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“Peekaboo” by Ali Morretta.

We’re watching the Breaking Bad episode where a dude named Spooge gets his head crushed by an ATM after calling his girlfriend a skank, when my ex-boyfriend (whose name isn’t Spooge but probably sh…

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Any other Elder Millennial Italians not allowed to eat lamb growing up because Nonno fought in WW2 and mutton rations fucked him in the head or that just me?

I think we should talk more about how AI in creative writing is actually just plagiarism

White-knuckling my way through this week cause Friday I’m getting a new tattoo and a flash piece of mine is dropping

Good morning! It’s a great day to suffer through the latest chapter of my novel instead of using AI :)

Thank you so much to everyone at @pacificalit.bsky.social for giving “Care Package” a home ❤️ www.pacificareview.com/care-package/

My short story is live in the latest issue of @pacificalit.bsky.social! Check it out if you’re in the mood for mild psychosis and dolls behaving badly.

@pacificalit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨22.2 NOW LIVE 🚨 feat. Kate Brennan, Jackson Burgess, Rick Bursky, Sarah Carson, John Leh, Shem Lim, @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social, Peter Munro, Carl Page, Simone Reid & Isabela Sanderson Girlhood, Godhood, gossip, graveyards. Get thee hence

Got a short(ish) story dropping early next week, breaking my year+ long rejection streak. Being a stubborn bitch does have its benefits.

Absolutely love this

HAD@havehashad.com · 4mo ago

today's Lena Kinder story is so great, but maybe esp every perfect line in that first paragraph "We talk for hours after sex, about your girlfriend, mostly. I ask questions, and you answer them. I knew her before you knew her, but you don’t know that yet." https://www.havehashad.com/d0kfe

Getting a form rejection on a story you wrote for your dad on his one-year deathiversary is certainly ✨An Experience ✨

This a little too loud I fear

Taco Bell Quarterly@tacobellquarterly.org · 4mo ago

You should write your book now so you can write it without having to write it for the rest of your life after that

As a huge fan of David Ryan, I’m not even remotely surprised this one is a banger.

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"But this is the Midwest, a Midwest of a certain texture, where many things discussed intimately and publicly alike on the Coasts do not exist because there’s no language for them here to make them real." 🎂 Don't miss David Ryan's stunner in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Birthday-by-...

The mail I’ve been waiting for while ignoring overdue bills.

“Mary Beth’s boyfriend popped the question, and because she truly loved the idea of love, and maybe even him, she said yes, yet another preset answer rolling off her tongue before she could even stop to think.’ This one by @jekwriter.bsky.social is a surreal (and a bit too relatable) read.

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥈Blue Frog 2nd Place Winner!🥈 “Doesn’t That Sound Great, Mary Beth?” By @jekwriter.bsky.social is now up! Art by Ali McLafferty flash-frog.com/2026/03/23/d...

Celebrating the one-year anniversary of this one! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social and @flashfrog.bsky.social (and guest judge Gina Chung) for giving this a home. Also, a huge thanks to @jiksuncheung.bsky.social for the incredible art, which is now framed and hanging above my bar cart 🍸

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥈The Blue Frog 2nd Place story🥈 “The Third” by Alison Morretta is now up! Art by @jiksuncheung.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/03/24/t...

This one by @salenacasha.bsky.social seems like an excellent choice for #FlashInTheFeed because it was a liiiiiiitle too relatable for me to have read it at 6:30am on a Saturday. @smokelong.bsky.social

Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 5mo ago

“...all the seriousness and subject matter expertise in the world… can be diminished by a bit of spinach or a sesame seed or, in this case, egg and so I let it diminish him.” “Alligator” by Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/03/20/a...

Sophie looking like an NPC about to hit me with a brainless, timesuck fetch-quest

Oof. This one hits. www.smokelong.com/stories/we-a...

We All Know About Margo - SmokeLong Quarterly

When Margo takes off her shirt, we all know what’s coming. Margo, who we all say has the best tits in the senior class, has a shot of tequila in one hand and the shirt in the other. It’s a flimsy litt...

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Sometimes I think I have an original idea. Then I read a story where a tattooed Jesus goes to a chili dinner, and I end up staring at the wall and questioning all my life choices.

The Forge Literary Magazine@theforge.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Our story of the week is Jesus Comes to Dinner by Chris Scott.

I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to put my work in front of David Ryan every week. Loved this new one from the @fracturedlit.bsky.social Elsewhere contest. fracturedlit.com/hypnagogia/

I need to tattoo this on the back of my eyelids

Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There's huge value in saying, fuck it, I'm just going to write what I want to write, the way I want to write it.

An absolute banger from one of my favorite humans

David Luntz@dluntz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Shoutout to @bulbculture.bsky.social for taking on this racy rant www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/witches...

This is so delightfully haunting and the art is gorgeous.

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “River Keeps” by Cathy Ulrich is now up! Art by Becks Simpson flash-frog.com/2026/03/09/r...

I read this yesterday and again this morning and I can’t stop thinking about it.

Anna Cabe @annablabs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hello, hello! My prize-winning flash in which I reflect upon AI dropped a few days ago, amidst AWP happenings. Thanks to @fracturedlit.bsky.social and Gwen Kirby for plucking this out! CW: suicide, disordered eating fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/