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US-based The Sunlight Press will open tomorrow 3 September for FREE submissions. Word count <2000. Pay is $50 for fiction and essays!

‘he laughs, [..] and says you’re right, you’ve got a good memory, and you’re rightfully wary (and here you soften a little, because no one else ever believes you, ever)’ The Wolf at the Door — Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/septembe…

The day had dwindled to a silver line on the horizon, enough to see the road ahead but not enough to get her home before darkness fell. A car full of harsh boys swept past, laughing. September pushed on, beginning to feel the chill of summer’s end. #30words30days

My boy broadened like a Baobab until I could hardly get my arms round him. His voice boomed from the back bedroom when he came home to stay. But at night I wiped the summer sap from his brow and remembered how deep those roots can grow. #30words30days

⁦ ‘Esme is stealth, shoeless and creeping.’ I love the choice of language in this collaboration by ⁦cole beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈⁩ and ⁦Sumitra Singam (she/her/Baginda)⁩! 👯‍♀️ Esme learns her lesson by Cole Beauchamp and Sumitra Singam | New Flash Fiction Review newflashfiction.com/esme/

‘Sooner or later she’d encounter the moss of a lifetime. Bring on the moss.’ Bring it all on, this crazy wonderful writing by ⁦Claire Hopple⁩ Waxwing Literary Journal: American writers & international voices. waxwingmag.org/items/issue31/…

Our inbox is hungry and the shelves are bare this morning. Oh nooooo who will send us something to fill the void?? Whoooo!?!!!!!???? 😭

Send all your micros. Unpublished. Previously published. Fiction. CNF. Something in between. Under 250 words. smokelong.com/the-smokelong-…

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Trains pass once. Could have. Should have. A door slams in the middle of late summer, a car speeds past in the night playing ‘Wish You Were Here,’ years after its relevance. A turned pillow is only cool for a short while. A message left unread holds no potential. #30days30words

Haven’t had the chance to catch up @SarahRoyston4 recently but this makes me very happy! Congratulations! ☺️

⁦⁦Nora Nadjarian⁩ and cannoli - too much of a good thing! 👀 Too Many Days - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine gooseberry-pie.com/too-many-days/

The fruit swelled to rotting and still no one came, not a rabbit, not a ragged fox. Only a crazy-eyed owl at the top of the tree, intent on asking who, when he knew only tu-whit tu-well that we were all to blame. #30words30days

Always worth it.

The walk to the beach under hot sun and the delightful fizzle of her first dive. Now when they ignored her, she could just pretend she’d dissolved. #30words30days

Just 10 days left to submit to our SPOOOOOOOOOKY issue! Here's a little writing spark to help you along (courtesy of the best spooky romance ever made):

We open for Winter subs in 18 days Trashfans. This one has a theme - MONSTROUS - and we want all the ways you interpret this. No genre limits. Get ideas on our sub call page: trashcatlit.com/winter-2024/ Do read our Summer Issue and Prompted Stories Pop-Up to see what we love 🦝

I absolutely need to get away from this terrible place, finish writing my NiF and sort my Autumn head out. See ya 😘