Three Truths and a Lie
November 13, 2025
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Photo by Joe Dudeck on Unsplash by Sally R Simon No one knows the hiding spot where I go when there’s too much noise, like Dad yelling at Mom or
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.
STORY OF THE WEEK, FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Chitin
Photo be Pexel.com: Ekamelev by Tiffany Harris Maisie mistook the centipede's legs for tally marks at first, counting them one by one the way she'd been taught to count quieter days, and even when the marks began to move, she…
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We Never Forgot
January 8, 2026
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Photo by kub liz on Unsplash by Francine Witte We never forgot the pinch of time, my father always in a hurry and my mother clicking shut her compact, her never-shiny nose. We were
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 and nominated for Best Microfiction. Jeff’s novella-in-flash Life Would Be Perfect If (Bottlecap Press) was released October 2024.
