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Gillian OโShaughnessy
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Thrilled my story, Blue Car, Red Truck will appear in the Ghost Parachute anthology with so many of my favourite authors. Thanks
@brettpribble.bsky.social
& Brett J Barr for the beautiful artwork ๐๐
ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...
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Blue Car, Red Truck โ Ghost Parachute
Peanut plays games in her head with the traffic as it passes. Two green cars in a row and her dad will be almost on time. A yellow truck and a motorbike, heโll be here before lunch. Black car, white r...
http://ghostparachute.com/issue/february-2025-issue/blue-car-red-truck/
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The Welkin Writing Prize
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Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Pattern | MattKendrick.co.uk
https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories/pattern
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Kerry Jewell
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Excited to finally share the cover for my debut novel A LITTLE UNWELL out with Hachette on 28th April 2026. Pre-orders available from:
geni.us/ALittleUnwell
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Eirene Eleni
22 days ago
A little story in
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
Iโd love to know what emotion it leaves you with.
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What doesn't make you stronger kills you
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
https://www.frazzledlit.com/p/what-doesnt-make-you-stronger-kills
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Matt Kendrick
21 days ago
Who wants something entirely wonderful for a Monday? This month I've handed over my monthly craft article to a dazzle of other writers who've provided tips and prompts for writing effective flash:
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-p...
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Tips and Prompts for the New Writing Year
January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.
https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/tips-and-prompts-for-the-new-writing
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Kik Lodge
22 days ago
Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!
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There's still life
Flash fiction by Kik Lodge
https://www.frazzledlit.com/p/theres-still-life?utm_campaign=post
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Ink In Thirds
23 days ago
Submission now open for our ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ (spring/summer 2026) ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Give us something different! Give us the feels! Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us chew on the lasting lines of love.
#comelaydownink
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Dina L. Relles
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i wrote this piece long ago +
@matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness. grateful to anyone who spends time with it ๐ค
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I rarely share long(er) poems on here, but I'm floored by this one by Daniel Kuriakose
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Adam
about 1 month ago
Personally, I donโt feel like itโs Christmas unless Iโve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGELโs festive good cheer for
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
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Dolph Lundgren, alien heroin and evil yuppies: Dark Angel is fun festive lunacy
Some people might prefer to watch Peanuts or Love Actually at this time of year. All I want is this underrated and bizarre action film
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/27/dolph-lundgren-alien-heroin-and-evil-yuppies-dark-angel-is-fun-festive-lunacy
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Kathy Fish
about 2 months ago
Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. ๐ Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. โค
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With Gratitude: Fifteen Prompts to Get Us Through the Rest of (Another) Tired, Old Year
โFor last yearโs words belong to last yearโs language.
https://open.substack.com/pub/artofflashfiction/p/with-gratitude-fifteen-prompts-to?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Bronwen Griffiths
about 2 months ago
Another story I wrote after my visit to Texas 18 months ago. The first part of this story is true - there was a man like this at breakfast in a motel in Van Horn - but then it definitely becomes fiction! Published in The Phare.
www.thephare.com/ff/the-deser...
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The desert road is as long as a marriage
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https://www.thephare.com/ff/the-desert-road-is-as-long-as-a-marriage
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Ink In Thirds
2 months ago
Submission now open for our ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ (spring/summer 2026) ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
We are always looking for new art!
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Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! ๐ฅ
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
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2 months ago
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
2 months ago
Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. Itโs like a planned Caesar, which makes
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
the obstetrician (๐ตโ๐ซ). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!!
open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
2 months ago
I almost didnโt sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much
@epistemiclit.bsky.social
for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom ๐งก
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
3 months ago
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. Itโs a wee piece of my heart, and I hope youโll all love this family as much as I do ๐งก๐งก๐งก. Cover art
@nmals.bsky.social
Publisher
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Forthcoming in December
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Ink In Thirds
3 months ago
Celebrating our ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ in 2026! Subs ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (Spring/Summer 2026 issue) If subbing seasonal work, keep this in mind. We love unique, weird, thoughtful writing that stands the test of time! We need art, too!
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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Stone Circle Review
4 months ago
NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King "But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"
stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/
#Poem
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Dan Crawley
4 months ago
"...but before Mandy could say no way, the straw was in his teeth, braces glinting,...." Big love for this award-winner by
@sandrinado.bsky.social
in
@100wordstory.bsky.social
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Emily Rinkema
4 months ago
I have a story in the amazing new issue of
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
alongside so many of my flash heroes!
gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...
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Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo byย Diane Picchiottinoย onย Unsplash by Emily Rinkema Itโs 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...
https://gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-baby/
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Thank you
@100wordstory.bsky.social
for choosing my entry as winner for the photo story for the month of April ๐ฅค
#100words
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
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Photo Story: Milkshake - 100Words
The afternoon sun and Lloyd Lovellโs bull-eyed stare were hot on Mandyโs back as she waited for the bus.
https://100wordstory.org/photo-story-milkshake/
4 months ago
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Jenny Stalter
4 months ago
So excited to share my new story out today in
@fictivedream.bsky.social
!! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to
@smokelong.bsky.social
for their workshop where this was born!๐ ๐ ๐
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Ink In Thirds
4 months ago
2026 will be a big year as we celebrate our ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ! We have some ideas percolating on how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, but we'd love to hear ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! Leave us a comment or DM. We are always looking for new art! Subs now open.
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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Wow ๐ฅ - complex characters - nuanced storytelling - harrowing and tender - delivered by an expert voice all the way By Her Hand, Marion Taffe
#Writingcommunity
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#Books
4 months ago
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Ink In Thirds
4 months ago
Submissions ๐๐๐๐ for our ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ 2026 issue! Why INK? โขNo Fees โขAll-inclusive โขPaying Market โขWe respond to all subs โขLiterary Prize Nominations โขFast turnaround time โขFull-color Print Issues (& digital download)
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
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Five Minutes
4 months ago
"Kindness" by
@emhall47.bsky.social
, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.
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Five Minutes
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"Sea Lake" by
@sandrinado.bsky.social
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
5 months ago
This story racked up 19 rejections before
@yourimpossiblevoice.com
took it. This BOTN nomination means a lot to me. Thank you
@keithjpowell.com
๐๐พ Written in a
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social
workshop. Mahalo, my friend ๐งก Read it here:
yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
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Lisobel Tang
5 months ago
So excited for my piece to be featured in the latest issue of
@trampset.bsky.social
. Do check it out & the amazing work of fellow writers <3
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Five Minutes
5 months ago
Weโre free, free, free, with overgrown feathered bangs, hand-me-down tees on matchstick frames, sucking down raspberry Slurpees on steaming sidewalks . . . โ"Sweet Dreams" by
@carlyanderson.bsky.social
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/sweet-dreams
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100 Word Story
5 months ago
Long before language, when moonlight kissed the earth each green and lushy night, there were no words per se or even the mouths to say them. And then there was the time by Francine Witte For the full story visit
100wordstory.org
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Tara Campbell
6 months ago
Thank you,
@100wordstory.bsky.social
for featuring my tiny sugary-but-not-sweet tale
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Jo Gatford
6 months ago
Delighted to have my story, Lucille Ascends, take 3rd place in the latest
@flash500.bsky.social
competition!
flash500.com/flash-fictio...
It came from a writing exercise set by the wonderful
@noranadj.bsky.social
at the
@flashficfestuk.bsky.social
last year (where so many good things begin) โค๏ธ
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Flash Fiction 3rd Place: Lucille Ascends by Jo Gatford - Flash 500
Lucille ascends while the bathwater is still running. The bathwater is still running when Max gets home after a shift that leaves his skin aching. After a shift that leaves his skin aching, Max doesnโ...
https://flash500.com/flash-fiction-3rd-place-lucille-ascends-by-jo-gatford/
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Five Minutes
6 months ago
We sat on the balcony, my parents and I. โ"Torn Apart" by
@vaniadyawrites.bsky.social
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/torn-apart
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Matt Kendrick
6 months ago
"We wanted to know: if real teeth were traded for real babies, what could we get for false teeth?" Love this from
@marijean.bsky.social
- the sense of childhood naivety, and the deeper stories lying underneath
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Dan Crawley
6 months ago
"In my eardrums waves thrum, roaring against the silence." This brilliant piece of writing by
@sandrinado.bsky.social
in
@fiveminutelit.bsky.social
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www.fiveminutelit.com/sea-lake
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Sea Lake by Sandrina Dorigo โ Five Minutes
Out on the salt flats, I imagine being at the bottom of whatever sea was once here, megalodon and ribbons of sea grass above.
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/sea-lake
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
6 months ago
โJust as an empty shell recounts its swirling sea, there is memory here.โ This amazing write by
@sandrinado.bsky.social
in
@fiveminutelit.bsky.social
So poetic and evocative ๐๐งก๐งก๐งก
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Delighted to have this piece up at
@fiveminutelit.bsky.social
about my hometown. ๐
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6 months ago
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Kelli Short Borges
6 months ago
Itโs truly an honor to be included in the fabulous August issue of
@centaurlit.bsky.social
! Huge thanks to editor
@lynnmundell.bsky.social
for publishing โWe Donโt Meet in Budaโ alongside a fabulous lineup! โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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We Donโt Meet in Buda by Kelli Short Borges | Centaur
https://centaurlit.com/we-dont-meet-in-buda-by-kelli-short-borges/
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100 Word Story
6 months ago
They sit quietly, their hands spread out flat. The mother faces them, pursing the lips someone said were just like Grace Kellyโs. Nail Party by Laura Wettersten For full story visit
100wordstory.org
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Five Minutes
6 months ago
My grandmother wrapped my thumb with a piece of thread, the tip of my finger growing redder with each turn of the fiber. โ"Remedy" by Sua Im
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/remedy
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Five Minutes
6 months ago
Receipts, sticky notes, promotional pens, junk mail. My husband never throws anything away. โ"Upendings" by
@mhypponen.bsky.social
in case you missed it
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/upendings
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7 months ago
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Tammy Komoff
7 months ago
My new non-fiction drabble is out today! It's so great to be part of Five Minutes again! Come read about one of the most memorable five minutes of my life and while you're there check out all the other amazing drabbles Five Minutes has to offer!
www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...
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Skydiving by Tammy Komoff โ Five Minutes
The ancient Cessna has rusty holes where rivets should be and vibrates worryingly as we ascend over cornfields.
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/skydiving
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
7 months ago
Friends I have a piece up in a dream journal
@jmwwjournal.bsky.social
today about the relentlessness of motherhood (and a public toilet sign). Hope youโll read. Thanks
@kbonilla.bsky.social
for seeing something in it ๐งก๐งก๐งก
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Ink In Thirds
7 months ago
We're looking for more photography and art! Upcoming issue, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค: (๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ/๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ) Vol 6, i.2!
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Fill our inbox with something that gives us the ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ณ๐บ! Look at our past covers and give us something new and different!
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