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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am so very pleased that this story found its home at @lostballoon.bsky.social. A huge thanks to @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and everyone there for publishing it, and to @smokelong.bsky.social for the workshop that brought it to life!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/06/2026

A federal jury last week convicted three people on felony conspiracy charges over their involvement in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington, last June. The “Spokane Three” are awaiting sentencing and face up to six years in prison for conspiracy to impede or injure ICE officers.

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Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This case, targeting three nonviolent protesters, sets a dangerous precedent for our country. For more thorough coverage on this case, check out www.rangemedia.co/spokane-3-tr... and more articles from @rangemedia.co

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The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’

The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Spokane may be small, but this is important for everyone, and deserves national attention: The conviction of the Spokane 3 has chilling, far-reaching implications for nonviolent protest, free speech, and democracy. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social

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theobamas.bsky.social @theobamas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

SO important that yesterday's #Spokane3 trial verdict gets the national press it deserves; not only does it increase the chances of those 3 incredible community members receiving #justice, it warns others that #ICEprotests are being watched from the sky www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u... @nytimes.com

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ICE Protesters Convicted in a Case That Tested a Trump Strategy

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The verdict in this case is appalling, and should concern anyone who trusts in the power of free speech and believes in the rights of the American public to nonviolently engage in civil disobedience. This verdict is a warning. Let it also be a wake-up call. www.rangemedia.co/spokane-3-tr...

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The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’

The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

"They are scarfing down their mother’s love, bowls clinking." Everything in this micro is so crisp and perfect.

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"But can’t I remember so clearly the trees, the night, the sting of a bone in my throat, the safety of embracing the body that carries me?" Aninna Zh's "Fish Bone" in @theoffingmag.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge theoffingmag.com/fiction/fish...

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Fish Bone - The Offing

Fiction - The Offing Magazine

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I love "Scenario: One of Those High School Parent/Teacher Conferences Where the Student is Strongly Encouraged to Attend" by Miranda Keskes because of how deftly it captures its subject. @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge brilliantflashfiction.com/2024/09/30/s...

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SEPTEMBER 2024

NOTHING ELSE TO LOVEBy Pamela Painter This room is supposed to assist me in living but it is a sorry sight. Lumpy bed. Lumpy chair. Potty chair. Bed. TV. Hate TV. Dresser with two drawers too hard …

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

And we're off! Start a 2-week deep dive TODAY into a favorite online flash journal older than 10 years and get your name in the hat to win $400! Please share at least 1 flash daily (up to 4) and tag SmokeLong so we see you! Get on it! www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...

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The Archive Challenge — Win $400! - SmokeLong Quarterly

How often do you read the literary journals you submit your work to? Flash has been around for centuries but as “flash” only for around 23 years, when James Thomas’s wife suggested the term. Lots of o...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Thrilled to be launching MicroMonday today and we're kicking off with a stellar lineup. Please enjoy stories by @aniking.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social and Sheree Shatsky #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/04/07/m...

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Charlotte Lit @charlottelit.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Excited to share the Spring 2025 of our online journal, Litmosphere, with beautiful artwork by @abelmont.bsky.social and fiction, poetry, CNF, and flash by so many talented writers. Check it out! litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2025s...

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

About a year ago, I was driving home from the grocery store when I passed a homeless man, his shopping cart parked on the sidewalk, building a cairn out of drainage rock. That image planted the seed that grew into this story. litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2025s...

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Lindsey James – Litmosphere

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate

[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]

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Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

New year, new issue coming later this month! Always a great excuse to revisit the contributors from last issue, so get ready for a trip down memory lane this week

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Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

You've just won the lottery (see if you catch the reference) because you've got a chance to read this haunting read from @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com necessaryfiction.com/stories/by-a...

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By Act Three, the Gun Must Go Off – Necessary Fiction

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 27/12/2024

Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 27/12/2024

If you’re looking for some great flash to read over your holiday break, these are the most popular Commuter pieces of 2024! electricliterature.com/the-commuters-most-popular-posts-of-2024

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

HI EVERYBODY! Couldn't imagine a better innaugural skeet than to announce... Our community favorite nominations are now OPEN! ⬇️ Nominate your favorite lit mags through this form: tally.so/r/mKPJ4A and & we’ll pay the winners $200 and scream about how great they are

Chill Subs Community Favorites
Writers! Who should be named the BEST
Lit Mags of 2024?

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Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

“Crow calls puncture the icy air. In the silences between—our snowshoes punching a trail behind us—we make small talk like we have practiced in class.” — @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social, “To Make Tracks” in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

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To Make Tracks

Crow calls puncture the icy air. In the silences between—our snowshoes punching a trail behind us—we make small talk like we have practiced in class. In my pockets I tuck his facts, the siblings an…

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Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"When I ask her how her day was, she doesn’t answer. Or maybe my middle-aged ears have lost her frequency." — @angelines.bsky.social, “Screentime” in Issue 11. vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

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Screentime

Beside me on the sofa, my daughter is playing a video game. Only her eyes and fingers move. When I ask her how her day was, she doesn’t answer. Or maybe my middle-aged ears have lost her frequency.…

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Graham (Gray) Scott @graythebruce.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I adore the way this story plays with Chekhov's Law to create tension and then, through a dazzling tour of characters and motivations, still achieves a release that feels realistic and earned. Very curious now about that staff meeting :-)

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

okay, we're starting with this Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already! Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting) Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

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Not In Our Name: Cisgender Women Against Trans Bathroom Bans

House Representative Nancy Mace and the Congressional GOP have launched a campaign of harassment not just against newly-elected trans Democrat Rep Sarah McBride of Delaware, but against all trans and ...

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Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We can build the #literaryfiction community beyond the starter packs. Here’s how: First, hit the like button, reply with #literaryfiction, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button. Then, follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts. Here’s how:

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Art gives the gift of insight so we can better understand and contextualize the challenges of living in the world. I just wish it wasn't quite so *necessary* in cases like this.

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Amy Stuber @amystuber.com · 14/11/2024

Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is one of the best pieces of nonfiction I've read this year. If you haven't read it yet, you should. If you have read it, you should read it again.

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

“he isn’t stupid but he’s part of the gang, he’s one of us, we let the truth linger above our heads, like the truth is the thing with feathers that will always fly around but will never bother us.” This taut, introspective piece is a stunner!

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Tante Sarah: Everybody's Yiddishe Aunt @sarahemc2.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Tante Sarah's List of Things You Should Do Before January 20th, In Increasingly Dire Order (and a shorter list of what not to do): (1/10)

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Do you write flash? We'd love to get to know you.

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Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Have a (sort of) new piece today. It’s a reprint of the first published story I ever shared on social media. It happened before anyone really cared about my writing. It feels a bit full circle considering everything going on. As always, I am humbled by anyone taking the time to read.

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Voicemail Like a Timebomb by Barlow Adams

Voicemail is a method of time travel. It can take you back, bring the future to you, even stop time. I’m fond of voicemails. If you ever leave me one, I will use it as I like. I make no apolo…

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 09/11/2024

Well, this is neat: here's a #litmag starter pack by @lacouvee.bsky.social!

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

"When he’s home from the hospital, I will carry my father upstairs to bed with my strong bones." These micros are so lovely and emotionally resonant.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 09/11/2024

the second acceptance from our giant giant pile of HAD 100 skulls is today from Lexi Clidienst, and it's another stunner "I just learned how to say no and it still feels wet in my hands." www.havehashad.com/j7y0e

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It goes like this by Lexi Clidienst

Cass and I are coming down sweaty like two sheets of velvet. Or I’m coming down and she’s sober which I never remember because she’s better at partying than me. It’s god-awful messy in here same as…

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

If you're part of the writing community, could you please holla and RT so we can find each other? I want to build up what we once had on Twitter (but better) #writers #writing

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Cats remain unaware of the precarity of society or the tyranny of a blank page. I'm so jealous.

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Lindsey James @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

This story was born of half a dozen classroom conversations from over the years and the lingering trauma of one very disturbing staff meeting last spring. Huge gratitude to Necessary Fiction for giving this one a home.

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