The cover of Foster by Claire Keegan. It has a white farmhouse in a blue-dark landscape.
Definitely lives up to the hype. Tremendously moving. Lots of seemingly lived-in moments. I love how writers can pack so much into a small space. The ending had me in tears.
#clairekeegan #foster #novella #shortfiction #fiction #literature #irishliterature
He picked up the salt cellar. Put it down. Picked it up again. Turned it in his hand the way he'd turn a part he was checking for wear. His wife said: he reminded you of Danny. Keith didn't answer.
"Roller" — third Chez Vegas Tale.
www.brittleviews.com/p/roller
#ShortFiction #LiteraryFiction
“Do you live here? Do you have a family?” she asked.
“Yes. No,” he said, trying not to be abrupt.
Jeez, he thought, can’t a man blow his brains out in peace.
Short fiction for Saturday.
#ShortFiction #ShortStory #WriteSky
We are 2/3 of the way there! let's gooooo! 40 stories over here for your summer reading fun! I've read some of (but not all) of them and everything I've read has been so much fun!
#queerbooks #queerstories #shortfiction
Sterncastle Magazine - Inaugural Issue. Theme: Tales From the Sea.
The long awaited release of Sterncastle Magazine's first issue has arrived!
Check it out: sterncastle.hflip.co/Q12026
Vote for your favorite story now by joining our community on Patreon.
#litmag #literarymagazine #writers #author #ocean #shortfiction #writing #stories #fiction #mermaid
Another story is up. This time, it's a heavy story about pain and how it can change you.
www.amidnightkindofplace.com/vertebrae_by_paul_edmond...
#shortfiction
Hot from the press, this fascinating and highly practical handbook by writer Muli Amaye. It’s packed with examples of fiction by Black writers followed by analysis and exercises. Beautifully written and highly recommended. Published by Bloomsbury Academic. #creativewriting #fiction #shortfiction
"Not every murder. Those who know something do not know enough to guess how many or what they have in common. It doesn't seem to be victim, perpetrator, means, motive, or opportunity."
#ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia
7pm: Open Mic – 5-minute slots to share your own short stories & poems.
8pm: Panel starts – our panellists discuss, followed by Q&A.
Book signings after the panel.
#BritishFantasySociety #QueerLit #SocialRefugeMcr #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Poetry #OpenMic #AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity
## THE THIRD SATELLITE OF PLANET EARTH
The press room of the World Space Agency was full to the brim. To my left there was an old man wearing small, golden glasses writing something in a notebook; to my right, a powerful woman, stiff like a stick, wearing black shades and camouflage clothes […]
"Not every murder. Those who know something do not know enough to guess how many or what they have in common. It doesn't seem to be victim, perpetrator, means, motive, or opportunity."
#ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia
Here is short #3 in my #ScreamSequences series. “The Hatpin” is a historical foray into murder.
open.substack.com/pub/eagreyso...
#horror #shortstory #amreading #amwriting #horrorfiction #shortfiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
It Never Really Happened
by
Jaime Gill
@jaimegill.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
freeflashfiction.com/fiction/it-n...
The Greatest Trump: A Tarot
LOGLINE: A satircal tarot reading of the American executive branch, dealt face-down.
#shortfiction #wip #authorsky #amwritingcommunity #booksky
#AdversarialMetanoia stories posted last month
#ScienceFiction #ShortFiction
"Alice was sure within the first hour of meeting Bob that their families had software-entangled them since birth." 1/5
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
I'm writing a comedic short fiction collection about AI, fascism, and corporate f***kery. First look at the cover and an early listen to the audiobook production inside. Releasing June 2nd!
macashton.substack.com/p/out-of-bleakness-and-exhaustion-comes #WritingCommunity #ShortFiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
It’s no joke, I have TWO new #Fridaythe13th stories out! www.facebook.com/share/p/1CkJ...
#independentauthors #independentpublishers #booksworthreading #bookstoread #authors #PleaseLookAtMe #Diafthora #Diafthorá #horror #shortfiction #fridaythe13th #outnow #jonmintonbooks
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
#WomeninHorrorMonth Carla E. Dash's debut collection MONSTERS & OTHER TALES OF HUMANITY! See what Publishers Weekly had to say!
zurl.co/uFjUZ
#shortfiction #CarlaEDash #speculativefiction #horror #darkfantasy @publisherswkly.bsky.social
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
Mouth Matters
by
Abbie Doll
@abbiedollwrites.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
freeflashfiction.com/fiction/mout...
"The first breakthrough from superhuman AI mathematics was the discovery in 2039 of a meta-statistical pattern common to all screams of pain across almost every species."
#ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia
#writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #teach #teaching #teacher #englishteacher #highschool
#Submissions for our Green issue are open through 8 April 2026. Doooo it 💚 #flashfiction #microfiction #prosepoetry #shortfiction #creativenonfiction #visualart
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