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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · 11d

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · 11d

So excited to have this story about an aunt, her niece, and a little bit of madness up in @hfr.bsky.social today!
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Short Story for Side A: “Fragments of One or the Other” by Molly Andrea-Ryan

Fragments of One or the Other It’s Tuesday, which means it’s the day that I spend the afternoon with my niece. I watch her, that’s what her mother would say, although that sounds a little too punit…

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · 13d

Joining the Split Lip fiction team has brought me nothing but joy—plus community plus better reader insight plus plus plus…YOU SHOULD APPLY is what I’m saying 😇

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 15d

Reminder! We're looking for volunteer Fiction and Flash Fiction Readers! Join the SLM FAM! This weekend would be a great time to apply! 😉

SLM IS
LOOKING FOR
FLASH AND
FICTION
READERS
Apply Sept 24- Oct 1
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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you 🥹 love my Split Lip fam ❤️❤️❤️

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 20d

A beautiful story to close out ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🌙 Assistant Fiction Editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social published a fabulous story in @tinymolecules.bsky.social about motherhood and broken expectations: buff.ly/5kssm3B

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Sep 5

Who needs a book rec to head into the weekend? 🙋‍♀️ Assistant Fiction Editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social recommends BOXCUTTERS by John Chrostek.

"There’s a story in here about an artist who lives in a glass house and the ending will stay in my brain forever!"

Boxcutters, short stories by John Chrostek.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.✨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m so honored to have my first flash story in AGES featured in the summer issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social ☀️🥀 If you’re in the mood for some motherhood grotesquerie, give her a whirl ❤️

www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 10

I was watching the 1966 film adaptation of Mary McCarthy’s The Group last night and couldn’t figure out why the actor playing Libby looked so familiar, and then it hit me: she’s Lucille Bluth!

A photo of a television. On screen, a young Jessica Walter plays Libby in The Group (1966)

A screenshot of Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development (2003-2006/2018-2019)

Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 8

The shifting feeling is relatable to me! My most logic-lacking aspect is always the layout or construction of things, like stairs that you up for awhile just to send you back down or walls made out of sand that dissolve away, that sort of thing!

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Aug 7

This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely!

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Okay I know we’ve largely agreed that talking about dreams can get a little boring but I have a question for you all: what is the architecture of your dreams like? Do you dream buildings that are realistic and logically designed or do you dream buildings that are all surprises and confusion?

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you for reading!!! ❤️

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m so honored to have my first flash story in AGES featured in the summer issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social ☀️🥀 If you’re in the mood for some motherhood grotesquerie, give her a whirl ❤️

www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

www.tinymolecules.com

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Tiny Molecules @tinymolecules.bsky.social · Aug 6

Summer 2025 is here. We have 12 amazing pieces for you to read, share, and enjoy!
https:/www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twentyfour

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 5

This cover has been my song of the summer and dare I say it’s better than the original 👀
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THE MAIN INGREDIENT - SUMMER BREEZE

YouTube video by Limu013

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 4

And on the flip side, I so rarely manage to get where I need to go in 1000 words! Writers who can live mostly in flash are so impressive to me—I’m rarely concise enough to pull it off 🥲

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Admittedly every story I write starts out with *at least* 500 words that need to be scrapped 😅 I feel like I have a natural tendency to write into the 5,000-word range before realizing while editing that I actually wrote a 4,000-word story!

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · Jul 31

reposting this today because I have no marketing budget, because I'm publishing this with a tiny press run by a friend, because I put my whole heart into this book like I did with Boxcutters and I'm proud as fuck and this year has been one long painful but fruitful lesson in perseverance and risk

John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · Jul 30

Final edit ARCs are in 🙏
Preorders heading my way soon

Psyched to share this one with you all

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Jul 30

This was such a pleasure to read!

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · Jul 19

"... I use our second-best dinner set instead and put my mother on his left with his mother’s urn on the right" Weird & wonderful collaboration @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
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The Third Best Dinner Set - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash by Anika Carpenter, Sara Hills, Rosaleen Lynch, and James Montgomery David’s favourite fish is bream, which he will only eat off of our antique dinner set. His old mo...

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Richard Mirabella 🎃 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hi! I've been offering one hour Zoom writing coaching sessions, and it's been going really well! I think I've been helping people, which makes me feel good. Hit me up in my DMs for some writing therapy and for more details!

A flier for my writing coaching. Very simple. Words and a picture of me smiling and holding books. Words are in the post.

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Jul 28

nooooooo I hate it

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Jul 23

From "Refaat Writes Back" newsletter, here: refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com/p/if-i-must-...

If I Must Starve
a poem
Nour Abdel Latif
July 22, 2025

If I must starve,
let it be with dignity in my children's eyes,
not with my hands tied by silence.

Let the world witness
that I did not bow to the hunger
but stood, even as the sky emptied
and the earth closed her mouth.

If I must starve,
let it be while I still cradle my child's hope,
not as a number lost in footnotes.

Let the sea carry my name
to shores that forgot my people,
and let the wind whisper:
she fed love when bread was gone.

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Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻 @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social · Jul 26

As a person who can only knit rectangles of varying lengths, I am very impressed!!

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