Lost Balloon
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Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
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Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
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Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Holy fuck @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social with this 🔥🔥🔥"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed because neither of us could handle that."
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Holy fuck @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social with this 🔥🔥🔥"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed because neither of us could handle that."
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“Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate. ‘You’re my best friend,’ we say.”
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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…
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January 2, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate. ‘You’re my best friend,’ we say.”
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i...
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“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.”
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
“Exhaustion rolls in like the tide. We beg for sleep and prostrate ourselves before the deities of the dark.”
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
Oh, the things whispered between two people. Gorgeous new prose poem by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
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"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed" So beautiful @chelseastickle.bsky.social
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"We brush our fingertips across each other’s collarbones as our secrets spill into the moonlight where they are seen but not exposed" So beautiful @chelseastickle.bsky.social
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My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My first-ever prose poem is up at @lostballoon.bsky.social! Thank you to editor @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social for publishing it!
Reposted by Lost Balloon
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
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Ending the year with a good surprise. Thank you @lostballoon.bsky.social
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ending the year with a good surprise. Thank you @lostballoon.bsky.social
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so honored and thrilled 🫶 thank you!
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
so honored and thrilled 🫶 thank you!
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!
In case you missed it!!!
You are going to love our new piece by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social! Check out “Subway Surfing.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
Subway Surfing by Mizuki Yamamoto
Children throw their bodies into darkness, daring each other, further, surfing steel, blurring through tunnels, daring their bodies, further, further towards somewhere that is nowhere but feels lik…
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December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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"Beyond their outstretched hands is the beginning of everything else that has ever and will have ever existed, bodies pleading." Blown away by this frantic piece of writing from @mizuki-yama.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
Subway Surfing by Mizuki Yamamoto
Children throw their bodies into darkness, daring each other, further, surfing steel, blurring through tunnels, daring their bodies, further, further towards somewhere that is nowhere but feels lik…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Beyond their outstretched hands is the beginning of everything else that has ever and will have ever existed, bodies pleading." Blown away by this frantic piece of writing from @mizuki-yama.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
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And yet another amazing story by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, this one breathless and perfectly crafted to raise your heart rate. So much depth and emotion in so few words.
You are going to love our new piece by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social! Check out “Subway Surfing.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
Subway Surfing by Mizuki Yamamoto
Children throw their bodies into darkness, daring each other, further, surfing steel, blurring through tunnels, daring their bodies, further, further towards somewhere that is nowhere but feels lik…
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December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And yet another amazing story by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, this one breathless and perfectly crafted to raise your heart rate. So much depth and emotion in so few words.
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I have a new prose poetry piece, "Subway Surfing," out today at the lovely @lostballoon.bsky.social.
Thank you to Chelsea and the editors for giving this one a home.
Thank you to Chelsea and the editors for giving this one a home.
You are going to love our new piece by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social! Check out “Subway Surfing.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
Subway Surfing by Mizuki Yamamoto
Children throw their bodies into darkness, daring each other, further, surfing steel, blurring through tunnels, daring their bodies, further, further towards somewhere that is nowhere but feels lik…
lost-balloon.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have a new prose poetry piece, "Subway Surfing," out today at the lovely @lostballoon.bsky.social.
Thank you to Chelsea and the editors for giving this one a home.
Thank you to Chelsea and the editors for giving this one a home.
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I love that @lostballoon.bsky.social was # 4 on "Where to publish that piece you wrote crying in your car" on @chillsubs.bsky.social because tbh that's where I'm reading your submissions, too! (and sometimes while crying!!)
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December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I love that @lostballoon.bsky.social was # 4 on "Where to publish that piece you wrote crying in your car" on @chillsubs.bsky.social because tbh that's where I'm reading your submissions, too! (and sometimes while crying!!)
www.chillsubs.com/lists/crying...
www.chillsubs.com/lists/crying...
You are going to love our new piece by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social! Check out “Subway Surfing.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
Subway Surfing by Mizuki Yamamoto
Children throw their bodies into darkness, daring each other, further, surfing steel, blurring through tunnels, daring their bodies, further, further towards somewhere that is nowhere but feels lik…
lost-balloon.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You are going to love our new piece by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social! Check out “Subway Surfing.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/17/s...
In case you missed it!
It’s Wednesday! Which means we have a great new piece today from Stephen J. Bush! Check out “The Sunken Kingdom of Atlantis Starts to Make Some Waves.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/10/s...
The Sunken Kingdom of Atlantis Starts to Make Some Waves by Stephen J. Bush
We’d been off the main route by ourselves in the Conservation and Marine Science Zone, and you’d been saying how we didn’t want to miss it as back at the main tank there’d be the mermaid show soon,…
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December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In case you missed it!
It’s Wednesday! Which means we have a great new piece today from Stephen J. Bush! Check out “The Sunken Kingdom of Atlantis Starts to Make Some Waves.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/10/s...
The Sunken Kingdom of Atlantis Starts to Make Some Waves by Stephen J. Bush
We’d been off the main route by ourselves in the Conservation and Marine Science Zone, and you’d been saying how we didn’t want to miss it as back at the main tank there’d be the mermaid show soon,…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s Wednesday! Which means we have a great new piece today from Stephen J. Bush! Check out “The Sunken Kingdom of Atlantis Starts to Make Some Waves.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/10/s...
In case you missed it!
We have a great new piece today from @linedealer.bsky.social! Check out “Double Image.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/19/d...
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
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"For a hot moment, I wanted to smash her. No, I wanted to be her."
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
We have a great new piece today from @linedealer.bsky.social! Check out “Double Image.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/19/d...
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"For a hot moment, I wanted to smash her. No, I wanted to be her."
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
We have a great new piece today from @linedealer.bsky.social! Check out “Double Image.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/19/d...
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
lost-balloon.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We have a great new piece today from @linedealer.bsky.social! Check out “Double Image.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/19/d...
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
Clean by Carol M. Quinn
Doreen forces thick, unwaxed floss between your molars, between your bicuspids and your canines. She is always honest, no messing around, and she needs you to hear this: even two, three times a day…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...