Madeleine Armstrong
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Writer, runner, trying to keep up with another social media platform
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
11 days ago
Strap in for today's spotlight as things get well weird at a funeral tea 🦝 We loved
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
's grubby British setting, the build in humour and tension, and the delicious payoff. Grab a slice of quiche and get stuck in. Read and listen:
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
7 days ago
Today's Prompted Story spotlight is from Zoe Davis
@meanerharker.bsky.social
🦝 We loved the angst in this young MC, the real-world challenges of his "gift". It's gritty and sassy and we loved the way the nemesis was transformed in the story. Read and listen here:
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
14 days ago
Our Prompted Story spotlight today is from Terri Rose
@terri-rose.bsky.social
🦝 We loved the dark, creepy mood in this piece, the quiet desperation and obsession oozes with the smoke and ritual. Such an imaginative use of the prompts. Read here:
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
15 days ago
Today we're very happy to spotlight rj cannon's first published story 🦝 We loved the blend of connection and destruction here. The two siblings who are so very different. The terrible tension and haunting mood. Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/the-gift/
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So happy to see this story pop up again! Thanks
@underbellypress.bsky.social
for being so awesome🖤
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18 days ago
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So many fabulous stories in here...and I've got one in there too! Give it a read
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Madeleine Armstrong
GossamerWight Literary Magazine
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Madeleine Armstrong's
#story
'The Hanged Man,' available in the Thresholds Anthology:
bit.ly/4m9wiHG
.
#LiteraryMagazine
#Writing
#Booksky
#Microfiction
#FlashFiction
#ShortStory
#Poetry
#GraphicNarrative
#Horror
#Weird
#Supernatural
#Spectral
#Speculative
#Dystopian
#Fantasy
#Gothic
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Madeleine Armstrong
Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale
26 days ago
One of our awesome writers!
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
3 months ago
Our first spotlight from our current issue 🦝 We were hooked by Zilla and that first line, then immersed in fabulous dry humour and chaos in a relatable setting without any cliche. Superb voice and an MC you want to be BFFs with 😀
trashcatlit.com/bride-zilla/
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Whoop, whoop, my story made it to the shortlist! 🥳
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
3 months ago
Today we aim the spotlight at
@christinaltudor.bsky.social
🦝 Trash Cat said: "It hooked me hard with the strangeness, and kept me hooked. Swollen with pain and loss and torment. Leaves you breathless."
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Madeleine Armstrong
Temple in a city
3 months ago
Subs for our ever-growing Joy issue are always open because Joy is vital sustenance for the work of being alive and tending to others. Joy is nutriment. Send us your defiant joy, learned joy, exuberant joy, escape joy, any kind of joy, you’re the boss here
templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
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Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
https://templeinacity.com/submit-writing-art-digital-magazine/
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
3 months ago
It's LAUNCH DAY! 🦝 Fifteen shiny new Trash Family delivering their most treasured words - Preloved Stories given a new home and lease of life 💜 Thanks again to
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
for her reading assistance Grab a cuppa, several biccies, and get stuck in.
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
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General Issue Five
Preloved Stories Stories labelled LISTEN IN THE BIN have audio versions SHORT STORIES Fool’s Springby David Henson “This is nice,” my wife says as we seat ourselves at a window table with a v…
https://trashcatlit.com/general-issue-five/
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"Much later in our failed marriage, I understood you turn into a Bollywood hero when you’re trying to score." Great story,
@sudhab.bsky.social
- and that ending!
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3 months ago
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This really moved me,
@verybadllama.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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SO lovely! Bravo,
@ruralunease.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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Love this story by
@judydarley.bsky.social
for
@templeinacity.bsky.social
. "Small talk didn’t interest her – what she wanted was deep dives where the only light came from biofluorescence."
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3 months ago
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Madeleine Armstrong
Urban Pigs Press
3 months ago
A quick Q&A with Madeleine Armstrong about her short story, Who's the Daddy
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/02/25/i...
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Interview With – Madeleine Armstrong
Madeleine Armstrong’s story, Who’s the Daddy?, went down a storm with readers last month. It’s one of those tales that starts off with an everyday feel but the reader has to keep adjusting as the s…
https://urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/02/25/interview-with-madeleine-armstrong/
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
3 months ago
Just four more days until this issue launches! 🦝
@jaimegill.bsky.social
uses a tension building structure to show how life is often far worse than the movies
@bmerklee.bsky.social
's MC deals with a lost relationship but ends up with something considerably more intense
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Madeleine Armstrong
Temple in a city
3 months ago
Subs still OPEN until March 1 for our spring issue. Micro flash poetry letters and art all welcome. Writers from anywhere and of all experience welcome. Make your debut here or celebrate your 200th publishing. Sim subs welcome (of course). Mix & match. Be you.
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Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
https://templeinacity.com/submit-writing-art-digital-magazine/
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I was right there with the narrator in this one.
@joycebingham.bsky.social
deftly capturing all our still-vivid school humiliations
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3 months ago
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"The rubber band ball is at least a ton, she estimates. She rolls it on her trailer into town at the mayor’s request." What a weird and wonderful story by
@pamavoledo.bsky.social
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"Sometimes, Trista likes to say last year, when I was seven, my father ran away with the circus...she knows it sounds like he’s a performer, not just the person who travels ahead of the circus, putting up posters in shop windows" A heartbreaking CNF by
@cake-girl.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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Checking out the whole issue now!
@templeinacity.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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I'm so pleased my little story about an abortion clinic has found a home in the wonderful
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❤️
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3 months ago
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"I packed my name into the small bag because there was no room for fear." This story feels so universal
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4 months ago
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Voted. That was a tough decision, so I don't know how Matt does it
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4 months ago
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I'm running out of superlatives for the
@welkinprize.bsky.social
shortlist but this one is just incredible
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4 months ago
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I feel seen
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4 months ago
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Two fab stories here by
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
for
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
. Both so sumptuous, and both feel connected, with a theme of disposing of "inconvenient" parts
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"how my voice starved, too" What a way to describe the pain of an eating disorder. Amazing,
@cake-girl.bsky.social
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Wow, that final sentence!
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This is outrageous. Shame on you,
@thebulletin.org
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4 months ago
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Heartbreaking
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4 months ago
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I needed a good laugh today. Thanks
@tacilim.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Gorgeous. Layered. Brilliant. "Coyotes yelped in the streets, no longer afraid to roam among us." Congrats,
@melissafitz.bsky.social
!
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I didn't make it onto the shortlist, but congrats to those who did. Looking forward to reading what will be a cracking bunch of stories (just look at those titles!)
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SO excited to be a part of this! Here's my story Beautiful Parts, probably the weirdest thing I've ever had published, about a woman who collects the body parts of her one-night stands. Thanks
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
&
@jmcm.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com/p/beautiful-...
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Madeleine Armstrong
Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale
5 months ago
We land Issue 4 on Sunday! Mark your calendars!
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OMG, I'm on the longlist!!! What a massive boost in possibly the most miserable week of the year. This was on my fourth attempt, so it shows persistence pays off. Thank you,
@mattkendrick.bsky.social
!
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Check out my spooky winter story at
@mrbullbull.bsky.social
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
6 months ago
Our December pop-up submissions are OPEN 🦝 Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th. Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
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Madeleine Armstrong
Underbelly Press
6 months ago
Submission Update! The submission period for Underbelly Press Issue 6 will run from December 19 to January 30. The editing period will follow throughout February, and Issue 6 is tentatively expected to release in mid to late March. Thank you so much for your continued support.
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Amazing news! Thank you
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& congrats to the other nominees! 🍻
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6 months ago
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So happy to be featured here, among this amazing roll call. Thank you,
@underbellypress.bsky.social
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7 months ago
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Yay, I got a shout out! Thanks Mum, for the endless inspiration 😂 And thanks to
@jessicabull.bsky.social
for the fun task!
#WriteCBC
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Madeleine Armstrong
Literary Garage
7 months ago
For the evening crowd - ICYMI, a hungover sea monster tries going vegan until a craving for man-flesh reminds her that self-acceptance sometimes means embracing the beast within. Check out
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
's Gods and Heroes story:
literarygarage.com/the-day-the-...
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The Day The Cetus Went Vegan | Literary Garage
https://literarygarage.com/the-day-the-cetus-went-vegan
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Madeleine Armstrong
Underbelly Press
7 months ago
Short Fiction Amy Leacy ☆
@deniseb.bsky.social
☆ Derek Jennings☆
@emyrpayne.bsky.social
☆Heather Walker ☆ Ian Johnson☆ John Storey☆
@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
☆
@darkonelf.bsky.social
☆
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
☆
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
☆ Rebecca Tiger ☆ Scott MacLeod☆
@tednorthodox.bsky.social
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Madeleine Armstrong
Trash Cat Lit
7 months ago
We have just made it for our October newsletter! News and Subs and SO MANY Trash Family successes incl.
@cbigs.bsky.social
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
@adlibby.bsky.social
@angelajoynes.bsky.social
@leighloveday.bsky.social
@meproctor.bsky.social
and more!!
trashcatlit.com/2025/10/31/h...
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https://trashcatlit.com/2025/10/31/hello-from-the-mild-bluster-of-october/
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Got a story in the bunker! Thanks for having me
@tcwestminster.bsky.social
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