Best Small Fictions 2025

Thread, by Mikki Aronoff
https://www.themackinaw.net/mikki-aronoff.html

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Tokyo Panorama Suite, by Cassandra Atherton
https://www.themackinaw.net/cassandra-atherton.html

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Name Your World, by Christine H. Chen
https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html

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Midnight in the Backyard of Lust and Longing, by Alexis Rhone Fancher
https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html

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The Bag Dance, by Richard Garcia
https://www.themackinaw.net/richard-garcia.html
 
 

Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominations

How to Create a Family Myth, by Luanne Castle
https://www.themackinaw.net/luanne-castle.html

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The Weight on Her Shoulders, by Christine H. Chen
https://www.themackinaw.net/christine-h-chen.html

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My America, by Carrie Etter
https://www.themackinaw.net/carrie-etter.html

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The Awful Roaring Toward God, by Marc Frazier
https://www.themackinaw.net/marc-frazier.html

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Don’t Stop My Bleeding, by Jeffrey Allen Tobin
https://www.themackinaw.net/jeffery-allen-tobin.html

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Can You Name the Colours of a Black Hole? by Jonathan Yungkans
https://www.themackinaw.net/jonathan-yungkans.html

​Best Microfictions 2025 Nominations

Summer Days, by Nin Andrews
https://www.themackinaw.net/nin-andrews.html

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I Mention the Deer, by Tina Barry
https://www.themackinaw.net/tina-barry.html

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Jim, by Roy Beckemeyer
https://www.themackinaw.net/roy-j-beckemeyer.html

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Cruel Choices, Alexis Rhone Fancher
https://www.themackinaw.net/alexis-rhone-fancher.html

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Where Did You Go? by Francine Witte
https://www.themackinaw.net/francine-witte.html

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Best of the Net 2025 Nominations

I Remember Rather Vividly, by Saad Ali
https://www.themackinaw.net/saad-ali.html

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peering through mountains, by Julie Breathnach-Banwait
https://www.themackinaw.net/julie-breathnach-banwait.html

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Signs of Healing, by Suzanna C. de Baca
https://www.themackinaw.net/suzanna-c-de-baca.html

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Indigo Spy Above Spain, by Linda Nemec Foster
https://www.themackinaw.net/linda-nemec-foster.html

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The Last Book in the Misremembered Library, by Oz Hardwick
https://www.themackinaw.net/oz-hardwick.html

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With Dylan in Ithaca, by Arya F. Jenkins
https://www.themackinaw.net/arya-f-jenkins.html

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Maybe You Want to Be Gone, by Michael C. Keith
https://www.themackinaw.net/michael-c-keith.html

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Anticipatory Loss, by Joseph Kerschbaum
https://www.themackinaw.net/joseph-kerschbaum.html