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Orb Weaver Spider Catcher
by Krista Lee Hanson | Home-wrecker.
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In this week's Short Reads, by Krista Lee Hanson, heroic things moms do for their kids.
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Heartbreaking flash essay by Helen Collins Sitler via @short-reads.org. 💔 www.short-reads.org/i-want-a-do-...
I Want a Do-Over
by Helen Collins Sitler | The limits of change.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Heartbreaking flash essay by Helen Collins Sitler via @short-reads.org. 💔 www.short-reads.org/i-want-a-do-...
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Love this piece by @sarifordham.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
In Grover Cleveland’s Childhood Home
by Sari Fordham | We’ll be us, but more fascinating.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Love this piece by @sarifordham.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...
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The Night I Ended My Pregnancy
by Julie Parker | Three trips to Walgreens.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I love this flash essay by Sammi LaBue via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Sun).
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What Are You?
by Sammi LaBue | Eight and three-quarters.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I love this flash essay by Sammi LaBue via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Sun).
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"I ask her if she remembers 'challenging' Rachael Ray to cook the beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes, a memory so vivid that it must be tucked somewhere the dementia can’t get it." Wonderful flash essay by @brendanomeara.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/racing-racha...
Racing Rachael Ray
by Brendan O’Meara | Beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"I ask her if she remembers 'challenging' Rachael Ray to cook the beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes, a memory so vivid that it must be tucked somewhere the dementia can’t get it." Wonderful flash essay by @brendanomeara.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/racing-racha...
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I love this piece by @brendanomeara.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/racing-racha.... #writingcommunity #flashcnf #amreading
Racing Rachael Ray
by Brendan O’Meara | Beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I love this piece by @brendanomeara.bsky.social in @short-reads.org today! www.short-reads.org/racing-racha.... #writingcommunity #flashcnf #amreading
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A @short-reads.org original. By @michaelcopperman.bsky.social, get a napkin.
Hot Chips
by Michael Copperman | Land of the Hot Cheeto, Home of the Brave.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A @short-reads.org original. By @michaelcopperman.bsky.social, get a napkin.
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"Madame was a grown-up, a teacher, une femme. Didn’t she know anything about keeping the secrets of the body secret? Didn’t she care?" Great flash essay by Shala Erlich @shala-24.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/une-femme/
Une Femme
by Shala Erlich | Body language.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Madame was a grown-up, a teacher, une femme. Didn’t she know anything about keeping the secrets of the body secret? Didn’t she care?" Great flash essay by Shala Erlich @shala-24.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/une-femme/
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Thank you to @dintywmoore.bsky.social and Team Walrus for creating the conditions for this to emerge and to @hattiefletcher.bsky.social and the Short Reads team for giving it a home.
@shala-24.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org.
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@shala-24.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org.
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Une Femme
by Shala Erlich | Body language.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thank you to @dintywmoore.bsky.social and Team Walrus for creating the conditions for this to emerge and to @hattiefletcher.bsky.social and the Short Reads team for giving it a home.
@shala-24.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org.
www.short-reads.org/une-femme/
@shala-24.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org.
www.short-reads.org/une-femme/
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Great flash essay by Brad Snyder via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Dillydoun Review). www.short-reads.org/twin-a-and-t...
Twin A and Twin B
by Brad Snyder | Specks of hope.
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June 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Great flash essay by Brad Snyder via @short-reads.org (& originally published in The Dillydoun Review). www.short-reads.org/twin-a-and-t...
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Short Reads (@short-reads.org) is a finalist for the Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut. Celebrate with us on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
2025 Firecracker Awards Ceremony - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
GATHERING
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June 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Short Reads (@short-reads.org) is a finalist for the Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut. Celebrate with us on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
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@short-reads.org There’s something simultaneously satisfying and thought provoking about a good segmented essay. This one reminded me of that. www.short-reads.org/artifact/?re...
Artifact
by Darien Hsu Gee | Faults and fractures.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@short-reads.org There’s something simultaneously satisfying and thought provoking about a good segmented essay. This one reminded me of that. www.short-reads.org/artifact/?re...
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"Close your eyes. Think about how amazing it is that your daughter knows who she is at such a young age. If only you’d known that much. If only you’d been so perceptive, so mindful." A moving short essay by @wendyfontaine.bsky.social in @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/crushed/?ref...
Crushed
by Wendy Fontaine | Young love, young heartbreak.
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May 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Close your eyes. Think about how amazing it is that your daughter knows who she is at such a young age. If only you’d known that much. If only you’d been so perceptive, so mindful." A moving short essay by @wendyfontaine.bsky.social in @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/crushed/?ref...
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Congratulations to Short Reads (@short-reads.org), a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut! www.short-reads.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations to Short Reads (@short-reads.org), a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut! www.short-reads.org
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Honored that our literary journal, @revelliterary.bsky.social, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Zoom ceremony: loom.ly/2ueBC50
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Zoom ceremony: loom.ly/2ueBC50
May 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Honored that our literary journal, @revelliterary.bsky.social, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Zoom ceremony: loom.ly/2ueBC50
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Zoom ceremony: loom.ly/2ueBC50
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Revel is honored to be named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Join us for a virtual celebration on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Join us for a virtual celebration on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
May 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Revel is honored to be named a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Join us for a virtual celebration on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
Congratulations to our fellow finalists: Fruitslice, @newwordspress.bsky.social, @short-reads.org, and The Weganda Review!
Join us for a virtual celebration on June 26: www.clmp.org/event/2025-f...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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@short-reads.org has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love.
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Celebration #50: August 2010
by Barry Maxwell | A birthday toast.
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May 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@short-reads.org has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love.
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In this week's Short Reads, by Krista Lee Hanson, heroic things moms do for their kids.
www.short-reads.org/orb-weaver-s...
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Orb Weaver Spider Catcher
by Krista Lee Hanson | Home-wrecker.
www.short-reads.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In this week's Short Reads, by Krista Lee Hanson, heroic things moms do for their kids.
www.short-reads.org/orb-weaver-s...
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Hard-hitting flash essay by Mark Hendrickson (@markhpoetry.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in Variant Literature). www.short-reads.org/small-town-b...
Small Town Boy
by Mark Hendrickson | He was different.
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April 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hard-hitting flash essay by Mark Hendrickson (@markhpoetry.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in Variant Literature). www.short-reads.org/small-town-b...
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Wow, this essay. I drove past that Confederate flag before filling my gas tank in Paducah last week, and I'm finding comfort in sharing the road with @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social and her witness of resistant beauty.
In this week's Short Reads, Jeanette Mrozinski (@jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social) finds hope in a very unlikely place, and maybe we all can, too.
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Literally Any
by Jeanette Mrozinski | In search of hope.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Wow, this essay. I drove past that Confederate flag before filling my gas tank in Paducah last week, and I'm finding comfort in sharing the road with @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social and her witness of resistant beauty.
In this week's Short Reads, Jeanette Mrozinski (@jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social) finds hope in a very unlikely place, and maybe we all can, too.
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Literally Any
by Jeanette Mrozinski | In search of hope.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In this week's Short Reads, Jeanette Mrozinski (@jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social) finds hope in a very unlikely place, and maybe we all can, too.
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for now, she is Margot until she presents her passport at the border, when she will become someone else, though only for a moment, because she has been, always will be, Margot
powerful essay about hope by @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social @short-reads.org
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powerful essay about hope by @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social @short-reads.org
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Literally Any
by Jeanette Mrozinski | In search of hope.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
for now, she is Margot until she presents her passport at the border, when she will become someone else, though only for a moment, because she has been, always will be, Margot
powerful essay about hope by @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social @short-reads.org
www.short-reads.org/literally-any
powerful essay about hope by @jeanettemrozinski.bsky.social @short-reads.org
www.short-reads.org/literally-any
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So excited to share the wild vibes of trying to be a creative at the end of the world with @short-reads.org readers.
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Literally Any
by Jeanette Mrozinski | In search of hope.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So excited to share the wild vibes of trying to be a creative at the end of the world with @short-reads.org readers.
www.short-reads.org/literally-an...
www.short-reads.org/literally-an...