a triple acceptance!

I'm hardly sending anything out, and I'm thrilled to get an acceptance of three flash at once, and from NEW WORLD WRITING QUARTERLY, a really good magazine founded by Frederick Barthelme. They published one of my favorite recent stories ("The Blue-Haired Woman on the Polish Freighter"), and rejected a number of submissions since then. On their "About" page they list a daunting number of famous writers they've published over the years, and even their recent publications since they went online are stellar (recent online writers have included Bob Hicok, Dorianne Laux, Christine Sneed, Brad Watson, Lori Ostlund, Mary Grimm, Floyd Skloot, George Saunders, Pamela Painter, Ann Beattie, Thaisa Frank, Bobbie Ann Mason,… I'll stop.) My friend Dawn Tasaka Steffler published three flash there today, so they must be starting to publish sets of three. (I love Dawn's work.)  As I scroll through the column of publications, I see  lots of friends, which is exciting. I'm honored to join their ranks.

​I don't think they have covers? But here's something Kim Chinquee (one of the editors) posted for Winter 2026, so maybe they do.

Just had coffee with Patricia Bidar, who showed me the new Ghost Parachute anthology, which is available for purchase at Bookshop.org here. I have one of the 175 flash. So does she, and lots of friends.