Elissa Field

My story, “A Note from the Translator on This Translation,” went live at Necessary Fiction (Necessary Fiction) this week. Thanks to Editor Steve Himmer for selecting it. Also thanks to Claudia and Josh, 2 writers I admire, who beat me to sharing this! necessaryfiction.com/stories/a-no...

"Alls I’m saying, is I wasn’t wrong to tuck a kitten clawing up a pantleg, a wobbling round head, those milky blue eyes. Death, panic, stealing night terror, it was all there. I’m only saying: surely there were kittens, too." Stunning @elissafield.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/a-no...

This is ridiculously good @elissafield.bsky.social. Soaring imagination and emotional restraint. fracturedlit.com/eulogy-for-f...

"I’ll not apologize because what I am saying, what I saw between the black-squiggled lines of that original draft – painful in its occasional struggle to get ink to even leave a mark – was a wish." @elissafield.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com necessaryfiction.com/stories/a-no...

Great advice from @elissafield.bsky.social 🌟

The Shortlist for September 25, 2025: With guest editor Elizabeth Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social. Short writing from: Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social Asher Kelsey Georgia Maull-Keyser Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social Wade Harris James Keith Smith

Gonna update my CV to list my titles as GENERAL COUNSEL. I taught LSAT prep for awhile, so I'm sure that counts.

I read your story to my writing group this morning, Elissa. They think you’re fabulous! 🥰

Here's how to purchase the amazing Ghost Parachute Anthology that Brett Pribble and his team put together -- 175 stories by some of the most exciting #flashfiction writers (thrilled my little Valhalla story is included!). bookshop.org link (3% back if you use Rakuten) bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

ohmigod this one took my breath away. It’s absolutely stunning, deep, emotional. I love this one. 💙

I was thrilled my story, "Eulogy for Fa, the Dreamer," won 3rd place! Read it today @fracturedlit.bsky.social #elissafield #flashfiction #ghost fracturedlit.com/eulogy-for-f...

"It will be touch and go – now he knows how to slip out and slip back. I’ll feel him fly through my house, dip down low to check on my sons. Hear his laugh, feel his laugh, his voice asking, Are you seeing this?" Absolute stunner, this story @elissafield.bsky.social.

"Our father won’t want to die. But he is curious, and I will see it when he finds a seam while everyone is sleeping and slips through." New @elissafield.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

There is something maddeningly attractive about the untranslatable, about a word that goes silent in transit. -- Anne Carson

I was thrilled my story, "Eulogy for Fa, the Dreamer," won 3rd place! Read it today @fracturedlit.bsky.social #elissafield #flashfiction #ghost fracturedlit.com/eulogy-for-f...

Yes to the joy in this! Plus great writing advice in this from @elissafield.bsky.social ‘when writing something huge, go as small and specific as possible.’

I love this, Elissa. And it's true about the joy spotting a wonderful story brings. Every time I've read for a competition, there are stories that stay with me, leaving me wondering what happened next - even the 'not quites'. It's often just a tiny, idiosyncratic detail that resonates deeply.

"Do not ever doubt that we are here, reading the queue, cheering for you." Meet our submissions editors. This week, @elissafield.bsky.social Elissa Field. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...

Check out my installment in @smokelong.bsky.social’s series introducing Submission Editors sharing insights from reading the queue. www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub... #flashfiction #elissafield

Thrilled to have a story in the latest issue of Sundog Lit. Such a fantastic publication! #flash #shortstory #writer #flashfiction sundoglit.com/dawn-miller/

Ah, such a thrill to see this! Thanks to @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social for including my story "At the Gun Show You Say to Me, You Look Good," @trampset.bsky.social along with these other fabulous writers via @turnandwork.com

Brilliant to see this stellar field in action Thanks @cbigs.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @elissafield.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and @bsherm36.bsky.social and @travisflatt.bsky.social - looking forward to reading!

Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction

What are you doing SATURDAY (19th) at 6pm est? Join @travisflatt.bsky.social for his book launch Such Late Night Radio!!! DM Travis for link. Lots of cool readers @lmbayley.bsky.social @cbigs.bsky.social @elissafield.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social and more!!!!!

Come join us as we celebrate Travis Flatt’s book launch this Sat Sept 19 6pm EST — mssg me or anyone else in the promo for a link. Will be a 🔥🚀❤️ event!

“Gently, you push my head to safety when someone waves a barrel in my direction. Your voice drops low and sweet, almost a memory.” @elissafield.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

Love seeing this new story, “At the gun show you say to me, You look good,” go live at trampset. Huge thanks to the editors for spotting it. Congrats to fellow writers in the issue, and thanks to my flash pack peeps who were early readers. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

"At the gun show, I think of the range. You made me practice two holds: teacup and overlap, made me try again and again the perfect grip, the proper lay of my finger away from the trigger, but ready to move." Guns, marriage. Incredible story @elissafield.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

Wow, I love love love this story, Elissa. Congratulations!!!

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

So excited to have this in 100 Word story. Thank you, Michelle Ross! 100wordstory.org/in-their-30s...

I’ve got a new flash in this month’s @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, a true story that reads stranger than fiction. Thanks a million to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for loving this, because I truly love Pithead Chapel. ✨🖤

Thrilled to be in this issue alongside so many incredible writers!

Here’s my latest story “The Night Cory Dies,” in the new issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social. templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...

Love this new @elissafield.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social !!!!

And then this piece by @elissafield.bsky.social in CRAFT: www.craftliterary.com/2025/01/10/a... #ShortsInTheFeed (best case for the sustained use of the f-word I've ever encountered!)

“Gently, you push my head to safety when someone waves a barrel in my direction. Your voice drops low and sweet, almost a memory.” Amazing new work from @elissafield.bsky.social here.

Watch how @elissafield.bsky.social makes gun ownership a love language in @trampset.bsky.social. So so good. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

Love seeing this new story, “At the gun show you say to me, You look good,” go live at trampset. Huge thanks to the editors for spotting it. Congrats to fellow writers in the issue, and thanks to my flash pack peeps who were early readers. www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

"At the gun show, you don’t check when your phone vibrates, not until we’re at the end of the row, and then you pocket it without returning the call." @elissafield.bsky.social's "At the gun show you say to me, You look good" www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...

“Tell me, ‘I only want to keep you safe’.” Such a gorgeously layered piece of writing by @elissafield.bsky.social. The way it spirals to the ending… www.trampset.org/post/at-the-...