Lauren Kardos

Heads up...Our poetry and fiction teams will no longer be accepting submissions after November 20th. Want to submit a piece? The link to submit is in our bio (and submissions are free)!

okay minneapolis!!!

for some reason Macavity scared the shit out of my sister and me every time we watched the VHS of Cats on Broadway

Heads up!

We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!

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Hm, yes

love this update!!! congrats!!

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

SAY. THAT. SHIT!

happy no novel november to all who celebrate in which we will continue to write new short stories instead of our novels

it’s me! reading alongside so many greats. would love to see your faces in the zoom room this friday

loved this haunting flash by @bybethhahn.bsky.social.

“It wasn’t the thing she was supposed to die of, but an accident. While it was happening, it felt like a cartoon.”

Folks, we are now OPEN until December 15th! Lit mag editors, please send us your 5 nominated stories! Judged by Diane Seuss. @dseuss.bsky.social www.bestmicrofiction.com

#FlashFiction #Microfiction #LiteraryMagazines #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks

THE WELKIN MINI. For micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2026. 1st prize = £75, 2nd prize = £40, 3rd prize = £25, HC = £10.

**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.

🙌🙌🙌

what do you mean you’re donnie darko at the end of the world

"I spent a while trying to figure out how to classify An Honour & a Privilege. Viewed through one lens it might not seem an important question: classification is mostly helpful for shelving decisions. But genre also dictates how one reads a thing. Whether you think of this book as an anthology (many authors), a collection (one common author), or a craft book (the reflective duets) may affect your perception of the whole. I struggle to compare this work to any of those three genres. The project in front of you reveals more about its craft than other anthologies. It's more authentically connected to strong exemplar material than other craft books. It's more heteroglossic than any collection I recall. The best way to think of An Honour & a Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." From the Foreword by Dr. Graham Robert Scott. The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.

If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)

Remember back in the day you wrote your own emails, took your own photos, and thought your own thoughts. The only difference nowadays is that big tech wants you to believe you never could and still can’t, so should have AI do it for you. I believe in you way more than I do big tech. You should too.

yuck!!

Hate this sort of thing.

Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.

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sending you and your family a big hug Adam 🫂

The Procedure – Lauren Kardos The Procedureby Lauren Kardos In Greek mythology, the Hydra didn’t always regenerate two heads for every one lobbed off. Earlier accounts cite a single, fearsome snake, others a beast with two whip…

my story combining body horror and that special horror of mother/daughter issues that I’m super proud of published earlier this year! cold-signal.com/the-procedur...

congrats Travis!!

still riding the high from last week’s flash retreat in WV with the amazing @kathyfish.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and @andrewbertaina.bsky.social hosted by the lovely @ellenweeren.bsky.social and A Reason to Write. my creative cup is overflowing and my heart is full to bursting.

Go Bag ~ by Chris Scott One gallon of water, one first-aid kit, one pocket knife, two boxes of granola bars, three pouches of pre-cooked rice and beans, two hundred dollars in cash, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, hand sani…

I have some new very short prose in the always-amazing Milk Candy Review today. For anyone who enjoys a good list.

absolute chills on that last line! an excellent list indeed 🌅

following as I’m planning for Baltimore next year. will be my first AWP too!

featuring some greats:
@avitusbcarle.bsky.social
@writesloud.bsky.social
Kristen Zoey King
Amy Hempl

inspiration reading for the flash workshop retreat next week 🥰

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

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#chrome #aibullshit

filled up my creative cup this trip home. a post-industrial iron mill tour, bingo with my grandmother, a concert at my favorite high school haunt, and the titty sphinxes of Allegheny Cemetery. thankful for my sister for hosting me (and reading my novella draft)!

I will not create new social media accounts. I will walk deep into the woods & spell out my silly little thoughts with sticks + fallen leaves for whoever finds them