Doric Literary

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Since our launch way back in early 2025, Doric Literary has accepted fiction from 27 writers.

9 of them have a last name starting with "B."

Is this a trend in short fiction?

No publications yet from anyone whose last name starts with E I K N O Q R T U V W X Y & Z - so perhaps we're due.

Eating My Ex I swiped a fingerful of his remains while no one was looking and laid it on my tongue like acid. I wanted to keep a part of him for myself, to integrate his corpse into my living body. I would regr…

ICYMI - New fiction online at Doric Literary!

"Eating My Ex" by Grace Ballard has had more views in its first two days online than any other story we've published.

You should read it & find out why that is.
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/e...

The Rock Then I got arrested. They came to my dorm and handcuffed me and blindfolded me. They drove me to some jail far, far away.

ICYMI - New fiction online at Doric Literary!

"The Rock" by Janet Goldberg keeps its politics subtle. And that is exactly what is excellent about it!
#SanFrancisco #Alcatraz #NewTeacher #ForeignStudent #deportation
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Today in our #MicroMonday series we're thrilled to bring you Everyone Who Looked in This Mirror Before First Period on a Day in Late April by Martha Keller #microfiction #writingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/04/m...

The Rock Then I got arrested. They came to my dorm and handcuffed me and blindfolded me. They drove me to some jail far, far away.

ICYMI - New fiction online at Doric Literary!

"The Rock" by Janet Goldberg keeps its politics subtle. And that is exactly what is excellent about it!
#SanFrancisco #Alcatraz #NewTeacher #ForeignStudent #deportation
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/t...

Eating My Ex I swiped a fingerful of his remains while no one was looking and laid it on my tongue like acid. I wanted to keep a part of him for myself, to integrate his corpse into my living body. I would regr…

ICYMI - New fiction online at Doric Literary!

"Eating My Ex" by Grace Ballard has had more views in its first two days online than any other story we've published.

You should read it & find out why that is.
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/e...

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Find details and apply by August 31: bit.ly/ExpoInvolved.

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We have 2 new stories today!
"The Rock" by Janet Goldberg
"Eating My Ex" by Grace Ballard
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We nominated @aaronburch.bsky.social & Lis Anna-Langston for #BestOfTheNet
doric-literary.com/about-2/

& we have the 11th fastest response time @duotrope.com so we are the #ListingOfTheDay

The Rock Then I got arrested. They came to my dorm and handcuffed me and blindfolded me. They drove me to some jail far, far away.

"Maybe he’d been deported."

The current political situation subtly & hauntingly infuses Janet Goldberg's prose in "The Rock" - a short story about a teacher of foreign students at a private art college, whose classroom overlooks #Alcatraz. #teaching #SanFrancisco
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/t...

Eating My Ex I swiped a fingerful of his remains while no one was looking and laid it on my tongue like acid. I wanted to keep a part of him for myself, to integrate his corpse into my living body. I would regr…

"I’m not sure what made me eat his ashes that night..."

Start a new month with a #debut #fiction publication from Grace Ballard @doricliterary.bsky.social

You know that relationship you were warned about but went ahead with anyway? It's about that!
#Rollercoaster
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EATING MY EX
Grace Ballard

Doric Literary
@doricliterary.bsky.social

#writing #writers #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #amwriting #TheWritingLife #books #reading #amreading #bookshops #Booksky

Eating My Ex I swiped a fingerful of his remains while no one was looking and laid it on my tongue like acid. I wanted to keep a part of him for myself, to integrate his corpse into my living body. I would regr…

"I’m not sure what made me eat his ashes that night..."

Start a new month with a #debut #fiction publication from Grace Ballard @doricliterary.bsky.social

You know that relationship you were warned about but went ahead with anyway? It's about that!
#Rollercoaster
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/e...

The Rock Then I got arrested. They came to my dorm and handcuffed me and blindfolded me. They drove me to some jail far, far away.

"Maybe he’d been deported."

The current political situation subtly & hauntingly infuses Janet Goldberg's prose in "The Rock" - a short story about a teacher of foreign students at a private art college, whose classroom overlooks #Alcatraz. #teaching #SanFrancisco
doric-literary.com/2025/08/01/t...

Image is a screenshot of the Doric Literary listing at Duotrope. It includes a yellow banner acknowledging that: "This is the current Listing of the Day"!

We have 2 new stories today!
"The Rock" by Janet Goldberg
"Eating My Ex" by Grace Ballard
doric-literary.com

We nominated @aaronburch.bsky.social & Lis Anna-Langston for #BestOfTheNet
doric-literary.com/about-2/

& we have the 11th fastest response time @duotrope.com so we are the #ListingOfTheDay

White text on a blue background reveals the text: "Doric Literary, 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations: Leaving the Rosenthaler Strasse on an Evening in Late September by Lis Anna-Langston Rambling, Sidling, Absolved, Cradled by Aaron Burch" Image also shows the logos of the Best of the Net & Doric Literary.

2026 BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS!!🎉

Doric Literary is excited to announce our fiction nominations for the #BOTN anthology are Lis Anna-Langston
& @aaronburch.bsky.social!

Stories:
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doric-literary.com/2025/01/01/r...
Announcement: doric-literary.com/about-2/

You're invited to our Master Series interview and reading with Aimee Bender on August 9th! This event is free! And we'll be giving away lots of books. Sign up through the SmokeLong Shop by "purchasing" this event for $0 dolares!
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White text on a blue background reveals the text: "Doric Literary, 2026 Best of the Net Anthology nominations: Leaving the Rosenthaler Strasse on an Evening in Late September by Lis Anna-Langston Rambling, Sidling, Absolved, Cradled by Aaron Burch" Image also shows the logos of the Best of the Net & Doric Literary.

2026 BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS!!🎉

Doric Literary is excited to announce our fiction nominations for the #BOTN anthology are Lis Anna-Langston
& @aaronburch.bsky.social!

Stories:
doric-literary.com/2025/06/30/l...
doric-literary.com/2025/01/01/r...
Announcement: doric-literary.com/about-2/

I don't know who needs to hear this (I do) but you can preorder books from bookstores

Photo is a screenshot of the "submission received" response from the 2026 Best of the Net Nomination Form.

Submissions are always open at Doric Literary!

We publish literary fiction from 1000 to 8000 words.
We reprint stories not currently online.

And . . .

WE NOMINATE FOR LITERARY AWARDS LIKE #BOTN

We'll announce our nominees tomorrow, July 30!

Guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

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Photo is a screenshot of the "submission received" response from the 2026 Best of the Net Nomination Form.

Submissions are always open at Doric Literary!

We publish literary fiction from 1000 to 8000 words.
We reprint stories not currently online.

And . . .

WE NOMINATE FOR LITERARY AWARDS LIKE #BOTN

We'll announce our nominees tomorrow, July 30!

Guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

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“War Games” by Jonas Myers "The power shut off on Wednesday morning. When it came back on that evening, just after sunset, we let out a great collective sigh. Twenty minutes later it was off again, this time for good."

New story on Short Story, Long today! "War Games" by Jonas Myers

This one's great! I mean, all the stories on SSL are (I have the best taste), but this one felt special. And there's a real JOY in the ending that I've been especially responding to lately

ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/war-games-...

Have a new column out today if you’d like to read it.

Registrations Now Open! Upcoming Workshops - Early Bird Discount Through August 4th “Just watched recording of [Kathy’s] 3 in 90 workshop.

Early bird special 'til Aug. 4th! 💙

Aug 16th: “Resuscitating Your Draft: Experimental Tools for Flash Fiction Recovery”

Sept 13th: “How Does It Feel? Writing Emotion from the Inside Out”

Oct 11th: “The Weight of Stillness: Crafting Quiet Power in Flash Fiction” open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

BIO: Sally DeWind is a writer and teacher from Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of the @brooklyncollege.bsky.social MFA in fiction where she was the recipient of the Lainoff Prize. Her work has been published in the Bennington Review and The Other Almanac

Is it cake? Find out in Sally DeWind’s flash fiction piece IS IT CAKE? from #ExpoReview. Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoCake!

Leaving the Rosenthaler Strasse on an Evening in Late September That’s how you know you love someone. You go straight to madness without so much as a blink.

Tomorrow we'll announce our #BestoftheNet nominations.
On August 1, we'll have two brand new stories.

In the meantime, there's great new #fiction on our website, including this marvelous depiction of #grief and #loss by Lis Anna-Langston!
doric-literary.com/2025/06/30/l...

Lost Dog Everything outside was on fire from the sun. But the kid’s cheek-dirt was streaked under his eyes, I could see that, and I knew he’d been crying.

New stories coming next month & soon we'll announce our #BestoftheNet nominations. In the meantime, there's great new #fiction on our website, including this heartbreaker about a lost dog & a guy who tries to do the right thing, by @paulluikart.bsky.social.
doric-literary.com/2025/07/01/l...

Phew! @sarahillswrites.bsky.social is on fire with her latest up at @flashfrog.bsky.social!