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Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com

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Lol. I totally get this.

07.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm super happy to be so incredibly busy this week I don't have time to read the news or experience FOMO over AWP.

06.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next week's cover of The New Yorker. "War-a-Lago" by Barry Blitt.

06.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 2037 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 35

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 29704 πŸ” 7354 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 235
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Beauty in Brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One! Let's goooooooo!

open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

02.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Matt! 🌟🌟🌟

02.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beauty in Brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One! Let's goooooooo!

open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

02.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kathy Fish: Beauty in Brevity by The Artist's Statement Kathy Fish joins us for this episode of The Artist's Statement focused on flash fiction, defined as stories under 1,000 words. She discusses the genre, its origins, and how it can be distinguished fro...

Listen to my 2021 interview with Davin Malasarn on his awesome The Artist Statement podcast for a deep dive into the flash form (and check out all the other episodes with awesome guests). creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

02.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kathy Fish: Beauty in Brevity by The Artist's Statement Kathy Fish joins us for this episode of The Artist's Statement focused on flash fiction, defined as stories under 1,000 words. She discusses the genre, its origins, and how it can be distinguished fro...

Listen to my 2021 interview with Davin Malasarn on The Artists' Statement podcast for a deep dive into the flash form (and check out the many other interviews with an awesome slate of guests). creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

02.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submissions Open We are reading all genres through March 15th. Send us your best!

Submissions Open

We are reading all genres through March 15th. Send us your best!

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27.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 1327 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Love them both! Well done, @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social πŸ’™

27.02.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

stop calling us nazis just because we are invalidating IDs and rounding people up based on their skin color and putting them in concentration camps and sending them off to foreign gulags and using all that nazi imagery and banning books and dont forget about all the pedophilia. so just stop alright

26.02.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 12077 πŸ” 3492 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 40
Photo of Kathy Fish, seated and smiling, wearing teal colored top and large glasses. Text above: "Beauty in brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One." Text below: "The Art of Flash Fiction, artofflashfiction.substack.com

Photo of Kathy Fish, seated and smiling, wearing teal colored top and large glasses. Text above: "Beauty in brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One." Text below: "The Art of Flash Fiction, artofflashfiction.substack.com

Upcoming! My next Flash Immersion Extravaganza for paid subscribers begins THIS Monday, March 2nd. Twenty-Two days of writing and reading together with fun prompts & inspirations! I’d love to have you join us! πŸ’™ artofflashfiction.substack.com/subscribe?pl...

25.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was chaos. Many a wrestling match on the living room floor. πŸ˜‚

25.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, good for you, Matt! I think I've told you all my seven brothers were wrestlers. Love the photo!

25.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Kathy Fish, seated and smiling, wearing teal colored top and large glasses. Text above: "Beauty in brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One." Text below: "The Art of Flash Fiction, artofflashfiction.substack.com

Photo of Kathy Fish, seated and smiling, wearing teal colored top and large glasses. Text above: "Beauty in brevity: Flash Extravaganza - Day One." Text below: "The Art of Flash Fiction, artofflashfiction.substack.com

Upcoming! My next Flash Immersion Extravaganza for paid subscribers begins THIS Monday, March 2nd. Twenty-Two days of writing and reading together with fun prompts & inspirations! I’d love to have you join us! πŸ’™ artofflashfiction.substack.com/subscribe?pl...

25.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
new york times headline, "t. rex ran on its tiptoes 'like an 8-ton chicken'"

new york times headline, "t. rex ran on its tiptoes 'like an 8-ton chicken'"

the only nyt headline you should care about today:

25.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 394 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 19

been thinking lately about how the workshop model creates this idea that because they have written something, a writer expects their writing to be read, and how it results in a lot of writing that takes my attention as a reader for granted as opposed to something to be earned

25.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

lots of short story love. Here are some recs
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
@caseystegman.com
@robdsmith.bsky.social
@nikkidolson.bsky.social
Anything @brettpribble.bsky.social puts out
@kathyfish.bsky.social
Anything @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social does
Anything @rhppress.bsky.social does

24.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much, Mary!

24.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A.I. Isn't People How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?

Yesterday I wrote about what AI is (math) and isn’t (people) and someone in the comment said it’s the best thing anyone ever wrote about AI. I’m just gonna take that at face value and so should you. www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-...

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Tonight’s state of the union.

24.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 17608 πŸ” 4978 πŸ’¬ 893 πŸ“Œ 435

Congratulations!!!🌟

24.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think you're both amazing!

21.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fish: 'Chicago' Fiction by Kathy Fish

Thanks, and sure! "Chicago," which was published in Wigleaf: wigleaf.com/202204chicag... and "You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive, published in Ghost Parachute: ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

21.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel the same about sharing space with you, Myna! πŸ’™

21.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, same!

21.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"You once told a room full of people that I always notice the things no one else does; you said it like you held the key to the best thing about me they couldn’t know." Great piece by @edgwareviabank.bsky.social Congratulations! 🌟

21.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic, Federica! Congratulations! πŸ’™

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