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Drug Facts ~ product label by Sienna Gallus Sienna Gallus is a 21-year-old undergraduate student studying Psychology with minors in Women and Gender Studies, Religious Studies, and English at Manhattan University in the Bronx, New York. Her …

What's in YOUR antidepressant?

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We've got a spot-on product label this morning for your reading pleasure, by Sienna Gallus.

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While looking at the Hermann Grid Illusion ~ poetry by Victoria Nordlund Victoria Nordlund is the Poet Laureate of Glastonbury, CT, and lead master teaching artist of The Nook Farm Writers Collaborative at The Mark Twain House & Museum. Her poetry collections Wine-D…

A mind-blower of a poem this morning by Victoria Nordlund. 🤯

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Let's see ... what more do we need to get to today?

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We have a very special to-do list today. Not entirely doable, but it's the thought that counts! Great work by Kataru Yahya.

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If you're a ballet afficionado, you'll love today's #poetry by Ellie Snyder!

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Thanks to the kind editors @offbeatlit.bsky.social (one of my new favorite literary journals), one of my favorite pieces has found its home!

Variations on a theme ~ The Red and the Black like you've never seen it before!

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In case you missed it, come on over this morning and read "Daltokki’s Time-Lapse of a Noni," by Kimmy Chang. Primo #poetry!

"With enough work, I pass for beautiful."

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Indescribably delicious. New #poetry this morning by Kimmy Chang that plays off the moon rabbit myth.

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Three fab poems by @mcdolan.bsky.social this morning. Great reading with your bagel n' coffee!

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Case Notes for Snow White Ref 01812 ~ victim referral form by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris Kathryn Aldridge-Morris is a Bristol-based writer of short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her debut flash fiction collection Cold Toast (Dahlia Books) was listed in “Best Small Press fictio…

‘She reported she had explicit instructions to 'not let anyone in the house.’’

The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️

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How do you like your noir? How 'bout a little modern-day Philip Marlowe by @benjaminstarr?

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Here's a new, brilliant look at the plight of Snow White. Hilarious, yet tragic. Come and have a look!

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A terrific multi-layered story today by Catherine Domonkos.

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We have a splendid ekphrastic poem this morning, focused on a shadow box by Joseph Cornell. Come n' see!

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Such a fabulous story, Ya! Congrats. 🎉

Best Small Fictions 2026 Nominations And now for our nominations for the last anthology award of the year, the venerable Best Small Fictions contest. We published eleven qualifying stories in 2025, so it kills me to have to weed out s…

Here they are: Our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026!

Five tiny tales that are sure to knock yer sox off.

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Best Microfiction The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

We've just learned that a piece by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social was selected for the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology.

Terrific piece and well-deserved. Thanks to judge Diane Seuss and the editors of Best Microfiction!

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It's zany. It's manic. It's totally awesome!

Read "Said and Done" by Jonathan Daniel Gardner immeejetmoi!

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Just so you know, we're not sending out any rejections this week so you can enjoy the holidays unbummed. 😃

This amazing slap in the face piece featuring the exact places I have been wasted in Singapore by @yalanchang.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 “We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky
Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio.”

It’s Not a Pyrrhic Victory If We’re Paid Shitloads of Money ~ fiction by Ya Lan Chang We’re storming to Zouk. We’re getting drunk tonight! we shout, drowning out the Jacky Cheung schmaltz murmuring from the taxi’s radio. We wind down the windows, stick our heads out, smirk back as t…

So stoked that a flash piece I’m especially proud of has been published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social. This piece was inspired by my past life working in a soul-destroying commercial law firm. Give it a read!

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Here's an awesome "party night" story with a lot going on between the lines. Come on over and laugh/cry.

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This one will start your day off right, even if you're not a Palahniuk aficionado. Read and be dazzled!

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