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Anti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Friends, our submission inbox is completely empty. If you'd be so kind as to help us spread the word among your communities it would be so greatly appreciated. heroinchic.weebly.com
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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do not bother me I am in my litte boat. This is my little boat do not bother me.
A ladybug minding her own business in a green leaf shaped like a little boat with some yellow flowers beside
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good people of the world, we present our Best small fictions 2027 nominees templeinacity.com/nominations/
Best small fictions

Pam Avoledo, The world’s largest rubber band ball

Matthew Jakubowski, Alight, Astray

Kelly Murashige, The Prize

Beth Sherman, Angel

Alison Wassell, A safe space
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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you to @offbeatlit.bsky.social for nominating me for Best Small Fictions 2027!! 🎉 🙌🏻 #flashfiction #microfiction #writing #writesky
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our last spotlight of the current issue - a delicious double from the talented @joycebingham.bsky.social 🦝 The Lady in Waiting We loved the simmering tension here, the upending of known characters, the way the prompts are intrinsic to story. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/the-lady-in-... 1/2
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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Springtime In Happyland by S.A. Greene | Issue #42
Winter had been brutal and we didn’t venture outside, but now the cherry trees were blossoming and the air was soft and hopeful, and the heads appearing above garden gates and mailboxes were smiling u...
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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't care if writing doesn't save me from anything else. It saves me from myself.
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So many brilliant writers! 🎉🎉🎉
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So proud to have my story Apogee as one of the stories nominated by @doricliterary.bsky.social for the O. Henry.
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Apogee
Finally, another manned mission to Mars. How he’d glowed with excitement.
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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
from the perfect title through the breathless middle to the buzz of a satisfying ending, a bee-u-tiful micro from a flash queen 👑 👏👏👏 @judehwriter2.bsky.social
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"They’re found, all right, but Jasmine can tell they’re unhappy. Unhappiness surrounds them, as obvious as the perfume they dab on their wrists." I love this extraordinary writing by @melostrom.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com 💙💙💙
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Here’s “My Therapist Tells Me about Her Husband” in the gorgeous September issue: gooseberry-pie.com/my-therapist...
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My Therapist Tells Me About Her Husband - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Congratulations to all our Best of the Net nominees. templeinacity.com/nominations/
Solape Adetutu Adeyemi, They told us to go but did not say where. Makoko demolition, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-by-solape-adetutu-adeyemi/

Yuan Changming, 12 heart metaphors, A chinglish poem in collocations, https://templeinacity.com/two-poems-by-yuan-changming/

Darren C. Demaree 5/28/25, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-by-darren-c-demaree/

Ezra Gatlin, rose-colored glasses, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-ezra-gatlin/

Toni della Fata, Baby are you a believer, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-toni-della-fata/

Kathryn Reese, Stim, https://templeinacity.com/poetry-kathryn-reese-3/Fiction:
Kelly Murashige, Driving Faith https://templeinacity.com/fiction-by-kelly-murashige/

Emily Rinkema, Lou https://templeinacity.com/fiction-emily-rinkema/


Creative nonfiction:
Linda M. Bayley, One Mississippi https://templeinacity.com/flash-fiction-by-linda-m-bayley/

Karen Baumgart, And now, for the final act, watch him choose the circus, https://templeinacity.com/creative-nonfiction-by-karen-baumgart/
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s just dropped through my door. it looks so beautiful and I’m delighted to be in it! ❤️
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Best of the Net poetry nominees: Ezra Gatlin, rose-colored glasses, templeinacity.com/poetry-ezra-... Toni della Fata, Baby are you a believer, templeinacity.com/poetry-toni-... Kathryn Reese, Stim, templeinacity.com/poetry-kathr...
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Best of the Net creative nonfiction nominees: Linda M. Bayley, One Mississippi templeinacity.com/flash-fictio... Karen Baumgart, And now, for the final act, watch him choose the circus, templeinacity.com/creative-non...
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Best of the Net fiction nominees: Kelly Murashige, Driving Faith templeinacity.com/fiction-by-k... Emily Rinkema, Lou templeinacity.com/fiction-emil...
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We just found out this little CNF is the first publication ever by the author. Please welcome them to the publishing fam, everyone. It takes courage to send writing out into the world. What a gift. Congratulations, Detje Marcel. templeinacity.com/creative-non...
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Creative nonfiction Plums by author Detje Marcel. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dear everyone Hi, hi. Did you hear? Our new issue is out filled with tiny treasures to fill and ache your beautiful heart. Reclaim your time. Spend it in places that aim to restore you. Sincerely, old auntie TiaC. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The daughter tries to speak but cannot make a sound: her mouth is a cave, wet and cold and full of bats..." New on hex today, @cpasko.bsky.social's "The Wind Cave," an expansive shortie that feels both ancient and fresh! 👇🦇👇
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The Wind Cave by Courtney Pasko
The daughter is tired of walking, the muscles in her thighs and calves trembling as they climb, but there’s no chance of the father turning around until he’s seen everything he came to see. The forest...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today's contributor spotlight is for @keithwoodruff.bsky.social and his beautiful character, Cow🦝 We loved the emotional heft that came from this two-character piece, how tender and unexpected it was given the prompts, and the note of hope at the end. Read trashcatlit.com/the-light-is... 1/2
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I have a day off, and I'm supposed to be doing my own writing work this morning. Instead I've spent the last two hours reading new flash pieces and posting about them. This is still a great use of my time... I feel so inspired now! Look at all the fabulous work all these flash writers are doing!!
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Well hello good people. We’re excited to hand you our latest issue. Please swim in and enjoy templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"No one has died. They’re not watching fund-raising ads for organizations trying to save the last elephants and tigers of the world. He’s simply… moved." New #FlashInTheFeed by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social ! Yay! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"When the snow starts, we move inside and drink strawberry wine coolers in Stacy’s kitchen and listen to the Smiths." Wow, this phenomenal piece of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Sally tucked her journal in the front of her pants and crawled through the underbrush under the power lines behind the house where the neighborhood stopped and the real world began." Brilliance by @thorntonforreal.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙 templeinacity.com/fiction-by-l...
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Girl, 9, Speaks, fiction by author Lisa Thornton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thanks for these kind words, @danbillyc.bsky.social!
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Someone made her hands that way, the stone lion thinks. And he knows this because someone made his paws that way too." Such a gorgeous story by @emhall47.bsky.social
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
CNF by Detje Marcel, steeped in childhood longing templeinacity.com/creative-non...
Trying to dodge Bart, our black lab, who is always out of control and jumping all over me. When I give a quiet yell to tell him to go away my mom scolds me and says that he loves me and that's why he keeps jumping. She tells me that he never jumps on her when she takes him on walks and I wonder when she has ever
taken him on a walk. He doesn't have a leash or even a collar.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A little ouffff of a poem by @shonmapp.bsky.social We find ourselves rereading it again and again. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-sh...
you've become 
a verb-
           as in lying 
            or fleeing 
            or hurting.
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A tiny heartache of a micro by @louisehurrell.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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Birth announcement micro fiction by Louise Hurrell. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A memory by Angela Thorne templeinacity.com/poem-by-ange...
in a Monet-painted sky
& the birds couldn't fly

as high
as 

til my shoe caught
& my palms landed
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Kerry Byrne @kerrybyrne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Delighted to be part of this wonderful issue and in such good company, too. Huge thanks to @templeinacity.bsky.social ♥️
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today we are spotlighting @amberken.bsky.social and her fab speculative flash 🦝 We loved how the worry of a pregnant mother bleeds into this wonderfully non-techy story of time travel. Reader @leighloveday.bsky.social said: Inventive, intelligent and empathetic. trashcatlit.com/time-space-a...
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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Much ‘heart’ened to have a poem in Molecules Unlimited @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Heartfelt thanks to Editor Stephen Paul Wren for including my poem “Dosis sola facit venenum”. Enjoyed researching (heart failure-digoxin-foxglove-overdosage) as much as writing it. #Oulens #poetrycommunity
A page with my poem “Dosis sola facit venenum”. Please follow the link in QT to read the piece. Thank you.
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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Open for subs again! Look forward to reading more speculative flash ✨️✍️
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swadeshine☀️ @swadeshine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have officially submitted my first piece of writing for publication. Expectations are very low, but it's a bit thrilling in its own way.
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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just learnt I’ve won a prize in a major writing competition. I’m not allowed to say any more at the moment. As a note of encouragement to others:this story – which got into the last dozen of 4 or 5 thousand entries – was rejected by 21 journals/magazines(and only one of those a ‘tiered’ rejection).
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Have you heard? Our new issue is out. We’ll be sharing individual stories and poems over the next days and weeks but you don’t need to wait. We’re not the boss of you. Just barge in as you please. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
(He really should get it himself.) A little blistering micro for the finally fed up @sudhasubraman.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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If you want a ‘mangai’ you should get it yourself micro fiction by author Sudha Subramanian. Published Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A soaring read for all, especially anyone who feels pushed into second place. @kerrybyrne.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
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Second place until you're not, flash fiction by author Kerry Byrne. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This Angela Thorne poem. The power and rhe juxtaposition. The cool comparison about what some people can write about and what some others have to. The simmering rage and sadness. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-an...
then i look up at my own reflection
through bulletproof glass
a metallic disk inset
for speaking
while my child speaks
in another room
to a detective taking notes
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
‘Someone made her hands that way.’ Beautiful micro by @emhall47.bsky.social Stone wise and full of heart. templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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Micro fiction The stone lion by author Emily Hall. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This poem by John Grey. We dare your heart not to open. templeinacity.com/poetry-by-jo...
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Take off time poem by author John Grey. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Don’t miss this. Every piece is fantastic. Personal fav is the unforgettable flash by @melissacuisine.bsky.social 👇🏼
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Tracie Adams @tracieadams.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve spent the morning reading through the issue and it’s all extraordinary. The Paper Dolls flash by @melissacuisine.bsky.social is phenomenal!!! 🤩 🙀💥
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Working my way through this issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social . Even before I get to the end I'm going to say, Highly Recommended!!! #FlashInTheFeed
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Exhibit B: If you want a 'mangai' you should get it yourself, by @sudhasubraman.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio... #FlashInTheFeed #microfiction @templeinacity.bsky.social
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If you want a ‘mangai’ you should get it yourself micro fiction by author Sudha Subramanian. Published Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There's an interesting theme of women reclaiming themselves from the expectations of their men in the current issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social . Exhibit A: Second place until you're not, a piece by @kerrybyrne.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio... #FlashInTheFeed
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Second place until you're not, flash fiction by author Kerry Byrne. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Have you heard? Our new issue is out. We’ll be sharing individual stories and poems over the next days and weeks but you don’t need to wait. We’re not the boss of you. Just barge in as you please. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
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