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You are going to love our new piece by @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social! Check out “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” lost-balloon.com/2026/09/23/h...

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I am so very pleased that this story found its home at @lostballoon.bsky.social. A huge thanks to @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and everyone there for publishing it, and to @smokelong.bsky.social for the workshop that brought it to life!

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You are going to love this new work by Annemarie Wilton! Check out “Harem the lost-balloon.com/2026/09/16/h...

You are going to love this new work by Annemarie Wilton! Check out “Harem the lost-balloon.com/2026/09/16/h...

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So pleased 'Imposter Mama' has been published with @lostballoon.bsky.social after making the Bridport Prize shortlist last year 🥰 Thanks to Chelsea and Madeline for giving it the perfect home, give it a read friends!!

“The song is in its death throes, Kylie throwing a dead girl’s name against an ending.” @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2026/08/12/m...

Another time round with this piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social - would love you to read it as I really loved writing it 🧡

“He is on her sticky-fingered, weaving into the finest wisps at her nape and yanking as he burrows, breathes deep, knees her in the bladder.” So Much sensory detail. So devastating. @erinbondo.com in @lostballoon.bsky.social 🧡💔😢

“He jerks up like a rabbit perked on her scent, but only to reveal an impish beam, clutch up handfuls of T-shirt and bra straps, lean back like a daredevil.” Such palpable panic & complexity in this fantastic story by @erinbondo.com in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2026/09/09/i...

We have a great new piece today from @erinbondo.com! Check out “Imposter Mama.” lost-balloon.com/2026/09/09/i...

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You are going to love this new piece of flash fiction from Lorette C. Luzajic! Check out “Truth or Dare.” lost-balloon.com/2026/09/02/t...

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Friends, I took a musical poser and wrote a 💔🏳️‍🌈🥂☠️ story about it and a total bucket list journal @lostballoon.bsky.social took it and I’m so stoked. It features karipap, Thai Song (what do you mean you’ve never tried it) and Richard Marx. Can u pls read it? Tx lost-balloon.com/category/fla...

'I went along with you, my heart hammering the whole time because I’d never have forgiven myself if something happened to you.' A layered beauty by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2026/08/12/m...

Well that’s a kind thing for you to say! I do indeed have new work out! A flash in @lostballoon.bsky.social that you might have beta read, and a poem in abundance! lost-balloon.com

We have a great new piece today from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social! Check out “Murder Ballad.” lost-balloon.com/2026/08/12/m...

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Another terrific one from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social this time. About free karate lessons, holding down work, anger management Benny is a great character and a brilliant ending Counting to Ten in Japanese

Wow! This one lands hard! Brilliant @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

A great one by the great @marioaliberto3.bsky.social

Hey #flashlit and #flashfiction people! @lostballoon.bsky.social is open through August 7! Submit here: lost-balloon.com/submit/ (cc @chillsubs.bsky.social)

We have a gorgeous new piece of nonfiction today from Heather Emmanuel! Check out “to unfold.” lost-balloon.com/2026/07/29/t...

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We have a great new piece today from Joshua Gottlieb-Miller! Check out “When a Fire Breaks Out…” lost-balloon.com/2026/07/22/w...

Do you like stories with Karate? How about terrible managers and terrible fathers? Check this out today in @lostballoon.bsky.social 👇👇👇

“Sensei is Japanese for ‘good father.’ He thinks. He’s not sure. But he’s probably right.”

Beautiful piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social from @cwtellstales.bsky.social.

Great piece from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social!

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You are going to love our new story by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social! Check out “Counting to Ten in Japanese.” lost-balloon.com/2026/07/15/c...

Don't sleep on this. Beautiful piece by @cwtellstales.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social 10/10 would recommend

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Huge thanks to @chelsvoulgares.bsky.social and the @lostballoon.bsky.social team for giving this piece the perfect home! This story was born in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop 🙂

"One child said Charlotte must have gone away in a spaceship like Uhura. One said she had gotten married to Spock." I love this brilliant piece of writing by @cwtellstales.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social 💙💙💙 lost-balloon.com/2026/07/08/u...

We have a great new story today from @cwtellstales.bsky.social! Check out “Uhura Among the Stars.” lost-balloon.com/2026/07/08/u...

Honored to have my story "The Ace of Teeth" on the @wigleaf.bsky.social long list. Thanks to the judges and the Wigleaf Team. And thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for publishing this. lost-balloon.com/2025/06/18/t...

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

Congratulations to everyone on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and longlist and a special shoutout to @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, Nicole Desjardins Gowdy, and Carol M. Quinn for their Lost Balloon pieces. And an extra special hurrah for our Assistant Editor @madelineanthes.bsky.social!

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"She tells herself this is the cycle of life." I love this piece of writing by @francinewitte.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social 💙💙💙

“Maybe he will love me again, she thinks. She wants to think. But a man is not a garden, a man is not a shoot.” @francinewitte.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2026/06/03/c...

Absolutely love this piece from Francine! @francinewitte.bsky.social

It’s true! We’re open for subs until the 7th!

It’s Wednesday! That means new work by return contributor @francinewitte.bsky.social! Check out “Cycle of Life.” lost-balloon.com/2026/06/03/c...

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