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Kathryn Kulpa

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social
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Will write for coffee. Mostly flash, mostly fiction. Work in BULL, Centaur, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, HAD, Milk Candy, SmokeLong, TrashCat, Wigleaf, YIV. Chapbooks: A Map of Lost Places; For Every Tower, a Princess; Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted.

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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 3h
“A fake knife can cut you just like a real one.” New story in Flash the Court, out now. flashthecourt.com/2026/10/02/d...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 4h
Read “You Were Scared” in the 10th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute.
Flash fiction “You Were Scared,” published in Ghost Parachute, October 2026.Illustration shows twin sisters dancing.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m thrilled to be in this treasure chest of an anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute! 👻🪂 🖤
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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love this one by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social
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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s our October issue! Art: Cate Petty Fiction: @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Arden Shostak @jeremymauser.bsky.social Mathieu Parsy Nonfiction: Sharon Goldberg Melissa Fraterrigo Leath Tonino Poetry: @leeh70.bsky.social Cal Freeman pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
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Volume 15, Issue 10
COVER ART BY Cate Petty   FICTION RABBITS BY KATHRYN KULPA IN FLORE BY ARDEN SHOSTAK PANDEMONIUM BY JEREMY MAUSER AFTER THE GIFT BY MATHIEU PARSY   NONFICTION AUDITION BY SHARON GOLDBERG …
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nothing to see here, just some perfect little whiskers on a perfect little being.
Close-up of a tuxedo cat with a pink nose and white whiskers.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you want to start some new flash or microfiction, or get help with a work in progress, I’ve got some workshops in October. Details at cleavermagazine.com/classes.
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Kathryn Silver-Hajo @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oct. 10th Zoom launch of "Spinning: Love, Family and Other Strange Entanglements!" Host @kathyfish.bsky.social. Guest readers @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social! 🎉 www.kathrynsilverhajo.com/so/d8OplZ7Px...
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Celebration time! Join us for the Zoom launch of Kathryn’s new flash collection, “Spinning: Love, Family, and Other Strange Entanglements”(Cowboy Jamboree Press). Hosted by the one and only Kathy Fish...
Flash * Friendship * Fun * Fabulous giveaways
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rawhead #3 just released, & I’m proud to be part of this mix. rawheadjournal.org
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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are currently open for fiction submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers! We are reading flash fiction, full-length stories, and more until December 1st!
Graphic announcing a call for fiction submissions open until December 1, featuring bold orange text, the website nervetowrite.com, and a stylized neuron illustration on a light blue background.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I had three pieces published this month, all really different. It’s interesting to see them all side by side.
Two cats seem to be whispering to each other over a notebook.
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Help me understand, that boy sang to me once, strumming guitar, and I was young enough to believe it was a song he wrote, just for me." Loss and love explored in a tumble of memories by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/if-he-fell-b...
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If He Fell by Kathryn Kulpa | Issue #42
Once there was a boy who fell off a mountain. An accident, or not-accident; a leap into air. Did he wait for someone to catch him?
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mr. Clarkington.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you so much to @claudineliterary.bsky.social for the nom & congratulations to all the writers! 🎉🎉🎉
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Two stories in one day! This one was inspired by a song and by the photography of Louella Lester. newflashfiction.com/if-he-fell-b...
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If He Fell by Kathryn Kulpa | Issue #42
Once there was a boy who fell off a mountain. An accident, or not-accident; a leap into air. Did he wait for someone to catch him?
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SOOO excited to share Issue 42 - oh the places these writers will take you: Ali McLafferty, @stillsqquirrel.bsky.social @blakepierpoint.bsy.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @karenc.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social & Sophie Purchase share.google/UHQWCirfupPP...
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Issue 42: Stories Inspired by Photographs | New Flash Fiction Review
Featuring new flash fiction from Anika Carpenter, Karen Crawford, S.A. Greene, Jessica Klimesh, Kathryn Kulpa, Ali McLafferty, Blake Pierpoint, Sophie Purchase, and Brent Waggoner.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Started writing this on the side of the road last December, and here it is today. Thank you to The Hoolet’s Nook. 🦉 www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
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Tenacity of Weeds
by Kathryn Kulpa Have you ever noticed the grass that grows in the cracks on the highway? Maybe it’s on the soft shoulder, the breakdown lane, the verge. Maybe it’s on the median strip. Maybe...
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 09/09/2026
This week's story is "Lost Girls" by @melostrom.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/lost...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Where do your ghosts live?
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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Such an inconvenient spot, such an impudent ghost, always something snide to say about Jessie’s cockaleekie,...." Love this tiny story by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/cockaleekie/
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Cockaleekie - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social live @sudhab.bsky.social Scott Bolendz, @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @taracampbell.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social Rebecca Evans, Louella Lester @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @rinapalumbo.bsky.social cover art: Charlotte Hamrick gooseberry-pie.com/issue-46/
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Issue 46 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Capilano by Sudha Balagopal Old Dog by Scott Bolendz Cockaleekie by Kathryn Kulpa Okay, Maybe Just a Little Hoot From Time to Time Lemonhead Ferris Wheel by Tara Campbell Ghost Museum by Mileva Anasta...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s delicious to be in Gooseberry Pie again with a new story, “Cockaleekie!” 🍲
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s here! The September print issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Online September 10.
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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My not so spooky ghost cow story is live. 🐮 Congrats to all the storytellers.Huge thanks to @therelphian.bsky.social for doing such an amazing job showcasing writers and their work😎 and to readers @leighloveday.bsky.social and @joclark.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/the-light-is...
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The Light is the Boy
Keith Woodruff Cow does not think of herself as haunting the barn. In the loft, she drifts above the bales, watches the blue swallows loop out and in. Waits for the boy to climb the rungs and pop t…
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
New prose poem, “Insomnia,” published in Second Coming today. For all the quiet nerd girls who sat in the back row thinking snarky thoughts. secondcoming.substack.com/p/second-com...
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Second Coming No. 595 — September 6, 2026
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by Donald Trump and his fascist regime
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Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm going to be reading my piece "Chill Hours" with many other amazing writers! Sign up for this free reading.
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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our September issue is live! Art: Trevor Cunnington Fiction: @erinvachon.bsky.social @mpershan.bsky.social Lisa Beech Hartz @skoeplin.bsky.social Nonfiction: Shara Sinor Alexa Loftus Marin Smith Poetry: @Ediemeade.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
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Volume 15, Issue 9
COVER ART BY TREVOR CUNNINGTON   FICTION AND TREEBEARD SAID, “I MUST DO SOMETHING, I SUPPOSE” BY ERIN VACHON MELODY HAD TO WEAR THE WINGS BY MICHAEL PERSHAN BORDER ROAD BY LISA BEECH HARTZ WAT…
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The September 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by Brett J Barr. tinyurl.com/jehdn9jj
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September 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This just in.
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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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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We would like to amend a mistake on our previous post! Our Flash winner and finalists were not comprehensive. Please join us in congratulating ALL of our finalists and winner! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @abbywilliams.bsky.social
Summer 2026 Editor's Prize Contest Flash Winner and Finalists Winner: "The Last Book of Weirdos" by Kathryn Kulpa Finalists: Kristina Garvin, Valerie Hughes, Abigail Williams, & Aaron F. Schnore
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you again, @psmokejournal.bsky.social !
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’m so happy and grateful! Thank you to the @psmokejournal.bsky.social editors and congratulations to all the writers! 💚💙💚
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m loving all the story recs by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social on this list! Discovering so many new flash stories, and was knocked out to find my micro on the list! 😊
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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
we have a story by Charlie Beckerman ! it's about a person who moves to Brighton & discovers that their new place used to be a home for unwed mothers. the last two paragraphs are especially beautiful <3 xraylitmag.com/origin-story...
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Origin Story by Charlie Beckerman
Your mother found the place on the website that back then seemed so novel and now is considered low-key evil. “It’s on the second floor,” she’d said. “They say there’s no elevator but that shouldn’t b...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Follow me on Substack if you’d like news on workshops, readings, & new pubs. Also, pictures of geese. 🪿
A mother goose leads her three goslings across a country road.
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He took a run at my plate, swooped down on his prey, and carried it off to deliver the killing bite. His prey was … a plastic fork. #gingercat
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Stunner from @pamelapainter.bsky.social at @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social ! 🦞🦞
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Möoerdämmerung: the twilight of the cows. 🐄 #cows
Cows standing in a field at sunset.
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"It reminds us of the beach castles we made as children with carefully constructed moats and shell windows, swamped and quickly swept away by high tide." from "Barrier Islands" by @ckrich.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/barrier-isla...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Best pals. #donkeys #animalsanctuary
An albino donkey rests her head on a brown donkey. 🫏
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The power of the paw compels you! 💥🐾
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Join me and many fabulous Claudine writers for this anniversary reading!
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The sun'll likely come out tomorrow - and guess what else will happen?? The Trashcan Generator fires up and spits out prompts for those getting in on our August challenge. Details here, and link to form which goes live at 9am (UK time) 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...
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Call for Prompted Stories
During the month of August, we have our Prompted Stories challenge. Participants will blind select sets of prompts – a Setting/ Situation, a Character, an Object/ Occurrence – and write…
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Got flash? Get feedback. Register at cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/36285....
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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Such an honour to read for the @welkinpress.bsky.social Body Prize. This wonderful micro by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social grabbed me with its blend of imagery, tone and that message that even privilege carries its own bodily consequence. Congratulations, Kathryn. 🧡⚓🏖️
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m honored to have my shortlisted story published in @welkinpress.bsky.social today! 🌟
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Rawhead @rawheadjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Rawhead is seeking Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art, and Hybrid work for Issue 04. rawhead.submittable.com/submit Featured collage - “Former Life” by David Dodd Lee #cnf #creativenonfiction #submissions #litmag #nonfictionwriter #lyricessay #litmag #essays
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
As usual , @sfreligh.bsky.social does not disappoint.
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