Becky Halsey
@beckyhalsey.bsky.social
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief for Flash Fiction Online
Reader, writer, gardener, mother of four
Reader, writer, gardener, mother of four
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Becky Halsey
@beckyhalsey.bsky.social
· Aug 1
Dermoid — Ghost Parachute
When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides. She plods to t...
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New story out today with Ghost Parachute’s August 2025 issue. Check out my slipstream clump of mischief—“Dermoid.”
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
Thrilled to announce that my sci-fi story “By Wave” won 2nd place in Uncharted’s Refractions contest. I can’t wait to share this story because it came from a very magical place of deep meditation on the nature of cocoons 🦋
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
2025 Refractions: Genre Flash Fiction Prize Winners - Uncharted
We’re so excited to announce the winners of this contest! It’s not easy to tell a story in the flash form, let alone as a genre story, which usually needs some, if not a lot, of world-building. We hop...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thrilled to announce that my sci-fi story “By Wave” won 2nd place in Uncharted’s Refractions contest. I can’t wait to share this story because it came from a very magical place of deep meditation on the nature of cocoons 🦋
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
I’m in Iceland, and let me tell you, it’s worth a go if you’ve ever thought about it
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’m in Iceland, and let me tell you, it’s worth a go if you’ve ever thought about it
Reposted by Becky Halsey
NOW AVAILABLE: FFO October 2025!! This issue is a collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor C.R. Langille. What better way to enter spooky season than by getting lost in the woods?! 💀
#writingcommunity #horror
@crlangille.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
#writingcommunity #horror
@crlangille.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
Flash Fiction Online October 2025
Flash Fiction Online’s October 2025 issue is a special collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor this month C.R. Langille. Stories this month include: “To Breach a C…
www.flashfictiononline.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NOW AVAILABLE: FFO October 2025!! This issue is a collection of wilderness horror, selected by our guest editor C.R. Langille. What better way to enter spooky season than by getting lost in the woods?! 💀
#writingcommunity #horror
@crlangille.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
#writingcommunity #horror
@crlangille.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hooo boy, time to get to work on those subs!! 🙌
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
Re-openings for September 01, 2025
Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
duotrope.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hooo boy, time to get to work on those subs!! 🙌
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Reposted by Becky Halsey
Read "Dermoid" written by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides."
tinyurl.com/yf4mwbeu
"When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides."
tinyurl.com/yf4mwbeu
Dermoid — Ghost Parachute
When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides. She plods to t...
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August 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Read "Dermoid" written by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides."
tinyurl.com/yf4mwbeu
"When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides."
tinyurl.com/yf4mwbeu
New story out today with Ghost Parachute’s August 2025 issue. Check out my slipstream clump of mischief—“Dermoid.”
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
Dermoid — Ghost Parachute
When hunger gnaws at Kima, the dermoid gnaws back until she has no appetite at all. Since her last gyno exam, it has amassed germ cells, their weight warping the balance of her insides. She plods to t...
ghostparachute.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
New story out today with Ghost Parachute’s August 2025 issue. Check out my slipstream clump of mischief—“Dermoid.”
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
#flashfiction #writingcommunity #slipstream #lightbodyhorror #hysteria #ladytroubles
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
“Go to your nearest café and look to your left, then to your right. A hundred percent of those people are slathering me across sentences like adding more cheese to a risotto that’s already drowning in parmesan—without tasting, without thinking, without remorse.” 🤣
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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July 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Go to your nearest café and look to your left, then to your right. A hundred percent of those people are slathering me across sentences like adding more cheese to a risotto that’s already drowning in parmesan—without tasting, without thinking, without remorse.” 🤣
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
My editorial for July 2025 and the kittens that inspired it… 🥹💗
Jury is out whether we’ll be able to adopt one but they are cute
#kittens #cats #flashfiction #writing
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/edit...
Jury is out whether we’ll be able to adopt one but they are cute
#kittens #cats #flashfiction #writing
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/edit...
July 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My editorial for July 2025 and the kittens that inspired it… 🥹💗
Jury is out whether we’ll be able to adopt one but they are cute
#kittens #cats #flashfiction #writing
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/edit...
Jury is out whether we’ll be able to adopt one but they are cute
#kittens #cats #flashfiction #writing
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/edit...
Reposted by Becky Halsey
Aww yeah, that subs open feeling!! What are yall working on? Is it flash fiction? We’re open for general subs and for our Regret-themed issue.
Guidelines here:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
Guidelines here:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
a man is dancing in a living room wearing a red sweater and khaki pants .
ALT: a man is dancing in a living room wearing a red sweater and khaki pants .
media.tenor.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Aww yeah, that subs open feeling!! What are yall working on? Is it flash fiction? We’re open for general subs and for our Regret-themed issue.
Guidelines here:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
Guidelines here:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
If AI takes away my em dash, I will start throwing in some ellipses, see if I don’t!!
a cartoon turtle with a red and yellow shell stands in front of a building
ALT: a cartoon turtle with a red and yellow shell stands in front of a building
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If AI takes away my em dash, I will start throwing in some ellipses, see if I don’t!!
I think there’s so many ways to take this. Happy to be opening to literary and speculative pieces
New special call for July!! 🎉
The theme is REGRET. Stories selected will be featured in our Jan 2026 issue, guest edited by Ai Jiang ( @aijiang.bsky.social )
You can find all the details on our Submittable page:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
The theme is REGRET. Stories selected will be featured in our Jan 2026 issue, guest edited by Ai Jiang ( @aijiang.bsky.social )
You can find all the details on our Submittable page:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
June 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think there’s so many ways to take this. Happy to be opening to literary and speculative pieces
A new video for “Psycho Killer” for the 50th anniversary. We should do this for more songs…we remake movies, why not music videos?
#musicvideos #amlistening #oldies #psychokiller
youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...
#musicvideos #amlistening #oldies #psychokiller
youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
youtube.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A new video for “Psycho Killer” for the 50th anniversary. We should do this for more songs…we remake movies, why not music videos?
#musicvideos #amlistening #oldies #psychokiller
youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...
#musicvideos #amlistening #oldies #psychokiller
youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...
Also it’s raining and I want a nap
#oldeenglishbulldogge
#oldeenglishbulldogge
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Also it’s raining and I want a nap
#oldeenglishbulldogge
#oldeenglishbulldogge
Fell into a rabbit hole after tracking down a number of suspected AI subs and wondering whether people are real people, words are real words, how many em dashes are too many, etc. Are other editors checking for AI subs? Am I too paranoid?
#amediting #writingcommunity #frackinghell #slushpilewoes
#amediting #writingcommunity #frackinghell #slushpilewoes
May 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fell into a rabbit hole after tracking down a number of suspected AI subs and wondering whether people are real people, words are real words, how many em dashes are too many, etc. Are other editors checking for AI subs? Am I too paranoid?
#amediting #writingcommunity #frackinghell #slushpilewoes
#amediting #writingcommunity #frackinghell #slushpilewoes
I have a story out today with The Bookends Review!! It started as a love story, but got deeper and more political the more I read about antebellum politics on the American frontier.
#writingcommunity #historicfiction #writing #shortstory #americanhistory
thebookendsreview.com/2025/04/24/w...
#writingcommunity #historicfiction #writing #shortstory #americanhistory
thebookendsreview.com/2025/04/24/w...
When Walnut Stains Fade - The Bookends Review
“Mama,” Esther sang. “Guess who I saw riding up the road.” Her good eye held a tell-tale sparkle. “Stop, you,” Jane replied. To cover her discomfort, she took up her towel and whipped it lightly towar...
thebookendsreview.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I have a story out today with The Bookends Review!! It started as a love story, but got deeper and more political the more I read about antebellum politics on the American frontier.
#writingcommunity #historicfiction #writing #shortstory #americanhistory
thebookendsreview.com/2025/04/24/w...
#writingcommunity #historicfiction #writing #shortstory #americanhistory
thebookendsreview.com/2025/04/24/w...
9yo: I wish I got to live in the 90s and 2000’s. Sounds so fun!
😅
(She’s deep into 90s music at the moment.)
😅
(She’s deep into 90s music at the moment.)
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
9yo: I wish I got to live in the 90s and 2000’s. Sounds so fun!
😅
(She’s deep into 90s music at the moment.)
😅
(She’s deep into 90s music at the moment.)
I’m getting excited about this one and I don’t even know what gems will come in yet!
📣 COMING SOON APRIL 1st!! We’ll be looking for Wilderness Horror, the theme of our Oct 2025 issue, guest edited by
@crlangille.bsky.social 📣
Check out our main Submittable page for info:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #horror #flashfiction #wilderness
@crlangille.bsky.social 📣
Check out our main Submittable page for info:
ffo.submittable.com/submit
#writingcommunity #horror #flashfiction #wilderness
March 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’m getting excited about this one and I don’t even know what gems will come in yet!
Currently in a loving mood to 50% of the country
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Currently in a loving mood to 50% of the country
Reposted by Becky Halsey
Just set everything up in Submittable to start receiving stories again starting this Saturday, February 1st! TWO DAYS AWAY! The team is getting excited. We can’t wait to see what folks have in store for us. 😃
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
January 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just set everything up in Submittable to start receiving stories again starting this Saturday, February 1st! TWO DAYS AWAY! The team is getting excited. We can’t wait to see what folks have in store for us. 😃
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
Schools are out again. Currently hiding in a closet waiting for the kids to find me…
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It’s hide and seek, this is part of the fun…
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It’s hide and seek, this is part of the fun…
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Schools are out again. Currently hiding in a closet waiting for the kids to find me…
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It’s hide and seek, this is part of the fun…
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It’s hide and seek, this is part of the fun…
Reposted by Becky Halsey
My backyard is offering the winter vibes that align with our January issue right now. Featuring Jersey the Bulldogge 🐾
#wintervibes
#wintervibes
January 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My backyard is offering the winter vibes that align with our January issue right now. Featuring Jersey the Bulldogge 🐾
#wintervibes
#wintervibes
Reposted by Becky Halsey
Tell me about a short story you've read recently and loved. Links appreciated.
December 8, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Tell me about a short story you've read recently and loved. Links appreciated.