Coleman Bigelow
@cbigs.bsky.social
pushcart and best microfiction nominated writer | recent stories: ghost parachute| cleaver| BULL | your impossible voice | new chapbook: http://InRareCases.com
The Shortlist is up! Fiction from: Bixby the Martian in Martian Witch Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in StoryBottle J.R. Chapple in @fracturedlit.bsky.social New Coleman Bigelow @cbigs.bsky.social & the first 3 we ever ran at T&W by Kevin Light-Roth, James Vella and Kate Arnold Here:
The Shortlist for July 30, 2026 - Turn and Work
Fiction from Coleman Bigelow, Bixby the Martian, Chloe N. Clark, and J.R. Chapple, plus Kevin Light-Roth, Kate Arnold and James Vella.
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I’m a big fan of what Hugh is doing over @turnandwork.com and love having this story there. This one was inspired by some game prompts from @erinvachon.bsky.social. Thanks to her and @smokelong.bsky.social where this was born. #cornhole #marriage #flashfiction
Turn and Work (Hugh)@turnandwork.com · 6d agoLayla considered Declan a “rescue.” Now she’s the one that needs rescuing. New flash fiction: "CornHell" by @cbigs.bsky.social Read it now:
You’ve got to read @travisflatt.bsky.social latest chapbook. Here’s me reading it on the lovely NJ Transit, and like NJ transit, this collection is full of constant surprises. The writing is always clever, unexpected and magic. The story “She’s a miracle” is incredible. #blurbchallenge #smokelong
So glad to have this story up with @rfpress.bsky.social #flashfiction #accident.
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · last mo.“Inspecting the Damage“ by @cbigs.bsky.social is a flash piece about the stories we tell ourselves to shake culpability when reality is more than we can handle. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sprung-...
Hello! Has been a busy but exciting week and wanted to share two new stories out now at @rfpress.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the whole team there for giving them such a great home and thanks to all who read drafts of these. share.google/Xq3e86izlvyI... #flashfiction #accidents #uncles
"Sprung Uncles" & "Inspecting the Damage" by Coleman Bigelow
Sprung Uncles “Oh shit, Uncle Cal. What’s the emergency?? Is my mom ok?” The kid has a permanently dazed look, like he’s high or he was dropped on his head. Dropped on his head is more likely given h...
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Excited to have some stories in next year’s @emergejournal.bsky.social calendar. Love this idea. Big thanks to @dianegotauthor.bsky.social and team and hope to see your stories in there too! #microfiction #calendar
Excited for this issue and to have stories in the always awesome @rfpress.bsky.social
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · last mo.Hey guess what! It’s Thursday, just a few days away from the big reveal of the 98th edition of our pressy press! “Sprung Uncles” along w/ another flash piece by @cbigs.bsky.social await you. Put the wretched news down for a moment and read something worth it. 6/28!
My list story “It’s Only Right to Invite the Whole Class” is live in TDDR along w/ friends @karenc.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social @damicandrea.bsky.social and many others! This was written in @smokelong.bsky.social MMM. www.thedribbledrabblereview.com/about-7
The next Welkin Press workshop is "Stand-Out Oddities" where we'll be considering micros by @cbigs.bsky.social and @robinzlotnick.bsky.social and writing slices of surreal. Thursday 4th June 7pm BST www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Stand-out Oddities | MattKendrick.co.uk
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So excited to write with you in a couple of weeks. We're going to be looking at brilliant micros from @cbigs.bsky.social and @robinzlotnick.bsky.social; and contemplating the surrealness of desire - should be a fun 60 minutes!
Bring back a focus on the Humanities! What A.I. Kant Do www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...
Opinion | What A.I. Kant Do
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Wow. Love seeing two fiction wizards combining forces for such a fun, funny, fantastic story. Check it out! Thanks for the great read, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. This story made my morning commute so much more entertaining!
Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3mo agoA sex tape, wolves, the end of the world...check out what @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and I did! My first ever collaboration, "Killing Robby Jenkins," is at Cutleaf today! To write with Dawn was amazing--we laughed, we cried, we howled...Hope you'll give it a read: cutleafjournal.com/content/kill...
I so admire this brilliant judicial piece of writing (flash-length). In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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I’m so happy to have my story “Gotta Run” selected for the forthcoming Ghost Parachute” anthology. Big thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social and team for including and honored to be among so many of my favorites! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
Gotta Run! — Ghost Parachute
You notice the knives right away. The low-lying November sun glints off their shimmering steel in the same way it sparkles across the grey-green Hudson—that triumphant tributary winding its way out to...
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A beauty of a story here… captures so well that inflection point before college.
Timothy C Goodwin@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 7mo agoSo so happy to have some stuff in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!
Excited and honored to have a story on this #longlist! And congratulations to all who published something out of these great workshops.
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
I have published one story using anadiplosis and can say it’s incredibly challenging to make it feel both fluid and meaningful. This micro does it so well!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
“Your smooth teeth sinking into my flesh”. Now this one is visceral and so good by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "When you take a bite" by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social. A wonderfully creative micro - surreal and sensory: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
“Trees have to rehearse being quiet…”. Wow. What a gorgeous prose poetry micro. @jmckane.bsky.social
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
😂 what’s that rule of comedy where you keep upping the ante?? This one does so brilliantly.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Let’s go out again" by @tacilim.bsky.social. Wonderful use of humour and great tone of voice: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
@mattkendrick always curates such helpful content. Glad to have contributed to this one but also happy to take inspiration from all the other great contributors!
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 7mo agoWho wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...
What a list of awesome writers. Impressive how many great stories came out of these workshops. Happy to have one on here.
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 7mo agoHelp us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers! www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
Check out my story “May I have this…” in the latest issue of #FlashFrontier. Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting flashfrontier.com/december-202...
December 2025: DANCE | NGĀ KANIKANI | Flash Frontier
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Didn't want to end 2025 without giving huge thanks to the editors who published my work in 2025 including: @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social @blinkink50.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social
