Liz Rosen
@thewritelifeliz.bsky.social
www.thewritelifeliz.com
Words in North American Review, Baltimore Review, Flash Frog, Pithead Chapel, New Flash Fiction Review, and more.
Words in North American Review, Baltimore Review, Flash Frog, Pithead Chapel, New Flash Fiction Review, and more.
When you are 89 and celebrating your 60th anniversary, you get to eat your caviar with a Diet Coke chaser.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When you are 89 and celebrating your 60th anniversary, you get to eat your caviar with a Diet Coke chaser.
Reposted by Liz Rosen
Our nominees for the 2026 best microfictions anthology are here. The link is to all our nominations so far, with more to come so keep watching. Congratulations to all including today’s tiny gems.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Our nominees for the 2026 best microfictions anthology are here. The link is to all our nominations so far, with more to come so keep watching. Congratulations to all including today’s tiny gems.
templeinacity.com/category/nom...
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On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Thanks to the crew at Eckleburg for taking in "Headline News." And thanks to my Summer Fitness group at @smokelong.bsky.social for help with the early drafts.
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Headline News
“'Is it bad that this kind of headline – ‘Great White Shark with Red Mouth Washes Up on Beach in Rare Incident...." by Elizabeth Rosen
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November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thanks to the crew at Eckleburg for taking in "Headline News." And thanks to my Summer Fitness group at @smokelong.bsky.social for help with the early drafts.
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A jaw-dropping lesson in using the absurd to speak to painful reality. Phenomenal story by @jjlofflin.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A jaw-dropping lesson in using the absurd to speak to painful reality. Phenomenal story by @jjlofflin.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
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Whoo-wee! Some great reading ahead of me. And the Sand and Gravel chapbook is soooo tiny and cute!
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@themissourireview @fionamckay.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Whoo-wee! Some great reading ahead of me. And the Sand and Gravel chapbook is soooo tiny and cute!
@themissourireview @fionamckay.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social
@themissourireview @fionamckay.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social
Sometimes a story you wrote lands in exactly the right place. That's how I feel about "Keepsake" landing in @cowboyjamboree in their new issue Hidden Behind the Door that Sorrow Locked.
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
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Keepsake
Keepsake by Elizabeth Rosen Exactly how I came to be beating the shit out of a fiberglass pig by the side of the highway in the middle of the night is a long story. Suffice it to say the pig was...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sometimes a story you wrote lands in exactly the right place. That's how I feel about "Keepsake" landing in @cowboyjamboree in their new issue Hidden Behind the Door that Sorrow Locked.
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
FYI: No pigs were injured in the making of this work of fiction.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/keepsake.html
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A fantastic story. My step-dad died of complications from Agent Orange so this story hit me extra hard. I think this is a great example of spec fiction addressing issues & heartbreak in a way realism can't reach.
1st Place winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by Kendra Recht!
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
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"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
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In Bloom - Uncharted
GERMINATION The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb. You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have. Charlie crashing his plane in the jungle. Charlie’s parachute failing. Charlie screaming as napalm melts flesh off bone. Charlie, reporting for duty one leg short, clumsily hefting a gun […]
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November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A fantastic story. My step-dad died of complications from Agent Orange so this story hit me extra hard. I think this is a great example of spec fiction addressing issues & heartbreak in a way realism can't reach.
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It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
Beautiful writing about all the feels of being newly in college and independent by Jennifer Galvão in @therumpus.net.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Red Zone - The Rumpus
That night, when I confessed to never having used a tampon before, not having a mom around to explain it, Cami locked us both into a bathroom stall and showed me how.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Beautiful writing about all the feels of being newly in college and independent by Jennifer Galvão in @therumpus.net.
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therumpus.net/2025/06/26/r...
This chilling story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is going to haunt me, I can tell.
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The Touch Forecast | Fractured
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November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This chilling story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social is going to haunt me, I can tell.
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Reading Nov. 2 at 3pm ET, celebrating my first chapbook "Five Stories" w/: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social , @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social , Katherine Plumhoff , @cbigs.bsky.social , @fionamckay.bsky.social , @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
Travis Flatt Chapbook Release 11/2 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
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October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reading Nov. 2 at 3pm ET, celebrating my first chapbook "Five Stories" w/: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social , @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social , Katherine Plumhoff , @cbigs.bsky.social , @fionamckay.bsky.social , @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
Yay! @travisflatt.bsky.social has a chapbook coming out, and in celebration, he’s got a line-up of fantastic writers reading their work. It’s a free event on Sunday at 3 EST. It’s free to Zoom in, so come join the fun!
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
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Travis Flatt Chapbook Release 11/2 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
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November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Yay! @travisflatt.bsky.social has a chapbook coming out, and in celebration, he’s got a line-up of fantastic writers reading their work. It’s a free event on Sunday at 3 EST. It’s free to Zoom in, so come join the fun!
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
Would you lose all respect for me if I confessed how much I love the Predator movies?
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Would you lose all respect for me if I confessed how much I love the Predator movies?
Oof, @jjlofflin.bsky.social
What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social
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What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social
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Flash Frog
Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oof, @jjlofflin.bsky.social
What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social
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What a great story for spooky month in @flashfrog.bsky.social
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I can't express how good the reading was for @oysterriverpages.bsky.social 8.1 issue was last night. Not just super talented writers, but super talented readers of their work, as well. You can check it out here:
www.oysterriverpages.com/issue-81
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Issue 8.1 (2025) — Oyster River Pages
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October 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I can't express how good the reading was for @oysterriverpages.bsky.social 8.1 issue was last night. Not just super talented writers, but super talented readers of their work, as well. You can check it out here:
www.oysterriverpages.com/issue-81
www.oysterriverpages.com/issue-81
Can anyone think of a more euphemistic name than Accurate Energetic Systems?
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can anyone think of a more euphemistic name than Accurate Energetic Systems?
This story by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @rejectionlit.bsky.social got at the runaway brain that lives in all of us.
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Academic Conference (Andrew Bertaina)
He’d been thinking of the conference in England for a long time. Not because of the subject matter, Victorian Literature, which he’d been teaching for too long and now found boring, but because the…
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October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This story by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @rejectionlit.bsky.social got at the runaway brain that lives in all of us.
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I caught this guy hanging around and he said I should throwback to my story in @fictivedream.bsky.social and since I would definitely lose in a fight with him, here it is: fictivedream.com/2024/10/18/a...
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I caught this guy hanging around and he said I should throwback to my story in @fictivedream.bsky.social and since I would definitely lose in a fight with him, here it is: fictivedream.com/2024/10/18/a...
This story by @eteffi.bsky.social in Gulf Coast shows just how good “quiet” stories can be.
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St. Ellen - Gulf Coast Literary Journal
Mattress City USA was tucked off a busy road in a strip-mall that included a gas station known for car-jackings, a down-at-heel florist's shop, and a daycare with grease-paint drawings of rainbows, …
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September 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This story by @eteffi.bsky.social in Gulf Coast shows just how good “quiet” stories can be.
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Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only…
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Press Me to Your Heart > The Fabulist Words & Art
The beguiling strains of Edith Piaf are a counterpoint to some gristly magical heart surgery in this tale of love and loss on the streets of Paris.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Read this beauty by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in @fabulistmag.bsky.social this morning. If only…
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Loved this modern cautionary tale by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @baltimorereview.bsky.social.
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Sage Tyrtle: #JustTheTwoOfUs
Sage Tyrtle's work is available in New Delta Review, The Offing, Lunch Ticket, and Apex among others. Words featured on NPR, CBC, and PBS, and taught in schools. Read more at tyrtle.com.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Loved this modern cautionary tale by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @baltimorereview.bsky.social.
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Whoof. Becky Hagenston’s story “Everything Must Go” in Washington Square Review has one of the most frightening thoughts I’ve never thought of before: what if the sky we are planning our escape to isn’t real. 🫣
September 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Whoof. Becky Hagenston’s story “Everything Must Go” in Washington Square Review has one of the most frightening thoughts I’ve never thought of before: what if the sky we are planning our escape to isn’t real. 🫣
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Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!
we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !
it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.
a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto
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it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.
a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto
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TWO DAYS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIES by Kim Magowan
Josie uses her key to let herself and her sister Amy into Cora’s apartment. She walks in first, then turns to see Amy standing in the doorway, hand braced against the doorframe. Josie says, impatientl...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!
A poignant space tale from @jaimegill.bsky.social in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. So good.
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Black Sky, Blue Earth — Oyster River Pages
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September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A poignant space tale from @jaimegill.bsky.social in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. So good.
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