Writer, school nurse. Stories in SmokeLong Quarterly, Wild Roof Journal, Cincinnati Review+. Pushcart, Best Small Fictions & BotN noms. Editor @jmww. Sucker for a good barn.
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Lisa Thornton
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Thanks to the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social editors for publishing “Lifetime.” Psyched to be in the flood! 🙏 🌊
Here’s my list flash in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social! Happy flash flood and happy pride everyone! 🌊🌊🌊🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🧡🧡🧡
Lisa Thornton
In honor of David Hockney, RIP, the most David Hockney picture I’ve ever made
Follow @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for a 24-hour flood of tiny stories on Saturday, June 13 and a write-in with prompts! My story "Lifetime" will appear at 9:25 Central Time/15:25 BST 🌊 🛟
"It wasn’t when you discovered she’d lured you with candy, that her gingerbread house was a trick."
Oof, @dehardy.bsky.social in #nffd2026
Sumitra Singam
"We share each new discovery – monarch butterfly, chipmunk, thistles dozing in the sun – the ordinary turned astonishing. How could we not have noticed before?"
@bsherm36.bsky.social in #nffd2026 💛 🌳
I apologize to those of you who did not follow me for up to the minute central Illinois weather updates
The rain washed a robin’s egg from the gutter. The river is almost up to the bridge. Neighbors are returning wind blown lawn chairs and inflatables to each other’s back porches.
🎉Submissions are open at One Story until we reach our cap of 2000. Send us your short stories! For details on how & what to submit visit bit.ly/3GVpudM
Lisa Thornton
Calling all writers! Try your hand at writing to images with our ekphrastic challenge for issue #42.
Choose one of the photos below by NFFR fiction & photography editor Louella Lester and write a story (500 words max).
We'll be open for subs 15-31 July.
Our guidelines: newflashfiction.com/submit/
