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When the dead won't shut up...
A tear in the fabric.
#ShortFiction #Paranormal #UrbanFantasy

It's raining where I am. What better for a wet Sunday than a load of short stories to read. Preferably with cat on lap and coffee.
#ShortFiction #ShortStories #Writing

"A talking casket was cringe, a touring crypt an oxymoron, and living with your father on an RV so old it could still run on gas was a circle Dante had been too appalled to mention. That had been Jane's life since her tenth birthday." #ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia

When was the last time you escaped by diving into a book? Here are three choices.
#CanadianCreators 🇨🇦 #ShortFiction 📚 ✍️ #kindle #kobo #booksky

Short fiction: A History Lesson
...Why do we study it?
So we can spot it happening.
#ShortFiction #Writing #History

We are back for year number three! Check out our latest: Gouache and acrylic painting, Do You Hear The People Sing, by Sara Jorgensen and short fiction, How to Unfuck Yourself, by Shelley Pryde 👀 📖 💋 🎤

#lgbtqia #literature #shortfiction #visualart #literaryjournal #art #indielit

Big yikes and double yoy! (IYKYK). My short story "Sacred Drums" was accepted for "Gold Bridges, Dark Rivers," the upcoming Mary Roberts Rinehart Sisters in Crime anthology. It's the first story I've ever set in Pittsburgh. (Anticipated pub date: Winter 2026). #amwriting #shortfiction #crimefiction

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See you September 15
#translunartravelerslounge #writesky #submissions #shortfiction #followtheguidelinesplease

"The first object is not a door.

It is catalogued as 'breathing seam', though no one agrees on when the name changed..."

Fiction by Kumar Sen from our Summer 2026 issue.

#fiction #shortfiction #shortstory #experimentalwriting

The latest story in a series about the extinction event that ended Hollywood. Read it now, or if you missed the earlier stories, read them at the link. "#04 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT". #offprint #shortfiction #hollywood

https://500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrvogvw4ng23-04-hollywood-extinction-event

"He's standing in front of his favorite Rothko. He's not seeing a red stripe on a black background: everything is cracking and the blood-red fire behind is rising in hunger and hate." #ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia

Create the habit to help your career by writing short fiction for two hours once a week.

Stop self-creating obstacles or reasons to justify not doing this.

Focus in on improving the success of your novels and career. It's up to you to support yourself.

#writingcommunity #booksky #shortfiction

Nonfiction sells faster than fiction. You can mix up your writing to include short stories, poetry and nonfiction. All can be sold to create credits, grow your fanbase and build your name brand. Choose what you want to write this week and go for it.

#writingcommunity #booksky #shortfiction #nonfic

Not every story needs a body or a bomb. Some of the best ones are two people talking in a kitchen while everything unspoken fills the room. Quiet is a genre too, and it hits harder than it looks.

#ShortFiction #LiteraryFiction #Storytelling #AmReading #BookLovers #Fiction #Bookstagram #QuietBooks