Michelle Furnace Brosius

This is so worthwhile! A piece I drafted during the Micro Marathon that was published last year made the recent short list for the SmokeLong Quarterly Workshop prize! #flashfiction @smokelong.bsky.social #writing

The SmokeLong Workshop Prize – The Shortlist! - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Workshop Prize is such a competitive competition. All of the entries have been published, so the standard is already high. In 2025 our workshop participants, previous and current, report...

Hard decisions. The SmokeLong Workshop Prize entries are all so good. Help us celebrate our shortlist! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Very proud to be amongst these talented writers in The Long List! Thank you!! #flash #writing

This is a gorgeous story, thank you @stephstephking.bsky.social for sharing!

@smokelong.bsky.social Happy to be part of this amazing group of flash writers! #flashfiction

December Workshop Celebration 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...

Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers!
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1. Charmian Carr is a dish
2. I'm amazed that her gasp behind the tombstone that almost gave their family away and caused a "WTF, Liesel??!" look of reproach from Captain Von Trapp wasn't enough
3. So many red flags, lol!

Happy 250th birthday, Jane. Sense and Sensibility has left the building.

I've come to realize that if I spend all my time worrying about how someone feels about me or is mad at me, I'm just wasting energy. Here's some truth: Hardly ANYONE is thinking about you. Ever. But this graphic was me for much of my 20s, that's for sure...

Woohoo @aniking.bsky.social Very exciting!

I saw him perform live last year, a sort of one-person show meets comedy special and retrospective of Python's greatest hits. He looked unwell - tired and rickety. As a fan, show was enjoyable to a point, but I can't help but worry about his health... I wonder if this book is more of a cash grab.

No truer statement has ever been written. 📚💙 #booksky #cats #books

It's been a long time, sadly, since I've read a page turner and I have TWO to recommend:

1. The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (halfway through). Thriller, mystery, character study.

2. Matterhorn - Karl Marlantes. GRIPPING Vietnam War drama, fiction.

📚💙 #booksky

This. Mark Hamill was my childhood crush/hero, Carrie Fisher was my space mom & writer I wished to be. Together, well, sparks fly in the universe from two incredible and amazing people. (PS - I actually met Mark Hamill, very briefly, when I was a coffee caterer. I almost passed out).

Ha, yeah, that sounds like code for someone pooped in the pool.

I rewatched DBH recently, and Meryl is so much funnier than I remember. She's so over the top in the best way. A great Streep/Hawn pairing!

Congrats!! :)

Congrats!!

Tillamook, OR, mid-October, after the rain. #fall #barns #oregon

Karen’s Features

This one also just came out, by Kim Magowan. It's delightful in its simplicity. The journey it takes is the reason why I love Flash. Simple moment, wide lens! bendinggenres.com/karens-featu...

Truth!!!

The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...

I'm sure I have several more, but this one really struck me recently: ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

It’s #bannedbooksweek. Let’s stand with booksellers and librarians. #bannedbooks @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

I love that shirt!! Library person and proud.

At least something is filming in L.A.

I also remember the mail-order CD clubs fondly... a staple of the early 90s!

I love the build you created within this story, a wonderful read!

Congrats!!

I just saw the trailer for the Bruce Springsteen biopic. Curious, anyone have strong (or not) objections to biopics when the subject is still alive? I feel like we might get a more creative story when someone isn't around and time has passed... Should this be a documentary instead? #filmsky #film

You know, I've never actually paid attention to the score! I usually look at the percentage I'm in. But for this grid, I'm 2554. Based on the Fantasy Picks requests for this cinematrix, I'm going to assume the majority of us have TCM in the background almost all day.