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Elissa Field

@elissafield.bsky.social
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Lit noir novels + flash | SmokeLong Submission Ed | Runner Up Killer Claymore Best Mystery | Stories in/coming SmokeLong trampset HAD Moon City Ghost Parachute Monkeybicycle Citron Review Peatsmoke CRAFT Conjunctions ++ | IG FB elissalaurenfield.com

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ah, such a thrill to see this! Thanks to @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social for including my story "At the Gun Show You Say to Me, You Look Good," @trampset.bsky.social along with these other fabulous writers via @turnandwork.com
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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brilliant to see this stellar field in action Thanks @cbigs.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @elissafield.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and @bsherm36.bsky.social and @travisflatt.bsky.social - looking forward to reading!
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Such Late Night Radio, by Travis Flatt
Prose, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Such Late Night Radio is a collection of flash fiction stories that delve into the odd. The weirdness that drifts somewhere beyond your bedtime. Tha...
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction
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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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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come join us as we celebrate Travis Flatt’s book launch this Sat Sept 19 6pm EST — mssg me or anyone else in the promo for a link. Will be a 🔥🚀❤️ event!
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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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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Gently, you push my head to safety when someone waves a barrel in my direction. Your voice drops low and sweet, almost a memory.” @elissafield.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Love seeing this new story, “At the gun show you say to me, You look good,” go live at trampset. Huge thanks to the editors for spotting it. Congrats to fellow writers in the issue, and thanks to my flash pack peeps who were early readers. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"At the gun show, I think of the range. You made me practice two holds: teacup and overlap, made me try again and again the perfect grip, the proper lay of my finger away from the trigger, but ready to move." Guns, marriage. Incredible story @elissafield.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wow, I love love love this story, Elissa. Congratulations!!!
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So excited to have this in 100 Word story. Thank you, Michelle Ross! 100wordstory.org/in-their-30s...
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In Their 30s the Jokes Keep Coming - 100Words
Claudia MonpereOf course his ghost will visit during those 10 years...
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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’ve got a new flash in this month’s @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, a true story that reads stranger than fiction. Thanks a million to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for loving this, because I truly love Pithead Chapel. ✨🖤
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And Treebeard Said, “I Must Do Something, I Suppose”
Erin Vachon I tell my friends it will get bad, then better. Soon. A timeline sketch. Summer, then. We will conquer. At protests, we flex such chants into religion. I. I. Believe. Believe. That We. …
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thrilled to be in this issue alongside so many incredible writers!
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here’s my latest story “The Night Cory Dies,” in the new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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Published in Temple in a City literary journal
The night Cory dies micro fiction by author Emily Rinkema. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Among other things it’s no mean feat to begin every paragraph with the same clause without it becoming gimmicky but you did that.
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Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Love this new @elissafield.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social !!!!
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm looking forward to reading with this great lineup in celebration of Travis Flatt's release -- Such Late Night Radio is available from Bottlecap Press in the link in his post. Watch for a zoom link for the event on 9/19. @travisflatt.bsky.social
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And then this piece by @elissafield.bsky.social in CRAFT: www.craftliterary.com/2025/01/10/a... #ShortsInTheFeed (best case for the sustained use of the f-word I've ever encountered!)
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After Skim-Reading Jack London on the Plane by Elissa Field - CRAFT
“The fuck you take your gloves off again?” you growled, never letting up, the oldest. Brother trip, our third in two years, anywhere there’d be northern lights.  We hiked out of the frozen Alaskan woo...
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Gently, you push my head to safety when someone waves a barrel in my direction. Your voice drops low and sweet, almost a memory.” Amazing new work from @elissafield.bsky.social here.
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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Watch how @elissafield.bsky.social makes gun ownership a love language in @trampset.bsky.social. So so good. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Love seeing this new story, “At the gun show you say to me, You look good,” go live at trampset. Huge thanks to the editors for spotting it. Congrats to fellow writers in the issue, and thanks to my flash pack peeps who were early readers. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"At the gun show, you don’t check when your phone vibrates, not until we’re at the end of the row, and then you pocket it without returning the call." @elissafield.bsky.social's "At the gun show you say to me, You look good" www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Tell me, ‘I only want to keep you safe’.” Such a gorgeously layered piece of writing by @elissafield.bsky.social. The way it spirals to the ending… www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...
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At the gun show you say to me, You look good | trampset
by Elissa Field...I eye one under glass in diesel green, iridescent like rainbows on petrol. Laser embossed handgrips in swirls of vining flowers. I’d fired yours at the range. First time I heard a sh...
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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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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I absolutely can't wait to read this book @elissafield.bsky.social when it's complete and has a home!
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m very excited to see where this novel draft of mine goes next. The End of Us just won Runner Up for Killer Claymore Best Mystery Award. A psych crime thriller w underlying will-they, won’t-they simmering romance, this has to be the most fun I’ve ever had writing. Time to get it out!
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I am so excited that my story, "At the Gun Show You Say to me, You Look Good," will be published by @trampset.bsky.social August 28th. So glad to be appearing with these fab writers, incl @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social!
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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Exciting news! @Wigleaf Top 50 and the long list feature many Peatsmoke contributors! Congratulations to all!
Congratulations! "Whale Song Lullabies" BY TOMMY DEAN SELECTED FOR WIGLEAF TOP 50 "He's a bridge and she's the boat, and gravity hungers to bring them together."ADDITIONAL CONGRATULATIONS "Saddleback" by Elissa Field and "Sad Library Things" by Eileen Frankel Tomarchio chosen for the long list. Peatsmoke Contributors included in the Top 50: Kyle Weik, Will Musgrove, J Condra Smith, and Eileen Frankel Tomarchio
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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Elissa's Substack - wordlove elissafield.substack.com?r=oxxlb&utm_...
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Elissa's Substack - wordlove | Elissa Field | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Elissa's Substack - wordlove, by Elissa Field, a Substack publication.
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I was glad to hear my flash fiction made the Bath Flash Fiction Award shortlist. I look forward to reading all the winners, shortlisted and longlisted stories when the anthology comes out! Full winners, shortlist & longlist avail here: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Incredibly honored to have my work discussed alongside the brilliant @emilyrinkema.bsky.social & @glennorgias.bsky.social. Deep dive now rereading/reading more of their writing. Huge thanks for this, Elissa.
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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
So lovely of Elissa to write this! Chuffed to be mentioned alongside @emilyrinkema.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social. Resuscitate was a long long story that was cut down to 1000ish words and all the better for it. Being pubbed in @wigleaf.bsky.social was a dream come true.
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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
agree with everything you said here! and those writers are AMAZING!
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What a huge honor! And I loved reading @glennorgias.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social again and through Elissa’s eyes!
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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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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
WOW, these 3 stories by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @newworldwriting.bsky.social I love Dawn's work, know it well, and I was still knocked by each of these! Read read read! 🔥 newworldwriting.net/dawn-tasaka-...
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Dawn Tasaka Steffler ~ Three Stories - New World Writing Quarterly
I’m a decorative throw pillow, I’m a pair of memory foam house slippers After Eric Scot Tryon I work the afternoon shift at the TJ Maxx Homegoods. I eat yogurt
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My #CraftArticle for July is a reflection of the writing commuinty's collected wisdom, thinking about our bespoke terms for how we describe our craft: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/our-specia... References @erinbondo.com @crankypacifist.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
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Our special words for things
Last month I posted a “bonus” article all about my favourite words and it triggered a comment from Sarah Freligh about the words we have as writers to describe our writing processes, not the “official...
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm thrilled: I’ve just heard my novel THE END OF US is a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore award in mystery. Final awards will be announced at the annual dinner August 22.
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The Citron Review @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Ahh! Just a couple of days ago, our Summer Issue dropped! Please join us for wonderfully brief creative writing. We are so thankful to have an amazing lineup of writers for you. citronreview.com
Text reads: Summer Issue Now Image of purple flower petals with water droplets, black bacground.
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I was supposed to be picking up a dog collar, an exam study guide and getting a car wash. Somehow I came home with books instead. Mystery how that happens.
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Happy to see my “Saddleback” made Wigleaf’s Top 50 longlist. Thanks to Wendy Wallace & Bess Cooley at Peatsmoke who published. It’s meant so much to hear the impact this story has had on readers. Congrats to all on the #WigleafTop50 & longlist! #elissafield www.peatsmokejournal.com/winter-2025....
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Advice to writers and creatives: how to AI scam emails offering prizes, representation, and more elissafield.substack.com/p/am-i-now-f...
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Am I Now Famous...Or Is This Email AI?
Steps for writers and creatives to check if that fan mail is for realz
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thrilled to have one of my favorite stories make the Uncharted Cinematic Short Story Contest short list! @unchartedmag.bsky.social #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #shortstory #TBR
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mattnixson.bsky.social @mattnixson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Big shout out to Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year finalists 2026 @tariqashkanani.bsky.social Abigail Dean @alicefeeney01.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Mick Herron & @ellygriffiths.bsky.social 👏 See you at @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/entertainmen...
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These 6 gripping thrillers are competing for Crime Novel of the Year
Shortlist has been revealed for the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... readers are in for a treat
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy to hear that one of my flash stories will be published in the Bath Flash Fiction Anthology. I’m sharing the list of all the longlist titles here — congratulations, all! Judging is still underway so do not match author names and titles!
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I’m over the moon: one of my all time favorite stories has made the short list in @unchartedmag.bsky.social Cinematic Story contest. Fingers crossed as we go to final judging. (If you know my work or any story on the list, don’t match names and titles as judging is still underway.)
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Elena, 🤣 -- I thought the exact same thing when I read that headline! Thanks for sharing my story!
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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Here's how to purchase the amazing Ghost Parachute Anthology that Brett Pribble and his team put together -- 175 stories by some of the most exciting #flashfiction writers (thrilled my little Valhalla story is included!). bookshop.org link (3% back if you use Rakuten) bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
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