Short fiction, CNF, lit mags.
Sharing writing I like — and some of my own.
Stan J Wild
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Brilliant place for a swift read and response time from @courtlandavenue.bsky.social
Issue 18 of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social is up for pre‑order.
My CNF, 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴, appears — humbly — alongside @felinecharpentier.bsky.social, Kirsty Loehr, and Sabrin Hasbun.
I’m very grateful to @andrewkenrick.bsky.social & @yinflim.bsky.social for the thoughtful editorial insight.
@hinterlandnf.bsky.social arrived—featuring a piece on my son’s diagnosis & battle.
Huge thanks to:
@greatormondst.bsky.social · @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social · @rainbowtrust.org.uk · @braintumourcharity.bsky.social and many more
Billy & Leon are doing great right now 💛
Great review in @igloomag.bsky.social of Tom Freegard’s (aka Memory Effect) Ritual Machines igloomag.com/reviews/memo...
We were youth workers together in Hackney, London, a decade ago!
And brilliant editorial by @ionamacduff.bsky.social with @andrewkenrick.bsky.social who were terrific to work with on my first piece of CNF
Just found this by @addisonzeller.bsky.social
via Bess Winter of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social interview…
It was worth it!
How the millennium bug made survivalism mainstream…
And read by Addison too.
Very pleased to see this for Tim and the team at @neonandsmoke.bsky.social - very generous editors and kind
Great too to see the latest www.neonandsmoke.com/maysmoke
Terrific stories from @dustintriplett.bsky.social, @michelehporter.bsky.social and others
Brilliant to see Parhelion, Hurrah! by @travisflatt.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Travis is a @smokelong.bsky.social Emerging Writer Fellow and always openhanded in his feedback
flash-frog.com/2026/05/04/p...
Brilliant by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social.
Terrific voice, as always.
The meerkat family is pitch perfect, even the step dad
Great start to @theberlinreview.bsky.social’s issue today with Therapy Dog by James Keith Smith
Look forward to reading the rest
theberlinliteraryreview.com/april-2026/
Stan J Wild
Three knocks at the gate. I look at my son, Tristan, and whisper, “Think it’s safe?” “That’s the signal,” he says. “Then see who it is.” He slides the couch cushion open, allowing in some living ro…
