New Story Thanks to the crew at Mid-Cult* for taking this one on. www.midcult.net/jon-fain

Fat Lot of Good by Jon Fain — Midcult*

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New Short Story "Pater Unfamilias" in The Courtship of Winds www.thecourtshipofwinds.org/jon-fain

Who says you can't write an Assisted Living Comedy? Like to see those AI fux try this: www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/sod...

sodden hopes and Rich Desserts by Jon Fain — Bottle Rocket

As she settled in at The Haven, or what she called it, Dwindling Pines, Sherron saw that many of the other residents believed they were somewhere else, somewhere unlike where they actually were. It ha...

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At some point during submissions there was a post along the lines of, the editors wouldn't mind seeing something with a little humor, so I sent them this. Just 50 words of jetsam (or is it flotsam now?) in The Flood. Thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social editors and all you do.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FlashFlood: 'Gone, and All Forgotten' by Jon Fain #nffd2026

Only a few left! greyingghost.bigcartel.com/product/fain

Pass The Panpharmacon! by Jon Fain

"Pass The Panpharmacon! is a searing and soaring collection of short stories that is unlike anything we've ever printed. The language ripples and boils over with beauty and rage. The characters teeter between watching swimmers or mushroom clouds. Life both explodes and implodes in each story. Jon Fain is a...

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My essay "Two Towns Over" is in the inaugural issue of the journal Thin Places. Check out the entire issue here: thin-places.org/2026/05/13/i...

Issue One, May 2026

Thin Places Issue OneDownload

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Had me at “dangle of danger.”

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Lads, I have a piece I love dearly out at Bottle Rocket today. Give it a read if you were ever a horny teenager and you’d like to know how teenagers were horny in a Malaysian girls’ school: www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/seq...

The Shortlist: Back at it after a couple weeks of guest posts. It's a big list, with links to stories by eleven authors: Jon Fain @jonfain.bsky.social , Marcia Yudkin @marciayudkin.bsky.social and Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in Turn & Work (1/3)

The Shortlist for May 1, 2026 - Turn and Work

Stories by Jon Fain, Marcia Yudkin, Emily Rinkema, Julia Strayer, Kelly Pedro, Linda M. Bayley, Frank Jackson, Jamey Gallagher, Chloe N. Clark, Molly McCarron, and Amy DeBellis

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NEW SHORT STORY: The Professor doesn’t believe in curses. He’s a reasonable man. He’s also very, very angry at Evan the Asshole. Read "Devil in the Drawer" by Jon Fain @jonfain.bsky.social now:

Devil in the Drawer - Turn and Work

The Professor doesn't believe in curses. He's a reasonable man. He's also very, very angry at Evan the Asshole.

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My 100 word micro published here by a discerning rat pack. Cheers, mates!

Rat Bag@ratbaglit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today's story is "What Happens in the Rialto" by Jon Fain. @jonfain.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

Happy to be part of the June Flood again after a few years away on higher ground. Have a micro accepted, "Gone, and All Forgotten," that will be bobbing on the chop.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 4mo ago

All our FlashFlood editors have been busy over the last few days. So far we have accepted stories from the following: Spain, UAE, Australia, France, USA, Turkey, Nigeria, UK, Canada, India & Greece! Let me know if we’ve missed anywhere.Sub details here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

My micro fiction “Late Show” is part of this issue. Thanks Betty to you and others for including me.

Betty Stanton@fadingbetty.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I really need to set up an account for Ivo, but check out our newest issue on the theme of Confession: www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue... #writingcommunity #poetry #fiction #flashfiction #cnf

This is the third time my story "From the Deep" has been published (previously 2003, 2020). A timeless tale perhaps about what may or may not be love... thebookendsreview.com/2026/04/03/f...

Here you go then: theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/d...

Daddy Larry Bear Has Left the Building

– My Mom put my stepfather, who I’ve always called Daddy Larry Bear, into one of those new Bot Med facilities. It took a while to find one that doesn’t get shut down all the time because some…

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Here's my story in Issue #42 of the excellent journal The Airgonaut. Pleased to be a part of it. heairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/daddy-larry-bear-has-left-the-building/

"He...wakened almost daily to the fear that time was a dry wind brushing away his youth and his strength, and slept through as many nightmares there were nights to dream." Somehow never knew about Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling until chancing upon a post by @frank212.bsky.social Thanks!

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Jon Fain – JONAH magazine

Posts about Jon Fain written by JONAHmagazine

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Federal immigration agents in camo chase landscapers, students, and day laborers through U.S. cities in a deportation campaign, treating neighborhoods like war zones. Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.

War at Home

A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.

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My micro fiction "Wisdom Out," is up on the new(ish) site Hawkeye. A 250-worder featuring humor, heartache and family dynamics. Check it out: hawkeyemag.com/stories/wisd...

Wisdom Out

My dad, with the medically confirmed shrunken brain, calls about a “tooth distraction.” He no longer drives, and my mother stopped in ‘92, so getting him to the appointment falls to me. On the way, he...

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Many thanks to Cindy Rosmus for taking on my flash piece "White Goods" in Yellow Mama #113: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id3

Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one. www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...

The Ones That Get Away by Jon Fain — Feign

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A remembrance of my parents, who later in life decided to buy and attempt to run a country inn in Maine. Thanks to Matt at Atlantic Northeast for taking it on. atlanticnortheastmag.com/wp-content/u...

My flash piece “Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)” has risen from the ashes, reprinted here. Inspired by my “helping” my grandfather as a kid way back when, when he built a fallout shelter on his farm. Many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the showcase!

Bulb Culture Collective@bulbculture.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🔥 CHANDELIER: BLAZING IS LIVE! 🔥

My small contribution to Atomic Bomb Literature, "Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)," will explode (again/reborn) tomorrow thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social !

Bulb Culture Collective@bulbculture.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🔥 Announcement! 🔥 CHANDELIER: BLAZING is coming September 1! Here are the ten incredible contributors whose writing will amaze you:
 Jon Fain Clare O'Brien Wright Lauren Kardos Patricia Q. Bidar Eric Robert Nolan Teresa Tumminello Brader Elad Haber Brad Rose Avery Timmons Dan Brotzel

The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls Tenement halls

Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.

New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out: #FlashFiction #ShortStory www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...

A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family. My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection. www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...

Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8

Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8 [Williams, Mark, Zenker, Gary, Lang, Lauren, Goldman, Ken, Davenport, Caroline Shannon, Czyz, Vincent, Devecchi, Elizabeth, Fain, Jon, Schiller, Joseph, White, Benjamin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8

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“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.” The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample. universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...

This is what happens when editors take your shit seriously.

Donald Ryan@dryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Made stuffed calamari from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey for me and baked ziti for everyone else (including me). Made too much stuffing so while I figure out what to with it you should catch @jonfain.bsky.social’s Heavily Ever After