Christina Tudor
Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more
www.christinatudor.com
- Reposted by Christina TudorThanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social and his @welkinprize.bsky.social for making January a little less "pigsty" (see his latest newlestter) & a lot more inspirational. The comp is so well run and the quality of stories is mind-blowing. Thank you so much, Matt! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
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Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together. Repost and spread the word, please! - Reposted by Christina TudorWriters of Bluesky! I'm currently organizing a set of workshops for *next week* that'll fundraise for Minnesota food banks. Shoot me a DM or comment here if you're interested in running a workshop--signups will be open soon. Reblog this for visibility! (But reply to THIS skeet so I can see you.)
- Reposted by Christina TudorI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
- Reposted by Christina TudorVery late, but here are my short fiction recs from Nov-Dec 2025! A mix of old and new, with stories by @acwise.bsky.social @peterdarbyshire.bsky.social @authorizedmusings.bsky.social @teajaysee.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social 1/2
- Reposted by Christina TudorHave a book or book-adjacent podcast? I'd love to be a guest!
- It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
- "I taught the robot how to say sorry. Sorry widened into a corridor." I suggest you read the rest of "Pattern" by David Anson Lee shortlisted for the @welkinprize.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
- I need this in my hands immediately!
- For the first time ever @saoirsecl.bsky.social and I will be in the same publication! The Music Issue Double Album drops next month from @stanchion.bsky.social: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- You can catch @christinaltudor.bsky.social’s new single on the A side. My new tune is on the B side. You should buy them both!
- I had a rough day and could use a laugh. If you can too, you should read my new piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social: mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
- Reposted by Christina TudorYou can catch @christinaltudor.bsky.social’s new single on the A side. My new tune is on the B side. You should buy them both!
- So excited to share with you the covers for Issues 21 & 22, Stanchion Magazine's 'double album' of music writing & photography. These 2 beauties, stacked with stellar prose & poetry are available separately or together & will be published next month. Pre-order now at StanchionZine.com/shop
- Reposted by Christina TudorKnock knock! Who's there? This story by @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social ! #flashfiction mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
- New year, new fiction in @mrbullbull.bsky.social Originally drafted in @smokelong.bsky.social march micro marathon. Take a break from doomscrolling to read some killer knock knock jokes!
- "Knock, knock, you said. What? I said. You said, You’re supposed to say who’s there. Oh, I said, sorry, go again. No, you ruined it." @christinaltudor.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
- Reposted by Christina TudorHelp us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers! www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
- Reposted by Christina TudorA little ghosty but what’s more haunting, the presence or the life dissolving in on itself? Tender and, well, haunting by @christinaltudor.bsky.social templeinacity.com/fiction-chri...
- Unruly but good at heart describes like 95% of my writing Closing out 2025 with yet another ghost story So excited that this story I initially drafted in 2021 finally found a home. Thank you to editors at @templeinacity.bsky.social: templeinacity.com/fiction-chri...
- Hello. Please meet our latest issue, Imprint. It’s unruly but good at heart. It has geese and god and Brian Wilson, yin-yang rats, crazy blue, absentia, a screaming need to yell ‘RUN!’, cyanide rum, praying mantis, plural, a swallowed mirror, island breeze… templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
- While this is a work of fiction, it's inspired by things I found in my grandparents' house when it was put on the market. Please give it a read!
- Reposted by Christina TudorBook mail! Patricia's stories are always so moving - can't wait to dig in to this collection! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
- Reposted by Christina TudorOn the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees! Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
- Reposted by Christina TudorAsking for a thing: what are your favorite hermit-crab stories? (Can be "that you've written" or "by somebody else")
- 95% of my publications this year have come from @smokelong.bsky.social!
- It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
- Reposted by Christina Tudor‘…because you craved salt, flavor, feeling, something.’ That brilliant, insistent ‘because’… @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 🃏 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
- Super excited to have a piece in @tinymolecules.bsky.social! Thank you to @sdobbie.bsky.social for giving my unhappy wife story a home! Read "You Didn’t Leave Your Husband Because the Tarot Reader Told You To" here: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
- This one was also drafted during @smokelong.bsky.social march micro!! Cannot recommend them enough!
- Reposted by Christina Tudor"Because you told the tarot reader you don’t want to leave your husband, you can’t leave so can she spin your fortune into something new" Love this from @christinaltudor.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Great use of anaphora and 2nd person narration: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
- Reposted by Christina Tudor<Shiver>
- Spooky season is a good time to read my speculative stories drafted in @smokelong.bsky.social fitness! Read about a mom turning into a tree in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social: themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/volum... Read about a mail order ghost in The Citron Review: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...
- Spooky season is a good time to read my speculative stories drafted in @smokelong.bsky.social fitness! Read about a mom turning into a tree in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social: themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/volum... Read about a mail order ghost in The Citron Review: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...
- Reposted by Christina Tudor"Judy Blume novels taught me that having a body can feel pressing, unwieldy. Maybe she was right. Because now my body is all I can think about because maybe I’m too disabled to live in this climate-changed world, to survive in a world so hell-bent on destruction" Stunning CNF
- Oh hey, that's me! Read my story & interview here: www.smokelong.com/stories/judy...
- Oh hey, that's me! Read my story & interview here: www.smokelong.com/stories/judy...
- "Growing up is awkward." Read Christina Tudor's interview that accompanies her award-winning CNF from A SmokeLong Summer 25. Christina is our featured author this week. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
- Reposted by Christina TudorThere’s a reason so many artists keeping saying they’d rather than die than use generative AI: it’s not hyperbole, it would be the death of creativity, and for most artists, that’s too unbearable to live with
- Writer friends! Does anyone know of good journals to submit hermit crab flash to?
- Reposted by Christina TudorCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” thru Dec. 15! 👥 We accept fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, experimental narratives, visual art, film & comics; give personalized feedback to work submitted by 10/31 & pay $50! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
- Reposted by Christina TudorI think more people should be reading the short story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT 🤭
- Couldn't have asked for a better home for this weird little micro about an unhappy mom and a family who adopts a pregnant hamster: themolotovcocktail.com/vol-16/volum...
- Take a load off and read Issue 16.2. Featuring #flashfiction by @gioclair.bsky.social, @christinaltudor.bsky.social, and Al Ryanne Gatcho. themolotovcocktail.com/2025/10/07/v...
- Reposted by Christina TudorCongratulations, Christina 🎉
- I wrote a ghost story in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and it's published in the fall issue of The Citron Review just in time for spooky season! Read my flash piece about a cranky teenager ghost & grief here: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...
- Reposted by Christina TudorPerfectly in season, Christina hits a home run with this one. A ghost story. Mail order ghosts. You read that right.
- I wrote a ghost story in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and it's published in the fall issue of The Citron Review just in time for spooky season! Read my flash piece about a cranky teenager ghost & grief here: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...
- I wrote a ghost story in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and it's published in the fall issue of The Citron Review just in time for spooky season! Read my flash piece about a cranky teenager ghost & grief here: citronreview.com/2025/10/05/g...
- So excited to have a story in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social alongside so many talented writers. Give it a read!
- Issue 89 with new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in our Master Series, is live! Work by established writers and those new to the form rubbing elbows in this issue. All rare gems by writers from around the globe. So proud of everyone in this issue. www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...
- Reposted by Christina TudorWhat an issue! I just read every story—all so good.
- For those of you just waking up in the UK, sitting down to lunch in Goa, or enjoying your afternoon in Sydney, you'll be the first to read Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...
- Reposted by Christina TudorCover Reveal! September 15th! Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! Ten killer flash by ten amazing writers. And we're thrilled to feature new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in the SmokeLong Master Series. Cover art by Mario Loprete.
- Reposted by Christina Tudor“The birthmark mutates like a shadow on asphalt. Like a thunderstorm, hovering and ominous, the birthmark darkens.” @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- I've been stuck in an airport all day with my flight being pushed back in 30-minute increments but I did get acceptances from @mrbullbull.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social Excited to have three new pieces out in the world before the end of the year!!
- Reposted by Christina TudorNew flash at one of my faves @maudlinhouse.bsky.social !!! Stuck in an airport lounge with Ryan Reynolds and try to stay sober! WHEN THE GUY WHO PLAYED DEADPOOL WAS MY AA SPONSOR. Aiming to get at least one laugh out of you! maudlinhouse.net/when-the-guy...
- Reposted by Christina TudorThe inimitable @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social "She’s not like the other girls—sorry, I mean women—they’ve been with." So so searing and good 🔥 www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- Reposted by Christina Tudor*Help needed!!* Looking for flash that fully embraces the dreamscape, especially pieces that do interesting things with time (jumping about, going round in circles, exploring alt timelines etc.) - who has examples for me, either your own or ones from others? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
- Reposted by Christina TudorThrilled to have a new story up today at @flashfrog.bsky.social 🐸. Big thanks to EIC @ericscottryon.bsky.social for saying yes, to Sherry Shahan for the playful artwork (those sea slugs!!), & a shout out to @smokelong.bsky.social ASS '24 + @christopherallen.bsky.social for prompting this one. 🙏❤️
- NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social is now up! Art by Sherry Shahan flash-frog.com/2025/07/28/t...
- My piece "Birthmark" is on the @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social homepage for just a little while longer Give it a read here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- Reposted by Christina Tudor"Her ex-boyfriend said it would make it easy to pick her out of a lineup, would make it easy for him to track her down if she ever left him, which, of course, she did. " Daily reads @christinaltudor.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social ❤️
- "The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough." New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- Ya'll should read my matchbook piece if you haven't yet! www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir... Grateful to the editors for making it even better & giving it a home ❤️
- Going to be riding the high of getting into the HAD call for the rest of the week
- did this last week... let's do it again?! quick little spontaneous call for 60 submissions open to any and all genres & lengths (tho shorter is always more likely) last week this lasted 4, almost 5 hours. bet it goes faster this go-round?? havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33220...
- A literal dream publication of mine! I'm so excited that this story about bodies and belonging is out in the world. I hope you give a read. "Birthmark" is now live in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- "The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough." New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...
- I have a piece coming out in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social tomorrow and I can't wait for ya'll to read it 👀 👀 👀
- Reposted by Christina TudorThanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for running the #ArchiveChallenge - it's been fun seeing old stories shared with new audiences! Special shout out to @adelegallogly.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @michellefb.bsky.social @christinaltudor.bsky.social @kimmurdock.bsky.social for your shares ❤️
- Reposted by Christina TudorTime to bring back the summoning circle for writers! 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 That email 🕯 or acceptance 🕯 you've been 🕯 waiting for 🕯 🕯 🕯️
- I think I miscounted what day it is for the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge so I'm doing a bonus round to be safe! "Trip-trapping" by @sarahillswrites.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social Every line of this story does heavy lifting. Read it here: newflashfiction.com/trip-trappin...
- Reposted by Christina TudorThere is nothing like pressing the submit button to finally figure out exactly what is wrong with your story.
- Day 13 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge. "Junior Year Abroad" by Kathleen McGookey in @nffr.bsky.social: newflashfiction.com/kathleen-mcg... A narrator trying to make sense of the world and not quite getting it right. Beautiful moments and descriptions from top to bottom
- Reposted by Christina Tudorok lmao which one of you did this mamdanitimes.com
- Another surreal flash from @nffr.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge "Only a Skeleton" by Stephanie Devine: newflashfiction.com/stephanie-de... "I unzip my body, strip off my skin, and hang it over the back of a chair."
- Each vignette of this story could work as a standalone micro but they build on each other to show a mother feeling increasingly disconnected and alienated from her body.
- @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge Day 12 - this one has killer descriptions: newflashfiction.com/nod-ghosh-3/ "When she says ‘please’, you pretty her into indigo happiness, and then you drop her on the ground. Her bamboo legs unfold, her skirt splayed, displayed like an open orchid."
- Read "Marionette" by @nodghosh.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Christina TudorWho's publishing weird shit these days? Because that seems to be the only thing I'm capable of writing.
- Day 11 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge "Boilermaker" by JW Goll in @nffr.bsky.social and Best Small Fictions 2024: newflashfiction.com/boilermaker-... It's great place writing in just 4 paragraphs "Just breathing in this town should be called a boilermaker."
- Reposted by Christina TudorIKYMI: I had a micro in Ghost Parachute about what happens when the doctors can't figure out what's wrong with you. ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
- Reposted by Christina Tudor'“Listen to your body,” the acupuncturist had said, so I did.' An absolute stunner from @chelseastickle.bsky.social!
- IKYMI: I had a micro in Ghost Parachute about what happens when the doctors can't figure out what's wrong with you. ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
- Today's @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge piece is "When You’re Gone I Practice for When You’re Dead" by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social: newflashfiction.com/when-youre-g... I love the title/opening line and the repetition of the narrator laying in the grass to show the emotion in the piece.
- Day 9 of the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge. "Grandma" by L. Soviero is surprising, funny, and tender. So many of these stories in @nffr.bsky.social go in completely unexpected directions: newflashfiction.com/grandma-by-l...
- "She carried on calling everyone in class her perfect little darlings. Squeezed our cheeks and squint-smiled and said just that, what a perfect little darling, you are."
- Day 8 of @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge from the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50! @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's "After" This story is a heartbreaker from the first sentence but then it grows (literally, the garden grows) into something else entirely: newflashfiction.com/after-by-cla...
- I also love a flash where the title starts the first sentence! "The live children and the ghost ones plant pole beans, sugar snap peas, squash." @nffr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Christina TudorA special one today, by the irrepressible @sagetyrtle.bsky.social. thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/07/02/a... #fiction #readingcommunity
- Today's @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge piece from @nffr.bsky.social is "Salt" by Cecilia Wright which says so much in just three paragraphs. "She looks back and sees the place of her life and her inside of it." Read it here: newflashfiction.com/salt/
- Another @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 for the @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge! "Pet Shop" by @timcraig.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social "Dayne’s on-off-off-on stepdad, Kel, says stay away from that new pet shop." is a killer opening line: newflashfiction.com/pet-shop-boy...
- Had to do a @wigleaf.bsky.social top 50 story for today's @smokelong.bsky.social archive challenge! "Mom’s new boyfriend is a liver fluke" by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social! It says so much in so few words! newflashfiction.com/liver/
- "This flat worm sucks nutrients from our fridge, sprawls on the sofa, pink and leaf-shaped, fattening and excreting eggs while Mom lumps with worry."
