Flight: A Literary Sampler

Flight: A Literary Sampler

@flightlit.bsky.social

A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social https://flight-literary.ghost.io/

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Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social

The Flight editors saw @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social being arrested outside the Booker Prize offices and thought “that guy must really have something”

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social

My story-thing "Disemployment Guidelines" is live now, thanks to @flightlit.bsky.social. I hope you'll take a look, even though the piece was banned by the Pulitzer committee for "gross and repeated affronts to literature" & "please stop following us home." flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-gran...

flight-literary.ghost.ioMichael Grant Smith- Brewer's ChoiceDisemployment Guidelines (1) Of all the capuchin monkeys who ever worked here, you are our favorite capuchin monkey. Your boss has a problem with you. They despise your talent and goals. Your boss...

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Matt Jakubowski (he/him)
@mattjakubowski.bsky.social

Flight rocks! Happy Anniversary and thank you for all you do for writers creating all manner of strange and wonderful things 🥳🎉✨

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Flight 6 is live! We had big dreams for our 1st birthday issue, but life got in the way. You can read all about how we put the issue together here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-6-now...

flight-literary.ghost.ioFlight 6 Now Live!This issue of Flight marks one year of sharing what we think is some of the best damn writing and art out there. Flight 1 landed in August of 2025, which means that by now we've passed that one year m...

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Lisa Thornton
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social

Thrilled to be included in @flightlit.bsky.social! Thanks to Frances and Will for their careful editing. Check out the whole 1st birthday issue here ⬇️ 🍻

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Flight 6 is live! We had big dreams for our 1st birthday issue, but life got in the way. You can read all about how we put the issue together here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-6-now...

flight-literary.ghost.ioFlight 6 Now Live!This issue of Flight marks one year of sharing what we think is some of the best damn writing and art out there. Flight 1 landed in August of 2025, which means that by now we've passed that one year m...

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kith books
@kithbooks.com

"Sometimes, i’ll be reading and my wife will come over and ask very pointed questions about Mrs. Brisby and the rats of N.I.M.H. and i realize all too late she’s trying to feel out whether i want to have sex, but i’ve already failed the test." - Poem set during my forty-seventh year, Justin Lacour

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Followed by poetry from Justin Lacour: flight-literary.ghost.io/justin-lacou...

flight-literary.ghost.ioJustin Lacour- PoetryPoem set during my forty-seventh year So i’m walking behind a woman slinging her yoga mat down Magazine Street.  i’m trying not to look because a saint wouldn’t look. John Coltrane said he wanted t...
Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social

Question for other editors: what is your procedure when or if you start to suspect an accepted piece may have been partially written or edited with AI? (As in, how do you broach that conversation with the author, etc.)

Flight: A Literary Sampler
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All responses have been sent! If you think we might have missed you, please reach out via email and let us know. Submissions for Flight 8 (coming in January) will be open shortly!

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Our editorial team is listening to the new Carly Rae Jepsen album and sending responses! All pending responses should hear from us soon!

Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social

Issue 6 update: It turns out that the only downside of a journal run by siblings is that a death in the family affects both editors. Due to the passing of our much-loved grandmother, Flight Issue 6 will be delayed until the end of September.

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Sean Ennis
@seanennis.bsky.social

Replying to @seanennis.bsky.social

Commercial break: Its Powerful Parking Lot is part of my new collection, RAT AESTHETICS from @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social https:// www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/rat-aesthetics-sean-ennis

sandandgravelpress.comRat Aesthetics - Sean Ennis - 4.25 x 5.5 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESSIn Sean Ennis’s Rat Aesthetics, we meet the Old Rats: a mysterious motorcycle gang that has quietly infiltrated Bramble, Missouri. They aren't your typical outlaws. They eat duck confit croque madames...

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Sean Ennis
@seanennis.bsky.social

Pleased to say my piece, Its Powerful Parking Lot, has been nominated for Best of the Net by @flightlit.bsky.social ! I’m grateful to Frances and Will! flight-literary.ghost.io/sean-ennis-f...

flight-literary.ghost.ioSean Ennis- FictionIts Powerful Parking Lot I did not sleep like a winner. Yes, I had watched Vivian turn one hundred dollars into almost three hundred thousand dollars at the craps table. And yes, we had made love i...

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Claudia Monpere
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social

So honored for Best of the Net nom by @flightlit.bsky.social. My CNF "When I Knew Nothing" explores my bizarre friendship with a fellow teacher during my first--disastrous-- year teaching high school. Thank you so much Frances & Will! flight-literary.ghost.io/claudia-monp...

flight-literary.ghost.ioClaudia Monpere- Creative NonfictionWhen I Knew Nothing Some Saturdays Meg woke up with a stranger she’d hooked up with at The Red Raven. I wondered— did he make her a Prairie Oyster for her hangover like I did when I stayed over in ...

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Alex Carrigan
@carriganak.bsky.social

I received another Best of the Net nomination from @flightlit.bsky.social! I'm so honored to have "Ars Poetica: Tulips" as one of their choices and to be part of such a cool publication. You can read the poem here: flight-literary.ghost.io/alex-carriga...

flight-literary.ghost.ioAlex Carrigan- PoetryAlex Carrigan (he/him) is a Pushcart-nominated editor, poet, and critic from Alexandria, VA. He is the author of Now Let’s Get Brunch (Querencia Press, 2023) and May All Our Pain Be Champagne (Alien B...
Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

It's Best of the Net season! The Flight Crew nominated five killer poets:

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Flight: A Literary Sampler
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AND...with both of our editors in the same state (finally) your chances of a lightning-fast response are pretty good, if you submit TODAY.

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Hey! Are you a fiction writer?! You should send us fiction to read! Micro, flash, short story, whatever you got! flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...

flight-literary.ghost.ioSubmission GuidelinesFlight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...
Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social

AND...with both of our editors in the same state (finally) your chances of a lightning-fast response are pretty good, if you submit TODAY.

Flight: A Literary Sampler@flightlit.bsky.social

Hey! Are you a fiction writer?! You should send us fiction to read! Micro, flash, short story, whatever you got! flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...

flight-literary.ghost.ioSubmission GuidelinesFlight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...

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James Montgomery
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social

‘For me this is: 🔲 Acceptable’ All those repeated ‘ifs’, that weary, wry title… Love this from @mattjakubowski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social ✔️ flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-jaku...

flight-literary.ghost.ioMatthew Jakubowski- Brewer's ChoiceRarely Somewhat Acceptable Matthew Jakubowski (he/him) is a multi-genre writer based in Philadelphia. He is the author of a chapbook of micros & flash, Ghost in the Rain: Stories (Bottlecap Press, 20...

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Donna Vorreyer
@djvorreyer.bsky.social

Also, I have no idea what time it was when I shared this before, so I'll reshare. I'm stoked to have a new flash essay about @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social and music that makes me cry in the new @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/donna-vorrey...

flight-literary.ghost.ioDonna Vorreyer- Creative NonfictionWhat Ben Said Sarah Said The opening piano run ascends and descends at once, like rain on a windshield, the way it creeps up as it falls down. My body follows, heart accelerating while my breath sl...