Necessary Fiction
@necessaryfic
A webjournal publishing weekly short fiction, book reviews, & whatever else happens. We prefer to use Bluesky and our newsletter, and will be leaving this site.
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http://necessaryfiction.com 30-11-2008 21:12:09
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@GhostParachute @MythicPicnic Preorder Bitter over Sweet tinyurl.com/5hd7u63r Hard Skin tinyurl.com/yc53w752 Kahi&Lua tinyurl.com/3ryfzvwh
Rscalia literary fiction author
@rscalia
writer, reporter,author, gregarious hermit
Ilana Masad
@ilanaslightly
Writer and critic for hire. Author of the novel ALL MY MOTHER'S LOVERS. Queer, tired, Jewish, and ill. (ilanaslightly most other places)
SmokeLong Quarterly
@smokelong
Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. No Trump supporters.
Lori D'Angelo
@sclly21
From Pittsburgh. Lives in Virginia. Speculative fiction writer, Elizabeth George grant foundation recipient, WVU MFA alum. Debut collection out now.
shome dasgupta
@laughingyeti
Seagull & The Urn (@HarperCollinsIN). Atchafalaya Darling (@BellePointPress). Represented by @teffanie of Falkin Literary. Instagram: shome_dasgupta he/him
Daniel DiFranco 🐀
@danieldifranco
Writer. Musician. Teacher. PANIC YEARS (@tailwindspress—2018); DEVIL ON MY TRAIL (@unsolicitedp—2024) | Sub. editor @smokelong | Co-host of @bookrecordbeer
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@saralippmann
LECH @tortoisebooks | JERKS @masonjarpress | DOLL PALACE @713books redux | teacher @thewritingcolab | lover of stories big + small | she/her | 2ps, 2ns
Christopher Allen
@christopher_all
EIC @SmokeLong Quarterly | Other Household Toxins | The Best Small Fictions | Flash Fiction America (Norton, 2023) #flashfiction Opinions my own.
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@heemthewriter
Muslim | Winner, Creative Future Writers’ Award ‘24, Quramo Writers’ Prize ‘22 | Editor, @jay_literature | I’m that small package great things come in 😉
Wigleaf
@wigleaf
An award-winning online journal of very short fiction -- under 1000 words.
Jamie Richards
@jrichwords
translator of Italian &c. “irresistibly drawn by a web of thrilling daydreams awash on a shore of panic”. 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 @jrichards.bsky.social 🦋
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Camouflage fatigues & dashikis. Somewhere in between Ralph Ellison and PE.📚:🔥INSURRECTIONS🔥(PEN/Bingham winner) and THE W🌍RLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU.
Katie Strine
@katiestrine
puts words to paper
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@salesses
Korean adoptee author of The Sense of Wonder, Craft in the Real World, Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, The Hundred-Year Flood, etc. All queries: @agent_ayesha
Brendan Gillen
@beegillen
Stories in @wigleaf, @tbquartely, @havehadhavehad, @xraylitmag, @theSCreview, elsewhere. 3x Pushcart nominee. STATIC (@vineleavespress '24)
J E A N N I N E
@havingfunwrong
out into that everywhere
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unthinkable surprises about to happen✨ bylines in: @nytimes @time @bombmagazine @thecut novels: the book of x, RIPE (@scribnerbooks)
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@rgvaughan
6th book: ASKEW (March, 2022), Cowboy Jamboree. EIC @BendingGenres Journal: we offer Workshops, Roundtables, occasional Retreats. bendinggenres.com
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@happymil_
Author 'Christmas People'. 7xPushcart,4xBOTN,4xBestSmFictions, 4xbestmicrofic nom, @wigleaf Top50, bestmicrofic24,WiR @Blood_honey_Lit Reads for @okaydonkeymag.
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@catapultstory
fiction | non-fiction | craft books
Lauren Barbato
@lauren_barbato
Religion Ph.D. Candidate @TempleUniv · Gender & Women's Studies Prof @UDelaware · ✍🏼 recent fiction in @GeorgiaReview, @ColaLitReview, @NorthAmerReview, etc.
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@andrewbertaina
One Person Away From You @MoonCityPress. The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocuslit, Ethan Hawke & Me @barrelhouse 3x notable BAE
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writer, artist, teacher person. author of THESE STRANGE BODIES (ELJ 2024). eic @brokenantlermag & phd @ usd. (she/they)
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@paulwrites7
Disabled writer. FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR (@HarperCollins 2024) Work in @rgay's The Audacity @CatapultStory @SmokeLong @Newsweek @sfchronicle
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@holdswo
@CBCRadio producer at @cbcideas. @UBCJournalism & @UofTEnglish alum. Tin House ‘22.
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MFA/ PhD
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@andrewporter01
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@sarpsozdinler
Writer, Designer • Words: @KenyonReview @ElectricLit @MastersReview @LAReview @fracturedlit @havehadhavehad @MaudlinHouse • Rep'd by @mina_hamedi
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Pithead Chapel (ISSN 2324-6243) is a monthly online literary journal and small press. We publish gutsy fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry. Founded 2012.
Robbie Herbst
@rickarob
violinist, writer. philosopher king.
Elaine Neil Orr
@elaineneilorr
Author of SWIMMING BETWEEN WORLDS @penguinrandomhouse. Professor Contemporary Lit, CW @NCState, @Spaldingwriting; Rep'd by @JLDelbourgo. Dogs/rivers/sentences.
Colton Huelle (he/him)
@cbhuelle
Teacher, Fiction Guy, and MFA at UNH alum. Owner of an upset tummy. Stories in @ChicagoQReview @LAReview @PassengersPress @NecessaryFic
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Audrey... Philadelphian nationalist, armchair postmodernist, little miss Amtrak, urban haute bourgeoisie, author of AMERICAN GIRLFRIEND (@bullshitlit 2025).
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@maureenlangloss
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@melissatuckman
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@vankhanna
Books: Burning Like Her Own Planet (2023), Train to Agra, Afternoon Masala & The Goddess Monologues. Mother of 3. Lover of Poetry & Chocolate in equal parts.
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@cjwashingtoniv
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@nat_holtzmann
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@christinelai44
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