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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

September 2026 roundup: 🎉 1 nomination best small fictions @claudineliterary.bsky.social 📝 0 submissions 👎 0 rejections 👍 1 acceptances 📚 2 pubs @templeinacity.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 0 withdrawn 6 pending 25 total acceptances for the year

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please read “What the Book Still Says.” Nigerian writer Obongodu Paul Unanam's work feels familiar even though it takes place in a distant land. His story explores bureaucratic absurdities & tackles issues of identity, aging, & the struggle to maintain the self. doric-literary.com/2026/10/01/w...

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Government pension files were always thinner than the years they were meant to represent, Nsikan thought, as though the paper itself understood that most of a working life left no trace anyone both…

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Hold Still” by PeterDeMarco is an evocative, whirlwind romp through '70s suburbia, written in a brash, unique, and compelling style. It has everything: thwarted love at the bowling alley, acting classes, a Trans Am, the Bronx Zoo, a disco brawl & so much more. doric-literary.com/2026/10/01/h...

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Hold Still

He moved when no one expected it, from complete stillness to violence. He swiped over the table of glass figures. The actress stepped back, tripped, and ended up on the floor. Eddie stared down at …

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was promised elk at Rocky Mountain National Park, and we just made it happen after we left the park in Estes Park. We also saw lakes, bright trees and scary vistas!

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks to @doricliterary.bsky.social for publishing my latest fiction, part travelogue, part time travel? Inspired by the song San Luis by Gregory Alan Isakov and a spot close to home. doric-literary.com/2026/10/01/s...

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Are you ready for THREE new stories tomorrow at Doric Literary? “Hold Still” by Peter DeMarco “San Luis” by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social “What the Book Still Says” by Obongodu Paul Unanam October is going to be incredible!

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Glad to have a story in the fall isue of @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. inspired by lots of things, including the citation my parents had when I was a kid.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Saying it again. @rfpress.bsky.social was one of the first journals to publish a short story of mine (now in my published collection) and they gave me a shot to guest editor before inviting me on board. Love being part of this team!

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

August 2026 roundup: 📝 2 submissions 👎 3 rejections 👍 1 acceptances 📚 1 pub @fiveminutelit.bsky.social micro memoir editor's pick 0 withdrawn 6 pending 24 total acceptances for the year

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've got a bit of fiction in this @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social issue, started in a @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop. I also spy some @chrisstevenson.bsky.social poetry in this issue, so be sure to stop by.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Always an honor to be published and especially an honor to be nominated. Thanks to @claudineliterary.bsky.social for loving Chill Hours.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Everyone must be happy these days because our @brokenheartslit.bsky.social submissions inbox is empty. Send us some fall heartache! One micro or poem up to 50 words and an image that represents your heart break. This week's poem from Chris Lihou: brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...

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2026 Heartbreaks

The Girl Who Gave Herself Away by Chris Lihou So youngso beautifulso pregnant. From the starter’s gunShe’d never lead trailingbehind childrenbehind him. Promotionsmeantpacking boxes. Pay risesmeant…

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am so excited to have a piece in this latest issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social called "The Paper Doll Collective." If you ever hung out with me at an AWP, you might recognize a moment or two.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's been one year since my debut short story collection was published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. thanks to everyone who bought it, and especially those who actually read it!

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

National video, where if you called in they would hold a movie for you until you got in to pick it up and my friends and I rented all the foreign films. When it went out of business (because blockbuster), I bought so many movies from their closeout.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm going to be reading my piece "Chill Hours" with many other amazing writers! Sign up for this free reading.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Proud to have my five minutes of heartbreak featured as the editor's pick in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We have a new micro up at @brokenheartslit.bsky.social because I couldn't leave you all without one on a Wednesday. Get your subs in = micros or poems up to 50 words and a photo. Sent out accpetances so we'll return next week with a story from the inbox! brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...

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2026 Heartbreaks

Nestlings by Melissa Flores Anderson The grasses are drier and flatter than last month, newly plucked and picked to form a bed, a home, a sanctuary. My son peers into the empty nest. Four and three…

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

July 2026 roundup: 📝 3 submissions 👎27 rejections (from the five minute lit marathon) 👍 3 acceptances 0 withdrawn 7 pending 23 total acceptances for the year

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We need some new heartbreaks for the gallery. Doesn't have to be about someone who broke your heart. Maybe its a song or movie that always makes you tear up, a spot you used to love in your home town that's gone now, a lost family recipe. 50 words or less and one photo is all we need. Sub link ⏬️

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Finally saw the Odyssey and i did not expect a greek tragedy to end with a beautiful sunset 🤣. Now my husband is making me watch Troy at home...

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just my kid rewriting the lyrics to Taylor Swift's I Knew it I Knew You to be I Knew it, You farted in honor of my upcoming colonoscopy.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My favorite flowers bloomed juat in time for my birthday. 48 sneaks up on you. Enjoying a birthday lunch with a few of my favorite

A woman with brown hair in green shirt next to stargaze lily blooms.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It's Wednesday so it's time for the latest from @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. This week we have a piece from @emhall47.bsky.social who shares how a craft can ease sorrow. brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr... Send in your heartbreaks -- 50 words or less and a photograph that embodies your hurt.

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2026 Heartbreaks

Knit Two Together By Emily Hall @shared_yarns To process the loss of her sister, Mom-Mom taught me to knit. Yarn looped around our needles. Balm spread across her heart. …

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I wish everyday was beach day, especially when I am packing up my work office for an unwanted move...

Sand with a lifeguard stand and ocean waves in the background with cloudy skies above.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

When life gives you lemons, cut your hair.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are looking for more heartache submissions over at @brokenheartslit.bsky.social as we just posted the last one in our inbox this morning. Send something quick before I have to share my own heartbreak next week. For now here's the latest from Chris Lihou: brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...

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2026 Heartbreaks

Waiting by Chris Lihou She’d been waiting patiently for nearly eighteen months. Not that she wished for a short wait. He had every reason to enjoy time without her, having put his life on hold…

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We picked flowers at a local farm yesterday, and then my kiddo picked cosmos from our yard and made a tiny bouquet.

Sunflowers and small flowers in a bouquet.

Pink and purple cosmos wrapped in blue paper.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Got a lovely acceptance from @doricliterary.bsky.social. Look for a new story from me this fall. If you can guess where this photo was taken you might guess the title of the story.

Water near grassland and trees along a roadway

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Broken Hearts Literary Gallery is looking for stories for August and September. Submit a micro or poem up to 50 words and an origianl image that represents your heart ache. See link to submit below.

A shattered red heart with the works Broken Hearts Gallery Literary below it.

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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Open for micro, flash and poetry until July 15 templeinacity.com/submit-writi...

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Temple in a City

Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Flowers in the garden, on the counter and at the park.

Gerbera daisies and Dallas in shades of orange and peach.

A fairy plant with pink and purple flowers.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My mom said she wanted a fairy garden so the kiddo did aome plant shopping and design.

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Wednesday means the latest heartache is out. Thanks to @tomljanovic.bsky.social for sharing a writer's group breakup. brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr... We are open for submissions and need more of your broken hearts to share! See sub guidelines below ⬇️

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2026 Heartbreaks

Writers Support Group by T.L. Tomljanovic @Wilovic A dog in a chicken suit. That’s all it took. Called it AI slop. Right vs. wrong. Shots fired across messenger: tone policing, pearl clutching, mis…

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

June 2026 roundup: 📝 20 subs thx to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social write ins, mostly 👎3 rejections 👍 16 acceptances 📕 16 pubs @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Flood and write ins 0 withdrawn 35 pending 20 total acceptances for the year

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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Did you know @chrisstevenson.bsky.social writes poetry? He's got a great piece in the latest issue of @rfpress.bsky.social. Check it out: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spirals...