Sumitra Singam

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “My Wife Wanted a Ghost” by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social is now up! Art by Adam Barmore flash-frog.com/2026/10/26/m...

flash-frog.comMy Wife Wanted a Ghost by Elizabeth RosenMy wife wanted a ghost, so I became one. At night, when her fingertips tick deep in dreaming, I pull the blankets slowly, deliberately out from the bottom of the bed and uncover her sleeping body u…

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

Friends, I’m so excited & proud to say: I have a spicy flash fiction in The Rumpus! 🥰 It’s got outdoor sex office loneliness a bevy of f-bombs 🍻🥳📚🌼✨ Enjoy & share widely pls! 🪴 therumpus.net/2026/10/23/f...

ALOCASIA@alocasiamag.bsky.social

ALOCASIA #21 is here w/ more queer planty writing as fall goes fallow and we begin to refreeze w/ Chella Courington, Tyler Lemley, Shon Mapp, Lawrence Schimel, Chloe Lim, Jax NTP, Kite Marsh, Cassandra Urquhart, Sumitra Singam, and Mary Beth Becker ALOCASIA.org

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Folks, have a new breathless piece born in @smokelong.bsky.social summer up at @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social thanks to my group mates for critique, and to you for reading 🧡🙏🏽🎣 www.issues.righthandpointing.net/165

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Folks, have a new breathless piece born in @smokelong.bsky.social summer up at @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social thanks to my group mates for critique, and to you for reading 🧡🙏🏽🎣 www.issues.righthandpointing.net/165

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Folks, have a new breathless piece born in @smokelong.bsky.social summer up at @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social thanks to my group mates for critique, and to you for reading 🧡🙏🏽🎣 www.issues.righthandpointing.net/165

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Folks, have a new breathless piece born in @smokelong.bsky.social summer up at @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social thanks to my group mates for critique, and to you for reading 🧡🙏🏽🎣 www.issues.righthandpointing.net/165

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Folks, have a new breathless piece born in @smokelong.bsky.social summer up at @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social thanks to my group mates for critique, and to you for reading 🧡🙏🏽🎣 www.issues.righthandpointing.net/165

serrey.bsky.social@serrey.bsky.social

chuffed to bits to be on this list. Thank you, Cleaver magazine, and congratulations to wonderful fellow nominees

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social

*ahem* 1,911 posts. 1,342 writers. 5 years. Issue #100 live now. Give your grandma her lucky number before she heads to the bingo hall, yes? www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

trashcatlit.comMaybe There is Nothing That I Can DoSumitra Singam Listen to Sumitra read her prose poem The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on over the speakers and they remember studying…

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

Our very first prose poetry issue is NOW LIVE 🦝 Twenty absolute stunners for you to savour. Huge thanks to Jude Potts @judepickledplum.bsky.social for her reading assistance. We'll start highlighting these beauts soon. For now, grab a brew and lose yourself 💜 trashcatlit.com/prose-poetry... 1/2

trashcatlit.comProse Poetry, September 2026We have twenty beautiful pieces in this, our first issue of prose poetry. Inspired by a very special raccoon, Jimothy, the theme was a celebration of tenacity and difference. Click on the images to…

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

Our very first prose poetry issue is NOW LIVE 🦝 Twenty absolute stunners for you to savour. Huge thanks to Jude Potts @judepickledplum.bsky.social for her reading assistance. We'll start highlighting these beauts soon. For now, grab a brew and lose yourself 💜 trashcatlit.com/prose-poetry... 1/2

trashcatlit.comProse Poetry, September 2026We have twenty beautiful pieces in this, our first issue of prose poetry. Inspired by a very special raccoon, Jimothy, the theme was a celebration of tenacity and difference. Click on the images to…

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social

This is coming up in a couple of weeks. Still time to join if you want to spend 90 minutes with me thinking about classic time, summary time, slowed time, memory time, dream time, fantasy time and how to use them all in your writing to create the most evocative effect.

Kathryn Reese@kathrynreese.bsky.social

Honoured to have my piece “The tale of a dining table as told to itself” nominated for Best of the Net 💚 You can read it here: www.claudineliterary.com/kathrynreese

claudineliterary.comKathryn Reese | The tale of the dining table as told to itself

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

A triple tease for our prose poetry issue 🦝 Sandrina Dorigo @sandrinado.bsky.social encourages us to stay hopeful when we're lost @justinkarcher.bsky.social explores his MCs addiction and longing on a strange day in the neighbourhood Liz Steale gives us work challenges from a very unexpected POV

Lisa Thornton@thorntonforreal.bsky.social

Why? some people have asked. Why did you write a book? I don't know the answer yet but I will try to by 8pm NYC time, Thurs, Sept 24 when you can hear excerpts from "We'll Be Birds" and readings by the six incredible authors listed below ⬇️ Join us? www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

More teasings for our first prose poem issue, coming Monday 🦝 @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a vast fragment of love in one piece, and the sea, senses, & structure in her second 💜 Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social gives us relatable pain, momentum and acceptance in the yoga studio 💜

Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖@nomad-sw18.bsky.social

"After writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence." Thank you 101 Words for publishing my little tale. And to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for shortlisting it. share.google/UG5gWq61eKuu...

share.googleTheir Time Is Not My Time - 101 WordsAfter writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence. After windows weep and black bins swallow unwa...

New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social

Don't be fooled by the optimism in that title, @sagreene1.bsky.social is about to take you on a dark and splendid journey... "To be fair Miss Kozlowski’s lovely smile had been skillfully preserved by whoever did the head." newflashfiction.com/springtime-i...

newflashfiction.comSpringtime In Happyland by S.A. Greene | Issue #42Winter had been brutal and we didn’t venture outside, but now the cherry trees were blossoming and the air was soft and hopeful, and the heads appearing above garden gates and mailboxes were smiling u...

New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social

"I’d sashay in, like I used to when I was fifteen & ask in my huskiest voice for a waterbed repair kit. I’d make sure to look up at the security camera, give a sassy wave." @stillsquirrel.bsky.social deftly weaves in Moxley's Rentals, young love & a runaway bride newflashfiction.com/adam-stuart-...

newflashfiction.comAdam Stuart Moxley Was the Love of My Life by Anika Carpenter | Issue #42When Alfie asked where I wanted to go on honeymoon I told him Winnipeg, said I wanted to French kiss in front of Manitoba Museum’s plesiosaur fossil. I lied.

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Sandrina says you should read my poems. She’s ace. Listen to her. www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

sandrinado.bsky.social@sandrinado.bsky.social

Read these poems. You won’t regret it💥

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So apparently I write poems now and here are three that Jagged Edge very kindly took. The line breaks (I’m a bit chuffed with them) work best on desktop. I also like “Where is the slip inside you that allows an ugly man in” hope you do too 🧡 www.jaggededge.org/read/three-p...

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social

2/2 More of our prose poetry contributors @justinkarcher.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social Olivia O'Toole, @words-outwest.bsky.social @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social Sushanth Shyamasundar, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social Liz Steale

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social

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

lost-balloon.comImposter Mama by Erin Bondo“Mama!” 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. She is frozen – unable to react, to hold him clos…

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social

I'm so grateful to the team at @fracturedlit.bsky.social that they accepted and published another one of my tiny stories. 😊❤️ It's called "Mothers Bake Pogácsas" and it's here: fracturedlit.com/mothers-bake...