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Liz Rosen

@thewritelifeliz

www.thewritelifeliz.com Words in North American Review, Baltimore Review, Flash Frog, Pithead Chapel, New Flash Fiction Review, and more.

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Dammit. Missed you.

08.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope I run into you sometime tomorrow!

06.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really a great one.

06.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Extra by Michael Czyzniejewski β€˜What’s your hunting knife situation?’ is maybe not the thing to ask at this precise moment but I have this extra one on me and I like Lydia and she’s about to go home so I…

Hahahaha! Also, 🫣😱. @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social at his best in the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social.

fictivedream.com/2026/03/06/e...

06.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Vintage! So good and what a fantastic ending!

06.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Cool!

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another collection of first-rate #shortstories for February. Our thanks to Ruth Gilchrist @kevingrauke.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social Diego Lama @rosefacchini.bsky.social and @jacqdoyle.bsky.social

03.03.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My New Doctor Asks Me If I’ve Ever Used Tobacco Products I lie because I don’t want my insurance rates to go up, because he has my family history right in front of him where it says both my parents died of lung cancer. Even if he’s too polite to say it, …

Wistful, thoughtful piece by @barlowadams.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social.

www.whaleroadreview.com/adams-3/

03.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh. Thanks for that. I’ll go listen.

03.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just read From a Buick 8, and it might be my favorite King book.

02.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep meaning to read at least the first one in her series.

28.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 11: A Winter in Metamorphosis Cover art by Mallory Caloca. This winter, we asked our contributors to send us metamorphosis-themed art, poetry, and fiction. The response was both exhilarating and overwhelming; due to an unexpect…

Huge thanks to @thefantasticother.bsky.social for giving my weird little story β€œSlashed Beauty” a great home!

fantasticother.com/issue-11-a-w...

27.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beacon Visit the post for more.

Shine your flashlight off the pier and see what enters the beam of light πŸ”¦ in "Beacon" by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social

variantlit.com/beacon/

24.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dead Mother Card | Fractured

Can always count on @emilyrinkema.bsky.social to tell me a good story. This one in @fracturedlit.bsky.social .

fracturedlit.com/dead-mother-...

23.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Energy Dissipating Capsule by Elizabeth Rosen
@thewritelifeliz.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/22/e...

22.02.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"He’s told her this before, how flying is safer than driving." Energy Dissipating Capsule by Elizabeth Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/22/e...

22.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for amplifying!

12.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for reading, Dan!

12.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yay!

12.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beacon Visit the post for more.

What’s up, Bluesky asks? Just the appearance of one of my Maryland stories in a journal I really admire: @variantlit.bsky.social.

variantlit.com/beacon/

12.02.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Day Five of the Battle of Publix, by Travis Flatt β€” The Bulb Region Day Five of the Battle of Publix β€” Travis Flatt THE ONCE MIGHTY CAVALRYΒ of Frozen...

Another wild ride provided by @travisflatt.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social !

bulbregion.com/Day-Five-of-...

10.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hoping to make it.

10.02.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always happy to amplify your work, Emily.

09.02.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
w i g l e a f : Β (very) short fiction An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

My Aunt Tica asked me to break into the church hall to steal a glass ornament from the lobby tree, so I texted my sister and told her to meet me at the Waffle House, that we had a felony to commit.

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social does my heart in again. In @wigleaf.bsky.social

wigleaf.com

09.02.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks, Matt!

05.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

05.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

05.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Ani.

05.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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nancy is our favorite place to party β€” virgo venus press Three floors up and two apartments over there are six girls chanting light as a feather stiff as a board, light as a feather stiff as a board , one of the girls yawns and says you mean flat as a boa...

This story by @aniking.bsky.social in Virgo Venus Press nails the manic energy of girls driving themselves into a frenzy to stave off boredom.

www.virgovenuspress.com/press/nancy-...

04.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it. Don’t cross a biddy. The Lord might strike you down. Lol

04.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0