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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 8h

October Reader @carlyanderson.bsky.social is a NYC-based writer published in 100 Word Story, Brevity & more. She’s nonfiction editor for Qu, the lit mag of Queens U. of Charlotte where she’s pursuing her MFA. She’s happiest hanging with her handsome husband, brilliant daughter & feisty soul cat.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 12h

"Thieves" by James. W. Miller in case you missed it

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16h

"Little Incident" by Sandra Hudson, a semi-retired nurse, Michigan native, entrepreneur, artist, and writer. Her writing interests are diverse—poetry, essays, short stories, and fiction.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 1d

"Encouragement" by Angela Lam, an artist and writer. She sells her artwork at Made Local Marketplace and teaches creative writing @gothamwriters.bsky.social. #encouragement #concussion #sofa #useless #mute #son #catalogue #paper #nevergiveup #determination #micromemoir

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 2d

Loved it, Tracy, so glad to have it!

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 2d

"Apprehension" by @tracyroyce.bsky.social, whose writing appears in/is forthcoming in Bending Genres, Does It Have Pockets, The Dribble Drabble Review, Scrawl Place, Villain Era, and elsewhere.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 5d

"Making the Cut" by Chase Troxell, who graduated with his BA and MBA from the University of Findlay. He lives in Findlay, Ohio, with his two kids, Ethan and Felicity. Read more at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 6d

"Released" by Jennifer Gippel, an economist and writer who enjoys wandering in the wildish places near her home in Jindabyne, Australia

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 8d

.—"Unfit for Use" by Catherine Levine in case you missed it

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 9d

"Tightrope" by Mridula Morgan, a South Asian writer living on the unceded Indigenous land called Canada. She's currently a student @twssfu.bsky.social

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for sharing it with us!

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 10d

"Sea Lake" by @sandrinado.bsky.social in case you missed it

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 10d

"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 @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 11d

"Zairian Road" by Andrea Montgomery, in case you missed it, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 13d

"Dad's Trombone" by Albert DeGenova, an award-winning writer and poet. He is the publisher and editor of After Hours magazine. DeGenova is also a blues saxophonist. More micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

"Words of Wisdom" by Miguel Ángel Calvo in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

"Writing Horror" by Karin Round in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

"Earliest Memory" by @FiiJ20.bsky.social, who writes short, dark-themed fiction and nature-themed nonfiction. More micros at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks to the August writers whose pieces inspired these prompts! Everyone else, get writing.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16d

"Nick at Nite" by Didem Uca, in case you missed it. More micros at fiveminutelit.com.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16d

"Lifespan" by Nicole Irizawa, who grew up in landlocked Ohio and has made Japan her home for over twenty years. She works as a communications professional in Tokyo. More micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 17d

This month's Submissions Spotlight: The Hallway, the high-school branch of Five Minutes. Same as Five Minutes, but you can submit 3x a month & you must be in high school. Find more good news you can use in our latest newsletter (5minutes100words) at Substack.

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 17d

"Gum" by Jalen Giovanni Jones in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 17d

"Deleted" by Katie Veltum, a licensed massage therapist in private practice in upstate New York, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 18d

"Compliant" by Elizabeth Erin Thomas in case you missed it

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