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Reading Video from January 12, 2026 is up

Hi all, The January 12th reading at First Floor Walk Up Readings was a blast. Loved all the readers. I did end reading my horror flash fictions, More and Eye Maggot. Video below in case you missed it. I always get nervous but I am no longer announcing it…

Volume 16, Issue 4 The Built Ones Burn Last by David Jordan Rain on Chichén Itzá by Emma Wenger The Mother Made of Wax at Dawn by Meredith A. Bak

A new batch of flash to stumble upon. Check out Issue 16.4. #flashfiction

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The Offing’s Poetry department is open for submissions today! ✨

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“Emergency workers found Renee Good with an irregular pulse after they removed her from her vehicle, and shortly after, she had no pulse, according to an incident report from the Minneapolis Fire Department.”

Reading with these awesome folks on Monday at 7pm at One and One in NYC. Hope to see you there, maybe it’ll be cathartic during these times? #spokenword #writing

First Floor Walk Up Reading at One and One LES – Monday Jan 12th Happy New Year, what a year it's been so far. No words. Just a horror claw closing in on my heart. I'm going to be exercising my freedom of speech while we still have them. With some amazing writers/poets/performers. Maybe you'll join me? I’m reading this Monday, January 12th at 7pm at the First Floor Walk Up event. I hope to read a scary story or two (as if we don’t have enough of those these days).

First Floor Walk Up Reading at One and One LES – Monday Jan 12th

Happy New Year, what a year it's been so far. No words. Just a horror claw closing in on my heart. I'm going to be exercising my freedom of speech while we still have them. With some amazing writers/poets/performers. Maybe you'll…

The Onion Black Friday sale ends tonight. This is your last chance to get 25% off an annual Onion Membership: https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701cx00000QRRoLAAX

This week's writing prompt ✍️ is a Thanksgiving horror.
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Today's writing prompt is Creepmas insipred with 'You Better Not Cry'
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The Molotov Cocktail We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox Our third-grade teacher was named Mrs. Winters. She wore glasses that magnified her green and blue and green eyes. Her hair was a dried hornet’s ne…

A huge thank you to @horrortree.com for mentioning my @molotovlitzine.bsky.social prize winning flash story 'We Were Never Afraid of the Spider' in their This Week in Speculative Fiction newsletter! Available to read here:
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The Molotov Cocktail Viper Tooth by Lindy Biller I step into my son’s bedroom and find his skin crumpled on the maroon carpet. For a second I can’t breathe. Lungs constricted, limbs tingling. He didn’t tell me. What ha…

“What if I forgot how small he was once? What if I believed him when he told me he was a monster?”

@lindybiller.bsky.social in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/flash...

The Molotov Cocktail We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox Our third-grade teacher was named Mrs. Winters. She wore glasses that magnified her green and blue and green eyes. Her hair was a dried hornet’s ne…

ICYMI, my horror story ‘We Were Never Afraid of the Spider’ won 1st place in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social Flash Monster contest and you can read it here:

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I swear the NYTimes will steal this headline. 😔

Trump Says Epstein Emails Only Prove He One Of The Most Emailed-About Men In History WASHINGTON—In the wake of the House Oversight Committee releasing more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, some of which raised questions about the extent of the preside...

Trump Says Epstein Emails Only Prove He One Of The Most Emailed-About Men In History

Flash Monster 2025 This is Halloween. I We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox II In Darkness by Eoin Nordman III Toxoplasma Odocoileus by Colin Alexander   IV  Son of Seanfhocail by Joseph Gilbride V…

ICYMI - It's always Halloween at Molotov HQ. Read #FlashMonster 2025!
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Congrats!! 🍾

My story Eye Maggot made it into Molotov Cocktail’s Flash Monster 2025 Contest Top 10!

Holy vegan baloney! My story Eye Maggot made it into Molotov Cocktail's Flash Monster 2025 Contest Top 10! At No. 8. The submission trenches are a strange and unpredictable place. I just wrote this story and was…

Hooray!

Out of the money, but still included in the Flash Monster Mega-Issue! So excited! Congratulations to everyone! 👹👺👾🧌

Congrats 🎉!

Holy moley I can’t believe my little eye maggot made it in!!

Honored to place 2nd in The Molotov Cocktail’s #FlashMonster 2025 contest.

Check out my story “In Darkness” when the Flash Monster Mega-Issue drops tomorrow!

Amazing

I WON FIRST PLACE!!!

Woohoo!!

After a sleepless night with a toddler, placing 3rd in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social’s Flash Monster competition was better than any cup of coffee. Can’t wait to read everyone’s pieces when the issue drops tomorrow!

Congrats!!

Ah!! 👻🎃🐍 The best Halloween treat!! My story, "Viper Tooth," will be included in Molotov Cocktail's Flash Monster issue tomorrow. Thank you so much, @molotovlitzine.bsky.social! So excited to read the whole issue. Congrats to all!