Doric Literary
@doricliterary.bsky.social
An online journal publishing classically inspired short stories. Now open for submissions, 1000-8000 words. Edited by @CourtlandAvenue (Dave Gregory) https://doric-literary.com/
My long flash, "Her Own Music", was rehoused today by the fabulous Doric Literary. Thank you to Dave Gregory, Editor. doric-literary.com/2026/09/15/h...
Her Own Music
Jane’s words felt shy, and yet she wanted to introduce herself to the new neighbor. He appeared unassuming with dark glasses and a pink bald head. She wondered, for a second, if he was an app…
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"Worse, the men who tried to talk to her after the get-together had mange, or fleas." Doric Literary is proud to be the new online home of a classic @megpokrass.bsky.social story. Appropriately, "Her Own Music" is about beginning again (& again & again). doric-literary.com/2026/09/15/h...
Her Own Music
Jane’s words felt shy, and yet she wanted to introduce herself to the new neighbor. He appeared unassuming with dark glasses and a pink bald head. She wondered, for a second, if he was an app…
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GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.
We loved having WriteGirl #ExpoContributor Daniela Flores-Rodriguez at our #ShareYourVoice! workshop for, AND at our #ExpoPresents “PARA/SOCIAL” Launch Party & Reading. We’re delighted to publish her Degas- and dancer-inspired flash fiction TANGLED UP IN BLUE: tinyurl.com/ExpoTangled.
Tangled Up in Blue - Exposition Review
by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez Flash Fiction The first day was by accident. The young woman strolled the museum galleries, avoiding the spreadsheets back at her desk. Looking, but not seeing. Not bored, but unattached. Most people found it easy to connect to other human beings. This woman didn’t really have it in her. Things were… Continue reading Tangled Up in Blue →
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Was never a cool kid in school. I was an outcast, frankly—couldn’t do math or sports, couldn’t afford the hot clothes. But seeing the pile of skulls I’ve managed to accumulate does a lot to make up for that. Thanks so much for letting me hang with the cool kids, @havehashad.com 😊 🥰
Coming September 15 at Doric Literary! We're bringing a @megpokrass.bsky.social classic story back online!
Coming September 15 at Doric Literary! We're bringing a @megpokrass.bsky.social classic story back online!
Join us 9/24 @ 8pm NYC time for "We'll Be Birds" release! Readers @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @noramaynard.bsky.social @willmusgrove.bsky.social @pahoehoe.bsky.social @cwtellstales.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social & I would love to see yr face 🐦⬛ link➡️ www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
I finally get to announce my second novel will come out next spring! 🎉
I'm MORE likely to buy a book if I see it on Bluesky than if I see it anywhere else, so yes:
Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 4d agoI am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
The O. Henry Prize, the oldest major prize for short fiction in America, seeks to provide a prominent platform for short story writers from around the world, at all points in their careers. @patrickobrienstrickland.com @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @annemarieneary.bsky.social #JeremyT.Wilson
If you haven't checked out the new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, now's the time! So many incredible stories. And yes...one of mine is in there too: "My Therapist Tells Me about Her Husband." gooseberry-pie.com/my-therapist...
My Therapist Tells Me About Her Husband - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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So proud to have my story Apogee as one of the stories nominated by @doricliterary.bsky.social for the O. Henry.
Apogee
Finally, another manned mission to Mars. How he’d glowed with excitement.
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The O. Henry Prize, the oldest major prize for short fiction in America, seeks to provide a prominent platform for short story writers from around the world, at all points in their careers. @patrickobrienstrickland.com @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @annemarieneary.bsky.social #JeremyT.Wilson
L I T E R A R Y A W A R D S E A S O N The 2027 O. Henry Prize considers stories published from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026. It has been a great year. Below are the eligible stories from Doric Literary. We nominated 4 pieces. We'll announce our official nominees on September 10!
"Found girls wonder if their teachers will offer retests. In time, the minus after an A bothers them. Still, they smile. They join clubs. They exercise." @melostrom.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com 🌟🌟🌟
Melissa Ostrom@melostrom.bsky.social · last wk.Delighted to have a flash in the wonderful @necessaryfiction.com. A special thanks to fiction editor Lacey Dunham.❤️
Hard to believe it’s already been 6 months since this story appeared in @doricliterary.bsky.social. Still thrilled to see it there, thanks to editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/t...
The Designer
I told him silently that the voice always comes back. It tells me I will keep losing, that love is a trick life plays before people disappear.
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"The absence of more than half the student body would certainly be noticed. Maybe Principal Rozinsky would come looking for us but, until she did, we enjoyed the adventure." My first publication of 2026 is about a school bus that takes a wrong turn. @thirtywestph.com substack.com/home/post/p-...
U-turn at the Cemetery Gate
Fiction by Dave Gregory. Our yellow school bus inched back and forth, trapped between the arched stone gateway of the cemetery...
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"The groom-to-be was gone by the time the rest of us woke up" With "Executives" @aaronburch.bsky.social becomes the 1st writer with 2 stories on Doric Literary! His nostalgic, male-bonding romp mixes marijuana with caffeine & golf-& shows exactly what can go right! doric-literary.com/2026/09/01/e...
Executives
I’d never heard the phrase before—nostalgia tour—but I knew what he meant. I’d been on a few myself.
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"You’d be surprised how many people don’t want to keep their family’s memories." This entire piece is a soliloquy by an aging craftsman whose life's work is nothing short of magic. But of course the real magic is the writing of @mmkaufman.bsky.social. doric-literary.com/2026/09/01/h...
How to Hold a Memory in Your Hands
It’s silly but I think it’s important we make up lore for our own lives. Our own mythologies, folk tales, origin stories, what have you. If you don’t romanticize your own life, who the hell will?…
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#CW- Grateful to have a hybrid obituary piece and asemic art in the latest issue of San Pedro River Review... Grateful for the pub. The image came out dark, so I'm posting the original... You can buy the issue on Amazon....
“… they said you were going to be okay. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.” @kossworks.bsky.social in San Pedro River Review
Koss (she/they/Aquarian)@kossworks.bsky.social · 4w ago#CW- Grateful to have a hybrid obituary piece and asemic art in the latest issue of San Pedro River Review... Grateful for the pub. The image came out dark, so I'm posting the original... You can buy the issue on Amazon....
I have a story today on Heavy Feather Review on grief and algebra and empty chairs, and about how we react to unsolvable equations, and I'd be so honored if you gave it a read ❤️ heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/07/27/a...
“Grief Algebra”: New Side A Flash Fiction by Mileva Anastasiadou
Grief Algebra We sit in silence around a table of four. We’re only three, because someone is missing. His chair is empty and will remain silent until someone visits and sits there, unaware of the v…
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Really excited to see this one out in the world today, with such a great home at @doricliterary.bsky.social. Wrote the first draft of this a few years ago. Still feels like it’s one of the best stories I’ve written.
Executives
I’d never heard the phrase before—nostalgia tour—but I knew what he meant. I’d been on a few myself.
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I had the privilege of reviewing THOSE WHO VANISH by Patricia Grace King. Read my review (and get a copy of the book)! @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social thehooghlyreview.com/review-patri...
“Someone Else’s War: A Review of Patricia Grace King’s Those Who Vanish” by Joanna Theiss – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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Check out this week’s My Scholastic Summer, wherein I discuss The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson: www.instagram.com/reel/DcqkhZs...
"You’d be surprised how many people don’t want to keep their family’s memories." This entire piece is a soliloquy by an aging craftsman whose life's work is nothing short of magic. But of course the real magic is the writing of @mmkaufman.bsky.social. doric-literary.com/2026/09/01/h...
How to Hold a Memory in Your Hands
It’s silly but I think it’s important we make up lore for our own lives. Our own mythologies, folk tales, origin stories, what have you. If you don’t romanticize your own life, who the hell will?…
doric-literary.com
"The groom-to-be was gone by the time the rest of us woke up" With "Executives" @aaronburch.bsky.social becomes the 1st writer with 2 stories on Doric Literary! His nostalgic, male-bonding romp mixes marijuana with caffeine & golf-& shows exactly what can go right! doric-literary.com/2026/09/01/e...
Executives
I’d never heard the phrase before—nostalgia tour—but I knew what he meant. I’d been on a few myself.
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