Lost Balloon
Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
@melostrom.bsky.social
Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs.
@onmytangent.bsky.social
Not good at writing bios but I write other things. Reader @fracturedlit jacqueline-parker.com
@belindarowe.bsky.social
Flash writer. Teacher. Night gardener. Words published by Flash Frontier, Night Parrot Press, Gone Lawn, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Ghost Parachute, Lost Balloon, Fictive Dream. SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
@joshuawaynehensley.bsky.social
*midwest songbird* the rutabega // forestlike // jwh http://therutabega.com http://soundslikeforestlike.com https://joshuawaynehensley.bandcamp.com
@jiksuncheung.bsky.social
Painter | Writer | Dad Art: IG / Threads @jiksuncheung Writing: jiksun.com | Stories in Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, Molotov Cocktail, Atticus Review, and elsewhere. Previously: Submissions Editor at SmokeLong, EIC at The Bureau Dispatch
@megaretadams.bsky.social
Writer, Reader, NP. Work in Best Small Fictions, Threepenny, Joyland, & more. | BAE notable | Sewanee, Tin House alumn | Fic editor JMWW
@tinymolecules.bsky.social
A quarterly literary journal. We love flash, we love experimental, we love saying something big in a small space. https://www.tinymolecules.com/ EIC @sdobbie.bsky.social
@marcelleheath.bsky.social
Short story writer Author, Is that all there is? Editor, matchbook linktr.ee/marcelle.heath
@lkardos.bsky.social
dc via apollo, pa | she/her | words @ Best Microfiction, Bending Genres, Lost Balloon, The Lumiere Review, hex literary & more | http://www.laurenkardos.co/
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Anthology series edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, published by Pelekinesis
@sethwade.bsky.social
tech ethicist, fiction writer, poet, Pushcart Prize nominee
@paulwrites7.bsky.social
Twin Cities disabled writer. Debut FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR (HarperCollins 2024). Also in Roxane Gay's The Audacity, Newsweek, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, San Francisco Chronicle. Read my stories and essays at https://paul-rousseau.com
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. PhD candidate UofU. Fiction Editor The Rumpus and Waxwing. Poetry collection ALL THAT BLUE forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Chapbooks: EDGE OF THE SEA (CutBank Books) and WITHOUT WOMAN OR BODY (FLP) allisonfieldbell.com
@rosemetalpress.bsky.social
Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
@kimmagowan.bsky.social
Fiction writer, EIC/ Fiction Editor of Pithead Chapel, adjunct professor www.kimmagowan.com
@giant-crab.bsky.social
Actually a regular-ish human named Charles Hay. I like taking photos and drawing stuff, and I can prove it.
@ampoetryreview.bsky.social
Poetry all the time since 1972. We never close. aprweb.org
@bham-poetry-review.bsky.social
Volume 52 Out Now! | Est. 1987 | Publishing Award Winning Poetry, Reviews, Essays, & Interviews | Open for Poetry Submissions | https://linktr.ee/birminghampoetryreview?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6e4b253-f548-4727-91da-c69865518234
@ninthletter.bsky.social
Ninth Letter is a literary magazine edited and produced at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We aim to present original literary writing of exceptional quality, illuminated by cutting-edge graphic design. https://bit.ly/m/ninthletter
@kelsijayne.bsky.social
writer & producer series producer: https://blackhistoryintwominutes.com poetry chapbook: https://bottlecap.press/products/forms www.kelsilindus.com
@kelliborges2.bsky.social
Writer. Words in many lovely places. Into travel, photography, kind people. BOTN, BSF, Pushcart Prize nominee. Best Microfiction 24’ and ‘25. Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Pubs and more info: https://www.kellishortborges.com
@kimchinquee.bsky.social
Mom, writer, professor, editor, dog-lover, triathlete, veteran, vegan. USAT Certified Official. www.kimchinquee.com
@attawoman.bsky.social
Irish lass living in Berlin. Catch my improv shows at the Comedy Café Berlin. Find my writing at JAKE and Lost Balloon. (Also open to jobs: UX, research, copywriting, voice/acting, TRY ME!)
@djwolfinsohn.bsky.social
a writer in austin, tx poetry & movies bad at knitting debbywolfinsohn.com Lost Balloon, Maudlin House, HAD, Gone Lawn, Variant Lit, Brawl, Jake, Memoir Mixtapes, Hog River Press, Vestal Review, Roi Fainéant Press, The Engine(Idling ✨
@victoriawrites.bsky.social
writes-climbs-hikes • ecuatoriana • A BODY ACROSS TWO HEMISPHERES @woodhallpress • BSF + Wigleaf Top 50 ‘22 • Artistic Excellence Award '23 •
@ramccafferty.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Reporter. Editor. https://rachelabbeymccafferty.com/
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Writer of short things. Reader of all things flash. Dog lover. Words in SLQ, XRAY, Flash Frog, Variant Lit, Fictive Dream, Pithead Chapel, Wigleaf. Winner of 2024 Lascaux Prize & Cambridge Prize. She/her https://emilyrinkema.wixsite.com/my-site
@ninamiller.bsky.social
Physician, Fencer and Creative Wigleaf top 50 https://ninamillerwrites.com/ Hybrids/Photos @ Cutbow Quarterly and Raw Lit Prose/Poetry @ Sci-Fi Shorts, Bright Flash, Five South, Roi Fainéant, Five Minutes and more.
@mlmcguinness.bsky.social
Irish writer with words @ Fictive Dream, Banshee, Splonk, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, The Forge, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, The Metaworker and many other fine places, twice Pushcart nominated, Best Microfictions 2025 Co.Founder of The Pride Roars
@kristinkoz.bsky.social
Writer, mom, podcaster, entrepreneur — not in that order. Short books: LIKE A COMPASS IN HER BONES, and UNRAVELING THE ALIEN MISSIONS. Podcast available wherever you listen: HOMETOWN PARANORMAL.
@erinhall802.bsky.social
Trying this writing thing. Started with scribbling stories on my nightstand as kid, to publishing essays and pieces in Huffington Post, TodayShow.com, Deep Wild Journal, Bright Flash Lit, Multiplicity Magazine, Detroit Metro Times and more.
@sullyj.bsky.social
Debut WIP Longlisted @bluepencilaward @ExeterNovelPriz Fiction Factory 1st Chapter. Stories in @SeasideGothic @YorkLiteraryRev @TheOghamStone @nationalflashfd
@suzannehicks.bsky.social
Writer living with multiple sclerosis. Often very tired. Best Microfiction ‘24 Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist ‘24. Read my work: www.suzannehickswrites.com
@joshrank.bsky.social
THE PRESENT IS PAST - 2023 Unsolicited Press CHANCE TO FADE & OTHER STORIES - 2025 Running Wild Press ESTUARY - 2026 Unsolicited Press www.joshrank.com
@jbstone.bsky.social
Teaching Artist | Spoken Word | Poet | Freelancer | Writer | Critic | EIC at Variety Pack | reads for Split Lip Magazine | Wicca Wannabe | Neurospicy | Adorable Nerdy Weirdo Punk | Words in McNeese Review/Boudin, The Citron Review, Los Angeles Review, etc
@sschirlsmith.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Holistic nurse. I'll be In the woods or by the sea. Words: Reckon Review, Kind Over Matter, Cognoscenti, Pangyrus. Photos: Barren Magazine
@suzjay11.bsky.social
Art-obsessed writer and editor | bookreviewer | SHUWPF graduate | she/her
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
Writer. Words: Flash Frog, Trampset, HAD, Ghost Parachute, Bending Genres, Maudlin House, Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules etc. Flash Ed: Variant Lit
@rgvaughan.bsky.social
Author of 6 books, newest is ASKEW. I am the EIC of Bending Genres, LLC. Work in Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2019. Norton's Exceptionally Short Fictions 2018. www.robert-vaughan.com. www.bendinggenres.com
@meproctor.bsky.social
Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series: "Love You Till Tuesday". Short story collection: "Family and Other Ailments". Stories in Shotgun Honey, Mystery Tribune, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Punk Noir Magazine guest editor.
@crystaltaylorsa.bsky.social
Poet/Writer | Rust & Moth | Ghost City Review | One Art | Anti-heroin Chic | Maudlin House | Gargoyle | MacQueen’s Quinterly |Trampoline | Neologism | Libre | Rogue Agent | wildscape | Dishsoap Qrtly | Broadkill | Cosmic Daffodil | BotN nom
@bendinggenres.bsky.social
Bending Genres is an online journal and a global community. We publish hybrid material bi-monthly. We also offer online weekend workshops with various teachers, an ongoing writer's roundtable and two annual week long writing retreats. www.bendinggenres.com
@esfletcher.bsky.social
writer, yoga therapist, Bowie fan, door lady | asst cnf editor Pithead Chapel | Pushcart nom | BOTN nom | wigleaf LL | stage NED | ope Writing: www.esfletcher.com
@mikemwilson.bsky.social
words // American Literary Review, Barrelhouse, Lost Balloon, Necessary Fiction, NPR, The Rumpus, X-R-A-Y He/him
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Author of 3 chapbooks- Fiction @thirtywest @havehad @doorisajar @MaudlinHouse @Flashficmag & others https://swethaamit.com/ member of writers grotto
@susanebarsby.bsky.social
Writer, reader, runner, mum, knitter. I like coffee, cake and conkers. I miss the sea.
@fklein907.bsky.social
Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025) https://linktr.ee/francesklein