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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 11d

'I fight a twin urge to comfort the kid and stick that bloody pin in the Botox Babe’s fat lip, imagining it releasing air like a deflating balloon, squealing and whining as it collapses.'

You're not the only one! A complex glimpse of entrapment in this wee #flashfiction here...

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11d

ICYMI today's story is Smudged Reflections by Liz deBeer @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/28/s...

D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks so much for the encouragement from afar!

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much, @fictivedream.bsky.social, for the honor - and for believing in this story to begin with.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12d

We're delighted to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: Bark by D.B. Miller
@dbmillerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/03/16/b...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 12d

For those across the Atlantic, a better value and probably more enjoyable than dinner out :)

Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social · 12d

Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇

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The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly

In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 12d

If you're up for a class, Matt's classes rock and are well worth every cent, pence or Rappen.

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 12d

Happening two weeks today (and a week on Tuesday). A chance to delve into all sorts of things like Vonnegut's story graphs and the golden ratio and how a story is like a fish, a spiral and a train track

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 15d

'The first drops of rain fell. The catfish breached the surface, mistaking the rain for food. I thought about how easy it was to do that sometimes, mistake one thing for another.' An unsettling and real read here.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 18d

ICYMI today's story is A Compilation of Moments that Mattered Most from Summers Camping by A.J. Miller @ajmillernow.bsky.social #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/21/a...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 22d

Subs open through 10 October. Let the trouble begin.

The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 25d

#Submissions are now open for Issue 9. The theme? Trouble.

Go ahead, get into some. thewoolfx.com/submit/

D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Jun 9

This was excellent - the instruction, conversation and funny little things borne during the prompts (speaking for myself there). Thank you @saloneurope.bsky.social and tutor @julieirigaray.bsky.social, who kept us inspired and in check :)

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jun 8

We had such a fantastic evening learning about writing the Prose Poem with @julieirigaray.bsky.social!

If you missed it don't despair, we will definitely run it again.

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · May 25

This one had me until the end.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · May 25

ICYMI today's #shortstory is Hide and Seek by Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/05/25/h...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · May 21

You just have to look for it :)

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · May 21

Very proud of this issue (nothing new there, though)

The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · May 18

Without further ado, Issue 8 is now live!

The #Bully issue features thought-provoking words from 14 incredible writers. Stay tuned for highlights or have a look yourself - it's a corker #flashfiction #microfiction #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #shortstories

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The Woolf

Sometimes we howl.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Apr 26

The answer is write more, unfortunately

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 16

Nudge-nudge and possibly wink-wink...

National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · Apr 15

Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/fl...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 14

Aww, blushing from over here. Will always be fascinated by how some stories come together and build on threads past and present. Thank you again for your support ❤️

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thank you again. Love your description there.

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thanks so much for reading and for your encouraging words ❤️

D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 10

Ooof, squeezed between ceramic and lobster-pink skin indeed... a wee and wild flash by @yallaalia.bsky.social

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Apr 10

this 165 word story by Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @yallaalia.bsky.social feels like a sugar rush, a good line of coke, or the day u decide to get married (it's about the last thing).

read 'Jakob, I Do! Until I Don't!'

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JAKOB, I DO! UNTIL I DON'T! by Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch

We drank Prosecco on the number 31, escaping the confetti blizzard, the plastic champagne flute cheap between my lips but the ring heavy on my finger, while my parents returned to their hotel and we c...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 1

That's brilliant. Thank you!

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 1

a squirrel is standing on a curling stone in front of a blue sign that says out

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Apr 1

But surely one is true?

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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · Mar 31

You have just over a week to send us more fabulous words & art for our Bully issue. Dooo it... #flashfiction #microfiction #shortstories #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #visualart

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Mar 27

Out like a...lion.

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · Mar 27

We drop the March issue tomorrow!

Featuring @mihirwords.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social Maximilian Martini, @natewh.bsky.social @suzchef.bsky.social & @brettbbl.bsky.social

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Mar 26

The trick is to avoid editing to destruction before this happens, however. Thanks for the inspo from down there :)

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Mar 26

Inspiring way to look at it. Maybe I can apply the same sentiment here...

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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thank you so much for reading - and for making my day, if not my week :)

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