Dan Crawley
@danbillyc.bsky.social
Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) | The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree Press) | Blur (Cowboy Jamboree Press).
Writing appears in very nice places like Pithead Chapel, Best Small Fictions, Gone Lawn, 100 Word Story, Flash Frog, Atticus Review.
Writing appears in very nice places like Pithead Chapel, Best Small Fictions, Gone Lawn, 100 Word Story, Flash Frog, Atticus Review.
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*New chapbook* 'The Commuter', a 28 page chapbook of nine interconnected micro fictions.
Print copies (UK only) - £5 inc P&P
Digital copies - £3
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Print copies (UK only) - £5 inc P&P
Digital copies - £3
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September 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
*New chapbook* 'The Commuter', a 28 page chapbook of nine interconnected micro fictions.
Print copies (UK only) - £5 inc P&P
Digital copies - £3
www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...
Print copies (UK only) - £5 inc P&P
Digital copies - £3
www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...
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Love writing short? Struggling with a particular craft move or element in your writing? Use this class as a sandbox to work on your craft!
Plenty of time to sign up!
New Generative Writing Class!
Building Fictional Relationships through Dialogue, Ritual, and Objects
September 22, 2026
Time: 1:00-2:30 pm ET
online/Live Zoom
Cost: Pay what you want/can
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New Generative Writing Class!
Building Fictional Relationships through Dialogue, Ritual, and Objects
September 22, 2026
Time: 1:00-2:30 pm ET
online/Live Zoom
Cost: Pay what you want/can
tommydeanwriter.com/writing-work...
Writing Workshops
Tommy Dean lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. Tommy Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks, Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and&…
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September 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Love writing short? Struggling with a particular craft move or element in your writing? Use this class as a sandbox to work on your craft!
"they have been looking as I have been,
for some image of themself, a reflection,
a way of seeing themself
from the outside,...."
My lord, these brilliant poems by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💙💙💙
for some image of themself, a reflection,
a way of seeing themself
from the outside,...."
My lord, these brilliant poems by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💙💙💙
So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like
“Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡
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“Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡
www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...
Three Poems by Sumitra Singam — jagged edge
www.jaggededge.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"they have been looking as I have been,
for some image of themself, a reflection,
a way of seeing themself
from the outside,...."
My lord, these brilliant poems by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💙💙💙
for some image of themself, a reflection,
a way of seeing themself
from the outside,...."
My lord, these brilliant poems by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Get my chapbook THE MISSING GIRL at 40% off! This month only, ALL Black Lawrence Press titles are 40% off with the code BACKTOSCHOOL40 at checkout.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Get my chapbook THE MISSING GIRL at 40% off! This month only, ALL Black Lawrence Press titles are 40% off with the code BACKTOSCHOOL40 at checkout.
The full catalogue: blacklawrencepress.com/books/
The Missiing Girl: blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-mi...
The full catalogue: blacklawrencepress.com/books/
The Missiing Girl: blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-mi...
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
September 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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One week from today!
Join me and six amazing readers who’ve supported and inspired me in the years it took to write the seven stories in this book!
Thursday, Sept 24, 8pm NYC time
🐦⬛
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Join me and six amazing readers who’ve supported and inspired me in the years it took to write the seven stories in this book!
Thursday, Sept 24, 8pm NYC time
🐦⬛
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Lisa Thornton Chapbook Release — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
Sand and Gravel is a small but mighty press dedicated to the miniature. We publish pocket-sized collections of flash fiction, standalone stories, and poetry.
www.sandandgravelpress.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
One week from today!
Join me and six amazing readers who’ve supported and inspired me in the years it took to write the seven stories in this book!
Thursday, Sept 24, 8pm NYC time
🐦⬛
www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
Join me and six amazing readers who’ve supported and inspired me in the years it took to write the seven stories in this book!
Thursday, Sept 24, 8pm NYC time
🐦⬛
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Next issue drops 9/25. Featuring James Callan @lmanusos.bsky.social Zach Wallis @janstinchcomb.bsky.social @lydiabuzzard.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Jamie Zerndt, Lucas Reilly, & @writesloud.bsky.social
Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.
Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.
September 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Next issue drops 9/25. Featuring James Callan @lmanusos.bsky.social Zach Wallis @janstinchcomb.bsky.social @lydiabuzzard.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Jamie Zerndt, Lucas Reilly, & @writesloud.bsky.social
Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.
Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.
Awsome news! Huge congrats @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Been sitting on this news for months but can spill at last!! My literary memoir TONGUE TIDE will be published by Verve Books! 🥳I honestly could not be happier right now - they are the absolute perfect publisher for my story.
Grateful to my amazing agent Abi Fellows for getting this deal! 🤩
Grateful to my amazing agent Abi Fellows for getting this deal! 🤩
September 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Awsome news! Huge congrats @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
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September 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Very cool! Big congrats @jacqdoyle.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
My fiction collection American Literature 101: Stories was accepted for publication at Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point). See my Substack post for more: jacquelinedoyle2.substack.com/p/my-fiction...
My fiction collection AMERICAN LITERATURE 101: STORIES will be published by Cornerstone Press
Who could have guessed I’d have two books so late in my career?
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September 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Very cool! Big congrats @jacqdoyle.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
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Good morning from a very cold pond.
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
September 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Good morning from a very cold pond.
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
🎉🎉🎉
“These stories are sharp and dark and highly readable, as well as re-readable. There’s no higher praise than that.”
–@joerlansdale.bsky.social
BLACKNESS TEN TIMES BLACK by Mark Rogers is out in the world today from Cowboy Jamboree: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/blackness-te...
–@joerlansdale.bsky.social
BLACKNESS TEN TIMES BLACK by Mark Rogers is out in the world today from Cowboy Jamboree: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/blackness-te...
Blackness Ten Times Black
EBOOK & PAPERBACK AVAILABLE HERE. A teenage girl in Tijuana goes on a dating app and is matched with her grandfather. The way she puts it, “He said he had money, but he doesn’t. And he said he...
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September 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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I've opened a Hermit Crab Flash FIction Workshop online session for 10/18!
You’ll write three flash using found forms (aka the hermit crab, because you’re “borrowing” a familiar form). Everyone will receive feedback on their work.
Join us!
1-5pm ET
$80
www.cherylpappas.net/events
You’ll write three flash using found forms (aka the hermit crab, because you’re “borrowing” a familiar form). Everyone will receive feedback on their work.
Join us!
1-5pm ET
$80
www.cherylpappas.net/events
Workshops & Readings — Cheryl Pappas
www.cherylpappas.net
September 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I've opened a Hermit Crab Flash FIction Workshop online session for 10/18!
You’ll write three flash using found forms (aka the hermit crab, because you’re “borrowing” a familiar form). Everyone will receive feedback on their work.
Join us!
1-5pm ET
$80
www.cherylpappas.net/events
You’ll write three flash using found forms (aka the hermit crab, because you’re “borrowing” a familiar form). Everyone will receive feedback on their work.
Join us!
1-5pm ET
$80
www.cherylpappas.net/events
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
September 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Join us 9/24 @ 8pm NYC time for "We'll Be Birds" release! Readers
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@noramaynard.bsky.social
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
@cwtellstales.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social
& I would love to see yr face 🐦⬛
link➡️ www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@noramaynard.bsky.social
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
@cwtellstales.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social
& I would love to see yr face 🐦⬛
link➡️ www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
September 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Join us 9/24 @ 8pm NYC time for "We'll Be Birds" release! Readers
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@noramaynard.bsky.social
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
@cwtellstales.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social
& I would love to see yr face 🐦⬛
link➡️ www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
@noramaynard.bsky.social
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
@cwtellstales.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social
& I would love to see yr face 🐦⬛
link➡️ www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...
"In June, we stumble down by the red walls of the canyon. Who made the marks on the walls of our heart?"
I love this brilliant writing (the sensory details!) by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I love this brilliant writing (the sensory details!) by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
September 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"In June, we stumble down by the red walls of the canyon. Who made the marks on the walls of our heart?"
I love this brilliant writing (the sensory details!) by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I love this brilliant writing (the sensory details!) by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Tomorrow night y'all. Send us a message for the link and password. Don't be a 🔳.
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
@jdclappwrites.bsky.social
@vanwinkle.bsky.social
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
@jdclappwrites.bsky.social
@vanwinkle.bsky.social
September 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Tomorrow night y'all. Send us a message for the link and password. Don't be a 🔳.
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
@jdclappwrites.bsky.social
@vanwinkle.bsky.social
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
@jdclappwrites.bsky.social
@vanwinkle.bsky.social
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September 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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"I’m a changed woman because of Right-All and not for the better. The rascal got ahold of me, and for one foolish year, I was lost, far off my noggin in love."
Big love for the superb voice in this amazing story by @melostrom.bsky.social in @bluestemmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for the superb voice in this amazing story by @melostrom.bsky.social in @bluestemmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Delighted to have a new flash in the excellent @bluestemmag.bsky.social. Thank you, Editor Mike McClelland, for picking this one.💙
Cattails and Regret — Bluestem Magazine
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September 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"I’m a changed woman because of Right-All and not for the better. The rascal got ahold of me, and for one foolish year, I was lost, far off my noggin in love."
Big love for the superb voice in this amazing story by @melostrom.bsky.social in @bluestemmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for the superb voice in this amazing story by @melostrom.bsky.social in @bluestemmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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September 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
September 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"In this New Zealand, I felt that then-colored popsicle stand floating where the southwestern Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea meet, floating in concept and in kind,...."
I love this brilliance by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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I love this brilliance by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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This New Zealand by Pat Foran
I didn’t see the loneliest tree in the world reaching out to me that morning, remember the conceptual popsicle stand the color of then that afternoon or hear the lo-fi moon static-crackling on my radi...
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September 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"In this New Zealand, I felt that then-colored popsicle stand floating where the southwestern Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea meet, floating in concept and in kind,...."
I love this brilliance by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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I love this brilliance by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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"I stop and look up at a break in the clouds, see the sun peeking out. Sammy keeps walking, keeps talking, and I wonder how long until he notices I’m not there."
Awesome storytelling by @willmusgrove.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Awesome storytelling by @willmusgrove.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I have a new flash in the latest issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. Check it out if you wanna but make sure to read all the other amazing authors in this issue. And thanks to Literary Namjooning for giving this piece such an awesome home! 💙
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Bus Windows by Will Musgrove
I watch as Sammy breathes on the glass, fogs it up. With a finger, he writes BEHIND YOU in the condensation. The bus parks at its next stop, and Sammy, his hoodie hood up so he resembles a ghost, slap...
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September 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"I stop and look up at a break in the clouds, see the sun peeking out. Sammy keeps walking, keeps talking, and I wonder how long until he notices I’m not there."
Awesome storytelling by @willmusgrove.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Awesome storytelling by @willmusgrove.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"I ask if she’s talked to him about it, the contradictions, and we both look at the clock."
I really love this piece of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I really love this piece of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
If you haven't checked out the new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, now's the time! So many incredible stories. And yes...one of mine is in there too: "My Therapist Tells Me about Her Husband." gooseberry-pie.com/my-therapist...
My Therapist Tells Me About Her Husband - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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September 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"I ask if she’s talked to him about it, the contradictions, and we both look at the clock."
I really love this piece of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I really love this piece of writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
"I’m generally quiet, don’t even bring out my toothbrush unless I’m absolutely certain no one else is around."
I love this gem by @taracampbell.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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I love this gem by @taracampbell.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Okay, Maybe Just a Little Hoot From Time to Time - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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September 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"I’m generally quiet, don’t even bring out my toothbrush unless I’m absolutely certain no one else is around."
I love this gem by @taracampbell.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
gooseberry-pie.com/okay-maybe-j...
I love this gem by @taracampbell.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
gooseberry-pie.com/okay-maybe-j...