sarah lynn hurd
@sarlynh.bsky.social
writer, reader, poet, film photographer, romantic, nostalgic, silly, thinking of bread (she/her)
words in NFFR, Anti-Heroin Chic, HAD, trampset, Fractured Lit, Flash Frog, ONE ART, and elsewhere
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words in NFFR, Anti-Heroin Chic, HAD, trampset, Fractured Lit, Flash Frog, ONE ART, and elsewhere
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sarah lynn hurd
@sarlynh.bsky.social
· Dec 15
It's a joy to be nominating Playing Pretend by Sarah Lynn Hurd for Best Small Fictions 2026 @sarlynh.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/07/14/m...
The biggest of thank yous to Laura at Fictive Dream for nominating my story for Best Small Fictions. So grateful to be thought of! <3
tbh I have no shame in deleting and reposting here if I make an annoying typo, but it would be less annoying if we could simply edit a post (':
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
tbh I have no shame in deleting and reposting here if I make an annoying typo, but it would be less annoying if we could simply edit a post (':
The pink skyline brushing along snow in the park across from my house this morning reminds me that the days will get longer again, that they already are.
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The pink skyline brushing along snow in the park across from my house this morning reminds me that the days will get longer again, that they already are.
Oh, I'm feeling anxious in my body, mind, and soul? More caffeine will definitely help !
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Oh, I'm feeling anxious in my body, mind, and soul? More caffeine will definitely help !
"Now everyone’s heads are like wasp nests buzzing with alarm—the blustering abroad, the vengeance at home, the ever-metastasizing conspiracy theories."
Yet another haunting and deeply poignant story by the talented @jaimegill.bsky.social. I wish this one felt more like fiction.
Yet another haunting and deeply poignant story by the talented @jaimegill.bsky.social. I wish this one felt more like fiction.
Our story of the week is Ghosted by Jaime Gill.
Ghosted - The Forge Literary Magazine
Ghosted, a short story by Jaime Gill
forgelitmag.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Now everyone’s heads are like wasp nests buzzing with alarm—the blustering abroad, the vengeance at home, the ever-metastasizing conspiracy theories."
Yet another haunting and deeply poignant story by the talented @jaimegill.bsky.social. I wish this one felt more like fiction.
Yet another haunting and deeply poignant story by the talented @jaimegill.bsky.social. I wish this one felt more like fiction.
Wow I’m so grateful for this community! Thank you Matt and Chris for including me here. Be sure to check out the full list!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
January 2026
Ten stories picked by Chris Scott
mondettes.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Wow I’m so grateful for this community! Thank you Matt and Chris for including me here. Be sure to check out the full list!
The little blue “make a post” icon or whatever it’s called has disappeared from desktop bsky for me and I can only make posts from mobile. Is this just me? :/
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The little blue “make a post” icon or whatever it’s called has disappeared from desktop bsky for me and I can only make posts from mobile. Is this just me? :/
Once again said “strip club” when I meant “strip mall” during a corporate water-cooler convo oops!
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Once again said “strip club” when I meant “strip mall” during a corporate water-cooler convo oops!
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect"
Wonderful writing from @sarlynh.bsky.social, the way this stays so taut and pulls a reader from beginning to end; brilliant emotional exploration at its core
Wonderful writing from @sarlynh.bsky.social, the way this stays so taut and pulls a reader from beginning to end; brilliant emotional exploration at its core
Read "The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA" written by @sarlynh.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA — Ghost Parachute
A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect. She’s far more mouse-like—anxious, prone to tachycardia, most active ...
tinyurl.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect"
Wonderful writing from @sarlynh.bsky.social, the way this stays so taut and pulls a reader from beginning to end; brilliant emotional exploration at its core
Wonderful writing from @sarlynh.bsky.social, the way this stays so taut and pulls a reader from beginning to end; brilliant emotional exploration at its core
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
"She wonders what the mice think about when they run. Is it instinct? Boredom? Do they know they’re not going anywhere, not really?"
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Couldn’t be happier for my first pub of the year to appear in Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and wow what lovely illustration by Brett J Barr.
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA — Ghost Parachute
A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect. She’s far more mouse-like—anxious, prone to tachycardia, most active ...
ghostparachute.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"She wonders what the mice think about when they run. Is it instinct? Boredom? Do they know they’re not going anywhere, not really?"
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this brilliant piece of writing by @sarlynh.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
Read "The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA" written by @sarlynh.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA — Ghost Parachute
A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect. She’s far more mouse-like—anxious, prone to tachycardia, most active ...
tinyurl.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Read "The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA" written by @sarlynh.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
"A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel."
tinyurl.com/2pyxennd
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
The January 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here!
Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/ams8we9k
Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/ams8we9k
January 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
tinyurl.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The January 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here!
Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/ams8we9k
Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.
tinyurl.com/ams8we9k
Couldn’t be happier for my first pub of the year to appear in Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and wow what lovely illustration by Brett J Barr.
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
The Liminal Space of the Track at a Tri-City YMCA — Ghost Parachute
A woman circles the track at the YMCA after work, around and around like a mouse on a wheel. Not a hamster, like one might expect. She’s far more mouse-like—anxious, prone to tachycardia, most active ...
ghostparachute.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Couldn’t be happier for my first pub of the year to appear in Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and wow what lovely illustration by Brett J Barr.
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
Look too, at this!
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look too, at this!
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
Dear AHC family, we are so happy to announce that we will be returning from our year long hiatus in the New Year! We are currently running a fundraiser to help facilitate our return and hope you'll consider donating or sharing with your network. Much love!
donate.stripe.com/bJe3cw7H99v1...
donate.stripe.com/bJe3cw7H99v1...
December 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Dear AHC family, we are so happy to announce that we will be returning from our year long hiatus in the New Year! We are currently running a fundraiser to help facilitate our return and hope you'll consider donating or sharing with your network. Much love!
donate.stripe.com/bJe3cw7H99v1...
donate.stripe.com/bJe3cw7H99v1...
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
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.
Reposted by sarah lynn hurd
Our #nominations for #BestSmallFictions2026 are: Playing Pretend by @sarlynh.bsky.social
Shedding by @emmikhor.bsky.social
Blackhearts by @bsherm36.bsky.social
Weed by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social
Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly by Mikki Aronoff and @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Shedding by @emmikhor.bsky.social
Blackhearts by @bsherm36.bsky.social
Weed by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social
Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly by Mikki Aronoff and @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our #nominations for #BestSmallFictions2026 are: Playing Pretend by @sarlynh.bsky.social
Shedding by @emmikhor.bsky.social
Blackhearts by @bsherm36.bsky.social
Weed by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social
Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly by Mikki Aronoff and @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Shedding by @emmikhor.bsky.social
Blackhearts by @bsherm36.bsky.social
Weed by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social
Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly by Mikki Aronoff and @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
The biggest of thank yous to Laura at Fictive Dream for nominating my story for Best Small Fictions. So grateful to be thought of! <3
It's a joy to be nominating Playing Pretend by Sarah Lynn Hurd for Best Small Fictions 2026 @sarlynh.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/07/14/m...
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The biggest of thank yous to Laura at Fictive Dream for nominating my story for Best Small Fictions. So grateful to be thought of! <3
"My consciousness creating a consciousness (you) creating its own consciousness (AI) and (re)creating me inside an endless feedback loop, mirrors on mirrors, a microphone knocking against an amp, cacophonous and a little dizzying."
Clever and beautiful. Love this one @iamchrisscott.bsky.social!
Clever and beautiful. Love this one @iamchrisscott.bsky.social!
Really thrilled to have a piece in the fantastic new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. It's called "God Is Trapped In The Verizon Helpbot." Thank you to @eireneeleni.bsky.social for giving this one a home, and I hope you like it.
Temple in a City Literary journal
Flash fiction God Is Trapped In The Verizon Helpbot by author Chris Scott. Published in Temple in a City Literary journal.
templeinacity.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"My consciousness creating a consciousness (you) creating its own consciousness (AI) and (re)creating me inside an endless feedback loop, mirrors on mirrors, a microphone knocking against an amp, cacophonous and a little dizzying."
Clever and beautiful. Love this one @iamchrisscott.bsky.social!
Clever and beautiful. Love this one @iamchrisscott.bsky.social!
"I said it with authority, the way you talk to walruses if you want them to listen..."
Love love love the voice and tough humor in this one @emilyrinkema.bsky.social!
Love love love the voice and tough humor in this one @emilyrinkema.bsky.social!
Thrilled to be part of this incredible issue! Please check out “The Night the Walrus Came to Take My Baby”: www.vestalreview.net/the-night-th...
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"I said it with authority, the way you talk to walruses if you want them to listen..."
Love love love the voice and tough humor in this one @emilyrinkema.bsky.social!
Love love love the voice and tough humor in this one @emilyrinkema.bsky.social!
"The wires that keep animals from straying are long and barbed."
I love the clear sense of place and desert influence in this bittersweet piece. Lovely work @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social!
I love the clear sense of place and desert influence in this bittersweet piece. Lovely work @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...
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 2:23 PM
"The wires that keep animals from straying are long and barbed."
I love the clear sense of place and desert influence in this bittersweet piece. Lovely work @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social!
I love the clear sense of place and desert influence in this bittersweet piece. Lovely work @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social!
best google search earlier today: “dollhouse roof shingles near me”
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
best google search earlier today: “dollhouse roof shingles near me”
"The kettle’s whistle builds to a scream then subsides into a sigh."
Congrats @jaimegill.bsky.social on being a finalist! This one will stick with me for a bit, I can tell.
Congrats @jaimegill.bsky.social on being a finalist! This one will stick with me for a bit, I can tell.
"The lights are dimming across Europe, the darkness seeping through the cracks of the British everyday."
SO thrilled my 1930s, very British, allegorical domestic drama - Appeasement - was a finalist for the New Flash Fiction Award by @nffr.bsky.social.
Read here: newflashfiction.com/appeasement/
SO thrilled my 1930s, very British, allegorical domestic drama - Appeasement - was a finalist for the New Flash Fiction Award by @nffr.bsky.social.
Read here: newflashfiction.com/appeasement/
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"The kettle’s whistle builds to a scream then subsides into a sigh."
Congrats @jaimegill.bsky.social on being a finalist! This one will stick with me for a bit, I can tell.
Congrats @jaimegill.bsky.social on being a finalist! This one will stick with me for a bit, I can tell.
Another achingly beautiful piece by my talented friend @mizuki-yama.bsky.social <3
new Mizuki Yamamoto today with that nice tidal pull!
https://www.havehashad.com/i2wjr
https://www.havehashad.com/i2wjr
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another achingly beautiful piece by my talented friend @mizuki-yama.bsky.social <3