@MBarrettWriter

Stories: The Sun, Threepenny Review, West Branch, TriQuarterly, Wigleaf, Baltimore Review, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fic, Cutleaf. Soon: Prairie Schooner

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Joined October 2020
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Prairie Schooner@TheSchoonerApr 3
Cozy up with the Loneliness issue. Now available: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issu…
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kim magowan@kimmagowanApr 1
The April issue of @PitheadChapel! I really love this one.
Pithead Chapel@PitheadChapelApr 1
Our April Issue is live! pitheadchapel.com/2026/04/01… cover art: SERGE LECOMTE   Words: MEGHAN PROULX MATT BARRETT @MBarrettWriter JENNA CROWDER ERIK KLASS TRACIE ADAMS @1funnyfarmAdams SHERI VENEMA HANNAH AHN RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD CHOISELLE JOSEPH
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Matt Barrett retweeted
Pithead Chapel@PitheadChapelApr 1
Our April Issue is live! pitheadchapel.com/2026/04/01… cover art: SERGE LECOMTE   Words: MEGHAN PROULX MATT BARRETT @MBarrettWriter JENNA CROWDER ERIK KLASS TRACIE ADAMS @1funnyfarmAdams SHERI VENEMA HANNAH AHN RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD CHOISELLE JOSEPH
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The February 2026 issue is here! Cover illustrated by @GirlGoneQuiet. tinyurl.com/yz54jnyb

February 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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Congratulations to our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest Long List Nominees! Stay tuned on Monday for our winner!
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So happy to come across & read this story @MBarrettWriter in @TheSunMagazine Just the kind of story that delights me--clean, heartwarming, beautifully told! Highly recommend! Congratulations again, Matt! Look forward to reading more from you!
Matt Barrett@MBarrettWriter1 Aug 2025
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out! thesunmagazine.org/articles/…

The Seafood Stand

Once, my father drove from New Jersey to California by siphoning gas from strangers’ cars, then sent his van off the Pacific Coast Highway by laying a brick on the accelerator. His mother almost died...

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This is a wonderful story.
Matt Barrett@MBarrettWriter1 Aug 2025
The August issue of @TheSunMagazine features one of my stories which I have been so excited to share for months! Grateful to Finn Cohen and all of the editors for helping me get this piece ready for publication. I'd be honored if you checked it out! thesunmagazine.org/articles/…

The Seafood Stand

Once, my father drove from New Jersey to California by siphoning gas from strangers’ cars, then sent his van off the Pacific Coast Highway by laying a brick on the accelerator. His mother almost died...

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Huge thank you to our Blue Frog Guest Artist @JiksunCheung!! Each of these three pieces is absolutely stunning! 🙏🏼💙
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Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu… Beautiful story in @flashfroglitmag - the imagery is heartbreaking.

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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wrecked at the hands of @MBarrettWriter in @flashfroglitmag:
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Only it didn’t have a broken wing, it was just too tired to fly, which happens sometimes, even to gulls who otherwise look okay, even when nothing seems wrong with their wings at all. Quiet, beautiful story of compassion 💙 @MBarrettWriter @flashfroglitmag
Flash Frog@flashfroglitmag17 Mar 2025
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu…

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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Mixed Bag@m_ixedbag18 Mar 2025
"So much of life is about waiting, I think, for what you know will happen next." @MBarrettWriter in @flashfroglitmag 👏👏👏 and stunning artwork by @JiksunCheung flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu…

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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Okay, but have you read this?! @MBarrettWriter this is… Everything. It’s Everything.🫶🏼 Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu…

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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An absolutely stunning, bittersweet piece by @MBarrettWriter in @flashfroglitmag Go read it now! So honored to contribute a watercolor to this story 🙏 The original painting will be on the way to you soon, Matt!
Flash Frog@flashfroglitmag17 Mar 2025
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu…

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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“He paused to catch his breath, a tube in his nose and IVs in his arms, administering God-knows-what to cure God-knows-what despite none of us believing in God at all.” Read this winning piece from @MBarrettWriter!
Flash Frog@flashfroglitmag17 Mar 2025
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 🥉The Blue Frog 3rd Place Winner!🥉 “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter is now up! Art by @JiksunCheung flash-frog.com/2025/03/17/gu…

Gulls of the Algarve by Matt Barrett

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* At the end, our father existed in two places at once: the first was where he was, in bed with a nurse tending to his whims and my mother bringing him water and my s…

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🚨EXCITING NEWS! The BLUE FROG 3rd place winner — “Gulls of the Algarve” by @MBarrettWriter — will publish tomorrow!! 👀
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“I’d describe the way my brother’s friend, Mark, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, pulling him close to his chest as my father said, Don’t…” A beautiful example of how a story can be told. Go read @MBarrettWriter in @forge_litmag
Matt Barrett@MBarrettWriter3 Mar 2025
I have a story in The Forge today -- thank you so much to @fionamcp for selecting it, helping me edit it, and for the great interview questions! I'd love if you all gave it a look! forgelitmag.com/2025/03/03/i…

If This Were One of Those Stories - The Forge Literary Magazine

If This Were One of Those Stories, a short fiction by Matt Barrett

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Delighted to work with @MBarrettWriter again on this beautiful piece
Matt Barrett@MBarrettWriter3 Mar 2025
I have a story in The Forge today -- thank you so much to @fionamcp for selecting it, helping me edit it, and for the great interview questions! I'd love if you all gave it a look! forgelitmag.com/2025/03/03/i…

If This Were One of Those Stories - The Forge Literary Magazine

If This Were One of Those Stories, a short fiction by Matt Barrett

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Completely floored by this! Thank you @flashfroglitmag and Guest Judge Gina Chung for this honor. Massive congrats to Alison Morretta and @MBarrettWriter too! Can’t wait to read the stories and see the gorgeous artwork of @JiksunCheung bring them to life 💙🐸
Flash Frog@flashfroglitmag25 Feb 2025
They're here!! Huge congrats to the winners of the 4th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest, as chosen by our fabulous Guest Judge, Gina Chung! @kyleisamu, Alison Morretta, @MBarrettWriter
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He sits down to watch the news, so I sit beside him on the couch. He asks me why I've come to visit him, and I tell him we're in my living room. He laughs, then I laugh. But I know we're laughing about two different things. @MBarrettWriter @wigleaf
Wigleaf@Wigleaf9 Jan 2025
"One night, when it's long past his time to leave, he looks at me and says, 'I've never loved a thing,' then turns back to the TV." @MBarrettWriter on our mainpage: wigleaf.com 🙌
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