These girls jump like video game characters and eat all my plants, including banana trees. Jungle birds.

Mini bundt cakes for the band bake sale: funfetti and pumpkin spice! I’m no baker (hateee messes), but I’m eager to support my boys’ activities.

I love this piece about what we choose to show and the glimpses we offer up.

Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 2w ago

My friend John Penoyar was the inspiration for my new story up at Flash Fiction Mag today. It's called "Still Life with Floating Apple." Hope you enjoy it. flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/09...

Perusing this chapbook by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in the car during my son’s bass clarinet lesson! I remember when I first read the title story, “Stitch.” Just as powerful with a second reading.

Just ordered this collection! I always enjoy reading her work online. Can’t wait to dig in.

Allison Field Bell@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 3w ago

My book is out wandering the world! bookshop.org/p/books/stit...

Such pretty eggs from our hens. I especially love when we get speckled ones. Thank you, ladies!

Preordered this chapbook! I love a solid ghost story.

Christina Tudor@christinaltudor.bsky.social · last mo.

My debut flash fiction chapbook CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE is now officially open for pre-orders! Ghost stories, girlhood, bad moms, Medusa, and more. Get yourself a copy: www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/callm...

An especially impactful piece for me today. Grief finds me most often driving in the car since that is what my sister and I did together.

The Rumpus@therumpus.net · 4w ago

"...I learned to take my hands off the grief steering wheel, and to know that it could hit me anytime, anywhere, and would. Grief is out of our control." From "Seven Days in August," new culture nonfiction by Elissa Altman. ➡️ buff.ly/BG8TBJg

When your hen starts making velociraptor noises. (She’s broody. And that’s a compost pile she’s turned into a lay box.)

Love this story by Kate Beall as a buggy summer comes to a close.

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · last mo.

“Holding a peach was like being able to bend time and hold your own newborn head, furred and dense and pulsing” A strange & gorgeous story new on hex today—don’t miss “The Summer of Yield and Spoils” by Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social !!

Hello Kitty says to donate blood to the American Red Cross.

My CNF flash piece on the loss of my sister is featured on JMWW today. I hope these words resonate and can raise awareness about DV.

JMWW Journal@jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Creative Nonfiction: Merely Missing by Katie Robinson In my dream, you’re still merely missing, your body not yet recovered, and an etching of hope remains that I will find you.

Cricket Cat snuck out the backdoor to enjoy the heat of the bricks.

What are you doing with your Canvas-free, ransom day? I cleaned out my son’s closet and donated his too-small clothes.

Cricket loves being wrapped up IN the curtains.

I received my sister’s autopsy report yesterday. My sister’s autopsy… She endured more abuse and violence than I realized. Devastated I couldn’t save her. Earlier this week, we selected the winner of her memorial scholarship: $3k to an aspiring nurse. Be the light in darkness.

Wild caving in the belly of Bridgewater, VA

I was holding this peep close when she hopped up on my shoulder. (Doesn’t the red glow from the heat lamp look like some portal to hell ripped open my spare bedroom? There’s a story right there.)

Peep peep

Four olive eggers joined our flock.

Bat cat. Cat bat. Either way, unhappy about it.

My sister’s memorial scholarship application is live! Open to HS seniors in Chesapeake, VA who are future nurses! Applicants will compose an essay on domestic abuse. Chelse was a DV victim. She died by gunshot wound in the middle of her forehead on 11/2/25.

This looks amazing! Love the concept! I preordered my copy. ☺️

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

26th and nicollet in minneapolis is closed to vehicle traffic now as brass solidarity performs

Love this thoughtful piece with geological layers!

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The House of Paper Mountains” by Amalia Mora is now up! Art by Dylan Manning flash-frog.com/2026/01/19/t...

“In them, he’s smiling. Carefree. Like his whole life’s ahead of him, not behind. And he’s looking forward to living that life.” This beautiful CNF piece hits close to home with the recent loss of my sister.

BOObara Byar 👻👻@barbarabyar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My very first piece of cnf today in the wonderful @frazzledlit.bsky.social . Please have a read about my cousin, Ashton & if you don't feel like reading, there's an audio of me narrating the piece. Thanks to brilliant editors, Jen and Laura. Check out the issue! www.frazzledlit.com/p/shooting-s...

I created the Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship to honor my sister, a DV victim who died by gunshot wound in her forehead 11/2/25. Please consider donating to the scholarship fund: gofund.me/3e8b51191

Donate to Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship, organized by Katie Robinson

To honor Chelse's legacy as a nurse and raise awareness about domestic abuse,… Katie Robinson needs your support for Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship

gofund.me

When you’re mourning, everyone looks at you like you’re a reptile person. I don’t know how to be anything else. I would really like to go be a reptile in a secluded cabin. Or maybe a salamander.

Tonight, I submitted my MFA thesis. Then I made nachos for dinner. Tadaaaa!