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Ani King (they/them)
@aniking.bsky.social
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Michigan writer and stuff. gender noncompliant. Fuck AI. Anti-Subst*ck.
https://aniking.net
— Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026)
— SmokeLong Submissions Editor
— EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 1d
So honored to be on this list 🫶🫶🫶 big thanks to @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for giving this Horsegirl story an amazing home: pitheadchapel.com/nervous-thing/
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nour-ps.bsky.social
I’m living alone in a tent, struggling for food, water, and safety
As a lesbian, I face fear, rejection, and constant danger I cannot survive alone
To everyone who believes in LGBTQ+ rights, dignity, and freedom please donate or share
Every act of support brings hope and a chance at a safer life
nour-ps.bsky.social Nour 🍉 @nour-ps.bsky.social · 1h
💔 I’m Nour, 21, from Gazِ@. War forced me from my home, and I now live alone in a tent, struggling for food, water, and safety.

As a lesbian, I face constant fear and rejection. I need your help to survive and find a safe, dignified life.

Every donation or share gives me hope:
👉 gofund.me/1e60e23a3
Donate to Support Nour's Fight for Safety and Dignity, organized by Elham Abdelrahim
hello everyone, my name is Elham Abdelrahim. I live in Los Angeles, and I… Elham Abdelrahim needs your support for Support Nour's Fight for Safety and Dignity
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November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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wck.org
Miss Hilman’s grocery depot in Jackson Town, Trelawny Parish, was severely damaged in Hurricane Melissa, but she is still working to ensure her neighbors get the food they need. She is leading WCK distribution in her community, organizing hot meals with care and familiarity. #ChefsForJamaica
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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yourimpossiblevoice.com
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2025 (or 2026, however they calculate it)! @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social
Dana Wall
@brettbbl.bsky.social
@sagetyrtle.bsky.social
@addisonzeller.bsky.social
Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions nominees: The Last Lipstick Factory by Dana Wall; Hotdogs by Hugh Behm-Steinberg; Anthem by Brett Biebel; A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame by Sage Tyrtle; Of the Lovers by Addison Zeller
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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folklorereview.bsky.social
LAST DAY to submit to our Winter Solstice issue!!!

#folklorereview #folklore #callforsubmissions2025 #literary #literarymagazine
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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megelison.bsky.social
One spot opened up on my Patreon for handwritten letters. Written in fountain pen, sealed with wax, nothing like anything else you're getting in the mail. It's Medici clout at millennial prices.
Get more from Meg Elison on Patreon
creating stories, letters, and writing advice.
patreon.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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taniahershman.bsky.social
Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
taniahershman.bsky.social Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 2d
Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net
The cover of the FUEL anthology of prize-winning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty, with a brightly-coloured petrol pump, and a banner on the right hand side saying "Ebook with 12 bonus prize-winning stories". Edited by Tania Hershman
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
HEY GUESS WHAT

my debut novel Exit Ghost is in this ginormous bundle on itch!

So if you want to read modern witchy girl Hamlet at the Jersey shore for an EXTREMELY low price, along with 73 other things...get thee to the link! Today and tomorrow!

itch.io/b/3410/creat...
red-tinged graphic of MANY book covers, with the words: HUGE CREATOR DAY BUNDLE. Ebooks, audiobooks, games, & more. 70+ items, on sale for only $50. That's an 82% savings!
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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lumchanmfa.bsky.social
weekly talk story about gratitude and being tired...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...
A Quiet Week and Coming Down From My Book Being Out In The World — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
So yeah… it’s been a quiet week for me, at least publication-wise (not writing or submitting). Last year, I would have been depressed about it, but honestly, I am just tired. I am grateful for all tha...
www.melissallanesbrownlee.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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mynachang.bsky.social
Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Flash Roundup * October-November 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
Here is a story I wrote where pie is a starring character:
Chloe Clark
Flash Fiction Stone Fruit On Tuesdays, in town, the dead would occasionally come back for a slice of pie at the local train depot diner. The dead, Shelly noticed, were partial to the cherry pie. Bu…
rubyliterarypress.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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amandaweavernovels.com
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
aniking.bsky.social
So honored to be on this list 🫶🫶🫶 big thanks to @pitheadchapel.bsky.social for giving this Horsegirl story an amazing home: pitheadchapel.com/nervous-thing/
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Please join us in congratulating our Pushcart nominees! Good luck everyone!
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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victoriastrauss.com
A message for Unbound authors
alexdecampi.bsky.social Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 1d
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.

If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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sweatermuppet.bsky.social
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️
THE TRANS AGENDA IS TO KEEP MY F*CKING FRIENDS ALIVE sol rios At 2pm and 2am. Sleep, I remember you. Please, wait for me. I send out 7 reminders to eat a day. Like little paper lifeboats. It's nothing. And it keeps me afloat. I forget to eat too. I need company for my shot. 3ml of Estradiol over facetime. I tell my friend I'm being a baby about it, she says woman up. Daylight savings swallows up the hour in question. I was going to sit in the bathtub until you responded. And I need you to keep you alive for me. Just until Thursday. Just through to 6 am. I can send you 14 dollars for soup. I can lend you my ears. You'll need both hands to hold a heart. Your razor clinking against the counter. In a dream I almost slip into, I reach through the phone and hide the blade in my open palm, before you notice. Text me, I say. In the morning. I love you. I need you alive. We can figure out the rest tomorrow. With or without sleep. With or without the light of the morning.
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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taniahershman.bsky.social
Ebook has stories by @vanessageb.bsky.social, @sagreene1.bsky.social, @amandaocallaghan.bsky.social, @judebrewer.com, @francesgapper.bsky.social, @sharontelfer.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social, winners of comps incl @bridportprize.bsky.social, @writershq.bsky.social & @mslexia.bsky.social!
taniahershman.bsky.social Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · Oct 1
It's publication day for FUEL ebook—with 75 prizewinning flash fictions plus TWELVE bonus flash stories not in the print book! It's a great read *and* all profits go to UK fuel poverty charities. The print book raised over £4k; winter is coming, help us raise more: www.fuelflash.net/product/fuel...
The cover of the FUEL ebook, with a large photo of a yellow petrol pump, below which are the words FUEL: An Anthology of prize-winning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty, edited by Tania Hershman. There is a banner across the top right hand corner which says "Ebook with 12 Bonus Prize-Winning Stories!"
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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hanakhalique.bsky.social
⚡️Missed out on Flash Fiction Festival 2025 in Bristol this summer? Come to one of the online versions instead, which includes my ✍️ workshop, 'Transforming Tales', which takes place this Saturday! 😊

Full details and booking links below:
www.flashfictionfestival.com/online-progr...
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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older.bsky.social
Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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mattneilhill.bsky.social
My debut collection still exists only in my dreams, but these are my favourite anthology appearances from the last couple of years. And there are links to some free online stuff in my pinned post as well.
Books in which I've appeared. Clockwise from top left: The Mad Butterfly's Ball (PS Publishing UK), Stories of the Eye (Weirdpunk Books), Violent Vixens: an Homage to Grindhouse Horror (Dark Peninsula Press), and The Cellar Door: Dark Highways (Dark Peninsula Press).
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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smokelong.bsky.social
Stay tuned for our FlashGiving Winner announcement later today!
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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lit-namjooning.bsky.social
And here are our dazzling Pushcart 2026 nominees! Hooray for @maxpasakorn.bsky.social, Shome, @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social , @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @juniper-writing.bsky.social and @mattleibel.bsky.social!

Read their stories here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...

#namjooning
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
as a non-binary person I also find “folx” to be intensely cringe

“folks” is a perfectly good non-gendered term and you just decided to Hot Topic it to be edgy
queengwenevere.bsky.social Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 1d
I do not understand the point of “folx“ AT ALL
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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monteiro.bsky.social
A reminder that we are not awarding points for sitting there quietly will your racist family spews racism and transphobia. You don't get to feel good about yourself for "not taking the bait." Step up! If you insist on eating with people who want your friends dead SHOW UP TO FIGHT. BECOME A PROBLEM.
How to eat with others
This is the last painting I did at my old studio. I left it behind. You can support my shenanigans for a mere $2/mo. This week’s question comes to us from...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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pushcartprize.bsky.social
THE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS REMIND SMALL PRESSES THAT THE DECEMBER 1 POSTMARK FOR YOUR NOMINATIONS TO PP LI IS NEAR. PLEASE CONSULT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM