Neon & Smoke
@neonandsmoke.bsky.social
Neon & Smoke is a home for bold, voice-driven fiction with emotional weight and narrative fire. Visit us at neonandsmoke.com
Looking forward to sharing this story. Many thanks to @ausiastsel.com for bringing some well-crafter horror to our pages. February Smoke coming soon.
“The Hermitage” forthcoming in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social , Issue 2, mid-February. Heat, a stolen rosary, and a saint whose eyes look somewhere you can’t follow.
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Looking forward to sharing this story. Many thanks to @ausiastsel.com for bringing some well-crafter horror to our pages. February Smoke coming soon.
Visual Art opens soon. We want to feel the heat ...
January 28, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Visual Art opens soon. We want to feel the heat ...
Appreciate the opportunity to share a few words. Thanks @duotrope.com
Read our editor interview with Neon & Smoke @neonandsmoke.bsky.social: https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Editor Interview: Neon & Smoke
Read our editor interview with Neon & Smoke @neonandsmoke.bsky.social: https://duotrope.com/interview/editor/39149/neon-and-smoke #amwriting
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January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Appreciate the opportunity to share a few words. Thanks @duotrope.com
January Smoke is rising! Check out our latest stories. Many thanks to Roger Camp for the cover art. And we welcome an emerging author @skizza306 and his "Good Bones." Neon & Smoke - half genre/always lit! www.neonandsmoke.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
January Smoke is rising! Check out our latest stories. Many thanks to Roger Camp for the cover art. And we welcome an emerging author @skizza306 and his "Good Bones." Neon & Smoke - half genre/always lit! www.neonandsmoke.com
Yes to paying fee-free short stories @duotrope.com!
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Short Stories feat. @terrainorg.bsky.social @littleengines.bsky.social @neonandsmoke.bsky.social @ratbaglit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Short Stories feat. @terrainorg.bsky.social @littleengines.bsky.social @neonandsmoke.bsky.social @ratbaglit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-short-stories-nVlHvZmf
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January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Yes to paying fee-free short stories @duotrope.com!
We can't afford the house either. But the story is amazing. Thanks @salenacasha.bsky.social for sharing your words.
🪧First publication of 2026🪧is LIVE with @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in their January issue! So grateful to the editors, T & J, for all their work. You will be my favorite reader ever if you check out this wonderful magazine: www.neonandsmoke.com/january-smok...
A Conversation with One of the Many Houses in My Neighborhood that I Can't Afford | Neon & Smoke
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January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We can't afford the house either. But the story is amazing. Thanks @salenacasha.bsky.social for sharing your words.
Always excited to support emerging authors. Make sure you check out "Good Bones" by @skizza306.bsky.social
I have a flash piece (my first ever publication) up on @neonandsmoke.bsky.social today. Check it out, and check out the rest of the issue, too!
www.neonandsmoke.com/january-smok...
www.neonandsmoke.com/january-smok...
Good Bones | Neon & Smoke
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January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Always excited to support emerging authors. Make sure you check out "Good Bones" by @skizza306.bsky.social
Reposted by Neon & Smoke
Thanks @vestalreview.bsky.social for a terrific issue and for including my 500-word story.
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
Pickpockets on parade.
Read "Bleeding Seamonster," by Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/bleeding-seamonster
Art by Jinghong Chen.
Read "Bleeding Seamonster," by Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/bleeding-seamonster
Art by Jinghong Chen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Thanks @vestalreview.bsky.social for a terrific issue and for including my 500-word story.
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
Writing can be lonely sometimes. At least, that's what we think. Give it a read and let us know if you agree: www.neonandsmoke.com/post/writing...
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Writing can be lonely sometimes. At least, that's what we think. Give it a read and let us know if you agree: www.neonandsmoke.com/post/writing...
Reposted by Neon & Smoke
And just before Christmas, my flash fiction/ prose poem "Nthombi Faces the River" was published in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social. 🥰
This is a piece I wrote about the frustration of struggling with things that appear to come easily to others, & feeling left behind.
www.neonandsmoke.com/december-smo...
This is a piece I wrote about the frustration of struggling with things that appear to come easily to others, & feeling left behind.
www.neonandsmoke.com/december-smo...
Nthombi Faces the River | Neon & Smoke
www.neonandsmoke.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
And just before Christmas, my flash fiction/ prose poem "Nthombi Faces the River" was published in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social. 🥰
This is a piece I wrote about the frustration of struggling with things that appear to come easily to others, & feeling left behind.
www.neonandsmoke.com/december-smo...
This is a piece I wrote about the frustration of struggling with things that appear to come easily to others, & feeling left behind.
www.neonandsmoke.com/december-smo...
Our new issue is LIVE! Cover art by Claudia Tong. Check it out: neonandsmoke.com! This issue is led largely by women’s voices. Nearly all of this month's contributors are female.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Our new issue is LIVE! Cover art by Claudia Tong. Check it out: neonandsmoke.com! This issue is led largely by women’s voices. Nearly all of this month's contributors are female.
Our new editor’s blog, “Why We Exist for the In-Between,” is now live.
It digs into the kind of stories we love, the ones that live between genres, between emotions, between who we were and who we’re becoming.
Read, comment, or shoot me an email. Would love to know what you think.
It digs into the kind of stories we love, the ones that live between genres, between emotions, between who we were and who we’re becoming.
Read, comment, or shoot me an email. Would love to know what you think.
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our new editor’s blog, “Why We Exist for the In-Between,” is now live.
It digs into the kind of stories we love, the ones that live between genres, between emotions, between who we were and who we’re becoming.
Read, comment, or shoot me an email. Would love to know what you think.
It digs into the kind of stories we love, the ones that live between genres, between emotions, between who we were and who we’re becoming.
Read, comment, or shoot me an email. Would love to know what you think.
Submissions are OPEN.
We welcome new authors, diverse voices, strange visions, and writers with deep resumes.
Our first Editor’s Blog is also live — step into the haze and join the conversation.
Neon & Smoke — half genre / always lit
#LitMag #SubmissionsOpen #FlashFiction
We welcome new authors, diverse voices, strange visions, and writers with deep resumes.
Our first Editor’s Blog is also live — step into the haze and join the conversation.
Neon & Smoke — half genre / always lit
#LitMag #SubmissionsOpen #FlashFiction
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Submissions are OPEN.
We welcome new authors, diverse voices, strange visions, and writers with deep resumes.
Our first Editor’s Blog is also live — step into the haze and join the conversation.
Neon & Smoke — half genre / always lit
#LitMag #SubmissionsOpen #FlashFiction
We welcome new authors, diverse voices, strange visions, and writers with deep resumes.
Our first Editor’s Blog is also live — step into the haze and join the conversation.
Neon & Smoke — half genre / always lit
#LitMag #SubmissionsOpen #FlashFiction