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Audrey CK Tay’s work appears in Singapore at Home: Life Across Lines and Missed Connections, and the Singapore National Library Board exhibition Pages and Pixels: Slice of Life. She was an Editor's Pick for the 2026 Five Minutes Micromemoir Marathon. Get micros in to Audrey.

"April 20, 2012" by Atai Okokon. Raised in Lagos, schooled at Oxford, living in Calgary, Atai is a policy advisor by day, pharmacist by night. Wife to a jazz musician and mother of two, recently published in the New York Times.

November Reader @jennyMo31725980 is a NJ high school English teacher who lives with her husband and black cat Eclipse. She’s published in journals including Red Rose Thorns, Spillwords, and Bottlecap Press for four poetry chapbooks. Get micros in to Jenny and the November team.

"Stony Beach" by Ian Willey in case you missed it. Ian is an English teacher originally from Akron, Ohio. His poems and microfiction have been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes.

Beth Kanter’s work has appeared/is forthcoming in publications including X-R-A-Y, Vestal Review, HAD, & Jet Fuel Review. Beth’s novel-in-progress, Paved with Gold, won a UCLA James Kirkwood Literary Prize. When not writing, Beth leads CNF workshops & grows things in the ground.

"Dinner Disaster" by Rumaisa Reza for The Hallway in case you missed it. Rumaisa is a writer from Bangladesh who writes fiction and CNF, exploring fleeting moments, emotions, and the quiet intensity of everyday life.

Nov. Reader @jwhxx's work has been published in People’s Friend, Harvey Duckman & FFF. Author of 3 books, ROUGH RIDES, SHORT AND SWEET AND SOUR & WHOLE IN MY SHORTS. Winner of The Times, Fusilli & Microcosms story competitions. John cycles the roads of England soaking up stories

"My Fault?" by Youseef Elias, a retired public defender who spends a lot of time with his reactive dog Bailey.

"Remedy" by Sua Im in case you missed it. A teacher on a break, Sua was born in South Korea and now lives in Massachusetts, USA, by way of Germany. I

After a forty-year career in accounting and finance, November reader Adrian Bresler is studying creative writing in the Boston area. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Five Minutes, Gastronomica, Prime Number Magazine, and Blink-Ink. Get micros in to Adrian!

"Moving Flowers" by Susmita Ramani in case you missed it. Susmita lives in the Bay Area with their husband, two teenagers, and many pets. Besides fiction writing, they love improv, hot yoga, and bouldering.

"Darth Glam" by Carla Rudy. With a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, Carla enjoyed a side quest through the performing arts and now works in a museum.

"The Kit Bag" by Carmen Eicher in case you missed it. Carmen is an adventurous, passionate redhead who tells stories about everyday people and a few pretend people.

"Cash on Demand" by Mangal Patel, who lives in London and has been published on the web and in a number of anthologies. She hopes her readers enjoy her work.

"Lying in Wait" by Maria Hypponen, a writer, indexer, and creativity mentor based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She writes about confused hearts and things that might have been.

"Movie Trauma" by William W. Campbell, in case you missed it. William is a neurologist, writer, artist, and philanthropist who lives with his wife and dogs in the woods near a lake in Virginia.

"Hollow Shell" by David Guerra in case you missed it. David’s background—journalism, nursing, administrative assistant, missionary, artist, business owner, long-time caregiver and widow—colors their writing. David lives in Berkeley, California.

"Masquerade" by Sophie Kessler for The Hallway, in case you missed it. At the time of publication, Sophie was a high school sophomore from New Jersey. She enjoys learning French and writing about her Jewish-American experiences.

"Shallow End" by L.V. Leonhard, a writer who lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Weekly Digest is live for the week of August 3, featuring micromemoirs by Ian Willey, Rona Klein, @shalini_gupta Julia Esther Jacob, Sara Siegel, Lee Reilly @donlariviere Richard Korst, and Miriam Kotzin. Find on Substack at fiveminutesweeklydigest.