@bsherm36.bsky.social
Stories in Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules, 100 Word Story & Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
Pinned
"You and he communicate well. One caw means hello. Two means where are you? Three means danger"
So much swirling around beneath the surface of this wonderful piece from @bsherm36.bsky.social : www.tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
So much swirling around beneath the surface of this wonderful piece from @bsherm36.bsky.social : www.tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
nineteen — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
So, to my utter delight and surprise this story made it into the 2025 Best Small Fictions anthology. Huge thanks to @tinymolecules.bsky.social and @sdobbie.bsky.social for the nomination & to the BSF editors. My first time in the anthology, I'm in stellar company!
Thanks for including my story in this purr-fect issue!
Today we have third bin offender @bsherm36.bsky.social with a spooky, monstrous cat story 🦝
We loved the way the feline narrator speaks about her human, how she sees herself as protector, and the tension in the battle she undergoes.
Read here:
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
We loved the way the feline narrator speaks about her human, how she sees herself as protector, and the tension in the battle she undergoes.
Read here:
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
January 22, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Thanks for including my story in this purr-fect issue!
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"Clouds are not a metaphor for memory. Wispy, feathery layers. High altitude cotton balls. Water condensing above water. This is science, not poetry."
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 63 : Beth Sherman
gonelawn.net
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Clouds are not a metaphor for memory. Wispy, feathery layers. High altitude cotton balls. Water condensing above water. This is science, not poetry."
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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‘At last, the dirty water baby has become a queen.’
Wonderfully evocative writing from @bsherm36.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🌊
www.frazzledlit.com/p/penelope-b...
Wonderfully evocative writing from @bsherm36.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🌊
www.frazzledlit.com/p/penelope-b...
Penelope by the Sea
Flash fiction by Beth Sherman
www.frazzledlit.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
‘At last, the dirty water baby has become a queen.’
Wonderfully evocative writing from @bsherm36.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🌊
www.frazzledlit.com/p/penelope-b...
Wonderfully evocative writing from @bsherm36.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🌊
www.frazzledlit.com/p/penelope-b...
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More thanks to @lettybutler.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @itssonoemi.bsky.social for reading fantastic stories & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging the ‘slow prose’ festival contest from @judehwriter2.bsky.social’s prompts. We’relooking out for your entries!
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
More thanks to @lettybutler.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @itssonoemi.bsky.social for reading fantastic stories & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging the ‘slow prose’ festival contest from @judehwriter2.bsky.social’s prompts. We’relooking out for your entries!
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@bsherm36.bsky.social can’t believe you don’t have a cat you have captured their understanding of the uncanny oh so well!
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
The Night Visitor
Beth Sherman Nala is in the dirty laundry basket, dreaming about hard-boiled eggs, when something dark flies through the open window. Midnight. The moon a pasty wafer in the sky, black clouds drift…
trashcatlit.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
@bsherm36.bsky.social can’t believe you don’t have a cat you have captured their understanding of the uncanny oh so well!
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
trashcatlit.com/the-night-vi...
More than half my acceptances this year were stories inspired by prompts, tasks or webinars in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. I'm so happy to be part of such a generative, kind, supportive writing community!
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
More than half my acceptances this year were stories inspired by prompts, tasks or webinars in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. I'm so happy to be part of such a generative, kind, supportive writing community!
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Teasing our cat-themed issue - coming 2nd Jan 🦝
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a love triangle with an intimate POV
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social's MC is at a low ebb when Dirk delivers another blow
In @bsherm36.bsky.social's spooky piece, a beloved cat must save her Dave
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a love triangle with an intimate POV
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social's MC is at a low ebb when Dirk delivers another blow
In @bsherm36.bsky.social's spooky piece, a beloved cat must save her Dave
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Teasing our cat-themed issue - coming 2nd Jan 🦝
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a love triangle with an intimate POV
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social's MC is at a low ebb when Dirk delivers another blow
In @bsherm36.bsky.social's spooky piece, a beloved cat must save her Dave
@kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a love triangle with an intimate POV
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social's MC is at a low ebb when Dirk delivers another blow
In @bsherm36.bsky.social's spooky piece, a beloved cat must save her Dave
Can’t wait to read everyone’s purr-fect stories!
We're excited to share the amazing lineup for our cat-themed Pop-Up Issue. This 20-story issue will go live on January 2nd 🦝
It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜
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It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜
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December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Can’t wait to read everyone’s purr-fect stories!
Just submitted a micro to @welkinprize.bsky.social and got this great badge!
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just submitted a micro to @welkinprize.bsky.social and got this great badge!
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I'm reading this Thursday, with @bsherm36.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social and more - hope you can join us. Thanks @dublinwriter.bsky.social!
Meet my first half readers at #WritersReading Novella-in-Flash special zoom Thu at 7pm UK: @patiencemackarness.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social and Adele Evershed. All welcome Book your free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/dubli...
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm reading this Thursday, with @bsherm36.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social and more - hope you can join us. Thanks @dublinwriter.bsky.social!
In great company here! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for the nomination. emergeliteraryjournal.com/trolls/
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In great company here! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for the nomination. emergeliteraryjournal.com/trolls/
Fictive Dream is one of my favorite journals, so this nomination means a lot! Thank you, EIC Laura Black.
Over the moon to be nominating Blackhearts by Beth Sherman for Best Small Fictions 2026 @bsherm36.bsky.social #flashfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance. Please click on the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/02/04/b...
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fictive Dream is one of my favorite journals, so this nomination means a lot! Thank you, EIC Laura Black.
So excited to be nominated by @soflopojo.bsky.social. Congrats to my fellow nominees and thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So excited to be nominated by @soflopojo.bsky.social. Congrats to my fellow nominees and thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social
Matt's workshops are insanely good and have helped my writing immensely. As for writers who inspire me, among the many are @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social.
My disabled body has decided to descend into a new dimension today, so making some picks before I completely collapse!
Since everyone else has gone rogue with this, I'm doing the same. For my final picks, I've gone forTEN random names from across the whole wonderful spectrum of nominated writers...
Since everyone else has gone rogue with this, I'm doing the same. For my final picks, I've gone forTEN random names from across the whole wonderful spectrum of nominated writers...
Who wants something nice for a weary Wednesday? Quote post this post & tag 1, 2 or 3 other writers who inspire you / support you / are amazing human beings. I'll pick a winner at random. Poster + nominees win a free recording of one one of my workshops: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
December 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Matt's workshops are insanely good and have helped my writing immensely. As for writers who inspire me, among the many are @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, @sabrinahicks.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social.
Excited to be on the list. Love some of these titles!
Congratulations to all 27 writers on our 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award longlist. And thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/
Novella in flash 2026 Longlist
Congratulations to all the 27 authors who have made our Award long list for the 2026 Award (Final results in January, 2026) and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, …
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Excited to be on the list. Love some of these titles!
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Read "Alchemy" written by @bsherm36.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"Rianne turned a pen into a teacup last month. It wasn’t presto-change-o. The whole thing took about three hours."
tinyurl.com/eyc2psau
"Rianne turned a pen into a teacup last month. It wasn’t presto-change-o. The whole thing took about three hours."
tinyurl.com/eyc2psau
Alchemy — Ghost Parachute
Rianne turned a pen into a teacup last month. It wasn’t presto-change-o. The whole thing took about three hours. At the beginning, I had a ballpoint pen that Chase Bank gives out for free and at the e...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Read "Alchemy" written by @bsherm36.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.
"Rianne turned a pen into a teacup last month. It wasn’t presto-change-o. The whole thing took about three hours."
tinyurl.com/eyc2psau
"Rianne turned a pen into a teacup last month. It wasn’t presto-change-o. The whole thing took about three hours."
tinyurl.com/eyc2psau
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“Words play hide and seek in my head. I want to tell her *I need to go back*. What comes out is *tseet teelwit*.”
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
Wings in the Dark | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Words play hide and seek in my head. I want to tell her *I need to go back*. What comes out is *tseet teelwit*.”
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
@bsherm36.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
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Congratulations to our amazing authors - cheering you all on for this year's Pushcart Prize!
@juliabiggs.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social
@dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@bsherm36.bsky.social
inkfishmag.com/awards/
@juliabiggs.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social
@dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@bsherm36.bsky.social
inkfishmag.com/awards/
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congratulations to our amazing authors - cheering you all on for this year's Pushcart Prize!
@juliabiggs.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social
@dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@bsherm36.bsky.social
inkfishmag.com/awards/
@juliabiggs.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social
@dawnsteffler.bsky.social
@bsherm36.bsky.social
inkfishmag.com/awards/
Thrilled to get this nomination! Thank you @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social. drive.google.com/file/d/1pDnM...
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thrilled to get this nomination! Thank you @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social. drive.google.com/file/d/1pDnM...
Thrilled to have my first story in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social. www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thrilled to have my first story in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social. www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...
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speaking of flight issues, check out this sly banger from the always amazing @bsherm36.bsky.social, just in time for your own Thanksgiving drama 😜🦃🍗
A woman on Thanksgiving brings the latest guy over for scrutiny.
Read "Turkey," by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social
vestalreview.net/turkey
Read "Turkey," by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social
vestalreview.net/turkey
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
speaking of flight issues, check out this sly banger from the always amazing @bsherm36.bsky.social, just in time for your own Thanksgiving drama 😜🦃🍗
Happy to be in such stellar company!! Thank you @fictivedream.bsky.social
Great #fiction from our Oct. authors so our thanks to Lindsay Hill @jennystalter.bsky.social Helen Harradine @kdiannerule.bsky.social @katehollingswrites.bsky.social @drhannahstevens.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social Brian Kirk and @bsherm36.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy to be in such stellar company!! Thank you @fictivedream.bsky.social
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ICYMI we're feat. a gem today in #MicroMonday, Sylvia, Before and After the Sun Collapsed by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/27/m...
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ICYMI we're feat. a gem today in #MicroMonday, Sylvia, Before and After the Sun Collapsed by Beth Sherman @bsherm36.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/27/m...
A frog-felt thank you to the editors at @croaklit.bsky.social for the Best of the Net nomination. croaklit.com/fiction/2-sh...
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A frog-felt thank you to the editors at @croaklit.bsky.social for the Best of the Net nomination. croaklit.com/fiction/2-sh...
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We're late this month due to subs stuffs but here's the August newsletter 🦝
News, subs, prompts and Quick Reads, and we celebrate Trash Family @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @charliekondek.bsky.social & @francesgapper.bsky.social 💜
trashcatlit.com/2025/08/22/h...
News, subs, prompts and Quick Reads, and we celebrate Trash Family @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @charliekondek.bsky.social & @francesgapper.bsky.social 💜
trashcatlit.com/2025/08/22/h...
Hello from the sweltering nights of August
Welcome to our latest newsletter. We have submission stuffs, Trash Family publications and celebrations, Quick Reads and a magical writing prompt.
trashcatlit.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We're late this month due to subs stuffs but here's the August newsletter 🦝
News, subs, prompts and Quick Reads, and we celebrate Trash Family @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @charliekondek.bsky.social & @francesgapper.bsky.social 💜
trashcatlit.com/2025/08/22/h...
News, subs, prompts and Quick Reads, and we celebrate Trash Family @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @charliekondek.bsky.social & @francesgapper.bsky.social 💜
trashcatlit.com/2025/08/22/h...