Thank you to the editors of Flash Fiction Magazine for publishing my new story “The Cult of the Marlboro Man.” Here’s the first paragraph. To read the whole story, click this link and go “to where the flavor is”: flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/10...

Here’s the opening of my new story in @trampset.bsky.social. Click the link below to read the full story. The Incredible Mr. Limpet was my favorite movie when I was a kid. If you’ve not seen it, I strongly encourage you to watch it while sitting in a comfy chair. www.trampset.org/post/i-have-...

"Every day I am more certain than the day before that Mr. Limpet has something important to tell me. Perhaps something wonderful, like tomorrow’s winning lottery numbers" @kiptain.bsky.social's "I Have Never Stopped Believing in the Incredible Mr. Limpet" www.trampset.org/post/i-have-...

I Have Never Stopped Believing in The Incredible Mr. Limpet | trampset

by Kip Knott...When I was a kid, the notion of falling into the ocean and turning into a fish that could live and breathe forever underwater became my most fervent desire, especially on those days whe...

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Thanks to @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social & @identitytheory.bsky.social for including my microfiction “Mark Rothko’s Suicide Note” in the Fall micro issue. Just when I think I’ve gotten out of Rothko’s gravitational pull, he pulls me back in. www.identitytheory.com/mark-rothkos.... #microfiction

Mark Rothko’s Suicide Note - Identity Theory

I took the pills and slit my wrists because no one understood.

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Here’s the first of 3 new prose poems up today in the Fall issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone at Rawhead for putting together such a lovely issue. Click here to read the whole issue: rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...

Thank you to @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for publishing my 75-word microfiction story “There Are No Atheists in Tornado Alley.” Click the link below to check it out. I lived in Tornado Alley for 4 years. Storms are definitely the Gods that rule there. www.paragraphplanet.com/index.php #microfiction

Next issue drops 9/25. Featuring James Callan @lmanusos.bsky.social Zach Wallis @janstinchcomb.bsky.social @lydiabuzzard.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Jamie Zerndt, Lucas Reilly, & @writesloud.bsky.social Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.

Check out my new poem about our future robot overlords that dropped today on @januaryhouselit.bsky.social: januaryhouselit.com/2026/09/02/h...

Humanoid Beats Usain Bolt’s 100m Record at Beijing Robot Games

by Kip Knott The five-day games demonstrate China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics… Associated Press When the robot breaks the tape,its stops dead center on the trackand turns slowly in all di…

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Read "After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled." tinyurl.com/yfrhveym

After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost — Ghost Parachute

As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled. “I don’t have any paints with me,” he says as he rolls up his sleeves, “but...

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Rothko still haunts me in my new story in the September issue of Ghost Parachute. Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for being a terrific supporter of my writing. And thank you to Courtney Burton for the perfect artwork. Read the story here: ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost — Ghost Parachute

As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled. “I don’t have any paints with me,” he says as he rolls up his sleeves, “but...

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I’m always proud to have work in @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. Six new photos of mine—3 color & 3 b/w—just dropped in the September issue. Here are two of the b/w photos. Click here to check out the rest and to read the new issue: heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/photogr...

Thank you to everyone @blinkink50.bsky.social for including my 50-word story in their new issue. Check out the table of contents to see all the terrific writers packed into this tiny yet mighty issue. Go to blink-ink.org and subscribe today.

We're taking an August break so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we're featuring Bolting by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/07/25/b...

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From Disney films to Dark Side of the Moon, @kiptain.bsky.social dreams in movies and music. Read about our Featured Artist here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... Photo: Forte, Kip Knott #movies #film #disney #pinkfloyd #musicsky #artist #writer #photography #magazine

And from the archives @megpokrass.bsky.social Wigleaf long list: Mikki Aronoff, Jo Gatford, Sarah Lynn Hurd, @kiptain.bsky.social Best Microfiction @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

Here are the opening paragraphs of “Hubcap,” the first story I ever had published. Click here to read the full story: fracturedlit.com/hubcap/. Many thanks to Beloit Fiction Journal for publishing this in 2004 and to the editors of @fracturedlit.bsky.social for giving this story a second life.

Always proud to have new work in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Here’s the first of two new microfictions that dropped today. Click this link to check out the second: mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr.... Thanks once again to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for being such a terrific supporter of me and my writing.

"Would it make its existence more relevant in a world powered by a trillion trees that died silently long before we even climbed one? Would it make its death more noble? Would we honor & worship it just because we were there to witness its fall?" @kiptain.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...

Join me at 2pm Eastern today as I read poetry with John Amen, Tina Barry, Tim Mayo, Francine Witte, and CL Bledsoe during the @oneart.bsky.social August Poetry Reading by going to oneartpoetry.com/readings. Hope to see you there!

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Join James Bryant and Sandra Feen for an intimate conversation with me tonight, 7:00 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. CDT). Plus, hear key takeaways from a live audience Q&A. Requires registration. Secure your spot for this LIVE Zoom event by clicking this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

So proud to have my new story “The Reflectionist” in the new issue of @rfpress.bsky.social. Here’s the opening paragraph. Click this link to read the full story: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-ref.... #magicalrealism

Here’s the first of two new poems up today at @eunoiareview.bsky.social. Many thanks to Ian Chung for his continued support of my writing. Click here to read the second poem, “Appalachian Funeral”: eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/a...

Here’s the opening paragraph of “Empty Plinths,” the first of three new stories up today in @newworldwriting.bsky.social. Click here to read all three stories: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th.... Many thanks to the editors for their continued support of my writing!

Here are two photos from my 4-photo series “Urban Flags” that just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. Click here to view the other 2: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.

My new story “Shadow Factory” just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.

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Many thanks to Christopher Fields for including my poem “To a Friend Who Can’t Remember Winter” in the newest issue of @neologismpoetry.bsky.social. Click here to read it and the whole issue: www.neologismpoetry.com/June-2026/#kk

Issue #109 out now! Featured Poet Faye Brinsmead, supported by Spencer K.M. Brown, @nancysobanik.bsky.social, Marie Isabell Matthews-Schlinzig, Saad Kayani, @shamelesstrekkie.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, Chris Vola, @thatjeffreycat.bsky.social, Ethan Mershon, and @theoriginalison.bsky.social.

My photo “Red on Blue” was selected for the “Primary Colors” exhibition up now at Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery. Click here to check out the entire show: lightspacetime.art/primary-colo...

Sincere thanks to our first-rate #authors from June's #TenYears issue: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social @kerryhp.bsky.social Sandra Arnold Louella Lester @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social. Please follow the link to read fictivedream.com/2026/06/

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Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff Jo Gatford Sarah Lynn Hurd @kiptain.bsky.social for having their work selected for Wigleaf Longlist 2026. Links to their stories in Gooseberry Pie are in the post. gooseberry-pie.com/wigleaf-top-...

Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist 2026 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff, Jo Gatford, Sarah Lynn Hurd, and Kip Knott for having their work published in Gooseberry Pie Lit selected for Wigleaf’s Top 50 Longlist 2026. Linked below are their b...

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