Lindsey James
@lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social
Writer. Outdoor adventurer. Once-upon-a-time English teacher. Keeper of foster kittens. Words in The Adroit Journal, Necessary Fiction, Vast Chasm, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Litmosphere, Penmen Review, Saturday Evening Post. she/her
I am so very pleased that this story found its home at @lostballoon.bsky.social. A huge thanks to @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and everyone there for publishing it, and to @smokelong.bsky.social for the workshop that brought it to life!
Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 2w agoYou are going to love our new piece by @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social! Check out “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” lost-balloon.com/2026/09/23/h...
A federal jury last week convicted three people on felony conspiracy charges over their involvement in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington, last June. The “Spokane Three” are awaiting sentencing and face up to six years in prison for conspiracy to impede or injure ICE officers.
Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges
A federal jury last week convicted three people on felony conspiracy charges over their involvement in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington, last June. The “Spokane Three” are awaiting sentencin...
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This case, targeting three nonviolent protesters, sets a dangerous precedent for our country. For more thorough coverage on this case, check out www.rangemedia.co/spokane-3-tr... and more articles from @rangemedia.co
The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’
The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.
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Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4mo agoThe Trump administration has notched a rare win in its war on protest.
Spokane may be small, but this is important for everyone, and deserves national attention: The conviction of the Spokane 3 has chilling, far-reaching implications for nonviolent protest, free speech, and democracy. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
RANGE Media@rangemedia.co · 4mo agoThe attorneys for the defense have said they plan to appeal the verdict, but before that they will ask the judge to overturn it in a Rule 29 hearing in five weeks.
SO important that yesterday's #Spokane3 trial verdict gets the national press it deserves; not only does it increase the chances of those 3 incredible community members receiving #justice, it warns others that #ICEprotests are being watched from the sky www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u... @nytimes.com
ICE Protesters Convicted in a Case That Tested a Trump Strategy
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The verdict in this case is appalling, and should concern anyone who trusts in the power of free speech and believes in the rights of the American public to nonviolently engage in civil disobedience. This verdict is a warning. Let it also be a wake-up call. www.rangemedia.co/spokane-3-tr...
The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’
The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.
rangemedia.co
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
From the archives: "The Man Who Didn’t Laugh at PG Wodehouse" by Paul Gray. The voice channels Wodehouse in an Orwellian setting. It's so fun and well rendered! @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge brilliantflashfiction.com/2019/09/30/i...
ISSUE 23: SEPTEMBER 2019
Register 8 By Charles Rafferty There’s a funny smell around Register 8 and none of the cashiers want to use it, but it’s Saturday, a couple of weeks before Christmas, and Maggie is stuck there. Mag…
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SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · last yr.Day 3 of the Archive Challenge (or Day 2, if you took a latecomer pass) is off to a great start ⚡🎉 Join us in celebrating journals who've made it past the 10-year mark, and the wealth of flash in their archives
"They are scarfing down their mother’s love, bowls clinking." Everything in this micro is so crisp and perfect.
Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦@sagetyrtle.bsky.social · last yr.SO HAPPY to be in Milk Candy today! Really really proud of this micro, please take a quick second to read: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/06/26/p...
"But can’t I remember so clearly the trees, the night, the sting of a bone in my throat, the safety of embracing the body that carries me?" Aninna Zh's "Fish Bone" in @theoffingmag.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge theoffingmag.com/fiction/fish...
Fish Bone - The Offing
Fiction - The Offing Magazine
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I love "Scenario: One of Those High School Parent/Teacher Conferences Where the Student is Strongly Encouraged to Attend" by Miranda Keskes because of how deftly it captures its subject. @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge brilliantflashfiction.com/2024/09/30/s...
SEPTEMBER 2024
NOTHING ELSE TO LOVEBy Pamela Painter This room is supposed to assist me in living but it is a sorry sight. Lumpy bed. Lumpy chair. Potty chair. Bed. TV. Hate TV. Dresser with two drawers too hard …
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And we're off! Start a 2-week deep dive TODAY into a favorite online flash journal older than 10 years and get your name in the hat to win $400! Please share at least 1 flash daily (up to 4) and tag SmokeLong so we see you! Get on it! www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...
The Archive Challenge — Win $400! - SmokeLong Quarterly
How often do you read the literary journals you submit your work to? Flash has been around for centuries but as “flash” only for around 23 years, when James Thomas’s wife suggested the term. Lots of o...
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Absolutely delighted to have a story in the new issue of @adroitjournal.bsky.social alongside so many other stellar pieces. theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
Issue Fifty-Three: Lindsey James - The Adroit Journal
A native of the Pacific Northwest and a recovering English teacher, Lindsey James draws inspiration for her writing from the people and landscapes of eastern Washington State. You can read her publish...
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Thrilled to be launching MicroMonday today and we're kicking off with a stellar lineup. Please enjoy stories by @aniking.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social and Sheree Shatsky #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/04/07/m...
Excited to share the Spring 2025 of our online journal, Litmosphere, with beautiful artwork by @abelmont.bsky.social and fiction, poetry, CNF, and flash by so many talented writers. Check it out! litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2025s...
About a year ago, I was driving home from the grocery store when I passed a homeless man, his shopping cart parked on the sidewalk, building a cairn out of drainage rock. That image planted the seed that grew into this story. litmosphere.charlottelit.org/issues/2025s...
Lindsey James – Litmosphere
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Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
![[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreig3dcwrzxtvuj2hkgj2mg3rgwactm77awp4ygvxjuje5q67yact7m)
Thrilled to have a story among the brilliant pieces in this quarter's issue! brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/01/31/j...
JANUARY 2025
File a ReportBy H. A. Eugene One warm summer evening a boy had the bejeesus scared out of him by an object hovering in the night sky that was bigger than the mountain it loomed over, and emanated a…
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New year, new issue coming later this month! Always a great excuse to revisit the contributors from last issue, so get ready for a trip down memory lane this week
You've just won the lottery (see if you catch the reference) because you've got a chance to read this haunting read from @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com necessaryfiction.com/stories/by-a...
By Act Three, the Gun Must Go Off – Necessary Fiction
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Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.
If you’re looking for some great flash to read over your holiday break, these are the most popular Commuter pieces of 2024! electricliterature.com/the-commuters-most-popular-posts-of-2024
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HI EVERYBODY! Couldn't imagine a better innaugural skeet than to announce... Our community favorite nominations are now OPEN! ⬇️ Nominate your favorite lit mags through this form: tally.so/r/mKPJ4A and & we’ll pay the winners $200 and scream about how great they are
“Crow calls puncture the icy air. In the silences between—our snowshoes punching a trail behind us—we make small talk like we have practiced in class.” — @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social, “To Make Tracks” in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...
To Make Tracks
Crow calls puncture the icy air. In the silences between—our snowshoes punching a trail behind us—we make small talk like we have practiced in class. In my pockets I tuck his facts, the siblings an…
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"When I ask her how her day was, she doesn’t answer. Or maybe my middle-aged ears have lost her frequency." — @angelines.bsky.social, “Screentime” in Issue 11. vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...
Screentime
Beside me on the sofa, my daughter is playing a video game. Only her eyes and fingers move. When I ask her how her day was, she doesn’t answer. Or maybe my middle-aged ears have lost her frequency.…
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I adore the way this story plays with Chekhov's Law to create tension and then, through a dazzling tour of characters and motivations, still achieves a release that feels realistic and earned. Very curious now about that staff meeting :-)
Lindsey James@lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social · 2y agoThis story was born of half a dozen classroom conversations from over the years and the lingering trauma of one very disturbing staff meeting last spring. Huge gratitude to Necessary Fiction for giving this one a home.
okay, we're starting with this Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already! Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting) Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
Not In Our Name: Cisgender Women Against Trans Bathroom Bans
House Representative Nancy Mace and the Congressional GOP have launched a campaign of harassment not just against newly-elected trans Democrat Rep Sarah McBride of Delaware, but against all trans and ...
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Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 2y agoI don’t know what the right mechanism is for this, exactly, because congressional phone calls are more about the tally and I’m not convinced hashtags or petitions move the needle; but like - how do we collect and shove in the Dems’ face a gigantic list of cis women saying “fuck no, not in our name”
ICYMI: Our latest flash fiction offering, the wonderful "Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social. 🦩 📝
Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist by Rachel Laverdiere
Things may have gotten too serious too quickly, but I gather up the long skirt of my dress and step out of Steve’s vintage yellow bug—a car I’ve dreamed of owning since I was little— one of Steve’s…
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We can build the #literaryfiction community beyond the starter packs. Here’s how: First, hit the like button, reply with #literaryfiction, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button. Then, follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts. Here’s how:
Wes Blake@wesblake.bsky.social · 2y agoStarter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8 #literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
