Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social
A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
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Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
The Flight 2 fiction selection is a darkly funny comedy from @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social that made both our editors scramble to accept.
Read “Polecatz” here: flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Read “Polecatz” here: flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Flight 2 fiction selection is a darkly funny comedy from @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social that made both our editors scramble to accept.
Read “Polecatz” here: flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Read “Polecatz” here: flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
If you write from one of our prompts, we want to see it! Send your piece to our press email (on our website) with “departures” in the subject line and we’ll respond within 30 days
Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you write from one of our prompts, we want to see it! Send your piece to our press email (on our website) with “departures” in the subject line and we’ll respond within 30 days
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Departure 1 is inspired by the @seanennis.bsky.social story "Its Powerful Parking Lot," published in Flight 1
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December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Departure 1 is inspired by the @seanennis.bsky.social story "Its Powerful Parking Lot," published in Flight 1
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flight-literary.ghost.io/sean-ennis-f...
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Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd
Mark the time by writing with us!
The Flight 2 poetry selection comes from @jackbedell.bsky.social who weaves highway hypnosis in his poem “sillage”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Flight 2 poetry selection comes from @jackbedell.bsky.social who weaves highway hypnosis in his poem “sillage”
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The creative nonfiction selection for Flight 2 comes from @beansbaker5.bsky.social teaching us how to love a team that always lets you down
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December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The creative nonfiction selection for Flight 2 comes from @beansbaker5.bsky.social teaching us how to love a team that always lets you down
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flight-literary.ghost.io/ben-shahon-c...
The Brewer’s Choice selection for Flight 2 comes from @carmalynnpark.bsky.social who casts a spell on all of us
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December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Brewer’s Choice selection for Flight 2 comes from @carmalynnpark.bsky.social who casts a spell on all of us
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It’s the week before Christmas, all your bosses are on PTO, everything has been pushed back to January…
…what’s to stop you from reading Flight 2 at your desk?
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…what’s to stop you from reading Flight 2 at your desk?
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Flight 2
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December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s the week before Christmas, all your bosses are on PTO, everything has been pushed back to January…
…what’s to stop you from reading Flight 2 at your desk?
flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-2/
…what’s to stop you from reading Flight 2 at your desk?
flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-2/
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@flightlit.bsky.social nominated my poem for a Pushcart and I'm all 😭 over here!
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Matthew E. Henry- Poetry
“…it is not the stones, / But the child’s mound—"
A golden shovel from Robert Frost’s “Home Burial”
were it only true that tragedy howls in packs of three,
I wouldn’t so curse my retention, wish...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
@flightlit.bsky.social nominated my poem for a Pushcart and I'm all 😭 over here!
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So honored and grateful for this nomination! Thank you Frances and Will. @flightlit.bsky.social
Pushcart nominations thread!
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
So honored and grateful for this nomination! Thank you Frances and Will. @flightlit.bsky.social
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Congrats to all these amazing nominees!👏🏼👇🏼
Pushcart nominations thread!
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Congrats to all these amazing nominees!👏🏼👇🏼
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Thanks to @ketchiklein.bsky.social and @fklein907.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Polecatz" for a @pushcartprize.bsky.social!
Nice company here with @seanennis.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!
Nice company here with @seanennis.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thanks to @ketchiklein.bsky.social and @fklein907.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Polecatz" for a @pushcartprize.bsky.social!
Nice company here with @seanennis.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!
Nice company here with @seanennis.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!
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"“Plywood ain’t gonna hold up like a thousand guns and a million rounds. We could eat jerky until our hearts exploded,” Gino said." Great read @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social
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Michael Czyzniejewski- Fiction
Polecatz
Randy and Gino were arguing about the best place to hold up in an apocalypse. Randy was firmly in the hardware superstore camp. Gino insisted on sporting goods. Randy said with hardware, t...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"“Plywood ain’t gonna hold up like a thousand guns and a million rounds. We could eat jerky until our hearts exploded,” Gino said." Great read @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Pushcart nominations thread!
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pushcart nominations thread!
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
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In line at the post office with our first ever round of Pushcart Nominations!
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In line at the post office with our first ever round of Pushcart Nominations!
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Really stoked to have a poem in the 2nd issue of @flightlit.bsky.social ! It’s such a cool journal run by excellent folks! Please check it out if you have a second. https://flight-literary.ghost.io/jack-bedell-poetry/
Jack Bedell- Poetry
Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. His latest collection is Ghost Forest (...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Really stoked to have a poem in the 2nd issue of @flightlit.bsky.social ! It’s such a cool journal run by excellent folks! Please check it out if you have a second. https://flight-literary.ghost.io/jack-bedell-poetry/
"They’ve become the guy still drunk at the bar at 3:00 a.m. bragging about beating the crosstown rival in the state championship back in high school."
@beansbaker5.bsky.social on bad teams in his essay "I Need a Sign" in Flight 2
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@beansbaker5.bsky.social on bad teams in his essay "I Need a Sign" in Flight 2
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December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"They’ve become the guy still drunk at the bar at 3:00 a.m. bragging about beating the crosstown rival in the state championship back in high school."
@beansbaker5.bsky.social on bad teams in his essay "I Need a Sign" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/ben-shahon-c...
@beansbaker5.bsky.social on bad teams in his essay "I Need a Sign" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/ben-shahon-c...
"press the ice pick to your cheek for a moment, then toss over your left shoulder"
Let "Recipe for a Spell: to Heal a Migraine" by @carmalynnpark.bsky.social enchant you in Flight 2
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Let "Recipe for a Spell: to Heal a Migraine" by @carmalynnpark.bsky.social enchant you in Flight 2
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December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"press the ice pick to your cheek for a moment, then toss over your left shoulder"
Let "Recipe for a Spell: to Heal a Migraine" by @carmalynnpark.bsky.social enchant you in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/carma-lynn-p...
Let "Recipe for a Spell: to Heal a Migraine" by @carmalynnpark.bsky.social enchant you in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/carma-lynn-p...
"The stench/seeps through the city,/all the way to the river"
"Sillage" from @jackbedell.bsky.social asking us to consider what we would rather ignore, in Flight 2
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"Sillage" from @jackbedell.bsky.social asking us to consider what we would rather ignore, in Flight 2
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December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"The stench/seeps through the city,/all the way to the river"
"Sillage" from @jackbedell.bsky.social asking us to consider what we would rather ignore, in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/jack-bedell-...
"Sillage" from @jackbedell.bsky.social asking us to consider what we would rather ignore, in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/jack-bedell-...
"Men, from some group I couldn’t identify, stormed past us, firing automatics. One of them yelled, “Freedom!” and all three of us laughed out loud."
Start your week with @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and "Polecatz" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Start your week with @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and "Polecatz" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Men, from some group I couldn’t identify, stormed past us, firing automatics. One of them yelled, “Freedom!” and all three of us laughed out loud."
Start your week with @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and "Polecatz" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Start your week with @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and "Polecatz" in Flight 2
flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
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Thanks to @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for publishing my apocalypse story in their new issue!
Michael Czyzniejewski- Fiction
Polecatz
Randy and Gino were arguing about the best place to hold up in an apocalypse. Randy was firmly in the hardware superstore camp. Gino insisted on sporting goods. Randy said with hardware, t...
flight-literary.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thanks to @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social at @flightlit.bsky.social for publishing my apocalypse story in their new issue!
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went to college and they tried to “cancel” me because I “can’t read”
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
went to college and they tried to “cancel” me because I “can’t read”
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“‘We’d need to propagate,’ I said. ‘Don’t pretend we wouldn’t.’”
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Michael Czyzniejewski- Fiction
Polecatz
Randy and Gino were arguing about the best place to hold up in an apocalypse. Randy was firmly in the hardware superstore camp. Gino insisted on sporting goods. Randy said with hardware, t...
flight-literary.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“‘We’d need to propagate,’ I said. ‘Don’t pretend we wouldn’t.’”
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...