosen two people to receive a free place in one of his workshops. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/105247...

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Jane French @janefrench.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I love this so much. Read it out loud. Trust me.

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I heard @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social read this in tribute to John Brantingham at the Flash Fiction Festival. I looked for it but couldn't find it. Fortunately, the day we left, I finally met Alison (so lovely) and she told me where it was. And, in case you need some magic today, here it is. (1st piece)

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Monthly Challenge — The Journal of Radical Wonder

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Even if you skip my rambling about reading palate/writer's voice in the beginning DO READ the three writers I share whose work knocked me out this week, and why... with links to their work: @glennorgias.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social RT follow subscribe

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