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This is such a weird, brilliant story. One of my personal favourites in the collection.

Regan is one of my absolute favourite short fiction writers. Her work is consistently incredible, and it's always an honour to get to read and publish it.

You are going to LURVE, A More Different Hill by Sam James. Brilliant, funny, and strangely beautiful. Find it in Daydreaming of Other Worlds, available now. All proceeds of this book goes to Trans Lifeline. a.co/d/a09dx1c

I am beyond happy to share this link. There are some truly wonderful authors in it and it i clues one my favorite stories I've written from the last year in it.

In The Dangers of Dreaming by Regan Puckett, two women use dreams to escape their jobs as advertising algorithm testers and lose themselves in the hope and heartbreak they breed. Find this incredible story in Daydreaming of Other Worlds, available now. a.co/d/a09dx1c

“The irony of time travel is you don’t just travel through time. You travel to different timelines on a lifeline. Every time you jump to a new time, the old timeline is lost.” Read Time to Stay by Brandon Woo in Daydreaming of Other Worlds, available now. a.co/d/a09dx1c

For the love of god, if you love flash fiction, read Sisters of the Word by Grace Quon. (All the stories are great, btw). It's one of my favourite stories in the -HOLY CRAP- seven years, I've been doing this. Plus, all proceeds go to Trans Lifeline, which is super important right now.

My story "Bubbe's Last Kugel" is out today! It took 13th in @tldrpress.bsky.social's Word Herd contest, and was published as part of this anthology. All proceeds go to support Trans Lifeline, so I have no qualms in telling you to go buy it (at least once, maybe a few times)!

im in there ⬇️

Daydreaming of Other Worlds: Winners of the 2025 1,000 Word Herd Competition Amazon.com: Daydreaming of Other Worlds: Winners of the 2025 1,000 Word Herd Competition eBook : Press, TL;DR: Kindle Store

You can find the eBook on Amazon now. Like the competition proceeds, all profits of the book will go to Trans Lifeline: a.co/d/a09dx1c

Thank you to the authors, the judges and to everyone in the community who participated in this competition!

Congratulations and thank you to our contributing authors for this collection! Such a wonderful group of writers we’re happy to celebrate and share.

This eBook collection helps fund Trans LIfeline, a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

We are proud to announce the release of Daydreaming of Other Worlds: The 1,000 Word Herd Competition Winners 2025. This collection contains the top 25 stories of the competition, including the winning story, Sisters of the Word by Grace Quon.

We had such a genuinely amazing time reading all of your entries. While we had to pick a top 25, it was the hardest call we’ve had in the history of the competition, as we had so many high scoring pieces.

22nd: The Old God of Crystal Creek by Alexis Ames
23rd: Raise Your Kylikes, Friends! Let’s Give a Toast To the Health of Our Generous Tychon! by Michael Stone
24th: View Out The Car Window by Joseph Miller
25th: The Shirts by Holly Brandon

16th: The Taste of Success by Bryony Ellporth
17th: The Ever-Wanting by William Peregrine
18th: The Spoils of Peace by Alyson Tait
19th: Describing the Ruckus by Emily Deutsch
20th: Hare and the Seven Loaves by Mike Edbury
21st: Odds and Ends by Noah Fitzgerald
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10th: A Eulogy for Blindsided Love by Sally Simon
11th: Current Resident by Jessica Martel
12th: Sepia by Kay Northbridge
13th: Bubbe’s Last Kugel by Christopher Doty
14th: No Fair Winds by Dale Koos
15th: Original Copies by Katie Entner
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4th: A More Different Hill by Sam James
5th: The Postmaster Peculiar by Lovis Geier
6th: The Planetarian's Daughter by Mizuki Yamamoto
7th: The Undertow's Refrain by Sonke Mkhabela
8th: His Vicious Night by Rhys Allen
9th: The Floatie's Code by Elysia Rourke
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These three stories absolutely floored us. We are proud to publish these brilliant flash stories.

The other excellent placing stories:

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the top 25 winners of this year’s TL;DR Press 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition!

In 1st place is Sisters of the Word by Grace Quon
In 2nd place is Time to Stay by Brandon Woo
In 3rd place is The Dangers of Dreaming by Regan Puckett
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Had a ball writing a zombie apocalypse in a blizzard at an elementary school! I’m 2/2 on submissions/placement with TL;DR 🤩 big congrats to top dog Grace for bringing in #1 on the list! 🎉

so many fantastic stories in this contest, congrats to all the winners and well done to everyone who joined in!

Uh hi, hello, its me in that list!

Omg it me!

The stories that made it into the top 25 are absolutely incredible. Almost every story we received was fantastic. Thank you so much for taking part. I will not shut up about this collection when it's out because people are going to NEED to read it. It's a masterclass in flash fiction.

This was truly such a spectacular year for submissions!! Thank you to everyone who submitted--your stories were a delight to read and torture to place. 💖

🎉 That’s me!

Congratulations again to our full lineup of winners! Fantastic work all around in so many styles and genres that we cannot wait to share with the world! #1KWHC

All entrants should receive feedback from us today via email. Thank you for sending us your writing, and we hope to see many submitters return for our next competition. We can’t wait to share this eBook full of fantastic flash fiction soon.

We strongly encourage all writers who participated to join our writing community, submit their entries elsewhere for consideration, and share any acceptances they receive! Find out how to join our writing slack here: tldrpress.org/index.php/jo...