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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · last mo.

It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue3

"...and honey oozed through cracks in our walls and we placed bowls underneath to catch the drips and it was the best honey, plastery and delicious in spoonfuls or with a piece of Battenburg cake." I love this remarkable story by @francesgapper.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Frances Gapper@francesgapper.bsky.social · last mo.

my story about the Keating sisters of Plas yn Rhiw - thank you, Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/three-sister...

"At last we died and were ourselves consumed by worms, but felt only tickles like bees crawling over our skin" Love pieces like this that foreground real history; brilliant writing from @francesgapper.bsky.social

Frances Gapper@francesgapper.bsky.social · last mo.

my story about the Keating sisters of Plas yn Rhiw - thank you, Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/three-sister...

@francesgapper.bsky.social in Issue 4 of Hot Flash Literary!! Read "Three Sisters, One Grave, Many Bees" here: hotflashliterary.com/three-sister... #flashfiction #instantkarma

Thrilled to have "When I Met Ah Ma in Purgatory" published in Hot Flash lit. Check out work by by Mikki Aronoff, @francesgapper.bsky.social @andreamarcusa.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social et al. Many thanks to EiCs @jekwriter.bsky.social and Tina Carlson hotflashliterary.com/when-i-met-a...

Jessica Klimesh@jekwriter.bsky.social · last mo.

The latest issue of Hot Flash Literary is LIVE and full amazing flash writers!! Hope you'll check it out! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/

my story about the Keating sisters of Plas yn Rhiw - thank you, Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/three-sister...

Second in my @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge journey through @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 's archives: "Eaten by a Lion" by @francesgapper.bsky.social -- a swift seaside gem of a six-sentence story that has me reflecting on the power of memory and the many ways we use the word/verb "eat."

Eaten by a Lion - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

by Frances Gapper Recently widowed Mum and partnerless me went on holiday together to her birthplace, where she carried on pining, despite fond memories of infant school by the harbour. She nicked a b...

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Our Flash 405: 2025 Issue features writing in the themes of “Anchor,” “Quitting,” “Illumination,” and “Normal”! Read the issue here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.

A micro about baby Ethan and his very strange mother, written by me and Meg Pokrass, published in The Odd Magazine. Thank you to Editor Sreemanti Sengupta (link to mag in comments)

Out now! Happy to have stories in these two great anthologies - THANK YOU to Best Microfiction editors Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke and Diane Seuss, and the Bath Flash Fiction team.

"They listened to Bob Dylan tunes, the soft ones she preferred with lulling harmonicas from after his motorcycle accident when maybe he just wanted to heal instead of pointing out everyone else’s faults."

Lisa Thornton@thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thrilled to see "Migration of the Sandhill Cranes" at @flashfrog.bsky.social today! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social and @emilyrinkema.bsky.social and to @kimmylarson.bsky.social for the beautiful artwork 🙏

My ekphrastic micro sequence inspired by the work of Leonora Carrington has sprouted in The Bulb Region! @bulbregion.bsky.social ! Thank you to the wonderful @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social bulbregion.com/After-Leonor...

After Leonora Carrington, by Frances Gapper — The Bulb Region

After Leonora Carrington — Frances Gapper Crookhey Hall Of our stately home’s...

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simply thrilled to share this lil’ backwards story of longing & redemption 🥹 🙏 @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for giving it such a beautiful home @christopherallen.bsky.social for the slantwise prompt & @markabowles.bsky.social for timely words of support bulbregion.com/Truth-and-Co...

Truth and Consequences, by LM Fontanes — The Bulb Region

Truth and Consequences — LM Fontanes 10.  She kissed him anyway. 9. Nate...

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“We did consider using a vegan mix of hemlock and wolfsbane, I tell the asp, which plumes itself on being a suave and sophisticated sort of serpent …” @francesgapper.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/neck-the-neck/

Neck the Neck - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Frances Gapper Day 9, month 2 of Low Water: as the great god Ra lifts his solar crown above the eastern horizon and I shiveringly prostrate...

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Happy to have a tiny story in Best Microfiction 2026. Thank you to series editors Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, and guest editor Diane Seuss.

"news I’ve been demoted from Manager of the Queen’s Government to our divine ruler’s personal body slave, main duties snake handling (venomous asp) and floral arrangemen" Love the mix of historical setting & modern voice in this from @francesgapper.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/neck-the-neck/

Neck the Neck - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Frances Gapper Day 9, month 2 of Low Water: as the great god Ra lifts his solar crown above the eastern horizon and I shiveringly prostrate...

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Frances Gapper@francesgapper.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This wonderful competition issue of Gooseberry Pie includes my tiny tale about Cleopatra's asp 🐍

"Afterwards it rained, hard as stones."

Bronwen Griffiths@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Congratulations to the winners and all. My piece is in the longlist. Based on a true story! gooseberry-pie.com/special-issu...

This is such a fun story! Bravo @francesgapper.bsky.social

Frances Gapper@francesgapper.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This wonderful competition issue of Gooseberry Pie includes my tiny tale about Cleopatra's asp 🐍

This wonderful competition issue of Gooseberry Pie includes my tiny tale about Cleopatra's asp 🐍

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@gooseberrypie.bsky.social special issue of the winning stories from our annual writing comp, along with the short and longlist. 40 fabulous stories in this incredible issue. 1: Kathryn Silver-Hajo 2: Louella Lester 3: Kik Lodge Five Honorable Mentions gooseberry-pie.com/special-issu...

“Martin is nowhere to be found in my beautiful new desert. And then I am thinking, was Martin a mirage? Was he a puddle of love in the almost distance, something I thought I could reach?” 🚨 An amazing new @francinewitte.bsky.social story in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/I-wake-up-an...

I wake up and I’m in the desert, by Francine Witte — The Bulb Region

I wake up and I’m in the desert — Francine Witte AND SURPRISE, IT’S...

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"woman with a depleted bank account who can’t stop ordering seed and suet balls and pink slabs of seed-studded suet and mealworms and new types of feeder tube or dish or guard." Love this @francesgapper.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/shes

she’s — Blood+Honey

by Frances Gapper “watching baby starling that great fluffy lump of entitlement plumped on the feeder’s crossbar waiting to have seedy mush inserted in its beak shoved down its throat hurry up mum...

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"It used to be that every night, we had a friend who was just the sun reflected through a floating rock..."

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 The brilliant @martinezfjulian.bsky.social has a book of short fictions coming out with Future Tense Books next year, and his new piece in The Bulb Region today is an excerpt from that larger body of work. So read him, share him & congratulate him if you can!!! bulbregion.com/Moon-Deluxe-...

Today's spotlight from our latest cat-centric issue is from @francesgapper.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the brilliant brevity of this piece, which added to the mystery and quiet spookiness. We get but glimpse of Murgatroyd - but he lingers... trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/

Rereading our #Flash405: “Illumination” winners, now available in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25. @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @francesgapper.bsky.social

So delighted to be on this list! Many thanks to series editors @megpokrass.bsky.social and Gary Fincke, guest editor @dseuss.bsky.social and of course to the fabulous Switch.

Best Microfiction@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork

A tiny tale by @francesgapper.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social that manages to be creepy, clever, funny, and thought-provoking in very few words. trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/

Murgatroyd

Frances Gapper Oh well Although keen on cats, Aunt Jane wished to avoid catching even a glimpse of Murgatroyd the furry death herald, our ancestral ghost. Upon turning 70 she locked her cat flap an…

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The cats are out of the binbag!

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A new year and we've a new issue of fabulous feline flash for you. So, go outside and come in again. Demand snacks. Scratch the carpet. Then get your paws on this link: trashcatlit.com/feline-flash... Devour, savour, ask for more. Trash Cat let the cats in the bin and it's smashing 🦝

#flash #writer folks, check out this wonderful bin/journal—two paws up!!! 😻

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In lieu of a newsletter, our Ed has done an end of year roundup and teased our Spring sub calls. Please give it a read. trashcatlit.com/2025/12/31/t... Happy New Year and thank you for sharing, reading, subbing and loving. We appreciate you 🦝💜 New issue launches 2nd Jan - it's all about cats.

Our LAST tease! Issue launches 2nd Jan. Get your paws on 20 cat flash then 🦝 @heatherbooknook.bsky.social shows us a future where the cats get all the tech @jennyhart2001.bsky.social layers her relationship story with martial arts @francesgapper.bsky.social gives us a glimpse of something uncanny