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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 16h

"Something strange has been happening in my dreams lately: I get in fights in them. Always with girls." @amykdebellis.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is REALLY good and chilling...great one out of the gate, @wigleaf.bsky.social ! Go read it...

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Michael Pershan @mpershan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good story alert!

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"I never had horses growing up, but you see them on television, you see them in the movies, and you say to yourself when I can, when I am able, I'm just gonna buy a fleet of those things."

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“You let her see what she needs to see, and you let her lean up into the rest of all that dark.”

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Eileen Tomarchio @eileentomarchio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Beyond brilliant. 👏👏👏👏👏

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Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I keep reading great stories about horses 🐎 this week. I’ll be reading Jilly Cooper by Friday at this rate Cameron MacKenzie in @wigleaf.bsky.social below

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R. Gatwood @iwantanewhead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

From "Note on Two Napkins," published in Wigleaf, 2016.

Note on Two Napkins
R. Gatwood

(1/2) Dear Hamburger Owner,
For the past minute and a half I have been watching a large fly land on various parts of your hamburger, take off, circle briefly in the air, and alight once more. I debated whether to tell you this. Some people, and I have no way of knowing whether you are one of them, prefer to live in ignorance of the unpleasant things that happen to their food, their sleeping bodies, and

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’ve been keeping this secret for MONTHS and now I can finally scream about it: I’VE GOT A FLASH CHAPBOOK COMING OUT!!!! it’s called Lies I Tell My Children and it has an amazing cover!! order it from Bottlecap Press: bottlecap.press/products/lie...

The front and back covers of the chapbook Lies I Tell My Children by Ruth Joffre. The front cover is bright red and features the silhouette of a condor surrounded by iridescent blue bubbles. The back cover has the following text:

Almost a decade in the making, Lies I Tell My Children is a collection of surreal and fanciful falsehoods dreamed up by a single mom just doing her best. Originally inspired by the things parents say to get kids to do their homework or clean their rooms, this series of flash fictions expanded into an intimate portrait of one woman’s mind: her fears, her desires, and the secrets she keeps from her children.

Built around a series of hypotheticals (e.g. “if they don’t stop growing up so fast…”), the stories in this chapbook often veer into fantasy and fabulism, depicting a world where nightmares come to life, ghosts haunt the backyard, and slime molds creep out of the air conditioner. Everything in this chapbook is a lie, and yet every word of it is true.

Ruth Joffre is a Bolivian American writer and the author of the story collection Night Beast. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in more than 100 publications, including Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, TriQuarterly, Fractured Lit, Pleiades, hex literary, and the anthologies Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions. She does not have children.

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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Reposted this yesterday without reading the list — and omg omg I have a story on there! Thank you so much, @wigleaf.bsky.social & @andrewporter01.bsky.social! Amazing.

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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

thanks to Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social for picking some of our stories ! congrats to the authors ! wigleaf.com

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Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Congratulations to everyone on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50, and on the long list. My timeline has been a gorgeous stream of sharing and celebration - just like the old days! Looking forward to catching up with these powerhouse flashes

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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thank you @hexliterary.bsky.social for publishing "Volcano People" and thanks so much @wigleaf.bsky.social and @andrewporter01.bsky.social for selecting it for Wigleaf Top 50! 🥰🌋

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Dawn Miller 🇨🇦 @dawnwriter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thrilled to have a story selected for the Wigleaf Top 50! Thank you to the whole @wigleaf.bsky.social team and especially to guest editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social 🥰 Huge thanks to @thesunlightpress.bsky.social ❤️ where my story first appeared! #flashlit #flash #shortstories

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Julia Strayer @juliastrayer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Honored to have a story selected for The Wigleaf Top 50! 🥰 Thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social and @havehashad.com for publishing the story, “Small, Ambiguous Moments,” and thanks to the entire @wigleaf.bsky.social team and Guest Selecting Editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

this is my first time ever being selected for the Wigleaf Top 50! so thrilled & delighted. thank you to @sudhab.bsky.social, Scott Garson + the @wigleaf.bsky.social team, @andrewporter01.bsky.social, @aaronburch.bsky.social, & @havehashad.com 💀 🪦 🤍

The Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions

Series Editor: Sudha Balagopal — "Writers produced an astonishing treasure trove of stories this year..."

Selecting Editor: Andrew Porter — "Occasions such as this always feel like a gift to me..."

Anna Vangala Jones story “Our second date was meant to be unconventional and unromantic” from HAD was selected

At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is the pub date: September 4, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: Our second date was meant to be unconventional and unromantic by Anna Vangala Jones.
Below that is the text of the story: “—we thought we were funny when we suggested meeting at the laundromat because we bonded on the first date about putting it off so long we'd almost reached the bathing suits as underwear stage. But when he called to cancel, I worried I should have held onto my mystique a bit longer and not revealed the lazy mess lurking beneath my put together surface yet. "It's not that," he said. "I have to go to a funeral." After I told him how sorry I was, he said, "Want to come?" I joked, "It's too soon but take me to the next one." I appreciated the earnest vulnerability of his response that he could use the company so I said yes. My friends teased me that we'd only been on one date so maybe he was a serial killer and we would be going to my funeral. Weird how we cope with the possibility of being murdered every time we meet someone new by laughing about how hilarious it'll be if it happens, but it's preferable to being paralyzed by it. "He loves Bruce Springsteen, so he can't be that bad," I told them. The funeral was for his lifelong friend—they had first met at only five years old—so it was of course sad. We held hands as they lowered the casket. After everyone else left, we wandered the cemetery chatting about everything and nothing like we were at a coffee shop and he kissed me in front of a tombstone that read, "Beloved and remembered. Until we meet again." He ghosted me after that. When I listen to Bruce at the laundromat, I wonder why our first and last kiss happened amidst graves and death and almost write him to ask. But maybe it's better not to know.”

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Honored to have a story on this year's @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50. And thanks to Monkeybicycle for giving it a good home. Congrats to everyone on the Top 50 and longlist as well 💙

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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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Timothy C Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“It becomes clear that the police dog is unhappy with his career, although he does not say so directly.” Love these two from Jenna Tyrrell in @wigleaf.bsky.social!

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Announcing: our 2026 Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize: congrats @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social !

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Announcing….. our 2026 Mythic Picnic fiction winner 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟(read this story if you haven’t yet!)

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Tomorrow, our last-of-season goes up. Until then: revisit these top-shelf postcards, all finalists for the 2025/26 Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Here are our Finalists for the 2025/26 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Winner ($400 purse) will be announced soon. IN THE MEANTIME: read or revisit these crazy-good fictions, and join us in thanking MP for their generous sponsorship.

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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

‘We can't wait to tell everyone how soft and warm and white it is.’ Three absolute beauties from @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social - knockout after knockout 🍁

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Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I have three mircos up at @wigleaf.bsky.social, which is a thrill. Check them out here: wigleaf.com

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

“Are we really doing this? I start to wonder.” @jamybond.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202605owen.htm

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ronin? Moanin Ronin. Love this from @jamybond.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social 👇🏽👇🏽

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Timothy C Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is an increeeeedible piece!

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“This story's hair looked nice today, but no one said.” “This story is texting someone it loved in the middle of the night.” “This story is sitting alone in the dark, practicing Japanese…” this story, day for night, night as day, by Cathy Ulrich in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202603eating...

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"A civilization grew out of my eye. Their written language a divine loneliness." When it comes to surrealist microfiction, there's not many doing it like @ezhang77.bsky.social! We are so stoked to have Elena back in hex with another dream, at once brief and vast. Go read "Civilization" on the site!

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Civilization by Elena Zhang

A civilization grew out of my eye. Their written language a divine loneliness. And they named constellations from my eyelashes and worshipped gravity, constructing a monument in the constriction of my...

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matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"I'm four. My brother, Chris, is about two. We kneel at the foot of the carpeted stairs, stuck inside our waiting." New CNF: "Self-Portrait with Death" by Scott Garson www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/garson/se...

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Self-Portrait with Death | matchbook

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"That night, asleep on the couch, his mouth in the clouds, my father started to ring." --- "... back when we knew to chew through the fog." sing this (these) all together with @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social wigleaf.com/202605bboy.htm

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Niespodziany: 'Two Micros'

Work by Benjamin Niespodziany

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Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Loved this one. Childlike and grisly.

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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

An untimely demise with no doctor to ponder the route.

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"For my first birthday, my mother gave me a toy phone my father ate in one bite" - that's how you reel a reader in at the start of a story. Love these two micros from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @wigleaf.bsky.social

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Two new micros (and a postcard) on @wigleaf.bsky.social today! One of my very favorite journals.

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