Coming Up Short is the brainchild of a creative writing graduate student and her thesis advisor by way of a brief, mania-induced ideas vomit.

We are now a small team of passionate writers and editors, communed by the power of brevity, inspired by those who write it.

We publish writing that drips down our wrists, nips at our heels, tells us we have way too much stuff in our apartment.

We accept work in all genres, as long as it’s 1,000 words or less.

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