Jessica Klimesh
@jekwriter.bsky.social
creative writer/writing coach/editor
flash, flash, and more flash! #flashfiction #microfiction
Best Microfiction 2025 | Best of the Net 2025
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https://jekwrites.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@JessicaKlimeshWrites
flash, flash, and more flash! #flashfiction #microfiction
Best Microfiction 2025 | Best of the Net 2025
jessicaklimesh.com
https://jekwrites.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@JessicaKlimeshWrites
Reminder: Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for just two more weeks (!) for Issue 3: Fire and Ice. Subs open to women-identifying writers. #flashfiction #flashCNF #prosepoetry hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
Submissions - Hot Flash Literary
Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...
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February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Reminder: Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for just two more weeks (!) for Issue 3: Fire and Ice. Subs open to women-identifying writers. #flashfiction #flashCNF #prosepoetry hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
Thank you, @doesithavepockets.bsky.social, for publishing my work!!
"“Yes, let’s all drink to Gail!” And then I remember I’m Gail, so I say, “I mean, let’s all drink to me!”"
A darkly funny, powerful read for all of us living in 2026, new from #DIHPAlum @jekwriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jess... #fiction
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A darkly funny, powerful read for all of us living in 2026, new from #DIHPAlum @jekwriter.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jess... #fiction
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thank you, @doesithavepockets.bsky.social, for publishing my work!!
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Submissions - Hot Flash Literary
Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...
hotflashliterary.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Submissions - Hot Flash Literary
Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...
hotflashliterary.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
#microfiction #flashfiction #women
Thanks, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, for publishing my story!!
"My ex, Ray, claimed he could see my bones. I’d assumed he was complimenting me on high cheekbones or a soft jawline. But then one day he asked why I didn’t have the cavity in my left molar fixed. Soon he became concerned with my arthritis." @jekwriter.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
December 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Thanks, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, for publishing my story!!
Hot Flash Literary's Best Small Fictions nominations!! @kathyfish.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social Deepthi Krishnamurthy @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff
Congrats and good luck to all!!
Congrats and good luck to all!!
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hot Flash Literary's Best Small Fictions nominations!! @kathyfish.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social Deepthi Krishnamurthy @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff
Congrats and good luck to all!!
Congrats and good luck to all!!
Thank you, @bestofthenet.bsky.social!!
Check out one of our 2025 Fiction Selections, "Too Good to be True" by @jekwriter.bsky.social (Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine) selected by Ben Tanzer on bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank you, @bestofthenet.bsky.social!!
Hot Flash Literary's Best Microfiction nominations!! Congrats and good luck to all!! @chelseastickle.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social @lorettec.bsky.social Huina Zheng Marybeth Rua-Larsen #microfiction #flashfiction
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hot Flash Literary's Best Microfiction nominations!! Congrats and good luck to all!! @chelseastickle.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social @lorettec.bsky.social Huina Zheng Marybeth Rua-Larsen #microfiction #flashfiction
Issue 2 of Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Louella Lester, Lorette C. Luzajic, @angelajoynes.bsky.social Cindy Sams, Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Huina Zheng, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Michelle Holland
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Louella Lester, Lorette C. Luzajic, @angelajoynes.bsky.social Cindy Sams, Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Huina Zheng, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Michelle Holland
Current Issue - Hot Flash Literary
Issue 2 – Fall/Winter 2025 Hot off the Press
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December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Issue 2 of Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Louella Lester, Lorette C. Luzajic, @angelajoynes.bsky.social Cindy Sams, Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Huina Zheng, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Michelle Holland
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Louella Lester, Lorette C. Luzajic, @angelajoynes.bsky.social Cindy Sams, Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Huina Zheng, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Michelle Holland
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
Woohoo! My flash about high school friendship, complete with secret messages and savage printing presses is live in the smokin’ second issue of Hot Flash Literary! Thank you, @jekwriter.bsky.social and Tina Carlson for selecting “Cloverleaf.” 🔥🔥🔥
hotflashliterary.com/cloverleaf/
hotflashliterary.com/cloverleaf/
Cloverleaf - Hot Flash Literary
The boys had never seen a girl sculpt steel on a spinning lathe or plunge fireplace tongs into 500º oil before. Arrange metal type into letterpress galleys. The manual training building was our escape...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Woohoo! My flash about high school friendship, complete with secret messages and savage printing presses is live in the smokin’ second issue of Hot Flash Literary! Thank you, @jekwriter.bsky.social and Tina Carlson for selecting “Cloverleaf.” 🔥🔥🔥
hotflashliterary.com/cloverleaf/
hotflashliterary.com/cloverleaf/
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
It's getting hot in here...🔥🔥
New story out today! Huge thanks to wonderful editors Tina Carlson and @jekwriter.bsky.social of Hot Flash Lit, and to the always wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social and Lorette C. Luzajic for the workshop that sparked this piece!
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New story out today! Huge thanks to wonderful editors Tina Carlson and @jekwriter.bsky.social of Hot Flash Lit, and to the always wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social and Lorette C. Luzajic for the workshop that sparked this piece!
hotflashliterary.com/after-a-day-...
After a Day of Babysitting the Grandkids, Linda Pours Herself a Tall Glass - Hot Flash Literary
of Malbec, takes a hefty swig and grabs the remote. This week on Marco Takes Miami, gorgeous Marco will find out the truth about Cecilia’s age. And then what? Linda contemplates Cecilia’s fate once Ma...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's getting hot in here...🔥🔥
New story out today! Huge thanks to wonderful editors Tina Carlson and @jekwriter.bsky.social of Hot Flash Lit, and to the always wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social and Lorette C. Luzajic for the workshop that sparked this piece!
hotflashliterary.com/after-a-day-...
New story out today! Huge thanks to wonderful editors Tina Carlson and @jekwriter.bsky.social of Hot Flash Lit, and to the always wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social and Lorette C. Luzajic for the workshop that sparked this piece!
hotflashliterary.com/after-a-day-...
So honored! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!!
Honored to celebrate our BMF nominees!
🐈⬛🎉 @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social
🐈⬛🎉 @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @jhhwriter.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So honored! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!!
So honored!! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!! Congrats to all!
We’re thrilled to share our Best Small Fictions Nominees!
@jekwriter.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social
@jekwriter.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So honored!! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!! Congrats to all!
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
By @jekwriter.bsky.social
“Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”
“Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”
All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Mohamed Marey on Unsplash by Jessica Klimesh When my left eyeball popped out, it bounced so fast and high, like a superball, against my ceiling, against my walls, against my closet door, that...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
By @jekwriter.bsky.social
“Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”
“Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
“On the morning after my mother’s funeral, I started on the walls with a color called Summer Grass Green…”
@jekwriter.bsky.social
@jekwriter.bsky.social
Paint Fumes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Taelynn Christopher on Unsplash by Jessica Klimesh On the morning of my mother’s funeral, I woke up early to prep the house for painting, spreading out drop cloths, taping edges, and priming ...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“On the morning after my mother’s funeral, I started on the walls with a color called Summer Grass Green…”
@jekwriter.bsky.social
@jekwriter.bsky.social
Thanks, @pdforan.bsky.social! And thanks, @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!
“… and I couldn’t help but wonder if anything would ever be normal again or if this was my life now. Or if I was looking at this all wrong and it was actually …”
Paint Fumes + 1 by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/paint-fumes/
Paint Fumes + 1 by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/paint-fumes/
Paint Fumes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Taelynn Christopher on Unsplash by Jessica Klimesh On the morning of my mother’s funeral, I woke up early to prep the house for painting, spreading out drop cloths, taping edges, and priming ...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thanks, @pdforan.bsky.social! And thanks, @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!
So thrilled to be in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social again!!
Issue 37 is here l! Covert art by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social with
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
12 outstanding stories by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @michelleross.bsky.social
@salgal.bsky.social @shemurph.bsky.social @stephieosaurus.bsky.social
Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories
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November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So thrilled to be in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social again!!
So delighted to be in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute--thank you, @brettpribble.bsky.social!!
Read "Let’s Not Lose Our Heads" written by @jekwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social.
"For the longest time, we walked around, bodies without heads, shuffling our feet to avoid tripping on curbs, twigs, and each other."
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"For the longest time, we walked around, bodies without heads, shuffling our feet to avoid tripping on curbs, twigs, and each other."
tinyurl.com/3jbp428j
Let’s Not Lose Our Heads — Ghost Parachute
For the longest time, we walked around, bodies without heads, shuffling our feet to avoid tripping on curbs, twigs, and each other. We held hands, relied on them to communicate, and eagerly followed o...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
So delighted to be in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute--thank you, @brettpribble.bsky.social!!
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
Thanks to @jekwriter.bsky.social & @writertammyevans.bsky.social for their feedback that made this piece stronger.
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanks to @jekwriter.bsky.social & @writertammyevans.bsky.social for their feedback that made this piece stronger.
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
✨ICYMI✨
“What if Everything Is Already Ruined?” New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social
“And if we drown, that science test doesn’t matter anyway.”
Read it here: www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh
“What if Everything Is Already Ruined?” New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social
“And if we drown, that science test doesn’t matter anyway.”
Read it here: www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh
Jessica Klimesh | What If Everything Is Already Ruined
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October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
✨ICYMI✨
“What if Everything Is Already Ruined?” New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social
“And if we drown, that science test doesn’t matter anyway.”
Read it here: www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh
“What if Everything Is Already Ruined?” New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social
“And if we drown, that science test doesn’t matter anyway.”
Read it here: www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh
Reposted by Jessica Klimesh
Jessica Klimesh | What If Everything Is Already Ruined
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October 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Thank you, @dehardy.bsky.social!! So excited to be published in Claudine!
@jekwriter.bsky.social: “I peer out the front window and see a couple of neighbors waterskiing in the street and some kids playing Marco Polo.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Thank you, @dehardy.bsky.social!! So excited to be published in Claudine!
So excited!!
One week from today—Monday October 6–our new issue launches!!! 💚🐈⬛💚
@ezhang77.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social
@ezhang77.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @jekwriter.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So excited!!
My weekly writing tip: youtu.be/hrMApE3VUG8?...!
Writer's Block Communications: Eradicating the Worst of Writer's Block in 3 Easy Steps
YouTube video by Jessica Klimesh
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September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My weekly writing tip: youtu.be/hrMApE3VUG8?...!
Thanks for the shout-out, @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!!
Just spotted a new #litmag for women to sub to. Theme for Issue 2: Hot off the press. "The theme is meant to inspire, not constrain, so feel free to interpret it in creative ways!"
#Submissions open til 31 Oct. Edited by Tina Carlson & @jekwriter.bsky.social
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#Submissions open til 31 Oct. Edited by Tina Carlson & @jekwriter.bsky.social
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September 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!!