It's not a career. It's not a calling. It's a terminal hobby. You will die doing this. Become a writer.

Couldn’t agree more with you, Maureen Langloss!

I like ‘em dangerous. 😈

We did it. Enjoy. (No idea how the % % gets there, so please don't judge.) thin-skin.com

Our submissions are now officially closed. Thank you for trusting us with your work. All the submissions awaiting responses will be receiving responses starting from Monday. We’ll announce the print publication date soon. #WritingCommmunity

“In my few hours of sleep that night, I dreamt of a bruised sky lit up red-violet-white and of burnt, shrunken limbs tracing ghostly patterns in radioactive ash.” - 🌙Tiff Lush, beautiful CNF in Claudine: A Literary Magazine. Please, read!! claudineliterary.net/tiffmzlee

I’ve got a question for lit mags I think Becky Tuch might be interested in spreading. When a non-paying magazine finally becomes a paying market, does this change affect their acceptance rate? Do they have to make the tough decision of accepting a smaller number of stories?

An absolute gem just dropped in The Forge. So rich with feeling and so ripe with vivid imagery. The kind of story that breathes confidence and precision. Please read “The Source of Love” by the amazing Brecht De Poortere! A well-crafted story. forgelitmag.com/2025/09/08/the…

Amazing flash by Sarp Sozdinler! Loved it.

“She’s a fucking baby,” CT says, and his voice cracks. “A fucking baby.” I haven’t laughed this much while reading a story in a long time! Please read “13.1 Septillion Pounds” by the incredible Emily Rinkema 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦. Published in Okay Donkey Magazine! So, so good!! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/19/13-…

Whelve, September 2025, is now Live in Print!! Meet our contributors: #writingcommmunity

“Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.” — Phyllis Whitney

Woke up this morning to a rejection mail. But hey, I also received another mail telling me a story I wrote had been published in The Kalahari Review. If you’ve got some time on your hands, you can read “Awakening” here: kalaharireview.com/awakening-33a6…

Thank you for giving this the home it needed.

I’m a nerd who married a nerd and now we have nerd children and I can’t recommend it all highly enough.

I like quiet people. People who are simple, read books, can watch a 2 hour documentary about bees, are crazy smart, but still stay low-key and private.

“But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.” -Haruki Murakami

Beautiful story. Beautiful writing. Read it.

Beautiful colors of Autumn.

Thrilled to have a story on the list!