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Christina Tudor
@christinaltudor.bsky.social
Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more. CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE coming soon from Thirty West on October 23, 2026. www.christinatudor.com
'“You’re gonna be such a great mom someday,” Aunt Janie says while I clean up after dinner.' YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW by @christinaltudor.bsky.social @jmwwjournal.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/f...
Flash Fiction: Old Enough to Know by Christina Tudor
“You’re gonna be such a great mom someday,” Aunt Janie says while I clean up after dinner. A spray bottle in one hand and a rag in the other. I trace circles across the mahogany d…
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Incredible extended metaphor in this one for the @smokelong.bsky.social #achivechallenge "Her cravings demanded to be soothed. She scanned the crowds for potential prey and soon got lost in his turquoise eyes." Read more from @delgeo14.bsky.social: www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-siren-...
The Siren, the Tide, and the Cicadas
Flash fiction by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
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"Robot lady frankensteins across the living room, legs swinging toward her robot face and both her arms bent at right angles. Robot lady paces, retraces her steps, leaves no traces behind" Great use of the speculative from @christinaltudor.bsky.social to tackle a familiar topic from a new angle.
Christina Tudor@christinaltudor.bsky.social · last mo.Thrilled to have a new flash out into the world. Thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for selecting it, Cathy Ulrich for inspiring it, and @erinvachon.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social prompt! Read "No Human Body Required" here: bulbregion.com/No-Human-Bod...
“When you were born I became tears/blood/breastmilk, the mattress soaked through” how motherhood is a rent in your very soul. Of course this was nominated for BSF. @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 🧡🔥🧡🔥🧡 so proud of you
Kathryn Rw Reese@kathrynreese.bsky.social · last wk.Stoked that this little story has been nominated for Best Small Fictions: pitheadchapel.com/birthright-b... Thanks to the team at Pithead & congrats to the other nominees
"He wore a map of mistakes all over his body, from his little toe to the hairline scar by his right eye." www.frazzledlit.com/p/what-doesn... Great characterization in this one for the @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge @eireneeleni.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social
What doesn't make you stronger kills you
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
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"Taxidermy doesn’t prevent extinction but at least it’d keep her frozen in some stance I would understand, some wordless silhouette that gives meaning through symbol. I stick out my tongue. Retract it." Today's #archivechallenge in @frazzledlit.bsky.social: www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-elepha...
The Elephant Man in the Room
Flash fiction by Marco Visciolaccio
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Sneak peek of the incredible cover of my new collection forthcoming from @chestnutreview.bsky.social Cover art by the amazing Tejasi Thatte! Stories previously published by @smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com &more coming at ya Sept. 15!
So many great writers in one roundup!!
LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻@lorifontanes.bsky.social · 2w agoso thrilled to guest edit this week @turnandwork.com & feature my #flash fam 🙏💙👇 @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @epistemiclit.bsky.social www.turnandwork.com/weekly-short...
I read "Amy's Mom" by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge on the bus this morning and I've been thinking about it all day. Give it a read: www.frazzledlit.com/p/amys-mom
Amy's Mom
By Emily Rinkema (Winner - 3rd Place)
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Accidentally joining the @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge a little bit late. Please join me in reading "Sleepover" by @alisonwassell.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social "All night she spreadeagles on the bed we share, stealing my space." www.frazzledlit.com/p/sleepover
Sleepover
Flash fiction by Alison Wassell
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You can buy the issue the much more talented @christinaltudor.bsky.social is in! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Stanchion Magazine Issue 21 | Stanchion
Issue 21 of Stanchion marks the first-ever theme issue of the magazine: MUSIC. All of the stories, poems, and visual art will feature, either directly or tangentially, the sweet sounds of music. A ple...
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You can buy the issue I’m in! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Stanchion Magazine Issue 22 | Stanchion
Stanchion Issue 22, The Encore. Stories of an instrument unplayed, an opera singer who's lost her voice, and a possessed guitar, and poetry celebrating reunion tours, a crooner on the street, and a no...
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I’ve been really sad about this. Jeff has done so much for writers, and took chances on weird stories like mine and I’ll be eternally grateful to @stanchion.bsky.social for that.
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 3w agoOfficially announcing the end of Stanchion Magazine, providing context as to why, answering some questions, and saying thank you. 🖤🤍 www.stanchionzine.com/post/the-end...
Do what you will with this piece of Notes App genius
I think the best thing you can do as a writer or artist is surround yourself with fellow insane people who will enable your bullshit.
I heard @ruthjoffre.bsky.social read at AWP earlier this year and I will be first in line for this!!
Ruth Joffre@ruthjoffre.bsky.social · last mo.I’ve been keeping this secret for MONTHS and now I can finally scream about it: I’VE GOT A FLASH CHAPBOOK COMING OUT!!!! it’s called Lies I Tell My Children and it has an amazing cover!! order it from Bottlecap Press: bottlecap.press/products/lie...
Thrilled to have a new flash out into the world. Thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for selecting it, Cathy Ulrich for inspiring it, and @erinvachon.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social prompt! Read "No Human Body Required" here: bulbregion.com/No-Human-Bod...
No Human Body Required, by Christina Tudor — The Bulb Region
No Human Body Required — Christina Tudor inspired by Cathy Ulrich’s “Baby...
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"Robot Lady’s ready to give birth. We know she’s ready to give birth because she’s doubled over, her spider-leg hands clutch her metallic stomach." Don't miss @christinaltudor.bsky.social's new piece in The Bulb Region, which is in dialogue with Cathy Ulrich's inaugural "Baby Things." 🔗↓
This piece I wrote during a workshop with @cherylpappas.bsky.social in 2021 made its way to the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 Longlist! Read the piece in Boudin: www.mcneese.edu/thereview/20... Thanks to @ruthjoffre.bsky.social, @sudhab.bsky.social, & editors!
Word Problems (You Do the Math) – The McNeese Review
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So incredibly honored to have made the longlist! Thank you @sudhab.bsky.social and the entire team for all your hard work! And thank you @brightflash1500.bsky.social for publishing "would You Like To Hear My Story." Huge Congrats to all the top 50 and longlisted pieces!
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · 2mo agoClang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
the Wigleaf Top 50 is out! it's always a joy reading for this and always a struggle to pick favorites to nominate when there are so many great stories out there. congratulations to the winners and everyone who made the long list! you don't make it easy, that's for sure
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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"If any produce is ripe, take whatever you need, but not the poison flowers in the Northeast corner. Unless those are what you need." #FlashInTheFeed by @amulderwrites.bsky.social in @stanchion.bsky.social www.stanchionzine.com/post/best-ne...
Best New Fiction: ONE SAFE ROUTE THROUGH THE PSYCH-BELT GHOST-HOUSES by Allison Mulder
ONE SAFE ROUTE THROUGH THE PSYCH-BELT GHOST-HOUSESby Allison Mulder 1. Wait for rain. You can’t be sure of the walls otherwise. It’s all too same, the craters and rubble and even the buildings there ...
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Feeling something from this piece by @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.craftliterary.com/2026/05/15/t...
There's Something So Deeply Human About That by Christina Tudor - CRAFT
Rumors swirled around Mari like a second shadow. Rumors that her mother had abandoned her at a gas station, left her strapped in a booster seat in the back of the car with the keys in the ignition. Th...
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Excited to share a new flash with y’all! Thanks to @stanchion.bsky.social for giving “Orange Lady” the best home💕
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat's that? New @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social flash just dropped? Come over and meet the Orange Lady, only on Stanchion's Elegant Variations. www.stanchionzine.com/post/best-ne...
I got to read this piece by @lkardos.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review last week, and I'm still thinking about it, so into your #FlashInTheFeed it goes!! milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/08/14/w...
What we talk about when we want to talk about Fight Club ~ by Lauren Kardos
How you shouldn’t sneak out flashlight-less, since it’s easy to get lost near the mausoleum and that one girl twisted an ankle tripping down the riverbank. How the gravestones of town settlers bite…
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DC area friends! Come hang out with me and other local writers this Friday at Kramer's: www.kramers.com/events/49211... (Shout out @ladiwoods.bsky.social for making this all possible!!)
Book Launch for Night Ginkgo DC Anthology | Kramers
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