r/flashfiction↗
A community for short short stories.
Sharing and critiquing extremely short stories. Please review our sub guidelines before posting.
11k subscribers302 posts / mo in Sep 2026179 authors / mosince 2010
r/flashfiction has 11k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 302 posts a month from 179 people. Top topics: Ocean Poetry, Doorways and Rooms and Writing Contests.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Ocean Poetry1.2%
- Doorways and Rooms1.2%
- Writing Contests0.9%
- Death and Afterlife0.9%
- Pain and Poetry0.7%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- Tally Forms
- Spotify
- Wattpad
- Medium
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