ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
@tcboudreau.bsky.social's latest has arrived! Buy yours at @stanchion.bsky.social
Lauren, thank you!
ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
Tempting ha!
Yes!!!
I've always wanted to experience the Bills fan experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My friend, thank you!
And it'll be nothing but beer and football!!!!! One day, when I'm not bogged down w/ caregiving, etc I'm gonna start taking trips again. β€οΈ
My friend, thank you!
Thank you, darling!
My friend, thank you!
My friend, thank you for reading!
Ha! Exactly! Thanks, Liz!
Dina, thank you!!! I'm slowly trying to get back. :-)
My friend, thank you!
βWhat is death/ if not a dream of distance?β
This stunner by @chelsdingman.bsky.social in @therumpus.net.π
"This town I once touched on a map is small enough that I see the same faces at the market, at the laundromat, at the diner by the railroad tracks."
This is beautiful. Elise Blackwell up at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Starting in April, Iβm teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.ππ
wab.org/event/bright...
Joshua, thanks!
@kazamaraita.bsky.social up at The Disappointed Housewife with a fantastic retelling of Snow White.
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...
"Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)"
19 again. If only for a moment like this. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social up at @bulbregion.bsky.social with a beaut.
I just started writing again a couple of months ago after taking over a year off. Haven't published in a year. So it's fun my 1st story after my break is quirky, surrealistic, & hopefully gives you a laugh.
Huge thanks to The Airgonaut!
theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/d...
Congrats to our Best Small fiction nominees!
We've got a lot done! But so much more left to do. What a project! :-)
"the longing to say fuck it and blow up our lives while our children are asleep."
@ruthjoffre.bsky.social up at @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social with a stunner.
Bright green background with large white quotation marks at the top. Centered white text reads, βImagine that for each anticipation, youβd have to sacrifice a memory. Would this change the way you direct your thoughts?β A small horizontal dash sits above the footer, which reads βTime Temperament Questionnaireβ and βClaire Polders.β
Muted purple background with large white quotation marks at the top. Centered white text reads, βWe sit in the grass peeling skins off of oranges, popping them in our mouths like a new tongue.β A small horizontal dash sits above the footer, which reads βAll the People are Becoming Birdsβ and βNatalie Warther.β
Vivid red background with large white quotation marks at the top. Centered white text reads, βMy red dwarf, my cool, dim, small star, bursting with the potential to last trillions of years on my bodyβs constellation map. I name it Eric.β A small horizontal dash sits above the footer, which reads βEricβ and βEcem YΓΌcel.β
Golden yellow background with large white quotation marks at the top. Centered white text reads, βBut the good part is that if a crate hits you, if anything that falls hits you, youβre allowed to keep it, legally, everything, all thatβs inside. Itβs like a gift from the sky. A sky gift.β A small horizontal dash sits above the footer, which reads βYou Can Keep That, If It Falls on You [β¦]β and βMatt Rowan.β
One journal. Many voices.
The Bulb Region will publish prose, poetry, essays, comics, hybrid, and everything in-between.
Launch: January 13!
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bulbregion.com
Jill, thank you! It is a lot of work. Great progress, but a lot remains!
A message from all of us at @trampset.bsky.social β¬οΈ
Hey, flash village! We've founded one, and it's free. The Village is a space for the global flash community to exchange information. It's just getting started. Follow The Village here on Bluesky and request an invitation @heyflashvillage.bsky.social