Necessary Fiction (@necessaryfiction.com)

@lastsyllablelit.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 4:50 AMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Submissions for Last Syllable are now open through October 15! We accept submissions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and open genre pieces. Longform works ranging from 5,000 to 25,000 words for the fiction, nonfiction, and open categories are highly encouraged!

@bookbent.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:56 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Two upcoming October workshops! One in person about writing spooky stories. The other an online book discussion of Shirley Jackson’s haunted house novel. Registration links are in my bio. 👻🎃👻

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 10, 2026, 3:30 PM

Forgot to mention it in this morning's newsletter, but if you're attending the Boston Book Festival next Saturday I will be there in my MFA program director hat, sitting at the Emerson College table all afternoon. Do say hi!

@kathyfish.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:02 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Want to treat yourself to a workshop for under 10 dollars? All thirty-four of my popular 3-in-90 workshop recordings are now available for purchase! Expect to come away with three fresh flash drafts! Every purchase includes lifetime access in your account. www.artofflashfiction.com/videos

Graphic shows descriptions of three of the thirty-four video recordings available for purchase: Delving into the Subconscious and Dream Work, Boldly Going: Drafting with Confidnce, and Writing Standout Flash Fiction. Graphic shows short description of each class with option to watch a five minute preview and purchase price of $9.95.

@tmcallister.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:11 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

I have a new essay up today in @northamerreview.bsky.social, the literal first lit mag I ever submitted to, back in 2005 (they rejected me, correctly), so this is a pretty exciting one for me. It's about a person I know who has gotten obsessed with wigs.
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@rosemetalpress.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:13 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Have you preordered your copy of The RMP Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay? It releases on Tuesday! Only 5 more days to get free US shipping on your preorder w/ code LYRICFREESHIP! @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social & @artichokeheart.bsky.social have edited a stunner! rosemetalpress.com/books/field-...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 9, 2026, 1:25 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

In research notes, PJ Blumenthal writes about SELF-PORTRAITS from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 9, 2026, 1:25 PM

In research notes, PJ Blumenthal writes about SELF-PORTRAITS from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

@ambersparks.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:13 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Delighted Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize. I was lucky to write about her a bit ago, and I still do think every writer is a little in love with and a little afraid of Anne Carson and what she gets away with: living an unquestioned life of the mind on the page

@claudiamonpere.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:58 AMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

If you have a chance to read, here's my flash fiction out today --set in Fresno, where I grew up. Sharks, malls, dentists, fountains, vodka. Many thanks to Steve HImmer and the team @necessaryfiction.com

necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 7, 2026, 10:24 PM

Read some research notes about the book here necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 7, 2026, 1:25 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

This week's story is "Where the Sharks Are" by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 7, 2026, 1:25 PM

This week's story is "Where the Sharks Are" by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 6, 2026, 1:35 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Rickey Fayne discusses his novel THE DEVIL THREE TIMES (@littlebrown.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 6, 2026, 1:35 PM

Rickey Fayne discusses his novel THE DEVIL THREE TIMES (@littlebrown.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...

@tmcallister.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:37 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

Hey folks, if you also like great books and great writing and, furthermore, can tolerate me: next week (10/12) at 6 PM, I'm doing an event with @adamoprice.bsky.social at Lot 49 in Fishtown. Adam is also reading at Rutgers-Camden the next night at 6 PM. You should come to one of these.

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 5, 2026, 1:35 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

OLENKA by Budi Darma, tr Tiffany Tsao (@penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social). Reviewed by @sarahlayden.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/olenka/

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 2, 2026, 1:26 PMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

In research notes, Jocelyn Cullity writes about THE NURSE AT BAKER HOSPITAL (@regalhouse.bsky.social). necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

@necessaryfiction.com Oct 5, 2026, 1:35 PM

OLENKA by Budi Darma, tr Tiffany Tsao (@penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social). Reviewed by @sarahlayden.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/olenka/

@ambersparks.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 12:12 AMReposted by @necessaryfiction.com

I love this book so much - it just opens up that enormous space and lets you walk around in it