Shipwrecked!
December 11, 2025
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Photo by Callum Skelton on Unsplash by S.A. Greene By late evening the big wooden kitchen table is an island and the two of us are stranded on top of it as the
Home of the Six-Sentence Story
Tart. Messy. Satisfying.
Image Design by Laurie Marshall
Home of the Six-Sentence Story
Tart. Messy. Satisfying.
Image Design by Laurie Marshall
Welcome to Gooseberry Pie
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes microfiction stories that are exactly six-sentences with no more than 400 words (excluding the title).
We strive to showcase the finest microfiction online, featuring work from both well-known authors and emerging voices alike.
We enjoy stories that are like gooseberry pie: Tart, Messy, and Satisfying, but leave us wanting more. With microfiction stories, every word matters.
Currently, we are unable to pay for publication. However, we nominate for awards including Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions.
We publish new issues of the magazine on the second Thursday of each month. The May issue includes our annual writing competition winners.
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine is always open for submissions, never a fee. Click Here For Submission Guidelines.
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My Father and Me, Riding the Waves
Photo by Michael oyesile on Unsplash by Francine Witte And there are no letters in my fingers but I'm typing anyway. If only I didn't hate this job…
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Bad News
April 9, 2026
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by Jeff Friedman The bad news came in the wind, came from the trees dropping their red and gold leaves, the acorns drumming the roofs. The bad news came in
Editor-in-Chief
Jeff Harvey grew up near Memphis. He has lived in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and San Diego, and now calls Madrid home. He’s an editor and writer with work published or forthcoming in MoonPark Review, trampset, Madrid Review, Bright Flash Lit, Your Impossible Voice, Ghost Parachute, Moon City Review, SoFloPoJo, Claudine, ELJ, Bending Genres, Bull, Whale Road Review, and in numerous other litmags. His work has appeared on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist (2023, 2025) and nominated for Best Microfiction (2025, 2026). Jeff’s novella-in-flash Life Would Be Perfect If (Bottlecap Press) was released October 2024.
