This nonfiction of mine turned three years old two days ago. Grateful for all the doors it opened!

It has been moved from Voyage YA by Uncharted to Uncharted Mag, so here is the new link to access it:

unchartedmag.com/stories/if-you…

Our story of the week is The Mechanics of Speech by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris. It's the winner of our 2023 flash nonfiction contest.

forgelitmag.com/2023/11/20/the…

Book #110 of 2023: HOT SPRINGS DRIVE by Lindsay Hunter. “I realized, or remembered, that we are one way to certain people and another way to certain other people… It doesn’t mean we are disingenuous or deceitful or bad. It's simply the bald truth.” (My new favorite Hunter book!)

Are you as excited as we are that Justin Torres won the @NationalBook Award for Fiction last week? You can bid to receive (or gift!) a handwritten, personalized postcard from Justin in our Author Postcard Auction, open till Dec. 4. event.auctria.com/d52bfb75-72ea-…

December 2nd! DC/MD/VA friends, please join us for an amazing reading! (And get your book signed by Deesha Philyaw, Amber Sparks, and more!)

RSVP:
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I love love this flash!

Gina Chung (Gina Chung 정진아) is a rising star in fiction, with her debut novel SEA CHANGE longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, a 2023 B&N Discover Pick, and a NYT Most Anticipated Book. You can bid for a personal note from her now!

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You can also find Cathy's terrific story, 'The Empty Above,' that's featured on this wonderful list below included in her new short story collection SMALL, BURNING THINGS, which you can order here: okaydonkeymag.bigcartel.com/product/small-… #flashfiction #shortstories #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Yes, yes: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, whatever the hell else has been invented as a 'day' to ask for your money. We're asking for your money right here: all books ship FREE through Dec 1 with code FREESHIP23. No need for Amazon!!! splitlippress.com/store

To fill the gap of not having a BIG Welkin Prize this year, I've decided to run a MINI Welkin Prize for MINI stories

FREE TO ENTER

100 words, any theme
Deadline = 2nd January

Prizes are vouchers for my editorial services and writing courses

mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/w…

These particular lines come from “Cetacean”, a story published originally in Quarterly West, back in 2018.

quarterlywest.com/issue-94/cetac…

I am hosting an AWP 2024 Offsite, Literary Rule Breakers, Kansas City Edition. Readings from myself, Gwen Kirby, Joy Baglio, Sarah Einstein, Annah Browning, Jen Moore & Brad Modlin. Feb 8th 5-7:30 pm Downtown Made in KC Cafe! Free drink ticket for first 18 guests! #AWP2024

'A car will ride alongside you for a few miles at a stretch. The driver will be your long dead best friend, her hair in a braid, her eyes on the road.'

Chloe N. Clark in Fractured Lit

fracturedlit.com/late-night-dri…

Before I post my eligible stories on here, I wanted to re-share my Book Riot post on awards eligibility season. I wrote it last year, with the help of the incredible A.C. Wise.

In a nutshell: Post and be proud of your work, my lovelies.

bookriot.com/short-speculat…

If the coil spring constant of Mother A’s already stretched patience is fifty newtons per metre, how much more force would have to be applied to overwhelm this spring?

…and that ending! Damn! Read Kathryn Aldridge-Morris in The Forge Literary Magazine!

“We bumped against structures buried in the sea of tears, skidding toward the whirlpool at the enter of the Earth …”

Tommy Dean in HOOT hootreview.com/2023/10/31/hal…

If you're like me, you'll need some space to write after a holiday! Join us!

a tough yr but/& I'm so proud that I:
-teamed up w/ a fab agent
-got my novel out on sub
-began writing as a newsletter-ferryman for Psychopomp.com & doing socials w/Mason Jar Press
-got 5 shorts pubbed (including 1 chosen by Aimee Freakin Bender)
-got stuff lined up for '24🦇⚡

'If every mother of all the Children like Child A is going around in circles trying to get support for their child’s learning with an angular velocity of at least one phone call a day to the learning support team at the council,...'