My flash fiction story, “The Hollow in the Hedgerow,” has been accepted for publication by @hollowoakpress.bsky.social
Grateful to Editor-in-Chief Amanda Pica and the editorial team
Looking forward to sharing it once it’s live.
#FlashFiction #writers #WritingCommunity #authors #Bluesky
The entire Jan ‘26 issue is now available to read for free on our website. A huge thank you to @aijiang.bsky.social for her work on this stellar collection! We created something stirring, thought-provoking, and beautiful 💓
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
www.flashfictiononline.com/issues/janua...
On this 178th day of January, I'd like to remind folks that our submission portal for resistance-themed reprints is still open. Must be a reprint & must be resistance-themed! We will be donating proceeds from this anthology to the nonprofit Waging Nonviolence.
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/10-r...
Submissions have been rolling in, and we’ll be starting our reading period soon! There’s still time to send yours to us, though. Full details on our website 👀
Looking for a home for your short, punchy spec fic? Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns wants 1,000–1,500 word stories with a strong speculative element (they especially love fantasy).
💵 $5 flat payment
📝 Previously unpublished only
Details: horrortree.com/ongoing-subm...
@hollowoakpress.bsky.social
We’ve been added to The Short List! This compilation links lots of places looking for short fiction submissions. If you write fiction under 2,500 words, check out dlshirey.com/the-short-list!
Huge thank you to @dlshirey.bsky.social for helping writers find homes for their work!
Image of a woman with glasses wearing a sweatshirt, standing in front of a bookshelf. Text to the left of her image reads: new and emerging authors have incredible stories to share. Are you ready to give them a chance? Because we are.
We have two open submission calls right now, and we’re a paying market! Find the details here: hollowoakpress.com/submissions/
Our autumn event schedule!
New publisher listing for: Cozy Fantasy Anthology @hollowoakpress.bsky.social (Fiction; Fantasy; pays). #WritingCommunity
New publisher listing for: Hollow Oak Presents: Acorns @hollowoakpress.bsky.social (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays). #WritingCommunity
Toad sitting on a stump near a forest
Witches? ✅
Curses? ✅
A short spooky-season read? ✅
A little boy tried to buy a curse from a witch and doesn’t exactly get what he expected. What a Toad Buys You is now available and free to read!
hollowoakpress.com/what-a-toad-...
#FF It’s HR Professionals Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “H” and “R”!
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social
@hollowoakpress.bsky.social
@hyphenpunk.bsky.social
@riverheronreview.bsky.social
Out now from @hollowoakpress.bsky.social the new anthology Short(b)Reads, featuring my new story "Table for One, Folly of Two" along with a dozen more fine tales to peruse--each one paired with a recipe from the story itself. Food for the mind, soul, & body!
#shortstories #food #recipes #writing
Looking for a bite-sized read during a break? We’ve got just the thing!
The Last Time I Saw You by Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social is a fast-paced flash fantasy piece, and is now available to read, free on our website! hollowoakpress.com/the-last-tim...
Rat Bag Lit (ratbaglit.com) is a new print + digital literary magazine eager to read your weirdest fiction. We're a paying market.
Submissions open August 15, 2025!
The rats want your story!
#ratbaglit
#ratbag
#literarymagazine
#litmag
#publication
#fiction
#microfiction
#flashfiction
#drabble
Our August event schedule! Tomorrow, our EIC Amanda will be in Meadville, PA at Tattered Corners. If you’re local, we hope to see you there!
Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop - April 2026 Fri Apr 24, 2026 6:00 PM - Mon Apr 27, 2026 Albequerque! With MRK, CJA, Geoff Habiger and Marie Parks. (The graphic has our faces in cute circles.....I am the only one not smiling and I look quite dour in a respectable way.)
I have found myself on the virtual faculty at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers! Come hang out?
The event includes 5,000-word critiques, classes, pitching sessions, 1:1 office hours, and plenty of time for writing. Learn more at starforgers.com.
Next week, we'll be announcing a book that's been in the works for a hot minute, featuring @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @tiffmorris.bsky.social, and @ericraglin1992.bsky.social (me!) Keep your eyes peeled!
Heading that reads food plus fiction, with the book cover for Short(b)Reads underneath
Preorders are now open for Short(b)Reads!
This food+fiction anthology brings each story to life with a companion recipe, so you can make the fictional food a reality!
Short(b)Reads will be available to ship on September 12th. Reserve your copy today!
hollowoakpress.com/product/shor...
Submissions for TRUNK: stories that took the long way, are open!
(Apologies if you got a contrary auto-reply this morning. Some of you get up earlier than me. :-)
books.metaphorosis.com/calls/
A brightly lit orange hanging in a tree. The photo has a hazy, dreamy quality
"Among the villagers, the conclusion spread first as a whisper and then like wildfire: The orange tree was not just magical, it possessed the strongest kind of dark magic."
The Orange Tree by Luc Diamant is now available on our website! You can find it here: hollowoakpress.com/the-orange-t...
hold me fast and hold me fast and- by Katherine Heath Shaeffer Trollbreath Magazine Background is abstract fur, scales, and glowing lights Image of Trollbreath mascot, troll with bowlerhat and ray gun
Free Fiction Friday!!! Today's break from reality is a twisted dip into Tam Lin.
"By every morning, the scars are healed, the bruises faded, the flesh knitted back over the bones. Don’t think about claws as they sink and rend. Don’t think. Don’t think."
magazine.trollbreath.com/hold-me-fast...
Greetings, sophonts! Today, we've reached deep into the Vat to bring you a story of cloning, identity, and goblins -- okay, no goblins, but still! Please experience "The Girl Who Came Before" by David von Allmen, and mind the trilobites.
{{}}<
If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror you MUST already subscribe to Locus Magazine... Right?
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
link in bio!
It's Novel/Novella Submissions Halfway Day!
We're HALFWAY through our subs period: our N/N reading team is high-fiving as 1/2 switch out of the reading queue and 1/2 switch in.
They're hungry to read, so SEND US YOUR NOVEL OR NOVELLA before September 1!
splitlippress.submittable.com
A shelf of books in a bookstore
I spy a familiar book on the shelves at The Raven’s End: Books and Fine Art 👀
Our free-to-read flash fiction feature launched with this in-house piece. Submissions have been rolling in! If you write flash, or know someone who does, check out our submission guidelines on our website!
Graphic with fall leaves that reads: we care. There's a lot of scary stuff going on right now. While we may not post about it, we are all personally involved in the ways we can be. What we're doing as a team is continuing to create. The world needs art, maybe more now than in recent history-art is advocacy, art is revolutionary, and art is resistance. Keep creating. Keep tinding strength in your communities. We're right here beside you.
A message from our team:
