'We’d both used our married names and the farthing didn’t drop at first, but once we realised we were both Austen characters, we fell into step together.' Inventive bittersweet piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social @freeflashfiction.bsky.social #fiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
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Laura Besley
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"‘Kevin,’ I say gently, over a boiled egg. ‘Who is this Annabel, and must you cry out her name during orgasm?" Hilarious piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social #shortlisted for the #welkingenreprize @welkinpress.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
'Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger...' Tender & evocative piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @crowkeys.bsky.social #fiction #historicalfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...
'She always knew there was a mean girl inside of her. But apparently, inside of her, there’s a girl who’s afraid to open her piehole.' Wonderful layering by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity 100wordstory.org/therapy/
'Rusty was in no condition to be taxidermied, but it was too late. We’d promised Tessie...' What a heartbreak of a #100wordstory by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity 100wordstory.org/we-chose-res...
'I used to catch him studying the map of his right hand, forefinger tracing a highway of veins coursing north...' THE SUICIDE'S SISTER - a moving #100wordstory by @sfreligh.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity 100wordstory.org/the-suicides...
'I ran into God in the snack aisle at Costco' where He was debating whether to buy shrimp chips or chocolate donut bites and I said, shouldn’t you be out saving the world Fabulous #100wordstory by @bsherm36.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social #microfiction 100wordstory.org/i-ran-into-g...
I'm absolutely delighted to have a new piece published in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social titled: LOVE HEARTS. Huge thanks to Head Editor, Leia Butler, and Guest Editor, Lowena Oliver, for selecting it. #fiction #microfiction #hybridfiction #amwriting www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2026...
“You got silent eyes,” I said. “Silent as dolls.” 'Prick' is a stark and sparse piece by Mal Ellison @northerngravy.bsky.social #fiction #shortfiction #writingcommunity northerngravy.com/prick-by-mal...
Prick by Mal Ellison – Northern Gravynortherngravy.com'It’s inconvenient of my mother to die the day after our house goes on the market.' Beautiful piece by @chriscottom.bsky.social @northerngravy.bsky.social which deftly weaves several strands seamlessly together. #fiction #writingcommunity northerngravy.com/the-book-of-...
The Book of Best Days by Chris Cottom – Northern Gravynortherngravy.com'...I left him the keys and limped back into Buc-ees even though my bruise throbbed and my hip ached...' Brilliant breathless sentence story by Mandy Lange in @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/07/13/m...
'You always said the secret of these walls was stone, but the secret of this sky is light, leaking from the same-old sun, your sun, our sun, my sun now...' Congrats to @jankaneen1.bsky.social whose story was shortlisted in the @retreatwest.bsky.social prize! westword.substack.com/p/the-slakin...
'But she can’t stop even if she wanted to, and she doesn’t.' Searing story by Jane Charna Meyers @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/07/10/y...