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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Truly honored to share that our Guest Selecting Editor for the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50, 2027 will be the talented @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social whose stories have won two O. Henry Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories. More at jaichakrabarti.com

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“You’ve never understood a river roars inside my head, that decades later I can still hear the frenzied storm that destroyed the suspension bridge at home” from “Capilano” by @sudhab.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/capilano/

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Capilano - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"You’ve never understood a river roars inside my head, that decades later I can still hear the frenzied storm that destroyed the suspension bridge at home,...." I love this phenomenal piece of writing by @sudhab.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/capilano/

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Every waterdrop he flings becomes one tiny rainbow, aimed outward over the pool. Returned. He gives back...... Oh what a wonderfully descriptive piece by @travisflatt.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social 👏

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

He told me he liked a story I’d written. This was the closest I’d ever been to having a man tell me he loved me.... Love this essay so much, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social and that ending, so poignant!

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just received this beautiful print edition of the forthcoming September issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social ! Great to share space with stellar writers and the cover is gorgeous ! Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social 🙏

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Behind them is a love they can no longer remember, old resentments, no infidelity but a gaping frigid distance….. Such a beautiful , poignant piece 💕 @anniejowrites.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I imagine my cells as frantic explorers, hacking their way through Bryce’s dense epidermis…., Don’t miss the superb piece by @danbillyc.bsky.social re-shared from the archives @ellipsiszine.bsky.social 👏👏

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"Sad-shut yourself in your room after Amma bemoans that your skin has been her challenge since you were born." Wonderful use of the imperative form from @sudhab.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...

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Flash #42 Aug '26

SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

So beautifully rendered. Amy Luxton's winning piece @welkinpress.bsky.social 👇

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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My Welkin story is out today 💚 I am so honored and humbled to be included with all the other amazing stories on the shortlist. Thank you Matt and Myna for choosing my story, I'm so happy it found its home here.

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

…lavender scent raced through the crowd, in and out of the arms of dancing couples… Amazing micro by @cherylpappas.bsky.social 👇🏽👇🏽

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I looked at you on that horse, remembering how you were like a light I’d wanted to bask in.... Enjoyed reading this @suzannehicks.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social 👇

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

...would she stop nagging him in death, would they smile at each other when in life they never held each other close... so love this one! Congrats, @csquareh.bsky.social @claudineliterary.bsky.social 💜🌷

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My husband wants another baby. No, I say. Too kindly, perhaps. My shadow is angry that I’m not more firm. Love this shadow story! Congrats, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social 🌷

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Sad-shut yourself in your room after Amma bemoans that your skin has been her challenge since you were born." Love this story!

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sudha, it was a delight to do so. Your story is heartbreaking and beautifully rendered @sudhab.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thank you so much Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including my story in this month's #mondettes. Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏 mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...

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July 2026

Ten stories picked by Laura Black at Fictive Dream

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The back of a woman ahead of me, rounded shoulders, feathery strands of chocolate hair brushing the nape of a neck I thought was yours... Two beautiful pieces by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 👇

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The annual Wigleaf Top 50 list (and long list) is out. This endeavor would not be possible without the hardworking team of Associate Editors and Readers. I want to thank them for reading all your wonderful stories from last year; it's not easy to make the selections for the long list. Many thanks to

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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It was such an honor and a delight to serve as the Guest Selecting Editor for the 2026 Wigleaf Top 50! Congratulations to all of the authors whose stories were selected and also to all of those on the longlist! 🎉 And huge thanks to @sudhab.bsky.social and the rest of the Wigleaf staff! ❤️

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm honored to have made the list with my flash, "Wyoming," published in the debut issue of Hot Flash Literary. Thanks to @sudhab.bsky.social & the Top 50 team & huge thanks to Selecting Editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social Looks like a GREAT list & longlist. Congratulations to all! 💙

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

the Wigleaf Top 50 is out! it's always a joy reading for this and always a struggle to pick favorites to nominate when there are so many great stories out there. congratulations to the winners and everyone who made the long list! you don't make it easy, that's for sure

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w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

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w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You tease!

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

So delighted to have my tiny piece floating in Flash Flood this year! Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social editors. What a splendid celebration of the flash form.🙏

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

Book cover, features a hops plant that appears to have mugs of beer as buds. Text reads:

After Last Call
Stories
Will Musgrove

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s pub day for my (mostly) flash fiction collection Songs from the Blimp Ruins. Thank you @alkratz.bsky.social & Silverbacked Punk for bringing it to life. It's available here: qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy Signed copies also available (message me) My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“Do the dead write back to you?” “And even if they do—then what?” Love this story about mailboxes that hold letters for the dead and yes, phone booths (remember them?) from which you can call and talk to them! @anniejowrites.bsky.social @bulbregion.bsky.social

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I have two pieces up on @wigleaf.bsky.social, both of which appear in my chapbook with @gasherpress.bsky.social out later this year here's one of them:

Birthday Boy
Benjamin Niespodziany

For my first birthday, my mother gave me a toy phone my father ate in one bite. "It's broken," he said to my mother, swallowing the curling cord. "No tone." I was wiggling on the carpet like a large set of lips. That night, asleep on the couch, his mouth in the clouds, my father started to ring. My mother was too afraid to answer. She planned the atlas and packed the path.

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

it’s beautiful; the purple giving way to pink, just magic.... It's all light and magnolias and Edison! Read this third prize winner in the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social contest from @kiklodge.bsky.social 👇

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

wanting to feel the squeeze of the forest, the scratch of branches on your limbs … The pacing in this story by @dehardy.bsky.social , an Honorable Mention in the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social contest , is excellent ! And that ending👏👏👏

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I was again all wrong, too big, too strange, not fitting in to either world at my disposal..... that's all of us, eh? Nice work @ninamiller.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Excited to have a story out @tinymolecules.bsky.social today. With many thanks to editor Sara Dobbie🙏 Please check it out here: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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twenty-seven — Tiny Molecules

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Oh, this story by @sudhab.bsky.social is GORGEOUS! Brilliant prose! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"I’ll swim adept and agile. I’ll swim like Mihir Sen, who crossed the English Channel." My lord, this extraordinary story by @sudhab.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"I wouldn’t have waded through slop while he curse-hollered, right arm in a terrifying dangle, a marionette with a snapped string" Great use of the negative to build the emotions from @sudhab.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social; the power of the anaphora repetition

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