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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New fiction today from Walker Minot. Walker Minot is a remote office drone by day and a father, husband, cat dad, writer, and co-fiction editor of Loblolly Press by morning, noon, and night. He lives in Waynesville, North Carolina.

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Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Really happy to have this story out in the world at last. It is about the end of the world or forgetting how to live. Big thanks to Drew Coles and the wonderful team over at Reckon Review (@reckonreview.bsky.social) for giving it a place. Hope you like it. 🔗👇

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Fiction Today! Sarp Sozdinler is a writer based between Philadelphia and Amsterdam. His stories have been included to anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction. He serves as the editor of The Bulb Region. @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We are so, so proud of these folks, and so honored that they trusted us with their work. Our nominations for Best of the Net, read them here: reckonreview.com/award-nomina...

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New Wind & Root today from Special Guest Jessica Slee! She is a Claymore Award Winner, and in 2022 she was longlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and the First Pages Prize. She was recognized in the Honor Roll of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024.

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“…as the stranger turned, the light caught his face, illuminating a golden mustache and fogged eyeglasses, cheeks streaked with dry, rusty blood, not a stranger at all but their father…” @marioaliberto3.bsky.social | @reckonreview.bsky.social 📷 : Xie Lipton reckonreview.com/coldest-day-...

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Drew Coles @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get a taste of the excellent @cwblackwell.bsky.social with the short piece "The Kings of Ghost City" in @reckonreview.bsky.social .

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We have new fiction for you today! Arva Bhavnagarwala is a pediatrician and writer based in Mumbai, India. Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines like Woman’s Era, Active Muse, and The Hooghly Review. A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE is her debut novel.

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New Wind & Root for you today from columnist Susan Schirl Smith. Come see. Susan Schirl Smith is a writer, photographer and holistic nurse living on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.

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Mario Aliberto 3 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A thriller in a flash! Kids, snow, a shady stranger, and that sketchy car that keeps driving past the house. "Coldest Day of the Year" in @reckonreview.bsky.social

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"...as the wind picked up, and snow fell in powdery gusts, sending a shiver down Warren’s spine, and he lifted the garbage can lid,...." I really love this phenomenal story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"a sliver of light through the kitchen window of the house casting a yellow slit over his back, and the children watched as the stranger lifted the metal lid off a can, unzipped his jacket, heard the rustling sound of a plastic bag" Chilling & brilliantly written @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'the children holding their breath as their father bent down, picked up some snow, and rubbed it on his cheek, clearing away the blood'. Fabulous tension throughout, from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Ed is one of our very favourites, so we were thrilled when he agreed to write a Wind&Root column for us. Come over and read "My Review" by E.A. Aymar.

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Drew Coles @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited to offer this one to ya. Excited that Reckon is home to such great work. 📚 #amreading

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“how far the world stretches itself for us” “I don’t want to forget what might have been.” “The world keeps on and people keep doing what people do, and dogs keep doing what dogs do, but I don’t understand how.” @juliastrayer.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/house-quilti...

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HOUSE QUILTING | Fiction by Julia Strayer – Reckon Review

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Fiction from Sacha Bissonnette today! Come see!

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Fiction from Sacha Bissonnette today! Come see!

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Steve Fox @stevefoxwrites.com · 31/07/2026

@reckonreview.bsky.social making me smile this morning.

Screenshot of Reckon Review’s submission tips. No. 1: please read our journal first!

“Craft a piece of fiction that you're tremendously proud of, that will move and compel, and that fits the aesthetic of this magazine (which you have obviously, previously, read at least once).

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Julia Strayer @juliastrayer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So grateful to @reckonreview.bsky.social and Drew Coles for selecting this story and to @megpokrass.bsky.social for the weird inspiration 💛

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New fiction today from Julia Strayer. Come read "House Quilting." @juliastrayer.bsky.social

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

New fiction for you today. Come over and read "Live Long and Prosper" by William Cass. Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A new tiny beauty that packs a punch from @chelseastickle.bsky.social 💙

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Chelsea Stickle @chelseastickle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today I've got a new flash in @reckonreview.bsky.social about disappearing fireflies and family. Thank you to the editors for publishing it. This story saw many drafts over the years, but I'm glad this is the one out there. reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...

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LIFE CYCLE OF A DOMESTIC FIREFLY | Fiction by Chelsea Stickle – Reckon Review

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"... and that wrongness has spilled from its container into the dining room and all over the table. It’s filled our cups and plates. It’s all we can eat or drink now. Bite after bite of wrongness. Sip after sip." @chelseastickle.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...

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LIFE CYCLE OF A DOMESTIC FIREFLY | Fiction by Chelsea Stickle – Reckon Review

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I don’t know understand why I can’t keep them, so I don’t stop asking. Eventually, while scrubbing dishes, she says, “Wild things are meant to be free, Jeannie.” She’s in one of those moods where she feels “harassed” by everyone and everything @chelseastickle.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"My repurposed Peter Pan peanut butter jar winks neon yellow-green from the fireflies I caught before dinner. When I was really little, Mom used to come with me. Now she lets me go alone." I love this extraordinary piece by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“I don’t know understand why I can’t keep them, so I don’t stop asking. Eventually, while scrubbing dishes, she says, ‘Wild things are meant to be free, Jeannie.’” A beautiful heartbreak from @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social

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LIFE CYCLE OF A DOMESTIC FIREFLY | Fiction by Chelsea Stickle – Reckon Review

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New fiction for you today from Chelsea Stickle.

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We have new Wind & Root for you today. Come see! Josh Dugat is the author of the poetry collection Great and Small (Able Muse Press, 2025). He lives in Tuscaloosa with his wife and kids and teaches at the University of Alabama.

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We have new fiction for you today from Curtis C. Morgan. Morgan spent four years operating a commercial beekeeping farm in Bradford County, PA, before a 40-year career in IT contracting took him across four continents. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New, today, from Jeffery-Michael Kane. Come over and let us share with you.

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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So apparently some administrative type w/ a kink for upholstered frotteurism just published a work about going to church, eating lead paint, & spying on one’s neighbors? Accept no imitations, friends! Come read the original “Communion” at @reckonreview.bsky.social. reckonreview.com/communion-fi...

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COMMUNION | Fiction by Barrett Bowlin – Reckon Review

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

To celebrate 4 years (4 years!!) of THE NITTY GRITTY, our Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick interviewed the fabulous writer, Jamy Bond. Come see!

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Happy to share that my story, “The Kings of Ghost City,” made the 2026 BAMS Distinguished list with some very talented writers. Thank you @meaganlucas.bsky.social and @reckonreview.bsky.social for taking a chance with it!!

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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A huge, HUGE (!!!) thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and the team at @reckonreview.bsky.social for publishing my creepy-ass, lead-paint story, “Communion.” (Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.) reckonreview.com/communion-fi...

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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Learning about incredible works of literature past their initial publication dates is a goddamn joy, like what just happened to me with @cwblackwell.bsky.social's "The Kings of Ghost City," c/o @reckonreview.bsky.social. Holy hell, it's a precise, outstanding story. reckonreview.com/the-kings-of...

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THE KINGS OF GHOST CITY | Fiction by C.W. Blackwell – Reckon Review

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New fiction today! Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA. @barrettbowlin.bsky.social

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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Mondays don't always suck. New work up with @reckonreview.bsky.social - thanks to all who selected this and to @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social Drew Coles for his great edits. reckonreview.com/as-it-shatte...

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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

And like that my Friday is perfect. Thrilled to have work forthcoming in @reckonreview.bsky.social - a story I reworked A LOT before sending out and then had it tightened up even more with great suggestions from @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social Drew Coles - look forward to sharing in June😎 ‪ ‪

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New fiction today! Keith Woodruff lives in San Antonio. His flash/micro appeared in lovely places like Wigleaf, Does it Have Pockets?, JMWW, Identity Theory, HAD, & is forthcoming in Pithead Chapel & FlashFlood. Read in BSF 2017 & 2019. He was awarded a 2018 Pushcart. @keithwoodruff.bsky.social

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Drew Coles @worldsworstfarmkid.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Reckon opened for subs this month and I am extremely excited about what's come through. 📚 Keep subbing folks. We're here for a bit @reckonreview.bsky.social #litfic #booksky #fiction

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