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New Fiction Today! Sarp Sozdinler is a writer based between Philadelphia and Amsterdam. His stories have been included to anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction. He serves as the editor of The Bulb Region. @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social
We are so, so proud of these folks, and so honored that they trusted us with their work. Our nominations for Best of the Net, read them here: reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
New Wind & Root today from Special Guest Jessica Slee! She is a Claymore Award Winner, and in 2022 she was longlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and the First Pages Prize. She was recognized in the Honor Roll of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024.
“…as the stranger turned, the light caught his face, illuminating a golden mustache and fogged eyeglasses, cheeks streaked with dry, rusty blood, not a stranger at all but their father…” @marioaliberto3.bsky.social | @reckonreview.bsky.social 📷 : Xie Lipton reckonreview.com/coldest-day-...
Get a taste of the excellent @cwblackwell.bsky.social with the short piece "The Kings of Ghost City" in @reckonreview.bsky.social .
C.W. Blackwell@cwblackwell.bsky.social · 2w agoThanks Gabino! My historical crime novel THE COLD DARK FOREVER releases next week! Part love letter to California’s Central Coast, part homage to 1950s Gold Medal paperbacks. Can’t wait to share it with everyone soon!
We have new fiction for you today! Arva Bhavnagarwala is a pediatrician and writer based in Mumbai, India. Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines like Woman’s Era, Active Muse, and The Hooghly Review. A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE is her debut novel.
Finally got to this one by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social - a writer at the top of his game! Read more here: marioaliberto3.com/publications/
Publications
Published in Lost Balloon: July 15, 2026 Counting to Ten In Japanese READ HERE Published in The Masters Review: July 6, 2026 Searching for God in a Mosh Pit READ HERE Published in The Bulb Region, …
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Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
New Wind & Root for you today from columnist Susan Schirl Smith. Come see. Susan Schirl Smith is a writer, photographer and holistic nurse living on the Seacoast of New Hampshire.
A thriller in a flash! Kids, snow, a shady stranger, and that sketchy car that keeps driving past the house. "Coldest Day of the Year" in @reckonreview.bsky.social
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
"...as the wind picked up, and snow fell in powdery gusts, sending a shiver down Warren’s spine, and he lifted the garbage can lid,...." I really love this phenomenal story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
"a sliver of light through the kitchen window of the house casting a yellow slit over his back, and the children watched as the stranger lifted the metal lid off a can, unzipped his jacket, heard the rustling sound of a plastic bag" Chilling & brilliantly written @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
'the children holding their breath as their father bent down, picked up some snow, and rubbed it on his cheek, clearing away the blood'. Fabulous tension throughout, from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
It's a bajillion degrees outside. Cool down with us and a new story from Mario Aliberto III, "The Coldest Day of the Year." reckonreview.com/coldest-day-... @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Ed is one of our very favourites, so we were thrilled when he agreed to write a Wind&Root column for us. Come over and read "My Review" by E.A. Aymar.
Excited to offer this one to ya. Excited that Reckon is home to such great work. 📚 #amreading
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew Fiction from Sacha Bissonnette today! Come see!
“how far the world stretches itself for us” “I don’t want to forget what might have been.” “The world keeps on and people keep doing what people do, and dogs keep doing what dogs do, but I don’t understand how.” @juliastrayer.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/house-quilti...
HOUSE QUILTING | Fiction by Julia Strayer – Reckon Review
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So grateful to @reckonreview.bsky.social and Drew Coles for selecting this story and to @megpokrass.bsky.social for the weird inspiration 💛
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew fiction today from Julia Strayer. Come read "House Quilting." @juliastrayer.bsky.social
New fiction for you today. Come over and read "Live Long and Prosper" by William Cass. Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.
A new tiny beauty that packs a punch from @chelseastickle.bsky.social 💙
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew fiction for you today from Chelsea Stickle.
Today I've got a new flash in @reckonreview.bsky.social about disappearing fireflies and family. Thank you to the editors for publishing it. This story saw many drafts over the years, but I'm glad this is the one out there. reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...
LIFE CYCLE OF A DOMESTIC FIREFLY | Fiction by Chelsea Stickle – Reckon Review
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"... and that wrongness has spilled from its container into the dining room and all over the table. It’s filled our cups and plates. It’s all we can eat or drink now. Bite after bite of wrongness. Sip after sip." @chelseastickle.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...
LIFE CYCLE OF A DOMESTIC FIREFLY | Fiction by Chelsea Stickle – Reckon Review
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I don’t know understand why I can’t keep them, so I don’t stop asking. Eventually, while scrubbing dishes, she says, “Wild things are meant to be free, Jeannie.” She’s in one of those moods where she feels “harassed” by everyone and everything @chelseastickle.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social
Chelsea Stickle@chelseastickle.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday I've got a new flash in @reckonreview.bsky.social about disappearing fireflies and family. Thank you to the editors for publishing it. This story saw many drafts over the years, but I'm glad this is the one out there. reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...
"My repurposed Peter Pan peanut butter jar winks neon yellow-green from the fireflies I caught before dinner. When I was really little, Mom used to come with me. Now she lets me go alone." I love this extraordinary piece by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Chelsea Stickle@chelseastickle.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday I've got a new flash in @reckonreview.bsky.social about disappearing fireflies and family. Thank you to the editors for publishing it. This story saw many drafts over the years, but I'm glad this is the one out there. reckonreview.com/life-cycle-o...
