@rperkinswriter.bsky.social
Writer of short things. 26. Words in Vast Literary Press, SoFloPoJo, Passengers Journal and others. Say hi!
I just found out that my story from the wonderful @doesithavepockets.bsky.social was mentioned by Lit Mag News Substack. Please go check them both out!
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory...
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www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory...
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Who Reads Lit Mags? Spotlight on Joyland, Short Story, Long, Does It Have Pockets, and Mag Gently
"part reunion, part discovery..."
litmagnews.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I just found out that my story from the wonderful @doesithavepockets.bsky.social was mentioned by Lit Mag News Substack. Please go check them both out!
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/who-reads-...
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rory...
litmagnews.substack.com/p/who-reads-...
I’m a bit late with this one but I’m absolutely honoured to have a piece published over at @mrbullbull.bsky.social, a journal I’ve admired for a long time!
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Alt Texts For The Image You Never Showed Your Father | MrBullBull
mrbullbull.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m a bit late with this one but I’m absolutely honoured to have a piece published over at @mrbullbull.bsky.social, a journal I’ve admired for a long time!
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Thrilled to announce I have a new piece out in the latest issue of @molotovlitzine.bsky.social!
themolotovcocktail.com/vol-15/vol-1...
themolotovcocktail.com/vol-15/vol-1...
The Molotov Cocktail
The First Time I Went to Church by Rory Perkins The first time I went to church, they kicked me out for bad behaviour. Well, technically the police kicked me out, and it wasn’t so much bad behaviou…
themolotovcocktail.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thrilled to announce I have a new piece out in the latest issue of @molotovlitzine.bsky.social!
themolotovcocktail.com/vol-15/vol-1...
themolotovcocktail.com/vol-15/vol-1...
Thrilled to announce I have a flash fiction piece out in the latest issue of @skyislandjournal.bsky.social!
Check out all the amazing work here www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Check out all the amazing work here www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Issues — Sky Island Journal
www.skyislandjournal.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thrilled to announce I have a flash fiction piece out in the latest issue of @skyislandjournal.bsky.social!
Check out all the amazing work here www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Check out all the amazing work here www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
I’m also excited to announce I have a slightly quirky flash piece out in the latest issue of @brilliantflash.bsky.social!
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/03/31/m...
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/03/31/m...
MARCH 2025
GRADUATION DAYBy CC King A four-by-six color photograph of my father and me staring out over the field behind the gymnasium at my high school. The picture was taken in San Jose the day of my gradua…
brilliantflashfiction.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’m also excited to announce I have a slightly quirky flash piece out in the latest issue of @brilliantflash.bsky.social!
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/03/31/m...
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/03/31/m...
I’m honoured to have two pieces out in the latest issue of @ghostcitypress.bsky.social! Check out the rest of the issue for some amazing works
ghostcitypress.com/prose2/2025/...
ghostcitypress.com/prose2/2025/...
Rory Perkins — Ghost City Press
Liable To Scratch
ghostcitypress.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m honoured to have two pieces out in the latest issue of @ghostcitypress.bsky.social! Check out the rest of the issue for some amazing works
ghostcitypress.com/prose2/2025/...
ghostcitypress.com/prose2/2025/...
In the spirit of putting my work out there a bit more here is an experimental one published a few months ago:
dumbopress.com/flash/27
dumbopress.com/flash/27
That Time Robin Williams Died and I Saw My Mother On A Night Out In Ibiza
Rory Perkins
dumbopress.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM
In the spirit of putting my work out there a bit more here is an experimental one published a few months ago:
dumbopress.com/flash/27
dumbopress.com/flash/27
Aaaand a piece I had published last year that I keep coming back to…
vastliterarypress.org/2023/07/15/2...
vastliterarypress.org/2023/07/15/2...
Circling
Leave the office. Get in the elevator. Hold your breath as you feel your stomach lurch into your throat. Make a dash for the exit. In the car, wait for the traffic to move. Collapse on the sofa wit…
vastliterarypress.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Aaaand a piece I had published last year that I keep coming back to…
vastliterarypress.org/2023/07/15/2...
vastliterarypress.org/2023/07/15/2...
One in the Morning at a Random Diner
by Rory Perkins
open.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:13 AM