Kyle Isamu Weik
@kyleisamu.bsky.social
a queer writer without a plan | PushcartNom | Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, Variant Literature, Emerge Literary Journal, Vestal Review
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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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What an absolute honor, thank you @variantlit.bsky.social and @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social for including me in this spectacular lineup!
“We step over marble limbs, the torso of a bare-chested woman carrying a blue, white, and red flag, then slip through a storm drain into the catacombs...”
What can’t @belindarowe.bsky.social do? Read this piece of art, now!
What can’t @belindarowe.bsky.social do? Read this piece of art, now!
“The day they bomb the art gallery” by Belinda Rowe
“The day they bomb the art gallery” by Belinda Rowe is a flash fiction with the beating heart of a prose poem. Note certain poetic techniques, such as the well-placed repetition of the “enigmatic s…
flashthecourt.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
“We step over marble limbs, the torso of a bare-chested woman carrying a blue, white, and red flag, then slip through a storm drain into the catacombs...”
What can’t @belindarowe.bsky.social do? Read this piece of art, now!
What can’t @belindarowe.bsky.social do? Read this piece of art, now!
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Only $5 to enter, with a chance to bring home the coveted Blue Frog Prize. Imagine how proud of you your family will be (unless, of course, your family themed story hits a little too close to home...). Let's go Blue Sky fam!
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Only $5 to enter, with a chance to bring home the coveted Blue Frog Prize. Imagine how proud of you your family will be (unless, of course, your family themed story hits a little too close to home...). Let's go Blue Sky fam!
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Rewatching the Xmas episode of The Bear just to feel something.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Rewatching the Xmas episode of The Bear just to feel something.
Some of my favorites are in this gorgeous issue @elissafield.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social. Do give it a read!
Delighted to have 2 stories in this amazing issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social What a treat to appear with so many stellar writers incl @elissafield.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social
Letting go www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go
Marie Kondo www.frazzledlit.com/p/and-now-i-...
Letting go www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go
Marie Kondo www.frazzledlit.com/p/and-now-i-...
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Some of my favorites are in this gorgeous issue @elissafield.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social. Do give it a read!
“And I wish I was a sea slug so I could expel all the parts of me I carry around even though I don’t want them. And I would watch them float away with the current.”
Have you read this beauty by @esmepromise.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social? 🪼
Have you read this beauty by @esmepromise.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social? 🪼
A new year brings us new work to admire 💫 Help us welcome our JANUARY ISSUE: buff.ly/xnuvf6J
Major thanks to our contributors!
WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass
ART Audrey Holmes
PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social
Major thanks to our contributors!
WORDS @esmepromise.bsky.social, Stephanie Meade Gresham, Lia Hagen, Joan Kwon Glass
ART Audrey Holmes
PLUS @rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“And I wish I was a sea slug so I could expel all the parts of me I carry around even though I don’t want them. And I would watch them float away with the current.”
Have you read this beauty by @esmepromise.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social? 🪼
Have you read this beauty by @esmepromise.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social? 🪼
“Hooves cracking the ice-glazed early season snow in the yard, and on the other side of the grass there is a huddling confluence of doe, softly rendered into watercolor smudges of brown by frost on the window.”
In love with this piece by @aniking.bsky.social in @broadripplereview.bsky.social
In love with this piece by @aniking.bsky.social in @broadripplereview.bsky.social
So happy to have one of my favorite stories up at @broadripplereview.bsky.social today - absolutely gorgeous issue all around!!
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
www.broadripplereview.com/post/deer-run
Deer Run
Here comes that buck again. Long flank, long shanks, big crown of antlers. Hooves cracking the ice-glazed early season snow in the yard, and on the other side of the grass there is a huddling confluen...
www.broadripplereview.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
“Hooves cracking the ice-glazed early season snow in the yard, and on the other side of the grass there is a huddling confluence of doe, softly rendered into watercolor smudges of brown by frost on the window.”
In love with this piece by @aniking.bsky.social in @broadripplereview.bsky.social
In love with this piece by @aniking.bsky.social in @broadripplereview.bsky.social
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Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!
There's still life
Flash fiction by Kik Lodge
www.frazzledlit.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!
Needed an escape today and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social didn’t disappoint 🦘
The Third Less-Hot Hemsworth | MrBullBull
mrbullbull.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Needed an escape today and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social didn’t disappoint 🦘
Thank you to everyone who gave it a read! And wow, look at @sarahillswrites.bsky.social go! 🎊
Congrats @kyleisamu.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (x2!). You had a lot of frog eyes on your work!
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Thank you to everyone who gave it a read! And wow, look at @sarahillswrites.bsky.social go! 🎊
“Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband.”
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
We have a great new piece today by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! Check out “Rewind.” lost-balloon.com/2026/01/07/r...
Rewind by Cole Beauchamp
I have something to tell you, my husband says, but I’m not listening. I’m trying to shift the stone lodged in my mountain boot. Rain has slicked the narrow path covered in last year’s crushed leave…
lost-balloon.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“Up goes my arm and whoosh go my boots. Treacherous path. Treacherous husband.”
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
Clever as it is poignant, must read by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
What an absolute honor, thank you @variantlit.bsky.social and @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social for including me in this spectacular lineup!
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.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
What an absolute honor, thank you @variantlit.bsky.social and @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social for including me in this spectacular lineup!
“I try not to look in the mirror. To see my face, barely peeking out from the ooze. I am myself melted, left out for years and years in the scorching heat.”
I mean come onnn, this beauty by @skyskkyy.bsky.social
I mean come onnn, this beauty by @skyskkyy.bsky.social
Melnick: 'The Rot'
Fiction by Skyler Melnick
wigleaf.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“I try not to look in the mirror. To see my face, barely peeking out from the ooze. I am myself melted, left out for years and years in the scorching heat.”
I mean come onnn, this beauty by @skyskkyy.bsky.social
I mean come onnn, this beauty by @skyskkyy.bsky.social
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Love seeing these numbers continue to go up! Flash fiction is as strong as ever! 💙🙏🏼
Huge thank you to everyone who read, submitted, shared, and supported the Frog in 2025!
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Love seeing these numbers continue to go up! Flash fiction is as strong as ever! 💙🙏🏼
“At the tables, the billionaires are spooning custard out of hollow elephant tusks, making little coos that you don’t understand until you see the custard sparkling in the candlelight.”
Brilliant gem by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social!
Brilliant gem by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social!
The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
“At the tables, the billionaires are spooning custard out of hollow elephant tusks, making little coos that you don’t understand until you see the custard sparkling in the candlelight.”
Brilliant gem by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social!
Brilliant gem by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social!
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Matt is a gem! A sharp writer,a keen editor and overall lovely person. Please consider supporting him if you are able to. Details here: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Matt is a gem! A sharp writer,a keen editor and overall lovely person. Please consider supporting him if you are able to. Details here: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
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What a wonderful way to start 2026. Honoured to be included in @mynachang.bsky.social's roundup of recommended scfi, fantasy and horror with my @thecitronreview.bsky.social story ❤️
citronreview.com/2025/12/22/e...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
What a wonderful way to start 2026. Honoured to be included in @mynachang.bsky.social's roundup of recommended scfi, fantasy and horror with my @thecitronreview.bsky.social story ❤️
citronreview.com/2025/12/22/e...
citronreview.com/2025/12/22/e...
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The good folks over at @smokelong.bsky.social started a new community for us: The Village! I'm so excited about it that I contributed the very first Lit Mag interview where I talk about Split Lip's submissions & editing process & gush about @rpmirabella.bsky.social & K-Ming Chang! Join to read!
Read our interview with @maureenlangloss.bsky.social of Split Lip in The Village!
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The good folks over at @smokelong.bsky.social started a new community for us: The Village! I'm so excited about it that I contributed the very first Lit Mag interview where I talk about Split Lip's submissions & editing process & gush about @rpmirabella.bsky.social & K-Ming Chang! Join to read!
Returning after a writing hiatus, but my stories feel farther than ever. I’m trying to call them back but it’s like they don’t remember my voice and I don’t either. How do you all reconnect to your writing practice? Your inspiration? Would genuinely love to know.
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Returning after a writing hiatus, but my stories feel farther than ever. I’m trying to call them back but it’s like they don’t remember my voice and I don’t either. How do you all reconnect to your writing practice? Your inspiration? Would genuinely love to know.
“We’d found the antlers, polished them, and kept them safe all winter as we mucked reindeer shit…”
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
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
January 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
“We’d found the antlers, polished them, and kept them safe all winter as we mucked reindeer shit…”
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
How does @kplumhoff.bsky.social do it? No clue but I enjoyed every second and you will too.
“Should I call the vet? Maybe I should text my sister. Maybe I should Google “talking cats.” Maybe I should hide the knives.” Love this @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
So excited to have “Indoor Cat” included in this fun issue! trashcatlit.com/indoor-cat/
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“Should I call the vet? Maybe I should text my sister. Maybe I should Google “talking cats.” Maybe I should hide the knives.” Love this @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
“A life is looped yarn and slipped knots, chains and accidents.” A real treat by @melostrom.bsky.social
Excited to start the new year with a CNF flash in the latest issue of the wonderful Prime Number Magazine. Happy 2026, friends.♥️
www.press53.com/issue-281-fl...
www.press53.com/issue-281-fl...
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
“A life is looped yarn and slipped knots, chains and accidents.” A real treat by @melostrom.bsky.social
“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.” @chelseastickle.bsky.social
In the Dark by Chelsea Stickle
There are things that are easier to say in the dark. Things that bubble and ferment inside until we’re drunk with distended stomachs. Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostra…
lost-balloon.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:15 AM
“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.” @chelseastickle.bsky.social
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New micro up at Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social!! And thank you @amymarques.bsky.social for the amazing art!!
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There’s a Dead Cat in the Installation — Ghost Parachute
I want to scream at you but I know you don’t want to hear it as you wander around the abandoned drug store turned found art showcase, old boxes of meds, the kanji, hiragana, katakana in red, blue, whi...
ghostparachute.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
New micro up at Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social!! And thank you @amymarques.bsky.social for the amazing art!!
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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I’m so excited, working with Mason Jar has already been amazing!
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 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m so excited, working with Mason Jar has already been amazing!