Kathy Fish
@kathyfish.bsky.social
Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
"Lara remarks she saw Jean at the pharmacy last week. No time to chat, of course! She’s not like us, Kyle offers, tearing the mint leaves from their stems. Ben sighs. Maybe we’re not like her." Brilliance. Big love for this gem by @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · 3h agoNew story up today! At the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. I'd love for you to read, "There's Something a Little Wrong with Jean." ⚡ matterpress.com/journal/2026...
"Her body turned into a telephone, an entire conversation." 🔥 Don't miss @kathyfish.bsky.social's new story ARCHAEOLOGY in the 10th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute! 🤩 buff.ly/DFORVRZ
"The gray, which first appeared on Lance’s face, is seeping further into the house, draping the furniture, coating the walls, the decorations." Stunning story by the amazing @kathyfish.bsky.social. Incredibly imaginative, what is revealed.
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · 3h agoNew story up today! At the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. I'd love for you to read, "There's Something a Little Wrong with Jean." ⚡ matterpress.com/journal/2026...
Yes, I do Kathy! Need to have a big think about which one… (or ones!)
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · 2d agoWant to treat yourself to a workshop for under 10 dollars? All thirty-four of my popular 3-in-90 workshop recordings are now available for purchase! Expect to come away with three fresh flash drafts! Every purchase includes lifetime access in your account. www.artofflashfiction.com/videos
“They think they might have to confront her about it today.” "𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 ..." "𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯." a box elder, massaging the gray, seeping “like fireflies,” “like sparklers,” like @kathyfish.bsky.social in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts matterpress.com/journal/2026...
There’s Something a Little Wrong with Jean – Compressed
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New story up today! At the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. I'd love for you to read, "There's Something a Little Wrong with Jean." ⚡ matterpress.com/journal/2026...
There’s Something a Little Wrong with Jean – Compressed
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Thank you @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social and attendees for making my book launch such fun! 🎉 🥂 🥳 For a copy: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spinning-s... www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ6SZ3FP
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Want to treat yourself to a workshop for under 10 dollars? All thirty-four of my popular 3-in-90 workshop recordings are now available for purchase! Expect to come away with three fresh flash drafts! Every purchase includes lifetime access in your account. www.artofflashfiction.com/videos
There's still time to submit to us at trampset, but that time is not unlimited. Once our Dec issue is full, we will take a short break for the holidays.
trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 4d agoOur Halloween-adjacent issue (Oct. 30) is full. Our last issue of the year will be Dec. 4, and we will close for submissions when this issue is full and then reopen in the new year. If you have some words for us, submit sooner than later www.trampset.org/submissions
This is going to ROCK! Look at that lineup! And @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social as the headliner! Come celebrate her book with us on October 10th! 💙
Kathryn Silver-Hajo@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social · 2w agoOct. 10th Zoom launch of "Spinning: Love, Family and Other Strange Entanglements!" Host @kathyfish.bsky.social. Guest readers @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social! 🎉 www.kathrynsilverhajo.com/so/d8OplZ7Px...
Update: One of the remaining spaces has now been taken! Let me know if you have questions. I'd love for you to join us in May for a Creative Sojourn intensive. Deepen your work in progress and/or generate exciting new writing! All food, wine, workshops, one-on-one consultations included. 💙
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.Hey friends, I’m offering two opportunities to write with me and a small cohort of other writers in southern France in May of next year! A couple of spots left in each session. See inside for details. 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/retreats/cre...
Update: One of the remaining spaces has now been taken! Let me know if you have questions. I'd love for you to join us in May for a Creative Sojourn intensive. Deepen your work in progress and/or generate exciting new writing! All food, wine, workshops, one-on-one consultations included. 💙
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.Hey friends, I’m offering two opportunities to write with me and a small cohort of other writers in southern France in May of next year! A couple of spots left in each session. See inside for details. 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/retreats/cre...
“Explore what happens when individuality is erased.” Inspiration, courtesy of the wonderful @kathyfish.bsky.social. Check this out, writing friends.❤️
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.We Real Cool: Flash Storytelling in the Collective Voice artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/we-real-co...
love @kathyfish.bsky.social ‘s newsletter and get a bit of a thrill seeing my name in there alongside so many favorites ♥️
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.With brilliant examples by @amygcb.bsky.social @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @megpillow.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @drobnik.co @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @pdforan.bsky.social and more! 💙
I ALWAYS learn something from @kathyfish.bsky.social. And an honor to be included!
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.With brilliant examples by @amygcb.bsky.social @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @megpillow.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @drobnik.co @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @pdforan.bsky.social and more! 💙
Read "Archaeology" written by @kathyfish.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "For many years, she had to wear a back brace. It gave her a dignified air, as if a string were attached to the top of her head, pulling her up tall." tinyurl.com/bdhrhczn
Archaeology — Ghost Parachute
My childhood best friend was beautiful. For many years, she had to wear a back brace. It gave her a dignified air, as if a string were attached to the top of her head, pulling her up tall. She glided ...
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Thanks so much for including me in your stupendous tenth anniversary issue, @brettpribble.bsky.social Congratulations and thanks to YOU and your hardworking editors & artists! 💙
Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 2w agoRead "Archaeology" written by @kathyfish.bsky.social and illustrated by @kaystedmanfriedman.bsky.social. "For many years, she had to wear a back brace. It gave her a dignified air, as if a string were attached to the top of her head, pulling her up tall." tinyurl.com/bdhrhczn
Hey friends, I’m offering two opportunities to write with me and a small cohort of other writers in southern France in May of next year! A couple of spots left in each session. See inside for details. 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/retreats/cre...
Hey friends, I’m offering two opportunities to write with me and a small cohort of other writers in southern France in May of next year! A couple of spots left in each session. See inside for details. 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/retreats/cre...
With brilliant examples by @amygcb.bsky.social @karaoakleaf.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @megpillow.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @drobnik.co @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @pdforan.bsky.social and more! 💙
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.We Real Cool: Flash Storytelling in the Collective Voice artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/we-real-co...
We Real Cool: Flash Storytelling in the Collective Voice artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/we-real-co...
We Real Cool: Flash Storytelling in the Collective Voice
...with PROMPT and So. Many. Examples.
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Heads up: Tomorrow's newsletter is a big one! Hope you enjoy...💙
What a story by @kathyfish.bsky.social. The structure is incredible, the way it all turns in the middle and then the second half mirrors the first...but in a more fragmented way, like childhood memories, there, but off, needing to be excavated. So freakin' good. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Archaeology — Ghost Parachute
My childhood best friend was beautiful. For many years, she had to wear a back brace. It gave her a dignified air, as if a string were attached to the top of her head, pulling her up tall. She glided ...
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There are FORTY-TWO gorgeous flashes in Ghost Parachute's 10th anniversary issue and you should read them all. I'm about 3/4th of the way through. Very grateful to be included with my piece, "Archaeology," which I'd love for you to read while you're at it. 💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
"In conversation, she’d turn her entire body in the direction of the speaker. She said, a shovel is not a postcard or a telephone. A shovel is for excavation." I love the unique storytelling in this gem by @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last wk.There are FORTY-TWO gorgeous flashes in Ghost Parachute's 10th anniversary issue and you should read them all. I'm about 3/4th of the way through. Very grateful to be included with my piece, "Archaeology," which I'd love for you to read while you're at it. 💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...