Lost Balloon
@lostballoon.bsky.social
Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)
September 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)
You are going to love our new nonfiction piece by Sharon Goldberg! Check out “Fireworks.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/23/f...
July 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You are going to love our new nonfiction piece by Sharon Goldberg! Check out “Fireworks.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/23/f...
You are going to love our new piece from @catherinebuck.bsky.social! Check out “In Waiting.” lost-balloon.com/2025/06/25/i...
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You are going to love our new piece from @catherinebuck.bsky.social! Check out “In Waiting.” lost-balloon.com/2025/06/25/i...
It’s Wednesday, which means we have a great new piece from @blakesarah.bsky.social! Check out “The Space of Being the Bad Object.” lost-balloon.com/2025/06/11/s...
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means we have a great new piece from @blakesarah.bsky.social! Check out “The Space of Being the Bad Object.” lost-balloon.com/2025/06/11/s...
It’s Wednesday, which means we have a new piece! Check out “Because We Don’t Know Any Better” by Nicole Desjardins Gowdy! lost-balloon.com/2025/05/14/b...
May 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means we have a new piece! Check out “Because We Don’t Know Any Better” by Nicole Desjardins Gowdy! lost-balloon.com/2025/05/14/b...
We have a great new piece today from @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social! Check out “In the Dark, We Could Only Imagine.” lost-balloon.com/2025/05/07/i...
May 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We have a great new piece today from @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social! Check out “In the Dark, We Could Only Imagine.” lost-balloon.com/2025/05/07/i...
You are going to love our new piece by @melostrom.bsky.social! Check out “Krasner.” lost-balloon.com/2025/04/30/k...
April 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
You are going to love our new piece by @melostrom.bsky.social! Check out “Krasner.” lost-balloon.com/2025/04/30/k...
New story today! Check out “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband” by @megaretadams.bsky.social! lost-balloon.com/2025/02/12/t...
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New story today! Check out “The Medical Resident Leaves Her Husband” by @megaretadams.bsky.social! lost-balloon.com/2025/02/12/t...
We are delighted to announce our nominees for Best Small Fictions!!! @amadolaila.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Cameron Mackenzie, Nora Esme Wagner, and Yasmine Yu!
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are delighted to announce our nominees for Best Small Fictions!!! @amadolaila.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Cameron Mackenzie, Nora Esme Wagner, and Yasmine Yu!
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction!!!! Elissa Cahn, Katherine Schmidt, @ezhang77.bsky.social @paulwrites7.bsky.social @jessiepaige.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction!!!! Elissa Cahn, Katherine Schmidt, @ezhang77.bsky.social @paulwrites7.bsky.social @jessiepaige.bsky.social
You’re going to love this week’s story from Mary Ann McGuigan! Check out “Daily Bread.” lost-balloon.com/2024/11/27/d...
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
You’re going to love this week’s story from Mary Ann McGuigan! Check out “Daily Bread.” lost-balloon.com/2024/11/27/d...
We have a great new piece today from Nora Esme Wagner! Check out “Membrane.” lost-balloon.com/2024/11/20/m...
November 20, 2024 at 2:03 PM
We have a great new piece today from Nora Esme Wagner! Check out “Membrane.” lost-balloon.com/2024/11/20/m...
We have a great new piece today from Katherine Schmidt! Check out “Hediondilla.” lost-balloon.com/2024/08/28/h...
August 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM
We have a great new piece today from Katherine Schmidt! Check out “Hediondilla.” lost-balloon.com/2024/08/28/h...
We have a beautiful piece this morning from @nathanwillis.blusky.social! Check out “Assembly Instructions for the KidTown Cul-De-Sac Deluxe Kitchen Set.” lost-balloon.com/2024/08/21/a... (Image by Roco Julie)
August 21, 2024 at 12:48 PM
We have a beautiful piece this morning from @nathanwillis.blusky.social! Check out “Assembly Instructions for the KidTown Cul-De-Sac Deluxe Kitchen Set.” lost-balloon.com/2024/08/21/a... (Image by Roco Julie)
We have a great new piece today from Carrie Sword! Check out “the arc of her influence.” lost-balloon.com/2024/07/31/t...
July 31, 2024 at 1:02 PM
We have a great new piece today from Carrie Sword! Check out “the arc of her influence.” lost-balloon.com/2024/07/31/t...
We have a new piece today from Elissa Matthews! Check out “Teddy Bear Juice.” lost-balloon.com/2024/05/22/t...
May 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM
We have a new piece today from Elissa Matthews! Check out “Teddy Bear Juice.” lost-balloon.com/2024/05/22/t...
Check out our amazing nominees for Best Small Fictions! Links to their stories are available on our awards page. lost-balloon.com/awards/
February 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Check out our amazing nominees for Best Small Fictions! Links to their stories are available on our awards page. lost-balloon.com/awards/