Just "B"
@wordsthathop.bsky.social
flash writer | Contemporary YA WIP | educator | computer & application techie | long-distance runner🏃🏼♀️👟| kitchen witch
Words in Emerge Literary, HAD, Flash Flood
Currently reading American Short Fiction (Fall 2016)
Words in Emerge Literary, HAD, Flash Flood
Currently reading American Short Fiction (Fall 2016)
There was a spider in our home and it caught a June bug. The JB struggled to get free as the spider wrapped it in silk. So my husband saved the JB. It took the JB a few hours of wing flapping to get all the silk off, & it finally flew away a few minutes ago! I feel kinda bad the spider lost its meal
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There was a spider in our home and it caught a June bug. The JB struggled to get free as the spider wrapped it in silk. So my husband saved the JB. It took the JB a few hours of wing flapping to get all the silk off, & it finally flew away a few minutes ago! I feel kinda bad the spider lost its meal
It's 2am and I'm working on a story. I decided to watch my phone clock because I've never seen exactly what happens at 2am when we go back in time.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's 2am and I'm working on a story. I decided to watch my phone clock because I've never seen exactly what happens at 2am when we go back in time.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I just don't understand. With all that money, why oh why and how could anyone be so selfish? I live in stupidly expensive Southern California and am considered lower middle class--I'm 100% in for doing my part to help pull others up in the world through taxes. The mindset of the 1% is mind boggling!
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just don't understand. With all that money, why oh why and how could anyone be so selfish? I live in stupidly expensive Southern California and am considered lower middle class--I'm 100% in for doing my part to help pull others up in the world through taxes. The mindset of the 1% is mind boggling!
BOO! The place where I buy my favorite conditioner will no longer be carrying it.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
BOO! The place where I buy my favorite conditioner will no longer be carrying it.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
For the love of all that is holy and unholy, where TF did the idea come from that em dashes = "oh hai, I see you used chatGPT to write your story."
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
For the love of all that is holy and unholy, where TF did the idea come from that em dashes = "oh hai, I see you used chatGPT to write your story."
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
My new Halloween night light is so cute, that I just want to pull a chair into the bathroom, sit in the dark for several hours, and watch it flicker!
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My new Halloween night light is so cute, that I just want to pull a chair into the bathroom, sit in the dark for several hours, and watch it flicker!
Sigh. Canvas is back up. My mini vacation is officially over.
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sigh. Canvas is back up. My mini vacation is officially over.
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
For those of you who write and submit prose poetry, could you point me to your favorite lit mags where you've submitted your poems? I generally don't write #poetry (more of a #flashFiction writer), but I have a prose poem that's appx 150 words that I'd like to get out there in the world.
Thank you!
Thank you!
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For those of you who write and submit prose poetry, could you point me to your favorite lit mags where you've submitted your poems? I generally don't write #poetry (more of a #flashFiction writer), but I have a prose poem that's appx 150 words that I'd like to get out there in the world.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The inaugural issue of Broad Ripple Review is live. We are proud to feature work by L.B. Browne, Angela Townsend, Margaret Dunn, Dorit d’Scarlett, and Sofía Carbonell Realme.
Find it at: broadripplereview.com.
Please share!
Find it at: broadripplereview.com.
Please share!
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This short story by Anna Hundert, "Queen of Calvary", is so damn good. So many poetic-like lines woven throughout. I wish there was enough time in the world that I could become this kind of writer. Sigh. Give it a read! #writingCommunity
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
Queen of Calvary — M E N A C E
www.menace-mag.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This short story by Anna Hundert, "Queen of Calvary", is so damn good. So many poetic-like lines woven throughout. I wish there was enough time in the world that I could become this kind of writer. Sigh. Give it a read! #writingCommunity
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
As you get older, there aren't as many "first times" as there are when you're young. But last night, I had four firsts... first time walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame, first time eating at the Shake Shack, first time going to the Pantages Theater, and first time seeing Les Misérables. Fun night!
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As you get older, there aren't as many "first times" as there are when you're young. But last night, I had four firsts... first time walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame, first time eating at the Shake Shack, first time going to the Pantages Theater, and first time seeing Les Misérables. Fun night!
You know what to do. So do it! Good luck! #writingCommunity #flashfiction
Upcoming submission call!
Theme "LUCK"
In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.
Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"
guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"
Theme "LUCK"
In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.
Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"
guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"
October 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You know what to do. So do it! Good luck! #writingCommunity #flashfiction
In the various @nycmidnight.bsky.social challenges I've competed in, I've gotten my fav genres (comedy, fairy tale, historical, romcom) 1x each, and my least fav…horror 3x & thriller 3x.
Am I cursed?!
Will that stop me from registering for the Dec. 5th 250-word challenge? Nah!
nycmidnight.com/250
Am I cursed?!
Will that stop me from registering for the Dec. 5th 250-word challenge? Nah!
nycmidnight.com/250
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
nycmidnight.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In the various @nycmidnight.bsky.social challenges I've competed in, I've gotten my fav genres (comedy, fairy tale, historical, romcom) 1x each, and my least fav…horror 3x & thriller 3x.
Am I cursed?!
Will that stop me from registering for the Dec. 5th 250-word challenge? Nah!
nycmidnight.com/250
Am I cursed?!
Will that stop me from registering for the Dec. 5th 250-word challenge? Nah!
nycmidnight.com/250
This is an important one to read!
"They are almost always male, white, young, and single, and because of the communities that draw in these men, namely the incel movement and the bigger manosphere, they lean very far to the right in their political ideology.”
#GunControlNow
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-lonely...
#GunControlNow
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-lonely...
The Lonely White Male
I’m about to tell you something you already know, but because we live in a time of MedBeds and AI-generated videos of Donald Trump dressed as the Grim Reaper and playing a cowbell on his very-serious-...
ellieleonard.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is an important one to read!
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on...
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on...
FvCK iyeece
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
FvCK iyeece
I hate AI so much! I hate that artists & writers have had their work stolen. I hate that AI uses far too much energy & water. I hate that students use it to cheat. And now teachers use it to grade WTF?!
Why oh why isn't AI reserved for complex issues like disease diagnosis/cures or climate change??
Why oh why isn't AI reserved for complex issues like disease diagnosis/cures or climate change??
Dept. of It's Come to This:
I was asked to referee a squabble between a person who actually knows how to wield language and a colleague who insisted that an AI assistant was correct about a point of prose.
Spoiler alert: It was not correct.
I was asked to referee a squabble between a person who actually knows how to wield language and a colleague who insisted that an AI assistant was correct about a point of prose.
Spoiler alert: It was not correct.
October 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I hate AI so much! I hate that artists & writers have had their work stolen. I hate that AI uses far too much energy & water. I hate that students use it to cheat. And now teachers use it to grade WTF?!
Why oh why isn't AI reserved for complex issues like disease diagnosis/cures or climate change??
Why oh why isn't AI reserved for complex issues like disease diagnosis/cures or climate change??
Sometimes I look at my students' assignments and I think "Are you purposely trying to do everything BUT what I asked for???"
Weary teacher here.
Twelve more years until I can retire. Twelve!! 😖
Weary teacher here.
Twelve more years until I can retire. Twelve!! 😖
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Sometimes I look at my students' assignments and I think "Are you purposely trying to do everything BUT what I asked for???"
Weary teacher here.
Twelve more years until I can retire. Twelve!! 😖
Weary teacher here.
Twelve more years until I can retire. Twelve!! 😖
Dragonflies are supposed to be good luck and new beginnings! One landed on my daughter's shoe just a few days before her audition for Annie... and she got the lead so... 🤷🤩
I have a dragonfly keeping me company outside right now. It’s like it’s guarding me. Does anyone know what dragonflies represent as far as symbolism goes?
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dragonflies are supposed to be good luck and new beginnings! One landed on my daughter's shoe just a few days before her audition for Annie... and she got the lead so... 🤷🤩
Girl power!
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Girl power!
It's 1:45am PST.
Anxiety sucks.
Anxiety sucks.
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's 1:45am PST.
Anxiety sucks.
Anxiety sucks.
A student emailed asking for an add code for a late start class I'm teaching. At the end of his email he wrote
"Thank you, and be careful"
Uh. Be careful of what?
Are the ducks organizing? Did my dish sponge develop opinions? The rapture? Lizard people? Did my avocado grow teeth?
*paranoid now*
"Thank you, and be careful"
Uh. Be careful of what?
Are the ducks organizing? Did my dish sponge develop opinions? The rapture? Lizard people? Did my avocado grow teeth?
*paranoid now*
September 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A student emailed asking for an add code for a late start class I'm teaching. At the end of his email he wrote
"Thank you, and be careful"
Uh. Be careful of what?
Are the ducks organizing? Did my dish sponge develop opinions? The rapture? Lizard people? Did my avocado grow teeth?
*paranoid now*
"Thank you, and be careful"
Uh. Be careful of what?
Are the ducks organizing? Did my dish sponge develop opinions? The rapture? Lizard people? Did my avocado grow teeth?
*paranoid now*