James Keith Smith

Our April issue just went live. Huge thanks to all our incredible contributors! Go take a look 👀 Link in bio. ❤️

New story about a depressed therapy dog in the Berlin Review today. Big thanks to @Berlin_Review_ for giving this one a forever home. theberlinliteraryreview.com/james-keith-sm…

@splitlipthemag @scaffoldlitmag 💙💙💙

"We drove the new car to the mall. We went to the food court. Orange Julius. My father took a bag of quarters from his tube sock." If you love micros, contributor @JameskeithSm1th’s CAR SHOPPING was published in @scaffoldlitmag. Give it a read: buff.ly/wYOozBL

ICYMI: Contributor @JameskeithSm1th was published in @SoFloPoJo! 👏 ❤️ Check it out right here: buff.ly/ydxxDRq

scaffold #192 premieres tomorrow morning at 5 am, but before then, snag a copy of "something happier," the most recent chapbook by scaffold #191 writer, @JameskeithSm1th! sandandgravelpress.com/store/somethin…

scaffold #191 is out now, so take a read of this creative and very funny new micro by @JameskeithSm1th! scaffoldlit.com/microwritings/…

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Sweat Pea” by @JameskeithSm1th is now up! Art by @j_breitkreutz flash-frog.com/2025/11/17/swe…

“'Ever give a massage to a big fat dude?' he asks, which is the most Midwestern thing you can say, even in the most Midwestern bar in San Diego." @JameskeithSm1th mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-…

@flashfroglitmag @j_breitkreutz Thank you for giving Sweet Pea a home!

Hope you'll check out our reading Nov. 2 at 3pm ET, celebrating my first chapbook "Five Stories" (Sand & Gravel Press). The line up: @MarioAliberto3 , @ColemanBigelow , @fionaemckayryan , @LucasFlatt1 Kleopatra Olympiou, Katherine Plumhoff, Liz Rosen, & myself! 🙂

New story in @BendingGenres issue 47! bendinggenres.com/a-normal-kid/

pitheadchapel.com/free-checking/ New flash fiction up at @PitheadChapel . Talking billboards! Sibling rivalries! Online quizzes! Too many spoilers?

"The dog hops up on their laps, licks their faces. Nobody can tell the difference, not the children anyway." This time last year, we published HERE, BOY by James Keith Smith. Revisit in in our archive here: buff.ly/3TuzgrZ

So happy this story found a home in this months @PitheadChapel . It had been out in the cold too long. pitheadchapel.com/egg-noodles-in…

@DantonSix @PitheadChapel @ChristineHChen1 @MCzyzniejewski @AnitaV_K @Lucywildeone @PetraCha123 @Lastruccik Thank ya thank ya :)

@PitheadChapel @ChristineHChen1 @MCzyzniejewski @AnitaV_K @Lucywildeone @PetraCha123 @Lastruccik @JameskeithSm1th ^ loved your piece ooh you got into Split Lip, cool, I love them

Our July issue is live! [Fiction] @dantonsix @ChristineHChen1 @MCzyzniejewski James Keith Smith [Nonfiction] Katlin Singh @AnitaV_K @Lucywildeone Melissent Zumwalt [Prose Poetry] @PetraCha123 [Cover] @Lastruccik pitheadchapel.com/volume-12-issu…

@PitheadChapel @DantonSix @ChristineHChen1 @MCzyzniejewski @AnitaV_K @Lucywildeone @PetraCha123 @Lastruccik Hey, here I am (the 1 is tricky). Thank you for publishing my story, and I look forward to reading the rest!

Received this in the mail today- Inaugural publication from ⁦@unpaginated⁩’s Paradise Editions press! A translation of 16 tales from Czech author Jaroslav Hasek

⁦@Hasbro⁩ Battleship life hack- stack them all on the patroller.