We're excited to share that @smokelong.bsky.social has created a new space called The Village for flash writers! ✨ And our very own editor-in-chief @maureenlangloss.bsky.social shared an interview with them. Find it all here! buff.ly/9ozhY0j
We asked our team to share their best writing advice. ✏️ Flash reader Jordan Blanchard says:
"Read and take a shower. If you can, go for a swim. Then write no matter what. Write something even if it's the same word a hundred times in a row."
I cried the first time I read this for acceptance and I cry again now 💕 I love this tender piece so much.
Bookmarks from local stores and homemade cards with favorite literary references
Its always a Nutcracker reread and a Little Women rewatch
How much are we expected to shrink ourselves for assimilation? I love pieces that tell me I’m not alone in contemplating this.
When I say I feel this one in my fucking bones ❤️
It’s my bday month. So as my present, you must check out our new September issue lol 😝
Seriously tho, this is one is pretty cool 🥰
Thank you
So my niece’s school and another school down the block from me were threatened on social media today.
While my initial reaction is to hope it’s a bunch of losers or kids making edgy jokes to get attention, I know that’s a result of and part of the problem. I’m just fucking exhausted
Gotta love a new issue day 💕💕 look at that art!!
Along with @carolinamata.bsky.social & AJ Jolish, this is a DREAM TEAM!! We are so lucky to have such talented, enthusiastic people shouting out the amazing SLM FAM!
Thank you for joining us ❤️
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Always check out first hand accounts from the ground
I saw someone say “setting women back” is just how liberals call women sluts and now it’s all I can think about!!!
put an em dash key on the keyboard you cowards
Love is wrapping gold tinsel around several tiny clear rubber bands at 12am bc my niece had a VISION for her elementary graduation day hair 💛
Just me and my ice pack against the world.
A diary from a girl with chronic pain.
There’s just some students I feel bad saying goodbye to 😢
One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-fou...
A fucking fertility clinic.
Just finished the last book of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde and now I feel a little lost. Cue the sad girl vibes.
A photo of fir trees on a snowy mountain side. The sun peeks through a cloudy sky.
"The other night I danced for the first time in months /
to my favorite Sheryl Crow song—opens with guitar /
and drums."
The poem SELF-ELEGIES by our recently passed contributor @marthasilano.bsky.social
was published in Poetry Magazine ❤️🩹 Please give it a read: buff.ly/UDTtaHC
We think you should read 37 WAYS TO CLEAN CUM FROM A SUEDE SHIRT by Jahan Khajavi tonight. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/TyXE46d
My free virtual event on writing and disability, chronic illness, and neurodivergence is tomorrow 5/13 at 7 PM EDT! There's still time to register with @thewriterscenter.bsky.social!
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Spread the Word Interested in Joining the SLM FAM? Split Lip is expanding its social media team! Applications for Social Media Director Open April 22 on Submittable
Psst: Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to apply to be Social Media Director at Split Lip Magazine!
very clear that official policy of the united states right now is to accept any white person abroad who claims asylum status
Just sent my partner a pic of my grape energy drink and grape infused water—bc I gotta caffeinate and hydrate—and they replied: Fruit it up babygirl.
So as a millennial queer, this is my slogan for the rest of the week. Feel free to use at your will.
Today! Happy indie bookstore day 😍😍😍 going to a baby shower, but hoping to stop by my local bookstore today. I miss the book barn in Fresno.
Great writing, cool art, sharing info, and applauding accomplishments…it’s a pretty good time 💕
I’m finding much needed sweetness in The Babysitter’s Club reboot
