Hugh Behm-Steinberg

This year has been more productive than I thought it'd be: here are all the stories (and poems) I published this year, with six more due in 2026. Thank you so much to all the editors for their support, and to folks just for reading. Pieces linked below:

FlashFlood opens for submissions on 19 April till 25 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Stories will be published on NFFD. Pre 2023 previously published considered. Reserved slots for unpublished writers. For more details see our submission guidelines: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission-g…

I'm so excited to have my work featured in issue 50 of @BendingGenres. This one's got a sexy veterinarian in it. It's called, "Ellipses are for People Who Can’t Handle Circles and Need More Time to Process the Terrible Miracle that is Life." bendinggenres.com/ellipses-are-f…

@rgvaughan Thank you so much for including my work, and in such wonderful company!

Yes, this is a milestone. Bending Genres Issue 50, published today! Chock full of hybrid poems, CNF and flash, this issue is on FIRE with springtime! Thanks editors, both previous and current. And thanks lit community, for thriving during these unsettling times.

I'm reading here, and I'm reading first, so you all should be there on time!

@brecht_dp It was great hanging out! Safe travels home.

Finished my short trip to Barcelona with a quick drink with @behm_steinberg . Always nice to catch up with writers in other locations!

@brecht_dp Me!

Going to Barcelona tomorrow. Do I know any writers there?

In another one of those never give up moments, I just got a story accepted that was rejected twenty one times!

@BarbaraByar It's just another form of cruise or summer holiday for someone with money.

Some people have a shit ton more money than I do. This does not include travel or accommodation. In Iceland, so not like it’s up the block…

We are delighted to announce the inaugural Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction judged by Nuala O'Connor. We're looking for flash pieces up to 500 words on any theme. There are three prizes of €500 each. Submissions open May 1st. Full details at wordsonthestreet.com/pod.html. Good luck!

@Marc_Fagel @CalMorgan @franzsherbert I think that's where shoegaze has its origin.

@CalMorgan @franzsherbert Absolutely. Which isn't to say the others aren't all fantastic songs; George really hit his stride (briefly) in the Beatles' later years, learning from the 2 best songwriters on the planet. But It's All Too Much is just pure sonic psychedelic overload unique in their catalog.

It rules that the Blue Album has like a dozen iconic epochal tracks and then something called "Old Brown Shoe" (?)

@BeckyLTuch Start with 20%; then ramp it up.

@BeckyLTuch It's lazy because it's an easy to fix problem: each year set X percent of your prize/anthology space for new journals/new writers. Then you'll have to look for new writers/new journals instead of featuring the same people over and over.

Same mags appearing in anthologies year after year, same mags winning awards, same mags getting grants...why?

@1funnyfarmAdams Thanks!

@behm_steinberg Hugh, this was full of surprises. Great read. Congratulations.

Delighted to have this story out in the world! It's called "The Dots," and it's in the latest Flash Fiction Magazine! It's about love, and not being afraid of it. #flashfiction flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/03/2…

I read a short story per day. This is the list of places I scour for stories with coffee in the morning… Lit journals bendinggenres.com/three-poems-st… dirt.fyi/article/2025/0… clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/ Issue Fourteen — Empty House Press twinpiesliterary.com literarygarage.com jakethemag.com/this-town-aint… tacobellquarterly.org postpoplit.com milkcandyreview.home.blog/masthead/ bloodhoneylit.com/submissions beavermag.org themolotovcocktail.com Literary Adventure Journal | Kelp Journal | Pebble Beach, California softunion.online/library/two-po… forgelitmag.com donotsubmit.net/moca-by-jon-do… okaydonkeymag.com/2025/04/18/y2k… bruisermag.com poolpartymag.com/the-peoples-ch… identitytheory.com/section/fictio… ADULT GROCERIES swampspit.com CHARM SCHOOL doric-literary.com thedodgemag.com scrawlplace.com/submit/ heavytrafficmagazine.com/diskkusting/ okaydonkeymag.com worldhungermag.com/567-2/ ghostparachute.com mrbullbull.com/newbull/ frombeyondpress.com flash-frog.com cutleafjournal.com fiveminutelit.com themilkhouse.org thegorkogazette.com jakethemag.com brawllit.com dishsoap-quarterly.com charm-school.net/lamb-rebecca bottlerocketlitmag.com roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/po… blue arrangements Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com

Some very happy news: I just got three microfictions accepted at @DenverQuarterly!!!

@noraraywrites Enjoy! Feel free to drop me a line if you ever make it to Barcelona.

@behm_steinberg León

hi from Spain

@dishsoapquart That's so sweet!

I often wonder if my writing reaches people, and I wanted to scream into the void that if you’ve ever been pubbed in Dishsoap, I think about your piece specifically a few times a month and probably have it about 80% memorized. Your writing lives on outside of you and matters.

I have a new story in @RevolutionJohnM! It's called "Babies" and it's got babies in it. Really cute babies. You've been warned. revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/mar…