KGarrison

KGarrison

@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

Hiking Enthusiast|| Writer of Poetry and Prose 🦔|| Freelance Chef and Baker|| Best Microfiction Nominee|| Words in Superlative Literary Journal, Baubles from Bones, WordFire Press, Utopia SF Mag, HAD. Forthcoming with dodo eraser, Dishsoap Quarterly.||

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KGarrison
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Pretty excited about this one. One of my favourite stories has finally found a home after so many rejections and is appearing in this issue.

Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social

Short fiction ~ A.M. ~ Amy Leacy ~ Arielle Arbushites (CNF) @writingthewayhome.bsky.social ~ Brooksie C. Fontaine @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social ~ Christopher Moore ~ Elizabeth Cook ~ Gordon Brown ~ Jo Wozencroft ~ John Storey ~ Julie Balloo ~ Katherine Garrison @katherinegarrison.bsky.social ~

KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

It’s a two publication kind of day! Thrilled to have a story up in dodo eraser today. A super fun little publication. Shout out to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for providing the prompts in their pop up contest that inspired this one! dodoeraser.org/2026/10/19/t...

dodoeraser.orgThis is Not a Supervillain Origin Story, but It Could BeIt’s not every day someone swallows their one-thousandth bomb but here I am surrounded by the chatter from officials invited to see it. The flash of press cameras flickers across the lawn from wher…
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

The #alpinefellowship is one of the first places I ever submitted to back when I started this writing journey. I was delightfully surprised and am beyond excited to have made the writing prize shortlist this year with a story that originated in a @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness workshop. 🎉✨🥲

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Lucy Berbeo
@lucypaulina.bsky.social

“When I turned thirty-five, I wrote back to say that I was freaking out. Nothing was going as planned.” With a dreamy cadence, this gorgeous piece by Ariele Le Grand in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social feels like remembering. #archivechallenge @smokelong.bsky.social splitlipthemag.com/flash/0821/a...

splitlipthemag.comThe Lines You Cross — Split Lip MagazineI was in my twenties, wandering through downtown Philly in a tight skirt and tall boots. I had a baggie in my sock. The guy at the door didn’t check my purse after all. Just glanced at my ID and waved...

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Jaime Gill
@jaimegill.bsky.social

I’m so smart for choosing @fictivedream.bsky.social as my @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge. So many jewels. I loved this title but the story is even better. None of the modish verbs, voice, and vibes rubbish. Real story. Restrained telling. Massive impact fictivedream.com/2024/02/23/a...

fictivedream.comA Stupid Rubber Dinosaurby Alison Wassell YOU ONLY HOLD my hand to cross the road when I say I’ll tell Mum if you don’t. The second your scuffed school shoe hits the opposite kerb you wriggle free and stride ahead with t-…

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Emorra (EM-er-uh)
@wordsfromemorra.bsky.social

Want to read "a tense domestic story about ambition, trust, marriage, and the seductive power of believing in something too good to be true"? I got you! My third place story "Silver Dollars for Silver Tongues" in Jitney's inaugural competition is out. Read it here: jitneybooks.com/silver-dolla...

jitneybooks.com“Silver Dollars for Silver Tongues” by Emorra Oteca: 3rd Place Winner New Voices ContestWe are very pleased to announce the third place winner of our inaugural New Voices Short Fiction contest. “Silver Dollars for Silver Tongues” by Emorra Oteca
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

I'm so excited for the release and pleased to be a part of this anthology! The cover is gorgeous. 🤩

tiny wren lit@tinywrenlit.bsky.social

Cover reveal for our 4th anthology LIM[I]NAL with guest editor @jenniferabrowne.bsky.social. Get ready to spend some time in liminal spaces.

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Chad Frame
@probablysomeone.bsky.social

Very pleased to have my poem, "What You Remember from Statistics," up at Rattle today. There's a mistake in the link posted. This is the correct one: rattle.com/what-you-rem...

rattle.comWhat You Remember from Statistics by Chad Frame - Rattle: PoetryThe study of data and the properties of data and drawing conclusions from that data even though all you ever did was draw the man trying to teach you this in comics in the margins of your notebook
Rattle Poetry@rattlepoetry.bsky.social

Chad Frame from Rattle 92, Summer 2026 Read the full poem: Rattle.com/what-you-remember-from-statistics-by-chad-frams #poetry

KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

Coming in hot with a short story to read suggestion: ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/vivisectio... This one's weird in my favourite sort of way and I definitely got teary while reading it. @aaronburch.bsky.social @jbaumann035.bsky.social

ashortstorylong.substack.com“Vivisection” by Joe Baumann“On the morning of his mother’s death, Peter Glory wakes to find his heart floating halfway between him and the ceiling fan. He grunts, sits up, reaches out, and grabs it. The flesh is slick & warm…”
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

I know I’m late to sharing this but here’s my little Flash Flood story!

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

FlashFlood: 'How to Prevent a Breakdown' by Katherine Garrison #nffd2026

dlvr.it'How to Prevent a Breakdown' by Katherine GarrisonBarrelling down I-80 on the way to pick up your sister, you’re wondering if she’s going to give you shit about how you got arrested for punching a guy a few months ago. Her life always looks seamless. You don’t often get to see behind the facade until on this visit you make a spontaneous midnight McDonald’s run where she kicks your tires and says, they’re bald.  In the parking lot, shovelling fries into your mouths, you tell her I think the man I’m dating might be the one.  She likes how he treats you with respect. For a while she worried that she’d have to come home one year and prise you from the grasp of some asshole. You’d probably be able to punch someone like that out yourself, though.  You’re simultaneously offended and flattered.  She tells you, I’ve been worried about my sister-in-law dying and leaving behind her kids. The ‘all clear’ felt like deflation—in a good way. Why didn’t you tell me? She smiles faintly. What could you have done from 3000 miles away?  She’s right, the only time you’ve directly dealt with death was your grandma when you were ten. There’s nothing you could have done except listen. Obviously, she has other people that fulfil that need for her. You can’t help feeling a little jealous. You’ve always wanted to be closer. But maybe this, right here, right now, is closeness. Your strange brand of it.  We’ll get them changed tomorrow. You both laugh at how baldness of all things causes potential danger. Some kind of living on the edge. But you agree, and it prevents you from having any sort of breakdown, car or otherwise, on the side of I-80.  --- Katherine Garrison writes short fiction and poetry often exploring themes through nature, food, and the weird. Her work has appeared in foofaraw, Elegant Literature, Baubles from Bones, Superlative Literary Journal, Variety Pack, Wordfire Press, and January House Literary Journal. She was nominated for Best Microfiction 2026. Bluesky: @katherinegarrison.bsky.social  

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Rio Lombana
@riolombana.bsky.social

Thrilled to share my very short story "Everyone Drinks at Sunrise" published by @pseudopod.org today, alongside some other creepy tales. I especially love the host's commentary. Liberal guilt, it turns out, *is* delicious.

pseudopod.orgPseudoPod 1032: Flash on the Borderlands LXXVIII (78): Terraeque urbesque recedant“We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” “Again?” “Every damn time,” Kate said, running a hand through her hair. “Aren’t there supposed to be satellites checking the routes all day long?
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

Oh my gosh, this is wonderful! You should definitely read it. I love all the vivid description in it and the progression is so satisfying. Hard to believe this is a first publication, congrats Rae!

X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag.bsky.social

we have a story by Rae Callahan ! it's about working on a fishing boat at night, looking for bluefish. great details, great mood <3 this is also the author's first published story ! always a happy thing to involved with. read it ! xraylitmag.com/night-blues-...

xraylitmag.comNight Blues by Rae CallahanI had been told not to work night blues. There were about thirteen party boats lined up in Belmar then, and I loved every one of them. I had spent the summer with Garafano, scrubbing boats in port unt...
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

I was so busy yesterday that I forgot this was coming out! Super thrilled to have made it into the skull club for the first time with these three little things! 🥳💀

HAD@havehashad.com

3 great Katherine Garrison shories today! "It’s Monday morning and I’m weaving to avoid the frogs who are jumping across the road, spurred from their overwinter burrows by these warm rains—a sure sign of spring, and the melting of a blue-grey winter." https://www.havehashad.com/3ytzn

havehashad.comFrog Crossing by Katherine GarrisonFrog Crossing It’s Monday morning and I’m weaving to avoid the frogs who are jumping across the road, spurred from their overwinter burrows by these warm rains—a sure sign of spring, and the melting&hellip;
KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

I can’t recommend reading this story enough! It’s one of my favourites by @cuylermeade.bsky.social

Cuyler@cuylermeade.bsky.social

My copy of @bulletpoints.bsky.social Vol. 13 arrived today, featuring my flash scifi, "The Lost," about a stranded soldier inconceivably far from home. Lots of other incredible fiction too. QqAvailable to order soon, or online. I'll share the links when they're up.

KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

Ooo! This is fun, count me in!

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

It has begun! The Prompt Generator is now on until 6th April. Get your prompts and start percolating story ideas. Subs open on the 21st April. That's Trash Cat's prompted stories challenge - have a go! 🦝 Get prompted here: trashcatlit.com/prompted-pop... #submissioncalls #litsubmissions

KGarrison
@katherinegarrison.bsky.social

What a great piece of strange and relatable work. Absolutely love the characterization of King Kong. I particularly like the nod to Oscar Wilde. The end has a wonderful melancholic acquiescence to it that feels like a sigh. It made me want to be at breakfast with them.

HAD@havehashad.com

really wonderful tale today from Jeffrey Hermann "He climbs up the side of my building every night in the middle of the city and bellows about unrequited love. The poor beast." https://www.havehashad.com/zsgiv

havehashad.comSad King Kong by Jeffrey HermannHe climbs up the side of my building every night in the middle of the city and bellows about unrequited love. The poor beast. Sometimes I join him from my apartment. I lean out the window and bellow.&hellip;