Good morning. Let your coffee cool off, you can reheat it. Read this story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social right now, courtesy of @trampset.bsky.social. Thank me later.

trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 5d ago

"I’m wearing sweatpants, wool socks, and a Dogs are My People hoodie, which I haven’t taken off since I checked in two days ago, alone." @emilyrinkema.bsky.social's "The Night the Mongols Arrive to Sack the City" www.trampset.org/post/the-nig...

Don't miss your chance to read my latest fiction. I'll have to take it down when I sell the imaginary movie rights for big imaginary $$$. I quit my job and sold my clothes this morning. The story is a strong contender for an imaginary literary prize, maybe the Pulitzerbookernobel or whatever.

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

"The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry" is based on a true story about an imaginary character I made up. It's full of baked goods & drama. Names, places, events & outcomes were changed in order to inflate the author's ego. My thanks to hawkeyemag.com for the support! hawkeyemag.com/stories/smit...

"The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry" is based on a true story about an imaginary character I made up. It's full of baked goods & drama. Names, places, events & outcomes were changed in order to inflate the author's ego. My thanks to hawkeyemag.com for the support! hawkeyemag.com/stories/smit...

The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry

Lauren’s parting words are a jigsaw puzzle dumped on the floor. Did she say Roger has a big dick? Or he is a big dick? Objectively, the second comment makes more sense. Her getaway last night was effi...

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"The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry" is based on a true story about an imaginary character I made up. It's full of baked goods & drama. Names, places, events & outcomes were changed in order to inflate the author's ego. My thanks to hawkeyemag.com for the support! hawkeyemag.com/stories/smit...

The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry

Lauren’s parting words are a jigsaw puzzle dumped on the floor. Did she say Roger has a big dick? Or he is a big dick? Objectively, the second comment makes more sense. Her getaway last night was effi...

hawkeyemag.com

Bit by bit the re-born @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is bringing back its archives. In olden times EZ hosted 13 of my stories. Here's one from 2019. "Transistors" & "word processors" hadn't been invented yet, so authors yelled from street corners. Now we use links: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/mr-f...

Mr. Fix-it by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Mr. Fix-it

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Bit by bit the re-born @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is bringing back its archives. In olden times EZ hosted 13 of my stories. Here's one from 2019. "Transistors" & "word processors" hadn't been invented yet, so authors yelled from street corners. Now we use links: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/mr-f...

Mr. Fix-it by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Mr. Fix-it

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Started working on a new flash fiction today, which for me is pretty rare anymore. Ran the working title through Google to look for potential duplication. Stumped the search engine -- I didn't get a dumbass AI response. No reply whatsoever. I think this bodes well for my story.

Hey, it's been a while, but one of my micro fictions was selected for Ellipsis Zine: Six. Don't let that stop you from grabbing a free download! Lots of cool futuristic "what if" stories to read.

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · last mo.

Free Flash Fiction Anthology. Another two back issues have been uploaded to our website. Download Ellipsis Zine Five & Six here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications

In his copious spare time, Rick loves to fiddle with and/or restore antique refrigerators. "Iceboxes," he calls them, and he winks, and I don't understand what he means. But he sure knows how to write about that stuff! Check out his story at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and we can all learn something.

Rick White@ricketywhite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m back with Chicago’s finest, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today with a new story about a friendly yet slightly sinister kitchen appliance. Give it a read, it’s partly true. BUT WHICH PART, RICK?? Yes indeedy, you betcha…. 👻 🖤🍸 🧀

"What's that smell?" "Don't know. Can't quite see it."

Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: One from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... I’ll be uploading all past issues in the coming weeks and also making them free to download.

My credentials as a serious writer are impeccable. Well into adulthood, I spent Saturday mornings squeezing the literary juice from Hanna-Barbera cartoons & crappy horror movies. The result? My story "The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry." It's coming to the wild, awesome hawkeyemag.com in late July!

HAWKEYE

A martini glass for homebrew gin. A shabby tent for meatball surgery and fine literary delicacies. Quite simply, another online magazine.

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My credentials as a serious writer are impeccable. Well into adulthood, I spent Saturday mornings squeezing the literary juice from Hanna-Barbera cartoons & crappy horror movies. The result? My story "The Saturday Roger Became So Hungry." It's coming to the wild, awesome hawkeyemag.com in late July!

HAWKEYE

A martini glass for homebrew gin. A shabby tent for meatball surgery and fine literary delicacies. Quite simply, another online magazine.

hawkeyemag.com

When writing, I overuse em dashes and overwrought metaphors. Was my work scraped for AI training? Or am I a human who is controlled by AI? My smart watch says no. I swear I did not have sexual relations with that cell phone. Microprocessors don't turn me on, but I love me some big processors.

When writing, I overuse em dashes and overwrought metaphors. Was my work scraped for AI training? Or am I a human who is controlled by AI? My smart watch says no. I swear I did not have sexual relations with that cell phone. Microprocessors don't turn me on, but I love me some big processors.

I'm proud and happy that the awesomely cool new-ish journal @flightlit.bsky.social accepted the submission of my helpful instruction manual "Disemployment Guidelines," which will be published in August. Here is a photo of a kitten in a sink.

I'm proud and happy that the awesomely cool new-ish journal @flightlit.bsky.social accepted the submission of my helpful instruction manual "Disemployment Guidelines," which will be published in August. Here is a photo of a kitten in a sink.

No better way to start your weekend than to read Rick's brilliant story of time and yearning and cigarettes, it's over yonder at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. No one minds if you read it again and again.

Rick White@ricketywhite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have a new fiction in @doeshavepockets.bsky.social today called “2007: The Summer the Smoking Ban Came into Place.” If, like me, you’re a bit confused as to where the last (almost) two decades have gone then why not give it a read? 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 👻 🖤

Sometimes you visit your local dive bar for lunch and the Daily Special is "low expectations topped with disappointment". Today, lemon garbanzo chicken soup done in a Greek style. Delicious. Also had a patty melt that caused mini-strokes between bites, so at least I got enough cholesterol & sat fat.

Sometimes you visit your local dive bar for lunch and the Daily Special is "low expectations topped with disappointment". Today, lemon garbanzo chicken soup done in a Greek style. Delicious. Also had a patty melt that caused mini-strokes between bites, so at least I got enough cholesterol & sat fat.

truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind

Bodega Cats@bodegacats.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Remarkable short fiction by @emhall47.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social and you should read it before the next storm hits.

Emily Hall@emhall47.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Many thanks to @offbeatlit.bsky.social for publishing my story, “Emergency Alert.” 🌪️ #writersky #microfiction #disappointedhousewife

“Open with a joke and close with a list of all the other lists. The right lie at the right time is always as welcome as earworms.” The mind of Michael Grant Smith. Fascinating, rhythmical, unsettling but in a friendly, amiable sort of way ☺️ Lovely stuff as always, @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

"milk-rimed cereal bowls stacked in a DNA spiral, keys to anonymous locks." Another little gem from the wonderfully left field @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mich...

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

Thinking about the sci-fi submission rejection I once received due to "the generally jockular [sic] tone of the story."

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

Plateau

– We’re tempered steel on the outside, custard within. Time is stronger and flaunts its relentless one-two stomp of impending tomorrows. In order to feel safe, first we must feel. A home is a…

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I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

Plateau

– We’re tempered steel on the outside, custard within. Time is stronger and flaunts its relentless one-two stomp of impending tomorrows. In order to feel safe, first we must feel. A home is a…

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My first fiction acceptance of 2026! Look for my short piece "Plateau" to appear in the next edition of The Airgonaut journal, one of my favorite online literary destinations. Many thanks to esteemed EIC Sheldon Lee Compton @dashlarkin.bsky.social, who is a great writer, editor, and awesome guy!