D.B. Miller
@dbmillerwriter.bsky.social
Short fiction, CNF, offbeat profiles & attempts to capture the obliterating power of live music | dbmillerwriter.com | http://instagram.com/dbmwr | Coeditor https://thewoolfx.com
Certain to be a right banger
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is book by the incomparable @kiklodge.bsky.social w/ brilliant @jeromefage.bsky.social illustrations is so fucking funny & absurd. Please give it a chance. Pre-sale special of $2 off is still on because I still don't have my copies from the printer 😭 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
"Whatever comes, he’s ready. It’s us who can’t let go." Amazing.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
This year, I did it: waded through every single #nffd26 #flashfiction. So many stunners. '917363' still swimming around in my head, however. @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Congrats to all featured writers and the NFFD heroes. flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/9173...
'917363' by Dan Schiff
The ad popped up just as all seemed lost. “Send us your unneeded two-step verification emails!” said the ad. “Change a child’s life!” She cl...
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"Even if he felt the need to turn and confirm this, he wouldn’t be able to see her through the tears dissolving his world into a blur, which, he’ll explain to her next, are only the eye’s natural reaction to excessive wind..." Oh, this one...
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 5mo ago"All the way down, he keeps describing the most secure way to climb." From the Peak of Mount Mansplain by Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social, next in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/25/m...
Check out Matt’s great courses or the glut of free online resources for writers, well worth a coffee (or 10)
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5mo agoNow that I've done my tax return and seen how much tax I have to pay 😬, I'm having a slight panic attack 😬😬😬 Need to get on with earning some money 😶 (because apparently money 💰 doesn't grow on trees 🌳) Very grateful to anyone who wants to work with me and help me feel a little less stressed 😃
The Green issue is live, with 16 fab contributors 💚
The Woolf (Official)@thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat’s new, fabulous and green all over? Issue 10, featuring @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social @kerstenak.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social @judydarley.bsky.social @kdawn999.bsky.social @katherine-glee.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social ...and @megpokrass.bsky.social Enjoy! thewoolfx.com
#Submissions for the Green issue are open through the 8th of April 💚
The Woolf (Official)@thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 7mo agoYellow plus blue. A land, a lime. Envy. Inexperience. A movement, warning and light. GREEN is the prompt for Issue 10, and #submissions are open through 8 April. #microfiction #flashfiction #shortfiction #prosepoetry #CNF #visualart
Oh, the eggs. While eggs seem to pop up in flash and micro now and then, this one will stick.
Lena Kinder@happilylenaaa.bsky.social · 9mo agoThree from me in @wigleaf.bsky.social 🖤
Superstars and super humans, as is @kiklodge.bsky.social who tagged me first and, I figured, was out of the running. Maybe I’ve lived in a rule-abiding culture too long…
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10mo agoThese are three superstars! I love being reminded of all the brilliant people in our community! (also, who came up with the rule of not being able to tag someone who tagged you? At this point, I feel like rules were chucked out the window in February?)
Lovely idea. Here goes (since I can't tag someone who tagged me 😉): @nancyfreund.bsky.social @yallaalia.bsky.social @meredithwadley.bsky.social
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10mo agoWho wants something nice for a weary Wednesday? Quote post this post & tag 1, 2 or 3 other writers who inspire you / support you / are amazing human beings. I'll pick a winner at random. Poster + nominees win a free recording of one one of my workshops: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
"In Renaissance Venice, women bleached their hair with horse urine and lemon juice, lying on sun-soaked roofs. Blonde, they believed, was closer to the divine. The sting, the smell, the heat." Gripping piece here from @yallaalia.bsky.social
Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch@yallaalia.bsky.social · 10mo agoSo excited to publish my first prose poem, part of my WIP novella-in-flash. Many thanks to Flash the Court. Also Julie Irigaray & @saloneurope.bsky.social for helping me dive deeper into this form. Enjoy my obsession with blonds! flashthecourt.com
I'm thinking it's better to celebrate now in case it's the end of the road. Thank you, @smokelong.bsky.social. And writers both on and not on the list? Let's keep writing, of course.
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 is here! Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. The judging has been and continues to be extremely tough. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The #Trouble issue is out, and it's a good one.
The Woolf (Official)@thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 11mo agoTime for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live! Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
'I fight a twin urge to comfort the kid and stick that bloody pin in the Botox Babe’s fat lip, imagining it releasing air like a deflating balloon, squealing and whining as it collapses.' You're not the only one! A complex glimpse of entrapment in this wee #flashfiction here...
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last yr.ICYMI today's story is Smudged Reflections by Liz deBeer @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/28/s...
Thank you so much, @fictivedream.bsky.social, for the honor - and for believing in this story to begin with.
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last yr.We're delighted to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: Bark by D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/03/16/b...
For those across the Atlantic, a better value and probably more enjoyable than dinner out :)
Emily Devane@devaneemily.bsky.social · last yr.Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇 www.smokelong.com/product/the-...
If you're up for a class, Matt's classes rock and are well worth every cent, pence or Rappen.
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · last yr.Happening two weeks today (and a week on Tuesday). A chance to delve into all sorts of things like Vonnegut's story graphs and the golden ratio and how a story is like a fish, a spiral and a train track www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
'The first drops of rain fell. The catfish breached the surface, mistaking the rain for food. I thought about how easy it was to do that sometimes, mistake one thing for another.' An unsettling and real read here.
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last yr.ICYMI today's story is A Compilation of Moments that Mattered Most from Summers Camping by A.J. Miller @ajmillernow.bsky.social #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/21/a...
This was excellent - the instruction, conversation and funny little things borne during the prompts (speaking for myself there). Thank you @saloneurope.bsky.social and tutor @julieirigaray.bsky.social, who kept us inspired and in check :)
European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · last yr.We had such a fantastic evening learning about writing the Prose Poem with @julieirigaray.bsky.social! If you missed it don't despair, we will definitely run it again.
Very proud of this issue (nothing new there, though)
The Woolf (Official)@thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · last yr.Without further ado, Issue 8 is now live! The #Bully issue features thought-provoking words from 14 incredible writers. Stay tuned for highlights or have a look yourself - it's a corker #flashfiction #microfiction #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #shortstories thewoolfx.com
Nudge-nudge and possibly wink-wink...
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · last yr.Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/fl...
Ooof, squeezed between ceramic and lobster-pink skin indeed... a wee and wild flash by @yallaalia.bsky.social
X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag.bsky.social · 2y agothis 165 word story by Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @yallaalia.bsky.social feels like a sugar rush, a good line of coke, or the day u decide to get married (it's about the last thing). read 'Jakob, I Do! Until I Don't!' xraylitmag.com/jakob-i-do-u...
You have just over a week to send us more fabulous words & art for our Bully issue. Dooo it... #flashfiction #microfiction #shortstories #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #visualart thewoolfx/com/submit/
ICYMI my short-short story "Bark" is out in the world. Thank you again, @fictivedream.bsky.social!
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 2y agoWe're currently featuring Bark by D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social. If you missed it on Sunday, here's another chance. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/03/16/b...
