Jessica Klimesh

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So thrilled!! Congrats to Wasima Khan and @ruthjoffre.bsky.social, and big thanks to @flashfrog.bsky.social and @camilleuadams.bsky.social!!

Submissions - Hot Flash Literary Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...

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Thank you, @doesithavepockets.bsky.social, for publishing my work!!

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Thank you, @chelseastickle.bsky.social!! Such good feedback from you and @writertammyevans.bsky.social!

Submissions - Hot Flash Literary Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...

Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/

#microfiction #flashfiction #women

Submissions - Hot Flash Literary Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...

Hot Flash Literary is open for subs through Feb. 20th!! Theme: Fire and Ice: hotflashliterary.com/submissions/

#microfiction #flashfiction #women

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Thanks, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, for publishing my story!!

Hot Flash Literary's Best Small Fictions nominations!! @kathyfish.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social Deepthi Krishnamurthy @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff

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Hot Flash Literary's Best Microfiction 2026 nominations: "A Good Sign" by Chelsea Stickle, "A Scant Congregation" by Angela Joynes, "Marguerites" by Lorette C. Luzajic, "Stomach for Knowledge" by Huina Zheng, and "Wild Turkeys" by Marybeth Rua-Larsen

Hot Flash Literary's Best Microfiction nominations!! Congrats and good luck to all!! @chelseastickle.bsky.social @angelajoynes.bsky.social @lorettec.bsky.social Huina Zheng Marybeth Rua-Larsen #microfiction #flashfiction

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Current Issue - Hot Flash Literary Issue 2 – Fall/Winter 2025 Hot off the Press

Issue 2 of Hot Flash Literary! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
@kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @kelliborges2.bsky.social Louella Lester, Lorette C. Luzajic, @angelajoynes.bsky.social Cindy Sams, Deepthi Krishnamurthy, Huina Zheng, Marybeth Rua-Larsen, Michelle Holland

Woohoo! My flash about high school friendship, complete with secret messages and savage printing presses is live in the smokin’ second issue of Hot Flash Literary! Thank you, @jekwriter.bsky.social and Tina Carlson for selecting “Cloverleaf.” 🔥🔥🔥

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It's getting hot in here...🔥🔥

New story out today! Huge thanks to wonderful editors Tina Carlson and @jekwriter.bsky.social of Hot Flash Lit, and to the always wonderful @megpokrass.bsky.social and Lorette C. Luzajic for the workshop that sparked this piece!

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So honored! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!!

So honored!! Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social!! Congrats to all!

All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Mohamed Marey on Unsplash by Jessica Klimesh When my left eyeball popped out, it bounced so fast and high, like a superball, against my ceiling, against my walls, against my closet door, that...

By @jekwriter.bsky.social
“Being young, I adjusted quickly to having only one eye, because, as the ER doctor said, kids are resilient.”

Paint Fumes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Taelynn Christopher on Unsplash by Jessica Klimesh On the morning of my mother’s funeral, I woke up early to prep the house for painting, spreading out drop cloths, taping edges, and priming ...

“On the morning after my mother’s funeral, I started on the walls with a color called Summer Grass Green…”
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@thorntonforreal.bsky.social Love your piece, too! "But I don’t tell my son that because I don’t want to glorify chewing tobacco, driving erratically, or not wearing your seatbelt." Ha! Truth!

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Thanks, @pdforan.bsky.social! And thanks, @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!