I was thrilled my story, "Eulogy for Fa, the Dreamer," won 3rd place! Read it today
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
#elissafield #flashfiction #ghost
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Check out my installment in @smokelong.bsky.social’s series introducing Submission Editors sharing insights from reading the queue. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...
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Happy to see my “Saddleback” made Wigleaf’s Top 50 longlist. Thanks to Wendy Wallace & Bess Cooley at Peatsmoke who published. It’s meant so much to hear the impact this story has had on readers. Congrats to all on the #WigleafTop50 & longlist!
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Thrilled to have one of my favorite stories make the Uncharted Cinematic Short Story Contest short list! @unchartedmag.bsky.social

#elissafield #elissafieldfiction #shortstory #TBR

TFW New Year's Eve you go, Oh, yeah, I have a substack. And I also have amazing writing friends who I know are hard at work right now.

Trying to keep up w everyone... Look for me if you are on either Substack @elissafield or IG/FB www.instagram.com/elissalfield/

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Declan’s first sight of the ocean, first time hearing the roar. Made lots of dog friends.

#Declanthecollie #dogsoftwitter #writersdog #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Drinking my coffee, reading submissions… and my little border collie puppy, Declan is wrestling a coconut. He’s herded it soccer style, chawed at it… but fought and fought to be able to pick it up. A hard battle, won.
#Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #dogsofinstagram #writersdog

I wrote this girl’s story this week — an absolutely PERFECT filly bred from my aunt’s favorite mare, one of my grandfather’s favorite accomplishments… that ended sadly. Thanks so much to workshop friends @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness & Flash Pack friends who gave early feedback.
#elissafield

Solid napday! This crazy baby doubled his nap time today when he discovered the joy of snuggling next to me. My arm went numb! What a 💕 love! Such a happy boy.

#Declanthecollie #derpface #dogsofbluesky #writersdogs #saturdaynapday #writinglife #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

Declan, learning the ropes on his 11th day: Turns out, sometimes we do laundry.
His bigger excitement — for which there are no pictures — is he just had one of his first nose-to-nose greetings with one of the cats.
#writersdog #dogsofbluesky #elissafield #Declanthecollie

I see you made toast.

On the list of nice things about Declan is he is very gentle about food.

#Declanthecollie #writersdog #dogsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writinglife #bordercolliesrock

All the cute things Declan does, and here I am obsessed with his rabbity, chunky feet.

#Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writersdogs #dogsofbluesky

I just said, "I LOVE YOU" aloud to an empty room.
Me, I was talking to me.

After days of searching, I just thought of the perfect keyword (courtyard) to locate a really important scene I KNEW I had written but could not find on my laptop. Huge sigh of relief.

#writinglife #novel #elissafield

Friends/editors who’ve read my story “Saddleback” that’s coming out in January with @psmokejournal.bsky.social , these clips hit home❤️
#flash #flashfiction #fiction #writer #shortstory #elissafieldfiction #elissafield
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Then there's the ones I kept running into in workshops at SLQ (more next year!): @ClaudiaMonpere , @kimsrogers , @authorsudha , @EliotLi2 , @ChristineHChen1 , @BethanyJarmul, @MarioAliberto3, @DawnFMiller1 , @lumchanmfa , Hema, @elissafield ... and... help! forgetting names!

Born in @BendingGenres epistolary weekend workshop & polished with @KelliBorges2, & @SmokeLong friends @kimsrogers @ClaudiaMonpere @DawnFMiller1 @MarioAliberto3 @elissafield … New story in @gonelawn - gratitude to #owen & @amygcb for working with me. ❤️...

"Eyes lemured at me from inside the house. A man and woman, holding hands, faces begging: would they be okay?"

Check out this fabulous flash from @elissafield in our Winter issue!
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Close enough now we could see the blackness in his eyes. The deep well of thoughts behind it. Him mulling us. Mulling my gloveless fingers. My idiotic meteor-blue phone. You and your idiotic imitation of a woodsy man,

The fuck, the stag thought.

🖤 @elissafield in Craft Literary

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