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Andrea @andreagoyan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Last call for The Catalyst on NetGalley! Today is the final day to request a digital review copy. If genetically modified humans, murder, conspiracy, and things going very wrong with DNA sound like your kind of read, now's your chance. NetGalley:https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/888531

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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our guest this week is M.R. Robinson! Read along with us! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Terrific conversation with John @wiswell.bsky.social in @electricsheepsf.bsky.social about Garrodigh - and character identity & names, internal conflict, story structure, and so much more.

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to seeing John again and discussing dragon empathy.

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🥳 We've made it to the Wigleaf Top 50 lists! Many congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social, and @happilander.bsky.social!! Thank you for taking us to our very first Top 50. Also deeply grateful to @sudhab.bsky.social, Scott Garson, & the entire WTF team! 💜 #namjooning

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

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w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thank you, Marcy!

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Grateful for this lovely post from @mynachang.bsky.social for a story close to my heart that I wrote in a @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop. Thank you, Sarah! It was shortlisted in @bathflashaward.bsky.social and now in the Flood in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today nominations open for a bright new award in the SFF industry that aims to fill a gap left by the larger awards.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today we are so excited to release RESIST, an FFO anthology, guest edited by Jeanna Cammarano (@wordrat.bsky.social ), whose powerful editorial really sets the tone for this collection. Check out her words and grab a copy today! #writingcommunity #flashfiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...

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RESIST: A Flash Fiction Online Anthology - Flash Fiction Online

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14/06/2026

We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders

Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"playa frogsong lulled your kids..." gorgeous imagery and emotional resonance by @mynachang.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Happy to see this story out in the world again. It's one of my favorites. Huge thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and all the folks who work their butts off to make this happen! ❤️

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"Habit has guided my life to this place, but now the sea lies before me, and the tide is asking for my permission to turn." A perfect line to end the Flood. Thank you to the talented Alex Grehy in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Mary and Agnes, what a pair! Get to know Mary Randall in this gorgeously revealing glimpse by @alisonwassell.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"with a curated pressure. I crumbled into the ground" Love how this story by Stuti Srivastava in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social grounds the reader and simultaneously sends us to another world.

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"She didn’t fly, she didn’t need to, she didn’t have to." Love this lesson on how to find your feet by Mileva Anastasiadou in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"The taxidermist had never done a human before..." Best of black humour in this gorgeous story by @sharon54.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"the Department may assign a replacement spouse' Chilling exploration of political intrusion by Rachel M. Hollis in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"glow of amber as she walks away" brilliant way to end this gorgeous story by Rachel Smith in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"looks out at the land rising up to the sky" One beautiful, long life-affirming sentence by Sarah McPherson in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"even though I’m the one swaying in front of the fireplace the way you do with new babies, you can never stand still with babies in your arms." just gorgeous @lailamiller.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 🧡

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"I don’t tell Ah Ma I see Ah Ba everywhere too." wow I can learn from this author - brilliant work by Christine H. Chen in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"Order restores what the day has broken." Powerful work by Atiqah Ghazali-alKashif in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"Soon, the shutters will stay down..." Quiet brilliance in this story by Vikesh Mirchandani in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"Waltz through constellations..." love this one by Chloe Page @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Celebrating the Brits' National Flash Fiction Day. Honoured to have my story, "Standing Still" published by FlashFlood Journal. A new story is posted every 5 minutes for the 24-hour period. Enjoy! flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/stan...

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'Standing Still' by Laila Miller

It’s September, there’s going to be a killing frost, and your mum would have taken the geraniums in, he says. They can’t take frost. Winters...

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Delighted to see A23a's journey included with so many terrific authors in Myna's flash roundup. Thank you @mynachang.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Excited to be bobbing in The Flood again this year! My story's up at 05:15 BST - see you on 13th June. Thank you to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for all you do to make this amazing event happen! Still a few hours to submit...

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"Maybe it’d be better to live the rest of my days with the possibility—the hope—" Tiny, powerful cyber-noir by @mynachang.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Excited to report that my micro story, "The journey of A23a" is out in Flash Frontier's fabulous March 2026 issue. Thank you to the editors for continuing to support stories of culture and environment. flashfrontier.com/march-2026-h...

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March 2026: HE MUTUNGA | ENDINGS | Flash Frontier

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

“That day, we read poetry in the graveyard.” My micro, “Naming Poets,” appears in Bending Genres today. Thanks to the folks at @bendinggenres.bsky.social! bendinggenres.com/naming-poets/ #microfiction

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Naming Poets

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"I eased into my chair and spread a thin layer of gel around the bioplastic shin casing. “First, my leg has a name. It’s Charlie. Got him after a smuggling bust went sideways, probably before you were born.”" Love this Amelia Li Mystery by @mynachang.bsky.social in @escapepod.org

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Trond E. Hildahl @trondhildahl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Under my new imprint Dismantling Press, I am collecting furiously eloquent creative non fiction for an anthology. Writers, please see dismantlingpress.com/submissions/ for the guidelines. (sorry guys, this one is for women writers only) #RageWellSpoken

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Submissions – Dismantling Press

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Andrea @andreagoyan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The image for this week's episode of "The Catalyst", out tomorrow @metastellar.bsky.social

Two blue cat's paws are behind three blue feathers. Colorful dots pepper the background.

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"brooding clouds swathed the hills, incessant rain spluttering the burns and bogs, throwing itself against her bedroom window like fistfuls of pea gravel" Fresh and original exploration of nature in all its forms in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

"Mediating trivial bullshit killed me. Like, put me in a room full of women talking about their makeup and clothing kind of kill me." Brilliant start to "The Catalyst" by @andreagoyan.bsky.social in @metastellar.bsky.social with @trondhildahl.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

“But still, they’re using our stuff. It’s enough.” Wow. Stunning work by @mmschreier.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Congrats to all the amazing authors selected for Best Microfiction 2026! @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first" - a terrific dust devil of a story from @mynachang.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Excited to report my micro, "Tasmanian Summer Dance" is up today in another beautiful, thoughtful issue of Flash Frontier. Thank you to Michelle & the editing team for your support of microfiction that celebrates culture, environment and so much more. flashfrontier.com/december-202...

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December 2025: DANCE | NGĀ KANIKANI | Flash Frontier

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New Year's treat - December's Flash Roundup by @mynachang.bsky.social

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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition! November 12 8 pm (US Eastern) Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem Readers: Brian U. Garrison Ai Jiang Oliver K. Langmead Angela Liu Mari Ness Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Really looking forward to hosting this panel discussion on "Emotional Depths" with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. Should be such a great event. It's a week on Monday at 7pm GMT for anyone who'd like to sign up: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Emotional Depths. Hearts, Souls and Minds. Panel discussion on creating resonance (with Claudia Monpere and Dawn Tasaka Steffler)

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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Be Brave! Order Helen McClory's collection! Part of our discussion this week @electricsheepsf.bsky.social @helenmcclory.bsky.social

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