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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Super excited and incredibly grateful to receive my first Best Small Fictions nomination! 🎉🎉🎉

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Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @majda.bsky.social! forget.cool/issue-1/issu...

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Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @erinkeane.bsky.social! forget.cool/issue-1/issu...

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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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SoFloPoJo @soflopojo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

SoFloPoJo August Issue # 42 (We are now reading for November) www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“In Neverland, a girl’s either found or invisible, and those aren’t even her options. They’re designations. There is no choice.” @melostrom.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com

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Lost Girls – Necessary Fiction

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m so sick of not being able to speak with a human when I call places. It truly takes longer to get answers or an issue resolved. Plus it just feels yucky.

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Web submissions are open for historical fiction. 14th-20th September, 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit

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The Hoolet’s Nook @thehooletsnook.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Time to dust off those #submissions! The Nook is opening a little earlier than previously announced. Our next reading period will run September 15–October 15, coinciding with the release of our Sept. issue. 🦉✨ A note: #micropoetry & #haiku subs are now limited to five pieces per reading period.

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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@smokelong.bsky.social Do you know about The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest? It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations. We want it all. Deadline Nov 15. 250 words or fewer. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

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The Hoolet’s Nook @thehooletsnook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Read more #microfiction and poetry from our May issue here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... #shortfiction #loneliness #speculativefiction #isolation #readersofbsky #space #bosonstar #amreading

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hey friends, I have a question for the dog people out there. Do you have any recommendations for car harnesses?

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Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Issue 1 is now LIVE! forget.cool/issue-1

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“And I want to believe …” @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @switchmicromag.bsky.social www.switchonline.org/about-1#:~:t...

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Microfiction, 2026 & 2025 | Switch

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our first birthday is coming up. . . a thread!!!!!! 🎉🐈‍⬛ To celebrate our phenomenal 1st year, we’re hosting a pair of readings! Micros galore and some chapbook goodness, too. Unbelievable line ups. Nothing but bangers! Live on zoom!! Sept 4th at 5pm & Sept 6th at 8am (PDT)

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Staff meeting: Jane has an agreed to a 10-day internship for these two literary kittens. Please welcome Tommie (black) and Jones (gray)! We’re starting to read for January. 2027, humans. Whew! Get those resolutions ready. Our birthday issue is just two weeks away!! 🎉🎂🐈‍⬛

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If anyone wants some books or magazines, that'd be great. Everything is Buy 2 get 1, no coupon code needed. Just put 3 things in your cart. Will ship today. Please & thank you.

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Going to start doing a thing on a Monday where I give away a free workshop recording to one winner each week. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec... All you have to do to get your name in the hat is reply with the name of someone who's a cheerleading superstar in the writing community.

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Workshop-recordings (List) | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"I spent more and more time watching the sun go down alone, lying in the grass or climbing the tree that shed helicopters in fall." Go read "In the Blood" by @suzannehicks.bsky.social. Then, go hug your sibling. Art: “Crows” by Anita Dime

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My contributor copy of the 10th @bathflashaward.bsky.social flash fiction anthology arrived! “More Than This” about my Mothman was shortlisted in the 30th award contest. 💜🎉💜🎉💜

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

"In the home goods area, I ran my hand across a gauze blanket like the one I had on my bed back home, flinching when I pulled a thread that caught on a hangnail" Wonderfully immersive piece from @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Heads up, flash writers! I will be opening registrations for an all-new round of my popular 3-in-90 workshops on Monday! 🧡

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So sad that the Welkin Genre Prize has come to an end. Missed any of these brilliant pieces? Or just want to read them again? So many gems to discover / re-discover here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories

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Welkin-stories | MattKendrick.co.uk

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We can't wait!

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Bending Genres Issue 52 is now LIVE!! Full of fascinating, amazing CNF, poetry and flash fiction. Check it out here: bendinggenres.com

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Current Issue

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My micro “The Space Between” is up at @switchmicromag.bsky.social. Many thanks to the editors for giving it a home! This one began in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop.

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Microfiction, 2026 & 2025 | Switch

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For the evening / US crowd - who wants help with something they're writing? I currenlty have a very quiet inbox and would love to help you with your works-in-progress. Do get in touch!

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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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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"You wonder what it would be like to disappear. If you started to dissolve, how long would ..." @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

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Lost and Found by Suzanne Hicks

Flash Fiction: Lost and Found

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

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Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001 | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not gonna lie, I could really use some more orders of The Bully In My Pillow, Kik Lodge's fantastical short fiction collection out this coming Tuesday. Look at what people are saying about these absurdly brilliant stories and illustrations. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🫀🫁🦴 WINNER of the Body Prize, "Dear Walt Whitman" by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social A lyrical, emotionally taut gem of a micro in epistolary form: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

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Dear Walt Whitman | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ICYMI: My recent pub in SoFloPoJo. “Sandy the Penny Pony” Any midwesterners spot Sandy lately? This story started in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop.

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“…I hear Ah Ma’s voice scolding me, if you had kept one of those nice plastic containers I had saved instead of trashing them when you cleaned out my apartment, you’d have a free container to put me inside…” Brought to tears by this piece by @csquareh.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social

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Christine H. Chen | And afterwards,

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SoFloPoJo @soflopojo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

SoFloPoJo Flash #42 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"You’d never seen houses so close together or a road that went nowhere. It’s called a cul-de-sac, she told you. It felt crowded, and the stars at night seemed farther away" Such atmospheric writing from @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

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Flash Fiction: Lost and Found

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Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"When the car turned down the street, your eyes went straight to the cemetery at the entrance..." The consistence rate of the newly returned @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is roof high! Accordingly, another winner here from @suzannehicks.bsky.social #amreading #flashfiction

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

'Lost and Found' flash fiction by @suzannehicks.bsky.social When the car turned down the street, your eyes went straight to the cemetery at the entrance, the rows of raised stones, ruins covered in moss, shaded by large oak trees. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

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Suzanne Hicks @suzannehicks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I have a new story up today! Many thanks to @ellipsiszine.bsky.social for giving it a home. I wrote this in a @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop where she showed me how to build an entire town to inspire this story.

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Shortlisted in the History Prize, "Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema" by @alisonwassell.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

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Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema | MattKendrick.co.uk

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