Karen Crawford
@karenc.bsky.social
Exorcising demons one word at a time.
🇵🇷 ✍🏽 BestMicrofiction 2025 2x PushcartNom, BOTN Nom, Longlist, Wigleaf Top 50
NYC → LA
🇵🇷 ✍🏽 BestMicrofiction 2025 2x PushcartNom, BOTN Nom, Longlist, Wigleaf Top 50
NYC → LA
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Karen Crawford
@karenc.bsky.social
· May 23
So honored to be a part of 2025's @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
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Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
Preorders! best-microfiction.square.site/product/best...
Thank you so much @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
for giving this piece the perfect home and for the nomination! Truly made my day. ❤️ 🥰 Big Congrats to all the nominees!!!
for giving this piece the perfect home and for the nomination! Truly made my day. ❤️ 🥰 Big Congrats to all the nominees!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you so much @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
for giving this piece the perfect home and for the nomination! Truly made my day. ❤️ 🥰 Big Congrats to all the nominees!!!
for giving this piece the perfect home and for the nomination! Truly made my day. ❤️ 🥰 Big Congrats to all the nominees!!!
Love this gorgeous, gorgeous heartbreaker by @mattkendrick.bsky.social ❣️
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
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Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Love this gorgeous, gorgeous heartbreaker by @mattkendrick.bsky.social ❣️
Got a one sentence piece up at 101 words today! Some things don't stay in Vegas...❤️💒 101words.org/what-happens...
What Happens in Vegas - 101 Words
“If I could just go home,” my mother said, and maybe if the smell of Lysol wasn’t punishing my throat, […]
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Got a one sentence piece up at 101 words today! Some things don't stay in Vegas...❤️💒 101words.org/what-happens...
Love this piece by @mynachang.bsky.social That first line pulls you right in!!!
Flash fiction "Tough Guys" by Myna Chang
“She shoves my tie aside, taps a button mid-chest with the blade, tap tap tap. Who is this bitch? She’s grinning again, all teeth, and she smells like copper, like old pennies…”
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“She shoves my tie aside, taps a button mid-chest with the blade, tap tap tap. Who is this bitch? She’s grinning again, all teeth, and she smells like copper, like old pennies…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/toug...
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Love this piece by @mynachang.bsky.social That first line pulls you right in!!!
Thank you so much Paragraph Planet for featuring my piece today! 💙🥰👱♀️
"And Then There Were Blondes" by @KarenC.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting
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November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thank you so much Paragraph Planet for featuring my piece today! 💙🥰👱♀️
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent... Such a powerful piece!! By @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
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October 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent... Such a powerful piece!! By @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Thank you @turnandwork.com for including my thecitronreview.bsky.social piece: Why They Sill Make Sense in this weeks shortlist amongst all these stellar stories! 💙
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thank you @turnandwork.com for including my thecitronreview.bsky.social piece: Why They Sill Make Sense in this weeks shortlist amongst all these stellar stories! 💙
I have a teeny piece up at Sage Cigarettes! Huge thanks to LE Francis for publishing it! sagecigarettes.com/the-age-of-i...
The Age of Ice - sage cigarettes magazine
Karen Crawford's creative non-fiction piece "The Age of Ice"
sagecigarettes.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I have a teeny piece up at Sage Cigarettes! Huge thanks to LE Francis for publishing it! sagecigarettes.com/the-age-of-i...
Reposted by Karen Crawford
Don't miss this micro by@karenc.bsky.social in Fall 2025 Citron Review!
@itsjrwalsh.bsky.social
@itsjrwalsh.bsky.social
Stoked to have a micro in the Fall Issue of The Citron Review!
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Why They Still Make Sense
by Karen Crawford She doesn’t hear the sneeze-fart before he butchers “Heartbreak Hotel” in the shower. He doesn’t see her wiry grays clogging the drain. She doesn’t smell the Vicks in …
citronreview.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Don't miss this micro by@karenc.bsky.social in Fall 2025 Citron Review!
@itsjrwalsh.bsky.social
@itsjrwalsh.bsky.social
Stoked to have a micro in the Fall Issue of The Citron Review!
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/w...
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/w...
Why They Still Make Sense
by Karen Crawford She doesn’t hear the sneeze-fart before he butchers “Heartbreak Hotel” in the shower. He doesn’t see her wiry grays clogging the drain. She doesn’t smell the Vicks in …
citronreview.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stoked to have a micro in the Fall Issue of The Citron Review!
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/w...
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/w...
Love this wonderful piece by @kelliborges2.bsky.social Those last two lines!! ♥️
Cheers to the women who came before who paved the way for all writers by either giving birth to them or inspiring them to BE writers. May we never let them vanish from history. Read “ Hearty Stock” by @kelliborges2.bsky.social in the 89th edition of RF!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/hearty-...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/hearty-...
September 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Love this wonderful piece by @kelliborges2.bsky.social Those last two lines!! ♥️
Grateful to have another piece the always wonderful @rfpress.bsky.social amongst such talented company! Thank you @melissacuisine.bsky.social for having me! Shout out to @megpokrass.bsky.social in whose anxiety workshop it was born! 💙
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/this-is...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/this-is...
"This Is Not A Story" by Karen Crawford
You stare at the blank page, the cursor cursing. You type; this is a story about anxiety. A story about the time the wind screamed until the sky grew orange and the clouds choked on ash and where do y...
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September 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Grateful to have another piece the always wonderful @rfpress.bsky.social amongst such talented company! Thank you @melissacuisine.bsky.social for having me! Shout out to @megpokrass.bsky.social in whose anxiety workshop it was born! 💙
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/this-is...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/this-is...
Thrilled to have a salty little micro up in the great @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social ! Thank you
@davidestringel.bsky.social for having it!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
@davidestringel.bsky.social for having it!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
the haunt of age: a 5-step program for ghosting your ghost — Blood+Honey
by Karen Crawford “…anticipate your ghost’s surprise when she floats into the bedroom where your new nipped/tucked body lies. If she goes all poltergeist, rattle, and chain, flash her a ‘friendly’ s...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thrilled to have a salty little micro up in the great @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social ! Thank you
@davidestringel.bsky.social for having it!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
@davidestringel.bsky.social for having it!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
This piece from @melissafitz.bsky.social is beautiful! www.crucialcomix.com/comic/birds-...
Birds of Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a beautiful city because of migration—both human and otherwise.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This piece from @melissafitz.bsky.social is beautiful! www.crucialcomix.com/comic/birds-...
Reposted by Karen Crawford
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I have a micro up in the latest issue of the awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thank you EIC @jhhwriter.bsky.social for giving this piece a wonderful home!
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How To Make Believe - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Pedram Mousapoor on Unsplash by Karen Crawford Make believe we poison Mr. White today.Make believe we fix Mr. White a drink with a splash of Listerine because, well, you know… andit doesn’t s...
gooseberry-pie.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I have a micro up in the latest issue of the awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thank you EIC @jhhwriter.bsky.social for giving this piece a wonderful home!
gooseberry-pie.com/how-to-make-...
gooseberry-pie.com/how-to-make-...
Thrilled to be included in the Summer Issue of Tiny Molecules, amongst these incredible writers! Thank you
@sdobbie.bsky.social for giving A Moonroof Full Of Stars the perfect home! Shoutout to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born. 🙏🏼💙 ✨
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
@sdobbie.bsky.social for giving A Moonroof Full Of Stars the perfect home! Shoutout to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born. 🙏🏼💙 ✨
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-four — Tiny Molecules
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August 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thrilled to be included in the Summer Issue of Tiny Molecules, amongst these incredible writers! Thank you
@sdobbie.bsky.social for giving A Moonroof Full Of Stars the perfect home! Shoutout to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born. 🙏🏼💙 ✨
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
@sdobbie.bsky.social for giving A Moonroof Full Of Stars the perfect home! Shoutout to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born. 🙏🏼💙 ✨
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
I made a collage of my piece Stuck originally published in Flash Boulevard to celebrate @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Launch day! So honored to be a part of it.
August 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I made a collage of my piece Stuck originally published in Flash Boulevard to celebrate @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Launch day! So honored to be a part of it.
Truly brightened my day to see a heart piece of mine on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top50 longlist! A grateful thank you to @laughingyeti.bsky.social and the editors with a heartfelt shout-out to @fivesouth.bsky.social and @jessicawillingham.bsky.social for giving The Tug of Love and War a home!
June 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Truly brightened my day to see a heart piece of mine on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top50 longlist! A grateful thank you to @laughingyeti.bsky.social and the editors with a heartfelt shout-out to @fivesouth.bsky.social and @jessicawillingham.bsky.social for giving The Tug of Love and War a home!
Happy to have this surreal piece up at Scaffold! 🧠🧠🧠https://www.scaffoldlit.com/.
June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Happy to have this surreal piece up at Scaffold! 🧠🧠🧠https://www.scaffoldlit.com/.
I have a weird little micro up at Scaffold today, inspired by a @megpokrass.bsky.social prompt. Thank you so much Steve Gergley for giving Brainchild the perfect home! 🧠🧠🧠
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brainchild by karen crawford — scaffold literary magazine
micro fiction
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June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I have a weird little micro up at Scaffold today, inspired by a @megpokrass.bsky.social prompt. Thank you so much Steve Gergley for giving Brainchild the perfect home! 🧠🧠🧠
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
A powerful piece of writing by @scribblermiller.bsky.social ❗❗❗
New Flash by @scribblermiller.bsky.social
“A cottonmouth swallows me when I am seven. It waits for me just outside my front door, stretched out along the walkway. When I step into the concrete space, it opens its mouth wide.”
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“A cottonmouth swallows me when I am seven. It waits for me just outside my front door, stretched out along the walkway. When I step into the concrete space, it opens its mouth wide.”
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Cotton Mouth - Fractured
I A cottonmouth swallows me when I am seven. It waits for me just outside my front door, stretched out along the walkway. When I step into the concrete space, it opens its mouth wide. Hemmed in by coq...
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June 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A powerful piece of writing by @scribblermiller.bsky.social ❗❗❗
So honored to be a part of 2025's @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
Preorders! best-microfiction.square.site/product/best...
Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
Preorders! best-microfiction.square.site/product/best...
May 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So honored to be a part of 2025's @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
Preorders! best-microfiction.square.site/product/best...
Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for nominating&publishing it in FlashBoulevard❣️
& Thank you editors @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, @dawnraffel.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼💙
Preorders! best-microfiction.square.site/product/best...
I wrote this little love letter to my Mom a few years ago. ❤️ Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Step Moms, and Pet Moms. ❤️
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Unsaid by Karen Crawford — Five Minutes
I used to look in the mirror and see my father. Now it's my mother who stares back.
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May 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I wrote this little love letter to my Mom a few years ago. ❤️ Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Step Moms, and Pet Moms. ❤️
www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...
www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...