Mitch James
@mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social
First-gen PhD, professor of writing, author of the novel Seldom Seen, a Miner's Tale. Writer of tales short and shorter, poems, CNF, scholarship. Facilitator of therapeutic and expressive writing workshops. Crafter and consumer of cocktails.
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Mitch James
@mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social
· Nov 28
🪻Congratulations to our Pushcart Nominees🪻
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
Excited to see my name on this list. Big thanks to @alliumjournal.bsky.social for accepting then nominating my work. Best of luck, everybody!
Christ, this one. Damn.
Gorgeous
I was looking up older flash for a writing group and found this one at the top of my list. Of all Kathy Fish's stories, I think this is my all-time favorite:
@kathyfish.bsky.social
@kathyfish.bsky.social
May 24, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Christ, this one. Damn.
I have a new piece out at the venerable Flash Fiction Magazine *crowd goes wild*. Thanks to everyone at FFM, who spends their time and energy for the love of the form.
Respect.
Respect.
'Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles.'
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
Ships
Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles. It wasn’t like everybody else, who folded the masts then tugged the stays onc…
flashfictionmagazine.com
April 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I have a new piece out at the venerable Flash Fiction Magazine *crowd goes wild*. Thanks to everyone at FFM, who spends their time and energy for the love of the form.
Respect.
Respect.
Reposted by Mitch James
'Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles.'
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
Ships
Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles. It wasn’t like everybody else, who folded the masts then tugged the stays onc…
flashfictionmagazine.com
April 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
'Our son Brody admired his father for the ships when he was little. He never learned how Leon got them into the bottles.'
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
#fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Phenomenal piece: Ships by @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/04...
A big thanks to Amy Mitchell and her crew at @thetemzreview.bsky.social for publishing "The Mighty." Prepare to feel real weird reading it. I hope you'll join me in experiencing the issue. Share with those who read and those who might and, especially, those who should.
shorturl.at/KTp4L
shorturl.at/KTp4L
James 34
By Mitch James
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March 23, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A big thanks to Amy Mitchell and her crew at @thetemzreview.bsky.social for publishing "The Mighty." Prepare to feel real weird reading it. I hope you'll join me in experiencing the issue. Share with those who read and those who might and, especially, those who should.
shorturl.at/KTp4L
shorturl.at/KTp4L
Love this place! Let's Gooooo!
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Love this place! Let's Gooooo!
Have you read @sfreligh.bsky.social short story collection Other Emergencies? If not, let me tell you why you should!
shorturl.at/dh04I
shorturl.at/dh04I
Such Madness. Such Damage. A Review of Sarah Freligh’s Other Emergencies
This collection follows the hardscrabble lives of the working class and working poor as they lumber through the bleak, unending grit and wet gray ash of their lives. Even though some rise above the…
shorturl.at
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Have you read @sfreligh.bsky.social short story collection Other Emergencies? If not, let me tell you why you should!
shorturl.at/dh04I
shorturl.at/dh04I
Excited to see my name on this list. Big thanks to @alliumjournal.bsky.social for accepting then nominating my work. Best of luck, everybody!
🪻Congratulations to our Pushcart Nominees🪻
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Excited to see my name on this list. Big thanks to @alliumjournal.bsky.social for accepting then nominating my work. Best of luck, everybody!
Love this! Gonna to read 'em all!
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Love this! Gonna to read 'em all!
Just discovered this little slice of the microsphere! Can't wait to dive into @claudineliterary.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just discovered this little slice of the microsphere! Can't wait to dive into @claudineliterary.bsky.social
I'm behind on promoting a rare piece of published nonfiction. A huge thanks to @alliumjournal.bsky.social for publishing this frantic, plaintive experience.
tinyurl.com/ya7na9as
tinyurl.com/ya7na9as
Mitch James — Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
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September 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm behind on promoting a rare piece of published nonfiction. A huge thanks to @alliumjournal.bsky.social for publishing this frantic, plaintive experience.
tinyurl.com/ya7na9as
tinyurl.com/ya7na9as
“Uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix,” Dr. Doris Day says. “I say we take them all.”
“That’s a lot of me,” I say.
“Oh, you’d be surprised how little it is!"
Awesome story by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary
tinyurl.com/3ubv7uv2
“That’s a lot of me,” I say.
“Oh, you’d be surprised how little it is!"
Awesome story by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary
tinyurl.com/3ubv7uv2
Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary
It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful. Out for coffee with J...
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September 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix,” Dr. Doris Day says. “I say we take them all.”
“That’s a lot of me,” I say.
“Oh, you’d be surprised how little it is!"
Awesome story by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary
tinyurl.com/3ubv7uv2
“That’s a lot of me,” I say.
“Oh, you’d be surprised how little it is!"
Awesome story by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary
tinyurl.com/3ubv7uv2
"The men are dying . . . beautiful boys ugly-cry too."
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/
Boys in Boxes - Fractured
The men are dying. We’re the boys who see them. In tabloids, on news bulletins. Faces pocked with purple lesions, bodies ravaged by weight loss. Their abandoned eyes, their hollowed-out stares, hold u...
fracturedlit.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The men are dying . . . beautiful boys ugly-cry too."
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/
On-point rendering by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his story "Boys in Boxes," Published in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
fracturedlit.com/boys-in-boxes/
Super excited (and a little proud) to have new micro published with such a preeminent supporter of the super short form. Thanks to everyone @lostballoon.bsky.social !!
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...
Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James
I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…
lost-balloon.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Super excited (and a little proud) to have new micro published with such a preeminent supporter of the super short form. Thanks to everyone @lostballoon.bsky.social !!
A masterclass example of precision dialogue used to reveal the story not told. Admired the subtleties in awareness of marriage, sacrifice, taking and being taken advantage of, rebirth, and failure. A good study of the flash fiction by Gaurav Bhalla, published in Journal of Compressed Creative arts
July 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A masterclass example of precision dialogue used to reveal the story not told. Admired the subtleties in awareness of marriage, sacrifice, taking and being taken advantage of, rebirth, and failure. A good study of the flash fiction by Gaurav Bhalla, published in Journal of Compressed Creative arts
Reposted by Mitch James
Reposted by Mitch James
"I had to wrestle Patricia into isolation again. I’ve never had a senior like her. This is why Gary thinks it’s work causing the miscarriages"
Such a fascinating piece that braids together different elements and character focuses, and leaves so much for a reader to discover on second / third reads
Such a fascinating piece that braids together different elements and character focuses, and leaves so much for a reader to discover on second / third reads
Big thanks to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing my braided micro piece that uses Leviticus, the epistolary form, and a little bit Minecraft. Originally drafted in an @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop.
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Prophecy
bendinggenres.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"I had to wrestle Patricia into isolation again. I’ve never had a senior like her. This is why Gary thinks it’s work causing the miscarriages"
Such a fascinating piece that braids together different elements and character focuses, and leaves so much for a reader to discover on second / third reads
Such a fascinating piece that braids together different elements and character focuses, and leaves so much for a reader to discover on second / third reads
Big thanks to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing my braided micro piece that uses Leviticus, the epistolary form, and a little bit Minecraft. Originally drafted in an @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop.
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Prophecy
bendinggenres.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Big thanks to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing my braided micro piece that uses Leviticus, the epistolary form, and a little bit Minecraft. Originally drafted in an @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop.
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Can't wait to read through the issue!
bendinggenres.com/prophecy/
Stoked to be a finalist for this contest! Thanks to all the editors @flashfrog.bsky.social and Guest Judge Gina Chung for your time and commitment 🤟
February 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Stoked to be a finalist for this contest! Thanks to all the editors @flashfrog.bsky.social and Guest Judge Gina Chung for your time and commitment 🤟
"If Leo Tolstoy could have ten kids and famously forget some of their names, then I could get pregnant and keep creating everyday."
Fuck yes.
Megan Mizanty's "Hillers" in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/7edhwaet
Fuck yes.
Megan Mizanty's "Hillers" in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/7edhwaet
Hillers
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January 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"If Leo Tolstoy could have ten kids and famously forget some of their names, then I could get pregnant and keep creating everyday."
Fuck yes.
Megan Mizanty's "Hillers" in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/7edhwaet
Fuck yes.
Megan Mizanty's "Hillers" in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/7edhwaet
Though I'm from the rural Midwest and not South, much of this piece from @raniqualee.bsky.social in @barrenmagazine.bsky.social felt like home. And that ending. C'mon, ya'll.
tinyurl.com/2hj3wwmu
tinyurl.com/2hj3wwmu
F-150, Carry Me Over
Barren Magazine - F-150, Carry Me Over -
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January 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Though I'm from the rural Midwest and not South, much of this piece from @raniqualee.bsky.social in @barrenmagazine.bsky.social felt like home. And that ending. C'mon, ya'll.
tinyurl.com/2hj3wwmu
tinyurl.com/2hj3wwmu
Admire the nuance of mother/daughter & mother/son here, as well the promising ending and chance at redemption and growth: Read @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social in @okaydonkey.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4sbpxvhy
tinyurl.com/4sbpxvhy
Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist by Rachel Laverdiere
Things may have gotten too serious too quickly, but I gather up the long skirt of my dress and step out of Steve’s vintage yellow bug—a car I’ve dreamed of owning since I was little— one of Steve’s…
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January 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Admire the nuance of mother/daughter & mother/son here, as well the promising ending and chance at redemption and growth: Read @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social in @okaydonkey.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4sbpxvhy
tinyurl.com/4sbpxvhy
This is the first time I've read flash about a serial killer. There's no showing off here. Just the power and precision of a well-told story. "In The Chips" @ tinyurl.com/ye7pd59b
In The Chips – Free Flash Fiction
Aunt Gertie was stronger than she looked. As we would learn. Surviving alone all those years after Uncle Dan just up and left. Actually, she had buried Dan in the backyard herself long ago after his...
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January 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is the first time I've read flash about a serial killer. There's no showing off here. Just the power and precision of a well-told story. "In The Chips" @ tinyurl.com/ye7pd59b
Nearly two years behind on this brilliant piece of flash @flashfrog.bsky.social, but with what just happened in New Orleans and what will undoubtedly happen again soon, the story, sadly, still resonates.
tinyurl.com/4pyajt65
tinyurl.com/4pyajt65
No Dead Bodies in the Dining Room by Kathryn LeMon
*THE BLUE FROG 1st PLACE WINNER* Introduction by Guest Judge AIMEE BENDER: Last year I was so taken by Elisa Gabbert’s close reading of Auden’s poem “Musee des Beaux Arts” and how she considered th…
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January 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Nearly two years behind on this brilliant piece of flash @flashfrog.bsky.social, but with what just happened in New Orleans and what will undoubtedly happen again soon, the story, sadly, still resonates.
tinyurl.com/4pyajt65
tinyurl.com/4pyajt65
Reposted by Mitch James
We're just thrilled to be recognized this way! Thank you to everyone that voted for us!
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From 1827 nominations for 257 magazines, here is who our community has named the Best FICTION Lit Mags of 2024!!!
⬇️ Their details & how to send them your work
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December 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
We're just thrilled to be recognized this way! Thank you to everyone that voted for us!