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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 1d

It’s wonderful.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 2d

a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .

ALT: a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Read this! Read this this this! Superb!

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3d

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats congrats!! What a story!!

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 13d

So excited to be part of this stellar collection and WHAT A BARGAIN! Snap it up, dear readers.

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 14d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 16d

Oooo - sounds fantastic!

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!

a woman is standing in a living room wearing a black lace dress and smiling .

ALT: a woman is standing in a living room wearing a black lace dress and smiling .

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 18d

What type of dinosaur is the king of Italian puddings? A Tiramisusaurus Rex

MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 25d

All right. Gave up my job so starving in a gutter, but more time to write I guess.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 25d

@kiklodge.bsky.social Another banger!

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 25d

"Graham Moiselle waits in line like everybody else. He’s not an eejit. He doesn’t usually ask anything from anyone. He’s not looking for trouble. He just wants to be heard. That’s all he wants." @kiklodge.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 25d

@jennystalter.bsky.social

“and I don’t tell her I know why all I got for my birthday was pants from the church drive so small they pinched tight around the middle because her bottles and cigarettes cost us her whole paycheck.”

gooseberry-pie.com/superpower/

Superpower - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Bradley Allweil on Unsplash by Jenny Stalter Mom says love is the most powerful thing on earth, and that’s how she’ll quit drinking, which is called self-love, and that’s how she found me a n...

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 26d

I loved it - such clever use of the prompts and so much going on in there.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 26d

"Act 1. Anton Chekhov beak-raps the glass roof of Dad’s passion project / our house and shits on it. “We should never have adopted that seagull,” says Helena, my stepmother.

Was there ever a more intriguing opening?? Fizzing with wonderful, is this. Congratulations @francesgapper.bsky.social

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 26d

Second hero is from @francesgapper.bsky.social 🦝
We loved the pace of this cleverly structured piece, the superb characterisation and of course, a Trash Eagle - elevated.
Very unexpected use of prompts: Building Remodel, Unlikely Hero, Firearm

Read here: trashcatlit.com/into-stones-...

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open) @nffr.bsky.social · 28d

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept!

Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants:

"Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection."

newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Anne Enright? Fabulous writer - one of my faves. The Gathering is superb.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 28d

My first published flash under my new name - thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social - very proud to be a repeat offender x

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 28d

Today's spotlight is from repeat bin offender, @maireadwrites.bsky.social . She also did our Q&A🦝
We love the lush lyrical language in this piece, the glorious entomology used to tell of queer love.

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/when-i-was-b...

Q&A here: trashcatlit.com/2025/09/14/q...

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Have taken on a pen name if anyone who knows me is wondering - apparently I have to keep my writing life and my work life separate 🙄 - Fagan’s my mum’s maiden name.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh my, this happened to me, in Ireland; broken down car, man popping up and me thinking I was definitely going to be murdered, but no - just a nice man, helping. Not half as mystical and wonderful as your story though - brilliant stuff.

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 10

Loved this inventive, funny flash from @pj-mccarthy.bsky.social

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Sep 10

Up next we're spotlighting @pj-mccarthy.bsky.social's prompted flash🦝
We loved the strangeness of this from the outset, the characters' voices, the perfectly pitched humour - and the squirrels: bringing one of our favourite flash moments ever.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/growing-pains/

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you :)

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 6

"In our Gothic Revival suburban semi, Alice and I read large-print smut to one another over breakfast. After that, as the light dims, it’s cocktail hour." A gleeful and glorious flash - much needed in these dark times; from @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

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Daylight Saving

Jupiter Jones Following the global conflict of the dirty thirties, daylight becomes a scarce commodity. Particles of something (apparently natural) in the atmosphere twilights the whole of the nort…

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you so much, Frances 😁

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks for all the hard work, JP - enjoy your well deserved snooze x

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

Can't wait to sit down with a cup of tea and a biscuit to read these, and look! One of mine's in there amongst such good company; climb in and see what you can find...

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Sep 4

We pushed and we pushed and we have delivered a pair of delightful flashy collections 🦝🦝

Thirteen flash from all new Trash Family:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...
Twelve flash from repeat bin offenders:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...

A bumper read of amazing prompted stories - ENJOY!

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MaireadWrites @maireadwrites.bsky.social · Sep 2

Glorious!

S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted that my story The Tenth Testicle has dropped today in the Tenth Anniversary issue of @nffr.bsky.social… newflashfiction.com/the-tenth-te...

The Tenth Testicle by S.A. Greene | Issue #38

When a third testicle dropped, he asked her to enlarge his trousers so he could house everything more comfortably and she said which century do you think we’re living in?

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