pushcart and best microfiction nominated writer | recent stories: ghost parachute| cleaver| BULL | your impossible voice | new chapbook: http://InRareCases.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mdzy7rfrvk2sI so admire this brilliant judicial piece of writing (flash-length). In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/03/books/judge-ruling-liam-conejo-ramos-analysis.html?smid=bs-share04 Feb 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzy7rfrvk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mdncfrjupk2sI’m so happy to have my story “Gotta Run” selected for the forthcoming Ghost Parachute” anthology. Big thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social and team for including and honored to be among so many of my favorites! http://ghostparachute.com/issue/january-2025-issue/gotta-run/30 Jan 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdncfrjupk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3md6du23xu224A beauty of a story here… captures so well that inflection point before college. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6du23xu224https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3md55ysnnzk2uExcited and honored to have a story on this #longlist! And congratulations to all who published something out of these great workshops. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3md55ysnnzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mckwkfzb2c2yI have published one story using anadiplosis and can say it’s incredibly challenging to make it feel both fluid and meaningful. This micro does it so well! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckwkfzb2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mcj3r4fptc26“Your smooth teeth sinking into my flesh”. Now this one is visceral and so good by @robinzlotnick.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcj3r4fptc26https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mcf62xj3ms2r“Trees have to rehearse being quiet…”. Wow. What a gorgeous prose poetry micro. @jmckane.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcf62xj3ms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mcdleep5mk26😂 what’s that rule of comedy where you keep upping the ante?? This one does so brilliantly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdleep5mk26https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mca3yimkx222Love this by @melissafitz.bsky.social So much beauty in the desolation here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca3yimkx222https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mca3tpqc7k22@mattkendrick always curates such helpful content. Glad to have contributed to this one but also happy to take inspiration from all the other great contributors! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca3tpqc7k22https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mbh6x2odsk2wWhat a list of awesome writers. Impressive how many great stories came out of these workshops. Happy to have one on here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh6x2odsk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mbfa5r6trs26Check out my story “May I have this…” in the latest issue of #FlashFrontier. Big thanks to Michelle and the whole team there. #flashfiction #microfiction #dance #celebrity #amwriting https://flashfrontier.com/december-2025-dance-nga-kanikani/01 Jan 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbfa5r6trs26https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3mbcy7yw2fc2mDidn't want to end 2025 without giving huge thanks to the editors who published my work in 2025 including: @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social @blinkink50.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social31 Dec 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcy7yw2fc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3matljdk4ks2yFeliz Navidad!25 Dec 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3matljdk4ks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3madrj7atwk2eGot a late December acceptance from one of my favorite flash journals! A great Friday morning surprise.19 Dec 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3madrj7atwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3ma7o2f5lfs2eThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care… a.co/d/eUMFxRz17 Dec 2025 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7o2f5lfs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3m73xmkyivs26Just bought a Grace Paley collection from this awesome book boat anchored in a London canal. @wordonthewater #shortstories #flashfiction #amwriting03 Dec 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73xmkyivs26https://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3m4ilp4ppu22nThank you @therelphian.bsky.social and @trashcatlit.bsky.social and congratulations to all! Love this trash family. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ilp4ppu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3m475bjalus2oSo honored and excited to receive my second #Pushcart nomination! And grateful to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support of my story. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m475bjalus2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3m3uv5pmgdk2cExcited to share that my second chapbook “Man’s Best Friends” was published this week: a.co/d/6jUlAjs This #flashfiction collection “digs into the strange, tender, and sometimes absurd ways people and animals collide.” I’ll be donating all my proceeds to the ASPCA. I hope you’ll check it out!23 Oct 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uv5pmgdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3lzghfvhv5k2nThanks so much for sharing @therelphian.bsky.social ! Wonderful to be part of the @trashcatlit.bsky.social family. #ekphrastic #flashfiction. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzghfvhv5k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3lyarldbwas2tI have a new story up @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social. Thanks to the team there and to @sfreligh.bsky.social for the Hopperroebics inspiration! www.ekphrastic.net https://www.ekphrastic.net/07 Sep 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyarldbwas2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3ly4zr7v7zc2mGuess I need to check my socials more often. Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4zr7v7zc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3lvw6kxfxws2klooking for places to submit spooky, #ghost, thriller #flashfiction. I'm assuming magazines would be looking right about now but not sure where to send. Any thoughts? #feedback08 Aug 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvw6kxfxws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3lvtmcbs7ak2qI call this “the bee and the thistle”. #nature #gardens #bees #maine #flashfiction07 Aug 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtmcbs7ak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbigs.bsky.social/post/3ltwhctn2fk2bHappy to have my micro "Seeking Companionship" up at 101words. This was one of my favorites from the @smokelong.bsky.social marchmicro session. #microfiction #flashfiction #seekingcompanionship #parakeet https://101words.org/seeking-companionship/14 Jul 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:ukqpr3eacw6hfb4twel3y44o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwhctn2fk2b