Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 60 of the Saved as Draft Podcast! This week’s guest was Daniel Coates, winner of the lightweight bracket in Flash Fiction February 2026!

Daniel also asked me to shout out his friend and photographer, Victoria Pappas, as well as his writing mentor, James Breiner, who has a newsletter here on Substack!

Here are links to Daniel’s stories mentioned in the interview, as well as his Flash Fiction February directory:

* Flash Fiction February Story Finder

* Make Your Choice

* The Pride of Dwarves

* Buy Daniel’s Book on Amazon

This Week’s Community Spotlight

This week’s spotlight is for Hazel, who recently rebranded their publication! Hazel is also the creator of BookStack.

Weekly Shout Outs

* The Roots of the Forest by Malrik Raithmoor—The Liturgist

* The Doorway to Wonderings by J. Alleyn Winchester

* It’s Alive! Flash Fiction February 2026 - The Book by Robert C. Worstell

* Fragments of a Life by BentButTrue

* Braids by PancakeSushi

Weekly Writing Discussion

A huge thank you to everyone who submitted responses to this week’s writing discussion! You can find the full thread here.

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