Is someone able to add me and @gwenekirby.bsky.social to the Smokelong contributor list? I was an early editor for them as well! 💙

Congratulations!

"Flash fiction lends itself so well to innovation and experimentation, it’s no wonder it is similarly well-suited to the less common narrative approaches."

I love what @kathyfish.bsky.social writes about in The Use of Second Person in Flash Fiction post! 💙💙💙

"Direct and compelling, it is the literary equivalent of making good eye contact."

Really interesting wee essay. I've got a piece coming out later this year at New Writing Scotland that's deeply personal - delving into my anxieties around memory - and using second person was key to unlocking it...

Thanks for reading and sharing, Dan! 💙

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Thanks for reading and sharing, Fiona! Will your piece be published online?

Hadn't seen this, but that's brilliant, from Peter Ho Davies. I'll check out this essay, Aaron!

Not a novel, but I think The Year of Magical Thinking does?

Oh, yeah, of course!

one of my goals for this year is to find a home for my novel in second person...

Ah, thanks for sharing, Aaron, and good luck! I mean, it worked for Jay McInerney...

"Direct and compelling, it is the literary equivalent of making good eye contact."

Such a good craft article from @kathyfish.bsky.social on using second person in flash fiction. I want to try out the prompt in here straightaway but I have to work 😒 so saving this for a future date 🤩

Thanks so much for reading and sharing, Matt!

Oh thanks so much, Raima! Glad you enjoyed.

Pay Attention: The Use of Second Person in Flash Fiction Photo by Thom Milkovic on Unsplash

Pay Attention: The Use of Second Person in Flash Fiction
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Brilliant micro by @sharontelfer.bsky.social as highlighted in @kathyfish.bsky.social newsletter. theshortstory.co.uk/microfiction...

ms. rachel is WEAK on the economy

Great review! So looking forward to this collection by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social 💙

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These pieces are outstanding. @kathyfish.bsky.social is the poet laureate of prose.

Thanks so much, Dana!

Two Stories, by Kathy Fish — The Bulb Region Two Stories — Kathy Fish A Good Soldier If you are sad or depressed, obey. A sulky...

"To be time blind is to be forever stuck in the present. I call it living in the Now. Maintenant. / Though in truth I am living in both the now and the then."

Stunning work from @kathyfish.bsky.social - just constantly blown away by Kathy's writing:

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Thanks so much, Matt!

Looks gorgeous @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social Everyone should read SALT CITY RUNAWAY!

Thanks for sharing this! 💙

A Thousand Perfect Strangers - SmokeLong Quarterly We are bereft. Our hero has thoughts he does not share. Our hero’s thoughts are a box we can see but cannot open. He is RandallBrownOne. His thoughts are a species of yearning. We do not understand ye...

There will be two new posts on the website tomorrow, but before then, we highly recommend you read this brilliant short story by our dear contributor Kathy Fish (@kathyfish.bsky.social), "A Thousand Perfect Strangers," published in @smokelong.bsky.social.

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Two Stories, by Kathy Fish — The Bulb Region Two Stories — Kathy Fish A Good Soldier If you are sad or depressed, obey. A sulky...

Good gravy! Absolutely astonishing, right on time work by @kathyfish.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social !! Do not miss them. bulbregion.com/Two-Stories-...

Thanks so much, Patricia! 💙

Thanks for reading and sharing these, Avitus! 💙