Jon Fain
@jonfain.bsky.social
Writer of Short Fiction(s) and Other Prose Entertainments
Selected Publications:
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Jon Fain
@jonfain.bsky.social
· Oct 5
The Ones That Get Away by Jon Fain — Feign
www.feignlit.com
Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one.
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www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...
Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one.
www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...
www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...
The Ones That Get Away by Jon Fain — Feign
www.feignlit.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one.
www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...
www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...
A remembrance of my parents, who later in life decided to buy and attempt to run a country inn in Maine. Thanks to Matt at Atlantic Northeast for taking it on.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A remembrance of my parents, who later in life decided to buy and attempt to run a country inn in Maine. Thanks to Matt at Atlantic Northeast for taking it on.
atlanticnortheastmag.com/wp-content/u...
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My flash piece “Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)” has risen from the ashes, reprinted here. Inspired by my “helping” my grandfather as a kid way back when, when he built a fallout shelter on his farm. Many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the showcase!
🔥 CHANDELIER: BLAZING IS LIVE! 🔥
Chandelier — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My flash piece “Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)” has risen from the ashes, reprinted here. Inspired by my “helping” my grandfather as a kid way back when, when he built a fallout shelter on his farm. Many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the showcase!
My small contribution to Atomic Bomb Literature, "Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)," will explode (again/reborn) tomorrow thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social !
🔥 Announcement! 🔥
CHANDELIER: BLAZING is coming September 1!
Here are the ten incredible contributors whose writing will amaze you:
Jon Fain
Clare O'Brien Wright
Lauren Kardos
Patricia Q. Bidar
Eric Robert Nolan
Teresa Tumminello Brader
Elad Haber
Brad Rose
Avery Timmons
Dan Brotzel
CHANDELIER: BLAZING is coming September 1!
Here are the ten incredible contributors whose writing will amaze you:
Jon Fain
Clare O'Brien Wright
Lauren Kardos
Patricia Q. Bidar
Eric Robert Nolan
Teresa Tumminello Brader
Elad Haber
Brad Rose
Avery Timmons
Dan Brotzel
August 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My small contribution to Atomic Bomb Literature, "Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)," will explode (again/reborn) tomorrow thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social !
Reposted by Jon Fain
The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls
Tenement halls
Tenement halls
August 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls
Tenement halls
Tenement halls
Reposted by Jon Fain
Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.
August 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.
Reposted by Jon Fain
New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out:
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
Jon Fain | Reverie
www.reveriemag.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out:
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
Reposted by Jon Fain
A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family.
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8
Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8 [Williams, Mark, Zenker, Gary, Lang, Lauren, Goldman, Ken, Davenport, Caroline Shannon, Czyz, Vincent, Devecchi, Elizabeth, Fain, Jon, Schiller, Joseph, White, Benjamin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8
www.amazon.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family.
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
Reposted by Jon Fain
“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.”
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
universaltable.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.”
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
This is what happens when editors take your shit seriously.
Made stuffed calamari from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey for me and baked ziti for everyone else (including me). Made too much stuffing so while I figure out what to with it you should catch @jonfain.bsky.social’s Heavily Ever After
August 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is what happens when editors take your shit seriously.
“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.”
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
universaltable.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.”
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample.
universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...
A matter-of-fact dystopia piece that I can't get out of my head since reading it a few hours ago. Really nice craft from @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social
And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.
And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.
New story alert!
I’m absolutely thrilled to join the roster of Gargoyle Magazine with my story “Waiting to Take Possession.”
gargoylemagazine.com/elizabeth-ro...
I’m absolutely thrilled to join the roster of Gargoyle Magazine with my story “Waiting to Take Possession.”
gargoylemagazine.com/elizabeth-ro...
Elizabeth Rosen
Elizabeth Rosen Back to Gargoyle Online Waiting to Take Possession Donna wants to show us her collection. She’s extremely proud of it. She has thrown herself into this new hobby wholeheartedly, spe…
gargoylemagazine.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A matter-of-fact dystopia piece that I can't get out of my head since reading it a few hours ago. Really nice craft from @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social
And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.
And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.
"You balance loving people and hating people in a really nice way."
Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.
Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.
Hey everyone, I did it. I made it onto the pages of @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Please give us a bit of your time.
"Brogan prayed his sister wouldn’t take on his father’s moral and spiritual weakness, his step-mother’s willfulness, prayed she would someday find a man like Leonard, who would cure her of the modern world’s stupidity and cruelty." @jeffchon.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
July 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"You balance loving people and hating people in a really nice way."
Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.
Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.
Reposted by Jon Fain
Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."
Thank you to @dryan.bsky.social for curating a delicious menu of writing for the inaugural issue of Mealarkey. Head over to our website to dig in! malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
Summer Menu 2025 — Malarkey
malarkeybooks.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."
Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."
Thank you to @dryan.bsky.social for curating a delicious menu of writing for the inaugural issue of Mealarkey. Head over to our website to dig in! malarkeybooks.com/mealarkey/20...
Summer Menu 2025 — Malarkey
malarkeybooks.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."
A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family.
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8
Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8 [Williams, Mark, Zenker, Gary, Lang, Lauren, Goldman, Ken, Davenport, Caroline Shannon, Czyz, Vincent, Devecchi, Elizabeth, Fain, Jon, Schiller, Joseph, White, Benjamin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8
www.amazon.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family.
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection.
www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...
New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out:
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
Jon Fain | Reverie
www.reveriemag.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out:
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
#FlashFiction #ShortStory
www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...
Big thanks to @suddenflash.bsky.social for posting this new 100-worder of mine: #Flashfiction #Microfiction
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The Ventriloquist’s Wife is No Dummy
Career decisions.
yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big thanks to @suddenflash.bsky.social for posting this new 100-worder of mine: #Flashfiction #Microfiction
yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
A new 100-worder that no one else would touch, thanks to @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new 100-worder that no one else would touch, thanks to @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social
Yet Another Tiny Tale in Molecule: A Tiny Lit Mag, Issue 12. Scroll down to page 12 because it's "Harvest Time"
#microfiction #flashfiction
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#microfiction #flashfiction
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Molecule - a tiny lit mag
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March 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yet Another Tiny Tale in Molecule: A Tiny Lit Mag, Issue 12. Scroll down to page 12 because it's "Harvest Time"
#microfiction #flashfiction
moleculetinylitmag.art.blog
#microfiction #flashfiction
moleculetinylitmag.art.blog
I didn't take a crack at this theme. Here's someone who did and nailed it.
Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via
@punk_magazine
Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via
@punk_magazine
Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer
Photo by Laura Penwell on Pexels.com Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer Me and my brother spent our time racing each other that day, him on the quad and me on the horse. We were zigzagging between…
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March 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I didn't take a crack at this theme. Here's someone who did and nailed it.
Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via
@punk_magazine
Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via
@punk_magazine
New Micro Fiction a second appearance in recent months in Suddenly, and Without Warning @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social
#flashfiction #microfiction
www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/
#flashfiction #microfiction
www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/
Ripe Old Age – Suddenly, And Without Warning
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February 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
New Micro Fiction a second appearance in recent months in Suddenly, and Without Warning @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social
#flashfiction #microfiction
www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/
#flashfiction #microfiction
www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/
For the weekenders... a story of a Last Chance Guy.
#flashfiction #shortstory
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
#flashfiction #shortstory
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For the weekenders... a story of a Last Chance Guy.
#flashfiction #shortstory
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
#flashfiction #shortstory
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
New Story, "Tempus Skewered" #flashfiction #shortstory
Check it out:
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
Check it out:
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
tempus Skewered by Jon Fain — Bottle Rocket
Guy moves into a place the locals call Last Chance City. It’s a squat old strip motel converted into apartments on the outskirts of nowhere special. They did a half-assed revamp on the cheap. They’ve ...
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New Story, "Tempus Skewered" #flashfiction #shortstory
Check it out:
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...
Check it out:
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...