Idoreyin Utibe @idoreyinutibe.bsky.social I am an aspiring author, carrying many books within me, some written, others still forming. Filled with ready ideas and unwritten concepts, I stand prepared to bring them into the world through publication.
Barbara Godin @authorbarb.bsky.social Barbara Godin is a bestselling author, poet, and advice columnist whose work resonates deeply with readers seeking hope, healing, and connection. 
Gail Aldwin @gailaldwin.bsky.social Novelist, poet, scriptwriter. Psychological suspense mystery The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell available now from Bloodhound Books.
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Lauren Karcz @laurenkarcz.bsky.social YA author, mom, insomniac, short story writer, occasional baker. Broadway fan and Stevie Nicks devotee. She / her
Diane Gottlieb @dianegotauthor.bsky.social Editor-Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness (ELJ-Editions Oct 2023). Words in 2023 Best Microfiction, River Teeth, SmokeLong, The Rumpus, 100 Word Stories, Huff Post, Bending Genres and other lovely places. Prose/CNF Editor-Emerge Literary Journal.
Emily Roth @emilymroth.bsky.social librarian and fiction writer. winner of Reflex Fiction’s winter 2022 flash fiction competition, other words in SmokeLong Quarterly, The Masters Review, and more. 
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social Micro, flash, shorts, poetry. SFWA, SFPA. Editor, interviewer, blogger, contest/awards judge.
💫 MicroVerse Recommended Reading
⚡Electric Sheep
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Emma Timpany @emmatimpany.bsky.social Writer of fiction about loss, belonging, nature and place | Botanical Short Stories (editor) | Three Roads | Travelling in the Dark | (in)visibilities & Cornish Short Stories (co-editor) | The Lost of Syros
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C.R. Blackwood @blackwoodscript.bsky.social Avid reader and writer of classic ghost stories, weird fiction and cosmic horror. Chronic over user of the word 'betwixt'
H.M. Joinville @hmjoinville.bsky.social Writer of horror & poetry, MLIS, history blogger, and recovering Midwesterner..ope #amquerying Words in Bookends Review, Athena Review & the upcoming WriteHive anthology "Surviving Humanity" out 2026. https://www.readex.com/blog
Alan Beard @alanbeard.bsky.social Short Story/Flash writer. Third collection Afternoon Drinking out now from Floodgate Press, UK. Previous collections: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador, 1999); You Don’t Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010).
@lisaferranti.bsky.social @lisaferranti.bsky.social Writer. BASS, BSF noms. BotN finalist. 3x Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Words in RUBY Literary, Lost Balloon, Fictive Dream, Literary Mama, Gordon Square Review. Grateful.
The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social Short Fiction Journal | Competitions | Workshops
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David Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social #Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social Lover of coffee, chocolate, reading & writing 
Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social Flash fiction, poetry, translation / Micro nouvelles, poésie, traduction. Ghost City Press, NFFR, Reflex Fiction, Bath Flash Fiction, Spark2Flame, Neither Fish Nor Foul, The Hooghley Review. Pushcart Prize nom. Dance, LFC, la belle vie. Elue municipale. 🌄
New Flash Fiction Review (ekphrastic subs open) @nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
Nan Wigington @olderstill.bsky.social I love a good story.
Nicole Brogdon @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social Writer, esp flash fiction. Reader.
The Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social The Ekphrastic Review is an online daily journal of writing inspired by visual art. It is a worldwide family of readers and writers who love art and literature. Our Ekphrastic Academy has Zooms on art and creative writing.
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Best Microfiction @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Anthology series edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, published by Pelekinesis
V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social V. Press publishes poetry and flash fiction that is very very
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Debra Daniel @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Writer of flash fiction and poetry, singer.
Sudha Subramanian @sudhasubraman.bsky.social Dreamer. Nature lover. Storyteller.
Denise Bayes @deniseb.bsky.social Flash fiction and short story writer. Free Flash. Ellipsis zine. 100 Word Story. Firewords.Roi Faient. NFFD Anthology. Temple in a City. Thin Skin. Flash Amiga.
National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social New Zealand's biggest celebration of the smallest form of fiction -- 22 June
Frances Orrok @francesorrok.bsky.social Writer. Drawn to the wild ones.
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Pithead Chapel | Wigleaf | Smokelong Quarterly | Gone Lawn | New Ohio Review
Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more. CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE coming soon from Thirty West on October 23, 2026.
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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Ozarks dweller. Wigleaf Top 50. Best Microfiction. Editor at trampset.
Duotrope @duotrope.com Duotrope is an award-winning writers' resource. Search for publishers and agents, track your submissions & more! https://duotrope.com
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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social I'm an art school dropout from the 1990s. I write about Florida. It is a weird and cursed land. www.kellirule.com
National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social
The next NFFD will be Saturday 13 June 2026
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Gil Gonzalez @danacreative.bsky.social Believer. Husband. Father. Writer. Fitness fan. Wellness sojourn. Tech nerd. Sports geek. Florida RLS. 🌊
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Sydney @sydneyhwrites.bsky.social she/they
Writer | Horror enthusiast | Monster lover | Video game enjoyer | Novice drummer
Barbara Brennan @trampledamage.bsky.social British and now officially Canadian, author and poet, also she/her, old, autistic and not known to be garrulous in the company of thieves.
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Charlotte (not a spider) 🍁 🇨🇦 @stillcharlotte.bsky.social Loves dogs,squirrels,birds, reading, writing (especially flash fiction & short stories),Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Star Wars, Star Trek, politics, hockey, especially junior hockey.
Magic is everywhere if you look.
Chris C @chrisc8743.bsky.social I write trash while chugging too much coffee and fighting my cats for the keyboard.
Currently querying: Blood of the Cosmos
Eloise Hart @ehartwrites.bsky.social Writing speculative to understand the world better. Writing romance because everyone needs a HEA. Writing ND/MH because that's my life.
Agent: Morgan Wilson at Belcastro
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@serrey.bsky.social @serrey.bsky.social Writer of tiny stories, sometimes humorous. Loves trees, deer, ceramics
kit ✸ @kitcalvert.bsky.social storyspinner, sentient swarm of bees | 🖋️domestic fantasy, solarpunk, nature that is wild and weird | she/her | 🌈 🏴
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J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Mary is Writing @cousinmary.bsky.social Author and fangirl living her best life in Boise, Idaho. I write, cook, and play DnD all while looking up houses on Zillow I can in no way afford.
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Caitlín R. Kiernan, M.Sc. @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social Paleontologist & 2-time World Fantasy Award winning F&SF author. McWane Sci. Center & University of Ala. research assoc. (mosasaurs, turtles, PETM). Humanist. Classical liberal. Irish Appalachian. Math nerd. Anti-fascist. Trans; LGBTQ+ They/them/she/her.
LOFI BGM @lofi-harbor.bsky.social 🎧 Late night lofi for the quiet hours
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Hilton Ariel Ruiz @hiltonarielruiz.bsky.social Filmmaker behind The Amityville Lost Tape & Zombie with a Shotgun - @zombiewithashotgun.bsky.social
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Ashley Perrier @ashleyperrier.bsky.social I tattoo at 23-55 Arthur St., Wpg. @thevillagesalonstudios For inquires: ashleyperrier@hotmail.com———>Books Open! B.F.A. Honours.
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LogosFan @logosfan.bsky.social I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I'm a logo artist of making logos in Paint since 2020, I made logos, and behind the scenes how I made these logos! and more!
I'm autistic support and my hobby is art because I like to be an artist!
Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
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Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social First place in 20+ comps, incl: 3-Minute Arts, Allingham, Bangor Lit Mag, Cranked Anvil, Free Flash Fiction, Hysteria, New Writers, NFFDNZ, On The Premises, Pokrass Prompts, Retreat West, Shooter Lit, SWLF, The Phare, WestWord.
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
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Stephanie Buosi @stephaniebuosi.com Canadian #freelance illustrator. Earth advocate, tree-hugger, turtle protector, mother of cat, mother of little human.
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James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! 🐈⬛
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social A "micro" press for "micro" stories. Run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press
Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social Book and arts PR (non-fiction and kid's books focus). Reader, traveller, parent. Likes a cup of tea and a chat, especially about books.
CR: Yesteryear
Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social Poet & kidlit writer. Marbling & book artist.
Based in Portland, OR 🌲
https://stefankarlssonwrites.wixsite.com/author
https://linktr.ee/nautiluspaperco
Jumping Jules Poetry @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social Julie Stevens, MS, poet. Forest Girl, Journey Through the Fire, Step into the Dark, Stickleback and Quicksand. Writes for adults and children.
www.jumpingjulespoetry.com
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social Words in Five South, Flash Fiction Online, Atlas + Alice, Lunch Ticket, Flash Fiction Magazine, Roi Faineant, and elsewhere.
Website: https://melissa-fitzpatrick.com/
Substack: https://melissafitz.substack.com
Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Words in BULL, FlashFlood, Does It Have Pockets, Frazzled Lit, Trash Cat Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Fictive Dream. Genrepunk Awards nominee. Shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. She/her. @lmbayley at the other place.
Robin Zlotnick @robinzlotnick.bsky.social writer, worrier
Pubs: Gone Lawn, X-R-A-Y, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Rejection Letters, Identity Theory, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna, etc.
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https://a-sentence.beehiiv.com/
Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social Writer, runner, trying to keep up with another social media platform
Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social Lit mag for flash fiction, poetry, art and letters. Throw it all at us. Reading is punk.
https://templeinacity.com
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social Breton writer
Runner-up Novel Fair / 2X Pushcart nom / Wigleaf LL
EIC: Raw Lit Mag / Co-Founder @theprideroars.bsky.social /Contributor: Poverty House
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https://rawlit.weebly.com
https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/
Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social Writer-in-residence and poetry editor @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
Writer at @ggtribune.com and @hwoodtimes.com
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social Words @ Fictive Dream, Banshee, Splonk, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, The Forge, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, 2x Pushcart nominated, LL Bath Short Story Award, Best Microfictions 2025, BBC Radio 4, Co.Founder: The Pride Roars, Editor Raw Lit
Ms. 🅰️Washington M.A. artist | author | activist 🖇️ @arwashington.bsky.social ❣️Liberator not Influencer❣️
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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social Another writer fleeing Twitter. 30 years of videogame-adjacent scrawling and also, these days, weird short stories. Pics of cats, books and foxes likely.
Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com A print lit mag for kids featuring writing and artwork by both adult and youth creatives. EIC: @clairemtaylor.com
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Jacqueline Parker @onmytangent.bsky.social Not good at writing bios but I write other things. Editor of fiction and flash at JMWW and The Hopper. jacqueline-parker.com
Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
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@bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social Author of HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE (Ad Hoc). Stories @Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. Author of five mystery novels. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
Nadia Born @nadiaborn.com ✍️ Writer & fabulist | 📝 in Electric Lit, LitMag, New Letters, SmokeLong Quarterly, Augur Magazine, Small Wonders & more | ❤️🔥 #fairytales #fantasy #speculative #flashfiction | 🔗 www.nadiaborn.com
Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/shelley-roche-jacques
Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social teacher/writer/poet ~ for more info, go to 'About' at https://gravyfromthegazebo.blog/
Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social writer. runner. product manager. 1×WigleafTop50 selection, 2xPushcart nom, 2×BOTN nom, 3xBSF nom.
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C Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social Published via The Broken Spine, Blood+Honey, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, RiversSide and Silly Goose Press
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social Retired; the blue dot in red state; midwest, volunteering & mentoring undergrads, grads, alums; Indiana Fever Fan. BS, PhD in engineering, MBA in strategy, fifty years employed in automotive electronics; Love Baroque music. Love travel, 2 kids, 7 grands.
Stephen Delaney @stephendelaney.bsky.social Writer, editor, human. Words in New World Writing, Bending Genres, South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Author of the chapbook OUR PLACE IS IN BETWEEN. 💙 #foreignlit #frogs
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https://stephen-delaney.com
Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social Philly writer. Debut chapbook “Ghost in the Rain: Stories” from Bottlecap Press.
https://bottlecap.press/products/ghosmj
Stories in Best Microfiction, Identity Theory, DIHP, Claudine, Some Words, Flight, FlashFlood, BULL.
www.mattjakubowski.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
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Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
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Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs
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Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk
www.thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social ☘️ Irish community worker, writer
& teacher living in London with work selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions, now researching the impact of story on social change & can be found @ http://52quotes.blogspot.com
Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
Wilson Koewing @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social notable, Best American Essays. distinguished, Best American Mystery and Suspense // books JADED, QUASI and ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM // editor of Bottle Rocket Literary Magazine
Helen Newdick @helennewdick.bsky.social Fiction writer, currently seeking representation for my debut adult novel 'This Is the Way to the Skies' (character-driven, literary realism, with a very serious undertow of humour).
K.M. Hanslik @kmhanslik.bsky.social My writing explores the nature of change, the psychology of grief, and landscapes as bridges between the spiritual and the physical.
Editor for The Turning Leaf Journal. @turningleafjournal.bsky.social
Chapbook “Bones” forthcoming 2026.
kmhanslik.com
Bottle Rocket @bottlerocketlit.bsky.social Writing that speaks for itself.
Submissions: bottlerocketlitmag@gmail.com
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com
Nimblewitlit Mag-Issue 1: Taking a Stand NOW LIVE @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
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Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social Flashy writer/ social worker/ gig goer and ditherer. Lives in Brighton. Loves the sea.
Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social Flash fan, poet, short fiction writer. Likes actual and imaginary travel. Words: 2nd place Bath Flash June 2021, Best Microfiction 2022, Free Flash Fiction Competition Winner. 
@joeltomfohr.bsky.social @joeltomfohr.bsky.social Writer living in the Bay Area