Lisa Alletson
@lisaalletson.bsky.social
Canadian writer. Lake lover.
Wigleaf Top 50 2025. Stories & poems in Atticus Review, Bending Genres, Cincinnati Review, Gone Lawn, Milk Candy Review, New Ohio Review, Pithead Chapel.
Nominated Pushcart (x2), Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, BOTN.
Wigleaf Top 50 2025. Stories & poems in Atticus Review, Bending Genres, Cincinnati Review, Gone Lawn, Milk Candy Review, New Ohio Review, Pithead Chapel.
Nominated Pushcart (x2), Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, BOTN.
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Lisa Alletson
@lisaalletson.bsky.social
· Jun 28
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
I'm stunned to be on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 list. I look forward to reading this list every year!
My thanks to @laughingyeti.bsky.social, @samanito.bsky.social and the Wigleaf team, as well as @atticusreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it. Can't wait to read all the stories!
My thanks to @laughingyeti.bsky.social, @samanito.bsky.social and the Wigleaf team, as well as @atticusreview.bsky.social for originally publishing it. Can't wait to read all the stories!
Exquisite read in River Teeth today. This one hit home for me. I look forward to these micro-essays every Monday.
✨“I learned to open his left hand like a lotus flower, working each finger loose, stretching tendons, reminding his brain that this hand belonged to him.”
-from “Tom’s Left Hand,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Elizabeth Kleinfeld
Read the rest: riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
-from “Tom’s Left Hand,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Elizabeth Kleinfeld
Read the rest: riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Exquisite read in River Teeth today. This one hit home for me. I look forward to these micro-essays every Monday.
Reposted by Lisa Alletson
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
gofund.me
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Nicely done, Merriam-Webster.
Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.
Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.
January 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Nicely done, Merriam-Webster.
Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.
Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.
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Delighted to be included in this collection of flash fiction writing tips, curated by @karenschauber.bsky.social.
I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.
I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.
January 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Delighted to be included in this collection of flash fiction writing tips, curated by @karenschauber.bsky.social.
I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.
I'm spending this snowy day poring through it for inspiration. Wisdom from brilliant writers like @kathyfish.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social & more.
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Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
Prattlefog & Gravelrap | Matt Kendrick | Substack
A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings. Click to read Prattlefog & Gra...
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
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📚What a writer. See why @sarahillswrites.bsky.social has won almost every major flash fiction prize there is, including the prestigious Bath award twice.
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Worm - SmokeLong Quarterly
Content warning: sexual violence And while it was happening, with J behind me and my cheek pressed hard against the pocked linoleum floor, I spied a worm there. Rusted, red, moving over the dirty blue...
www.smokelong.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📚What a writer. See why @sarahillswrites.bsky.social has won almost every major flash fiction prize there is, including the prestigious Bath award twice.
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Winner of the Narrative Poetry Comp. Free to read now in @smokelong.bsky.social
Note the CW
www.smokelong.com/stories/worm/
Great cause. Great writers. Looking forward to this.
TODAY!!!! DON’T MISS IT!!!!
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Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
REGISTER NOW at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Great cause. Great writers. Looking forward to this.
Reposted by Lisa Alletson
I’m over the moon to have my new flash, “Cut Shapes Cut from Raindrops,” in the new issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social among so many incredible poems and stories. Feeling so lucky and grateful to have placed this piece here. #flashfiction
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m over the moon to have my new flash, “Cut Shapes Cut from Raindrops,” in the new issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social among so many incredible poems and stories. Feeling so lucky and grateful to have placed this piece here. #flashfiction
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Good night, from six-month-old Clover, who is occupying my days and my heart.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Good night, from six-month-old Clover, who is occupying my days and my heart.
"She has been this way since that wintered Tuesday in the long shadow of the war, the one they never talk about."
Phenomenal writing from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review.
Phenomenal writing from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review.
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"She has been this way since that wintered Tuesday in the long shadow of the war, the one they never talk about."
Phenomenal writing from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review.
Phenomenal writing from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review.
Reposted by Lisa Alletson
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
It's wonderful to watch @trentlewin.bsky.social soar, and to get the recognition he deserves for his work. Such a magnificent writer. We got to hang out in-person this year and he's a truly lovely guy.
Super excited to be listed as a Distinguished Story in 'The Best American Short Stories' for 2025.
I figure I'm just getting rolling... that I have a lot more to say... but this is really wonderful, and I love guest editor Celeste Ng's writing advice:
trentlewin.com/2025/10/26/d...
I figure I'm just getting rolling... that I have a lot more to say... but this is really wonderful, and I love guest editor Celeste Ng's writing advice:
trentlewin.com/2025/10/26/d...
Distinguished Story in 'The Best American Short Stories 2025' • Trent Lewin
Excited to have a ‘Distinguished Story’ in The Best American Short Stories anthology for 2025. What’s this mean? The story is not published in the anthology.
trentlewin.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's wonderful to watch @trentlewin.bsky.social soar, and to get the recognition he deserves for his work. Such a magnificent writer. We got to hang out in-person this year and he's a truly lovely guy.
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Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
constancemalloy.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
I was thinking, what great advice for me today, when I read this on #CBCBooks. Didn't realize it was from my friend @trentlewin.bsky.social until I got to the bio. Thanks, Trent!
October 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I was thinking, what great advice for me today, when I read this on #CBCBooks. Didn't realize it was from my friend @trentlewin.bsky.social until I got to the bio. Thanks, Trent!
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The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The same prick who gives me a headache every day now wants to outlaw Tylenol.
Reposted by Lisa Alletson
Happy birthday to @kathyfish.bsky.social. Feels only right that Kathy should be my #FlashFictionFamily pick for the day. Such a superstar of our community. Every piece is something special. A favourite? Impossible. But today I'm drawn to this stunner: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/pro...
Procession – swamp pink
swamp-pink.charleston.edu
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy birthday to @kathyfish.bsky.social. Feels only right that Kathy should be my #FlashFictionFamily pick for the day. Such a superstar of our community. Every piece is something special. A favourite? Impossible. But today I'm drawn to this stunner: swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/pro...
Six months post-stroke, my mother points to the high wispy clouds floating in the blue, through the window of her care-home. "I want to be there. Let me go."
I whisper, "Heaven, Mom? With Dad and Julie." She cracks up laughing. "No, home. That's north. I want to go home." And we laugh and laugh.
I whisper, "Heaven, Mom? With Dad and Julie." She cracks up laughing. "No, home. That's north. I want to go home." And we laugh and laugh.
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Six months post-stroke, my mother points to the high wispy clouds floating in the blue, through the window of her care-home. "I want to be there. Let me go."
I whisper, "Heaven, Mom? With Dad and Julie." She cracks up laughing. "No, home. That's north. I want to go home." And we laugh and laugh.
I whisper, "Heaven, Mom? With Dad and Julie." She cracks up laughing. "No, home. That's north. I want to go home." And we laugh and laugh.
Reposted by Lisa Alletson
A tough one to write and "have out there," but I'm proud of this hybrid micro. Many thanks to Court Harler, Flash the Court journal, and @sfreligh.bsky.social, whose prompt spurred the piece.
Safe at the hotel where I worked, I answered their dark blue queries. Behind their eyes I discerned that I wasn’t the kind of victim they had to care about.
Hybrid piece that is a powerful example of what flash can do. Love the ending. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in new lit mag Flash the Court
Hybrid piece that is a powerful example of what flash can do. Love the ending. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in new lit mag Flash the Court
“Bullet List for My Aged Kidnapper” by Patricia Q. Bidar
“Bullet List for My Aged Kidnapper” begins with a gun and ends with a song. With a list form, Patricia Q. Bidar leads us down the long dark alleyway of time, where traumatic recollections ricochet …
flashthecourt.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A tough one to write and "have out there," but I'm proud of this hybrid micro. Many thanks to Court Harler, Flash the Court journal, and @sfreligh.bsky.social, whose prompt spurred the piece.
Ten-week old Clover happily joined me on the paddleboard. She's a natural!
August 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ten-week old Clover happily joined me on the paddleboard. She's a natural!
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"I always wanted to know everything you thought of. Everything about the way you thought was beautiful, back then."
=>Read "Bro Island" by Murgatroyd Monaghan - June CNF Honourable Mention.
#OffTopicContest #CanLit…
https://offtopicpublishing.com/2025/07/10/bro-island-by-murgatroyd-monaghan/
=>Read "Bro Island" by Murgatroyd Monaghan - June CNF Honourable Mention.
#OffTopicContest #CanLit…
https://offtopicpublishing.com/2025/07/10/bro-island-by-murgatroyd-monaghan/
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"I always wanted to know everything you thought of. Everything about the way you thought was beautiful, back then."
=>Read "Bro Island" by Murgatroyd Monaghan - June CNF Honourable Mention.
#OffTopicContest #CanLit…
https://offtopicpublishing.com/2025/07/10/bro-island-by-murgatroyd-monaghan/
=>Read "Bro Island" by Murgatroyd Monaghan - June CNF Honourable Mention.
#OffTopicContest #CanLit…
https://offtopicpublishing.com/2025/07/10/bro-island-by-murgatroyd-monaghan/
"I’ll look for you. Look for me. Let’s make something ugly and weird."
Beautifully told, @barlowadams.bsky.social
Beautifully told, @barlowadams.bsky.social
Have a new column out today if you’d like to read it.
WRITING THROUGH ADVERSITY IN THE POST-TWITTER AGE AND THE HEALING POWER OF LITTLE STORIES | By Barlow Adams – Reckon Review
reckonreview.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"I’ll look for you. Look for me. Let’s make something ugly and weird."
Beautifully told, @barlowadams.bsky.social
Beautifully told, @barlowadams.bsky.social
"When I ran away as a 19 year old, I got into Minneapolis right after sundown. It was a very real moment for me. The sun leaving and saying you’re on your own now, kid."
- Al Kratz
@theburninghearth.bsky.social does a wonderful interview of @alkratz.bsky.social on his latest book, T is for Train.
- Al Kratz
@theburninghearth.bsky.social does a wonderful interview of @alkratz.bsky.social on his latest book, T is for Train.
A is for Al, my interview with Al Kratz is live at TBH. We talk about his book T is for Train, writing, and life.
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
"I had been revisiting that time of my life a lot, kind of like my present-self checking in on my past-self and making sure we were both ok."
constancemalloy.com/2025/07/15/a...
A is for Al: An Interview with Al Kratz
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! I’m so happy you’ve stopped by for this interview with my friend and writing group fellow, Al Kratz. Al and I met several years ago via an online Bending …
constancemalloy.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"When I ran away as a 19 year old, I got into Minneapolis right after sundown. It was a very real moment for me. The sun leaving and saying you’re on your own now, kid."
- Al Kratz
@theburninghearth.bsky.social does a wonderful interview of @alkratz.bsky.social on his latest book, T is for Train.
- Al Kratz
@theburninghearth.bsky.social does a wonderful interview of @alkratz.bsky.social on his latest book, T is for Train.