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Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. fracturedlit.com Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social‬

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Fractured Lit @handle.invalid · 25/02/2026
New Interview of @tcboudreau by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social about Timothy's new collection, published by @StanchionZine next week! "...flash fiction is freedom; it encourages us to play, to make something short, strange, and intense..." fracturedlit.com/flash-fictio...
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Flash Fiction is Freedom: An interview with Timothy Boudreau | Fractured
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Your body quiets in a strange relief, grateful for a kind stranger, too anxious to still make it on time" Wow, this is such powerful writing from @christinaberke.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social: fracturedlit.com/what-were-yo...
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What Were You Thinking | Fractured
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Once the arrack had done its thing, he collapsed onto the broken chair and slept, snoring like a lorry belching smoke down the ghat road" Such rich, evocative writing from @savzac.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Katherine Argent @katherineargent.com · 29/01/2026
Loved this prize-winning flash fiction set in San Francisco’s Chinatown not long after the Great Fire of 1906. Well done Deborah J. Chinn! (via @fracturedlit.bsky.social)
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The Weight of Jade | Fractured
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Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
it’s a strange time to share anything right now but I do have a new flash up @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/sometimes-gr...
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Sometimes Grief is a Moonrise | Fractured
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Belinda Rowe @belindarowe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
'They are standing on the woman’s porch. The woman and her friend. They stare at the road in front of them. Empty. And beyond the road, an apple orchard. And beyond that: sky. Night sky. Stars, and a hint of moonrise.' A beautiful piece by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"The woman is alone on the porch. The apple orchard dips into darkness, and she hears the owl, imagines her flapping her wings." I love the way @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social writes. This remarkable piece in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Thanks for a Wonderful Welkin this year again Matt! For more flashy stuff try the new @thin-skin.bsky.social issue. Also @fracturedlit.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social @gonelawn.bsky.social Is that enough to keep you going? 😊
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Hi Laura, @gonelawn.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social - Ghosts, Fables, Fairytales opens Feb 16th @natflashfictionday.bsky.social - various @flash500.bsky.social Get writing! xx
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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I coil her name between my fist. What do you know about stars? I ask her, our lips both bloodied by Arby’s burger sauce. Enough, she says. Enough to understand why you hate them. Why you can’t look up. "Kismet," by Claire Guo in @fracturedlit.bsky.social !!
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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 13/02/2026
The Shortlist for February 13 (2/2): Links to brilliant work by: Alyson Floyd in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com Eliza Gilbert in @fracturedlit.bsky.social Links here:
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The Shortlist for February 13, 2026 - Turn & Work
An exclusive from James Vella, plus Wim Hylen, Mallory Smart, Alyson Floyd, Effie Seiberg, Eliza Gilbert, and Henrick Karoliszyn.
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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
flash fiction Friday review of "Sometimes Grief is a Moonrise" by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social. The piece is a heartache of complicated emotional processing. Read my brief review here: read-short-stories.com
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
weekly talk story about @fracturedlit.bsky.social's contest... www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...
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I'm Judging Fractured Lit's Ghost, Fable, and Fairytale Contest — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
I am so honored to be judging Fractured Lit’s Ghost, Fable, and Fairytale Contest! I hope you send something in! As of today’s talk story, the marginalized writers option for free submissions is still...
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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 20/02/2026
The Shortlist, Feb 20: Five lights-out flash fiction stories. Lila-Rose Beckford in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social @amykdebellis.bsky.social in Root Smoke @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social‬ E Ce Miller in @hfr.bsky.social @cbwell.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social Links:
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The Shortlist for February 20 - Turn & Work
Fiction from
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Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This wonderful list! Honored to have my @fracturedlit.bsky.social story here! Thank you @turnandwork.com 💕
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
So happy to join the team of readers at the brilliant @fracturedlit.bsky.social. Submit your "fiction that lingers long after the flash" micros and flash stories. I've admired this journal for a long time, and read every issue. Hope to read your words! fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit
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fiction that lingers long after the flashFractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance, with characters who come to life through their actions and responses to the world around them. ...
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 21/02/2026
Today's listing of the day is: Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tales Prize @fracturedlit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
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Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tales Prize @fracturedlit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
So excited to share “dead Mother Card,” up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...
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Dead Mother Card | Fractured
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Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Can always count on @emilyrinkema.bsky.social to tell me a good story. This one in @fracturedlit.bsky.social . fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...
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Dead Mother Card | Fractured
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It was an honor to have "DMC" chosen as a finalist for the @fracturedlit.bsky.social Flash Fiction Open, particularly to know it was read by the incredible @gwenekirby.bsky.social! And thanks, of course, to @smokelong.bsky.social where the story began last summer. fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...
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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
excited to have a new flash forthcoming in @fracturedlit.bsky.social later this spring! keep an eye out 👀
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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
DREAM LITMAG REALIZED! This is the VERY exciting acceptance I got in November, I've been sending my work in to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for FIVE YEARS! This piece starts, "You are a billionaire’s new, about-to-turn-19 wife..." fracturedlit.com/the-billiona... #FlashFiction #FlashLit
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The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
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Todd Tyrtle @gooutsidetoday.com · 05/01/2026
I am so excited to see this piece from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social out today. It’s a good one and gives me Inside Number 9 or Black Mirror shivers in a good way.
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Oh WOW! A stunning piece by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social You need to read this today. 🤩
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Eirene Eleni @eireneeleni.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This really is excellent. Thanks for sharing, June and wow, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social and @fracturedlit.bsky.social Wow.
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Daniel Addercouth @ruralunease.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Wee bit late with this, but I just wanted to express my undying gratitude to the competitions and publications that accepted, published and/or long- and short-listed my work in 2025: @welkinprize.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 1/2
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Finnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Haven't been Blueskying enough lately but was inspired to pop in to say I just read an incredibly brilliant piece on @fracturedlit.bsky.social by Sage Tyrtle. The use of surreal combined with all-too-frightening reality is uncanny and stunning. fracturedlit.com/the-billiona...
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The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Read @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's latest in @fracturedlit.bsky.social about the billionaires: "The after-dinner entertainment starts, a comedy set consisting of real New York City residents reading their real medical bills out loud." What a way to make your fiction sear 🔥 *chef's kiss*
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“You are the youngest person at the Mint Green Party, which is being held in Central Park. Everything is mint green. Even the earrings.” This is brilliant! @fracturedlit.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social
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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"Inside, you run your fingers over the real marble counter and the soap, which a little card tells you was made by children, but in a good way." Stop, drop, and read this one, pronto.
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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Big thanks to Timothy and to @fracturedlit.bsky.social!
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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ooof!! This is a fantastic read! Chugging along on a simple storyline when BAM! The derailment is sublime! Give this story by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social a read on your next coffee break! #shortstories #flashfiction #literary
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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My mailing list message for January has just gone out and you can read it on my site. I talk about how many times I submitted to @fracturedlit.bsky.social before I was successful, show you my latest pants, and talk about the #WritingWorkshop I have coming up: tyrtle.com/it-only-took...
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It Only Took me 5 Years To Get Into Fractured Lit - Sage Tyrtle
In November I opened a rejection from the flash litmag Fractured Lit. This was the 26th time I’d opened a rejection from Fractured Lit, over the course of 5 years, […]
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Wow, what a chilling and immersive #flashfiction #story by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social up at @fracturedlit.bsky.social "The after-dinner entertainment starts, a comedy set consisting of real New York City residents reading their real medical bills out loud..."
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Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This one by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is a banger to start off a new year's worth of flash.
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Lauren Kardos @lkardos.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
my heart needed to read this today. the latest from @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 09/01/2026
The Shortlist for January 9, 2026: Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web. Links to: Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social (...cont'd) #shortstories #flashfiction
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The Shortlist for January 9, 2026 - Turn & Work
Fiction from Brendan Gillen, Sage Tyrtle, Shobasakthi, Madeleine Armstrong, and Omar El Akkad
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“In the ensuing silence a billionaire at a different table says, ‘Is it really human rights violations if the *victims* can’t afford lawyers?’ and then …” @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/the-billiona...
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The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Foxes, cats, baubles and bones -- here's some of our community favs today 🖤 Featuring: @blackfoxlit.bsky.social @claudineliterary.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @diodeeditions.bsky.social @bfbzine.bsky.social @theampersandreview.bsky.social #writing
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• Diode Poetry Journal - Diverse voices and beautiful work
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Our stats-backed lists are based on 250K+ tracked submissions from our 69K+ users. Check them out at our link in bio!
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Savera Zachariah @savzac.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thrilled to be a finalist in Fractured Lit's 2025 Flash Fiction Open contest. Thanks @fracturedlit.bsky.social for this honour. fracturedlit.com/body-count/
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Body Count | Fractured
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Fractured Lit @handle.invalid · 05/01/2026
st story of 2026 by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social ! "You are a billionaire’s new, about-to-turn-19 wife. You are the youngest person at the Mint Green Party, which is being held in Central Park." fracturedlit.com/the-billiona...
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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A pleasure & privilege to interview the brilliant @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social about her dazzling @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social collection
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Fabulous interview of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social by @tcboudreau.bsky.social Always something for me to think about in Patricia’s answers. And another book for my Happy Christmas To Me list! 🎅🏽
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Fantastic interview! @tcboudreau.bsky.social talks to @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social about her new collection Pardon me for Moonwalking for @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/the-idea-tha...
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The idea that a work is finished is peculiar to me. Stories are alive. an interview with Patricia Q. Bidar | Fractured
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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#FF It’s Faux Fur Friday! To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “F”! @forestpathbooks.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social @frombeyondpress.bsky.social @frostzonestories.bsky.social @fuguejournal.bsky.social
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"Her voice is a rasp, a grinding gear, a scudding tire. She leaves the water running and yanks the shower curtain aside" Fab micro from @mynachang.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social, so full of sensory details and wonderfully vivid as a result
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“*C’mon, Johnny, it’ll be easy*, her own voice, an echo in the slap of the water, hanging in the air like steam as the tap finally runs hot. She breathes in the memory. Tastes the edge of her words.” @mynachang.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/borderland/
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Borderland | Fractured
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A chilling story of magic, tradition, and power. A curse might bring some people to their knees, but fate had other plans for the three women in the story. @aishatuado.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Triple Body Walking | Fractured
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Jane Yager @janewords.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Honored & delighted that my story is on the shortlist for the Elsewhere Prize of the wonderful @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Fractured Lit 2025 Elsewhere Prize Judged by Jemimah Wei Shortlist | Fractured
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Daniel Addercouth @ruralunease.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations to @janewords.bsky.social for being shortlisted for @fracturedlit.bsky.social's Elsewhere Prize!
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