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I will be writing a blog entry about this one tomorrow, but for now, you can catch my flash, "Shattered Moon, Hungry Sea", on @flametreepress' Myth & Fiction podcast! It's one of my favourites. open.spotify.com/episode/6VKwz2…

Click the link. Why wouldn't you? crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/28/lit…

We're having technicolour thoughts today. Too many of them. We would prefer it if our thoughts would pick a colour and stick to it. If we read today's flash, they just might... "Little Black Thoughts" by Judy Slitt crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/28/lit…

It is the time before clicking the link. Click it to see what comes after. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/25/thr…

Outside the tower, the sky can't make up its mind. We've had blazing sun, snow, hail. We only hope the stars won't fall this evening to complete the set. While we hope, we'll read a trio of poems by Deidre Cavazzi: "Garden" "Celestial Navigation" "Sylph" crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/25/thr…

Have you come to click the link? We thought so. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/21/bad…

The tower has been indecisive lately, always appearing in many places at once. It cannot decide where it wants to be, which is unfortunate for we who are stuck inside it. Luckily, we have an excellent short story to read: "Bad Decisions" by M. Stevenson crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/21/bad…

There was once a link in a post, content to be clicked. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/18/hea…

We at the tower are investigating the identity of "the narrator", for there must always be a narrator. Thus far, results are inconclusive. What is conclusive, however, is the excellence of today's flash fiction: "Heavens, Ashes, Earth" by Miriam Killdeer crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/18/hea…

How the link calls you. Click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/14/two…

The eldritch creature that exists in a parallel version of the tower has been trying to lure us with talk of a great inheritance. We are doing our best to ignore it. For example, by reading today's duo of poems by Sarah Clark: "Secret Moon" "Heirloom" crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/14/two…

Where'd you see the link? Right here: crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/11/my-…

We at the tower have been comparing ourselves to buildings. If we were a building, and we couldn't pick the tower, what would we be? On architecture and other things, today's reprinted short fiction: "My Architecture" by George Nevgodovskyy crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/11/my-…

After reading this post, we assume you'll click the link. You do. Of course, you do. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/07/tha…

We've been turning into strange things of late. The tower is filled with once-human objects, who still retain some human features. We are disquieted. Let's read some flash fiction to ease our minds... "That Which is Not God" by Dana Brewer Harris crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/07/tha…

There is a post and there is a link. You should click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/04/the…

Plants are ravenous beasts. Just yesterday, the weeds beneath an old elm in the tower garden ate an unexpected visitor. It's a shame really, they won't get to experience today's poem. "the woman who fed an island" by Emily Rose Davies crowcrosskeys.com/2026/03/04/the…

The link is one of the first things you notice. Click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/02/28/the…

It has been uncharacteristically sunny around the tower today. We're certain that the weather is up to something. We're uncertain whether that something is nefarious. We'll distract ourselves with today's story: "The Mirror and the Wind" by Andrew Senior crowcrosskeys.com/2026/02/28/the…

Did you know that in the link there's excellent flash fiction? Well, now you do. Click it. crowcrosskeys.com/2026/02/25/cat…

The cats that live in the tower can move through the walls. A cat steps through the kitchen wall and steps out in the attic. We're too afraid to ask how they do it. Instead, we read flash fiction: "Cats Can't Live on the Moon" by Lauren Kardos crowcrosskeys.com/2026/02/25/cat…