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sandrinado.bsky.social @sandrinado.bsky.social · Dec 3
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥

#writingcommunity
#microfiction
inkinthirds.bsky.social Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · Dec 3
Nominations for Best Microfiction 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Congrats and good luck!

* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
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welkinprize.bsky.social
Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Pattern | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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drkerryjewell.bsky.social
Excited to finally share the cover for my debut novel A LITTLE UNWELL out with Hachette on 28th April 2026. Pre-orders available from: geni.us/ALittleUnwell ✨❤️
Book cover for A Little Unwell by Kerry Jewell. A brunette-haired doctor sits face down at a bench while pouring coffee from a jug onto the bench instead of her cup. Her red stethoscope lies abandoned beside her.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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eireneeleni.bsky.social
A little story in @frazzledlit.bsky.social
I’d love to know what emotion it leaves you with.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/what-doesn...
What doesn't make you stronger kills you
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
www.frazzledlit.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
Who wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash:

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...
Tips and Prompts for the New Writing Year
January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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kiklodge.bsky.social
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
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inkinthirds.bsky.social
Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!

inkinthirds.org/submissions/

Give us something different! Give us the feels! Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us chew on the lasting lines of love.

#comelaydownink
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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dinalrelles.bsky.social
i wrote this piece long ago + @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness.

grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social · 27d
"It's a Saturday in the middle of July on a white porch with an old friend. Towels along the clothesline. She’s ten years younger, so I’m always asking about her sex life."

New CNF: "Mechanical Pencils by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social

www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
Mechanical Pencils | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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neonpajamas.bsky.social
I rarely share long(er) poems on here, but I'm floored by this one by Daniel Kuriakose
When my grandmother died, three rings formed around my mom’s fingers. First, India, where the gold-leafed elephants and relatives were, kept calling. Second, at the wake, a small bit of smoke released from my father’s left eye and the lifelessness in the coffin was pretty shocking to everyone. Third, in her bedroom was a large mirror that, if you found a hidden latch, could be opened as the door to a shallow cabinet. What is this wrapping quality in rings, she asked, or in adornment instead of a coming back to itself? Then, in Milford, we all ate dinner by the shore and walked. Then, the house emptied and Rhea and I went off to college. Someone we knew must have broken in. Otherwise, how would they have gotten past the alarm system? It was years later over the phone. I had never heard her speak in that voice. They took my rings, she said. First, India, where some branches peak out over the foliage. Second, an overriding tactility that would devastate any religious woman. Third, her mother as herself. What am I going to do without them, she asked. I couldn’t hear her all that well. It turned out the color of the sky came from the ocean.
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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adamfleetwriting.bsky.social
Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
Dolph Lundgren, alien heroin and evil yuppies: Dark Angel is fun festive lunacy
Some people might prefer to watch Peanuts or Love Actually at this time of year. All I want is this underrated and bizarre action film
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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kathyfish.bsky.social
Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
With Gratitude: Fifteen Prompts to Get Us Through the Rest of (Another) Tired, Old Year
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
Another story I wrote after my visit to Texas 18 months ago. The first part of this story is true - there was a man like this at breakfast in a motel in Van Horn - but then it definitely becomes fiction! Published in The Phare.
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
The desert road is as long as a marriage
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www.thephare.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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inkinthirds.bsky.social
Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!

inkinthirds.org/submissions/

We are always looking for new art!

#comelaydownink
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
sandrinado.bsky.social
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥

#writingcommunity
#microfiction
inkinthirds.bsky.social Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · Dec 3
Nominations for Best Microfiction 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Congrats and good luck!

* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵‍💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡

epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
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
Cover of my Novella-in-Flash “Mother Karma” rich, dark yellow background with a line drawing of an Indian mother with black bindi and hair in a bun with flowers in it, holding a baby. Text “Mother Karma A Novella-in-Flash Sumitra Singam”
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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inkinthirds.bsky.social
Celebrating our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 in 2026!

Subs 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind.

We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time!
We need art, too!

inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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stonecirclereview.bsky.social
NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King

"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"

stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/

#Poem #Poetry
October 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...."

Big love for this award-winner by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social 💙💙💙
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...
Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...
gooseberry-pie.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
sandrinado.bsky.social
Thank you @100wordstory.bsky.social for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April 🥤 #100words #flashfiction #writingcommunity

100wordstory.org/photo-story-...
Photo Story: Milkshake - 100Words
The afternoon sun and Lloyd Lovell’s bull-eyed stare were hot on Mandy’s back as she waited for the bus.
100wordstory.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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jennystalter.bsky.social
So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Oct 5
"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...
October 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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inkinthirds.bsky.social
2026 will be a big year as we celebrate our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲! We have some ideas percolating on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, but we'd love to hear 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮! Leave us a comment or DM.

We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
sandrinado.bsky.social
Wow 💥
- complex characters
- nuanced storytelling
- harrowing and tender
- delivered by an expert voice all the way

By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
#Auslit
#Books
October 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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inkinthirds.bsky.social
Submissions 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 2026 issue!

Why INK?

•No Fees
•All-inclusive
•Paying Market
•We respond to all subs
•Literary Prize Nominations
•Fast turnaround time
•Full-color Print Issues (& digital download)

inkinthirds.org/submissions/
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM