Tom W.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Love this Kathy!

make a little art today. read a story, enjoy a painting, appreciate and escape into a little art today. look back at something you've made and let yourself feel proud of it today. reach out and tell a few people how much you love something they made today...

Great episode; great podcast!

Can’t wait to read it Kathy! Hard to believe it’s been a full week since Colorado!!

Awesome to meet you Claudia! A great 5 days.

Small sign hanging on black wrought iron fence reads: “No Concentration Camps”

At the edge of Cambridge Commons, reminders from the resistance

Whattheyreallyneedtobanarespacesandpunctuationlikeallthosenastyexclamationmarksandperiodsandquestionmarksthatwouldshowthoseliberalfucksathingortwo

I thought the same thing! Not to even mention the climate change implications of flying that much!

Is that Mt Kintla in the background?

This is a great reminder to send us your regret story if you didn’t get a chance to last month!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction

Sign says “know your parasites “ in elder whiche ate 3 pics, last one is Trump, “Deer tick, Dog tick, Luna Tick”

Creative signs in Cambridge Common today as folks gather to say Fuck the Regime!

Motherfucking wind farms…

A white grave marker with the name “ Wait” on it.

I found one with the best advice

Nailed it Barlow. When I “discovered” flash fiction at the very start of the pandemic, Twitter was a toehold in a writing world I never knew existed. I looked forward to your tweets every day. I even stole (with your blessing) “diamond nipples” from a tweet of yours you for my first ever micro.

Thanks Christy! I was in a Corpie vibe when I wrote it.

Folktale Flash Winners Read the winning and shortlisted stories

Happy to be in the top three for WestWord Folktale Flash competition with these fine flash writers. Thanks Amanda! #flashfiction

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From the Course's Mouth | Matt Kendrick | Substack A monthly round-up of flash and short fiction writing courses, workshops and events from your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents. Click to read From the Course's Mou...

I **may** have started a new newsletter 🧐

This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents.

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Christy, this was the best 90 seconds I’ve spent online in a long time. Mahalo my friend.

Happy birthday Mary!

It’s strange times when the headline “Marines will begin withdrawing from Los Angeles” is “below the fold” and sounds normal in the scheme of things.

View of the WGBH building in Boston with an electronic marquee reading “Local. Trusted. Defunded.”

WGBH building in Boston today

Christy, they’re gourdgeous!

Looks like a will-o’-the-wisp, though I haven’t seen one in a while

One of my tasks for the day is to create a list of historical and speculative prompts for my upcoming panel discussion with @mynachang.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social and now I want to write half of these stories 😁🥸 (but must focus on novel, no short fiction for Matt!!!)

Why not treat yourself to a hump-day treat and book onto my Glorious Words course in September? Such a great group already signed up. Should be a lot of fun. Just six places left for anyone who wants to join us 👇

Well, that’s a nice surprise on a Wednesday morning! Thanks for tossing this one back out there @mattkendrick.bsky.social

Listen to Your Body — Ghost Parachute The doctors couldn’t determine what was causing the thumping fluttering agony in my chest, the dread that haunted me and kept me awake nights. X-rays, MRIs, CTs had no answers. Finally, I told them to...

Today I've got a new micro up at Ghost Parachute! Wrote this one in @neonpajamas.bsky.social's @bendinggenres.bsky.social workshop. And, holy fuck, am I obsessed with the art made to go with it!
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"The Knife Thrower" by Will Musgrove, featured initially in Timber, on the Wigleaf top 50.

"Naming Contests" by Will Musgrove, featured initially in X-R-A-Y, on Wigleaf's Top 50 Longlist.

Honored to have a story on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and one on the longlist. Thanks to Timber & @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving my work such amazing homes. 💙