Jon Fain

New Story Thanks to the crew at Mid-Cult* for taking this one on. www.midcult.net/jon-fain

"New" Microfiction (originally in Star 82 Review in 2020, when it got a Best Microfiction nomination) now in the debut issue of Flare Journal, out of the U.K. Check it out: www.flarejournal.co.uk/issue-01/ide...

Proud to have another wee 50 word fiction in the micro mainstay, Blink-Ink. #65 with a theme of "Home." Print only, and as always a marvelous mix of writing and art. blink-ink.org/news/

A new story from Jon Fain. yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2026/08/agai...

New Short Story "Pater Unfamilias" in The Courtship of Winds www.thecourtshipofwinds.org/jon-fain

Who says you can't write an Assisted Living Comedy? Like to see those AI fux try this: www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/sod...

At some point during submissions there was a post along the lines of, the editors wouldn't mind seeing something with a little humor, so I sent them this. Just 50 words of jetsam (or is it flotsam now?) in The Flood. Thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social editors and all you do.

Only a few left! greyingghost.bigcartel.com/product/fain

My essay "Two Towns Over" is in the inaugural issue of the journal Thin Places. Check out the entire issue here: thin-places.org/2026/05/13/i...

Had me at “dangle of danger.”

The Shortlist: Back at it after a couple weeks of guest posts. It's a big list, with links to stories by eleven authors: Jon Fain @jonfain.bsky.social , Marcia Yudkin @marciayudkin.bsky.social and Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in Turn & Work (1/3)

NEW SHORT STORY: The Professor doesn’t believe in curses. He’s a reasonable man. He’s also very, very angry at Evan the Asshole. Read "Devil in the Drawer" by Jon Fain @jonfain.bsky.social now:

My 100 word micro published here by a discerning rat pack. Cheers, mates!

Happy to be part of the June Flood again after a few years away on higher ground. Have a micro accepted, "Gone, and All Forgotten," that will be bobbing on the chop.

My micro fiction “Late Show” is part of this issue. Thanks Betty to you and others for including me.

This is the third time my story "From the Deep" has been published (previously 2003, 2020). A timeless tale perhaps about what may or may not be love... thebookendsreview.com/2026/04/03/f...

Here you go then: theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/d...

Here's my story in Issue #42 of the excellent journal The Airgonaut. Pleased to be a part of it. heairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/daddy-larry-bear-has-left-the-building/

"He...wakened almost daily to the fear that time was a dry wind brushing away his youth and his strength, and slept through as many nightmares there were nights to dream." Somehow never knew about Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling until chancing upon a post by @frank212.bsky.social Thanks!

New Story jonahmagazine.com/category/jon...

Federal immigration agents in camo chase landscapers, students, and day laborers through U.S. cities in a deportation campaign, treating neighborhoods like war zones. Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.

My micro fiction "Wisdom Out," is up on the new(ish) site Hawkeye. A 250-worder featuring humor, heartache and family dynamics. Check it out: hawkeyemag.com/stories/wisd...

Many thanks to Cindy Rosmus for taking on my flash piece "White Goods" in Yellow Mama #113: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id3

Doesn't look like I'll get any noms this year...so might as well milk last year's Best of the Net one. www.feignlit.com/deck1/theone...

A remembrance of my parents, who later in life decided to buy and attempt to run a country inn in Maine. Thanks to Matt at Atlantic Northeast for taking it on. atlanticnortheastmag.com/wp-content/u...

My flash piece “Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)” has risen from the ashes, reprinted here. Inspired by my “helping” my grandfather as a kid way back when, when he built a fallout shelter on his farm. Many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the showcase!

My small contribution to Atomic Bomb Literature, "Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight)," will explode (again/reborn) tomorrow thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social !

The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls Tenement halls

Happy birthday to Jack Kirby.

New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out: #FlashFiction #ShortStory www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...

A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family. My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection. www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...

“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.” The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample. universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...

“Indivisible,” a short memoir piece, is part of the new anthology from Universal Table and Wising Up Press, “Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude.” The beginning of “Indivisible” is included in the LOOK INSIDE sample. universaltable.org/blank-2/livi...

A matter-of-fact dystopia piece that I can't get out of my head since reading it a few hours ago. Really nice craft from @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social And in one of the best of the OG lit sites still out there doing it.

"You balance loving people and hating people in a really nice way." Good story, Jeff. Nice to see Mr. ChonChon and Mr. BullBull joining forces.

Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."

Happy to have brought "Heavily Ever After" to this potluck, a story about a honeymoon meal gone awry in the Italian West Indies, and to host @dryan.bsky.social for giving it a place "at table."

A Hollywood location manager goes to a place he thought he'd never see again - his hometown - to deal with unpleasant memories and the complex needs of his estranged family. My story "Uprooted," out today in this story collection. www.amazon.com/Running-Pres...

New flash fiction in Reverie Magazine Issue #4, just out: #FlashFiction #ShortStory www.reveriemag.org/issue-4-1/jo...

Big thanks to @suddenflash.bsky.social for posting this new 100-worder of mine: #Flashfiction #Microfiction yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

A new 100-worder that no one else would touch, thanks to @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social

Yet Another Tiny Tale in Molecule: A Tiny Lit Mag, Issue 12. Scroll down to page 12 because it's "Harvest Time" #microfiction #flashfiction moleculetinylitmag.art.blog

A new micro fiction: fiftywordstories.com/2025/03/11/j...

I didn't take a crack at this theme. Here's someone who did and nailed it. Sumptuous Atrocities by Eric Richer punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/s... via @punk_magazine

New Micro Fiction a second appearance in recent months in Suddenly, and Without Warning @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social #flashfiction #microfiction www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com/ripe-old-age/

For the weekenders... a story of a Last Chance Guy. #flashfiction #shortstory www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...

New Story, "Tempus Skewered" #flashfiction #shortstory Check it out: www.bottlerocketlitmag.com/the-work/tem...