"he says there’s already nothing left for the rest of us: no unions, no jobs, no land & he says everything they touch turns to beige & he’ll never let them buy him out of this shitty house & its shitty half-acre of land & my dad says anyway that rich girl is way out of your league,"

Puppy

Read this from messy family, messy feelings one-sentence flash from @aniking.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/puppy/

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Flash Fiction: Old Enough to Know by Christina Tudor “You’re gonna be such a great mom someday,” Aunt Janie says while I clean up after dinner. A spray bottle in one hand and a rag in the other. I trace circles across the mahogany d…

I'm super proud of this piece in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social if you'd like to share it 💜
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/f...

Thank you for including "Blackhearts" by Beth Sherman, Christina. Very much appreciated ‪@christinaltudor.bsky.social‬
@bsherm36.bsky.social #FlashInTheFeed

DM me your email if you’re interested in doing a flash nonfiction workshop series with me! The time has come and I’m starting my own damn business! Shares and support welcome 💕

"My mother dyed her hair black. Got a spiky new cut. Bought tight leather pants and a jacket studded with nail heads. Smeared on black eyeliner. Sported silver necklaces that jangled down to her belly button."

Blackhearts by Beth Sherman AFTER MY FATHER LEFT, my mother would wake at 3 a.m. and blast Joan Jett songs on the stereo. She’d bop around the living room like an awkward teenager, playing air guitar, swinging…

I love a mother-daughter narrative so today's #FlashInTheFeed is "Blackhearts" by @bsherm36.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social:

There's so much tension, tiny details, and a desire to be understood in this piece: fictivedream.com/2025/02/04/b...

Pickle Juice by Kelly Pedro When the water comes, it seeps through the windows. Dad says that’s because the windows are wood and rotten, just like Mom’s teeth, just like her breath that always smells like pickle juice and Mom…

"Dad throws the pot of mac and cheese in the sink and turns on the tap, filling the pot until the macaroni floats to the top like an aquarium of dead goldfish."

I love this messy family story by @kellypedro.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social: flash-frog.com/2026/04/13/p...

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"i’d learn how this world could crack you open with ache and all at once make you new. which is to say he saw what i didn’t yet know. that i was pretending. like a prophecy, the path unfolding before i was ready to walk. still i fought it."

Gender study; gestalt - SmokeLong Quarterly A woman is driving 100 miles-per-hour toward a brick wall. She’s slamming the brakes, but they don’t work. Her boyfriend, in the passenger’s seat, chews gum and scrolls Instagram. He pumps one fist an...

We are all the woman in "Gender study; gestalt" by @ktherr.bsky.social

"Love me says the woman, talking to the wall. Love me says the wall, turning to mist."

Winner of the @smokelong.bsky.social Grand Micro Contest 2025: www.smokelong.com/stories/gend...

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"It’s summer, and Ada Lynn obsesses over any boy with armpit hair. We make up games to fight the length of a summer day. Describe This Pit Stain (Black widow armpit); and Hot Girl Make-up War (her cherry red lips, the clear winner) and Dreamiest Gas Station Attendant."

Love Spell by Kat Gonso | New Flash Fiction Review My brother leaves Alabama for Philadelphia to be a bone broth barista because it’s cooler to sipliquified bones than a Starbucks pumpkin latte, and leaving your family for a fad isn’t a betrayal.It’s ...

Read "Love Spell" by @katwritesstuff.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social

An excellent micro about girlhood and feeling left behind: newflashfiction.com/love-spell/ #FlashInTheFeed

"This new board game, pristine, will restart everything between us."

Read "Game Night" in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social about quiet (or not so quiet) tensions in a relationship: gooseberry-pie.com/game-night/

I have far too many books after AWP but I'm going to order another one...

It’s my pub day!! I appreciate the support of this literary community. Get your copy today! Thank you to AV @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

Hey Google, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Hey Google, are we technically at war or.

Hey Google, stop that alarm.

Hey Google, put on “Hey, Who Really Cares” by Linda Perhacs.

Today's #FlashInTheFeed is from my @thirtywestph.com chapbook cohort mate @tomsnarsky.bsky.social in @havehashad.com

Great use of repetition (even if I wish this wasn't so relevant rn) www.havehashad.com/hadposts/hey...

Welkin me up!

(I typed this out yesterday and never hit send oops! so will double up on Flash in the Feed later this week!!)

Lone Shooter by Sage Tyrtle At the playground, a five-year-old boy levels an invisible rifle at my nursing baby. He’s standing on a rope bridge between the slide and the monkey bars, and he sights like we are a doe and …

Today's #FlashInTheFeed is "Lone Shooter" by one of my favorite writers @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social

If you want to feel rage along with a character, read this one: flash-frog.com/2026/04/06/l...

"He looks like an ad for milk."

"And then, all together, we feel our stomachs rumble. A leap in our throats. Our weak teeth sharpen and enlarge, enamel knitting itself back together."

Animal Therapy - SmokeLong Quarterly A new low for group therapy. We thought it couldn’t get worse than Christina forcing us to bake brownies. Eat brownies. She divided us up: flour team, sugar team, Ghirardelli chocolate team. Everythin...

Today's #FlashInTheFeed is "Animal Therapy" by Nora Esme Wagner in @smokelong.bsky.social.

A beautifully written, thoughtful portrayal of eating disorder recovery and a great use of the first person plural: www.smokelong.com/stories/anim...

Hello. I have a new story up at Ghost Parachute. Thanks, @brettpribble.bsky.social, for giving my work space in this terrific issue!

"Uncle would never tell sister he gets so wrapped up in his thoughts he doesn’t always know how he gets from point A to point B. Uncle would never admit to sister he wanted the doll because sister loved the doll. Sister would not understand. Maybe would not trust him around Baby."

Baby — Ghost Parachute Baby throws its rattle out of the crib. Uncle picks up the rattle, places it back in the crib. Coos at Baby. Baby throws the rattle back onto the floor. Uncle thinks, maybe Baby wants to be held. Uncl...

Spotlighting @lmariharris.bsky.social's "Baby" in Ghost Parachute today. There's something so desperate and sinister and dare I say sympathetic about this narrator: ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

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Andrea Damic — Does It Have Pockets Impermanence of Flesh They stalk me, with their many eyes, glowing in the night, as if perceiving something I don’t. I ignore them, reminding Mum to get rid of them. She claims she does, yet they lin...

Had to delete the previous post, there was a misspelling, OMG, right! 🫣 Today was a double pub day for me. First, a micro in Ghost Parachute, then flash CNF in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social 🥰
Gratitude is owed to @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and all the writers who helped me shape this story.

"The ghost sang along to his musicals, and that night Olivia slept three full hours, waking when she rolled into the bed’s valley, expecting Tully’s chest to hold her up, only to be reminded he was gone."

I love a good ghost story so today's #FlashInTheFeed is "Classified Ad for a Ghost" in @fracturedlit.bsky.social by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

A poignant exploration of grief: fracturedlit.com/classified-a...

"and I said What’s the special occasion and he said My rehearsal dinner was tonight and in a soft wincing voice I said What were you rehearsing, and he said My wedding is tomorrow..."

The Groom — Vestal Review

@vestalreview.bsky.social spotlighted "The Groom" by Jackie Sabbagh in an interview with @heyflashvillage.bsky.social so obviously that's today's #FlashInTheFeed

You'll have to go read this one-sentence story about the desire for connection yourself: www.vestalreview.net/the-groom