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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3h

"The shrine takes his sturdy leather boots, well-worn, loved." Bought It For Life by Kate Hollingsworth @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3h

Looking forward to it, Kate. Thank you for sending your story our way @katehollingswrites.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Kate 📚 @katehollingswrites.bsky.social · 14h

What excitement to see this! Thank you to Fictive Dream for publishing Bought It For Life... out tomorrow

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

A big welcome to Kate Hollingsworth with her flash Bought It For Life, out tomorrow @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingommuity

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

A big welcome to Kate Hollingsworth with her flash Bought It For Life, out tomorrow @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingommuity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

great to know you enjoyed The Almost, Linda. Thank you for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social‬ @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction

Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Sometimes the Almost is way better than the Actually There. Read all about it in this story by @kdiannerule.bsky.social today in @fictivedream.bsky.social .

fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

The Almost

by Kelli Dianne Rule Chugchug-chugchug-chugchug-chugchug. The exhaust, the grumble, the cough, the rumble. The reliability of the laboring machine. I pull up twenty minutes early to my first stop j…

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be featuring The Almost today, Kelli. Thank you for sending it our way @kdiannerule.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

New flash fiction, "The Almost." Romance, no regrets, and early morning bus routes.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

"Heather’s Rake. A romance, picked it up from the dime store. The title, a herald, strewn across the top in ribbons." The Almost by Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI today we're featuring The Almost by Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

"Heather’s Rake. A romance, picked it up from the dime store. The title, a herald, strewn across the top in ribbons." The Almost by Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Kelli. We're looking forward to it @kdiannerule.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to the debut of this piece tomorrow. It has been a pleasure working with Fictive Dream...a dream of a journal.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

It's a great pleasure to welcome Kelli Dianne Rule with her #flashfiction The Almost, out tomorrow @kdiannerule.bsky.social #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

It's a great pleasure to welcome Kelli Dianne Rule with her #flashfiction The Almost, out tomorrow @kdiannerule.bsky.social #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 5d

So pleased you enjoyed it, and thank you for reading @sagreene1.bsky.social‬

S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · 5d

Love this. The ending is perfection.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI today we're featuring The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit by Helen Harradine #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/06/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

"I try to blend in but everything prickles with judgement and I want to escape." The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit by Helen Harradine #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/06/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

Great to know you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Emily. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @emilyrinkema.bsky.social‬
@jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, @jennystalter.bsky.social, amazing story! That ending is so brutal and so good!

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 7d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

So pleased you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Linda. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social‬
@jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 7d

"the susurrus, I know the word susurrus ’cause that was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire this week, so anyway I remember the susurrus..." Wow. I'm just knocked back in my seat this morning by @jennystalter.bsky.social , whose story is now out in @fictivedream.bsky.social .

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 7d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to be featuring your story today, Jenny. It's terrific and thank you for sending it our way @jennystalter.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #flashfiction

Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 6d

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!🍂 🍁 🍂

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 7d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

I'm delighted you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Dan. Thank you for reading and sharing @danbillyc.bsky.social‬ @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 6d

"Anyway, I remember walking home after getting my beer, the leaves crunching under my feet, all the colors, the susurrus,...."

My lord, what a brilliant story! Those last lines, wow! By @jennystalter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI today we're featuring Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI today we're featuring Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 7d

It's a great pleasure to welcome Helen Harradine with her micro The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit, out tomorrow #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 7d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

We're delighted to welcome Jenny Stalter with her story Divine Intervention, out tomorrow @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The View from Enceladus by Lindsay Hill #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/03/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

"Enceladus is covered in ice, the way he was covered in ice by the time their marriage ended with her death." The View from Enceladus by Lindsay Hill #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/03/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10d

It's a pleasure to welcome back Lindsay Hill with his #shortstory The View from Enceladus, out tomorrow #fiction #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

So pleased you enjoyed Shedding, Kathryn. Thank you for reading and sharing @kathrynreese.bsky.social‬ @emmikhor.bsky.social #MicroMonday #microfiction

Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · 12d

“Yours has become a musty coat, child, rumpled and moulding. It needs to breathe,”

Love this sensuous transformation story by @emmikhor.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social !

PS go yeah nah crew!

Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12d

Further thanks for our September #fictions: Mikki Aronoff @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social Imogen Rae @ckrich.bsky.social @ajmillernow.bsky.social Niamh Wood Elizabeth Hashimura @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social and @emmikhor.bsky.social. Please click on the link to enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/

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