Travis Flatt
@travisflatt.bsky.social
Writer.
Recent Words in Iron Horse Literary Review, Necessary Fiction, Cleaver, Scaffold, others… see—>
https://travisflattblog.com/
Recent Words in Iron Horse Literary Review, Necessary Fiction, Cleaver, Scaffold, others… see—>
https://travisflattblog.com/
Hooray!! This is a good, good day. Many hoorays for us! (The fellows, not a royal us.) I'm so happy and thankful to @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor, and to be amongst this company!
Help us welcome our 2026 Emerging Writer Fellows! We're so excited to work with these five talented writers for the next six months!
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Meet the 2026 SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellows! - SmokeLong Quarterly
This year from January to June we are thrilled to provide The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship to five talented writers. Each of these writers will receive feedback from three senior SmokeLong edi...
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January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Hooray!! This is a good, good day. Many hoorays for us! (The fellows, not a royal us.) I'm so happy and thankful to @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor, and to be amongst this company!
A highlight of my year, this review!
🌟ICYMI🌟
Our review of Travis Flatt’s Five Stories! @travisflatt.bsky.social
“Travis Flatt’s Five Stories delivers wry, yet heartfelt storytelling that's ripe with spot-on dialogue and deliciously dysfunctional twists.”
www.claudineliterary.net/fivestories
Our review of Travis Flatt’s Five Stories! @travisflatt.bsky.social
“Travis Flatt’s Five Stories delivers wry, yet heartfelt storytelling that's ripe with spot-on dialogue and deliciously dysfunctional twists.”
www.claudineliterary.net/fivestories
Five Stories by Travis Flatt | A Review
www.claudineliterary.net
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A highlight of my year, this review!
“Do you have a [hot face]?”
So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !
So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !
" When I have the [drop of blood] [haircut], I have to insert the medical [chopstick] also provided by the 3D [printer] then scan the [zebra] [rectangle] to upload the [bar chart] [bullseye] onto my [laptop]" Absolutely brilliant @mattkendrick.bsky.social
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Efficiency measures
by Matt Kendrick It’s [sunrise through mist] and I’m sitting with [old woman] in the [kitchen]. My [laptop] is open on the [table] in front of me. [Old woman] is scratching the yellowing [na…
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“Do you have a [hot face]?”
So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !
So many things about this story made me smile in a whoa kind of way. Well done, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !
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Day One of our solstice gathering features writing by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @raymondbrunell.bsky.social, @eileentomarchio.bsky.social, @janewords.bsky.social, Talya Byrd, Carol M. Quinn, Tanya Kornilovich, and Joe Kalovac. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Day One of our solstice gathering features writing by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @raymondbrunell.bsky.social, @eileentomarchio.bsky.social, @janewords.bsky.social, Talya Byrd, Carol M. Quinn, Tanya Kornilovich, and Joe Kalovac. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
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I'm thrilled my CNF "Potato Boy" is up @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. Fun to take the accompanying photo in my granddaughter's doll house. Many thanks to EIC Olga Katsovskiy @theweightofaletter.bsky.social & the lovely @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
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#flashfiction
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#flashfiction
Creative Nonfiction: Potato Boy by Claudia Monpere
My first boyfriend poured huge piles of dirt on his living room floor. The house was a tiny rental— flaked, chipped paint.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm thrilled my CNF "Potato Boy" is up @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. Fun to take the accompanying photo in my granddaughter's doll house. Many thanks to EIC Olga Katsovskiy @theweightofaletter.bsky.social & the lovely @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
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#flashfiction
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#flashfiction
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What a bonkers good list of stories! So grateful to be on it and you can check my bitty story out here: www.claudineliterary.net/aniking
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What a bonkers good list of stories! So grateful to be on it and you can check my bitty story out here: www.claudineliterary.net/aniking
Honored to have my chapbook, Give Stories, reviewed in Claudine!! 🎉🐈
Check out our review:
“Travis Flatt’s Five Stories delivers wry, yet heartfelt storytelling that's ripe with spot-on dialogue and deliciously dysfunctional twists.”
@travisflatt.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/fivestories
“Travis Flatt’s Five Stories delivers wry, yet heartfelt storytelling that's ripe with spot-on dialogue and deliciously dysfunctional twists.”
@travisflatt.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/fivestories
Five Stories by Travis Flatt | A Review
www.claudineliterary.net
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Honored to have my chapbook, Give Stories, reviewed in Claudine!! 🎉🐈
New story up at @dishsoapquart.bsky.social 🎉🥳🧴🚗🌕
Incredible shortie up today about love and space and Cadillacs! Make sure you don't miss "Cadillacs on the Moon" from @travisflatt.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-4-25
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/11-4-25
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
New story up at @dishsoapquart.bsky.social 🎉🥳🧴🚗🌕
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Thanks for everyone who came to @travisflatt.bsky.social chapbook release! Great turnout, so many talented readers!
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thanks for everyone who came to @travisflatt.bsky.social chapbook release! Great turnout, so many talented readers!
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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
Travis Flatt Chapbook Release 11/2 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
www.sandandgravelpress.com
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
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Keep sending us your poems and prose! We'd love to see more weird stuff in the poetry queue. If you're not sure it makes sense, but couldn't imagine it any other way, our submissions are open!
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October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Keep sending us your poems and prose! We'd love to see more weird stuff in the poetry queue. If you're not sure it makes sense, but couldn't imagine it any other way, our submissions are open!
variantlit.com/submit/
variantlit.com/submit/
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
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Come hang out and celebrate @travisflatt.bsky.social!
www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.
Interviews — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
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October 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Come hang out and celebrate @travisflatt.bsky.social!
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www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.
Interviews — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
www.sandandgravelpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews Interview with @travisflatt.bsky.social up! November 2nd release party over zoom (link on website) featuring @marioaliberto3.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social and Lucas Flatt.
Reading and launch party for Five Stories by Travis Flatt
We've got: Kleopatra Olympiou, Fiona McKay, Ani King, Katherine Plumhoff, Coleman Bigelow, Lucas Flatt, Mario Aliberto, and Liz Rosen
(NOV.2, at 3PM NYC time)
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
We've got: Kleopatra Olympiou, Fiona McKay, Ani King, Katherine Plumhoff, Coleman Bigelow, Lucas Flatt, Mario Aliberto, and Liz Rosen
(NOV.2, at 3PM NYC time)
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
Travis Flatt Chapbook Release 11/2 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
www.sandandgravelpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reading and launch party for Five Stories by Travis Flatt
We've got: Kleopatra Olympiou, Fiona McKay, Ani King, Katherine Plumhoff, Coleman Bigelow, Lucas Flatt, Mario Aliberto, and Liz Rosen
(NOV.2, at 3PM NYC time)
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
We've got: Kleopatra Olympiou, Fiona McKay, Ani King, Katherine Plumhoff, Coleman Bigelow, Lucas Flatt, Mario Aliberto, and Liz Rosen
(NOV.2, at 3PM NYC time)
www.sandandgravelpress.com/readings
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It's incredible how much @travisflatt.bsky.social can pack into this 360 word story, creating a little miniature world of fully-fleshed characters and seasonally appropriate strangeness.
October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's incredible how much @travisflatt.bsky.social can pack into this 360 word story, creating a little miniature world of fully-fleshed characters and seasonally appropriate strangeness.
This is happening! Has already happened, actually. Check it out! 👀
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Five Stories, a chapbook by @travisflatt.bsky.social is available now on our website!
Five Stories, a chapbook by @travisflatt.bsky.social is available now on our website!
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is happening! Has already happened, actually. Check it out! 👀
Very happy this bonkers little guy found a good home at @templeinacity.bsky.social ! 🗡️🐉👖
A joy from start to finish complete with cardboard swords, horrified teachers, excruciated adults, puppy love and other love and our favourite new exclamation, ‘Die, Pants!’ @travisflatt.bsky.social
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Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal, Travis Flatt, fiction
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September 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Very happy this bonkers little guy found a good home at @templeinacity.bsky.social ! 🗡️🐉👖
Haven’t been on here in a minute. Here’s a thing I wrote about werewolves. And epilepsy.
Anyone else eager for Halloween? Too bad, you're getting a werewolf story. One about two brothers. Thank you to returning author @travisflatt.bsky.social
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Werewolf Twins – Suddenly, And Without Warning
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September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Haven’t been on here in a minute. Here’s a thing I wrote about werewolves. And epilepsy.
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Sizzling wordplay in @danbillyc.bsky.social "Hotline" from @gonelawn iss. 50
"Rotary phones (filched from the Radio Shack on the corner) jangle their urgent bells, so leisure time takes a break."
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Sizzling wordplay in @danbillyc.bsky.social "Hotline" from @gonelawn iss. 50
"Rotary phones (filched from the Radio Shack on the corner) jangle their urgent bells, so leisure time takes a break."
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Gone Lawn 50 : Dan Crawley
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July 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Sizzling wordplay in @danbillyc.bsky.social "Hotline" from @gonelawn iss. 50
"Rotary phones (filched from the Radio Shack on the corner) jangle their urgent bells, so leisure time takes a break."
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Sizzling wordplay in @danbillyc.bsky.social "Hotline" from @gonelawn iss. 50
"Rotary phones (filched from the Radio Shack on the corner) jangle their urgent bells, so leisure time takes a break."
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Adventurous, fun, bombastic micro from Myna Chang. "Empire" in @gonelawn.bsky.social
"The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you."
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Adventurous, fun, bombastic micro from Myna Chang. "Empire" in @gonelawn.bsky.social
"The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you."
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 40 : Myna Chang
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July 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Adventurous, fun, bombastic micro from Myna Chang. "Empire" in @gonelawn.bsky.social
"The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you."
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Adventurous, fun, bombastic micro from Myna Chang. "Empire" in @gonelawn.bsky.social
"The mice show me their feet. Look, they say. We have clever mice feet. We will build temples for you."
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Many folks have a favorite color. Some even wear that color every day. But what do you do when your child develops a strange affinity for the color blue? An almost disturbing affinity? Go read "Amy's Blue Period" by @travisflatt.bsky.social to find out! 👇
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July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Many folks have a favorite color. Some even wear that color every day. But what do you do when your child develops a strange affinity for the color blue? An almost disturbing affinity? Go read "Amy's Blue Period" by @travisflatt.bsky.social to find out! 👇
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www.roifaineantpress.com/post/amy-s-b...
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Thank you @travisflatt.bsky.social , Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @thaddevassie.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, @donmexlar.bsky.social for your work
Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...
Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...
M7 Master Playlist
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June 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thank you @travisflatt.bsky.social , Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @thaddevassie.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, @donmexlar.bsky.social for your work
Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...
Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Is writing creating imaginary images in the reader’s mind? “What if All the Oceans” by @christopherallen.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social iss.34.
“Are rocks alive? I’m ashamed to say I had to look that last one up.”
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Is writing creating imaginary images in the reader’s mind? “What if All the Oceans” by @christopherallen.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social iss.34.
“Are rocks alive? I’m ashamed to say I had to look that last one up.”
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Gone Lawn 34 : Christopher Allen
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July 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
Is writing creating imaginary images in the reader’s mind? “What if All the Oceans” by @christopherallen.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social iss.34.
“Are rocks alive? I’m ashamed to say I had to look that last one up.”
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Is writing creating imaginary images in the reader’s mind? “What if All the Oceans” by @christopherallen.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social iss.34.
“Are rocks alive? I’m ashamed to say I had to look that last one up.”
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...