My novelette, Wild Plums, is part of ELJ Editions Editions' Afternoon Shorts series. Many thanks to editor Ariana DB, and to Sarah Freligh and francinewitte for the beautiful blurbs. Kindle and paperback editions (10 bucks! Cheap!) here: amazon.com/dp/1941617662?…

OH! "The beach will be kind to us Alice says to Lewis and the Thursday nurse who brings her warm honey buns and the good Jello, well-loved paperbacks and paper cups of tea with little notes on top that say eat me..."

Good god! Stop and read this jaw-dropper by @writerleeflatt and Lucas Flatt in New Flash Fiction Review! newflashfiction.com/grief-sandwich…

This queen!!!

"Behind us, a white camper van decorated with slogans – An Adventure Before Dementia, Spending the Kids’ Inheritance." "It's Frances Gapper in @literarynamjooning !!!

Check it out! And don't forget the writer interview, which I was lucky enough to conduct.

I'm sitting next to a Lincoln impersonator at the airport bar. He's watching MSNBC reporting on yesterday's assassination attempt. This is easily the most surreal thing I've ever witnessed.

Bring a friend!

"She thinks about that time last week when she pretended to get a joke he told in front of their friends. He thinks about what it would feel like to bring his fingers to his eye with the intention of removing it, the conviction it would take." Mon dieu!!

"The students wore high hair. There were punks and jocks. It was like a John Hughes film, only less kinetic and amusing." milkcandyreview.home.blog/2024/09/12/ame…

New SmokeLong Quarterly, featuring another great collection of flash fiction, nonfiction, and hybrids! Check out this rad story by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, with some phenomenal art by my pal, Courtney Burton. smokelong.com/stories/posthu…

Literary fiction writers with Squarespace websites: could you link here? (mine is currently patriciaqbidar.com) #litcommunity #flashfiction

A LOT of interference out there. wliw.org/radio/news/mic…