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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love the sound of my own voice AND I will never stop promoting my past or present work, even if the Sun burns out into a glassy cinder and I have to scratch stories on stones in the dark. Here's another one from the dusty files at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/i-wi...

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I Will Teach the Prairie How to Dance by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: I Will Teach the Prairie How to Dance

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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Flight editors saw @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social being arrested outside the Booker Prize offices and thought “that guy must really have something”

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I Will Teach the Prairie How to Dance by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: I Will Teach the Prairie How to Dance

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My story-thing "Disemployment Guidelines" is live now, thanks to @flightlit.bsky.social. I hope you'll take a look, even though the piece was banned by the Pulitzer committee for "gross and repeated affronts to literature" & "please stop following us home." flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-gran...

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Michael Grant Smith- Brewer's Choice

Disemployment Guidelines (1) Of all the capuchin monkeys who ever worked here, you are our favorite capuchin monkey. Your boss has a problem with you. They despise your talent and goals. Your boss...

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Michael Grant Smith- Brewer's Choice

Disemployment Guidelines (1) Of all the capuchin monkeys who ever worked here, you are our favorite capuchin monkey. Your boss has a problem with you. They despise your talent and goals. Your boss...

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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A must-read piece for anyone who’s had to navigate the dull waters of office culture. 🦀 #flashfiction #flashinthefeed #writesky #fiction

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As you know, @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is digging into its archives and bringing back stories. This sensitive, somber one of mine from 2023 addresses the office-wide emotional distress and confused feelings caused by co-workers who think they are crustaceans. www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/rust...

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Rusty the Crab by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Rusty the Crab

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Editor Steve at the renewed @ellipsiszine.bsky.social grabbed a flashlight & poked around in the Ellipsis archival cellar until he found a fiction of mine from 2020. My thanks to EZ for bringing back my story about stars & the people who love (or ignore) them. www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/pats...

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Pat’s Unlikely Star by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Pat’s Unlikely Star

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another cross-functional collaboration with my co-editor.

A handsome tabby cat with a white bib and a judgmental expression.

A handsome tabby cat who can't believe what he just read.

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Pat’s Unlikely Star by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Pat’s Unlikely Star

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Good morning. Let your coffee cool off, you can reheat it. Read this story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social right now, courtesy of @trampset.bsky.social. Thank me later.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Don't miss your chance to read my latest fiction. I'll have to take it down when I sell the imaginary movie rights for big imaginary $$$. I quit my job and sold my clothes this morning. The story is a strong contender for an imaginary literary prize, maybe the Pulitzerbookernobel or whatever.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry" is based on a true story about an imaginary character I made up. It's full of baked goods & drama. Names, places, events & outcomes were changed in order to inflate the author's ego. My thanks to hawkeyemag.com for the support! hawkeyemag.com/stories/smit...

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The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry

Lauren’s parting words are a jigsaw puzzle dumped on the floor. Did she say Roger has a big dick? Or he is a big dick? Objectively, the second comment makes more sense. Her getaway last night was effi...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Bit by bit the re-born @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is bringing back its archives. In olden times EZ hosted 13 of my stories. Here's one from 2019. "Transistors" & "word processors" hadn't been invented yet, so authors yelled from street corners. Now we use links: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/mr-f...

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Mr. Fix-it by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Mr. Fix-it

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Mr. Fix-it by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Mr. Fix-it

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Started working on a new flash fiction today, which for me is pretty rare anymore. Ran the working title through Google to look for potential duplication. Stumped the search engine -- I didn't get a dumbass AI response. No reply whatsoever. I think this bodes well for my story.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey, it's been a while, but one of my micro fictions was selected for Ellipsis Zine: Six. Don't let that stop you from grabbing a free download! Lots of cool futuristic "what if" stories to read.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In his copious spare time, Rick loves to fiddle with and/or restore antique refrigerators. "Iceboxes," he calls them, and he winks, and I don't understand what he means. But he sure knows how to write about that stuff! Check out his story at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and we can all learn something.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"What's that smell?" "Don't know. Can't quite see it."

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: One from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... I’ll be uploading all past issues in the coming weeks and also making them free to download.

I herd of sheep all facing away from the camera, with one lone sheep facing forward.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

My credentials as a serious writer are impeccable. Well into adulthood, I spent Saturday mornings squeezing the literary juice from Hanna-Barbera cartoons & crappy horror movies. The result? My story "The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry." It's coming to the wild, awesome hawkeyemag.com in late July!

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HAWKEYE

A martini glass for homebrew gin. A shabby tent for meatball surgery and fine literary delicacies. Quite simply, another online magazine.

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HAWKEYE

A martini glass for homebrew gin. A shabby tent for meatball surgery and fine literary delicacies. Quite simply, another online magazine.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

When writing, I overuse em dashes and overwrought metaphors. Was my work scraped for AI training? Or am I a human who is controlled by AI? My smart watch says no. I swear I did not have sexual relations with that cell phone. Microprocessors don't turn me on, but I love me some big processors.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'm proud and happy that the awesomely cool new-ish journal @flightlit.bsky.social accepted the submission of my helpful instruction manual "Disemployment Guidelines," which will be published in August. Here is a photo of a kitten in a sink.

This is a photo of a black kitten in a bathroom sink.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

No better way to start your weekend than to read Rick's brilliant story of time and yearning and cigarettes, it's over yonder at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. No one minds if you read it again and again.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Sometimes you visit your local dive bar for lunch and the Daily Special is "low expectations topped with disappointment". Today, lemon garbanzo chicken soup done in a Greek style. Delicious. Also had a patty melt that caused mini-strokes between bites, so at least I got enough cholesterol & sat fat.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Remarkable short fiction by @emhall47.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social and you should read it before the next storm hits.

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Rick White @ricketywhite.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

“Open with a joke and close with a list of all the other lists. The right lie at the right time is always as welcome as earworms.” The mind of Michael Grant Smith. Fascinating, rhythmical, unsettling but in a friendly, amiable sort of way ☺️ Lovely stuff as always, @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social

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Sheila Scott @mahenry20.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"milk-rimed cereal bowls stacked in a DNA spiral, keys to anonymous locks." Another little gem from the wonderfully left field @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Thinking about the sci-fi submission rejection I once received due to "the generally jockular [sic] tone of the story."

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

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Plateau

– We’re tempered steel on the outside, custard within. Time is stronger and flaunts its relentless one-two stomp of impending tomorrows. In order to feel safe, first we must feel. A home is a…

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Plateau

– We’re tempered steel on the outside, custard within. Time is stronger and flaunts its relentless one-two stomp of impending tomorrows. In order to feel safe, first we must feel. A home is a…

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My first fiction acceptance of 2026! Look for my short piece "Plateau" to appear in the next edition of The Airgonaut journal, one of my favorite online literary destinations. Many thanks to esteemed EIC Sheldon Lee Compton @dashlarkin.bsky.social, who is a great writer, editor, and awesome guy!

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Axl, Cookie, and my editor Midget hope you're staying warm enough, even if it means you have to cuddle with someone outside of your own species.

Axl the black cat and Cookie the black dog may look like twins but they're not.

Axl the black cat and Cookie the black dog dare you to suggest their love for each other is wrong.

Midget is a handsome gray, white, and tan tabby cat who is also a talented editor and doesn't mind making this writer's legs and/or butt fall asleep whenever necessary.

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Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

If you like an author’s work, tell them. Buy their work. Follow them home and make them dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs. Or maybe something with shrimp. Run them a bath. Not too hot. Buy them a sea monster toy for the bath. Rrwarrr! Feed them grapes. But not in the bath. That would be weird.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

If you try to write a novel, you'll age prematurely; maybe live to be 80 or 85 years old. If you never attempt to write a novel, you might get to celebrate your 200th birthday.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Alas, I can only dream of what a paradise New York City must be, with pizza by the slice and talking trash-can puppets. Here in grimy old London, pizzas can only be purchased whole and every single puppet is haunted.

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Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Ice Box: a sex work platform where men pay women to eat the plums they were saving in the ice box and describe how sweet and cold they are.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Went to my doctor this morning for a routine checkup. Lab had lost my test results & a big scramble ensued. While I waited, the printout arrived. It was for a guy who lived in Maryland, not Ohio. Argued with my MD & his staff until they conceded the results weren't mine. Customer service isn't dead.

Your satisfaction is our highest priority, jackass. Now get lost!

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Editing my novel for the eleventy-millionth time. Frustrated by the persistent and recurring bad punctuation. Cleaned my desktop's monitor screen. Problem solved. Back to finding darlings and murdering them.

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 23/10/2025

The biggest problem with AI-generated video isn’t fakery as such, it’s more of a “flood the zone with shit” thing where everything is questioned, filtering (whether as an individual or a service/outlet) becomes a massive burden, and real content gets drowned out

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Alex Morris @asjmorris.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Experiment successful.

The cast of TV sitcom Cheers, Cliff, Coach, Carla, Sam, Diane and Norm, but they're all been quickly faceswapped with Cher's face. The title above reads 'Chers'.

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