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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 16/10/2026

the final flash fairytale of the week (but not the month!) invites us to retrace our steps and reconsider the stories we've always known with "Monster" by E. Murray www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/monster

Metal statue of a fox with a red scarf tied around its neck. Dapper!

Monster by E. Murray

The monster had sharp teeth and large shiny claws, and lived in the darkest part of the forest. The man had sharp cheekbones and long shiny hair, and lived in the nicest part of town. People often talked about both the man and the monster, though rather different things were said of each.

Monster by E. Murray

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 14/10/2026

in our second flash fairytale, we'll retread the same path and find ourselves somewhere different in Jaimee Walls' "Buried in the Leaves" www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/buried-in-th... #litmag #flash #prose #fairytale

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Buried in the Leaves by Jaimee Walls

She was no longer a scared kid, and the wolf's howls held no sway.

Buried in the Leaves by Jaimee Walls

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 12/10/2026

fly fast and free through the forest with our first flash fairytale: @mrua-larsen.bsky.social's "Hoodless" #litmag #flash #fairytaleretelling #writersky

Magpie sitting on a branch of a tree heavy with red fruit and mostly bare of leaves.

Hoodless by Marybeth Rua-Larsen

She had taken all she could from her mother and grandmother: baking, sewing, plumping feather beds, but she knew there was more, secrets she would need to unearth herself...

Hoodless by Marybeth Rua-Larsen

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 12/10/2026

once upon a time, in a land far, far away, six authors banded together to subvert the fairy tales we all love with fresh, sumptuous flash fiction. walk into the forest with us for six special snacks this october. #fall #fairytale #retelling #flashfiction #prose #october

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 07/10/2026

take a bite of the surreal and march toward the twilight of our year with David R. Hoffman's "Tooth of the Empire." #prose #surreal #litmag #flashfiction

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 23/09/2026

welcome the beginning of fall with a heartfelt journey through "The Orchard of Borrowed Summers" by Atif Nawaz. #harvest #peaches #prose #litmag #prose

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 09/09/2026

dive into the dreamy, salty, "seabad (lay me to rest)" by Betty Phan as you say goodbye to summer loves and blooms and get ready for the chilly days ahead. #flashfiction #prose #dreamy #whitewater #litmag

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 26/08/2026

your back-to-school preparations won't be complete without Derek Krevat's funny, sweet, and school-filled story "The Senior Interview" #heirloom #backtoschool #prose #fiction #litmag

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/08/2026

celebrate the one year anniversary of little fruits magazine with a tasting from our fruit cellar. over the past year we have had the honor of sampling delicious fruits from authors around the world and hope you'll give them a try too. we look forward to the year to come -- cheers!

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 12/08/2026

get out of the heat of the dog days of summer and into an old-school arcade game and Jenny Jope's "Sundancers." #literarymagazine #fiction #prose #arcade

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 30/07/2026

gorge yourself on the reddest of fruits--juicy plums, sweet grapes, ruby grapefruit--while you read Mario Senzale's "Rouge." #flashfiction #writersky #prose #litmag #rouge

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 15/07/2026

let this marvelous story shepherd you through the deep grooves in its bark. it twists and turns like roots digging deep into the soil. @amandeepjutla.com #writersky #litmag #prose #trees

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 01/07/2026

settle in for a little self-care with this week's piece, "Vintage Skincare" by Rachel Maclaren. soothe your skin with aloe, witch hazel and cucumber slices while you delve into this gorgeous piece of magic and the grotesque. #literarymagazine #litmag #prose #self-care #writersky

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 21/06/2026

celebrate the solstice with little fruits’ bonus course for the longest day of the year: “The Gilded Drag“ by Kumar Sen. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/the-gilded-d... #literarymagazine #litmag #prose #summersolstice #amwriting

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 03/06/2026

Slip into summer nights in our orchard with "The Night Responds," a gorgeous piece of short fiction by Sophie Lin. #amwriting #literarymagazine #prose #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/the-night-re...

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 20/05/2026

This week we are gorging ourselves on "Oranges" a sickeningly sweet piece of flash fiction by Sunny Carlstrom @rustyfoxwritings.bsky.social #amwriting #literarymagazine #prose #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/oranges

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 06/05/2026

we have a speculative spring story today with “To the Next Bug Adventure” from @jenbusch.bsky.social. read it for the bright taste of renewal and the bitter sting of loss! www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/to-the-next-... #writersky #litmag #prose #fiction

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 01/05/2026

help us celebrate #MayDay (aka #InternationalWorkersDay) with “Her Northern Star,” a tasty piece of historical fiction about #Teamsters Local 547 and their monumental 1934 strike by Maria Brekke. #solidarityforever #laborhistory #amwriting #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/her-northern...

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 22/04/2026

this week, we’re featuring Parvaneh Ravadgar’s gorgeous fairy tale about the interior life of a child’s toy in “The Spinning Top.” #amwriting #writersky #prose #literarymagazine www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/the-spinning...

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 11/04/2026

we’re opening up two weeks early with a very special submission call on april 15th: fruits of our labor. share stories, essays, and any other “digitizable” art that expresses something important to you about the history and present day of the labor struggle. #submission #solidarityforever

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 08/04/2026

today we’re plucking Shannon Brennen Ramdhan’s “Peach Harvest” from our orchard for a taste of jammy sweetness with bite. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/peach-harvest #amwriting #litmag #prose #writersky

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 05/04/2026

little fruits opens to submissions until april 7th. we’re especially craving stories about renewal and the fantasy and magic that shines under a full moon. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/submissions #submissions #prose #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #shortfiction

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 25/03/2026

enjoy the first bloom of little fruits’ spring season with the delightful “A Bigger Splash” by @chriscottom.bsky.social. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/a-bigger-spl... #literarymagazine #prose #fiction

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 27/02/2026

little fruits opens for submissions the 1st through 7th of every month. take a peak at what we’re craving for marc, april, and may. #writersky #litmag #amwriting #submissions #prose #flashfiction #shortfiction #creativenonfiction

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 25/02/2026

our next little fruit is ready to be guzzled, swallowed, chomped on, and more. enjoy “The World is Mukbang” by Christine Arroyo. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/the-world-is... #literarymagazine #amwriting #writersky #prose

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 14/02/2026

our final taste of the day, @lizdegregorio.bsky.social dives deep with "Trash" #literarymagazine #writersky #flash #prose www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/trash

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 14/02/2026

enjoy Beck Wixen's "Preserver" with a slice of toast #literarymagazine #flash #prose #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/preserver

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 14/02/2026

wake up with a sip of @fadingbetty.bsky.social's "Coffee" as the first of our three valentine's day themed amuse-bouches #literarymagazine #flash #prose #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/coffee

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/02/2026

thank you for spending the last six months with us. we look forward to many more spring plantings, summer bounties, fall harvests, and winter preserves with you. for a fresh shipment of prose to your inbox once a month, sign up for our newsletter here: www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/subscribe

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/02/2026

little fruits started publishing six months ago today. we've had the pleasure to taste hundreds of your submissions. fourteen authors trusted us to showcase their sweet, sour, sickly, and savoury work. and you have helped us devour each and every bite. stay tuned for three amuse-bouches tomorrow

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 11/02/2026

we have the delicious "Bride Price" today from Sarah Bates, the perfect appetizer for your valentine's day dark chocolate #literarymagazine #prose #literary #writersky www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/bride-price

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 01/02/2026

we're cooking up a surprise for this valentine's day and want your sweet or spoiled romances. send us flash drowning in syrupy love or choked up with heartbreak. 500 word limit, fast turnaround, call ends february 8th at midnight or at 100 submissions. #flash #submissions #litmag #writersky

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 28/01/2026

delve into some preserves with little fruit‘s first taste of the season: “Pears, Honey” by Susan Rose April. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/pears-honey #litmag #writersky #literarymagazine #prose #creativenonfiction

Image of canned vegetables and fruit in a wooden cabinet.

Cream background with red text. Text overlaid reads as “ I struggled—still struggle—to comprehend why all of this bounty, so well preserved, so clearly once loved, remained. Unloved. Abandoned. Pears, Honey” by Susan Rose April”

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 31/12/2025

Devour our final little fruit of the year: “The Prize Man” by Keerthana Nalamothula. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/the-prize-man #literarymagazine #prose #writersky

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 05/12/2025

Savor our newest feature and ruminate on food, your body, and our place within the world: “Dispatch from a Soft Belly” by Shebana Coelho. #literarymagazine #nonfiction #creativenonfiction #prose #writersky #literary

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 19/11/2025

Harvest new fiction from Georgia Smith with People Watching. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/people-watch... #literary #prose #submissions #litmag

"The words she said made little sense, so I decided to focus on enjoying the strokes,
passive as they were. I curled into a comfortable position and pressed my body against hers;
perhaps the warmth and comfort could transfer and begin to heal the sickness."

People watch by Georgia Smith text over image of basket with apples and dog head peeking over

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/11/2025

Winter submissions are OPEN. Dig deep in your pantry and send us your preserved and pureed prose. We accept flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Call ends January 31st at midnight. #submissions #litmag #amwriting #prose

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from Little Fruits! Enjoy Scarecrow, an autumnal flash piece from Abigail Lee that will leave you feeling dreamy before your celebrations tonight. littlefruitsmagazine.com/scarecrow #writersky #writingcommunity #litmag #submissions

Grayscale image of a scarecrow in a field under a clear sky. The scarecrow looks like it could be walking across the field.

"I grab his gloved hand and drag him through the fields. He is groaning and creaking but seems content, his gaze fixed up at the sky."

Scarecrow
by Abigail Lee

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 08/10/2025

Fresh fiction up on little fruits by Kevin B. Read their apricot-flavored prose in How to Describe an Apricot here: www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/how-to-descr... #literarymagazine #writersky #writingcommunity

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"She dropped the ax and
picked the apricot back up. She took a large bite. There was peach there, yes, but there was also plum. A firmness. Acidity. The flesh was holding against her
until it couldn't." How to Describe an Apricot

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 24/09/2025

Our first autumn fruit is ready to enjoy. Take moment to experience Julia Anderson’s “Jupiter.” It’s a gorgeous flash piece that will stick with you. Check out @rarejules.bsky.social for more! www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/jupiter #writingcommunity #writersky

Image of fruit on a table with text “Jupiter” by Julia Anderson

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 16/09/2025

Fall submissions are OPEN. Little Fruits wants to harvest your spookiest stories. Send us tales of the spectacular, the sepulchral, the spine-chilling 🎃 We accept flash fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Call ends Oct. 3rd at midnight. #writersky #writingcommunity

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 10/09/2025

A delicious new fruit is in our orchard: 🍋 “Golden” by Karenna Umscheid Enjoy the last days of summer with this wonderful piece: www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/golden

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“I expected Los Angeles to make me feel alone, like any new city should, and even as the Sunset Strip should have collapsed an LA myth I had constructed, I danced and sang and felt still the intangible power of the past.”

Golden
By Karenna Umscheid

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 27/08/2025

Bug Man” by Alex Miller is the latest flash fiction published on Little Fruits. Read it today and learn why the Bug Man fucking rules. www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/bug-man #writingcommunity #litmag #literary #writersky

Black text on a pale background reads: "The bug man is awesome. The bug man fucking rules." Bug Man by Alex Miller

Green background with three green, ripening fruits in the foreground hanging from a branch. A beetle with green and orange carapace hangs off one of the fruits. White text below reads "Bug Man by Alex Miller"

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/08/2025

The first pick for little fruits magazine. Read at the 🔗 in bio. Where the Heck Are You Even at, Son? by David Castillo #writingcommunity #writersky #litmag #writing #author

Blurred image of dandelion clocks and daisies on a grassy background with Where the Heck Are You Even at, Son? by David Castillo superimposed in black serif text

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“Petals are still hanging from my lips as I pluck one that has already
gone through its lifecycle and is ready to seed and I start a new generation with my breath."

Where the Heck Are You Even at, Son? by David Castillo

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 04/08/2025

Submissions are OPEN. We’re publishing inaugural stories and can’t wait to read your work. Submit at link in bio. #litmag #submissions #submission #writingcommunity

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Cranberry background with text reading what to submit

currently accepting
• flash fiction (max 1,000 words)
• short fiction (max 2,500 words)
• nonfiction (max 2,500 words)
we're honored to consider your little fruits.
submit your story in the Google Form at the link in bio.
littlefruitsmagazine.com

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