Fractured Lit
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
2nd Place winner for our Ghosts contest by Adam Fell!
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
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"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
Reckoner | Fractured
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October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
2nd Place winner for our Ghosts contest by Adam Fell!
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
"Overnight, the lake reveals itself.
We wake to the sudden beating of its body against our properties."
fracturedlit.com/reckoner/
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A brilliant, clever, fabulous story!
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@unmutualcharlie.bsky.social
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@unmutualcharlie.bsky.social
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
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October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A brilliant, clever, fabulous story!
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@unmutualcharlie.bsky.social
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
@jaimegill.bsky.social
@unmutualcharlie.bsky.social
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
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so honored and delighted to see this older story of mine from @fracturedlit.bsky.social included here 💚🦇
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
so honored and delighted to see this older story of mine from @fracturedlit.bsky.social included here 💚🦇
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No big deal, I was just somehow shortlisted in this contest judged by the writer who revived my interest in short stories and I am totally not going to have approximately 53 panic attacks in the next 4-5 weeks while judging wraps up.
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a woman wearing glasses is saying `` everybody be cool '' while standing in front of a door .
Alt: a woman wearing glasses is saying `` everybody be cool '' while standing in front of a door .
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October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No big deal, I was just somehow shortlisted in this contest judged by the writer who revived my interest in short stories and I am totally not going to have approximately 53 panic attacks in the next 4-5 weeks while judging wraps up.
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
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@fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for providing this excellent flash resource! And thanks as always to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing the story!
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for providing this excellent flash resource! And thanks as always to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing the story!
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A beautifully-put-together short piece. And the ending Is just the cherry on the top. 🍒
New Micro by Hannah Goss!
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
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"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
fracturedlit.com/companion-wa...
Companion Wanted | Fractured
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October 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A beautifully-put-together short piece. And the ending Is just the cherry on the top. 🍒
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I was traveling last week and completely missed that my story went up @fracturedlit.bsky.social.
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This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
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This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
Out of Season | Fractured
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was traveling last week and completely missed that my story went up @fracturedlit.bsky.social.
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This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
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This was crafted in the wonderful summer workshop run by @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you SO much to all my groupmates who helped me get this into shape!
#flashfiction
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @therumpus.net @foglifterpress.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @tirmag.org et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @therumpus.net @foglifterpress.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @tirmag.org et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-fiction-cR0ClxB3
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October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Fiction feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @therumpus.net @foglifterpress.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @tirmag.org et al. https://duotrope.com...
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Compelling and smartly constructed slice of flash from @jaimegill.bsky.social and @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social on @fracturedlit.bsky.social: fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writingcommunity
Before The Everything After | Fractured
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October 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Compelling and smartly constructed slice of flash from @jaimegill.bsky.social and @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social on @fracturedlit.bsky.social: fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writingcommunity
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Last year my friend Jaime (@jaimegill.bsky.social) and I started collaborating on some short stories. The first of these - which Jaime wants you to know started as my idea, with my initial draft - is out today in Fractured Lit (@fracturedlit.bsky.social).
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Before The Everything After | Fractured
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October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Last year my friend Jaime (@jaimegill.bsky.social) and I started collaborating on some short stories. The first of these - which Jaime wants you to know started as my idea, with my initial draft - is out today in Fractured Lit (@fracturedlit.bsky.social).
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
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This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
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Gorgeous story in @fracturedlit.bsky.social by @jaimegill.bsky.social & @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social 💥
This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
fracturedlit.com/before-the-e...
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gorgeous story in @fracturedlit.bsky.social by @jaimegill.bsky.social & @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social 💥
3rd Place Winner of our Ghosts contest by Pascha Sotolongo!
"Between Abuela’s mobile home and mine, a white sand path interweaves the moonlit scrub pine."
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"Between Abuela’s mobile home and mine, a white sand path interweaves the moonlit scrub pine."
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October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
3rd Place Winner of our Ghosts contest by Pascha Sotolongo!
"Between Abuela’s mobile home and mine, a white sand path interweaves the moonlit scrub pine."
fracturedlit.com/owl-fantasma/
"Between Abuela’s mobile home and mine, a white sand path interweaves the moonlit scrub pine."
fracturedlit.com/owl-fantasma/
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(...2/2)
More Fiction from:
blog fave Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Adam Forrester in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Sherry Mayle in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Links to the stories here:
More Fiction from:
blog fave Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Adam Forrester in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Sherry Mayle in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Links to the stories here:
The Shortlist for October 17 - Turn & Work
Nonfiction by Angela Townsend and Sean Cho A., and fiction from Sherry Mayle, Adam Forrester, Sabyasachi Roy and Kelli Dianne Rule.
www.turnandwork.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
(...2/2)
More Fiction from:
blog fave Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Adam Forrester in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Sherry Mayle in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Links to the stories here:
More Fiction from:
blog fave Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Adam Forrester in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Sherry Mayle in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Links to the stories here:
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"Zen Lyrics for the Carhartt Guru" by Sherry Mayle is everything. Thanks to @turnandwork.com for bringing it to my attention and to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing it.
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Zen Lyrics for the Carhartt Guru | Fractured
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October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Zen Lyrics for the Carhartt Guru" by Sherry Mayle is everything. Thanks to @turnandwork.com for bringing it to my attention and to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing it.
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New Micro by Hannah Goss!
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
fracturedlit.com/companion-wa...
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
fracturedlit.com/companion-wa...
Companion Wanted | Fractured
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October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New Micro by Hannah Goss!
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
fracturedlit.com/companion-wa...
"Seeking a companion. Need not be romantic; platonic is fine."
fracturedlit.com/companion-wa...
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A perfect story! ☕️
New Micro by Jay McKenzie!
"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
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"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
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Cappuccino | Fractured
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September 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A perfect story! ☕️
New Micro by Jay McKenzie!
"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/
"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/
Cappuccino | Fractured
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September 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New Micro by Jay McKenzie!
"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/
"Capuchin monkeys are named after the monks who are named after the drink or something like that, could be the other way around, so when Sam says that Olivia’s voice is like cappuccino, we nod..."
fracturedlit.com/cappuccino/
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(3/3)
...plus Claire Gallagher in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com in @offbeatlit.bsky.social
and Ella Mae in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
...plus Claire Gallagher in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com in @offbeatlit.bsky.social
and Ella Mae in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
The Shortlist for August 1, 2025 - turn and work
Fiction by Patricia Highsmith, Emily Rinkema, Sarah Lynn Hurd, Antheia, Kip Knott, X.C. Atkins, Claire Gallagher, Cate McGowan, and Ella Mae.
www.turnandwork.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
(3/3)
...plus Claire Gallagher in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com in @offbeatlit.bsky.social
and Ella Mae in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
...plus Claire Gallagher in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com in @offbeatlit.bsky.social
and Ella Mae in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
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“That weed is downright stealing the space of what’s ours. You know what I mean.” I did, and she knew it."
Beth Cho Little in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Beth Cho Little in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Weed - Fractured
The sky went dark on a Monday, pushing the straining sun behind a curtain of smoke, creating an opaque swath of grayness where light would catch - lost - never making it to the retina, never lighting ...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“That weed is downright stealing the space of what’s ours. You know what I mean.” I did, and she knew it."
Beth Cho Little in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Beth Cho Little in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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honored and excited to have my flash story "China Plate" forthcoming in @fracturedlit.bsky.social and shortlisted for their Gods & Monsters Challenge! Congratulations to the winners, and excited to read their work 🖤
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Fractured Lit Gods & Monsters Challenge Winner & Shortlist - Fractured
And the winner is... What the Bones Remember by Melinda Li We loved this story from its opening line. The way it plays with paradox creates this liminal space between a god and their people. The story...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
honored and excited to have my flash story "China Plate" forthcoming in @fracturedlit.bsky.social and shortlisted for their Gods & Monsters Challenge! Congratulations to the winners, and excited to read their work 🖤
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Wenyi Xue's "god bless america," an incisive critique of u.s. imperial power + christian hegemony. Xue's work can also be found in @eunoiareview.bsky.social, @fracturedlit.bsky.social, and more.
god bless America by Wenyi Xue - manywor(l)ds :: place
How fortunate it is to live in the stomach
of a beast opposed to the mouth -
and how luckier still it is
to be the hunter watching from afar.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wenyi Xue's "god bless america," an incisive critique of u.s. imperial power + christian hegemony. Xue's work can also be found in @eunoiareview.bsky.social, @fracturedlit.bsky.social, and more.
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"The men are dying . . . beautiful boys ugly-cry too."
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Boys in Boxes - Fractured
The men are dying. We’re the boys who see them. In tabloids, on news bulletins. Faces pocked with purple lesions, bodies ravaged by weight loss. Their abandoned eyes, their hollowed-out stares, hold u...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The men are dying . . . beautiful boys ugly-cry too."
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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