I wrote this story a few years ago and for the longest time, I was convinced it was the best thing I'd ever written. There's something special about seeing it find a home in Hobart after all these years & it makes me even happier knowing it was @jrostopovich.bsky.social who made it happen<3

I have a new intergenerational micro about language and parenthood in the wonderful Michigan City Review of Books today. Big thanks to Bobby and the team<3 mcrb.neocities.org/wholery

Wholery by Sarp Sozdinler

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three haiku (with a bonus fourth for his bio!) today from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social ! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/hai...

In his acceptance email, Cletus Crow described my haiku in @havehashad.com as "clever, sexy, weird and violent," so now you have all the time in the world to disagree with him 💅

"Some thunderstruck trees along the way look hollowed-out and gnarly like Nana’s body. I just hope the road signs won’t betray me, switching between languages every few towns, leading everywhere but Nevada." Gorgeous story @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social reckonreview.com/slot-machine...

ig big thanks to Zoe Reay-Ellers and the wonderful Dishsoap Quarterly (@dishsoapquart.bsky.social) team for nominating my story, "Paul From the Future," for Best of the Net! (🔗👇)

Dishsoap Quarterly@dishsoapquart.bsky.social · last mo.

Big congratulations to Michelle Li, Jeffrey Heath, @m-demarco-words.bsky.social, Ashley Varela, Rachel Sherman, @ezhang77.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, @dallonwrites.bsky.social, @tracieadams.bsky.social, and @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social!!!!

Really happy to have this story out in the world at last. It is about the end of the world or forgetting how to live. Big thanks to Drew Coles and the wonderful team over at Reckon Review (@reckonreview.bsky.social) for giving it a place. Hope you like it. 🔗👇

Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

New Fiction Today! Sarp Sozdinler is a writer based between Philadelphia and Amsterdam. ​His stories have been included to anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction. ​He serves as the editor of The Bulb Region​. @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

This is a dream come true! Delighted to have a new flash piece in @theforge.bsky.social today, all thanks to @damyantig.bsky.social: forgelitmag.com/2026/09/14/m...

The Forge Literary Magazine@theforge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our story of the week is Maintenance by Sarp Sozdinler.

“Desire to climb on the hull of a ship, desire to step onto a subway train somewhere crowded like Tokyo or London or Istanbul, and feel the rush of life around me.” Yep yep yep, magnificent. 🫡👏

Sarp Sozdinler@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ll be really happy if you can read & share my new CNF piece in ergot press, “Desire is a Map I Keep Folding the Wrong Way Up.” Please & thank you! 🔗 in the comments.

I’ll be really happy if you can read & share my new CNF piece in ergot press, “Desire is a Map I Keep Folding the Wrong Way Up.” Please & thank you! 🔗 in the comments.

ergot.@ergot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Desire for new music, desire for forgotten books, desire for old things that feel new again after a while." Today on ergot.: 'Desire is a Map I Keep Folding the Wrong Way Up' by Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Sarp...

"Desire for new music, desire for forgotten books, desire for old things that feel new again after a while." Today on ergot.: 'Desire is a Map I Keep Folding the Wrong Way Up' by Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Sarp...

Great Story!

Sarp Sozdinler@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Working with @aaronburch.bsky.social is always a big cheer and I'm stoked to be able to do that again with this new story of mine in his wonderful SSL project. I’d be really happy if you read & shared "Bad Samaritans," a story about…exploding spouses and grief counseling at Applebee's. 🔗 below.

Working with @aaronburch.bsky.social is always a big cheer and I'm stoked to be able to do that again with this new story of mine in his wonderful SSL project. I’d be really happy if you read & shared "Bad Samaritans," a story about…exploding spouses and grief counseling at Applebee's. 🔗 below.

“Some evenings, I call her just to hear her voice. Sometimes she picks up, sometimes she doesn’t.” "And I wait and I wait and ..." @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/issue...

twenty-eight — Tiny Molecules

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For anyone who had a dog… 🐶 Mayor of Backyard by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social In fact, for anyone

Sarp Sozdinler@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

👇 Sincerest thanks to the editor Iryna Somkina for this one 🫂 sundaymorningmag.neocities.org/stories/mayor

Don't forget to congratulate Steve Gergley today on the release of his new novel, "Stone Cells."

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In celebration of Steve Gergley's new novel "Stone Cells," out today from Translucent Eyes Press, we are publishing both a review and an excerpt from the book. Both are now live on the website. Don't forget to congratulate Steve and make sure to spread the word. 🔗👇

The precision of the language in this CNF by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social (from the @pitheadchapel.bsky.social archives) is intoxicating and pure-- this is why we ❤️ flash! Every single word is stunning. #archivechallenge pitheadchapel.com/the-hanged-m...

The Hanged Man

Sarp Sozdinler The year my brother stole a car, I tried to shuffle my tarot deck so quietly that Mom wouldn’t hear the luck of our heritage rearranging itself. The cards stuck together like a bunch…

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i started weeping even before i started reading because this is by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social & damn was i right 🥹💙🐾 sundaymorningmag.neocities.org/stories/mayor

Mayor of Backyard — Sunday Morning Magazine

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So incredibly happy to make it back in Michigan City Review with two new micro poems. Huge thanks to Bobby Vanecko and all the awesome people on the team. Truly some of the best out there. 🔗👇

It’s only fitting that this heartbreaker comes out on the day I started feeling ill. Maybe my mind has been vetting me for this moment, maybe not. Maybe all dogs are alive & happy as ever somewhere else and we are the ones who are dead and just don’t know it yet. CW: loss of a dog, so, yeah… 🔗👇

Stoked to have a new story about friendship and grief in the latest issue of Tiny Molecules (@tinymolecules.bsky.social). Read "Wound Paints" at the 🔗 below.

"Every few hours the truck stops, and the men with arm tattoos serve them their daily ration of food: boiled rice during the day; a few slices of bread at night, coupled with a cold bottle of water." Such a moving story @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/august...

Moon, Mount, Mountain — Ghost Parachute

Nearing the border, Celal peeks out of the hole. He’s sitting fetus-like in the back of the truck. A swirl of cool air seeps in and dissipates the steam creeping on his glasses like ivy. He can hear a...

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Got a poem published in one of my dream journals earlier this week, and I’d be really happy if you gave it a read. @rustandmoth.bsky.social 🔗👇

Being back in @mrbullbull.bsky.social calls for a celebration, always. Huge thanks to my man @thedrevlow.bsky.social for showing his support and championing my work, always. 🔗 in comments!

MrBullBull@mrbullbull.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Louise’s mother claims the bird is illegal or immortal or both. She says if a thing has to eat rabbit hearts out of your palm to survive, then the Lord probably didn't intend for it to live within four walls of crappy American architecture." @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

A poignant love story with tadpoles was perfect for a hot August evening. Such depth in so few words! www.claudineliterary.com/sarpsozdinler @claudineliterary.bsky.social @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social #archivechallenge

Sarp Sozdinler | We Only Rest in the Storm

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Hello! Haven't been writing too much. But I enjoyed this one by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in the most recent issue of Pithead Chapel pitheadchapel.com/orphans/

Orphans

Sarp Sozdinler The first time we play, it’s January and it’s snowing in circles. We are still children, sort of. We tie sheets around our necks like capes and run through the basement shouting, “We…

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Stoked to feature in the new issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with a new story. It would mean a lot to me if you could give it a read. Big thanks to dearest Diana (@dehardy.bsky.social) for giving my story such a wonderful home.

Claudine: A Literary Magazine@claudineliterary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New microfiction by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social!! We Only Rest in the Storm “Cody asks what it feels like to have a dad that is not around. I shrug and say it’s like having a skinned knee, fine at first and sore after you notice all the damage.” www.claudineliterary.com/sarpsozdinler

Delighted to be back in Fractured Lit (@fracturedlit.bsky.social) with a new micro. Read “The Golden Ray” at the 🔗 below. Big thanks to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social for welcoming me back! fracturedlit.com/the-golden-r...

Stoked to have a new poem in the wonderful @okaydonkeymag.com at long last! Read “Case of Missing Animals” at the 🔗 below: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/17/c...

Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 4mo ago

“[...] I tell her sometimes people don’t understand they are standing in the middle of a miracle until all that’s left of it is an afterthought.” “Case of Missing Animals” by Sarp Sozdinler, new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/17/c...