Daydreaming of Other Worlds is out now!!
Daydreaming of Other Worlds, The Best of the 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction 2025 Competition is now available!
A collection of 25 brilliant, funny, and heartbreaking tales to benefit Trans Lifeline, a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for a community that’s been divested from police since day one.
Daydreaming of Other Worlds, our 18th charity collection to date, is now available as an ebook.
Buy your copy on Amazon via the links below, or search Daydreaming of Other Worlds, TL;DR” on your country’s Amazon site!Thank you to our contributing winners of this collection:
Sisters of the Word by Grace Quon
Time to Stay by Brandon Woo
The Dangers of Dreaming by Regan Puckett
A More Different Hill by Sam James
The Postmaster Peculiar by Lovis Geier
The Planetarian’s Daughter by Mizuki Yamamoto
The Undertow’s Refrain by Sonke Mkhabela
His Vicious Night by Rhys Allen
The Floatie’s Code by Elysia Rourke
A Eulogy for Blindsided Love by Sally Simon
Current Resident by Jessica Martel
Sepia by Kay Northbridge
Bubbe’s Last Kugel by Christopher Doty-Dunn
No Fair Winds by Dale Koos
Original Copies by Katie Entner
The Taste of Success by Bryony Ellporth
The Ever-Wanting by William Peregrine
The Spoils of Peace by Alyson Tait
Describing the Ruckus by Emily Deutsch
Hare and the Seven Loaves by Mike Edbury
Odds and Ends by Noah Fitzgerald
The Old God of Crystal Creek by Alexis Ames
Raise Your Kylikes, Friends! Let’s Give a Toast To the Health of Our Generous Tychon! by Michael Stone
View Out The Car Window by Joseph Miller
The Shirts by Holly Brandon
We want to thank the wonderful #tldrwriters and #1KWHC communities for your stories and support while we read your work and selected our winners. This collection is the work of hundreds of hours, and we’re so pleased to share with the world!
Thank you to everyone who entered the competition for your wonderful stories. We sincerely hope you enjoyed being a part of this project.
Thank you to our judges!
Hannah Hulbert, Mia Moss, Jenna Harvie, Joe Butler, Penfold, and Callum Rowland.
Thank you to our Overseer and Head of Production!
Alex Laurel Lanz
How to support our release:
1. Buy our collection in eBook! US | Canada | UK
2. Retweet our big news and tag @TLDRpress!
3. Share with your friends, family, and followers in person or online.
4. Rate and review our collection on Amazon.
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