Taking some time to read flash stories. This hybrid of poetry and prose awed me, so mysterious and beautiful. It is Deirde Parks' first published piece and I am in awe. #archivechallenge www.claudineliterary.com/deirdreparkes

Deirdre Parkes | A Constellation of Scars

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So pleased to have Soft Avocado Heart in @salvationsouth.com Thanks to @chuckreece.bsky.social for seeing what I hoped an editor would see in this piece and for loving it. www.salvationsouth.com/texas-family...

Soft Avocado Heart

Sherri Alms’s essay from a Texas family funeral looks at how to belong in a family with different politics and religion. Grieving in Texas...

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Where do you love to read? Send a photo of yourself, a friend, or family member reading in a local Gettysburg business—a coffee shop, restaurant, bar, or brewery–and send it to friends@adamslibrary.org. We will feature it in an upcoming post and tag the business.

Delighted to have this story in Cleaver Magazine! And I really love the artwork! www.cleavermagazine.com/what-i-know-...

Sherri Alms: WHAT I KNOW ABOUT DEATH • Cleaver Magazine

Sherri Alms writes weird, sweet, and occasionally angry stories, poems, and essays. Her work appears in Rattle, Cosmic Daffodil, and more.

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Pleased to have a mini-story in Jelly Squid's Mini Squid issue and to share the page with other wonderful writers and an artist. It would be a delight if you would read my story and the others too. Thank you! www.jellysquid.site/mini-squid

mini squid

read page by page or piece by piece

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This short essay by Melanie Ritzenthaler is perfection. url:https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/autobiography-on-the-eve-of-my-thirtieth-birthday-2/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=beautiful-things-from-river-teeth-5

Finishing up my first Smokelong Summer, glad for the wild writing ride with other writers. The @smokelong.bsky.social editors guided, prompted, and supported us every step of the way. Now I have a pile of flash to polish and send forth.

Beyond delighted to see my poem in the pages of Rattle. @rattlepoetry.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/ratt...

Rattle Poetry@rattlepoetry.bsky.social · last yr.

The Waffle House sign glows neon yellow in my rearview. I can smell the greasy food. A thin crescent moon reaches for Venus, ice against ink. —Sherri Alms

A powerful, beautiful poem that I needed right now rattle.com/feed-by-jare...

Feed by Jared M. Campbell - Rattle: Poetry

Remember when social media was about sandwiches? A high school classmate would post a picture of the sandwich he had for lunch with a caption like “#epiclunch” and I might have felt some envy, or some...

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So pleased and excited to have The Night Before published at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. The editor is a kind human being and great to work with. And I love the stories and poems Pockets publishes. Go have a read. www.doesithavepockets.com

Does It Have Pockets

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This is the writer's first publication; what a beautiful first.

Magpie by Hope Rudebusch

Magpie Magpie on the metal rail, black and white, echoing the mountain behind— black pine and white snow. Wrapped in fleece, I wait for the water to boil— morning tea. You are gone— the house feels…

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"He fed me his best lines: You mustn't feel that way. I'd do anything for you. You know I love you." Today from #MicroMonday, The Jig Is Up or Ever After Hills Like White Elephants by Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/05/05/m...

Happy to have Two Too Many Martinis, a short story, in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social's latest issue, In the Company of Strangers. Thanks to editors Madison and Kelly! Read the story in the ebook... static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...

Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/fl...

a cartoon character is writing on a piece of paper with a south park sign in the background

ALT: a cartoon character is writing on a piece of paper with a south park sign in the background

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Heartbreakingly beautiful poem by by Joaquín Zihuatanejo in the Texas Observer. www.texasobserver.org/poetry-promp...

Poetry Prompts for Detained Children

Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom...

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@barrelhouse.bsky.social, thanks for an amazing conference. The session leaders were fabulous. The writers' panel was awesome. And it was so much fun to be among writers.

And what if you have an amazing supportive writing workshop led by an incredible, generous writer that meets weekly? And you treat yourself to good lotion and make your own blueberry scones? Thankful for your mentorship, @beekaekae.bsky.social

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What if the writing retreat is a Holiday Inn? Your mother's spare bedroom? What if your view is the water tower? What if blueberry yogurt & lukewarm showers? What if lotion that makes your hands drier? What if u can access your thoughts anywhere. What if silence weighs the same in ordinary places.

Either she wants to say nothing, or say too much. Either her world keeps ending, or it’s always beginning. —Courtney Kampa

Avant-Garde by Courtney Kampa - Rattle: Poetry

A man slouches before a uni-colored canvas with the perplexity of a stumped technician gaping at the unremittingly blank screen of a television. He adjusts his stance, a double antenna, in search for ...

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Still, Barbie lifted her hands to her temples and told a white lie—why yes … —Denise Duhamel #ThisWeekLastYear

Poem in which Barbie Qualifies for Medicare by Denise Duhamel - Rattle: Poetry

Barbie never thought too much about her eligibility. She’d loved AARP—the discounts at Sunglass Hut and Outback Steakhouse—when she waved her bright red card.

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The US is expelling South Africa's ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling the envoy a "race-baiting politician" who hates Donald Trump reut.rs/4bEd07V

US expels South Africa's ambassador, calling him 'race-baiting' Trump hater

The U.S. is expelling South Africa's ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, calling the envoy a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Donald Trump.

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#Fridayreads I am reading Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot. It was slow at first, but now it is blooming. Just in time for the weekend! What are y’all reading? Post with the hashtag and join us! bookshop.org/p/books/don-...

Don't Be a Stranger: A Novel

A Novel

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Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

Thank you, @kathyfish.bsky.social and Kerouac House, for a jam-packed flash workshop today!