When your day feels kinda crummy, and then you look outside to see a spunky little bird taking a bath in your pond, having a ball. Crumminess defeated!🌸🐦‍⬛

Congrats Gillian!! Yay :)

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I keep hearing wonderful things about Claudine! Congrats :)

Another Larry — Ghost Parachute Larry parked the Fiat two houses down from Sally’s Gibsonton bungalow. It was getting dark, and Sally’s neighborhood didn’t have any streetlights. Circus folk didn’t like to draw attention to themselv...

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Another Larry by Christopher Ramsey

"Circus folk didn’t like to draw attention to themselves when they were wintering"

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A tale of two tomes... Almost done with book 9 of Outlander and then a big segue into Lonesome Dove! I'm in saga mode.

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Papaya betrayal! One of the most sensual stories I've read in a while. You won't look at produce the same, ever.

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So good! "Mary Beth’s boyfriend popped the question, and because she truly loved the idea of love, and maybe even him, she said yes..."

Self-defense Techniques for Jazz Musicians “Jazz pushes boundaries. It has ambiguity. It makes people think. That’s why they hate it. And if you’re a jazz musician, this could be an issue. You never k...

"Jazz pushes boundaries. It has ambiguity. It makes people think. That’s why they hate it. And if you’re a jazz musician, this could be an issue. You never know when someone will have heard too many notes and become violent."
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"Where the Light Paused" by Nehal She keeps setting a fourth plate at the table. No one comments anymore. Her mother clears it like clockwork. Her father eats in silence. Her sister rolls her eyes but never removes it. Even the dog si...

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"The world moves on like a polite machine."

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I found the book thrilling... I also thought the adaptation of his other novel, "The Martian," was pretty good. I'm excited to see it.

The necklace is also kind of a wedding ring on a chain?! So much to unpack here...

This is tough!! I said, "Oh my god, these costumes are sumptuous," for all five of these films when I first saw them. I would say Cruella and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever took more creative chances - nothing I had ever seen before.

"bloodworks" by J. R. Wilkerson how does it look,from a distanceas i flail at thisnuisance of mosquitosfrom my car to the clinic,as they wave me onat the front deskto the jungle roomyou see,they know me herebut this ain’t gracelandt...

@smokelong.bsky.social #flashinthefeed by J.R. Wilkerson, "Bloodworks" - Excellent use of Dirty Dancing soundtrack :) Great poetry!

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4 Tips on How to Survive Alone on an Island

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bendinggenres.com/4-tips-on-ho... by Joseph Gorodnitskiy. If you need an escape plan...

Angela, in the basement by Kelly McElroy The first time my mother takes my oldest sister down into the embalming room, I am hidden away upstairs, staring at my ceiling. My sister has just returned home from getting her degree in mortuary …

@smokelong.bsky.social #flashinthefeed "Angela, in the basement" by Kelly McElroy. The thin veil between life and death is a couple of floors. Beautifully rendered story!
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is also a fave.

Seconded.

Seconded on 9 & 10. (Except for Paltrow's presence in MS and the cozy alien onesies in Bugonia).

This is a stacked year! I hate awards sweeps (makes the season feel even more endless), so I'm happy that the Actor Awards/SAGs pulled some surprises. Projected favorites are all up in the air (except Buckley). It's going to make for an exciting Oscars!

When you are afraid to leave your home office... because you suspect you are being hunted for food.
#cats

I just scrolled through a Top 12 "Must Read" list on the NYT, literally judging books by their covers (didn't even bother to read the blurbs/didn't realize I was doing it). Are there any covers that make you automatically go, "Nuh uh"? 📚💙 #booksky #books

Yeah, mine is always a weird collection of classic rock, jazz, and that one 90s pop song I got really into again. My end of the year Spotify wrap-up is almost unlistenable as a mix!

Gorgeous!

This is so worthwhile! A piece I drafted during the Micro Marathon that was published last year made the recent short list for the SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop prize! #flashfiction @smokelong.bsky.social #writing

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize – The Shortlist! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Workshop Prize is such a competitive competition. All of the entries have been published, so the standard is already high. In 2025 our workshop participants, previous and current, report...

Hard decisions. The SmokeLong Workshop Prize entries are all so good. Help us celebrate our shortlist! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Very proud to be amongst these talented writers in The Long List! Thank you!! #flash #writing

This is a gorgeous story, thank you @stephstephking.bsky.social for sharing!

@smokelong.bsky.social Happy to be part of this amazing group of flash writers! #flashfiction

December Workshop Celebration 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...

Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers!
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