The 10 Year Anniversary Issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

October 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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New @smokelong.bsky.social! Flash by a ton of super-talented writers. Awesome art and interviews, too!

Issue Ninety-Three - SmokeLong Quarterly

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[ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷᵃˡᵏᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷᶦᵏᶦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ] Press X to enter the Unmarked Castle Press [ʳᵉᵈᵃᶜᵗᵉᵈ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ] to make it out alive

If There's Anyone Left @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social · 3w ago

BEHOLD! Dive into the world of Unhidden: Infinite by @elismontgomery.bsky.social www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/unhiddeninfi...

so thrilled my story, “Unsent Love Letters (& Other Regrets)” has been nominated for the Best Small Fictions anthology with these other wonderful stories from @bulbregion.bsky.social. thank you @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social 📬 💌

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · last mo.

Please join us in celebrating our Best Small Fictions 2027 nominees! ⚡️ @kplumhoff.bsky.social @keersteemack.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social @davidwryan.bsky.social To be able to publish your work has truly been an honor!

Flash by: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, Pamela Painter, @megpokrass.bsky.social, Rebecca Tiger, Liz Crowder, @kiptain.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, and a bunch of people I don't know but am excited to read! Some fantastic artwork, too, especially by my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social!

Hey friends, there's a new journal in town, called The Menu, and I'm in their debut issue alongside some greats! Wouild love for you to read my weird micro and the whole issue. 💙 www.durtybeanz.com/kathy-fish

"My dream self pockets cheap red pharmacy lipstick and leaves without paying. Dream me savors room-temperature pizza alone in bed" Incredible fractured flash by @thelizcrowder.bsky.social; the way this shifts through time - brilliant

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · last mo.

Read "Good Girl" written by @thelizcrowder.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged." tinyurl.com/3rjn8xuf

“When marriage-counselor-number-three asks real me 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, I gape like a wound, weeping, speechless. Dream me knows exactly what she wants.” “I want to offer the soft belly of my wrists to the sky.” @thelizcrowder.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

Good Girl — Ghost Parachute

I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged. Every night, she studies me, reverent as church quiet, then fucks me feral. Every morning, I wake undisturbed, to a husband ...

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writing tip: when in doubt, read

So happy and honored to be back on Ghost Parachute among friends and stellar writers! Thank you always, @brettpribble.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️ ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

This is the first thing I’ve submitted/had published since my son was born almost four years ago and it’s making me borderline emotional. Happy to be back at it again and grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social for giving this piece a good home ❤️

Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · last mo.

Read "Good Girl" written by @thelizcrowder.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I’m in love with a moon girl who smells like lunar dust, sharp and charged." tinyurl.com/3rjn8xuf

writing makes me feel normal. as an author, i still can't accurately describe the feeling or why. it's like all my mental illnesses agree to calm down when im hammering away at a story. my brain behaves, focused on the task at hand. i wonder if the same is true for other authors?

Friends—one of my new favorite literary journals, Strange Pilgrims, just opened up for submissions: www.strangepilgrims.com/about

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

Friends—here are about 55 literary journals opening for submissions in July—some are open now or will close soon in June or July. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative & all these should be no-fee submissions. There are more resources out there, including on here. Wish y’all well.

Fire up the VCR, we're celebrating the wild world of ultra-low budget shot on video horror with some of our underseen favorites.

Determination and Guts: 10 Underseen Shot-On-Video Horror Movies You Should Add To Your Watchlist

Fire up the VCR, we're celebrating the wild world of ultra-low budget shot on video horror with some of our underseen favorites.

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I know we have escape rooms and rage rooms but what about scream rooms? Because I would pay good money to be able to primal fucking scream in a soundproof room right about now

Check out the latest Mondettes ( @mattkendrick.bsky.social) by @aniking.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This month's #Mondettes picked by @aniking.bsky.social is on the theme of "embracing the animal as a way to bring out the human." ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Ten fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/may-2026

Lately I’ve been despairing about librarianship, then last night I got a lovely message from a former library teen (that I haven’t seen in 18 years) who thanked me for welcoming/ inspiring her and now she’s in the library tech program. And now I’m like OK FINE I’M NOT DONE YET.

two things can be true... 1. yes 2. And also there is a scrutiny and surveillance of Black women (because that's what we are talking about in the WNBA Black women) that is not given to any other group of people www.thenation.com/article/soci...

WNBA Players Should Have Picketed, Not Attended, the Met Gala

At the Bezos ball, WNBA stars chose celebrity over solidarity.

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*laughs in archivist* It always amuses me at how little historical material is actually not only digitized but also made available online compared to what lay people think.

You're either alive or you're dead. There's no such thing as too old or too late or not enough experience. Go do what you want. Get it.

Know this feeling a little too well 😭

Brian LaRossa@brianlarossa.com · 5mo ago

Revising the first chapter that I wrote for this particular novel. I wrote it YEARS ago. I’ve read and revised it literally THOUSANDS of times. Just spotted a glaring error in the logic that I’ve never noticed before. This is the type of thing that can make you question your sanity.

I am hardly the first person to say this but one of the things I love about making art of various kinds is putting in work on something to have a finished "thing." I worked in IT for over twenty years; for all the pixel pushing I did there were very few tangible things I could point to at the end.

Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction

These five librarians are running for state political offices across the country. Here's why they're running, and why librarians make good candidates. bookriot.com/librarians-r...

Why These Librarians Are Running for State Political Office–And You Should, Too: Book Censorship News, May 1, 2026

These librarians are running for state political offices across the country. Here's why they're running, and why librarians make good candidates.

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Watching this presently and can confirm, very funny, very atmospheric, so far, so good!

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Apple TV has 2 eps of a new show out, Widow's Bay. It's good! Very atmospheric. The eps are connected to the larger arc, but feel monster of the week. It's kinda like an adult version of Eerie, Indiana mixed with X Files and a splash of Parks & Rec. A solid blend of horror and comedy.

Just 8 days to send your entry to the annual SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. 1000 words/$2,500 top award. Ends May 10, midnight NYC. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

a drawing of an otter with the number eight behind it

ALT: a drawing of an otter with the number eight behind it

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Big divorce perk is that I can do this every night and it’s magical

Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren)@gfrancie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am having lady dinner. It isn't girl dinner but lady dinner. Where I make and eat only what pleases me. No one else's feelings are taken into account. Tonight it is buccatini with an obscene amount of prawns in a white wine and butter sauce. AND a truly perfect wedge salad, Plus a margarita.

It's Friday, which is as good an excuse as any to remind you about my fantasy subway maps. The Middle Earth Public Transit Authority needs your support! #Tolkien #Subway #Maps #LoTR You can purchase prints and such (w/o the water mark) here: www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...