When the words get in the way... we write micros! Come, won't you, see The Finger! www.switchonline.org/about-1 It's a 100-word story on Switch a Magazine of Microfiction. An absolute pleasure to work with the keen vision of Elizabeth George

Who wants to publish their professional wrestling inspired poem with @onefallreview.bsky.social ? I do! I do! Let's talk sleepers, y'all. No holds barred! Thank you, @mcdolan.bsky.social for making this lit space!

One Fall Review@onefallreview.bsky.social · 4w ago

JR Walsh walks the tightrope of the impossible with “The double sleeper hold” only on onefallreview.com onefallreview.com/2026/07/06/t...

Ellipsis Zine is back and better than ever! Also, I wrote this lil' one!

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'The Sex Talk When Your Folks Are Historians' historical fiction by JR Walsh In 1862, The Battle of Antietam raged south: 23,000 people were killed or wounded. That same afternoon, it was payday at Allegheny Arsenal up Pittsburgh way. Read more: ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

Guess who's celebrating the triumphant return of @ellipsiszine.bsky.social with news of a future publication? It's me! I'll post later this month. BTW, their submission window is open until June 16! ellipsis-zine.com/submit

My piece, "Endurance sport" has been declared: Story of the Week on 50-Word Stories. fiftywordstories.com/2026/05/17/s...

JR Walsh@itsjrwalsh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Take a bite out of life, 50 words at a time. Thanks for reading! fiftywordstories.com/2026/05/11/j...

Take a bite out of life, 50 words at a time. Thanks for reading! fiftywordstories.com/2026/05/11/j...

JR WALSH: Endurance Sport

We’re in the backseat. Smoke plumes burst from our nostrils and sockets. No cigarettes; only the boredom of immortality. That old sun pinks the drumlin, smolders us. Vintage leather gloves hit the …

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Our Spring Issue is here, you're invited to our Journal of Brief Literature! citronreview.com

"Welkin me up!"

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

**WIN A FREE PLACE** on one of the Welkin workshops!! Quote post with "Welkin me up!" to put your name in the hat 5 names picked on Friday at noon BST 6 workshops to choose from. Sessions recorded if you can't make it live: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops

So ready for this!

FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · 5mo ago

WATCHER director Chloe Okuno and BLACK CHRISTMAS scribe April Wolfe are working together on a very handsy new horror movie.

Three new poems! So happy to share these with you - all thanks to Camille Griep and the editors at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jr-wa... So much good work in this issue!

Does It Have Pockets@doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"It was unanimous. Fun didn't move us one bit." Witty, wise, wonderful; three poems each gems form and tone, new from @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jr-wa... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

If it seems like a fun thing to do, it definitely is... I know that y'all got some 100 word stories for www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/

I'd like to share this lil' bit with you. fiftywordstories.com/2025/12/03/j...

JR WALSH: After after

It’s not empty out there. This nowhere road is cluttered with bones. A toppled pile for every star burning in the black sky. Shed your skin during the long walk of dying. Thoughts will churn into f…

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This week is full of secrets to pass on. Our hiatus is coming soon, but if you have shimmering micros, flash, or creative nonfiction, send it our way! citronreview.com

Jr Walsh invites you to see our Fall issue's MICROS. We're so excited to share these little bits with you. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/n...

Delighted to see this piece appear in amazing journal, Flash the Court. This week I was teaching dialogue in class –and I'm afraid I've broken many of my erm... suggestions. flashthecourt.com/2025/10/10/i...

What a week! Come be devoured with me. fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/06/j...

Tonight, I'm happy to share a poem posted by the wonderful @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social Ekphrastic Review! www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

Musing, by JR Walsh

​ Musing    How much time can I spend on your areolas? Mixing the colours is difficult without paint. All I have is water and this splayed toothbrush.   Over there’s some callouses. I collect...

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Our new FALL issue is here! citronreview.com

Hey, it's me again. With another poem for yous.

Eunoia Review@eunoiareview.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Prepossession At the end of the process, we do not own — The product. Correct. The product? We don't own our baby? The debt must be satisfied. We're talking about a baby. Nine months, then a baby. That's your definition. It may be less. Could be multiples. What's your definition? We don't define…

Hey, it's me. With a poem for yous.

Eunoia Review@eunoiareview.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Pick ourselves up Because Wilfred Brimley said we must, we threatened to enjoy our sexuality. A mustached man knows what's best when he's singing. So I sang to you & grew extra whiskers. You tried too. Listen to old Gus. He's a jazz singer. (Aphrodisiacs come in dusty packages.) Born in '34, at…

I've been writing bunches of lil' bits. Some have animals in 'em. This one's not exactly starring chickens, but it's definitely chicken adjacent. Here's a 50-word story at fiftywordstories.com/2025/08/06/j...

JR WALSH: The chickens will save us

8,110,424,013 people woke up having dreamed the same dream. Visions of socks, a snowstorm, and chicken manure. Finally, our climate crisis had a solution. All but one person forgot. Saving the worl…

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Many many thanks to Elizabeth George and the editors at Switch: A MAGAZINE OF MICROFICTION. Here's my new 100 word micro: www.switchonline.org/about-1

Yay! It's the Final Day 14 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyf... Honey, I Shrunk the Flash even more! Do you want to learn how to write Dribbles & Drabbles? Luxuriate in extreme brevity with Kim Chinquee. Eight micros inside, all 103 words or less!

Day 13 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyf... Honey, I Shrunk the Flash! Do you want to learn how to write microfiction? Find the kernel with Meg Pokrass. A master class of ten micros inside, each 203 words or less!

Day 12.2 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuefiftyfo... Can writers present grief in a fresh true ways? When writing it’s something I can’t help but explore and when a story can show a fresh perspective, well I’m here for this Dead Plant by Michelle Ross.

Day 12.1 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuefiftyfo... Back to the microfiction issue! Kim Magowan’s The Spoon hits me just right. I love a story that veers as quickly as possible. From fairy tale to realism. From horror to kindness in a cruel world.

Day 11 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuesixty/f... Ra’Niqua Lee’s “A Snow Queen Gets the Last Word” takes us to that mysterious hotel space which makes us contemplate ourselves most deeply. What does the ice machine say to you?

Day 10 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyf... Deep cuts! Charles Lennox wrote a piece called “Hyena Ha Ha.” RIYL: James Tate. Also cue Elton John’s, “The Circle of Life” and laugh with us! Are the hyenas watching all of us?

Day 9 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuefiftyse... Nora Nadjarian’s “Strawberry Jam” features the narrator’s parents both considering: “Do you remember that time we went picking strawberries?” The moment around the question itself becomes the memory for us.

Day 8 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. friggmagazine.com/issuefiftysi... “Ties that Bind” by Patricia Q Bidar does the near impossible, taking two people’s first kiss (with each other anyway) waaay outside of any possible cliche! I love how every early image is reflected later!