Stories: The Sun, Threepenny Review, West Branch, TriQuarterly, Wigleaf, Baltimore Review, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fic, Cutleaf. Soon: Prairie Schooner
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22 Aug 2023
Thrilled to see my story, "Horns," in the latest issue of The Threepenny Review!
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I have a new piece up @Sunlight_Press today! It's a little under 1,000 words - I'd love for you to read it!
Matt Barrett shares his flash fiction, "Mama G's," on Sunlight today.
bit.ly/4wdC7Z1
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Matt Barrett retweeted
Cozy up with the Loneliness issue.
Now available: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issu…
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Apr 1
The April issue of @PitheadChapel! I really love this one.
Our April Issue is live!
pitheadchapel.com/2026/04/01…
cover art: SERGE LECOMTE
Words:
MEGHAN PROULX
MATT BARRETT @MBarrettWriter
JENNA CROWDER
ERIK KLASS
TRACIE ADAMS @1funnyfarmAdams
SHERI VENEMA
HANNAH AHN
RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD
CHOISELLE JOSEPH
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My story in @PitheadChapel took me years to write, despite knowing I wanted to write it just after my first child was born. It was hard to pay tribute to a dog I loved so much until I turned him into fiction, and I hope I did him justice: pitheadchapel.com/explaining…
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Matt Barrett retweeted
Our April Issue is live!
pitheadchapel.com/2026/04/01…
cover art: SERGE LECOMTE
Words:
MEGHAN PROULX
MATT BARRETT @MBarrettWriter
JENNA CROWDER
ERIK KLASS
TRACIE ADAMS @1funnyfarmAdams
SHERI VENEMA
HANNAH AHN
RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD
CHOISELLE JOSEPH
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Thank you so much to the editors of @TheSchooner for including my story, "The Long Save," in their latest issue! This was the most fun I've ever had writing a piece. I can't wait to read the other stories!
The Loneliness Issue is here! Our Spring 2026 issue is now shipping. See the full table of contents, read excerpts from the issue, and order your own copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issu…
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Feb 13
What do you do when you forget to put money under your six-year-old's pillow after he loses a tooth?
Kind of feel badly throwing the Tooth Fairy under the bus.
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Matt Barrett retweeted
The February 2026 issue is here! Cover illustrated by @GirlGoneQuiet. tinyurl.com/yz54jnyb
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Thrilled to have a story in @GhostParachute! The first draft was about 500 words - but when I cut it in half, that's when I found the magic.
Read "The Great Frontier" written by @MBarrettWriter and illustrated by @brettjbarr666. tinyurl.com/4j8n5arn
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Just sent out a submission after reading it 1,000 times, only to realize I'd misspelled the main character's name in the very first paragraph.
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Dog in the sun reading my latest story in The Sun Magazine. Deeply grateful to the editors for including another story of mine in one of the greatest publications on earth ❤️❤️ thesunmagazine.org/articles/…
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14 Nov 2025
Congratulations to our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest Long List Nominees! Stay tuned on Monday for our winner!
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30 Oct 2025
I have a micro in @FracturedLit today! Thank you so much to the editors for picking up, "First, They Fall": fracturedlit.com/first-they-…
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2 Oct 2025
Grateful to @cutleafjournal for publishing my essay, "The Reunion" today! It was inspired by walks with my son on the Gettysburg battlefield and the impossible task of teaching a 5 year old about good and bad. cutleafjournal.com/content/t…
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Matt Barrett retweeted
3 Aug 2025
So happy to come across & read this story @MBarrettWriter in @TheSunMagazine
Just the kind of story that delights me--clean, heartwarming, beautifully told! Highly recommend!
Congratulations again, Matt! Look forward to reading more from you!
1 Aug 2025
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out! thesunmagazine.org/articles/…
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Matt Barrett retweeted
3 Aug 2025
This is a wonderful story.
1 Aug 2025
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out! thesunmagazine.org/articles/…
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1 Aug 2025
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out! thesunmagazine.org/articles/…
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Matt Barrett retweeted
5 Apr 2025
Huge thank you to our Blue Frog Guest Artist @JiksunCheung!! Each of these three pieces is absolutely stunning! 🙏🏼💙
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31 Mar 2025
"Most of us understood—we had wanted to fly away at some point too, but my niece was the only one who had the balls to try and now had the broken bones to prove it." Wow, @kyleisamu! An amazing read and a truly worthy winner!
31 Mar 2025
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
🥇THE BLUE FROG 1ST PLACE WINNER!🥇
“Materials Needed” by @kyleisamu is now up!
Art by @JiksunCheung
flash-frog.com/2025/03/31/ma…
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