Coleman Bigelow
@cbigs.bsky.social
pushcart and best microfiction nominated writer | recent stories: ghost parachute| cleaver| BULL | your impossible voice | new chapbook: http://InRareCases.com
"There were only two things louder in our house than my father’s laugh." For today's #archivechallenge I bring you #FlashInTheFeed by @cbigs.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social ! The way Coleman sets it up and knocks it down is masterful. mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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If you haven’t read this one yet from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social , it’s a masterclass in layers. Amazing how much can be accomplished in 100 words.
Dawn Tasaka Steffler@dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 2w agoThrilled to have a story up in one of my big white whales, @100wordstory.bsky.social ! Thank you Michelle Ross ! Huge thank you also to @rgvaughan.bsky.social for letting me into @neonpajamas.bsky.social 's humor workshop a day after it started, where this story began. I’m such a fan of Ben!
It’s no easy feat to write joy. Especially these days. Huge kudos to Amy Luxton for pulling it off so beautifully.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 6d ago🌻🌈😀 WINNER of the Joy Prize, "Spring, Seven Years Later" by Amy Luxton Such a beautifully-crafted and evocative scene the swells towards a wonderful realisation of happiness: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
This one by @karenc.bsky.social is so moving and sad makes me think of the wildfires in the west www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Love this and “the storm inside” from @tomljanovic.bsky.social Brilliant!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · last wk.🌎🌎🌎 WINNER of the Earth Prize, "Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social A piece that's wonderfully vivid and wonderfully alive: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
The Shortlist is up! Fiction from: Bixby the Martian in Martian Witch Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in StoryBottle J.R. Chapple in @fracturedlit.bsky.social New Coleman Bigelow @cbigs.bsky.social & the first 3 we ever ran at T&W by Kevin Light-Roth, James Vella and Kate Arnold Here:
The Shortlist for July 30, 2026 - Turn and Work
Fiction from Coleman Bigelow, Bixby the Martian, Chloe N. Clark, and J.R. Chapple, plus Kevin Light-Roth, Kate Arnold and James Vella.
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I’m a big fan of what Hugh is doing over @turnandwork.com and love having this story there. This one was inspired by some game prompts from @erinvachon.bsky.social. Thanks to her and @smokelong.bsky.social where this was born. #cornhole #marriage #flashfiction
Turn and Work (Hugh)@turnandwork.com · 2w agoLayla considered Declan a “rescue.” Now she’s the one that needs rescuing. New flash fiction: "CornHell" by @cbigs.bsky.social Read it now:
You’ve got to read @travisflatt.bsky.social latest chapbook. Here’s me reading it on the lovely NJ Transit, and like NJ transit, this collection is full of constant surprises. The writing is always clever, unexpected and magic. The story “She’s a miracle” is incredible. #blurbchallenge #smokelong
So glad to have this story up with @rfpress.bsky.social #flashfiction #accident.
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · last mo.“Inspecting the Damage“ by @cbigs.bsky.social is a flash piece about the stories we tell ourselves to shake culpability when reality is more than we can handle. Read it right here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sprung-...
Hello! Has been a busy but exciting week and wanted to share two new stories out now at @rfpress.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the whole team there for giving them such a great home and thanks to all who read drafts of these. share.google/Xq3e86izlvyI... #flashfiction #accidents #uncles
"Sprung Uncles" & "Inspecting the Damage" by Coleman Bigelow
Sprung Uncles “Oh shit, Uncle Cal. What’s the emergency?? Is my mom ok?” The kid has a permanently dazed look, like he’s high or he was dropped on his head. Dropped on his head is more likely given h...
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Excited to have some stories in next year’s @emergejournal.bsky.social calendar. Love this idea. Big thanks to @dianegotauthor.bsky.social and team and hope to see your stories in there too! #microfiction #calendar
Excited for this issue and to have stories in the always awesome @rfpress.bsky.social
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey guess what! It’s Thursday, just a few days away from the big reveal of the 98th edition of our pressy press! “Sprung Uncles” along w/ another flash piece by @cbigs.bsky.social await you. Put the wretched news down for a moment and read something worth it. 6/28!
My list story “It’s Only Right to Invite the Whole Class” is live in TDDR along w/ friends @karenc.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social @damicandrea.bsky.social and many others! This was written in @smokelong.bsky.social MMM. www.thedribbledrabblereview.com/about-7
The next Welkin Press workshop is "Stand-Out Oddities" where we'll be considering micros by @cbigs.bsky.social and @robinzlotnick.bsky.social and writing slices of surreal. Thursday 4th June 7pm BST www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
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So excited to write with you in a couple of weeks. We're going to be looking at brilliant micros from @cbigs.bsky.social and @robinzlotnick.bsky.social; and contemplating the surrealness of desire - should be a fun 60 minutes!
Bring back a focus on the Humanities! What A.I. Kant Do www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...
Opinion | What A.I. Kant Do
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Wow. Love seeing two fiction wizards combining forces for such a fun, funny, fantastic story. Check it out! Thanks for the great read, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. This story made my morning commute so much more entertaining!
Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3mo agoA sex tape, wolves, the end of the world...check out what @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and I did! My first ever collaboration, "Killing Robby Jenkins," is at Cutleaf today! To write with Dawn was amazing--we laughed, we cried, we howled...Hope you'll give it a read: cutleafjournal.com/content/kill...
I so admire this brilliant judicial piece of writing (flash-length). In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
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I’m so happy to have my story “Gotta Run” selected for the forthcoming Ghost Parachute” anthology. Big thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social and team for including and honored to be among so many of my favorites! ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
Gotta Run! — Ghost Parachute
You notice the knives right away. The low-lying November sun glints off their shimmering steel in the same way it sparkles across the grey-green Hudson—that triumphant tributary winding its way out to...
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A beauty of a story here… captures so well that inflection point before college.
Timothy C Goodwin@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 7mo agoSo so happy to have some stuff in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!
Excited and honored to have a story on this #longlist! And congratulations to all who published something out of these great workshops.
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
I have published one story using anadiplosis and can say it’s incredibly challenging to make it feel both fluid and meaningful. This micro does it so well!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
“Your smooth teeth sinking into my flesh”. Now this one is visceral and so good by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "When you take a bite" by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social. A wonderfully creative micro - surreal and sensory: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
“Trees have to rehearse being quiet…”. Wow. What a gorgeous prose poetry micro. @jmckane.bsky.social
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
😂 what’s that rule of comedy where you keep upping the ante?? This one does so brilliantly.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday's shortlisted story is "Let’s go out again" by @tacilim.bsky.social. Wonderful use of humour and great tone of voice: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
