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Flight: A Literary Sampler
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A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social

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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · Jul 19
Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!

We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.

You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
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seanennis.bsky.social
Big thanks to @flightlit.bsky.social for nominating my piece, “Its Powerful Parking Lot” for Best Microfiction 2026. Shoutout to The Old Rats Motorcycle Gang.

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Sean Ennis- Fiction
Its Powerful Parking Lot I did not sleep like a winner. Yes, I had watched Vivian turn one hundred dollars into almost three hundred thousand dollars at the craps table. And yes, we had made love i...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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flightlit.bsky.social
Congratulations to @seanennis.bsky.social

You can read his killer story here: flight-literary.ghost.io/sean-ennis-f...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Congratulations to @seanennis.bsky.social

You can read his killer story here: flight-literary.ghost.io/sean-ennis-f...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
If you're thinking about ending the year by sending out some submissions, consider us! We're free to submit to, and all submissions are read by both editors.

Guidelines here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines
Flight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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havehashad.com
new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day!
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"

"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."

https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
Heimlich After I Eat Poetry Too Quickly Again by Todd Dillard
It's all coming up now, milkweed and mango, grandmothers in kitchens with their stoic spoons, crows barking in alder trees, enough dead deer to overflow football stadiums, sad fathers with their boots…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
We've been a little quiet here, but it's because we've been working hard getting ready for Flight 2!

On November 30th, we'll have four incredible new works of literature for you to sample.

Until then, tide yourself over by rereading the work from Flight 1!
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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danielmiller.bsky.social
Lot's wife:
mobydickatsea.bsky.social Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Oct 17
I am something of a salt
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
You heard it here! Duotrope says we’re speedy!
A screenshot of a duotrope listing that says Statistics Synopsis—Faster Flight's overall average response time is faster than most magazines.
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Acceptances for Flight 2 have now officially been sent!

Our (very) small team is in the process of sending other responses as we speak. If you haven't heard from us yet, it's because you made it to our "serious consideration" folder, and we're still considering your work for Issue 3.
October 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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booklearning.bsky.social
Rereading is the real joy, to the extent that if it was worth reading once it's worth reading 20 times
rachelfeder.bsky.social Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · Oct 13
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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flightlit.bsky.social
Bartleby the Scrivener ass response to our submission questions:
A google form where the response to the question "Pronouns" is I/Me and the response to "Cover Letter" is I'd rather not.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
After the snarky response about pronouns I’m super tempted to send the response as:

“Thank I for sending My work to Flight Literary”
flightlit.bsky.social Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · Oct 3
Bartleby the Scrivener ass response to our submission questions:
A google form where the response to the question "Pronouns" is I/Me and the response to "Cover Letter" is I'd rather not.
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Bartleby the Scrivener ass response to our submission questions:
A google form where the response to the question "Pronouns" is I/Me and the response to "Cover Letter" is I'd rather not.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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kathyfish.bsky.social
This is everything I mean when I talk about the breathless one paragraph flash. Form, in this case, perfectly serves content. That rush of despair / anxiety / bewilderment that is life today by @saralippmann.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute: ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
shelter in place — Ghost Parachute
Maybe it’s the rising sirens, maybe it’s the sudden soak, a complete wet heat through the cotton sack I’ve taken to wearing like a body flung overboard because this is who I am now, this is who I’ve b...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Happy Saturday! Send us writing that feels like a kitten in a hotdog costume!

Guidelines here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
A picture of a black kitten wearing a hotdog costume. The kitten does not look amused
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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neonpajamas.bsky.social
one of my two poems published in @havehashad.com earlier this week
The Five Rings The magician looks the other way when he removes his first foot. The butcher cooks the bear meat he captured in his pasture. The executioner refuses to remove his mask. The blacksmith perfects the waterproof hoof. The wanted cartoonist remains on the loose, at large, never thinking of even mentioning ink.
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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msstefaniekirby.bsky.social
Thrilled to have a new little prose poem floating around over at @astrolabe.ooo (and they *happen* to be open for submissions)!
astrolabe.ooo Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Sep 22
With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning.

Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker.

astrolabe.ooo
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
flightlit.bsky.social
Lots of litmags had free submission windows for the month that have already closed, but not Flight!

We’re free to submit to, and your submission will be read and discussed by both editors

Send us something!
September 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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kithbooks.bsky.social
The Cobra and The Key, Sam Shelstad's satire of writers and writing, is readaloud funny. the call is coming from inside the house and we're, all of us, screwed.
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25 Watch how Oscar Wilde reveals character in The Picture of Dorian Gray: Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows and looked at him in amazement through the thin blue wreaths of smoke that curled up in such fanci-ful whorls from his heavy, opium-tainted cigarette. Now we know, through Wilde's clever and efficient use of detail, that the character has eyebrows. And notice how his cigarette is described as "heavy,” which lets the reader know that Lord Henry is incredibly weak. We also learn, because of the blue smoke, that he's some kind of wizard character. 148 Many authors submit short stories to literary journals. This can help new writers get their names out there and gain experience working with editors. The problem with literary journals is that nobody reads them. If your story appears in The New Yorker, yes, people will pay attention. But good luck with that. I've been submitting to The New Yorker for over a decade, and my stories are actually good. The literary journals that might agree to publish your stories only exist as pet projects for bored English professors with access to grant money. They have no idea what they're doing. One small journal, which shall re-main nameless, had the audacity to reject a story of mine that had received the good rejection form letter from The New Yorker. So yes, the editors at The New Yorker thought my story was fantastic but just couldn't find a place for it in the issue, but some lame quarterly from the goddamn Prairies thought it wasn't up to snuff. Sure. Can you imagine someone actually purchasing and reading through the stories in a literary journal? Seems like a red flag to me. There's definitely something a little off about a person like that.
September 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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anniejowrites.bsky.social
if I continue scrolling for just a few more minutes I will reach the end + enlightenment & be free
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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ramccafferty.bsky.social
Today’s writing assignment:
ramccafferty.bsky.social Rachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · Sep 22
Do you know how hard it is to write an earnest flash about being a ska kid in the early 2000s? Do you?
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Please write a poem using one of these titles and send it to Flight
adrianf.bsky.social Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · Sep 22
poem titles:
mariobrothblog.bsky.social Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · Sep 22
The Super Mario 64 source code lists names for Mario's footstep sounds. The list starts off normal but becomes poetic with names like "Footsteps in the Fallen Leaves" and "More Than Anyone Else in the World". It turns out the names are actually taken from a 1994 dating simulator.
September 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Have a piece you're considering sending, but not sure it will be a good fit? Send us a DM with a quick pitch, and we'll let you know if it sounds up our alley.
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Happy Monday!

Today is a good day (possibly the best day?) to send your CNF to Flight!

Whether flash CNF or essay, we want to read your nonfiction.

Guidelines here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines
Flight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...
flight-literary.ghost.io
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
flightlit.bsky.social
Every editorial conversation devolves quickly into small town gossip
Received text: You joke, but it just reminds me of another complaint I have: The hunky guy is a conspiracy theorist, but this in no way impacts his character or personality. It's like he collects stamps. Sent text: Counterpoint: I work with one of the Bigfoot brothers and he is a very normal person otherwise Received text: Who are the bigfoot brothers?
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM