J. Edward Kruft

One year ago today we feat. Pins and Needles by J. Edward Kruft. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance @jedwardkruft.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/06/07/p...

Thank you! What an honor to be a part of it!

Thanks so much, Sherry!

if i were to be a patron saint of anything by B. Montemayor

"let me be the patron saint of lost,
defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error,
where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die."

B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything"

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Muckrakers by Claire Guo

"They say I came from a lineage of muckrakers, men and women who lived in the dirt of others"

Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"

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Strange fish by Matt Kendrick

"the living-room carpet is a fever of wrapping paper scrunched into balls / it is Christmas day / Peter has bought a bicycle for his angelfish / Charlotte is staring at me as if I’m the last remaining Brussels sprout"

@mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish"

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While Democracy Was Being Dismantled by Lauren D. Woods

"I learned to create clean squares with clean borders. No, not that kind. Those were being closed down everywhere."

@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled"

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Nationhoods by Jon Steinhagen

"The actual beginning of our Nationhoods, however, can be traced to the 700 block of Jimson Avenue on the west side of our village, when five homes seceded from our village during the same week."

@jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods"

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The First Girl by Rachel Weinhaus

"The first girl to lose her virginity was Sara, a girl I went to high school with. The tattooed man said he loved her."

@rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl"

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Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces by Cuyler Meade

"I met a man today who insisted I knew him. I was embarrassed, but I did not. He knew many things about me"

@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"

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Thanks for reading!

Thanks so much, Matt! Glad you liked it, and thanks for reading.

"Each morning, they sat in the fire bowls and weighed each other, using pea gravel from the patio." Weighing It All Up by Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/26/w...

Thank you so much! Appreciate your reading and your kind words.

Thank you!

Thanks Dan!

The pleasure is all mine.

Dilly bars and teacher/student inappropriateness. What's better for your Saturday morning diet? Thank you to
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!

"It was the early stage of the relationship..." Red Flag by Barbara Robinson @barbaraccino.bsky.social. Please follow the link and enjoy this tiny gem #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary fictivedream.com/2025/02/21/r...

"I dip my sashimi into soy sauce and lick at the tip, tasting an ocean of promise, while Markus rehashes all our boiled hurts." Eating Out by Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/20/e...

Must read. So good!

As always, so much in so little in an @lmariharris.bsky.social story!

"And the whole time, dogs bark and yip back and forth in the background, and you get nervous when the sound of them swells..." Coyote Girl by Ani King @aniking.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/11/c...

"I was barefoot, toes slipping on the wet, shorn blades, shoulders and legs bare, ready for anything." The Guy and the Golf Course by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...

"Two sisters lean out a window close by and blow soap bubbles through a plastic wand." Bubble Up by Sheree Shatsky, next in our #flashfictionfebruary series #flashfiction #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/05/b...

"Ester composes herself, but the words rehearsed for Richard now seem either too glib, excessively cynical, or over-sentimental." The Scan by Jim Toal, our second story in #flashfictionfebruary #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/02/t...

Beautiful!

Congrats! I'm Feb. 22

Thank you!

Very happy to announce that my story "Mr. Gesup" will be part of the @fictivedream.bsky.social Flash Fiction February lineup. Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for seeing beyond Mary's admonishments and accepting my piece nonetheless. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Feb. assembly!