Today's traffic jam driving to the coast turned out to be the 10th Annual World Dog Surfing Championships. Who knew?

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 4d ago

Canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California, on August 1, 2026. The event helps local charities raise money by sponsoring a contestant or a team, with a portion of the proceeds going to dog, environmental, and surfing nonprofit organizations.

I'm in a 100-word stories state of mind. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for accepting this one for Ghost Parachute.

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d ago

Read "Jumpers" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning." tinyurl.com/yrx38wuy

"I saw Goody Proctor using AI!"

Beard's essay opens, "I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; telling her that her voice was not to be heard in public." My essay on the Odyssey, Andrew & Tristan Tate, misogyny then & now:

Listening to Cassandra: Misogyny, Classical and Modern

Last weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the British government, which seeks to extradite them to face a long list of charges. An...

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“We live in the Bay Area near the John George Psychiatric Pavilion,” by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/why-not/

Why Not? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

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"The long, sloping hill has no sidewalks, except in front of John George. Occasionally we see deer, usually no pedestrians." Big love for this tiny piece of writing by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙 gooseberry-pie.com/why-not/

Why Not? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

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Congratulations to the honorable mentions, Jamie Brickhouse & Stephen Haines, and the winner of the 2026 Aurora Polaris Award in Creative Nonfiction, Amber Wong! 💛💜💛💜

Thanks @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing my tiny 6-sentence micro! Great issue!

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 4w ago

Read today’s issue @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social with work by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social Jinjia Grace Hu Lynn Kozwolski @benstarr.bsky.social Fortune Cookie @andreamarcusa.bsky.social @judydarley.bsky.social @semurphy.bsky.social Kathleen Latham Nasta Martyn gooseberry-pie.com/issue-44/

Read Toi Derricotte's "The Fate of Literary Journals" in @index.short-reads.org.ap.brid.gy today. The ending made me laugh out loud! www.short-reads.org/the-fate-of-...

The Fate of Literary Journals

by Toi Derricotte | Just try to get rid of them.

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“We pass through each other in the rooms and on the staircases. […] I discover a room filled with beds and ornate furniture, scattered and illogical.” The amazing Kathy Fish (@kathyfish.bsky.social) returns to The Bulb Region with a kaleidoscopic, mazelike experience. 🔗 ↓

Thanks to selecting guest editor @andrewporter01.bsky.social- we have four authors on the TOP 50 @wigleaf.bsky.social Lists- @jacqdoyle.bsky.social and Huina Zhang (top 50); and Nancy Stohlman and @jamybond.bsky.social on the Long List!!! Thanks editors, and HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!

Great interview with @sfmontgomery.bsky.social about her new magazine NERVE TO WRITE www.newpages.com/blog/magazin...

New Lit on the Block :: Nerve to Write

Nerve to Write is an inclusive literary magazine amplifying disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent voices.

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Time to think about civilizations long before ours and admire these cave paintings in Spain. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings

The long read: For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took ...

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Three stories from Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social in our Spring 2026 issue! newworldwriting.net/jacqueline-d...

Jacqueline Doyle ~ Three Flash Fictions - New World Writing Quarterly

Maisie Fails to Anticipate the Ordinary As her body began to break down, first one joint at a time—knees, hips, shoulders, then the discs in her spine, then

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Always love @miriamgershow.bsky.social! Read her new story in @flashfrog.bsky.social !

Miriam Gershow@miriamgershow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So frigging happy to have a story in @flashfrog.bsky.social! And this art is absolutely perfect.

Love this brilliant essay by @jilltalbot.bsky.social in this week's Short Reads (@index.short-reads.org.ap.brid.gy).

Short Reads@index.short-reads.org.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

by Jill Talbot | A body in motion ...

Start your summer #writing on the #road with a virtual 4-week #nonfiction writing class. #writingclass #cnf #literaryessay #memoir jilltalbot.net/register/p/w...

Mental health disorders were the 6th-most common topic featured in banned books during the last academic year — a devastating statistic. Here are 24 banned books to consider this #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth https://bookshop.org/lists/mental-health-awareness-month-a-banned-books-reading-list

Mental Health Awareness Month: A Banned Books Reading List

In the last academic year, mental health disorders were the sixth-most common topic featured in banned books, comprising 29% of literature censored in public schools.

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May Teng's prize-winning essay in CRAFT will be posted in early June. This one is also a stunner.

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

May Teng explores the nuances of coming home and leaving home.

I have a new Substack post. On my recent creative nonfiction. And on hybrid writing. open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...

Some recent creative nonfiction

And some thoughts on hybridity and The Lunatics' Ball

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Who knew? "Carolyn Keene is not a real person, but rather a pseudonym shared by the ghostwriters who collectively brought Nancy Drew to life." Girl Detective Forever open.substack.com/pub/abigailo...

Girl Detective Forever

A lifetime of Nancy Drew

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My mother watches a lot of TV and she’s fond of conspiracy theories, and on the one hand, it’s really annoying, but on the other hand, I have to admire the way she makes her boring life interesting. I shared this w my nonwriter hub and he said, wow this writer is talented! 👍👍 @jacqdoyle.bsky.social

Monkey Business - Lunch Ticket

In this piece of flash prose, author Jacqueline Doyle, ponders the connection between politics, family, and forty-three monkeys that escape a lab in South Carolina.

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A thrilla! and a truly inspiring time with the readers! Also @amymarques.bsky.social @lynnmundell.bsky.social @swethaamit.bsky.social @jacqdoyle.bsky.social Steve Gutierrez, Matthias Horntrich. Plus (not pictured) @ericscottryon.bsky.social and @melissacuisine.bsky.social!

Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SmokeLong on the Road-West Coast! Amazing time hosting @christopherallen.bsky.social at Santa Clara University for a terrific reading from him (& @dawnsteffler.bsky.social& @kimmagowan.bsky.social) I read, too,& we had plenty of elevator fun with other Bay Area flash writers before dinner.

The latest issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE is here, and with it, new writing prompts for our subscribers. Find inspiration in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction from @subhaga.bsky.social, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social, and @magicmikewrites.bsky.social.

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Stunning cnf flash by @katyluxem.bsky.social in CRAFT today, winner of the Flash Prose Prize. Read it now! www.craftliterary.com/2026/04/24/l...

Lessons in Herpetology by Katy Luxem - CRAFT

As a lawyer with plenty of life experience, my mother should have known that lizards were a bad choice. Lizards are pets you cannot even pet. Touching them opens the risk of salmonella or something mo...

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Love the innovative POV in @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social's new story "Abalone and Urchin" in @thedodgemag.bsky.social: thedodgemag.com/spring-2026-...

Abalone and Urchin - The Dodge

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Before tomorrow's new edition on the website, make sure to have a look at this brilliant micro piece by our recent contributor Patricia Q. Bidar (@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social), "Chaos," published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social. fracturedlit.com/chaos/

Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Small Town Girls, tells @janeciab.bsky.social about chronicling her West Virginia upbringing.

Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey

Jayne Anne Phillips is one of the most, culturally relevant, revelatory writers of our time. She first drew attention with the shocking and distinctive stories in Black Tickets (“Her stories are ti…

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"The $2bn (£1.5bn) a week that Donald Trump was spending on his reckless war in Iran could have funded saving more than 87 million lives, the head of the UN’s humanitarian agency, Tom Fletcher, said on Monday." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN

Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

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From @anamariecox.bsky.social: "The only constant in Trump's decision-making, whether he follows through on his latest insane idea or backtracks, is his enormous capacity for delusion." trib.al/Vx3HX9s

Trump’s Bottomless Nihilism Is Eating Our Future

While a few lucky insiders may be getting rich from this misrule, the rest of us are watching the needless destruction of our collective future.

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