Thanks so much, Anika!

Thanks, James. Yes, I am! It's been 26 years since I had a book published so this means a lot!

Thanks so much, Sumitra!

Thanks, Sharon!

Thanks, Mack. Hope we're on the same page for this one!

Thanks so much, Alison!

Thanks, Sarah!

Thanks, Fiona. Congrats to you, as well!

Over the moon about this news! So excited my NIF will be published by the wonderful Ad Hoc Fiction. Congrats to all the other winners! Thank you @judehwriter2.bsky.social and my workshop-mates @smokelong.bsky.social Fiction, who always make my writing better!

Thanks, Mack!

Something a little different -- "My Life as a Chaise Lounge" -- up at @januaryhouselit.bsky.social. januaryhouselit.com/2026/02/07/m...

Winners: January 10th GFFO writing challenge The writing challenge for the January 10th online festival day mini contest was to write a story in three sections inspired by three snowy paintings by Henry Martin Glasser 1909-1981. The paintings…

The winning stories by @mackmckenna.bsky.social @words-outwest.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social from our 10th Jan online GFFO day are now posted. Congratulations! And thank you to all who entered www.flashfictionfestival.com/winners-janu...

We've made it. Come read "Next", by @bsherm36.bsky.social. It's funny, it's witty, and it's super relatable.

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Next! #poetry #animals #whimsy

Thanks for including my story in this purr-fect issue!

"Clouds are not a metaphor for memory. Wispy, feathery layers. High altitude cotton balls. Water condensing above water. This is science, not poetry."

@bsherm36.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Thanks so much for re-posting, Pat!

Thanks so much, Pat!

Thanks so much, James!

Penelope by the Sea Flash fiction by Beth Sherman

‘At last, the dirty water baby has become a queen.’

Wonderfully evocative writing from @bsherm36.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🌊

www.frazzledlit.com/p/penelope-b...

"Maybe it's better to let you decide who you want to love?" Such a great piece capturing the moggy, floofy, furry dice afterlife of Thomas. Also, I had to write down "Short fiction is like a bouillon cube," so I wouldn't forget it!

More thanks to @lettybutler.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @itssonoemi.bsky.social for reading fantastic stories & @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging the ‘slow prose’ festival contest from @judehwriter2.bsky.social’s prompts. We’relooking out for your entries!

Thanks, Cole!

Thanks, Sabrina. I quit my college teaching job yesterday so now I'll be able to write fulltime!!

Thanks, Gisele. I will be sending something new your way soon!!

Thanks, Christina! SLQ helps a lot with writing so much, as you know. I'll DM you my cell number and then hopefully we can meet up at AWP. So glad you're going!

The Night Visitor Beth Sherman Nala is in the dirty laundry basket, dreaming about hard-boiled eggs, when something dark flies through the open window. Midnight. The moon a pasty wafer in the sky, black clouds drift…

@bsherm36.bsky.social can’t believe you don’t have a cat you have captured their understanding of the uncanny oh so well!

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Thanks! The research I did at the cat shelter helped!

Thanks Christopher, Helen, Erin, Melissa, & everyone. Couldn't have done it without you!!

Thanks, Lori! Back at you . . .

More than half my acceptances this year were stories inspired by prompts, tasks or webinars in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. I'm so happy to be part of such a generative, kind, supportive writing community!