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Travis Flatt

@travisflatt.bsky.social

Writer. Recent Words in Iron Horse, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Scaffold, others… see—> https://travisflattblog.com/

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Travis Flatt@travisflatt.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey #flashfiction folks. Or writing friends in the UK. Particularly Scotland -- I'm going to Edinburgh for a few weeks this winter. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for writerly stuff to check out/do ? I'll ask this again closer to time. Just trying to plan my trip.

Matt Jakubowski (he/him)@mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 4w ago

So nice to see my chapbook, Ghost in the Rain, in this chapbook roundup with phenomenal writers @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and @travisflatt.bsky.social too! ✨✨✨

Philly Chapbook Review@phillychapbook.bsky.social · 4w ago

Check out our round-up of #prose #chapbooks published in June 2026 by @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social, @ikeproject.bsky.social, @yesyesbooks.bsky.social & Bottlecap Press. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/prose-chapbo...

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FlashFlood: 'Unerasable' by Tracie Adams #nffd2026

'Unerasable' by Tracie Adams

We were toddlers in waist-high snow. She was inches taller—babbling, pointing, teaching me to trace the first letter of my name in white powder, collecting the extra in cups. We added cream and spoonfuls of white sugar, stirred in vanilla, then gobbled our names with spoons. Yum, she rubbed my tummy—aren’t our names delicious. We were baby bears, climbing trees in our backyard, sneaking Dad’s pocketknife to carve our names in the bark. We were dreamers under starry skies, their names—Arturus, Polaris, Vega—tumbled around our mouths with braces and sour candy and big plans to change the world.  We grew apart after Mom died, moved to opposite coasts. I wrote our names in the sand, tagged her in my post. Too busy changing the world, she didn’t even comment. By morning, the tide had carried it away. That night, I wrote in my journal how the days so easily forget about the years.  We were unprepared when the call came. Dad named her executor, put me in charge of burial. Lying on the thrifted oriental rug Dad had claimed was worth thousands, we scrolled through his phone, laughing at his ALL-CAPS messages to us and crying at our lack of replies. I don’t remember whose idea it was first. We were adventurers again, the dynamic duo armed with fat black sharpies from the kitchen junk drawer. We stopped at every gas station, any bathroom with a door we could lock behind us. Call Dad, we scribbled under his number.  For years, we traded that phone back and forth, taking turns answering when his name lit up. Teenagers, night-shift nurses, drunks, divorcés. We answered every call, every text. Sometimes it was just me calling her to say goodnight or her texting me good morning in ALL CAPS.  --- Tracie Adams, author of two memoirs, Our Lives in Pieces and Not Finished Yet, has been nominated for the Pushcart, Best of Net, and Best Microfiction. Her work is published in Pithead Chapel, Stanchion, Fictive Dream, Cleaver Magazine, and more. Find her at tracieadamswrites.com and on X @1funnyfarmAdams.  

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Travis Flatt@travisflatt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am thrilled to say, Such Late Night Radio, is now available with the wonderful Bottlecap Press! These are some of my weirdest stories, and some dearest to me. 🙂🛸🧛‍♂️🤖 bottlecap.press/collections/...

Such Late Night Radio, by Travis Flatt

Prose, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Such Late Night Radio is a collection of flash fiction stories that delve into the odd. The weirdness that drifts somewhere beyond your bedtime. Tha...

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Turn and Work (Hugh)@turnandwork.com · 4mo ago

The Shortlist for Good Friday 2026: An extra helping of links to great short fiction from: Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social in Turn & Work Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social and Adam Straus in @theforge.bsky.social K. A. Polzin @k-a-polzin.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review

The Shortlist for April 2, 2026 - Turn and Work

Fiction from from Travis Flatt, Chris Scott, K.A. Polzin, Aylyen, Adam Straus, Mariana Enriquez, George Singleton, and Caitlin Campbell.

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Travis Flatt@travisflatt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thankful, overjoyed, stunned… I could go on… to be selected second place for this year’s Smokelong Workshop Prize among so many awesome finalists.

SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The results of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize are finally here! We have 11 wonderful finalists. And (drumroll): Third Prize winner: @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Second Prize: @travisflatt.bsky.social First Prize: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social ⭐ www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Travis Flatt@travisflatt.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“Do you have a [hot face]?” So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !

Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 8mo ago

" When I have the [drop of blood] [haircut], I have to insert the medical [chopstick] also provided by the 3D [printer] then scan the [zebra] [rectangle] to upload the [bar chart] [bullseye] onto my [laptop]" Absolutely brilliant @mattkendrick.bsky.social citronreview.com/2025/12/22/e...

Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm thrilled my CNF "Potato Boy" is up @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. Fun to take the accompanying photo in my granddaughter's doll house. Many thanks to EIC Olga Katsovskiy @theweightofaletter.bsky.social & the lovely @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/c... #flashfiction

Creative Nonfiction: Potato Boy by Claudia Monpere

My first boyfriend poured huge piles of dirt on his living room floor. The house was a tiny rental— flaked, chipped paint.

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