Jeffrey Hermann

Alysa Liu with her gold medal

"I love struggling actually. It makes me feel alive." -Alysa Liu

Get out there and start falling on your ass!

February 2026 Ten stories picked by Kathryn Reese

This month's #Mondettes picked by
@kathrynreese.bsky.social

⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...

Finally someone with a fresh idea.

You should read these beautiful, eerie little fictions by @happilylenaaa.bsky.social 🌟

Oh, I love these!

Thank you @offbeatlit.bsky.social @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social @dseuss.bsky.social 💙💙💙

One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.

I love this 🐰

If you’re not firmly in the business world, and maybe more specifically the B2B world, you might not understand the agree to which large language models have already become the expected and required tool for many tasks. People don’t have a choice if they want to keep their job jobs.

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Happy happy birthday, Kirsti!

Honored to have a littte something in @thecitronreview.bsky.social -- and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for boosting 🌟

Thank you for sharing this, @mattkendrick.bsky.social !

Thanks 💙

Warm yourself up with this cozy-yet-thrilling issue of @thecitronreview.bsky.social. Excited to be part of such a great lit mag ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is happening tonight. Excited about it.

For me it was the Gelli Haha album Switcheroo. Fun but rebellious, smart but with a great sense of humor. Brought me joy every time I put it on--which was a lot.

Congrats, Elena ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks, @sjane.bsky.social!

Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @robinwilder.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @kellathornton.bsky.social & @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

It’s an honor—thank you, @offbeatlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Goods words and music here 🌟

"You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today" @trampset.bsky.social

Thanks, Elana ⭐️

Thank you @trampset.bsky.social for including this in the new issue 💙⭐️💙⭐️

Sex Pistols playing in the dentist waiting room. Things have changed.

Wake Forest by Julián Martinez My fiancée’s been hired by the women’s basketball team at Wake Forest University to give a motivational speech! Her first big money break since she left the medical field two years ago! She’s…

say this every time, but every time it is a treat to get to feature and share new work from HAD fave Julián Martinez!

"She forgives my lack of communication! I forgive her lack of decision-making! We get to focus on the ways we make our hearts go BOOM!"
https://www.havehashad.com/r9bng

Thank you, Lisa!

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What does "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked" mean? @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social asked and of course a bunch of writers took the bait. Check out the whole issue--it's really great: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...

Here's one of my contributions.