These characters will live in my heart forever 🫶

The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc

So who was it 👀

😳 I hope reading all these entries (probably) about folding paper cranes doesn't make you feel like you've got radiation poisoning 😅

Oh that makes me feel better, pretty sure mine wasn't lawyer-worthy (I hope) 🤞

Please do report back as soon as you find out 😂

... I'll explain later

My story with a 🐸 frog is up on @flashfrog.bsky.social today!!!

This was my second story acceptance ever. Thank you so much to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for seeing something in this piece and giving it the perfect home 🙏🏻

Lucio is a reluctantly loyal court mage in an Imperial vassal state. When his rebel sister attempts to assassinate the local puppet ruler—Lucio’s not-so-secret amor—his illusion of safety by compliance shatters. He must protect his family, even from each other.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #OV #TR #LGBT #F #R

So pleased to share my micro "Playing Pretend" in Fictive Dream today! Huge thank you to Laura for giving it a home. ❤️

Dark Work - MetaStellar A young girl becomes apprentice to a mysterious Wet Worker in a bleak and not-so-distant future where the fringes of society have been pushed underground and strange creatures rule the desert landscap...

And our writing friendo, Alex Atkins (not on social media much) has a story out today as well at Metastellar www.metastellar.com/fiction/dark...

A black cover with a small part revealed where you can make out the word "librarian". Text to the side says: Cover reveal coming soon. Tychebooks.com.

So excited to have a story in this upcoming anthology from @tychebooks.bsky.social !!

If you were thinking about cleaning out your notes app, don’t do it! Could come in handy.

So stoked to have this piece in HAD today! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social and team <3

A judge summarising the qualities that made The Drinking Game an award winning story

Please read The Drinking Game. Not because my interactive, autofictional #alcoholism story won the Subnivean Fiction Award. Because it’s probably unlike anything you’ve read before (it’s half story, half game) and might madden & enlighten you. Go on. Just one drink
www.subnivean.org/post/copy-of...

They threw you under the bus, friend 🤣

I would argue that it's even better news for me 🤣

I still have two spiral notebooks full of this adorable nonsense

Mine was about a girl who got her family exiled to another planet because she wouldn't shut up about magic, ran away into a "jungle-looking forest," and met a boy on a quest. Add some made-up animals, meet a small dragon, and.... that's it I pants'ed too close to the sun and abandoned ship

The Rhyming Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Rhyming Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create rhyming stories based on three assigned prompts in as little as 48 hours.

Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme

I am so pleased to announce that my culture essay, "How To Go From Idea To Acquiring A Literary Agent In Less Than One Year" will be featured in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this winter.

I love working with this wonderful magazine, and I hope you all enjoy this self-depreciating essay.

Congratulations, Jo! I love this story, I'm so excited you made the shortlist!

Daredevils aren't on "lists", right?
(Trying to figure out if I count among the possibilities of the three who've never made a list before 😅)

Whoever the winner will be revealed to be, I'm quite sure it'll be well deserved!
But while we're here manifesting, 🤞shortlist for me and/or some friends! 🤞

Hi! Is this posted anywhere besides bluesky? I was wanting to share with a friend who isn't on here. Thanks!

I would need someone to put this on me; I won't do it myself 🤣

The notepad??

Congrats! Your story is so beautiful and I'm looking forward to hearing it again on the podcast ✨️ (this is not a spoiler) 😈🛵

I dare you to try 😈😘

Thanks! Same to you! It's an honor to be on this longlist beside you 🥰