Lisa Thornton
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
Writer, school nurse. Stories in SmokeLong Quarterly, Necessary Fiction, Cincinnati Review+. Pushcart, Best Small Fictions & BotN noms. Senior Flash Fiction Editor @JMWW. Fan of due process. Sucker for a good barn.
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It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32
Absolutely thrilled to have a story in the Winter 2026 @wildroofjournal.bsky.social ! Thanks to the editors for including “Glory Days” in this beautiful issue.
Reposted by Lisa Thornton
“Lie still long enough and someone will call it depression. Lie still a little longer and someone will call your sister.”
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Flash Fiction: You’re Twelve Forever by Lila-Rose Beckford
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
Flash Fiction: You’re Twelve Forever by Lila-Rose Beckford
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
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February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“Lie still long enough and someone will call it depression. Lie still a little longer and someone will call your sister.”
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Moving paragraphs around like I’ve just knocked into my story with a pool ball. What if this story was inside out. What if it started where it ended & vice versa. What if I wrote the same story in 40 different ways & called it a collection. An exercise. A dare.
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Moving paragraphs around like I’ve just knocked into my story with a pool ball. What if this story was inside out. What if it started where it ended & vice versa. What if I wrote the same story in 40 different ways & called it a collection. An exercise. A dare.
“Lie still long enough and someone will call it depression. Lie still a little longer and someone will call your sister.”
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Flash Fiction: You’re Twelve Forever by Lila-Rose Beckford
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
Flash Fiction: You’re Twelve Forever by Lila-Rose Beckford
At In-N-Out, she asks for her wallet. You open the glovebox: half-empty ibuprofen, Sephora receipts, a bobby pin. Nothing that could save a life.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“Lie still long enough and someone will call it depression. Lie still a little longer and someone will call your sister.”
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
Read “You’re Twelve Forever” by Lila-Rose Beckford up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social 🚙
My dad gave me this book last year & I keep skipping over it but today I thought abt how loved it makes me feel when my dad reads a book I give him so now I am mid Chapter 1
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
My dad gave me this book last year & I keep skipping over it but today I thought abt how loved it makes me feel when my dad reads a book I give him so now I am mid Chapter 1
Breaking news! 🎉⬇️
Welcome Our Newest Flash Fiction Associate Editors
Welcome JMWW Newest Associate Flash Fiction Editors, Laura Besley and Kelly Pedro!
Welcome JMWW Newest Associate Flash Fiction Editors, Laura Besley and Kelly Pedro!
Welcome Our Newest Flash Fiction Associate Editors
Welcome JMWW Newest Associate Flash Fiction Editors, Laura Besley and Kelly Pedro!
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February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Breaking news! 🎉⬇️
My giant ballooning out of control tbr pile is making me wonder what if I read the same one book again and again forever. Would it become all books? Would I find all the things I needed in it? Would it be different every time? Would it start to feel like a ritual and show me myself?
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
My giant ballooning out of control tbr pile is making me wonder what if I read the same one book again and again forever. Would it become all books? Would I find all the things I needed in it? Would it be different every time? Would it start to feel like a ritual and show me myself?
Reposted by Lisa Thornton
Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
Bad decisions are my sweet spot.
Sometimes a cookbook is a cookbook and sometimes it is the 1968 Time Life Cooking of Italy which allows you to picnic with your family just outside Rome while attempting Fagioli Toscanelli con Tonno
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Sometimes a cookbook is a cookbook and sometimes it is the 1968 Time Life Cooking of Italy which allows you to picnic with your family just outside Rome while attempting Fagioli Toscanelli con Tonno
Killed it at trivia with Puddle of Mudd. No one saw me coming.
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Killed it at trivia with Puddle of Mudd. No one saw me coming.
No one told me the coffee shop was for sale or I would have seriously considered turning it into a place for open poetry mics, your art on the walls for 1 mo/yr, mismatched tables & chairs & ragged shelves holding mags & paperbacks u could rest w over a hot cup. The 1992 coffee shop of my dreams.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
No one told me the coffee shop was for sale or I would have seriously considered turning it into a place for open poetry mics, your art on the walls for 1 mo/yr, mismatched tables & chairs & ragged shelves holding mags & paperbacks u could rest w over a hot cup. The 1992 coffee shop of my dreams.
Reposted by Lisa Thornton
We walk down the stairs, she holding my arm as if to steady me, and me steadying her with my arm. The rain is falling steady now, the blue rain, the changing rain, so that it seems like something more than rain.
Planned 4 more flash w my coffee but must sit w these.
READ @seanthomasd.bsky.social
Planned 4 more flash w my coffee but must sit w these.
READ @seanthomasd.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We walk down the stairs, she holding my arm as if to steady me, and me steadying her with my arm. The rain is falling steady now, the blue rain, the changing rain, so that it seems like something more than rain.
Planned 4 more flash w my coffee but must sit w these.
READ @seanthomasd.bsky.social
Planned 4 more flash w my coffee but must sit w these.
READ @seanthomasd.bsky.social
Thinking of the US figure skater who fell instead of winning gold and all of us who have ever failed, who have had our self-worth tied to performance, who have let people down. Wishing him calm & peace & time & that little spark inside that says I’m still ok.
February 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Thinking of the US figure skater who fell instead of winning gold and all of us who have ever failed, who have had our self-worth tied to performance, who have let people down. Wishing him calm & peace & time & that little spark inside that says I’m still ok.
Some Things I love (a Valentine's Day post)
1) waking up early to a dark world & watching it brighten slowly while drinking something hot
2) the way eagles look like they're wearing pants made of feathers
3) when someone drops something & a stranger picks it up & runs after them to return it
1) waking up early to a dark world & watching it brighten slowly while drinking something hot
2) the way eagles look like they're wearing pants made of feathers
3) when someone drops something & a stranger picks it up & runs after them to return it
February 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Some Things I love (a Valentine's Day post)
1) waking up early to a dark world & watching it brighten slowly while drinking something hot
2) the way eagles look like they're wearing pants made of feathers
3) when someone drops something & a stranger picks it up & runs after them to return it
1) waking up early to a dark world & watching it brighten slowly while drinking something hot
2) the way eagles look like they're wearing pants made of feathers
3) when someone drops something & a stranger picks it up & runs after them to return it
Today I called someone in NH for work and she said “is that all” and I heard my aunts & uncles & cousins & all the people we left behind when we moved out West when I was very young & it sounded like a womb like my home & it was very hard not to cry
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Today I called someone in NH for work and she said “is that all” and I heard my aunts & uncles & cousins & all the people we left behind when we moved out West when I was very young & it sounded like a womb like my home & it was very hard not to cry
Reposted by Lisa Thornton
Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!
still slowly getting through this call's 364 submissions, but... surprise! doing another call on Sunday!
Theme: Time Travel
Feb 15, 2 pm CST, capped at 150 submissions
Guest ed.: @ezhang77.bsky.social
Max 200 words
Send up to 2 (as long as total word count is less than 200)
The shorter the better
Theme: Time Travel
Feb 15, 2 pm CST, capped at 150 submissions
Guest ed.: @ezhang77.bsky.social
Max 200 words
Send up to 2 (as long as total word count is less than 200)
The shorter the better
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!
Reposted by Lisa Thornton
@theprideroars.bsky.social We are now accepting submissions for our first Free Flash Competition.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
@theprideroars.bsky.social We are now accepting submissions for our first Free Flash Competition.
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“a republic, if you can keep it”
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“a republic, if you can keep it”
Having a crush on someone who works at your oil change place and you forget abt but then remember pleasantly and with a little skip every 3 months? 10/10
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Having a crush on someone who works at your oil change place and you forget abt but then remember pleasantly and with a little skip every 3 months? 10/10
Woke up to all my worries lined up like children. I name them and feed them and they barely sleep.
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Woke up to all my worries lined up like children. I name them and feed them and they barely sleep.
Wonder what's happening on my Discover feed...
a woman in an orange fur coat is saying oh ! my eyes ! my eyes !!!
Alt: Phoebe from Friends screaming My Eyes! My Eyes!
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February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Wonder what's happening on my Discover feed...
Just saw the oldest man walking the oldest dog. Past the fire station, both furry and grey. Slow and purposeful companions.
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Just saw the oldest man walking the oldest dog. Past the fire station, both furry and grey. Slow and purposeful companions.
The sky is solid violet on the way to work instead of black, deep purple at dinner, the couple who run the soft serve place are back from Florida, it’s practically summer!
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The sky is solid violet on the way to work instead of black, deep purple at dinner, the couple who run the soft serve place are back from Florida, it’s practically summer!
Friday grader told me today she could feel her heart beeping. We listened to it w my stethoscope. The way people smile when they hear their own hearts is like they’re being introduced to a new friend. Like realizing they’re not alone.
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Friday grader told me today she could feel her heart beeping. We listened to it w my stethoscope. The way people smile when they hear their own hearts is like they’re being introduced to a new friend. Like realizing they’re not alone.
To the guy pushing his bike through the snow drifts on the side of the busy road at daybreak. You probably didn’t mean for it to be like this. But I see you and I think you’re doing a good job.
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
To the guy pushing his bike through the snow drifts on the side of the busy road at daybreak. You probably didn’t mean for it to be like this. But I see you and I think you’re doing a good job.
Ever feel like your life is leaking? It’s a new one for me. I’m going to read more & watch more movies & cook more. Maybe be quieter. Stop up the holes.
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Ever feel like your life is leaking? It’s a new one for me. I’m going to read more & watch more movies & cook more. Maybe be quieter. Stop up the holes.