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@psmokejournal.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:20 PM

We don't only interview our wonderful authors! Check out our Author Mini Interviews and learn where it all begins! Art: "The Paramecium Revolt" by Matthew Fertel

Color image of a large, gray, paramecium-shape containing smaller similar shapes in white, maroon, and gold against a larger maroon background

@aniking.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:22 AMReposted by @psmokejournal.bsky.social

So grateful to Jeff for including my angry Eve story in @stanchion.bsky.social and such a killer TOC, amazed at the company I’m in. Snag a copy in print or PDF here: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

$Picture of Stanchion magazine lying on a sage green fuzzy blanket. The cover has a fractured imaged of a woman with red hair and is titled Stanchion 24.$

Picture of the table of contents of Stanchion 24

Picture of the first page and the first two paragraphs of If You Were That Eve by Ani King:

You would have cut the forbidden fruit into paper thin slices and served them on a glass plate, folded into lace-petaled flowers, or laid out in rows like the glassine scales of a fish, each sliver slippery and tongue-slick, with the soft and grainy texture of an overripe pear; you would have sucked each piece dry, mouth saturating in the juices, biting sweetness needling into your soft palate and

you would have licked the plate clean, then smashed it and eaten the glittering shards too, but maybe you only think this way because you have so many plates to spare: plastic ones with their cartoon faces nearly scratched off by matching toddler spoons, robin’s egg blue dinner plates that you never use, your wedding china with its gilt edges and delicate garden of blue roses, and your mother’s wedding china with its silvered edges and tasteful pink roses, and of course the cake plates that you keep wrapped in newspaper and

@suzannehicks.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 5:09 PMReposted by @psmokejournal.bsky.social

Super excited and incredibly grateful to receive my first Best Small Fictions nomination! 🎉🎉🎉

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 11:54 AM

Catch our exclusive Author Mini Interviews on our website to get a look into the minds of our wonderful contributors! Art: "Watercolor Mountain Collage" by Ann Petroliunas

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@swiftslitmag.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:56 PMReposted by @psmokejournal.bsky.social

read work published by @psmokejournal.bsky.social, @sixthfinch.bsky.social, @smokelong.bsky.social, @sundresspub.bsky.social, @waxwingmag.bsky.social, & @wigleaf.bsky.social!

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:46 AM

"Most importantly, she’d written we. We said two weeks." Read "Missed Connections" by Becca Stickler as you lurk the internet. Art: “Lost Reflection” by Robin Young

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 10:30 AM

We are thrilled and honored to announce our nominations for the 2027 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers! Congratulations to all!

PEN/DAU Short Story Prize. "Kelly & Lazarus" by Elena Steiert "On Tuesday" by Sophia McLain "Heart-Shaped Pillow" by Ava Mae Schmid "Missed Connections" by Becca Stickler

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 10:41 AM

"You were not hospitable enough for hospitality." Read, "Heart-Shaped Pillow" by Ava Mae Schmidt and leave a POSITIVE review! Art: “Lip Service” by Ann Petroliunas

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 12:59 PM

"'I don’t know how to help you,' he said finally." Instructions from the Lieutenant Governor: Read "Missing People" by Peter Ward Brown Art: “Three Cups” by Susan L. Pollet

@psmokejournal.bsky.social Aug 28, 2026, 12:52 AM

We would like to amend a mistake on our previous post! Our Flash winner and finalists were not comprehensive. Please join us in congratulating ALL of our finalists and winner! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @abbywilliams.bsky.social