Fictive Dream
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Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to [email protected]. Website https://fictivedream.com/
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" When I got home, the bag was empty, save for a few crumbs, which I poured into my cat’s bowl." I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/19/m...
ICYMI today we are thrilled to be featuring I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/19/m...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we are thrilled to be featuring I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/19/m...
" When I got home, the bag was empty, save for a few crumbs, which I poured into my cat’s bowl." I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/19/m...
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
" When I got home, the bag was empty, save for a few crumbs, which I poured into my cat’s bowl." I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/19/m...
It's heartwarming to know this, Patricia. So pleased Catch and Release resonated with you, and thank you for reading @patriciabender.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
This story brought light and love into our morning here, @kiptain.bsky.social, and neither is easy to capture, even fleetingly. Thank you for the beauty and reminder of what shared life can be, what we can create.
January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It's heartwarming to know this, Patricia. So pleased Catch and Release resonated with you, and thank you for reading @patriciabender.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
Great to know you enjoyed Catch and Release, James. Thank you for reading and sharing @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
@kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
‘There are exactly seventy-eight steps from our house to the pond,’ he told me. ‘Count them as we go.’
This is so beautiful from @kiptain.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🎣
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This is so beautiful from @kiptain.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🎣
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MicroMonday #39
Catch and Release by Kip Knott My father taught me how to count. At first it was the number of fish he’d catch whenever he carried me to the farm pond down the hill from our house every Sunday. By …
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January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Great to know you enjoyed Catch and Release, James. Thank you for reading and sharing @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
@kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
So pleased you enjoyed Catch and Release, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing @laurabesley.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
'My father taught me how to count. At first it was the number of fish he’d catch whenever he carried me to the farm pond down the hill from our house every Sunday.'
Beautiful portrayal of a father/son relationship by @kiptain.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Beautiful portrayal of a father/son relationship by @kiptain.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
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MicroMonday #39
Catch and Release by Kip Knott My father taught me how to count. At first it was the number of fish he’d catch whenever he carried me to the farm pond down the hill from our house every Sunday. By …
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January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
So pleased you enjoyed Catch and Release, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing @laurabesley.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #readingcommunity
ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words...
Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words...
Wonderful that the story resonated with you, Linda. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Today's #micromonday piece in @fictivedream.bsky.social makes me miss my dad, so much. Beautiful work, @kiptain.bsky.social !
#microfiction #flashfiction
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#microfiction #flashfiction
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MicroMonday #39
Catch and Release by Kip Knott My father taught me how to count. At first it was the number of fish he’d catch whenever he carried me to the farm pond down the hill from our house every Sunday. By …
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January 13, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Wonderful that the story resonated with you, Linda. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
So pleased to be featuring Catch and Release, Kip, and thank you for sending it our way @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity
I’m always proud to have work in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Thank you to the editors for including my new microfiction story “Catch and Release” in their MicroMonday series. fictivedream.com/2026/01/12/m...
January 13, 2026 at 6:42 AM
So pleased to be featuring Catch and Release, Kip, and thank you for sending it our way @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity
ICYMI today from #MicroMonday we're delighted to bring you Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today from #MicroMonday we're delighted to bring you Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction. Please click on the link below and enjoy
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines...
Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
fictivedream.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines...
"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"...my father and I shared stories and worries and life’s little victories in those seventy-eight steps to and from the pond." Catch and Release by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy
Great to know you enjoyed Ambulation, Melissa, and thank you for reading @melissafitz.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity
Such a beautiful piece 🌸
ICYMI today's #shortstory is Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Great to know you enjoyed Ambulation, Melissa, and thank you for reading @melissafitz.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity
Great to know you enjoyed Full Circle, Perfect Square, Sarah. Thank you for reading and sharing @scturnerfiction.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity
‘In the distance, the soft shadowy shape of another island, and, before that, boats: a toiling cargo ship, a ferry, scattered green longtails fishing.’
Really enjoyed this beautifully written short story by @jaimegill.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
Really enjoyed this beautifully written short story by @jaimegill.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Great to know you enjoyed Full Circle, Perfect Square, Sarah. Thank you for reading and sharing @scturnerfiction.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
Thank you! You're very kind @jaimegill.bsky.social
Yes. Change is unstoppable and often ugly. Only a fool believes they can defeat it. I actually think part of this story is about not pinning all your dreams on a future you can’t guarantee - live for now.
So lovely to have you as a publisher again!
So lovely to have you as a publisher again!
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Thank you! You're very kind @jaimegill.bsky.social
Welcome back, Jaime, and it's a great pleasure to be feat. Full Circle, Perfect Square today. It's so apt if you consider how the UK urban skylines continues to change and the types of buildings that are going up @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #readingxommunity #writingcommunity
Delighted to have my second story in the wondrous Fictive Dream. It’s a tale of dreams, disillusionment, property capitalism, white privilege, neocolonialism and the importance of having a nice view. (There is definitely a bit of me in the main character. Don’t read if you’re from Wolverhampton FYI)
"I sat for a long time, sun-flooded, staring at my perfect square." Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
January 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Welcome back, Jaime, and it's a great pleasure to be feat. Full Circle, Perfect Square today. It's so apt if you consider how the UK urban skylines continues to change and the types of buildings that are going up @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #readingxommunity #writingcommunity
So pleased you enjoyed Full Circle, Perfect Square, Bronwen, and thank you for reading (I'm with you on the happy endings) @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Great story! No happy ending here. But who says a story needs to have a happy ending?
@jaimegill.bsky.social - I once had to stop at the police station in Wolverhampton in the days before SatNav as I COULD NOT find my way out of there!
@jaimegill.bsky.social - I once had to stop at the police station in Wolverhampton in the days before SatNav as I COULD NOT find my way out of there!
"I sat for a long time, sun-flooded, staring at my perfect square." Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
January 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
So pleased you enjoyed Full Circle, Perfect Square, Bronwen, and thank you for reading (I'm with you on the happy endings) @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Thrilled to be featuring Full Circle, Perfect Square today, Jaime. Thank you for sending it our way @jaimegill.bsky.social #fiction #shortstory #readingcommunity
Can’t wait. Fictive Dream is one of the best places I‘ve been published. The love they show for their stories & authors is above & beyond the call of duty. Also - they pick perfect images to match the stories. I wonder what you’ll make of this one - it’s what my Grandma would have called an odd fish
We're delighted to welcome back Jaime Gill with his #shortstory Full Circle, Perfect Square, out tomorrow @jaimegill.bsky.social #fiction #readingcommunity
January 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Thrilled to be featuring Full Circle, Perfect Square today, Jaime. Thank you for sending it our way @jaimegill.bsky.social #fiction #shortstory #readingcommunity
"I sat for a long time, sun-flooded, staring at my perfect square." Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
January 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM
"I sat for a long time, sun-flooded, staring at my perfect square." Full Circle, Perfect Square by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/01/11/f...
We're currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
We're currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
We're delighted to welcome back Jaime Gill with his #shortstory Full Circle, Perfect Square, out tomorrow @jaimegill.bsky.social #fiction #readingcommunity
January 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
We're delighted to welcome back Jaime Gill with his #shortstory Full Circle, Perfect Square, out tomorrow @jaimegill.bsky.social #fiction #readingcommunity
ICYMI today's #shortstory is Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
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January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI today's #shortstory is Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
It is, indeed. So pleased you enjoyed Ambulation, Bronwen, and thank you for reading @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity
Poignant piece from @fionajanemack.bsky.social
"The last time I was here, the fingered trees were laced with beads of ice, but now the year is slowly tipping into spring." Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
It is, indeed. So pleased you enjoyed Ambulation, Bronwen, and thank you for reading @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity
Absolutely delighted to be featuring Ambulation today, Fiona. Thank you for sending it our way @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction
#fiction #microfiction
The stellar journal @fictivedream.bsky.social has been a tremendous supporter of my writing. Today I thank them once again for featuring my flash fiction "Ambulation." I suspect anyone worried about a loved one far away will be able to relate to the helplessness and hopefulness in this piece. 🫶
"The last time I was here, the fingered trees were laced with beads of ice, but now the year is slowly tipping into spring." Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Absolutely delighted to be featuring Ambulation today, Fiona. Thank you for sending it our way @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction
#fiction #microfiction
"The last time I was here, the fingered trees were laced with beads of ice, but now the year is slowly tipping into spring." Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
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January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
"The last time I was here, the fingered trees were laced with beads of ice, but now the year is slowly tipping into spring." Ambulation by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy
#fiction #microfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy