Sarp Sozdinler

Thank you, Sudha ❤️ I appreciate it!

Thank you, Cole! ❤️

Thank you for reading and sharing, James!

2nd Prize, 32nd Award by Sarp Sozdinler More by Sarp Sozdinler One could say they were colleagues. At first glance, they might indeed look like colleagues, even sound like it too, but ask them anytime what they were doing at work, slavin…

‘…they’d blurt a laugh and exchange a glance that might indicate that they shared more…’

Such a beautifully rendered relationship from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🍨

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Well, still processing the news, but my short story “More” has been selected as the 2nd Prize Winner at the Bath Flash Fiction February 2026 Award. Big thanks to Jude Higgins and Ingrid Jendzrejewski for the selection.

Read all prize-winning work here:

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oh man 🥹

Aw, man ❤️

Totally valid arguments through and through.

Vibrations - Matt Rowan & Sarp Sozdinler "Vibrations" by Matt Rowan & Sarp Sozdinler, artwork by Andrew Graber. Twin Bird Review, issue 2.2 / Winter 2024.

…we kept editing and re-editing it over the years, and it took a while to find it a good home, which we did in the amazing Twin Bird Review. Not even sure what the gist of this story is as I got sidetracked along the way but I hope y’all enjoy the read :)

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Love promoting TBR writers’ older work through the other account, but I’ll make an exception here and highlight the story Matt (@veryrealbatman.bsky.social) and I had co-authored for a HAD call back in the day, which eventually got rejected but was so much fun to work on (and work with Matt), and…

SARP SOZDINLER: The Astronaut They asked me if I’d go to Mars for science. I said I’d go just out of spite. The engineer said that was the best reason he’d heard in all the years he worked here. He handed me a helmet. It didn’t…

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New micro in 50-Word Stories.

(Link in the comments section!)

Got a new micro in Milk Candy Review.

Oh yeah, absolutely. Deesha @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social has knocked it out with the selection!

An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2025 - EastOver Press Third in a series, this anthology edited by Deesha Philyaw features short fiction written by contemporary writers of color. From farms to trading posts, basketball courts to kitchens, houses to cafes,...

This book is now out in the world and I’m jazzed to have a story in it.

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The Brokenhearted Whalemen's Club, by Kevin Maloney — The Bulb Region The Brokenhearted Whalemen’s Club — Kevin Maloney I WENT TO TACOMA TO VISIT  my...

Word on the street has it one other particular The Bulb Region writer might (or might not) be making a cameo in Kevin Maloney’s (@kevinmaloney.net) hearty and brainy story “The Brokenhearted Whalemen’s Club.” 👀

Out today in The Bulb Region.

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Time Temperament Questionnaire, by Claire Polders — The Bulb Region Time Temperament Questionnaire — Claire Polders IN WHAT DIMENSION DO YOU spend most of your waking...

Check out Claire Polder’s (@clairepolders.bsky.social) mind- and time-bending amazing hybrid piece, “Time Temperament Questionnaire.”

“Imagine that for each anticipation, you’d have to sacrifice a memory.”

Out today in The Bulb Region.

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This is incredible. Congratulations, Kirsti! Going to pick up a copy

That’s all HAD reality right there.

I'll be launching @bulbregion.bsky.social later today and then celebrate it by reading for @havehashad.com tomorrow! Make sure to be there and be quick as the call will be capped at 150.

All That Heaven Allows (1955) Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children...

By the inimitable Douglas Sirk:
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Not to sound dramatic, but the last film of the year for my wife and I had been this sweet little miracle here and, uncannily enough, as soon as The End card appeared onscreen, the countdown came to null and the fireworks started popping outside, giving both of us a fair bit of goosebumps.

Published quite fittingly on the New Year’s eve where we wish for plenty of money and free shit, my short story “Free Shit” reckons with the idea that nothing is ever truly free. Out now in the last issue of The Journal (@osuthejournal).

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Thanks a lot, Jan! Glad to hear you liked it.

Thank you, Aaron!

Got a new one-sentence story that has first given seed in a hospital waiting room, then progressed in the SmokeLong Fitness (@smokelong.bsky.social), and found its final shape on Complete Sentence (@completesentence.bsky.social) today. Hope you enjoy.

"The People Who Live Inside" by Sarp Sozdinler "My mother called me on a Tuesday afternoon to say that my Uncle Frank had been seen climbing into the old grain silo at the edge of town again."

Here's the link to the story for those who're interested:

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Glad to be finally back here, too. It was really fun to chat with @aaronburch.bsky.social about my short story, "The People Who Live Inside," which was published on Short Story, Long last week. Happy reading!

Oh, thank you, Philippa! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

Thanks a lot, Cole! I appreciate it.