Claudia Monpere
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
San Francisco Bay Area writer and educator. Flash fiction and cnf in SmokeLong, Bending Genres, Atlas and Alice, The Forge, Ghost Parachute, Craft & elsewhere.Poetry in journals such as New Ohio Review, Plume, Hunger Mountain and Cincinnati R. (she/her)
" the truth is her mom thinks that when it comes to this washing feet stuff that Jesus was a bit of a pansy." I missed this gem @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
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Stolen Rainbows
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
" the truth is her mom thinks that when it comes to this washing feet stuff that Jesus was a bit of a pansy." I missed this gem @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social
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"His wife is flustered by the absence of the sun, but he pays her no mind. She has a habit of working herself up over inconsequential events. Last week, it was the lengthening of a day to more than twenty-four hours." Electrifying! @mattkendrick.bsky.social
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Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"His wife is flustered by the absence of the sun, but he pays her no mind. She has a habit of working herself up over inconsequential events. Last week, it was the lengthening of a day to more than twenty-four hours." Electrifying! @mattkendrick.bsky.social
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"Twice the same woman came to the back door of the apartment—a bird of a woman, shoulders slighter than a boy’s—a line of bruises like ripe blueberries along the soft flesh of her upper arms." Stunning 2nd prize story @dawnwriter.bsky.social
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
Our judge Kelli Borges shares her insights on all the winning stories. Find out our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest second and third place winners.
Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
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Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
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November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Twice the same woman came to the back door of the apartment—a bird of a woman, shoulders slighter than a boy’s—a line of bruises like ripe blueberries along the soft flesh of her upper arms." Stunning 2nd prize story @dawnwriter.bsky.social
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So happy & grateful to be chosen for this contest! 🥰
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So happy & grateful to be chosen for this contest! 🥰
"the limbo of returned separation support demands, of a long-haul trucker absentee husband who knew all the slippery ways of can’t-be-found, four kids, no child support, unanswered letters" Dazzling! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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They would have been perfect for each other if
by Kathryn Kulpa He hadn’t been divorced, three kids, full custody, ex-wife in the state mental hospital, weekday breakfasts of edge-burnt Eggos and heated-over SpaghettiOs, any food with an O in i…
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November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"the limbo of returned separation support demands, of a long-haul trucker absentee husband who knew all the slippery ways of can’t-be-found, four kids, no child support, unanswered letters" Dazzling! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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🌊🌊COVER REVEAL🌊🌊
My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🌊🌊COVER REVEAL🌊🌊
My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
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Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
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October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Cookin up somethin for the spring issue call...
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cookin up somethin for the spring issue call...
Thrilled to be nominated for this micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Very grateful to @jhhwriter.bsky.social & @kathyfish.bsky.social whose Shadowcliff workshop is where this tiny story was born. Congrats to the other nominees!
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Best Microfiction Nominees 2026 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Microfiction 2026! Here’s a link to each story nominated:
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November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thrilled to be nominated for this micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Very grateful to @jhhwriter.bsky.social & @kathyfish.bsky.social whose Shadowcliff workshop is where this tiny story was born. Congrats to the other nominees!
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"We drive to the park. Baby calls from the backseat, “Frappuccino stop!” Stunning dark humor about parenting @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in Thin Skin
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My Growing Boy - Thin Skin
Baby’s father slips from bed at seven, dons a clean blue button-down that highlights his eyes. Tangled in sheets in a pale nightgown, I stink of milk, Baby Boy belly-down on me, chests rising and fall...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"We drive to the park. Baby calls from the backseat, “Frappuccino stop!” Stunning dark humor about parenting @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in Thin Skin
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Follow that up with a knockout essay, "When I Knew Nothing" from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
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Claudia Monpere- Creative Nonfiction
When I Knew Nothing
Some Saturdays Meg woke up with a stranger she’d hooked up with at The Red Raven. I wondered— did he make her a Prairie Oyster for her hangover like I did when I stayed over in ...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Follow that up with a knockout essay, "When I Knew Nothing" from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
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"She tried to knit the strands of her mind together, but the storyteller’s magic was too powerful. She could remember an ache of feeling, like a pressed bruise, but nothing else." Love this!
Super chuffed to have my flash up at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social featuring an enigmatic storyteller and his doubting ex-wife. This story was much rejected, so thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social for believing in it 🙏🏾
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the fable of the storyteller and his witch — Blood+Honey
by Sumitra Singam “It was never clear who hurled the first stone. The flinty piece of rock hit her on the head, leaving a dark bloom of blood.”
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November 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"She tried to knit the strands of her mind together, but the storyteller’s magic was too powerful. She could remember an ache of feeling, like a pressed bruise, but nothing else." Love this!
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⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
"it’s just you now, and the silence of your brain is strange-but-in-a-good-way, then blissful, then strange-but-in-a-bad-way, then weird, then lonely and frightening, and you realise you need those other yous" Beautiful & true @laurabesley.bsky.social
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These Days You’re Kinda Okay by Laura Besley
Imagine you’re forty-something and you’re kinda okay about who you are these days and although you never thought you would be, you are, and decide the reason you’re kinda okay these days is because yo...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"it’s just you now, and the silence of your brain is strange-but-in-a-good-way, then blissful, then strange-but-in-a-bad-way, then weird, then lonely and frightening, and you realise you need those other yous" Beautiful & true @laurabesley.bsky.social
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"It was bitter north winds rattling the single-pane glass in dry-rotting wooden frames. It was dawn so weak it couldn’t bear to shine. It was a nose so cold it ached then gave up feeling anything." Stunning CNF @sugarpigblog.bsky.social
"...crouching before the blue god of short flames in his black metal cave, winking at me like a dozen butterfly wings, sucking moisture from my lips in return for brief comfort."
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
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Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"It was bitter north winds rattling the single-pane glass in dry-rotting wooden frames. It was dawn so weak it couldn’t bear to shine. It was a nose so cold it ached then gave up feeling anything." Stunning CNF @sugarpigblog.bsky.social
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I'm beyond thrilled that my story, 'Like a memory, or maybe only a dream' has been nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize ✨ Huge thanks to Matt for this nomination & everything he does for the writing community.
#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm beyond thrilled that my story, 'Like a memory, or maybe only a dream' has been nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize ✨ Huge thanks to Matt for this nomination & everything he does for the writing community.
#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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Over the moon about this Best Small Fictions nomination from the #WelkinWritingPrize! And to be nominated alongside these four stunning writers: @cake-girl.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @brusowrites.bsky.social and @noranadj.bsky.social. Thank you so, so much @welkinprize.bsky.social. 🥰
The #WelkinWritingPrize is thrilled to announce nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026...
@cake-girl.bsky.social
Brian Bruso
@sfreligh.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
Congratulations all! Five sparkling micros:
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@cake-girl.bsky.social
Brian Bruso
@sfreligh.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
Congratulations all! Five sparkling micros:
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November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Over the moon about this Best Small Fictions nomination from the #WelkinWritingPrize! And to be nominated alongside these four stunning writers: @cake-girl.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @brusowrites.bsky.social and @noranadj.bsky.social. Thank you so, so much @welkinprize.bsky.social. 🥰
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This is just incredible work by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social. Thanks again for the recommendation, Matt.
A sestina from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social : splitlipthemag.com/flash/0524/c... (we're going to be discussing this one at my panel discussion on emotions next week)
Girl Locks — Split Lip Magazine
It’s very late, the policeman insists, for a woman and a girl. His flashlight drills into our car.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is just incredible work by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social. Thanks again for the recommendation, Matt.
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‘The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.’
Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹
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Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹
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Player - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Paul Arky on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker: chipped keys, case body cracked, chunks of wood missing, and stil...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
‘The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.’
Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹
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Goodness! What a micro in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social 🎹
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“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
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Photo by Paul Arky on Unsplash by Claudia Monpere A piano tilts on the dirt beside a freeway entrance like an unbalanced stilt walker: chipped keys, case body cracked, chunks of wood missing, and stil...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
“The swollen traffic comes and goes. The heart roosts where it can.”
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“The last anything doesn’t announce itself.” Love this one Claudia, another stunner.
"Crow's angry with me after my indulgent breakfast.
'I know, I know,' I tell him as the rain picks up and I start moving again." I'm thrilled to have "Yellow Gifts" in @necessaryfiction.com. Huge thanks to @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for all the love he gave it, and to editor Steve Himmer.
'I know, I know,' I tell him as the rain picks up and I start moving again." I'm thrilled to have "Yellow Gifts" in @necessaryfiction.com. Huge thanks to @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for all the love he gave it, and to editor Steve Himmer.
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Yellow Gifts" by
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November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“The last anything doesn’t announce itself.” Love this one Claudia, another stunner.
"But no, fucking Melody, with her green thumb and her horny hands in the fecund earth was the culprit." Wow, love this voice @rgvaughan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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The Roses Were Really Something - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Simon HUMLER on Unsplash by Robert Vaughan I hadn’t noticed them when we arrived, too caught up in running into Melody who’d fucked half of her co-workers and the entire neighboring Waukesha ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"But no, fucking Melody, with her green thumb and her horny hands in the fecund earth was the culprit." Wow, love this voice @rgvaughan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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"Freddy’s notebook on the bed that Grammy Ruth returned to Freddy’s parents’ house right away, never showing it to Grampa Earl—“I wish they didn’t fight so much”—pencil drawing of a boy with X’s for eyes." Love this
@tcboudreau.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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@tcboudreau.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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Keepsakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Lena Polishko on Unsplash by Timothy Boudreau Freddy’s green lizard race car with a pink tongue painted on the hood, pulled from under the couch when Grammy Ruth scrambled to find her pearl e...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Freddy’s notebook on the bed that Grammy Ruth returned to Freddy’s parents’ house right away, never showing it to Grampa Earl—“I wish they didn’t fight so much”—pencil drawing of a boy with X’s for eyes." Love this
@tcboudreau.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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@tcboudreau.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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"I wallow home from the nearby café, my pancake belly leading, my sausage belly thudding with each step"
Love the voice in this brilliantly creative piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Love the voice in this brilliantly creative piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Yellow Gifts" by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/yell...
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/yell...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"I wallow home from the nearby café, my pancake belly leading, my sausage belly thudding with each step"
Love the voice in this brilliantly creative piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Love the voice in this brilliantly creative piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social