San Francisco Bay Area writer and educator. Flash fiction and cnf in SmokeLong, Bending Genres, Atlas and Alice, The Forge, Ghost Parachute, Craft & elsewhere.Poetry in journals such as New Ohio Review, Plume, Hunger Mountain and Cincinnati R. (she/her)https://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mkktcixw322eExcited to be on the short list! So many terrific titles. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkktcixw322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mkjudyd4wk2eSmokeLong on the Road-West Coast! Amazing time hosting @christopherallen.bsky.social at Santa Clara University for a terrific reading from him (& @dawnsteffler.bsky.social& @kimmagowan.bsky.social) I read, too,& we had plenty of elevator fun with other Bay Area flash writers before dinner.28 Apr 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjudyd4wk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mkes3ds4hk27"“Ten and out,” I whisper, spitting a shard of enamel. The only words I’ve spoken in the two hours since Seungha tried to bash my head in." Riveting cyber-noir & terrific voice @mynachang.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social https://flashfictiononline.com/issues/april-2026/#ten-and-out #flashfiction26 Apr 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkes3ds4hk27https://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mkau3j74gc2bHappy to be on this list. The titles are amazing! A few are their own tiny stories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkau3j74gc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mk6khjnyrs2bFISH KNOCKING ON A DOOR: I read an amazing flash or micro a while back. Ecofiction, with a fish knocking on a door, needing help, and the person repeatedly slamming the door. Does anybody have a link to that story or know the title?23 Apr 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6khjnyrs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjxmgyxi7s2oFolks in the Bay Area or near Monterey, we'd love to see you at the Smokelong on the Road @smokelong.bsky.social event at Santa Clara University: Sunday, April 26, 3:30-5:00 pm in the St. Clare Room, the Learning Commons. #flashfiction #writingcommuniy20 Apr 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxmgyxi7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjrt54g4ys2c"He ends the call, sees Lizzie. 'That kids’ birthday party inside? I bailed. I get… panicky.' His eyes, like the eyes of all clowns, contain misery." So weirdly wonderful! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @bulbregion.bsky.social https://bulbregion.com/Earth-Wind-Fire-by-Patricia-Q-Bidar18 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrt54g4ys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjrpw4n3622c"The stranger, a pregnant old women, interrupts us in the garden. We girls and women are harvesting our light tulips, a crucial job." Thrilled to have "Goat Seasons" in the gorgeous ekphrastic @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social I hope you'll read it! www.hotchpotchliteratureandart.com/issues https://www.hotchpotchliteratureandart.com/issues18 Apr 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrpw4n3622chttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjqrkd6q2k2c"I dream of a snout growing out of my face, long with a wet nose, the perfect size for Lisa to wrap a hand around & it’s Lisa who makes me shiver & shake like I’m flinging water out of my coat" Dazzling micro @aniking.bsky.social @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/puppy/ https://bendinggenres.com/puppy/18 Apr 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqrkd6q2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjpbdy4ee22iSo grateful to have "Girl Locks" appear in Best Small Fictions 2025 from @altcurrent.bsky.social. Huge thanks to editors Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, & Michelle Elvy for choosing it & to @splitlipthemag.bsky.social @maureenlangloss.bsky.social for nominating it.17 Apr 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpbdy4ee22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjp6fec33s2c"Your hand, a zebra against the setting sun and the venetians, stampeding as always." Love this lyrical, chilling micro @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/game-night/ https://gooseberry-pie.com/game-night/17 Apr 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp6fec33s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjl2bvfga22x"wondering if you’re scared because you’re perfectly still, wide-eyed, and we were just two kids out exploring the neighborhood; wondering if you smelled honeysuckle or the musky stranger; wondering why you don’t talk to me after" Incredibly powerful CNF @chiphouser.bsky.social & beautifully read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl2bvfga22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjj3di4yak2x"You wield your girl like a knife, cutting across the dance floor, swaying so close I could reach out to scratch her face with my jagged nails." What a stunner @lmbayley.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social https://fictivedream.com/2026/04/10/water-under/15 Apr 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjj3di4yak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjj34v3xks2x"The four-legged, the six-legged, the eight-legged, the winged ones, the crawlers, oh my uncles, oh my brethren, come. All that day we chanted, but they were hiding from us, watching." Powerful micro @fictivedream.bsky.social @livimichael.bsky.social https://fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/micromonday-52/15 Apr 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjj34v3xks2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjgkka5swk22"woman with a depleted bank account who can’t stop ordering seed and suet balls and pink slabs of seed-studded suet and mealworms and new types of feeder tube or dish or guard." Love this @francesgapper.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/shes https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/shes14 Apr 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgkka5swk22https://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjgjampjks22"There are three casserole dishes, each with a dish towel in the bottom, and inside, lined up like gnocchi, are babies. Dozens of tiny babies." Wow, stunning story @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social https://flight-literary.ghost.io/emily-rinkema-fiction/14 Apr 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgjampjks22https://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mjaeh7wa7c2h"This OB couldn’t guarantee what level of brain development was even possible, was the gist. Well, the main thing we heard was all the crying. Hers plaintive, his ragged." 4 stunning micros @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social https://flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/patricia-q-bidar-reckless-habits/11 Apr 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjaeh7wa7c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3mixcong6fs2f"the serving plates dipped with egg- shaped emptinesses / how they make me question God / chickens / other objects and emotional states in the universe / in myself / that are yellow and vibrant" 3 stunning hybrid micros @maureenlangloss.bsky.social https://rubyliterarypress.com/259-2/issue-seven-food-stories/#maureen-langloss08 Apr 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixcong6fs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3miw2m4ue522f"Boys, you may be called upon to Fight For Our Country."... I tell the bees that the word was may but his stinging nettle eyes said will.One of the bees lands on my cheek and walks across my mouth, tiny claws tickling." Stunning @sagetyrtle.bsky.social https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tyrtle/bees-bees-youre-invited-to-my-funeral07 Apr 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw2m4ue522fhttps://bsky.app/profile/claudiamonpere.bsky.social/post/3miuej33z722f"'Sorry, aliens,' I say, lifting the toilet seat. 'Ben’s not feeling well. Time to climb up now, and off you go to yours.' The aliens spring out, clamber up the tiles, stencilling them with sticky tentacle prints." Amazing story @quickasaflash.bsky.social https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/gill-ohalloran06 Apr 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:ctil644zbz2rdbot3khy4bzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuej33z722f