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Nina Miller

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Sep 7

Delighted to have delivery of this wonderful book by @stanchion.bsky.social Jeff Bogle!! #WritingCommunity
Looking forward to exploring the world of felines through his lens.

Book on top of a decorative chest with read tablecloth beyond. Book cover with title street cats and where to find them. The most feline friendly cities and attractions around the world by Jeff Bogle. Cat on cover at bottom right with resturant open behind him on a colored rug below him.

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Sep 7

Delighted to have delivery of this wonderful book by @stanchion.bsky.social Jeff Bogle!! #WritingCommunity
Looking forward to exploring the world of felines through his lens.

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Sep 7

Beautifully written and sweetly sad and romantic. Love it!

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have a new tiny story in @havehashad.com today about fleeting connections. thanks as always to @aaronburch.bsky.social, one of the best editors around, & to all of you who read this one ♡ 💀 🪦 ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/our...

At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: September 4, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: Our second date was meant to be unconventional and unromantic by Anna Vangala Jones.
Below that is the text of the story: —we thought we were funny when we suggested meeting at the laundromat because we bonded on the first date about putting it off so long we'd almost reached the bathing suits as underwear stage. But when he called to cancel, I worried I should have held onto my mystique a bit longer and not revealed the lazy mess lurking beneath my put together surface yet. "It's not that," he said. "I have to go to a funeral." After I told him how sorry I was, he said, "Want to come?" I joked, "It's too soon but take me to the next one." I appreciated the earnest vulnerability of his response that he could use the company so I said yes. My friends teased me that we'd only been on one date so maybe he was a serial killer and we would be going to my funeral. Weird how we cope with the possibility of being murdered every time we meet someone new by laughing about how hilarious it'll be if it happens, but it's preferable to being paralyzed by it. "He loves Bruce Springsteen, so he can't be that bad," I told them. The funeral was for his lifelong friend—they had first met at only five years old—so it was of course sad. We held hands as they lowered the casket. After everyone else left, we wandered the cemetery chatting about everything and nothing like we were at a coffee shop and he kissed me in front of a tombstone that read, "Beloved and remembered. Until we meet again." He ghosted me after that. When I listen to Bruce at the laundromat, I wonder why our first and last kiss happened amidst graves and death and almost write him to ask. But maybe it's better not to know.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Ok nerds, if you have a Lego account go vote for this beauty!

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Ada & Charles: The Birth of the Computer in a Victorian World | LEGO® Ideas

Step into an elegant Victorian drawing room where history is being written. This LEGO Ideas set transports you to the heart of the 19th century, where visionary…

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 30

Love Akram!!

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 30

You need to have the NQW spice scale... like a scoville 🔥 scale for peppers.

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 28

Spine-cracking girth!

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 26

In the bin! Whether they dumpster dive for it or leave it behind, I am happy to have used their devilish prompts and make a little tale out of them. @trashcatlit.bsky.social Enjoy reading all these tales sent your way! #writingcommunity

Now to think about.... winter and cats... hmmmm.

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Prompted Story Pop-Uppers - we're creeping closer to the bin lid shutting on subs. Get those stories polished up by 8pm tomorrow (BST). We know you can do it! 🦝💜

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 25

As one does.

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks, Anthea! Good luck to you!!

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

Yes indeed! Good luck, my friend! 😜

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

I am so so wet now thanks to you guys! 💦

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

No panic here. Submitted my first story in a long time. Who knew it ended up being Flesh Fiction to get me over the hump of writer's block. Than you @notquitewrite.com ! I hope Amanda and Ed find my story suitably arousing. I know I did.
Good luck everyone! #Fleshfiction

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · Aug 23

TIME TO PANIC! 😱

That #FLESHfiction deadline really snuck up on us all!

Whatever you do, you need to get *something* over the line, because you’re not going to wanna miss the fun to come!

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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · Aug 17

ONE WEEK TILL FLESH FICTION CLOSES!

Stick it in before it’s too late!

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 9

ICYMI! PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!! buff.ly/9AyStcb

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 7

Writing block disempacted by #fleshfiction ! Get ready for some baudy good time, my friends! Thank you @akscotland.bsky.social and Ed for the inspiration!! #WritingCommunity

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · Aug 2

It is with great HORROR we announce that #FLESHfiction CLOSES IN 3 WEEKS! 😨

If you've been meaning to submit, it's time to pull your finger out!

1,500 word erotic fiction competition, open to first timers and old timers, as long as you're 18+

Stacks of toe-curling prizes!

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 6

Agreed!!

Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Aug 6

Got my prompts today!!! Hazzah!!
Get yours and join me in this fun challenge! #WritingCommunity

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Aug 2

Day two and we've sent 49 sets of prompts!
Wanna get in on the challenge?
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...

Bin facts:
The blue bin has barely been touched 💙
We've sent quite a few ghosts out 👻
We've also sent a lot of mould and needles 🖤💉

Hope those prompts are prompting 🦝

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Jul 29

Writers block? Summer slump? Time to dumpster dive for some literary inspiration!! Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Jul 29

Fancy our Prompted Pop-Up Challenge? Three days until the genny is ready to churn out prompts.
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Here's what @ninamiller.bsky.social did last year with blind-chosen prompts - All Hallows Eve, Childhood Sweetheart, and a dead plant/tree.
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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Jul 9

Micro romance (hermit crab form) for your reading enjoyment up now @micromancemagazine.bsky.social !! #romance #WritingCommunity #castironpans

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How to Season Your Soulmate

by Nina Miller

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · Jul 3

Few more hours until we close for submissions. Deadline’s midnight EST. Don’t be late.

a woman sits at a desk in front of two monitors and a telephone

ALT: a woman sits at a desk in front of two monitors and a telephone

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Roi Fainéant Press @rfpress.bsky.social · Jun 29

Well, well, well. Looks like it's that time again.

Our 86th issue is hot off the presses. Tell the one person you know who wears train conductor hats. It might be me sometimes tbh.

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Text reads: 86 is fixed up & ready
Graphic of a trolley with the number 47 on it and train tracks in the background.

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations!!! Can't wait to read this!

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