JR Walsh

Thank you so much, Mary!

Three new poems! So happy to share these with you - all thanks to Camille Griep and the editors at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social.
www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jr-wa...
So much good work in this issue!

And these nifty badges were available upon submission! @welkinprize.bsky.social

The Welkin Writing Prize badge. Drabble Rouser.

If it seems like a fun thing to do, it definitely is... I know that y'all got some 100 word stories for www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/

JR WALSH: After after It’s not empty out there. This nowhere road is cluttered with bones. A toppled pile for every star burning in the black sky. Shed your skin during the long walk of dying. Thoughts will churn into f…

I'd like to share this lil' bit with you. fiftywordstories.com/2025/12/03/j...

This week is full of secrets to pass on. Our hiatus is coming soon, but if you have shimmering micros, flash, or creative nonfiction, send it our way!
citronreview.com

I chatted with a law librarian and basically any NYS law library should be able to help you. Here's mine: ww2.nycourts.gov/library/oswe...
If you contact one out of NY state, you might still access Westlaw and Lexis, which are legal databases, and they might have the information you are looking for.

Thanks for posting this, Matt. I'm still building my list of writers to follow here on bluesky... you've just connected me to whole bunch of terrific writers - can't believe my work is in such good company!

It's a cosmic gumbo.

The Citron Review - A Journal of brief literature - Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction in little shimmers.

Jr Walsh invites you to see our Fall issue's MICROS.
We're so excited to share these little bits with you.
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/n...

In bed by JR Walsh is in Flash the Court.

Delighted to see this piece appear in amazing journal, Flash the Court. This week I was teaching dialogue in class –and I'm afraid I've broken many of my erm... suggestions.

flashthecourt.com/2025/10/10/i...

JR Walsh: The wait is never long IN 50-word stories. Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!

What a week! Come be devoured with me.
fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/06/j...

Musing, by JR Walsh ​ Musing    How much time can I spend on your areolas? Mixing the colours is difficult without paint. All I have is water and this splayed toothbrush.   Over there’s some callouses. I collect...

Tonight, I'm happy to share a poem posted by the wonderful @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social Ekphrastic Review!
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

Our new FALL issue is here! citronreview.com

Hey, it's me again. With another poem for yous.

Hey, it's me. With a poem for yous.

Fantastic, informative and fun!

Can't wait to read it!

Just ordered!

Thanks so much, Lisa!

JR WALSH: The chickens will save us 8,110,424,013 people woke up having dreamed the same dream. Visions of socks, a snowstorm, and chicken manure. Finally, our climate crisis had a solution. All but one person forgot. Saving the worl…

I've been writing bunches of lil' bits. Some have animals in 'em. This one's not exactly starring chickens, but it's definitely chicken adjacent. Here's a 50-word story at fiftywordstories.com/2025/08/06/j...

Haunted Reels 2: More Stories from the Minds of Professional Filmmakers More Stories from the Minds of Professional Filmmakers

Wow! Ordered! bookshop.org/p/books/haun...

Many many thanks to Elizabeth George and the editors at Switch: A MAGAZINE OF MICROFICTION.
Here's my new 100 word micro: www.switchonline.org/about-1

Aww. Thanks so much, Patricia.

Thanks, Smokelong for the Archive Challenge. Thanks, Frigg for years of brilliant writing!

Yay! It's the Final Day 14 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge.
friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyf...
Honey, I Shrunk the Flash even more! Do you want to learn how to write Dribbles & Drabbles? Luxuriate in extreme brevity with Kim Chinquee. Eight micros inside, all 103 words or less!

Yes - She's sooo good!

Day 13 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Flash! Do you want to learn how to write microfiction? Find the kernel with Meg Pokrass. A master class of ten micros inside, each 203 words or less!

Day 12.2 @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge.
friggmagazine.com/issuefiftyfo...
Can writers present grief in a fresh true ways? When writing it’s something I can’t help but explore and when a story can show a fresh perspective, well I’m here for this Dead Plant by Michelle Ross.

So good! I had Kim Magowan on my archive challenge today too!