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Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
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"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
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Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hey everyone. Best Microfiction 2026 winners have been posted! We congratulate all the winners. Thank you so much to our brilliant Guest Editor for 2026, @dseuss.bsky.social ! www.bestmicrofiction.com? #FlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork
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Afternooners, don't miss the new @sbfeldman.bsky.social, up on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We are so lucky to have this wonderful creeper, a slice of childhood magic !!
A brief and unsettling story of a children's game that suggests far worse occurrences just beyond the margins of the page - Enthrall by Stephanie Feldman.
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Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Afternooners, don't miss the new @sbfeldman.bsky.social, up on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We are so lucky to have this wonderful creeper, a slice of childhood magic !!
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New @sbfeldman.bsky.social!!! New chance to be very freaked out and also get hungry for pie and the hunt!
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
New @sbfeldman.bsky.social!!! New chance to be very freaked out and also get hungry for pie and the hunt!
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Aaaa so excited "ENTHRALL!" is live! When I finished this draft, I danced over to my family and announced, "I just finished the scariest story I've ever written." 😍 Thank you @hexliterary.bsky.social !
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Aaaa so excited "ENTHRALL!" is live! When I finished this draft, I danced over to my family and announced, "I just finished the scariest story I've ever written." 😍 Thank you @hexliterary.bsky.social !
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This is delicious.
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This is delicious.
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Weird fiction + children’s game always piques my interest, and I love the nervous giggling energy of this so much
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Weird fiction + children’s game always piques my interest, and I love the nervous giggling energy of this so much
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A day with a new @sbfeldman.bsky.social story is a good day 🦇
"The children lifted their heads from folded arms, pushed their chairs back, crawled from under the table, drifted back from private conversations by the sideboard, the potted tree, the suit of armor."
"The children lifted their heads from folded arms, pushed their chairs back, crawled from under the table, drifted back from private conversations by the sideboard, the potted tree, the suit of armor."
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A day with a new @sbfeldman.bsky.social story is a good day 🦇
"The children lifted their heads from folded arms, pushed their chairs back, crawled from under the table, drifted back from private conversations by the sideboard, the potted tree, the suit of armor."
"The children lifted their heads from folded arms, pushed their chairs back, crawled from under the table, drifted back from private conversations by the sideboard, the potted tree, the suit of armor."
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
Enthrall! by Stephanie Feldman
The children saw their chance.
The cheese course lay in ruins on the endless table. The parents were too tipsy or sleepy, too busy arguing or laughing or singing, too distracted loosening belts and...
hexliterary.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"The children saw their chance."
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
This week's hex is a wonder, a magical game of hide and seek, an absolute beauty! A children's game that slips into something so much more. Dreamy, and oozing with life, we are so lucky and thrilled to feature @sbfeldman.bsky.social's "Enthrall!"
Go check it out!
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This one is the most recent and it's so god damn good
Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie
No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue.
Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This one is the most recent and it's so god damn good
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January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Preorders help small presses and authors tremendously but that’s not why they’re important on a soul level. Preorders matter because they’re acts of faith. You trust the order will come through, the book will be good, which means something in this low-trust society we’re trapped in.
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This story made it onto the recommendations list for The Best Horror of the Year: Vol. 17, edited by Ellen Datlow.
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
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It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
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Date Night - House of Gamut
Nobody thinks of the mother, given the babysitter’s ordeal. The mother, still young, is counting on dinner and a movie with her husband. It is the best time of her life—the children aren’t babies anym...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This story made it onto the recommendations list for The Best Horror of the Year: Vol. 17, edited by Ellen Datlow.
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
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Short Story, Long submissions are open.
Short Story, Long Submission Manager
Short Story, LongIf we're open, there will be a category or two below. If there's nothing below, we're not taking submissions right now. Thanks!The vague idea is probably submissions open for one mont...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Short Story, Long submissions are open.
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Twas an honour getting to guest edit this issue of FFO to kickoff the new year!! 🥺🤍✨‼️
📣 FFO is thrilled to release our January 2026 issue. Guest edited by Ai Jiang, it explores “regret” across multiple genres. We can’t change the past, only learn from it!
#writingcommunity #regret #litfic #scifi #fantasy #amreading
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Flash Fiction Online January 2026
Flash Fiction Online’s January 2026 issue is a collection of regret-themed fiction, selected by our guest editor this month, the award-winning author Ai Jiang. We can’t change the past,…
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January 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Twas an honour getting to guest edit this issue of FFO to kickoff the new year!! 🥺🤍✨‼️
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all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on...
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on...
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
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Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines.
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OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
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Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
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yessss, new Anneke Schwob @ernerker.bsky.social in Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !!!!
If your approach to the New Year is much more “bad vibes only,” then “The Mixling Mare” is for you!!
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
yessss, new Anneke Schwob @ernerker.bsky.social in Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !!!!
thanks to Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social for featuring Cheryl Pappas's @cherylpappas.bsky.social "Innocence" in her December roundup !
December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
Flash Roundup * December 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
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January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
thanks to Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social for featuring Cheryl Pappas's @cherylpappas.bsky.social "Innocence" in her December roundup !
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
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December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
Flash Roundup * December 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!
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It’s been a rough week, but I have a new story out today, right under the wire for 2025!
“Empire State of Mind” in @frivolouscomma.bsky.social is inspired by the famous song of the same name and how it seems to haunt every corner of New York City.
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“Empire State of Mind” in @frivolouscomma.bsky.social is inspired by the famous song of the same name and how it seems to haunt every corner of New York City.
www.frivolouscomma.com/fiction/empi...
Empire State of Mind
He wouldn’t stop talking about some song he kept hearing: “There’s one every generation. No one knows where it starts, but soon it worms itself into every commercial, every corner shop and car radio.....
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December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It’s been a rough week, but I have a new story out today, right under the wire for 2025!
“Empire State of Mind” in @frivolouscomma.bsky.social is inspired by the famous song of the same name and how it seems to haunt every corner of New York City.
www.frivolouscomma.com/fiction/empi...
“Empire State of Mind” in @frivolouscomma.bsky.social is inspired by the famous song of the same name and how it seems to haunt every corner of New York City.
www.frivolouscomma.com/fiction/empi...
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A lovely new creeper that you won’t want to miss. We are so lucky and stoked to have @cherylpappas.bsky.social back in hex this week !!!
"She is conveniently in the kitchen, slicing a large orange with one of the knives. Her limbs are exquisitely long, her cutting precise. Slip..."
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
As New Year's parties beckon, mark this tale of gentle menace from the nonpareil @cherylpappas.bsky.social, new on hex! 🔪🍊🕷️
Innocence by Cheryl Pappas
He slips into the house party unnoticed, wearing a fedora and a bright pink handkerchief in his suit pocket. He is dressed like the other men, just as the invitation had specified. The women’s shawls ...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A lovely new creeper that you won’t want to miss. We are so lucky and stoked to have @cherylpappas.bsky.social back in hex this week !!!
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I have been driving all day but would be so mad at myself if I didn’t share this absolutely PHENOMENAL @cherylpappas.bsky.social story we have up at @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Do. Not. Miss.
Innocence by Cheryl Pappas
He slips into the house party unnoticed, wearing a fedora and a bright pink handkerchief in his suit pocket. He is dressed like the other men, just as the invitation had specified. The women’s shawls ...
hexliterary.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I have been driving all day but would be so mad at myself if I didn’t share this absolutely PHENOMENAL @cherylpappas.bsky.social story we have up at @hexliterary.bsky.social this week. Do. Not. Miss.
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🫠 OUR HOLIDAY SALE CLOSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR
$10 gets you EVERY E-BOOK we have ever made because WE LOVE YOU
All print backlist is 25% OFF because WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THEM
🫠⬇️ Descend into 2026 with 💵 CHEEP 💵 LittlePuss Press books!
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All print backlist is 25% OFF because WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THEM
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