Katherine Plumhoff
@kplumhoff.bsky.social
fiction @ places
elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee
2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social
reader @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
katherineplumhoff.com
valencia, es
elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee
2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social
organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social
reader @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
katherineplumhoff.com
valencia, es
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Katherine Plumhoff
@kplumhoff.bsky.social
· Feb 20
hi new wave of followers! i'm katherine! i write short fiction. i'm a 2025 fellow at smokelong so i read a lot of flash fiction these days. i'm organizing the european writers salon for europe-based writers to gather together and build community. i am american. i live in spain. i eat a lot of toast.
THAT'S MY FRIEND
I find myself on this shortlist, and am so thrilled. I'm cheering hard for everyone on this list! Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!
Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
THAT'S MY FRIEND
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
2025 was a mixed year, but I am so proud of and got so much joy from all we achieved through @saloneurope.bsky.social
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
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2025 has been a fantastic year for us. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us online or in person.
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025 was a mixed year, but I am so proud of and got so much joy from all we achieved through @saloneurope.bsky.social
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
Can't imagine life without it and the wonderful friends I've made, especially @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social
❤️
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU: excellent title, unsettling movie, rich post-movie discussion fodder
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU: excellent title, unsettling movie, rich post-movie discussion fodder
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Love the lingering eeriness of this unsettling Arctic tale by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social:
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Love the lingering eeriness of this unsettling Arctic tale by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social:
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
This story by @kplumhoff.bsky.social “Good Sign of Future Happiness” begins like this and just keeps getting wilder:
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This story by @kplumhoff.bsky.social “Good Sign of Future Happiness” begins like this and just keeps getting wilder:
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
“Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king.”
From Issue 90 of @smokelong.bsky.social
www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
i interviewed @ambersparks.bsky.social for ow but wow (my limited series on feelings) and loved her rec for Lorna Simpson. that sent me on a rabbit hole — which led me to her screenprint "Detroit (Ode to G.)"
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i interviewed @ambersparks.bsky.social for ow but wow (my limited series on feelings) and loved her rec for Lorna Simpson. that sent me on a rabbit hole — which led me to her screenprint "Detroit (Ode to G.)"
i am in here, as is everyone i have a crush on ... we love to see it
I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
i am in here, as is everyone i have a crush on ... we love to see it
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Holy moly!! Read this stunner by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social (the whole issue is well worth your time!) Congratulations @kplumhoff.bsky.social on the publication of this exceptional piece!!! 💕🫂
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www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
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www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
Good Sign of Future Happiness - SmokeLong Quarterly
Let’s agree that it was an accident, what happened when the tourist interrupted us choosing our king. All 12 of us boys were climbing on each other’s shoulders, turning our forearms into lances, charg...
www.smokelong.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Holy moly!! Read this stunner by @kplumhoff.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social (the whole issue is well worth your time!) Congratulations @kplumhoff.bsky.social on the publication of this exceptional piece!!! 💕🫂
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www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
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www.smokelong.com/stories/good...
i have a story in this!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i have a story in this!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
and no one said i couldn't go out and choose my favorite lines from each of my 15 issue-mates' stories (claire .... your mind ... two stories in one issue!) so i've done it in this thread!
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
"When your snoozed alarm goes off again, our faces are pressed together and the air between us is hot enough to steam shrimp."
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"When your snoozed alarm goes off again, our faces are pressed together and the air between us is hot enough to steam shrimp."
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
Read this story from @kplumhoff.bsky.social in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!!!!
last night i walked into an italian restaurant where a friend's parents covertly slid me a kilo of hershey's kisses, smuggled in from los EEUU for my cookie party tonight. international cooperation does exist
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
last night i walked into an italian restaurant where a friend's parents covertly slid me a kilo of hershey's kisses, smuggled in from los EEUU for my cookie party tonight. international cooperation does exist
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Don’t miss this one by @kplumhoff.bsky.social . The pacing is perfect and she nails the ending!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Don’t miss this one by @kplumhoff.bsky.social . The pacing is perfect and she nails the ending!
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
A banger by Katherine @kplumhoff.bsky.social 🎯
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A banger by Katherine @kplumhoff.bsky.social 🎯
went to the beach on a sunny day in december and it turns out i actually have no problems anymore. i don't even know what a problem is
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
went to the beach on a sunny day in december and it turns out i actually have no problems anymore. i don't even know what a problem is
@masonjarpress.bsky.social this is a gorgeous announcement but more important is WHERE IS MY PREORDER LINKKKKKKK (said with love and enthusiasm) (Ani is everything) (need them on my bookshelf expeditiously)
We are excited to announce our new author, Ani King! Ani's debut book, FAMILY NIGHT, a collection of flash fiction filled with magical realism, will be released in Fall 2026. Join us in welcoming Ani to MJP! @aniking.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #flashfiction #debutauthor #magicalrealism
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@masonjarpress.bsky.social this is a gorgeous announcement but more important is WHERE IS MY PREORDER LINKKKKKKK (said with love and enthusiasm) (Ani is everything) (need them on my bookshelf expeditiously)
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
"The basement, dark and cold, seems like it should be soundproof, but it’s just another place we have to be quiet"
This is a stunner from @kplumhoff.bsky.social. Give it a read!
This is a stunner from @kplumhoff.bsky.social. Give it a read!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"The basement, dark and cold, seems like it should be soundproof, but it’s just another place we have to be quiet"
This is a stunner from @kplumhoff.bsky.social. Give it a read!
This is a stunner from @kplumhoff.bsky.social. Give it a read!
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
My mom said if it’s okay with your mom you can come over and watch Kitchen Nightmares
So you do, giggling down to the basement, where we settle into separate beanbag chairs soft as dough, and though the conditions of you skipping mosque tonight include you praying at mine, you don’t…
www.whaleroadreview.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i am in issue 41 of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and so is gordon ramsey:
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
www.whaleroadreview.com/plumhoff/
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Issue 41 features work by @notquitehydepark.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @mboccardopoet76.bsky.social @taylorfthiel.bsky.social @meldoly.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social ...
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
today in murals
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
today in murals
i have a list of places i browse when i want a story butterfly to land on a branch of my brain and this is one of my fav new additions --
the Dream Bank, a searchable collection of dreams from the last 40 years, some delightful, others horrifying, all of them prompts:
dreambank.net/search.html
the Dream Bank, a searchable collection of dreams from the last 40 years, some delightful, others horrifying, all of them prompts:
dreambank.net/search.html
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
i have a list of places i browse when i want a story butterfly to land on a branch of my brain and this is one of my fav new additions --
the Dream Bank, a searchable collection of dreams from the last 40 years, some delightful, others horrifying, all of them prompts:
dreambank.net/search.html
the Dream Bank, a searchable collection of dreams from the last 40 years, some delightful, others horrifying, all of them prompts:
dreambank.net/search.html
everyone involved in @saloneurope.bsky.social is simply gorgeous
All the smiles in the salon tonight!
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social @vesnamain.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social @vesnamain.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
everyone involved in @saloneurope.bsky.social is simply gorgeous
my crush on Kik only grows
“After I gave birth, I understood entropy. Everything decays. Disorder is invincible.
Raging in front of the Sex Museum in Amsterdam, I became entropy.” gonelawn.net/journal/issu... Read this, ooof. 😮 By @kplumhoff.bsky.social the Diva.
Raging in front of the Sex Museum in Amsterdam, I became entropy.” gonelawn.net/journal/issu... Read this, ooof. 😮 By @kplumhoff.bsky.social the Diva.
Gone Lawn 54 : Katherine Plumhoff
gonelawn.net
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
my crush on Kik only grows
Reposted by Katherine Plumhoff
Such a fun day mooching around Madrid with @norami.bsky.social & @kplumhoff.bsky.social exploring the city and seeing venues for @saloneurope.bsky.social in September.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Such a fun day mooching around Madrid with @norami.bsky.social & @kplumhoff.bsky.social exploring the city and seeing venues for @saloneurope.bsky.social in September.
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3 days. 3 salons. 5 hosts. 25 readers. 100 attendees. intimate moments and communal ones, laughter and tears, favorites new and old. @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you next year in Madrid, Sept 25-27, to do it all again.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
3 days. 3 salons. 5 hosts. 25 readers. 100 attendees. intimate moments and communal ones, laughter and tears, favorites new and old. @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you next year in Madrid, Sept 25-27, to do it all again.