Swetha Amit
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Writer/ interviewer/ Author of 1 memoir and 3 chapbooks- Fiction @ghostparachute @bendinggenres @soflopojo and others. Member @writersgrotto
Happy to have my flash story titled Mancala up is Issue 42 of @soflopojo.bsky.social along with so many amazing writers. Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
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excited to be in @havehashad.com again with a tiny micro about a bar for ghosts. grateful to @aaronburch.bsky.social + any of you who read it 💀 🍻 👻 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/whe...
A new flash up in Whitewall review thank you editors 🙏 whitewallreview.com/firefly-glow/
Firefly glow – White Wall Review
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“We told her she was banished but she still followed!” Terrific story that elicits goosebumps and shivers by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.claudineliterary.com/kathrynkulpa
Kathryn Kulpa | The Last Time We Saw Jennifer
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I am one of the panelists for the The Writers Grotto nights where we talk about Flash Fiction: How to Create More With Less if you are in the Bay Area. Do come by. It’s free and open to all. 📅 Tuesday, July 28, 2026 🕕 6:00-7:30 pm 📍 San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, The Page — 1st Floor
www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit... 'Dear Moon, Please come down for one day, and play with me' @swethaamit.bsky.social's story of childhood hope and magic
Issue 7 Amit/The Moon Toy — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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Lovely, dreamy flash from @swethaamit.bsky.social . 🌖
Christine H.@csquareh.bsky.social · 2w ago"Whenever my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her, ‘I want the moon.’ I wanted it the way other children wanted bicycles or dolls." by @swethaamit.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com - beautiful, delicate, and dreamy www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit...
"Whenever my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her, ‘I want the moon.’ I wanted it the way other children wanted bicycles or dolls." by @swethaamit.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com - beautiful, delicate, and dreamy www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit...
Issue 7 Amit/The Moon Toy — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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Glad to have story titled The moon toy in the latest issue of @neitherfishnorfoul.com thank you @jackmmorris.bsky.social for including my story! 🙏 www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit...
Issue 7 Amit/The Moon Toy — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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Lovely as always flas from @swethaamit.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social — love the ending www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit...
Issue 7 Amit/The Moon Toy — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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A new flash up in Orange Rose lit! Thank you Editors! 🙏 theorangeroselitmag.com/2026/06/30/g...
“Grandma’s Gooseberry Pickle” by Swetha Amit
If only I had known it would be the last time I saw Grandma alive, I would have stayed longer in her warm, spice-scented kitchen. The air always smelled of turmeric, mustard oil, and dried chilies.…
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Glad to see my chapbook Sailing paper boats & other stories reviewed by @sundresspub.bsky.social thank you 🙏 thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social for supporting my work and publishing this chapbook. sundressblog.com/2026/07/14/sundress-reads-review-of-sailing-paper-boats-other-stories/
Sundress Reads: Review of Sailing Paper Boats & Other Stories - The Sundress Blog
Swetha Amit’s short story collection, Sailing Paper Boats & Other Stories (Alien Buddha Press, 2025), is an earnest, poignant collage of stories that explore both the fragility and resilience of human...
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Glad to see my story is in the longlist! Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 4w agoDRUM ROLL!!!! Announcing the longlists for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Congratulations to the writers of these 50 wonderful pieces. Please feel free to celebrate wildly but don't reveal which piece is yours as judging is still ongoing! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Tonight - please come and Jesse us read and discuss the foggy season
Glad to have a flash titled Riders in the storm up in @thirtywestph.com thank you so much @joshdale.co 🙏 thirtywest.substack.com/p/riders-in-...
Riders in the Storm
Fiction by Swetha Amit. By the time Mark agreed to come to our regular New Year’s Eve horse riding retreat at Santa Margarita Ranch, it already felt like something between us had ended.
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Run into summer with another tale by @swethaamit.bsky.social , one of our most published fiction authors in Afterimages. This one is for the horses, the riders, and the turbulence of a gallop. thirtywest.substack.com/p/riders-in-...
Riders in the Storm
Fiction by Swetha Amit. By the time Mark agreed to come to our regular New Year’s Eve horse riding retreat at Santa Margarita Ranch, it already felt like something between us had ended.
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"Pearl-white seagulls hovered above them as the scent of salt and seaweed drifted through the air, and the sun sank toward the horizon, swallowed by the ocean. .... Downstairs, the laughter of hotel guests rose and fell like waves." A great summer read from @swethaamit.bsky.social #flashfiction
Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · last mo.'Wedding Eve Jitters' by Swetha Amit Alice paced around her hotel room. The white bridal dress lay on the bed waiting like a verdict to be declared. She ruminated with rising panic... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/wedd... #flashfiction #litmag
Since we only publish 24 pieces a year (including poetry), having 4 stories listed in @wigleaf.bsky.social this year is incredible. Massive congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social, Coleman Bigelow, Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social & Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social🥰
Glad to have made the wigleaf top 50 list 2026! Thank you @sudhab.bsky.social @andrewporter01.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social for publishing my story dressed as a donut 🙏🙏🙏
Ghost Parachute's new issue includes ... @pamelapainter.bsky.social, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sherrieflick.bsky.social, @jhhwriter.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, @renukarag.bsky.social, and @swethaamit.bsky.social . Congrats! ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
June 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Read "Egret Girl" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "After my thirteenth birthday, Pa abandoned us for a much younger woman. When he left, Ma enforced the rules." tinyurl.com/mtrfknxu
Egret Girl — Ghost Parachute
After my thirteenth birthday, Pa abandoned us for a much younger woman. When he left, Ma enforced the rules. “Do not let your hair down. Do not wear clothes that expose your cleavage or skin. Do not g...
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Glad to have a flash up in June issue of Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social 🙏 ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
Egret Girl — Ghost Parachute
After my thirteenth birthday, Pa abandoned us for a much younger woman. When he left, Ma enforced the rules. “Do not let your hair down. Do not wear clothes that expose your cleavage or skin. Do not g...
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Honored to read alongside Vanessa Hua this Wednesday at Salesforcepark 1 pm.
June Afterimages schedule is up. Fiction-heavy, just as we like it. Rumor has it one of these awesome writers has their first publication EVER with us. The newsletter contains SO MUCH happening. You’re not seeing double, just quality literature! @swethaamit.bsky.social @mg-allan.bsky.social
A new flash up in Flash the court! Thank you editors! flashthecourt.com/2026/05/22/b...
“Bobcat Trail” by Swetha Amit
In “Bobcat Trail” by Swetha Amit, readers meet two characters in the process of radical change. The young narrator is about to leave for college, while the narrator’s unhappy mother begins a very d…
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